Surprises Ch. 2
The next morning Kris woke bright and early, so she went down to the kitchen where she and Todd sat down to eat a bowl of Rice Krispies.
"Kris, when did you get the Mustang?" Todd asked, clearly interested in the cool car in his driveway.
"Right after I got my new job. I have my own equine veterinarian hospital."
"Well, I always knew you would do something with horses, but I figured you would be a breeder or have your own ranch somewhere."
"Ha, that's funny Todd. I couldn't handle breeding and for a ranch I would need so many people to help… I couldn't even begin to run a ranch." Kris told him with a slight laugh.
They suddenly heard someone coming down the stairs.
"Todd, who's car is in the driveway. I didn't want to wake you when I got home to ask you, but I was really curious." Matt Ritter said still at the top of the stairs
Upon hearing his voice Kris' heart beat started to increase and she suddenly remembered the reason she had come back here in the first place.
"Well Matt, if you come in here you can see who's car that is." Todd said and then looked at the shocked expression on Kris' face.
"Todd… why did you do that?" Kris whispered to Todd just as Matt appeared in the doorway.
Suddenly the mood changed drastically. Kris' back was to the doorway, but some how Matt knew who it was. He had had this feeling in his heart that he would see her again.
"Kris? Is that you?" He asked almost at a whisper.
"Uh… yeah" Kris said for lack of better words, turning around to face Matt, "I called your Mom last night and asked her if I could stay with you all for a while, and she said that she would love for me to stay here. You and your friends were at Dani's party when I got here and I was so tired that I couldn't stay up to wait for you to get here. I have been talking to Todd on email for awhile now and I even surprised him."
"Wow! This is… wow." He said giving her a hug that made both of their knees go weak, "We all really missed you around here. It just hasn't been the same. Even Dani has been trying to find someone she can mess with as much as she messed with you."
Todd watched with a goofy smile on his face. His brother actually found a decent girl, one that Todd liked. Although he wasn't the romantic sort, he always felt that Kris and Matt were meant to be. Finally Jean and Pablo cam down the stairs.
"Well, I'm glad to see you two are getting along" Jean said breaking up this moment between the two of them. She had long ago retired her prejudice toward the convict. Kris did look happy.
"Mom, why didn't you tell me Kris was here?" Matt asked his mother.
"Well, I thought you should figure it out on your own. So I just let it go. How was the party?" Jean said desperately trying to change the subject.
"It was fine of course Junior and Dani had anyone who was anybody there so it wasn't like the parties we used to have." Matt said telling his mother through his facial expressions that he didn't want to talk about it.
"Well, Kris, I think we should go to the diner and let everyone know you are back. Or we could just go for lunch." Matt said hoping Kris would want to go with him.
"Sure Matt, that would be great. Um, just let me go change really quickly." Kris said before running up the stairs to the guest bedroom. She had no clue what she should wear, but she knew she was only going to the diner so she put on a denim mini skirt and a cute baby tee.
"Ok I'm ready." she said as she took the steps two by two.
Matt just smiled at how happy she seemed. He laughed as she burst into the kitchen.
"Ok, If we leave know we can get there when Junior and Dani decided to show up." Matt said and they left, Kris still thinking about what she came here to tell everyone.
