Hey guys, I am deeply sorry for not updating sooner. I've been busy and stuff. This is my first Janet Evanovich fanfiction so please REVIEW IN THE END!!!!!!! all the characters belong to Janet Evanovich and I have no rights or can ever live up to how she creates her wonderful stories.

A Drastic Change?

Chapter 5

"Reunite"

"Sweetie pie! Our ride is here!" Jeremiah called out as I tried to finish my last coat of mascara in the bathroom mirror. Exactly seventeen minutes before the business dinner at seven o'clock. I hurried out of the bathroom to grab my matching purse sitting on my bed and stalked off into the living room. Jeremiah looked up at me as he slightly fixed his tie and opened the apartment door to allow ourselves out.

We rode to the restaurant in silence. No compliments on how I was dressed since I wore this cocktail dress while I was 'vacationing' in Texas before. The sparklingly royal blue and gold dress clung onto my top figure as a second skin. It was a backless halter dress with a deep v-neck showing a decent amount of cleavage and the skirt was short in the front and got longer towards the back. I wore my royal blue four inch heels and my eyes were set to make themselves pop out for effect.

When the limo stopped in front of one of the best Spanish restaurants in town (5 minutes early for the meeting, I must add), Jeremiah stepped out first to allow himself to be presented as a perfect gentleman to help me out of the vehicle and escort me graciously into the nicely decorated restaurant. After checking our reservations, we followed a waiter to the back of the restaurant and up a couple of steps that wasn't noticeable from the front of the place. He led us to a secluded area where a table was set for four people.

"I had always wanted to eat here," I said more to myself than to him. Jeremiah smiled up at me.

"Well, I heard it was a splendid dinning experience, but our guests were the ones who suggested the place," he said to me smiling. The smile was genuine and friendly. Just friendly, we weren't so romantically involved, and you could just tell by how we were together, I wasn't sure how everyone else is fooled that we are perfectly arranged and in love with one another.

"I will be right back, ladies room," I explained. He nodded after I excused myself and steered myself to the restrooms. I felt awkward and needed some air. Like all the dinners before, we would act like the perfect couple, and it tore me to pieces knowing I wasn't happy like this, but when its over, I would be back to normal again, right? Why do I have this strange feeling that tonight is going to go wrong somewhere? After standing in the bathroom by myself for at least five minutes, I walked back to my table barely noticing Jeremiah was standing and talking to two other men.

"Ah, and this is my finacee, Stephanie," Jeremiah said as I approached closer, not really paying attention and my focus on the floor in front of me. "Uh, sweetie pie," I heard Jeremiah call out to me. As if I woke up, I got out of my stupor and looked up to see Tank and Ranger's shocked faces. Oh Shit! I thought.

Ranger's POV

"Ah, and this is my finacee, Stephanie," my client said looking past us. Stephanie, that name. Where was my babe now? Tank and I turned around to greet her but we came to a surprise.

There she was. My babe. As beautiful as ever. Her dress was perfect on her and I couldn't help but feel a great pull towards her, but I stopped and kept control. She walking towards us, but barely acknowledging us. Her focus was intently studying the floor in a sort of daze… was that confusion that I read on her face? No, it was more of… LOST…. My heart cringed to see her like that, wait a minute, finacee? getting married? And my heart dropped. NO!

"Uh, sweetie pie," my client called out to her from behind me. Getting out of her lost look, she gazed up and froze.

"Babe?" I barely managed to whisper and knew no one but Tank could have heard me.

"Ranger?" she finally spoke out, "Tank?" God! Her voice! I missed it, I missed her!

"Goddamn! Bombshell?!!!" Tank exploded and moved forward and grabbed her into a big hug.

"Tank! I missed all of you guys!" she exclaimed as she hugged him back.

"It's good to see you around again," Tank said. I couldn't move, I was transfixed on my spot. She was back, but not mine anymore. I felt Jeremiah come next to me. Anger ran through me, but I tried to keep it under control and kept my blank face on.

"Ah, so you all know each other," he said next to me and he reached out for Stephanie, "shall we order, allow you guys to catch up and get to business."

"Yes," I replied, glad I was able to even get out the reponse from my mouth as I was still unable to push away the fact my babe was back but most unfortuanately with another man.

I watched as he led her to her seat next to him and across from me. I looked at her more intently, she was advoiding looking straight into my eyes. I slowly realized afterwards, as I studied her features, that she back into the certain daze look that she was in before she saw us and this time I knew exactly why, it was like all her life was sucked out of her.

Tank's POV

Something was up. I could see and sense it. It was Bombshell. She was so... lifeless. I glanced at Ranger when the waiter came up and I knew he could see it too. Did Lula know she was back? Honey (Lula) didn't say anything to me. Maybe Honey knows something we don't know. Good thing I'm seeing her straight after this dinner. Honey is her best friend, she has to know something! Hmm.

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