A/N: Don't hate me for the end of the chapter. It will get fixed I promise! To Celebrate the mile stone of 100 reviews I decided to post the rest of the evening from Angie's POV.

It broke my heart to see how upset Stephanie was by the things that I was going through. When she started talking about the things I had planned and the things I wanted for my life I knew what I had to tell her. I looked over at Tank and Ranger. I really didn't want them to think I was some sort of religious nut, but that couldn't be helped.

"Steph, those were my plans not God's. There is an old saying that to make God laugh, tell him your plans. I don't know why all of this is happening, but I just have to trust that it is for the best."

"How can you say that? Especially after all that you are going through."

I looked out of the corner of my eye and saw Tank and Ranger watching this exchange intently. I couldn't tell if this was because they were interested in my answer, or if they wanted to make sure I didn't infect her with my religious craziness. I took a deep breath and just jumped in the deep end here. "Steph if you are really interested in the answer I will tell you." When she nodded I continued talking. "The bible tells me in 1 Peter chapter 1 verse 7 that These trials are only to test your faith, to show that it is strong and pure. It is being tested as fire tests and purifies gold, and your faith is more precious to God than mere gold. So if your faith remains strong after being tried by fiery trials, it will bring you much praise and honor and glory on the day that Jesus Christ is revealed to the whole world. That doesn't mean I don't get angry about it though. I figure if you want to be angry at God it means you have to believe he exists right?" I said with a small laugh.

I lightly hugged Steph's shoulders as I stood up. "Steph, I don't want you to worry for me. I'm ok I promise. Now let me go get desert. I think you'll like it. The guys on the other hand, well they probably won't touch it with a ten foot pole, but that just leaves more for us right?"

I went into the kitchen to serve up four bowls of my grandma's Cake and mud. It was a chocolate cake covered in a very rich hot chocolate sauce. I brought it out and served it to Steph first before serving the guys. They both took very small bites to be polite, but Steph devoured hers.

"Oh my God Angie this is amazing!"

I laughed and took a bite of my own. "It's not as good as my grandma's but thanks. I'll be sure to send some home with you."

Steph grinned her thanks as she reached over and stole Ranger's serving. I just grinned as he certainly didn't object.

"Sorry guys. I just can't do boring and healthy when it comes to desert. It's just not right."

"That's ok Angie. I'm not a big desert eater anyway." Ranger told me. Steph told me as much this afternoon, so I made desert with her in mind. I knew Tank didn't touch sweets often, so I knew he wouldn't eat it either.

"Steph warned me about your boring eating habits this afternoon." I said with a smile. "I was rather prepared for it though. None of you guys know how to enjoy a good meal."

"Now that's not true, we just avoid things that are bad for you. You know little things like making sure to eat wheat bread instead of white that sort of thing."

I smiled. Ranger had hit on a topic I knew quite a bit about, so I thought I'd start a good discussion. "You do realize that these days with GMO wheat it has almost no nutritional value other than as a starch right? I mean if you go through the trouble to verify that the wheat was grown with open pollination seed you stand a better chance, but then again there is always the chance of cross pollination with GMO crops in the area. You're better off using something like rye, or the other darker breads. Even eating all organic these days is no guarentee that what you are getting is the best for you. Most large organic operations still use GMO seed which is much less nutritious than open pollinated types."

"Give an example."

I rolled my eyes and leaned forward on the table really getting into this. "oh that is WAY to easy. Iceburg lettuce. It has absolutely no nutritional value, it's only saving grace is that it has a negative calorie count. Iceburg lettuce does not occur naturally. It was created in a lab for a fast cheap lettuce that stored well. If you want something with some vitamins you need romaine, bibb, or a nice butter head"

Stephanie looked across the table at Tank. "They're going to be at this for a while aren't they."

"Yeah." Tank stood up and started clearing the dishes and Steph followed them. I could hear them stacking the dishes in the sink while I continued to look at Ranger across the table.

"What about organic eggs and chickens?"

"Be careful where you buy them, a lot of them still come from huge chicken farms where they may not be loaded with antibiotics, but they will still carry higher bacterial loads than free range chickens."

Ranger and I continued to chat about the benefits of organic non GMO produce and the cost vs. gain analysis. I don't know how long we sat there and talked but Tank and Steph came out of the kitchen and interrupted our talk.

"Are you guys STILL talking about food?" Steph asked.

"I told you they would be Steph." Tank told her.

