A/N: Thank you !!

Chapter 11

Stephanie's POV

I was in heaven. There was no getting around it, I must have died and went to the good place because I thought Bobby just said I get to meet the band.

"I did." He replied, meaning I had been talking out loud again. He smiled at me and tugged on my hand, ready to open the door. "You ready ?"

I knew I had to be about 15 shades of red, but I squeaked out a yes and we walked through the door.

The rest of the night went by in a blur. From meeting the band and getting photos and autographs, to getting backstage passes and watching them without a crowd of people pushing me around, I was overjoyed. When it was over they asked us if we wanted to join them at a late dinner (I'm sorry, WHAT?! What is happening?!) , but I needed to be with Bobby…if you catch my drift… so I wanted to get back to the hotel. We declined and headed back, and I was formulating my plan of how I could possibly repay him for everything he had done. Bobby sensed something was up and placed his hand on my arm, causing me to look deep into his chocolate eyes.

"Everything okay Steph? You had fun?" Oh my sweet sweet man. You have no idea how much fun I had. I must have said it out loud again because he laughed and grinned at me. "So, good surprise ?"

"The best. I don't want this weekend to end… "

"Well, let's come up with a plan. We take at least one weekend every month to do something like this. Get out of Trenton, and just spent time together . How's that sound?"

I grinned bigger than I thought I could. "Yes. Most definitely!" We spent the rest of the ride back to the hotel in comfortable silence, me tucked up against Bobby and running my fingers absentmindedly over his thigh. When we got back we walked into the lobby and I froze. My neck began to tingle, which could only mean one thing.

"Ranger's here." I said quietly, and Bobby scanned the crowd of people that were milling around. I knew when he saw him, his body tensed. We walked over hand in hand to where he was reclined , in a chair with the back facing a wall. I learned from years of eating out with the crew that if they had the possibility of sitting with their backs against the wall they took it. Something about not being vulnerable.

"Babe. Bobby." He nodded to the two of us, and moved to stand.

"What do you want Ric." Bobby wasn't messing around. His lips were drawn in a tight line, and no amount of me rubbing his knuckles with my thumb would relax him.

Rangers eyes darted to our hands and then back up to our faces so fast I almost missed it. "Bowman is on the move, I came to give you an update."

I sighed louder than I meant to, and they both looked at me. "We still have a half day of vacation, can't we just enjoy that before I'm back to being stalked and threatened ?" I gritted my teeth and moved towards the elevator rolling my eyes. "I'm going upstairs. Do we need to pack and come back tonight ?"

To his credit Ranger looked like he felt sort of bad for interrupting our mini vacation. "Yes ba- Stephanie. "

I nodded. "I'll go pack."

Bobby grabbed my hand as I went to walk off. "I'll be there in just a minute Steph. Let me talk to Ric." He leaned over and kissed me with more passion than I was expecting. I felt his tongue slip past my lips and tangle with mine, and when we drew back from each other I knew I was flushed. I glanced at Ranger who had his head down, I guess trying not to interrupt the moment any more than he already was by being there. I patted Bobby on the cheek and kissed him again quickly, then headed to our room.

Bobby's POV

The concert was one of the best things I've ever experienced in my life. Stephanie looked gorgeous, and her face told me everything. She didn't stop smiling throughout the entire thing. It made my heart overjoyed. I was looking forward to spending the next few hours worshipping her the way she deserved … instead we walked in to the lobby of our hotel and I felt her immediately freeze and tense up.

"Ranger's here." She spoke barely above a whisper. I scanned the lobby and saw him. If he was here it meant one of two things : A. Something was going down with Bowman, or B. He thought about what he did to Steph and wanted her back. As bad as it was, I was hoping for A…

"Babe. Bobby." He nodded at us as we approached him.

"What do you want Ric?" I knew by the look on his face it wasn't good.

He let us know that something in fact was going on and he wanted us back in Trenton tonight. I got it, the guy was a serial rapist, accused murderer, shot a cop and now had his sights set on Steph, but that didn't stop me from being aggravated that our weekend was cut short.

Steph was aggravated too, she let out an exaggerated sigh when Ranger announced we needed to come back home early, but to her credit she didn't put up a fuss. She went upstairs to pack (after one hell of a kiss from me I might add) and I walked with Ranger to the hotel bar.

