DISCLAIMOR: I don't own any of the characters in this story but Callie Taylor.. The rest I'm just having fun with this..

Rangersgirl --- You have a point...(Went back and checked) but to tell the truth.. it had been some time since I read that book.. and forgot she had used the name Bobby... I just used it because of an old friend from High school.. MANY years ago(who I had the wildest crush on) ... and also cause I just like the name... That's my story and I'm sticking to it -grin-

Oh and don't let the sappiness of this post fool you... Callie may seem happy now... but don't count on it lasting for long... Bobby would be boring if he'd happy all the time... It's more fun tormenting him...

ALL- Thank you for the reviews.. this has been fun for me! Your reviews have given me some ideas..

-Chapter nine-

Bobby & Callie

Bobby led Callie out of the elevator and to one of the black SUV's parked in the under ground garage. He opened the door for her, then stepped back allowing her to enter the vehicle on her own. He promised not to touch her when they were alone and he meant to keep that promise. Even if it killed him.

After closing the door, he went around to the drivers side and got in. "We'll need to stop by my apartment for a few minutes and get some of your clothes that are there," he told her as he turned the key and backed the SUV up. "If we show up at your place with no luggage Susan might get a little suspicious."

Callie thought about that. It seemed kind of silly since she had only been gone a day and a half. She brought it up.

"I wasn't gone that long.. It might look funny if I showed up with a suit case.. We could stop and get me a new t-shirt and tell her that we went for a drive.. found this cute little inn and decided to spend the night there. No wait... You took me to some quaint little cabin in the hills owned by a friend of yours... and you bought me the t-shirt the next day so I'd have something clean to wear."

"Works for me," he smiled, thinking she was pretty good at all this stuff. "In the mean time would you like to stop and get something to eat before we get to the house? I don't think you had to much to eat before Ranger dragged you into the conference room."

He was trying to be nice without being pushy.

"You don't have to be nice to me any more Bobby.. I know it was all a job to you," her voice was low, and he could hear the disappointment she tried to hide as she spoke. It nearly killed him to know he was the cause of it. "I'll do my part to act all mushy when we're around Susan. So don't worry I'll give you away. I want Drew caught more then you and your boss do."

"Callie.. It was always more then the job," he said softly, as he pulled out of the garage and turned left onto the street in front of the Rangeman building. "It was you. I know I was assigned to keep an eye on you.. and at first that's all it was.. but the more I watched you the more I wished you were someone else. Someone I met on the street.

Someone I wanted badly to get to know on my own, away from –the job-. I broke every rule Ranger has on the books when I asked you out. I've never done that before.. You threw me for a loop. No other woman has ever done that to me before... and I acted like a total jerk to you when you found me out."

She turned in the seat to look at him. Her eyes wary as she tried to decide if he was telling the truth this time, or if it was another of his lies to get her to go along with –the plan- without causing problems. She decided she wasn't finished be angry with him yet. He wasn't going to get off the hook that easily.

"You should have thought about that sooner," she snapped and turned to look out the window so she didn't have to see the look on his handsome face. He was telling the truth about his feelings for her, she decided, but he had hurt her deeply and she just didn't know if she could trust his about face so soon. He'd have to work at proving himself this time.

The rest of the ride was made in silence. About half way between the Rangeman building and the house Callie... umm.. Lisa.. was calling home, Bobby pulled the SUV over to a curb behind a man selling things out of the trunk of his car.

"Be right back," he said, releasing the seatbelt and open the door after looking to make sure no cars were coming.

Callie watched him, admiring the way he filled out the skin tight blue jeans he was wearing. Her breath caught as her eyes moved upwards to admire the way his back muscles rippled under the tight black t-shirt he wore, and had to fan herself when she started to over heat. This wouldn't do! How was she suppose to stay mad at him when the very sight of his jean clad ass set her heart to racing and hormones into over drive.

She was a sick woman, torturing herself with thoughts of getting Bobby naked and having a boink fest... She wanted to be on the bottom.. Callie loved the feel of his powerful body pressing against hers after the explosions started to settle down .. Big sigh! She blew out a big breath remembering his promise not to touch her... even if she begged him too.. as she watched him walk towards the man standing by the trunk of a beat up dark blue Olds. She kept watching as words were exchanged and saw Bobby picking up one t-shirt after another until he found the one he wanted.

He handed the man a few bucks, waved good-bye then came back to the SUV where he handed her the shirt before climbing back inside behind the drivers seat.

"I'll stop up here a ways at the gas station so you can change," he told her putting the SUV in gear before pulling out into traffic.

"I'll just save time and change here," she said, knowing she was playing with fire, as she pulled the shirt Stephanie had let her borrow up over her head leaving her sitting there half naked in the black Victoria Secrets bra that had come with the shirt. "After all the windows are tinted so no one can see me."

She smiled inwardly as she heard Bobby mutter something under his breath, and saw his grip on the steering wheel tighten until she was sure he was going to crush it with his grip.

"You know," she drawled slowly as she took her time pulling the new t-shirt over her head. Perversely, she raised her arms up, showing off the smooth skin of her middle as she shimmied in the seat causing the shirt to slither slowly downward until she had to lower her arms and pull it into place.

