Activity: decorate/pick tree, string lights, stand under the mistletoe
Trope: One bed, First Kiss, stranded together
Dialogue Prompt: Fix it! "it's a ransom note, I don't care about grammar. "There is no excuse for bad grammar." "Don't just stand there looking at me."
A Ranger Christmas
The plan
This is the first time I've seen snow in a while. Okay, I've seen snow don't' get me wrong but I just haven't seen THIS much snow. Lula took it upon herself to appoint her and me as the official people to get the tree this year for the Bonds off. I don't even have a tree at my apartment. It's not the fact that I can't afford one it's not. Okay, maybe it is. Shit! I didn't want to admit that. I couldn't even buy Rex any hamster munchies for Christmas. What kind of hamster mother am I? A sad one. I'm thinking all of this while trying to figure out how to get this stupid tree in the office.
The tree was too big. I knew it I told Lula the tree would be too big but heck what do I know. Here we are in the Bonds office, on the 23rd of December. I have yet, to buy anybody anything for Christmas and we are just now getting a tree. Right now, my fingers are cold from holding this damn tree, my feet are freezing because I slipped and fell in the snow getting this damn tree and now, I'm still holding the tree outside while Lula tress to saw some of it off so we can get it into the office. I need hot chocolate and Ranger. But then again who doesn't need Ranger. I mean that is what I want for Christmas.
Finally, after what seemed like an hour but was only about 20 minutes, we have the tree a reasonable size and we drag it back into the office. Okay, well I say we but me. Because Lula doesn't want to get pine needles all over her outfit. She has on purple boots with the fur outlined at the top, a long button-down red sweater with the faux around the collar, and orange spandex pants that leave nothing to the imagination. Her hair today is yellow, blue, and purple. She is colorfully put together but on her, it works. On me, I would look like a clown.
"That's it I'm done, put a fork in me," I said as I let go of the tree after we dragged it back into the office. "The two of you" I looked at Connie and Lula when I said this, "Can figure out how to put in the holder and make it stay. I'm tired my hands and feet are numb. All I want right now is hot chocolate and Ranger. But seeing how I don't have either I'm going to stick with just sitting here trying to get warm." I fell back on the couch and closed my eyes praying that someone would come and rescue me from this hell hole.
Stephanie watched as Connie and Lula struggled to get the tree upright in the tree stand. There was no way she was helping them; she was tired and was too busy thinking about what she was going to give Ranger this year for Christmas.
Ranger is my boyfriend of 6 months. we finally after 5 years of friendship and me going back and forth with Joe, decided to take our friendship to another level. Joe has been out of the picture for over a year, but it took Ranger a little longer to realize that Joe and I were done.
I had a plan for Ranger and Christmas. That plan involved a blindfold, handcuffs, isolation, and a bed. Okay, a few other things are thrown in, but you get the point. I was working on getting help from some of the Merry men to activate the said plan.
I decided to leave them two to themselves. They were too busy stringing lights and arguing over which ornaments to put on the tree and which ones to leave in the box.
"I'm heading out guys. I have to work on Ranger's Christmas present I'll see you all later." I grabbed my bag and was heading out the door.
"We want to hear all about this "present"," Connie said with air quotes.
"Yes, all the juicy details and what he gave you for Christmas," Lula said laughing.
Ignoring them I got in the Porsche, one of the perks of being Ranger's girlfriend, and headed over to Haywood. I knew Ranger wouldn't be there right now he had on-site client meetings all day and it was only noon. Time to put my plan in action
As I'm driving, I'm contemplating my plan. First, let me say this it's not every day that someone such as myself gets to put a plan into motion that involves, the Cuban Sex God, my Batman, my superhero Ricardo Carlos Manoso aka Ranger. He drips sex. Like literally drips it, from the top of head to the bottom of his feet that man is pure perfection and I'm the lucky woman that gets to enjoy that perfection any time I want it. Yum Yum.
My plan was relatively easy. I was going to "pretend" that I got kidnapped and was being hidden in a remote cabin in the woods. (The said cabin is stocked with everything already and ready to use for said plan). How was I going to do this? Well, Lester, Rangers cousin and one of the owners of Rangeman was going to write out a ransom note advising Ranger aka Carlos that if he wanted to see me for Christmas, he had to come to the cabin alone by himself. I just hoped it worked.
