Disclaimer: Same as before. Characters not mine yada, yada, yada.
Ranger's POV
I stood there for a minute. She just picked my lock and got in. I ran after her and got in. I heard the shower running. I closed the door and locked it. I then went to join her. I opened the door silently and walked in stealthily.
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In the morning I asked Steph to come work out with me. I woke up at six. She just snuggled deeper into the covers.
"Go away, I'm sleeping!" she moaned. I chuckled.
"M'kay Babe. I'll see you later then," I told her with a smile. I went downstairs to the gym. My brother was there.
"You want to spar Ricardo?" he asked me with a grin. I nodded. We got up on the mats.
"You had on a pretty shirt the other day Ric," he told me. I threw a punch.
"You should shut up now or I'll shut you up," I warned him. He kicked but I caught his leg.
"I'll tell Mama on you," he threatened. I rolled my eyes.
"You always did." He just grinned. We sparred for a few more minutes. Then I saw Steph come down. She was freshly showered and dressed. She smiled at me. I jumped out of the ring and went over to her. I was about to wrap my arms around her but she pulled back.
"Don't touch me! You're all sweaty," she said with a laugh as she backed away.
"What you don't like sweat?" I asked her with a grin. She rolled her eyes.
"I just showered. Uh…no thank you," she said sitting on one of the benches for weight lifting. I heard Alex laugh.
Steph's POV
Ranger was waking me up to go exercising. I'm not good at exercising. In fact I hate exercising and getting up early in the morning. I snuggled deeper into the covers to get away from him and the morning. After he left I think I slept for about twenty minutes or so then I got up. I took a shower and got dressed and then went downstairs. I found out from the guys at the computers that he was in the ring. I found it and saw him fighting with his brother. When I walked in the room he jumped out of the ring and came over to me. He tried to give me a hug but no way was I hugging him when he was all sweaty.
"So what do you want to do today?" he asked me wiping his face with a towel. I smiled. I had the perfect thing. Okay so I didn't know what the thing was yet but I was going to find out.
"Let's do what you want to do," I told him.
"Are you sure?" he asked. I rolled my eyes.
"Of course I'm sure." He smiled.
"Okay then." He grinned at me. I smiled back. I got up from the bench I was sitting on. I went over and gave him a kiss. He tried to wrap his arms around me.
"I don't think so. Go take a shower and then we'll see," I told him. He shook his head.
"Fine." He ran upstairs.
"So, Stephanie. I see you have captured my brother's heart," Alejandro said coming up from behind me. I turned back and blushed.
"I have?" I asked.
Alejandro/Alex's POV
I watched Stephanie and Ricardo interact some more. I knew she was the one for him. He wouldn't be able to give orders to her. If he did I didn't think she'd listen. She was going to give him hell but even a blind person could she they were in love. When I told her I saw she blushed and looked down.
"Yes you have querida," I told her with a smile.
"But we only met a few weeks ago. Although it seems to me as though we've known each other for a while," she said. I smiled and nodded.
"We should get upstairs before Ricardo wonders what we're up to down here," I said. She looked at me with a confused expression.
"Ricardo?" she asked. She didn't even know my brother's real name.
Steph's POV
He said Ricardo. Who was that? I had a feeling he was talking about Ranger.
"My brother. Ricardo Carlos Manoso," he told me, "you didn't know that?" I looked down and blushed.
"Well he never told me that his name was Ricardo. He told me it was Carlos Manoso," I told him. He nodded.
"Well he usually goes by Carlos around family because our father is Ricardo," he explained. I nodded.
"Oh. Well usually I just call him Ranger," I said chuckling, "I'm just going to go check to see if he's ready." I then started to walk to the elevator. I bumped into a chest and warm arms wrapped around me. I looked up and saw Ranger. I smiled. He leaned down and kissed me.
"Babe."
"Ranger."
"Are you ready to go?" he asked grabbing my hand. I nodded.
"Can we stop for breakfast first? I'm starving," I said with a smile.
"Sure," he told me pulling me towards the elevator.
Ranger's POV
When I came back downstairs after taking a shower and getting dressed Babe ran into me. She didn't look too happy. She smiled and I didn't ask her what was wrong. We went out. I was going to take her to all my favorite places in Miami.
Steph's POV
Hours later we were back at RangeMan. We had done a lot of things now it was time for me to get ready for work but Ranger had other plans. He wanted to stay in bed. I pulled myself out from his embrace.
"I have to go to work. Just pick me up afterwards," I told him with a grin as I slid on my shoes. He sighed.
"Fine. Let me get the keys and I'll drive you," he told me with a smile. I nodded. After I was finished getting ready and I grabbed my purse. When he was ready we went out the door. We were in the elevator and he scrambled the camera and pinned me up against the wall.
"Do you mind if I call you Carlos? Or would you prefer Ricardo?" I asked as he kissed a trail up my neck. He groaned.
"Carlos babe. When you call me Ricardo you remind me of my father," he told me. I smiled.
"Okay then Carlos," I said. He groaned again.
"I love my name on your lips," he told me kissing my lips. Before we knew it we were on ground level. He sighed and pulled back. He unscrambled the camera.
"Looks like it's time to go," he said. I nodded.
"Last night," I told him with a smile. He nodded and we got in a car. He drove to the bar. I unbuckled my seat belt and leaned over to him. I kissed him on the lips.
"I'll see you later tonight." I got out of the car and walked into the bar. When I got in I saw a big banner that said Bye Stephanie! I rolled my eyes and sighed. I walked into the back and deposited my purse. I went to the bar. I saw Lil smiling at me.
"It's you're last night. Decided to give you a good farewell," she told me. Then she climbed up on the bar with her mic.
"Ladies and gentlemen I would like you to say goodbye to Stephanie Plum one of the dancers who is going back to Trenton, New Jersey!" she said to the crowd. I blushed and she pulled me up next to her. I smiled and waved.
Unknown Stalker POV
My goddess was going to New Jersey. I knew what I would do. I would follow her. Then I would get her when she least suspected it.
A/N: What'd you think? Still like it? I got to update again. Yay! Finished my homework early. I should update an unmentionable tomorrow...maybe. So if you want me to update again soon give me at least 10 reviews and I'll update this story tomorrow no matter how much homework I have. =) Thanks for reading and all the reviews so far. You know what to do now.
