Promises & Panties

Ric and Steph easily fell into a routine. He would get up at 0500 and meet the guys for PT, then at 0800 he went to his class until 1500. When he came home they would take Ricky to the pool or the park. If it rained they would watch TV together. Steph and Ric would prepare dinner together. Sometimes the guys came over to eat.

On the weekends they would do different things, go shopping, visit their parents. One weekend they drove to New York and took Ricky to the Central Park Zoo.

Within six weeks, Ric's class was over. He had a week, then his unit was leaving to go back over seas. Stephanie was nervous, she had a sneaking suspicion she maybe pregnant again. Ric took her to the doctor three days before he was scheduled to leave. And sure enough, she was pregnant again. They decided to have another cookout to celebrate what Ric considered good news and his birthday before he left. This time it was just the small group of friends and family.

They had made sure to take plenty of pictures and enjoy themselves. Stephanie wasn't really happy. Ric was leaving again, and God only knew when he would come home.

Jen and Shelia agreed to make sure Stephanie got to her doctor's appointments and Penny and Celeste would help her around the house.

Ricky was sad that his daddy was leaving again. Stephanie was afraid she would never get him to take a bath again.

When the dreaded day came, Stephanie cried. They laid in bed early that morning and Ric held her close to him.

"I ordered you something special from Crystal, you should get it in a few weeks." Ric said brushing curl off her forehead.

"What did you order?" She asked, suprised.

"It's a surprise, Babe," he kissed here softly on the lips.

They laid holding each other, relishing the moment. Ric had to leave in 4 hours and they wanted to make the best of it.

Ric kissed her again, this time it was a deep, sensual kiss. She felt his arousal against her thigh. She wanted so badly to feel him inside her one last time. Before she could ponder the thought anymore, Ric rolled over on top of her and slowly slid into her.

He wanted the memory of how she felt from the inside to always be fresh in his mind. He made long slow strokes, memorizing every inch of her. His hands caressing her body. He made her giggle when he kissed each of her toes. He kept sinking into her slowly while his hands touched her, everywhere.

He placed his arms around her back, his hands came up over her shoulders and he pulled her to a sitting position. She wrapped her legs around his waist as he pulled her down further on to him. Ric and Steph both stopped moving and looked at each other. Their eyes were locked as Ric slowly started moving again. At this point they were staring at one another's soul. They were so in love. Stephanie told herself that she would never forget this day for as long as she lived.

Their interlude was interupted by a small knock on the bedroom door. They both heaved a heavy sigh and seperated.

"Just a minute, Baby." Stephanie said loudly toward the door.

Ric grabbed a pair of flannel pajama pants, slipped them on. Stephanie slipped on a long satin spaghetti straped night gown before Ric opened the door.

Ricky rubbed his eyes and held his arms out to his daddy. Ric hugged him close, knowing the next time he sees his little man, he will be much bigger.

"I love Daddy." Ricky said while hugging Ric with all his might.

"I love you, too, Ricky." Ric held him out to look at his face. "Can you make me a promise, buddy?"

Ricky nodded and said "Promise daddy." Ric smiled.

"Take care of mommy while I'm gone. You are the man of the house now, you have to take care of mommy for me."

"And baby?" Ricky asked.

"When the baby comes, you can help mommy take care of the baby. But, I hope I am back by then."

Ric hugged Ricky to him and Ricky kissed Ric's nose, "Promise, Daddy."

Stephanie broke down in tears and ran to the bathroom. She took an ice cold shower, still dressed in her night gown, and cried. After about 20 minutes Ric got worried and went in to check on her. She was curled up in the tub crying. The cold water causing her to shiver. Ric pulled her out and wrapped her in a towel.

"Why Babe?" He asked holding her wet cold body to him.

"Babe, it's ok. I'll be back you know that?"

"But how long, Ric? You don't know, I don't know. No one knows. I don't want to lose you."

