daydreamrose- to tell you the truth, I have no idea what a beta is so your gonna have to fill me in. Great idea though.

Mey- You'll find out everything in this chapter.

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Chapter 5

Steph's POV

I was scared. Again. And It wasnt me that I was scared for. It was Brittany. I saw Ranger staring at her. I couldn't read his emotions so I didnt know what he was thinking. Anyways, I was scared because I didnt know whether I was gonna be a good parent. I've never raised a kid. That's mostly the reason why I am standing here in Ranger's apartment. I was scared that I was going to get in a situation that I couldn't handle and Brittany would get hurt. And Ranger had a 'saving people thing' so I knew that he would protect her if I wasn't around. Like, for say, if I was kidnapped and Brittany was at home all alone not knowing what to do.

"So?" I looked up and took in a shakey breath. I was going to tell this story as fast as possible.

"I went to South Dakota to get training."

Next thing I knew, Ranger was outright laughing. OK so it sounded better in my head.

After settling down Ranger spoke.

"From who? The indians." (A/N: No offense to anyone who is indian.)

Brittany was angry. You could tell it.

"No. From my dad you wanna be Rambo." She was pissed.

Ranger shut up immediatley. His mask was back on. "And who would that be?"

" Your biggest competitor. Andrew Palu."

"Can we get back to the story?" I didnt want them to start something. Though it would be funny to see Brittany take on Ranger in a battle of words.

Brittany must have forgotten that anyone else was in the room because she started when I spoke. Ranger just moved his head in my direction as if giving me permission to speak. Stupid guys.

"I'll start with where I was and why I left. Well, like I said before, I was in South Dakota to get training from Andrew Palu because I felt that I couldnt come here and I had no where else to go. That's pretty much it. Now for the part about why I came back and had a daughter. but first I want to point out something. You always know everything about me. It's kind of funny that you didn't know this."

"Just get on with it." Brittany growled. She was obviously angry.

"Okay okay. So anyways, I had Brittany when I was 19. I had met Andrew when I was walking by a military sign up place when I bumped into him. He had just been coming out of there. So anyways, one thing led to another and I ended up getting pregnat. He shipped off for training and when he got back he took Brittany from me and that's about it."

Brittany's POV

I listened to mom's story. People would think that I should be mad at my mom but I'm not because this is the way that it has always been. I didn't mind it. I mean I always wished that I could see my mom more but other than that it's always been ok. Just me and dad. Dad's had some girlfriends over the year but none of them actually stuck.

"where will we be staying?" I tried to ask it nicley but it didnt come out as such.

"You get the couch." What? no way.

"I'm just joking. There is an apartment free on the floor below me. Two bedrooms and one bath."

"Thanks."

They moved into the apartment.

"I have to go and talk to Morelli tomarrow. You think that you can stay here?"

"Yeah. I suppose."

"Good. Good night princess."

"Night mom."