HEY EVERYBODY: What's up? Well here is the next chapter and so I guess here's the disclaimer anything you don't know is mine everything else belongs to Janet Evanovich...

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Ranger's POV

I must tell you I was nervous. Which never happens to me. I was nervous about what she was going to say. What she was going to do. I took a deep breath as she started walking toward me. Our eyes never left each other as we stood and stared for minutes. Finally I had to break the silence.

"Forgive me?" She raised an eyebrow, she was getting good at it.

"For?"

"Earlier."

"You're really..."

"Yeah."

"What am..."

"Rollin and DJ will be here if you need them."

"Entertainment?" I laughed at that.

"I told them if they tried to..."

"You'd kill them?"

"Torture first, then kill." My babe rolled her eyes, and stared at the ground. "When do you leave?"

"Early."

"How early?"

"Tomorrow morning. Sometime before dawn." There was smoke coming out of her ears. (not really)

"You're smoking' Babe." (Sorry not an original line, but hey it fit)

"We could..."

"I'll pick you up at eight." She moved toward me and put her arms around my neck. I still had my arms crossed over my chest. Damn did she smell good. She looked up at me and smiled.

"Sure." I could feel my heart beating faster and faster. Hopefully she didn't. I unfolded my arms and wrapped them around her waist and pulled her close.

"Do you forgive me?"

"Depends on how good your kiss is."

"Really?" I gave her a 200-watt smile and brushed a kiss on her lips.

"Really." I pulled her even closer and deepened the kiss. God, what am I going to do without her? A noise to my right caught my attention and I shifted my eyes toward the street. An old crown-vic with a very familiar person in it had stopped and was staring at us. Poor Morelli, I've got her and there is nothing you can do about it. I broke off the kiss and smiled at him.

"Shit!" Steph whispered.

"Forget about him."

"Forget about who." I opened my mouth to respond, then the realization that she knew crept into my mind. I burst out laughing, I couldn't help it. She pulled my head down and smacked a kiss on to my lips. "Don't forget, eight."

"Trust me, eight won't come fast enough. Later."

"Bye."

Steph's POV

I watched him get into his truck, and smiled. Then the fact that he was leaving and I didn't know why just ruined the moment. I needed McDonald's ASAP. Lula was waiting for me at the door when I walked back in the office.

"Did you see him?" She had on her new spandex on. Lime green bottoms, with lime green stilettos, and a purple and lime green polka dot shirt. She was Barney. (Funny huh?)

"See who?" I grabbed the files in my basket and flipped through them.

"Damn white girl, are you feeling alright? Joe just saw, and I mean SAW, capital S-A-W, kissing RANGER! HELLO?"

"So how was it?" Connie asked me over her nails. Like she needed to know I've only been telling them stories for the last couple of weeks! "Why IS he leaving any way?"

"One I don't care about Joe anymore. Two Ranger as always is great. And three, I don't know he wouldn't tell me."

"He's probably going on gun duty done in South America." Burg eye roll from who else? But me.

"Lula, he is not going to South America and..." Before I could finish I heard the Jaws theme (I know not original, don't know were I read it, but the person had a good idea, and once again it fits!)

"SHIT! How did it get over there that fast?" I answered the phone and knew I was going to dread every word of the conversation.

"STEPHANIE MICHELLE PLUM! I heard that you were kissing, practically making out, in daylight out side with RANGER, Is this true?"

"Hi Mom! How are you?"

"Don't you step around the question young lady. Answer me!"

"Mom I'm 31, I think I can take care of my self! And you want to know what, yes I was kissing Ranger in broad daylight outside in front of Joe because Joe and I are over for good, Ranger was leaving and I'm in love with Ranger!" Holy shit, I sat there paralyzed, had those words just come out of my mouth? Lula and Connie were staring at me and even Vinnie poked his head out of his office, so his mouth could hang open in surprise. "Mom I've got to get back to work." And then I hung up on my mother.

"Bomber?" Oh, Shit I did not want to turn around.

"How much of that did you hear?"

"Every word." Damn I was screwed.

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