Chapter 11

SPOV

"Ranger?" I say as I wake up in the bed alone.

"I'm in the kitchen, come in here when you get up," he says.

I walk into the kitchen to find Ranger sitting at the island eating a bagel and fruit. I sit down next to him and start fixing myself some coffee and a bagel. Ranger puts the paper down and turns towards me.

"Are you okay after last night Babe?"

"Yeah, no, I really don't know. I know that today I feel like I have some pent up frustration that I need to get rid of. I know that Joe was drunk last night, but the words hurt. I've never cheated on him." I say.

"I understand. That is why today we're not going to stay in the office. I'm taking you to our tactical training course so we can work with you gun." Ranger says with a smirk.

"You really want to put a gun in my hand today? If I accidentally shoot you then it's your fault." I say with a smile.

"Go shower and change into a t-shirt and some jeans. We're leaving in an hour. I've got glasses and ear protection for you downstairs."

We drive for close to two hours before we get to the middle of nowhere. Finally we pull on a dirt road and pull up to an old beat down trailer that has clay pits behind it. I can hear chicken clucking and see a goat behind the fence. Where the hell are we? Is Ranger taking me to the middle of nowhere to leave me?

"Ranger! What's up man?" a man calls out from the front porch of the trailer.

"Bits, how are you man? This is Stephanie that I was telling you about. We're here for your tactical training." Ranger says as he approaches the trailer and shakes the guys hand.

"So this is Stephanie? I heard you think you're allergic to guns?" Bits says as he shakes my hand.

"I am, I just don't see the point in carrying the gun. I can do as much damage with the hairspray in my purse and not kill the person." I say.

"Tactical training is not about teaching you to be a killer. It's about teaching you how to defend yourself if something happens. Right now you could turn around and shoot Ranger dead if you wanted, my goal here is not to make that happen though. My goal here is to make you good enough that you could shoot someone else to save Ranger's life if the situation presented itself." Bits says as we start walking towards the gate.

As the day progressed I began to enjoy myself. We finally found a gun that fit well in my hand. I was hitting the target put I was having trouble during the drill where Bits was telling me what part of the target to shoot at. We kept repeating the same drill over and over and I was starting to get frustrated. Ranger realized I was getting frustrated and came behind me and put his hands on either side of me.

"Legs apart Babe." He said as he kicked my feet further apart. "Now stick your butt out." I did as he said and my ass rubbed against him. "Now shoot the head" Ranger guided my hands around until I hit each of my goals. When I realized that I had finished the drill and hit all my marks I turned around and flung my arms around Ranger's neck and went to kiss him on the cheek. Ranger turned his head as I flung around and I ended up kissing Ranger right on the mouth. I was surprised at first but after a second Ranger pulled me closer and kissed me harder and I felt my knees go weak. My god he was a great kisser!

"Babe I am so sorry. I shouldn't have done that. I know that you didn't mean to kiss me on the lips and I shouldn't have pushed it any further." Ranger said as he was trying to pull away from me.

"Don't be sorry. Granted this isn't the best time for this to be happening but I don't regret it. I enjoyed it. Hopefully once my divorce is finalized we can do that again. I don't think that was a one time show." I say.

"Not a one time show Babe, whenever you're ready for it you let me know. I'm all yours." Ranger said and then he hugged me, "Bits why don't you do the upside down drill?" Ranger said. I looked at Ranger's eyes and I could see the mischief in them. This isn't going to be good.

Bits took me to a contraption that looked like the boards that the paramedics use but it was vertical instead of horizontal. He strapped me to the board and then flipped me upside down and handed me the gun.

"You want me to shoot this target while I'm strapped upside down? Are you fucking insane?" I say after they flip me over.

"Just try it Babe. See how many shots connect with the target."

I shoot at the target and empty my clip. Out of the 8 shots 3 of them hit the target, I have no clue where the other 5 shots ended up. Neither of the guys were bleeding so I took that as a good sign.

"3 out of 8. Really, that was the best you could do?" Ranger said with a smile

"Yeah I was UPSIDE DOWN! Why don't you do it Mr. smarty pants and see how many you can get." I say as I poke him in the chest.

Bits puts Ranger in the contraption and turns him upside down and hands him his Glock. Ranger empties his clip and hits the target every single time. Obviously he can back up his trash talk. Even though this is the last thing that I would have ever wanted to do today I really enjoyed it. Not that I ever plan on telling Ranger that.

** This experience is based off my recent experience of getting my conceal carry permit. I did do the upside down thing, and will probably never do it again.