I wasn't going to be "kidnapped" until the 24th, which was tomorrow, so that means that Lester and I are going to write the "ransom" note here in a few minutes. After he wrote out the ransom note, and I made sure that it said what it was supposed to say. Then we were going to give the note to Ranger tomorrow morning after he dropped me off. Once Carlos came to the cabin it was Game on.
Pulling into Haywood I got out of the Porsche and made my way to the elevators. I was headed to 7 bypassing all the other floors. I needed to make sure everything was in place and our bags, Carlos and mine were packed and ready. I had some new lingerie that I bought from Victoria's Secret that was going to be another Christmas present for him. Well, I was going to wear it, but he benefitted from it so yeah, it's for him.
I'm checking off things on the mental checklist. Okay, I had the list on my phone but the same thing.
Bodywash. Check handcuffs. Check Chocolate. Check and a few more items for good measure. With bags packed, I get back on the elevator and go to the garage, and put them in the truck of the Porsche. Now Carlos isn't going to find them in the trunk because he gave this car to me, and he never drives it he has his own.
I know it's only the 23rd but hey I was anxious to get there and get my plan in action. Finding Lester, I motioned for him to come to my office.
"What's up beautiful?" He said casually as he flopped down on the chair opposite my desk.
"Uh Hello, Les, today is the day. We need to write the ransom note so you can place it on Carlos's desk in the morning." I rolled my eyes not believing he forgot already.
"Chill, Beautiful I haven't forgotten I was waiting on you to let me know when you are ready to write it." He said with a wicked grin on his face.
I just gave him the death glare as I said, "Then put your brain together with mine and let's get to work"
We hovered over my desk for about an hour trying to find the perfect wording. He had to write it because Carlos would recognize my writing. We finally come up with the following:
Ranger/Carlos
If you want to see your girlfriend for Christmas, you must come to the following GPS coordinates
7°48′S 110°22′E
Come alone and be prepared for an xciting and mind-blowing Christmas. If you don't show your girlfriend will be all alone for Christmas and she will not be happy.
"Seriously! Fix it!" As I scanned the note and noticed the word exciting is misspelled.
"it's a ransom note, I don't care about grammar," Les said as he shook his head and just laughed.
"I don't care there is no excuse for bad grammar. This is Carlos, he will catch it. Now FIX IT!"
Finally, after fixing it we had it the way I wanted it to read, I folded the note put it in an envelope, and made sure that I put a kiss on the outside and had Lester write Ranger on the front of it. He was going to put it on his desk in the morning after he dropped me off at the cabin. Oh, did I mention I was leaving for the cabin at 4 am in the morning? Ranger better appreciate this.
The anticipation was killing me this was going to be the best Christmas ever. That was a guarantee I could give to Carlos/Ranger. The next 2 days were going to be fun.
All I want for Christmas is You
I woke up at 3:30 because I was so giddy with excitement. I was just hoping I didn't wake Carlos up. He was asleep right now, but I knew he would be up at 5 for his run. I eased out of bed, grabbed the clothes I was going to leave in, and hurriedly got dressed. I grabbed my phone and standing in the doorway of the bedroom I texted Les to see if he was ready.
Up I'm up and be ready in 5 minutes.
Carlos is still asleep for now, but you need to hurry I'm walking out the door now.
I gotcha Beautiful I'm walking out now too. I will meet you at the garage.
Okay, Roger that.
I made my way down to the 1st floor both of us getting off of different elevators at the same time.
"Where's the note?" as we climbed into my Porsche. I decided to let him drive this time.
"Don't worry I got it right here." Tapping his jacket pocket. "When we come back, I will get someone to distract Carlos if he is up and then I will put it on his desk. If not, he will see it on his desk when he gets up first thing."
"You don't think he won't come do you?" I asked suddenly having second thoughts. I mean this is Ranger after all. I don't think he would leave me in the woods by myself.
"He will come. Trust me." Giving me his wolf grin. "And hey if he doesn't, I'll come in his place." I smacked on the arm for that one.