"Babe, I will be able to write you and occasionally call you. You have great friends who will be here for you. They are going through the same things you are. Please be patient for me. Be calm, relax. Think about how wonderful these past 2 months have been. Babe, I love you and nothing is going to change that. Be strong for me, for Ricky and for our new baby growing inside you. Make me proud of you."

Steph looked up into Ric's eyes,"You know, I'm proud of you." she said with a sad smile. Ric nodded.

"I love you Ricardo." She kissed him softly on the lips. She then looked down at her soaked night gown, "Guess I better change." Ric let her go then smacked her butt as she walked out the bathroom. She yelped, then giggled. She didn't know what just happened, but she felt stronger just from that little pep talk with Ric. She went into the bedroom to change. When she opened her underwear drawer she saw her camoflauged panties that she had wore the first night he had come home. She wadded them up small and put them in the pocket of a pair of his BDU pants that were in his bag that was sitting on the bed. She put on a pair of faded jean shorts, and a mid drift tank top. She walked into the kitchen and saw Ric feeding Ricky some oatmeal.

"Mommy better?" Ricky asked. Steph walked overb and placed a kiss on his head.

"Yes, mommy feels better, thank you, baby." She kissed Ric softly on the lips and walked to the counter to pour her some juice.

Ric stood from the table and then stood behind her at the counter, "I need to get dressed, Babe. I love you." He kissed her neck and walked to the bedroom.

She cleaned up Ricky and got him dressed to see his daddy off to work. She called Celeste and told her to be outside with a camera.

Stephanie and Ricky were waiting for Ric in the living room. When he came out he was handsome in his green camo BDU pants and OD green t-shirt that looked panted on. He had his duffle bag slung over his right shoulder.

"Well.." he said motioning toward the front door.

Steph held Ricky in her arms and opened the door. They all walked out side.

Celeste was waiting as asked. "What took so damned long?" she questioned with a playful tone.

Ric noticed the camera, took Ricky in his arms and pulled Stephanie's back to his front and placed his hand on her bare stomach. Celeste started clicking away, like a fashion photographer. They moved around and did different poses until the camera ran out of film.

The transport van pulled up in front of the house at 1200 on the dot. Hal behind the wheel.

"Well, Babe, I love you. I'm going to miss you so much." He held her face in his hands and kiss her lips softly.

She stared in his eyes, "I love you too," she paused for a second, "Ranger." He smiled big and the guys whistled and yelled out the windows of the van. He gave Ricky a quick kiss before he walked away.

He looked over his shoulder to her. She had pride in her eyes, not the sadness she had felt this morning. He had inspired her to be strong. She would miss him, but she would stand tall and be proud of him, her Ranger.

She watched him take over the driver's seat in the van. She didn't shed a tear. He stuck his head out the window and shouted, "I'm proud of you, Babe!", and drove away.

She held Ricky in her arms and they waved until the van was out of sight.

Celeste hugged Stephanie who had now started to cry, he was proud of her for being strong, and now she was crying.

"You going to be alright?" Celeste asked.

"Yeah", she replied, wiping the tears from her eyes,"I'm going to miss him. The past 2 months have been so wonderful."

"He is a wonderful man, Steph. You are lucky to have him for a husband."

Stephanie smiled then she thought about the surprise she stuck in his pants pocket. "You remember the panties I bought myself for my Birthday last year, the camoflauge ones."

"Yeah?"

"I put them in the pocket of a pair of his BDU's. I can't wait to find out his reaction." They laughed.

Once the laughter subsided and they went into the house, Celeste suggested they go drop the film off at the drug store and go out for lunch. So thats what they did. Stephanie wasn't going to get down about him being gone, it was something she was going to have to get used to, being married to an Army Ranger.

Ranger had been gone for a week. He had just got out of the shower after running 10 miles with his men. He reached into his duffle bag to pull out his last pair of clean BDU pants. He slipped them on and noticed there was something in the left side pocket. He reached in and pulled the object out. He unfolded it and realized it was Stephanie's camoflauge panties that had made him lose control. He was still holding them up when the other guys returned to the bunk house after their showers.

