Chapter XI-I Thought We Were Back Together

Tim leads Kris out of the apartment and down the stairway. "Where are we going Tim?" Kris keeps asking, now giggling as Tim pulls her arm forward. He sat her down on a bench and told her to stay. He just needed to make a phone call. He went into a dark alleyway and used his phone to call a certain someone. Kris waited patiently on the bench while she overheard Tim's voice. "Okay, so we will be there in about 15 minutes…No we can't get there sooner we need to take the bus….Because I don't have enough cash for a cab with me…Fine then…no she doesn't know where we are going…Don't worry she will be fine…Okay. Bye."

Now eager to see where they were going, Kris says in a sort of cutesy voice, "So who was that?" hanging on Tim's arm. "No one you need to know right now," he answered. "Fine then."

They rode the bus for about 10 minutes when another familiar face got on the bus. It was Nick. Nick saw that Kris was with Tim and just assumed that they were together. He sat down next to Kris anyway. Neither of them recognized him. He had a buzz cut and was dressed in uniform. He had just gotten back from the army. He decided it better to take out aggression on terrorists better than the ones he loved, Kris. He put his arm around her and kissed her cheek; all to quick for Kris to respond. "Excuse me!" Kris asked sternly.

"What you don't remember me? How bout now? What the hell you whore! You going around cheating on me? I loved you; you are a heartless bitch going around with Tim like that. Slut!" he creamed this on the bus as everyone watched and then he swung for Kris' face. However, he stopped right before he actually hit her; pulled his hand back and looked at Tim. "How ya doing? You got her after all, huh?"

"Yeah, because we fell in love then broke up. Now we are the best of friends. Something you never were to her."-Tim

"You had better watch yourself. I…"-Nick

"It's our stop." Kris said jumping up, eager to get out of there. "Let's go Tim. I really font want to be here."

"Okay, hey man, thanks; for defending our country and all. That's a really brave thing to do."-Tim

"Thanks man; congratulations; you two look good together"-When Nick said that Kris had already gotten off the bus.

Kris and Tim started walking toward an apartment building. She still didn't know where they were going. It was all a mystery to her. She had almost forgotten about Junior. Where could he be? I don't think he is the NYC type. Oh well, if Tim was as serious as she was then this was definitely something she needed to do. They walked up to an apartment and Tim knocked on the door. He then put his arm around her as if to say I am here for you and everything will be okay. Kris took his arm off her shoulders because she was thinking about Junior. She did however need Tim so she held his hand.

Then he came to the door.

Kris started to tear up and said, "Hi dad." She ran over and hugged him. Tim just stood there happy for her reaction. They talked and Kris calmed down. There were some questions, some answers, and some deliberations. Tim was very helpful. Kris was happy to have her there. But that one face, the one adorable face stayed in her head. Junior.

After they left, Kris was feeling better. Pablo agreed to never stop training her and never leave her again. He was not going to help her out financially until she was ready. He would also help out her mom; financially and morally. Barb loved Pablo and Pablo loved her; even though the feelings have died over the years Barb still needed help, Kris understood that. The last agreement was she had to tell the Ritters. Tim brought Kris back to Barb's apartment. She was very grateful and showed that by kissing him on the cheek before he left. He was going to walk out of her life again. Kris didn't want to let him go but she knew she truly never would. If she needed help he would know it, she didn't know how but he always did. She just really needed to find Junior. She had been away from him for a few hours now and that was long enough. Her mom wasn't home so she went into her room and saw someone sitting on her bed. He turned around it was the face she had been missing the whole day. Junior.

"Hi, I missed you all day. I am sorry…" Kris started walking over to him but got cut off when he stood up frantically.

"Save it Kris. You drag me to NY so I can be there for you and then you take off. And not only do you leave me, you leave for Tim. I though we were back together."