I sat back in my seat and enjoyed the ride. It was about a 30-minute drive to the location, and I had stuff I had to do when I got there. This was a Christmas that Ranger would never forget. When pulled up to the cabin. The snow had finally stopped falling and someone had cleared the path from the turn off to the cabin up to the driveway of the cabin. So, Les and I got out. I grabbed the bags, and he went in and started the fire for me. Making sure everything was good and we had everything that we needed before he left.
"Okay Beautiful, I am going to go and get back to Haywood. I will text you when the note is on his desk." He kissed my cheek wiggled his eyebrows up and down and said as he was walking out the door laughing, "Make sure you don't kill Ric, the next 2 days."
"Very funny, now bye," I said as I playfully shoved him out the door.
Turning around looking at everything. Yep, I better get started.
Meanwhile at Haywood,
It was unusual for me to wake up and Babe is not in the bed with me. But that is what happened this morning of all mornings on Christmas Eve. This was a shocker to me because she does not do early mornings. Instead of my morning drop due to all the snowfall, I decided to skip that and go to the gym instead. After working out in the gym for an hour and coming back to 7 to take a shower there was still no sign of Babe. Okay, something wasn't right.
Thinking she might be down on 5 and I just missed her, I went to 5 and couldn't find her anywhere.
"Santos, have you seen Babe anywhere?" I asked him as I stand in the middle of the room wondering where she is at.
"Yeah, she said something about putting something on your desk and you would know what do to after you got it. Not sure really might want to go and check your desk." He gave me a look like he knew what was going on but couldn't really say.
I walked to my office and yep there on my keyboard propped up was an envelope. I sat down in my chair and turned the envelope over and there was a kiss on the outside. I couldn't help but smile as I opened the letter. It took me a few minutes and reading the note several times to realize this was a ransom note. Well, somewhat of a ransom note. Leave it to my woman to plan something on Christmas Eve. Alright well, I can play this game with her. But she doesn't know when I'm coming so let's let her wait a little while.
Somewhere around 2 hours later give or take a few minutes I figured my girlfriend had waited long enough. With a full fledge grin I walked out of my office, advised Lester to tell my woman I was on the way. I figured them too was in on it together and I left.
Meanwhile at the cabin in the middle of nowhere…
I'm sitting here on the couch in a trench coat with a new Victoria secret push-up bra and skimpy panties on underneath it again part of the present. I've been waiting for over 2 hours for my man to arrive. Ranger better has a good reason for being late. Okay, well he technically wasn't late because I didn't put a time that he had to be here, but I would have thought he would have left first thing when he got the note.
Hey Beautiful, Ric just left 5 minutes ago
About time, what took so long?
Have no clue, he saw the note. I saw him read it and he got a funny grin on his face and just set back and started working. Like he was making you wait.
That little Sneaky Bastard. That's okay I will get him. Thanks for the heads up Les.
No problem, Beautiful anytime. Have fun and Merry Christmas to you, guys.
Merry Christmas to you as well.
So he was on his way, geez finally. Okay, so everything is in motion. I just have to wait for him to pull up and then get in my position. After contemplating where I wanted to stand, I heard his truck pull up. I decided the best approach was just to stand by the couch and wait. So, I opened the trench coat so he could see what I had on. Gave my best slutty/come hither pose I decided to just the flashing pose. You know the one where someone flashes you and shows everything. I'm just going to go with that and hope for the best.
At that exact moment, my man Ranger opened the door and just stood there and stared. Here I am flashing him with a come-hither look and 6-inch FMPs to match.
"Hey Carlos, don't just stand there looking at me. Come here and get your present." I said with a sexy grin.
He gave me a 1000-watt smile, walked in slammed the door and grabbed me, and planted a kiss that broke the sound barrier and made the earth tilt on its axis. Did you feel it?
I pulled back and asked, "Wow, darling did you miss me."
With a wolf grin, he pointed to the ceiling. Hanging directly under me (and no I did not plan this because I forgot it was there) was the mistletoe. We're standing under a mistletoe. If I get a kiss like that every time, we are under one I'm buying a whole warehouse full of those things and putting one up in every room.
"Merry Christmas Babe, I love you." He said between kisses and heading to the bed with me. He grabbed the handcuffs on the way. Uh Oh!
"Merry Christmas Carlos, I love you too." Oh boy, this is going to be one hell of a Christmas. I've been a good girl too…