"Ranger, man, those are so not you. Santos maybe, but not you." Tank laughed. Santos pulled off his towel and popped Tank in the back of the head with it.

Ranger quickly put them back in his pocket and smiled for just a second before his serious look returned.

"Get dressed men, we have to meet with Sgt. Kelton at 0800. I suggest you keep your comments to yourselves.

Ranger decided he would keep the panties in his pocket, to remind him how proud his wife was of him, and how proud he was of her. He had a feeling when he got the orders, their first REAL mission as Army Rangers, it was going to be a while until he got home to see his wife and children. Stephanie had given him a few pictures, where he was going and what he was going to be doing, he wouldn't want to risk ruining them. He would keep her panties close to him, stuffed down his own pants if he had to, but he wasn't leaving them behind.

It had been two weeks since Ric left and she had recieve a thank you note from Ric, reguarding the panties. He told her he was going to be somewhere where he would have no communication for while, he would write or call as soon as he got the chance. This made Stephanie sad, she wouldn't know where he was or what he doing, but he told her he would have her panties in his pocket at all times. She chuckled at that part, but cried a river when she read he didn't know how long he was going to be gone. She taped the note on the mirror in the bedroom where she had tapped every picture they had taken while he was home. The last line of the note read, "Be strong, Babe. I'm proud of you. I know you can do it!"

And thats what she was going to do. Be strong, stand proud." No more crying. Your husband is out saving the world." she would say to herself, "Like the old country song goes, Stand by Your Man!"

She promised herself from that day forward she would not fall into the dark abyss of self pity. He loved her, he was out saving the world with a pair of women's panties in his pocket. She knew she would always laugh at that. She would make it through as long as she kept on thinking about them damn panties.

Her thoughts were interupted by a knock at the front door. It was Crystal delievering the surprise present from Ric. Ricky was taking a nap on the couch so she figured ,her and Crystal would go to the kitchen to open it.

Crystal was excited. Steph turned to her in confusion.

"Why you so excited, you own everything in your catalogue."

"This is a one of a kind, special order. I want to see it!" She said her eyes about to bug out of her head.

Stephanie opened the brown shipping box, pulled out a white box approximately 4 inches deep and 12 inches long. She slowly opened the box, then quickly closed it back up.

"Omigod, please tell me he didn't do what I think he did?"

Crystal's eyes lit up, "Yeah , he did! Why you think I want to see it so bad!"

"No Crystal, No way in hell am I letting you see this!" Stephanie said putting the white box back into the shipping box.

"Come on Steph, please! I'll tell you about my wild night with Tank and Lester" Crystal said trying to persuade Steph to show her what was in the box.

"Why would I want to hear about that? I'm not as crazy as Celeste and Penny." Steph said.

"Please, I'll give you some free cleanser, free lube, batteries. Come on Steph!"

Steph was slightly embarassed about what was in the box. She couldn't believe Ric would do something like that!

"Crystal, this is a little personal to me, I don't know if he would want me to show you." Steph was really embarassed now but the only way to get Crystal to shut up was show it to her. She handed Crystal the box to open herself.

"Omigod" Crystal exclaimed when she opened the box, she quickly closed the box back and handed it back to Steph, " I think I need to go home and change my panties." Stephanie hoped she would leave, he face was beet red with embarassment.

The minute Crystal left, Steph checked on Ricky still asleep on the couch and then went to the bed room to get a better look at what Ric had ordered for her. It was an exact replica of his penis. The coloring and every curve and ridge were perfect. She couldn't believe it. She knew that it would get used more than any other toy in her box. She could hardly wait for bed time.

Hope you enjoyed that!

Thanks again go out to one of my new best friends, Crystal. Like I said before we are sick in the head, girlfriend!

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