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Thank you all for the nice and helpful reviews. This is the last chapter of the story.
And again my plead for help: I need someone who can translate a few sentences into Spanish for me!
Divided
Chapter 14: Happy end
I battled my way through the dense fog of exhaustion and the comfortable numbness of a pain killer.
I was lying in a hospital room. My hand was in a cast and I felt a suspensory bandage around my ribs.
Just when I started to wonder if nobody cares for me, the door opened and Morelli stepped in.
Huh, nice but not exactly the person I anted to see.
"Cupcake, you're awake!"
Go figure!
"How are you feeling?"
"I don't know. I'm numb."
He smiled and reached for my good hand.
"Maybe it's better that way. You have an injured rib, a broken hand and bruises on nearly every part of your body!" He was softly stroking my hand.
"Where is Ramger?" His face closed up and the stroking stopped.
"He is giving his statement. We found Fernandes a few streets away from the corner where you waited for Ranger. I told him that you wouldn't need him."
"WHAT? Why?"
"Because I take care of my girlfriend."
"Morelli, we discussed this, I'm NOT your girlfriend nor will I ever be your gilfriend again. We're over!"
"No, Stephanie, we aren't. We belong to each other, we match perfectly!"
I smiled at him, sadly that it had to end like this.
"No Morelli! Cupcake and you may match, but Stephanie and you never could. And I'm not going to change."
He rested his head on our joined hands. I stroked his hair and he looked up again.
"So this is the end of us?"
"This is the end of us as a couple, yes. But hopefully not of us as friends."
He smiled sadly.
"Never."
With that he kissed the top of my head and left the room, never once looking back.
Ranger's POV: ( The song is: John Denver - Annie's Song)
After having been questioned for about three ours I drove to the hospital as fast as I could.
Tank had already called me and told me about her injuries and that she was sleeping.
While I waited for a traffic light to turn green I looked at my gun lying on the passanger seat.
Look at me, Babe. I'm carrying two guns and a knife. At this point in my life, I'm not exactly family material. (EOT)
Behind me someone honked and I saw that it was green. I took a U-turn instead of driving straight on and raced back to my appartment, thinking of my babe. Her smell, her smile, her beautiful eyes….
You fill up my senses
Like a night in a forest
Like the mountains in springtime
Like a walk in the rain
Like a storm in the desert
Like a sleepy blue ocean
You fill up my senses
Come fill me again
I took the elevator to the 7th floor and went into the appartment. I went to my closet and lost my knife and one of my two guns. I changed into the only white T-Shirt I owned and a pair of dark blue jeans. Then I opened my safe and took a small box out, sliding it into the back pocket of my jeans.
I went back into the hall and looked at myself in the mirror.
I smiled, my eyes flashing with anticipation.
Definetly family material.
Now, I only had to make my babe agree with this.
Come let me love you
Let me give my life to you
Let me drown in your laughter
Let me die in your arms
Let me lay down beside you
Let me always be with you
Come let me love you
Come love me again
15 minutes later I opened the door to my babe's room.
I stood still at the sight of her. She was looking pale and vulnerable, but still stunning.
She turned her head towards me, a smile on her face.
Then she took in my appearance and her mouth opened and her ayes widened.
I smiled and walked towards her, taking a chair with me that stood in a corner.
I leaned down and kissed her softly, then sat down and took her right hand.
"Hey babe, how are you feeling?" I couldn't stop myself from reaching out and stroking her still stunned looking face.
"Fine"
I laughed softly.
"I wouldn't have thought that something could make you speechless."
Now she had to laugh, too, only to wince and stop to take a few small breathes.
"Your ribs hurt, huh?" I leaned over and kissed her again.
"Ranger, what's up?"
I had to smile again. She had no idea.
"I'm just glad, that I have you back. Sometimes you only realize just how important somebody is in your life, when you can't be with her." I looked deep into her eyes, seeing confusion and hope.
"Answer me a question, babe?"
"Of course!"
I stood up.
"Do you think that I'm looking like family material?"
Now she was even more confused.
"Ranger, what do you want?"
I sat back down, took her hand and kissed it
"I want everything. And I want it together with you!"
Let me give my life to you
Come let me love you
Come love me again
Confusion changed into joy and she smiled hopefully.
"Really, I mean… are you sure?"
"Never have been more sure of anything in my life. I love you, amante!"
There were tears rolling down her cheeks. I kissed them away. Leaning back a little so that I could see her eyes. A question in my eyes.
She smiled and leaned up a little to kiss me softly.
"I love you, too, Ric."
I shuddered at the sound of her saying my name and kissed her senseless.
You fill up my senses
Like a night in a forest
Like the mountains in springtime
Like a walk in the rain
Like a storm in the desert
Like a sleepy blue ocean
You fill up my senses
Come fill me again
"So babe, am I family material?"
She stroked my chest through the white shirt and smiled.
"Definetly family material!"
I reached into my back pocket and took the small box out.
"Does that mean, that you will marry me?"
I showed her the ring, made out of gold holding a heart-shaped, blood red diamond in the middle.
She started to cry again.
"Of course I will."
I put the ring onto her finger and kissed her.
The door cracked open.
"See, I told you she would end up with the bounty hunter with the nice package!"
The end
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