She smiled sweetly as her eyes cut a sideways glance at his profile where she could see her little performance had effected him. It did something funny to her too. Her head told her he was a lying jerk.. but her body was telling her mind to shut up. It had liked the things his had done to it. Liked it a lot. In fact she wished now she had never forced him to make that promise, for she feared once he gave his word... he would keep it. No matter how frustrated they both got.

Heavy sigh.. She'd come up with something. Might as well have some fun while they were waiting for her brother to show up... and try to kill her. A girl had to have her priorities in order after all. Right? And wasn't mind blowing sex with a with a well hung stud more important then being afraid of the murdering bastard of a brother?

"Before we get there, we should go over the story we're going to tell her one more time," Bobby's deep voice cut into her plotting.

"Let's see. You came like a thief in the night tied me up and kidnapped me, took me up to this isolated cabin in the hills that belongs to a friend of yours for a very romantic night of hot steamy kinky sex," she scooted over so that her body was almost glued to his and ran her hand over the wide plains of his massive chest, down across the tight muscle area just above his belt buckle, threatening to go lower but his hand caught hers and pulled it back up to his chest.

"Tease," he groaned, when she laughed, but did not move back to her side of the SUV. "You keep that up woman and... we may not make it home without crashing."

"Something wrong Bobby?" she asked, knowing she was playing with fire. She couldn't help herself. It was payback, she told herself. She wanted to see how far she could push him. It was a dangerous game

To Bobby if felt like torture. He loved the feel of her hands caressing his body. If it wasn't for that damn promise he'd made her.. He'd of pulled the SUV over to the side of the road and test out those tinted windows. "If you don't stop what you're doing sweetheart, I can't guarantee

We'll make it back home without crashing.. "

"I thought you were a tough guy Bobby... Trained to take torture and such from the enemy." Callie taunted, as Bobby turned the car into her drive way and shut the engine off.

An almost evilly sexy smile spread over his lips as he turned towards her. His left hand coming up to smooth back the hair that had fallen out of her braid. "You like playing with matches little girl?" he crooned softly in that oh so sexy bedroom voice of his. "You like the feel of the fires burn?"

"I do..don't know wha..what you m..mean," the girl stammered even as her breath caught and a warm tingle began to grow somewhere below her belt line. Fire no.. Molten lava... Damn Skippy!

"Don't you..?" Bobby countered and then before she knew what was happening, she found herself laying across his lap. "Think about it," he warned and his lips came down hard in kiss that at first was punishing and then seducing until her arms came up to circle his neck and her brain turned to mush.

The kiss went on and on pushing her anger to the far reaches of her mind and out the back door. She forgot that she shouldn't be allowing him to do this. She was still mad at him... But then again.. Did she really care? After all hadn't she just decided on the ride over here that she was going to use him to scratch an itch or several until her brother had been caught?

Boy was she itching...

She turned slightly, wanting to feel his hands on her body in certain places, but slowly noticed the kiss was ending and when she looked up to question why, she saw the smug grin on his face.

"Sorry... I know I promised not to touch you or get all mushy when we were alone," he said in a tone that lacked any real apology. "But Susan would have known right off that we hadn't spent the night making love.. you just didn't have that –I've been well and truly boinked look- about you. Now you do."

He dropped a well place kiss on her pouty lips and set her back on her side of the SUV. "Shall we go in now?"

"And you call me a tease.." Callie muttered angrily as she resettled her new t-shirt and waited for Bobby to come open her car door for her.

She was still glaring at him when he opened the door and helped her down –doing his besotted boyfriend gig- After he had closed the door behind her, Bobby pulled her back into his arms and leaned down to whisper in her ear. "I know this is going to be hard for you to do.. And I'm sorry you have to go through it.. but it will all be over soon. I know you're strong enough to handle it, because you're a hell of a woman Callie Taylor, and I'm not about to let anything happen to you."

She looked up at him, for the moment all anger gone. Having him here with her –did- make her feel far safer then she had in a long time. Her arms went around his waist, unaware that the picture of the two of them standing there wrapped in each others arms made others who saw them, think they were in love. "I have your word on that?"

"Lady... my word you have.." he promised tenderly, pulling her tight against his hard body. "You also have my heart and soul..."

She turned her head and looked up at him. A question in her blue eyes. "You mean that don't you? It's not just words."

He looked down into her eyes, "Callie I'm not very good at expressing my feelings.. I wasn't raised that way and the life I lead hasn't allowed me to even consider settling down and finding someone I wanted to share my life with.. But the last two months I've been with you.. Make me want things I never thought I could want before. When this is all over.. My only hope is that you can find it in your heart to forgive me.."

Not trusting herself to speak, Callie instead reached up with her hands and pulled his head down until his lips were close enough to kiss.

When the kiss ended, Bobby's heart was racing. "Lady.. You keep kissing me like that and you can have anything you want.. A trip to Rio, A walk on the beach.. my credit cards, my first born child.. What ever you want.. you got it," he chuckled low in his chest causing the muscles there to ripple and Callie's heart to leap. Then with a wink he release her, keeping a hold of her hand as the two of them started to walk towards Callie's front door...

"Promises, promise," she whispered.

To be continued...