Thanks for the reviews. Sorry for the cliff hanger but I was deciding which way I wanted this talk to go. Here it is, hope you like it. Anything familiar belongs to JE and all the mistakes are mine…

Chapter 13

"What can I do for you?" he asked.

"We need to talk" I said, "about Stephanie." Then Ranger sat back in his chair and slid his blank face on.

Kevin's POV

"Are you in love with her? I asked. Ranger looked at me like he was contemplating killing me.

"You can stop giving me a death glare" I said to him. "Apparently Steph didn't tell you, but I'm gay. Shawn is my partner. I'm not your competition here; I'm trying to help you." He stared at me for a few minutes like he was trying to read my mind.

"Fine" he finally said. "Yes I'm in love with her."

"Good. She already told me that you told her you loved her. I just wanted to see if you would admit it to me too." Now I was back to getting the death glare.

"Look I can tell you both love each other and you both seem to have major commitment issue. You hurt Steph pretty badly last year and she's not going to just suddenly get over it because you tell her you love her. She has grown up a lot this past year, but she hasn't gotten over her commitment issues yet. She didn't even date anyone in Salem."

"Why are you telling me all this?" he asked.

"Because I love Stephanie and I want her to be happy. I think that you are what's going to make her happy. She's rejecting you because she's afraid that you're going to hurt her again. Are you going to hurt her again?"

"No. If I get a second chance with her there's no way in hell I'll let her go."

"Good. If you want a chance with her you're going to have to take it slow. Stop trying to talk to her about yours and her feelings. You need work on getting your friendship back so that she can learn to trust you again. Just be there for her and support her like you always have and let things go from there. If you push too hard for a relationship right now, she'll run in the other direction."

"Okay I can do that" he said.

"You also need to open up to her. She said she barely knows anything personal about you. I understand that you can't talk about most of the stuff from your Ranger days, but you can tell her about your childhood and stuff. You need to let her in and make her feel like she actually knows you."

He looked uncomfortable at that. "I'll try" he said.

"You better make her happy" I said standing up and walking towards the door, "because if you hurt her again I will hurt you". I walked out of his office and went to find Cal.

This is a seriously short chapter. Sorry! I meant to write a longer chapter but I can't seem to concentrate on this story long enough to actually write anything tonight. I did write the guys conversation though so I figured I would go ahead and post it.