Disclaimer: I don't own any of these characters; I just like messing with them.

This takes place post EOT so there are probably spoilers. This story has a point, I think. I just don't know what it is yet.

P.S. Sorry Morelli fans, this is going to end up a total Babe fest!

1.

I was still working for Ranger at the Rangeman offices. I was growing sort of attached to the place. The coworkers weren't much for conversation, but the boss was hot and I got to wear gym shoes to work.

I was sitting at my desk, bored out of my mind. My job is easy. People put files in my IN box, I run a background search on the person, then put the file in my OUT box. It gets old pretty quick.

My IN box was now in the empty stage, so I decided to go get a snack from the office kitchen.

Granola? No. Fruit? Nah. Aha! I had a small stash of tastycakes hidden behind the herbal tea in one of the cupboards. I grabbed one and was headed back to my office, when something from Ranger's office caught my eye.

He was meeting with Jeanne Ellen Burrows, the female version of Ranger. Ranger was sitting at his desk and Jeanne Ellen was sitting across from him, dresses in heels and leather pants and jacket. She looked like Cat woman, without the ears. She was blond, more put together than me, and was a primo bounty hunter.

They were laughing together, and I felt a small stab in the bottom of my gut. Yup, it was jealousy all right, but mostly insecurity. Jeanne Ellen was better than me at almost everything.

I walked back to the kitchen and grabbed the rest of the tastycakes, about eight in all and hauled them back to my desk. I decided I couldn't work under these conditions, so I downloaded some old episodes of The Family Guy off of the internet, plugged in some head phones, and vegged out watching reruns.

About an hour later, the tastycakes were gone and I was still bummed out thinking of Ranger and Jeanne Ellen alone in Ranger's office, so I decided to go see my friends at my old office. It was a short drive, so I could run over there during my lunch break.

I was into some serious thinking on the way there. Why did I care so much about what Ranger does? It's not like we have a relationship or anything, we only spent one night together and that was ages ago. The more I got thinking about it the more worried I got. Morelli and I were on the outs again, for a few months now and Ranger hadn't made a move on me. Maybe he didn't want me anymore, maybe Jeanne Ellen was his new squeeze and he was just throwing me off to the side. Geez, I was really depressing myself.

I drove by the newly rebuilt Cluck-in-a-Bucket and debated on whether to hit the drive through or not. I had a history with this place, so I figured they would not be happy to see me there. On to McDonald's.

I ordered a bunch of chicken nuggets and three large fries and arrived at the office a few minutes later.