Disclaimer: Their not mine. They belong to Janet Evanovich. She's the owner and keeper of the Plum universe.

Ranger and I'd been dating for four months things were great between us. We were taking everything a day at a time. Two weeks ago Ranger showed up on my doorstep after eleven o'clock. I could tell something was bothering him. Todd had been injured in a take down because he didn't respond to orders quickly enough.

Ranger had to make a big a decision. Todd had been improving with his physical training, but he still wasn't able to keep up with the other guys on the mats. He was, however, a computer guru and had made lots of improvements to the Rangeman network not just in Trenton but in the other offices as well.

After a night of weighing the positives and negatives Ranger decided he would keep Todd on staff. He would be required to continue the physical training but would not do field work. It was a first for Ranger who had always required the men to work in the field. Ranger justified the decision by stating Todd's travels to the other offices prevented him from being scheduled for a regular partner.

Todd was an asset to Rangeman. Ranger was impressed with is work and since Cal had talked with him about respecting Ranger's privacy and threatened him with bodily harm if he ever gossiped about me again, I'd had no trouble with him. In fact for about a month after his talk with Cal he didn't speak to me expect to say "Good Morning." That was fine by me, while I wanted to be friends with all of Ranger's men the truth was that wasn't necessarily going to happen.

This morning Lester and I are leaving for a few days of sun and fun in Cancun. He had booked a deluxe suite at a resort right on the beach. It is all inclusive. In the words of Lester it's open bar all the time. I'm a little nervous one or both of us might get drunk and pass out on the beach, or worse end up in Mexican jail.

Ranger spent the night with me at the condo last night. Actually we spend a lot of time here, we cook and watch TV or movies. We talk and listen to music. Ranger has been teaching me some Latin dances. He's got great moves, but I already knew that.

"Is this the only bag you're taking?" Lester asked, lifting it over his shoulder.

"Yeah I just a few sundresses and swimsuits. I didn't think I'd need much since we're only going to be there for five days."

"Five fantastic fun fill days and Cancun has some of the best night clubs in the world. We'll go dancing and drink margaritas; it's going to be a blast," Lester said.

"It's going to be great," I said as a smile spread across my face.

When we pulled into Trenton Mercer Airport and Lester parked in long term parking. He turned to me and smiled a killer smile.

" Are you ready Beautiful?"

"Yeah, I'm ready. I can't wait to go to the beach."

I started walking towards the terminal and Lester grabbed my elbow. "We're going this way."

"That leads to the private terminals," I said.

"Right. I booked us on a Net Jet flight. Rangeman has a contract with the company. Now that I'm a vice-president I can use the membership for personal use, if Ranger approves it. Needless to say he didn't want you on a commercial flight or traveling with me unarmed so he approved the flight."

"Lester how much did this flight cost?" I asked.

"We're family, I'm happy to do this. Just enjoy the trip."

"Okay." I said still concerned about the price of the flight to Cancun.

The next morning I woke up in a beautiful suite with a view of the ocean just through the window. I hopped out of bed and pulled my hair into a messy bun and picked out a bikini for the day. I grabbed a few things I'd packed for the beach and tossed them into the canvas bag I'd packed. I was pulling t-shirt on over my bikini top and short when I walked out of my room.

Lester was sitting in the common room of the suite waiting on me. He was dressed in board shorts and a tank top. He looked like he was born to live on the beach.

"Damn Beautiful I don't think I'd realized how freaking tight your body's gotten!" he said giving me a smirk wagging his eyebrows. "No wonder Ranger's so happy."

"Your one to talk I've been running with you after Marcela has stayed over," I said giving him a Burg girl glare.

"Let's go. Want to hit the breakfast buffet first?" Lester asked.

"I can't believe you just asked me if I wanted to go to a buffet. Do you know me at all?"

"Sorry Beautiful, you're right, we'll eat then go to the beach."

We spent a couple hours hanging out in lounge chairs talking and watching the water. Lester started getting antsy and I knew it was only a few minutes before he was going to start looking for something to do. Lester looked at his watch a few times and finally he let out a long sigh.

"When I went for my run this morning I saw a place that rented Jet Skis, I'm going to go check it out."

"Do you want me to wait on you for lunch?" I asked.

"You don't have to, but I shouldn't be long."

"Okay" I said leaning back in my lounger and picking up my iPad to read on of the magazines I'd downloaded.

About a half hour later I felt someone standing over me staring.

"Lester sit down or move out of the way your blocking my sun."

"Babe." This time Babe meant, you need to be more aware of your surroundings I'm not Lester.

"Ranger what are you doing here?" I asked looking him over. He was dressed much like Lester was this morning. Board shorts, black of course, and a black tank. He was bare foot and looking so very sexy. Then again when does Ranger not look sexy?

"Don't Babe me," I said. "Is something wrong? Is my Grandma okay?"

"Relax Babe everyone is fine. I just missed you last night. I couldn't sleep. Then I realized it's because you were so far away."

"So you just hopped on a plane and flew to Mexico because you missed me?" I asked.

"No I flew to Mexico to tell you that I love you." Ranger said.

"What?" I asked completely shocked at the words he'd just spoken to me.

I flew here to tell you I love you." He said it like people get on planes and fly to another country to tell someone they love them every day.

Ranger sat on the edge of the lounger next to me and leaned over kissing me softly on the lips. "Te amo. Te amo. Te amo. Siempre. Mi mujer, mi amor."

Finally I came out of my stupor enough to understand what was happening. Ranger had just told me he loved me. I took a deep breath and let it out slowly. Then I looked him in the eyes locking our gaze.

"I love you too, Ranger, always."

Thanks for taking the time to read my first FanFIc story. I hope you enjoyed it. I've had a lot of fun writing Distance. If you took the time to read this or even took a couple extra minutes to drop me a review or comment, I thank you. Seeing people were enjoying my story made me smile.

I'm thinking about writing another. But I'm not sure if I have another in me. I have an idea, I think, I might post a chapter and see what y'all think…