The characters belong to JE. I receive nothing from this, but it sure is fun.

A/N: I would like to thank everyone for posting reviews. I appreciate every single one of them. I'm not sure when I will post my next story. I have a few ideas in my head. One is a story that involves Mary Lou. I'm also considering writing a Diesel/Lizzie/Wulf story, but I'm not sure if anyone would be interested in the Wicked series. I can't decide which one to write so feel free to voice your opinion.

Chapter 20

Steph's POV

Three months later….

A lot has happened since the switch. Carlos and I were able to talk Diesel out of switching Dad and Grandma. I don't think either one of them would have survived being trapped in each other's bodies. Well, Grandma probably would have had a blast, but I couldn't let him put my Dad through that.

Carlos and I had no trouble slipping into a relationship. We spend most of our nights together. And when I spend the night at the Rangeman, I even get up and meet him in the Rangeman gym. I usually go down to the gym about an hour later than he does. A girl needs her rest, especially if she spends most of the night 'exercising' with a Cuban Sex God.

Joe and Darla began dating not long after he was released from the hospital. According to the 'Burg grapevine, rumor has it that Joe has been completely faithful to Darla. Terri, on the other hand, is not very happy with Joe's new relationship. A met Darla for lunch at Pino's last week and she told me that Terry threatened to send some of Vito Grizzoli's goons after her. Darla handled the threat really well. She said that she told Terri that since she worked for a bank that she had access to all kinds of accounts. She also told her that she would hate for certain information to be sent to the FBI and the IRS that could cause trouble for Terri's off shore accounts. I asked her how she knew about the off-shore accounts. She explained that she didn't, it was just the first thing she thought of to get Terri off of her back. It seems that it worked, because Terri hasn't bothered Darla since. I did warn her to watch her back, just to be safe.

Darla also has been cooking for Joe every day since the attempted bank robbery. Joe put on fifteen pounds by the time the doctor cleared him to go back to full duty. As soon as Joe was cleared to do workout, he asked Ranger if he could use the Rangeman gym. Joe uses all of the equipment, but he won't get near the mat. Junior asked him if he was up to sparing yet and Joe turned white as a sheet. It appears that, he's really traumatized from the last time he was called to the mats in Ranger's body.

Carlos decided to hire more employees so that we take more time off to go to Miami to visit Julie. He started with Abby Romano, from the 'Burg. Carlos explained that Abby was looking for a job and asked me if she would be a good fit for Rangeman. He already had Rodriguez run a search on her, but said that he trusted my 'spidey senses' even more than his search programs. I asked him how he knew Abby and about fell off the couch laughing at his explanation. I couldn't believe that he had to suffer through dinner with Grandma Bella. After Abby helped Carlos get out of a Morelli family dinner, I had to give her my seal of approval.

By Abby's second day, all of the Merry Men had tried asking her out, with the exception of Hal. She turned everyone one of them down. I had noticed her and Hal stealing glances at each other during the morning meetings and I quickly decided to give Hal a gentle push in the right direction. I encourage him to ask her on a date for two weeks. Whenever he would get up the nerve on the fifth floor, he could chicken out by the time he reached the first floor. It was so cute how nervous he would get. I finally decided to threaten to use my stun gun on him again if he didn't march down those stairs and ask her out. Needless to say, Hal ran down the stairs and asked. She has really bought Hal out of his shell. I wouldn't be surprised if we hear wedding bells soon, or possibly maybe a baby. I needed to get some things out of the supply closet the other day and walked in on the two of them. As soon as I walked into the supply closet, I had to immediately turn around and walk out. They were so focused on each other that they never noticed the door opening. I immediately had to go find Carlos so we could have some fun of our own in his office. I never did tell Carlos what inspired me to attack him in his office. I didn't want Hal to be embarassed. I did suggest to Abby that they might want to sneak up to Hal's apartment on four. She was mortified that I had seen them, but thanked me for being discreet.

Carlos also introduced me to his entire family about a week after the switch. It nice to know that I'm not the only one with a mother that pushes for their child to get married. Carlos explained to her that even though we've danced around each other for years and that the relationship is still new. He also explained that we don't want to rush into anything before we're ready. I'm pretty sure that he only said that to get his mother off of his back, because Lester has a big mouth and he let it slip that he went with Carlos to look at engagement rings. I guess that means that his love does come with a ring.

Whenever, Joe would bring up marriage, I would run the other direction. But the thought of Carlos buying an engagement ring brings a big smile to my face. Lester never would say if Carlos actually bought a ring or not. I'm trying not to get my hopes up, but you never know.

Even my mother has noticed how happy I am. She sat me down one day and apologized for trying to pressure me to marry Joe. She also said that she was glad that I never gave in to her demands like I did with Dickie and that she is thrilled to see that I am happy with Carlos. She did manage to slip in that she would love for Carlos and I to eventually get married and give her more grandchildren, but she promised to try not to pressure.

If Ranger and I do decide to get married, that's great. But if we decided to keep things how they are, that's great too. All I know is that for the first time in my life, I'm truly happy.