Note - I left the last chapter as a cliff hanger because I didn't know what Lester was going to say. Once I decided, it became a matter of who instead of what. I hope you enjoy my choice.
"I…I…" Lester kept mumbling. Steph reached over and grabbed his hands and held them. She looked at him and said, "Les, whatever it is, we'll help you through it. Won't we Ranger?" Ranger just started laughing and shook his head. "Babe, I can't promise that once you hear what he says." "Les, please?"
Lester took a deep breathe, looked her in the eye and said, "I went to Atlantic City last weekend with the guys. We went out to the casinos and clubs and drank. We drank a lot. When I woke up the next morning, I wasn't alone in bed." Steph smiled and said, "Les, that can't be the first time that's happened, right?" "Well, no, but it's the first time I've woken up and found out I was…" He just couldn't say it. "Lester Santos, you tell me right now what happened when you woke up." Ranger kept laughing and Steph finally hit him on the head and told him to stop. "You asked for it Beautiful. I woke up and I found out I had gotten married." Steph looked startled and then said, "What? I thought I you said you got married." Lester looked at her, gave her a small smile and said, "Yep, married." Steph looked from Lester to Ranger and then back to Lester. "Who? Who did you marry?" Ranger laughed and said, "Babe, this is where the story gets even better than just the dumbass getting married. Tell her." Lester sighed and said, "I apparently got married to Hector." He hung his head, while Ranger started laughing again. Steph sat with a shocked looked on her face and was speechless. She looked from Ranger to Lester and then pulled out her phone. She looked through her texts and found one that Bobby had sent about an hour ago. It was a picture of Lester and Hector holding hands and Hector was holding up a piece of paper, which she assumed was their marriage license. It must have been after they were married. Bobby's text said, "I have no words for what is going on in this picture, but I think it really happened. We all drank a lot and there are some gaps in my memory. Do you know where Lester is at, I'm trying to find him?"
Steph texted back that he was with them in Boston and they were just trying to figure out what happened. Lester has no memory of the night. Steph asked that Bobby get all of the guys that went to Atlantic City to send her the pictures from their phones and any memories they have, she wanted to put together a time line. She also asked Bobby where Hector was at, as Lester didn't know. Lester confessed that when he woke up and saw Hector and the marriage license, he panicked and ran out of the hotel and drove here to Boston.
Bobby replied that he'd tell the rest of the guys and Hector was back in his apartment and wouldn't talk to anyone. Steph put her phone down and told Lester and Ranger what she found out from Bobby and then picked her phone back up and shared the picture with them. Ranger laughed, again, while Lester groaned and laid his head down on the table. Steph told him that she'd help him figure it out and she was going to call Hector and see if he would come to Boston. They only had another day in town, but she wanted to help the guys. She knew if she asked Ranger, he would delay their departure for Chicago.
They finished their lunch and headed back to RangeMan and went upstairs to their apartment. Before she could text Manny, he showed up at the apartment. He was holding his phone and when he saw Lester, he told him congratulations and then joined Ranger in laughing. Manny told Lester to come down to the apartment where he was staying and he'd make him some breakfast.
Steph gave Les a kiss on the cheek and as the guys were walking out the door, Ranger called out, "Hey don't worry about insurance for your new husband. I made sure that same sex marriages were covered when I updated our policies last year." Lester threw up a hand gesture and walked out the door with Manny trailing behind. Steph looked at Ranger and said, "How could you keep laughing at him? Did you see how upset he is about this 'marriage'?" "Babe." "Seriously Ranger? We're not leaving Boston until we get this figured out for Lester and Hector. Bobby is going to try get Hector to come down here and work it all out. If Hector doesn't listen to Bobby, I will call him. If they are really married, then we'll help them get it annulled." Steph stopped talking and looked at her phone again. Then she looked at Ranger and finally she laughed. "Couldn't happen to two nicer guys!"