Getting To Know You
By TT

Disclaimer: The characters of the Stephanie Plum series belong to Janet Evanovich and are used here without permission. No copyright infringement is intended.

Note: Stephanie and Ranger fill out a "Getting to know you" type email and send it to each other.


Getting To Know You
By TT

Stephanie's finger hovered over the mouse button, should she click send? Should she not?

A throat cleared behind her, startling her and causing her to click the mouse button. Her eyes widened in horror for a moment before she sighed, resigned to he fate. That was one way to decide.

Turning in her chair, she asked, "Can I help you Hal?"

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Ranger looked up from the contract he was reviewing and spotted an email in his inbox from Stephanie. Opening it he read:

To: RCManoso
From : SPlum
Subject: Quiz

1. What time is it?
3:40pm

2. What's your full name
Stephanie Plum

3. What are you most afraid of
Psychos, stalkers, coffins, Slayers…

4. What is the most recent movie that you have seen
"Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade" – with you

5. Place of birth
Trenton, NJ

6. Favorite food
yes – too many to name, so - yes

7. What's your natural hair color
brown

8. Are you a Neat Freak
No, much to my mother's dismay

9. Ever been skinny dipping
Yes

10. Love someone so much it made you cry
yes

11. Been in a car accident
Yes.

12. Croutons or bacon bits
both

13. Favorite day of the week
Friday Night and Saturday

14. Favorite restaurant
Rossini's, Pino's

15. Favorite Flower
don't really have one, though I did like the single red rose…

16. Favorite sport to watch
hockey (is there any other?)

17. Favorite drink
water, hot chocolate

18. Favorite ice cream
yes – I'm still looking for a flavor I don't like ;-)

19. Warner Brothers/Disney
meh

20. Ever been on a ship
does a row-boat count?

21. What color is your bedroom carpet
clothes and shoes mostly

22. How many times did you fail your driver's test
once – the car died half-way through

23. Before this one, from whom did you get your last e-mail
Lester

24. What do you do when you are bored
Clean, talk on the phone, veg out

25. Bedtime
varies, usually late

26. Who will respond to this e-mail the quickest
It's only going to Ranger

27. Who will least likely respond
someone I didn't send it to

28. Who is the person that you are most curious to see their responses?
Ranger

29. Favorite TV shows
"The Real Ghost Busters"

30. Last person you went to dinner with
Lula

31. Park or Zoo
Depends, is there a skip involved? :-D I always like the zoo

32. What are your favorite colors
blue, but black is growing on me

33. How many tattoos do you have
0

34. How many pets do you have
1

35. Which came first, the chicken or the egg
um…. Well, usually the egg since I have those for breakfast and then chicken is more a lunch or dinner type meal…

36. What do you want to do before you die?
fly

37. Have you ever been to Hawaii
no.

38. Have you been to countries outside the U.S.
no

39. How many people are you sending this e-mail to
1

40. Time this survey ended
3:55PM

--Erase my answers, fill in your own and send this back to the person who sent it to you and everyone else on the list. ---

Ranger smiled. Normally he wouldn't do something like this, but it was a way to give Stephanie some answers to things she'd been wondering without revealing too much.

Following the instructions, he began to fill in his answers.

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Two hours after leaving her desk, she was done helping Hal and was settling in at her desk.

She moved her mouse to stop the screen saver and froze when she noticed her inbox.

Blinking in surprise, she was stunned when the email was still there.

With a quick glance over her shoulder and around the room, she clicked the email open and began to read:

To: Splum
From : RCManoso
Subject: Quiz

1. What time is it?
16:00 EST

2. What's your full name
Ricardo Carlos Manoso

3. What are you most afraid of
Losing you

4. What is the most recent movie that you have seen
"Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade" – with you

5. Place of birth
Newark, NJ

6. Favorite food
Flan

7. What's your natural hair color
black

8. Are you a Neat Freak
Babe…

9. Ever been skinny dipping
Yes

10. Love someone so much it made you cry
Real men don't cry

11. Been in a car accident
Yes.

12. Croutons or bacon bits
neither

13. Favorite day of the week
Any day I see you

14. Favorite restaurant
Shorty's, Rossini's

15. Favorite Flower
bird of paradise

16. Favorite sport to watch
I'd rather play

17. Favorite drink
water

18. Favorite ice cream
n/a

19. Warner Brothers/Disney
Warner Brothers

20. Ever been on a ship
yes

21. What color is your bedroom carpet
Babe…

22. How many times did you fail your driver's test
none.

23. Before this one, from whom did you get your last e-mail
Tank

24. What do you do when you are bored
Not an issue

25. Bedtime
varies

26. Who will respond to this e-mail the quickest
was only sent to me

27. Who will least likely respond
was only sent to me

28. Who is the person that you are most curious to see their responses?
was only sent to me

29. Favorite TV shows
Sports Center

30. Last person you went to dinner with
Babe

31. Park or Zoo
Park

32. What are your favorite colors
black

33. How many tattoos do you have
0

34. How many pets do you have
0

35. Which came first, the chicken or the egg
yes

36. What do you want to do before you die?
a lot

37. Have you ever been to Hawaii
yes.

38. Have you been to countries outside the U.S.
yes

39. How many people are you sending this e-mail to
1 - Babe...

40. Time this survey ended
16:10 EST

Stephanie smiled as she came to the end of the list. She'd have to find somewhere that made flan.

End


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