Stephanie laughed and looked at me. "We just came out to let you know we cleaned the kitchen for you as a way of saying thanks for dinner."

"Oh my! I didn't realize we had gotten so carried away." I was so embarrassed to have a guest in the kitchen cleaning up and I hadn't even noticed.

"Don't worry about it. You and Ranger seemed like you were having some fun." she told me as she sat back down at the table.

"We were. I even learned a few things tonight. I hope we can continue this discussion sometime soon." Ranger told Steph.

"Of course, but before we do, I suggest you google Millions against Monsanto, and S.510 the Food Safety Modernization Act. It's pretty scary stuff."

Ranger stood up and pulled Stephanie to his side with a smile and a nod. "I will. How about we do this next week up on 7, that way you can relax and Ella can cook for us."

I glanced over at Tank questioningly. I didn't want to commit us to something he didn't want to do. I was relieved when he nodded his agreement.

"Sounds great Ranger, just let one of us know what day and time and we'll be there." I told him. We all stood around and said our goodbyes and Tank and I walked them to the door. When Tank closed the door behind them he turned to look at me

"I think tonight went well" he said.

"Yeah I really had a lot of fun. I hope Ranger and Steph did too." I was carefully avoided mentioning the whole impromptu bible lesson, hoping he would forget about it.

"I know Ranger did. He said more tonight talking with you than he says to most anybody but me and Steph. And I'm pretty sure Steph had a good time especially after you calmed her down."

I shrugged as I walked to the couch. "I'm just glad she's not so upset anymore."

Tank walked over and sat down next to me. "You know I always wondered how it was you were handling things so well."

I had to laugh as I looked at him. "Tank when you met me I was not handling things well. I was mean, and rude."

"Ok so you were having an off day. We all have them." he told me.

I just giggled and tucked my legs up underneath me. "That is one way of putting it I suppose."

"Can I ask you a question Angie?"

"Sure."

"So how do you do it? How do you keep your faith through all of this?"

"It's not easy, but I just try to remember that every time I have really just let go and let God, things worked out better than I could have ever hoped. I know God brought me here to this point in my life for a reason, I don't know what that reason is right now, but I will some day."

"But how do you know that?"

"Well I don't have any proof, so I guess my honest answer is that is why it is faith, the believing in something with out any concrete proof to prove it's existence." I chewed the inside of my lip as I watched him think about what I said.

"I can respect that. How come you haven't said anything before now?"

"To be honest, You guys don't seem the bible reading church on Sunday, let me pray on it kind of guys, and I didn't want to offend. Besides, I catch Mass on TV while you're at work." I said with a smile.

"So what were you and Ranger talking about? It looked a little heated out there once or twice."

I laughed and shifted my position on the couch. "I know exactly what times you are talking about. I was telling Ranger that I believe that in our lifetimes there will be a global food shortage, and the food that will be available will not be all that great. He disagreed pointing out that the world already produces more food than we need to feed each person, but that it was wealthy nations that consumed most of it. I agree with that, but I pointed out a few thing that were supporting my idea of wide spread famine."

Tank just sat and listened nodding a few times. I stood up and walked into the kitchen to get a bottle of water. I grabbed one for Tank as well and brought them back to the couch. "I never did get a chance to thank you for cleaning up the kitchen. I'm just sorry you had to. I shouldn't have gotten so wrapped up in talking that you guys ended up cleaning up the kitchen."

Tank took his bottle of water and set it on the coffee table and patted the couch next to him. "It's ok. It was the least we could do after you cooked dinner."

I sat down on the couch next to him and tucked my feet under me. "Are you sure you're ok with going up to Rangers for dinner next week? It's cool if you'd rather not."

"No, that's perfectly fine. I'm glad you have something to look forward to." He said, but he sounded distracted as though he had something else on his mind. "You know, I was thinking. If you're going to be here until after the trial, maybe you should really think about moving more of your stuff in."

"Tank, it's ok. My stuff can stay in storage. This is your apartment after all."

"Yeah I was thinking about that too. Maybe it's time that this was YOUR apartment. I should probably consider moving back to my house."

I nodded slowly. I knew this was coming, now that I was moving better and Bobby was going to take out my stitches soon. I knew he wouldn't feel bad leaving me here alone.

"You'll still come for breakfast in the mornings right?"

"I wouldn't miss it for the world."

There didn't seem to be much to say after that, so by unspoken mutual agreement we just settled in to watch a movie.