Ch.1 Coming Home
Kris walked up the dirt road to her one true home, Raintree. Nothing changed; everything was the same as when she left 2 years ago. Kris walked over to her trailer and stepped in. Everything was the same. All her stuff she left behind was still in the same place. It's like time stopped at Raintree when Kris left. Kris stepped out of her trailer and walked over to the barn. She missed Wildfire like crazy when she was in Oakland. Kris knew she could visit Wildfire anytime she wanted, but she was scared that it would bring back memories she didn't want at the time.
Kris whistled for Wildfire, she couldn't wait to see him. The beautiful brown horse stuck his head out of his stall and looked over at Kris. Kris smiled and walked over to Wildfire, and patted his mane. "Hey boy, I missed you." Kris said sitting down on some hay. "You have no idea how much I missed this place." Kris said looking at the ground. "You have no idea how much I missed you." Junior said walking over to Kris. Kris turned around startled at the sound of Juniors voice. She missed him those past 2 years, and she was really glad to see him.
"Hey," Kris said standing up. "Hey, how have you been?" Junior asked stepping closer to Kris. "I've been good, I really missed this place." Kris said sitting back down on the hay. "Then why didn't you come back? Everyone missed you like crazy around here; it wasn't the same without you." Junior said taking a few more steps towards Kris. "I don't know, I guess I wasn't ready to face all of my problems here. I just wanted to relax and not think about anything. It didn't really work because I'm back." Kris said. "Yeah, well I'm glad you're back." Junior said. "Me too," Kris said looking at Junior, then back at the ground.
There was complete silence after the last two words Kris had said. After a few minutes, Junior broke the silence. "You missed Kerry's funeral." Junior said. Kris looked at him with an I-didn't-really-want-to-go face, Junior understood. "Childfire has gotten as big as his dad." Junior said changing the subject. "Oh, yeah," Kris said. "Yeah, I was brushing him when I heard you talking to Wildfire." Junior said sitting down next to Kris on the pile of hay. "Stealing my job, huh," Kris said with a slight laugh. "Well, just long enough till you came back." Junior said smiling, Kris smiled back. "Well, I want to see Childfire." Kris said standing up and wiping the hay off her butt. "Ok, let's go," Junior said letting Kris lead the way.
Kris found Childfire's stall and patted his mane. "Wow, you weren't kidding, he has gotten big." Kris said smiling. "I would never lie to you." Junior said, Kris looked at Junior, and back at Childfire and continued to pat his mane. The silence came back once again. This time, though, Kris broke the silence. "So, how have things been at Davis farms?" Kris asked. "Things have been good; they've gone downhill a bit. But everything's fine." Junior said. "Oh," Kris said. She really didn't know how to respond to that. So 'oh' seemed to be the right answer. Junior stepped closer to Kris; he was right in front of her. Junior wrapped his hands around Kris' waist, and Kris wrapped her arms around Juniors' neck. Their lips met one another's for the first time in 2 years.