"So, what's so urgent with this guy you drove an hour and a half just to meet us in our hotel lobby. Is he in NY?" I waved my hand at the bartender and he nodded at me, asking for my drink preference and then setting it down in front of me. I waited til be walked off again before continuing the conversation. "I haven't seen anything strange or out of place Ric. So let me ask you, friend to friend , is this an excuse to get Stephanie to come back early so you can spend time with her?" I calmly took a sip of my whiskey and waited.

Usually we pride ourselves on remaining stoic, and Ranger, above us all ,was a master of the stone face. After my comment though, his face turned deep red and be started breathing heavy, like he was trying to control his temper. "Robert." He hadn't called me my proper name since we met 20 years ago, when we started in the Rangers together.

"Okay, so it's not. But still, you should understand my thought process." I downed the rest of my drink and got down off the stool. "I'm going to go upstairs and help Steph pack, and we will get back to Trenton as soon as possible. You don't need to stick around, I'll get her back." He nodded at me and left and I headed upstairs.

Stephanie's POV

I walked, no, stormed into our hotel room after seeing Ranger in the lobby and threw myself down into the bed face first. I should have realized the other shoe would drop eventually, things had gone so well over the weekend so it was only a matter of time before a big baddy came and ruined it all. I rolled over, staring at the ceiling and decided I needed a pep talk.

"What is wrong with you Stephanie ? You've just had the most amazing weekend with a fantastic man, you need to grow the fuck up! So we have to cut short, it's not like we won't see each other every day or get to do this again… catching this creep is more important than your sex life!" As I was giving myself this awesome kick in the pants I didn't hear Bobby come in. When I heard what sounded like a laugh I jumped up quickly and blushed. "You heard all that huh?"

He was leaning against the wall grinning at me. "I did. You want me to give you a minute to finish up?" he teased.

"Shut up." I stuck my tongue out at him and I heard him make a low growl, before his face got very serious. He was in front of me in two steps, lips crushing against mine that caused a bolt of desire to go straight to my doo-dah.

"I sent Ranger away. We can leave whenever you want." He murmured against my lips, and then started a trail of kisses and nips down my neck. I couldn't contain the moan from escaping, and we started tearing each others clothes off like our lives depended on it.

Ranger's POV

I shouldn't have come. I saw them walk into the lobby hand in hand from my vantage point and my stomach clenched, my vision blurred and I could feel a headache forming. I told myself I wasn't just in NY to see Steph and gauge how the weekend had been going with the two of them… I told myself I needed to get her to safety… and it was almost true. Bowman was on the move, but we had no idea where. The only thing we had found out was that he had made some very vocal statements about getting back at her. Then Bobby kissed her. No, that wasn't the right word for it. He practically fucked her in the lobby of the hotel in front of me, and there wasn't a damn thing I could do about it. I cursed my body for betraying me, I got instantly hard when she pulled away from him, her face flushed. Not from embarrassment though. She was turned on, I could hear the desire pulsing through her from across the lobby. Then he had the nerve to actually say I was there under false pretenses. Okay so he was right , somewhat. After he walked off I realized I needed to let them be. I walked out to my car and debated whether I should wait for them or head back to Haywood. I waited.

Stephanie's POV

I felt Bobby stir as he tried to detangle himself from me. We had landed on the bed in a sweaty heap after an ambitious round of sex. I reached out and ran my fingers over his muscles and I could practically hear his smile. "We probably should head back…"

I pouted, but didn't put up a fight. We got up and showered (together of course, saving time and water!) Then packed and headed downstairs to leave. I waited in the lobby at the front desk while he got the car ready to go. Catching a glimpse of the bell boy that had interrupted our romp that morning I watched him carefully. He appeared nervous. No, scratch that. He was sweating buckets, which of course peeked my interest. He kept glancing around the lobby, like he was waiting for someone to show up. Then he exited the lobby area and headed down a hallway. I couldn't help it, my curiosity peeked so I followed him. I could use this as an exercise for picking up FTAs. I was far from stealthy but I thought I was doing pretty well. That was until I felt a sting on my neck and saw a familiar face smirking in front of me before the world went dark.