Chapter XXII-The Beginning of the Weekend

The ding that the seatbelt light made woke up the guys. As they frantically scurried to put their seatbelts on the girls laughed. "Have a nice nap" all the girls said in unison.

"Yeah;" said Junior looking curiously from Kris to Dani. "You too are still alive. You guys didn't kill each other?"

Kris smiled and looked at Dani; "Noo. I think we have come close to accomplishing friendship." Kris let out a little laugh. She never hated Dani and she understood that Dani was only mean to her because she was in love with Matt. Kris didn't agree with it but she understood it.

Junior looked happily surprised. "Good."

The plane landed and everyone got off. They were excited but you wouldn't believe how much a long plane ride takes out of you. They went back to Tim's place. Kris, Junior and Dani were going to crash there. Tim had an extra sofa bed but that was it. Dani was going to stay in Tim's room and Kris and Junior were staying on the sofa bed. Tim decided that he didn't trust his sister with Matt. Matt was going to crash on Sabrina's sofa bed and Matt was going to stay in her guest room. Sabrina was going to stay in her regular bed. After they figured out the living situations they decided to just hang out at Tim's until late. His place was cool. It wasn't very decorative but there was just something about it. Kris always had fun there. Tim threw the best party, even better than Junior's, although she had the most fun with Junior at the party at Matt's house; when Winn came to visit and everything. Just thinking about it made her smile. She looked over at Junior to see him staring right back at her. 'I love you' he lipped and then he winked. Kris did the same back. They both began to giggle.

Tim ran in with 6 beers and offered one to everyone. Sabrina and Matt gladly took one. Junior had never had it and he simply wasn't in the mood to try; Dani however had only had mixed drinks (Martini's, Cosmo's, etc.) and Kris had just never been a beer drinker. She walked over to the fridge. She took out a whole bunch of mix and match ingredients. She asked Tim where the blender was and he told her. She walked over to the cabinet and got it out. She was making some kind of drink. She finally poured 2 glasses of her concoction and gave one to Dani. "Trust me; I am an expert in this sort of thing. Try it." Dani took the glass and tasted it. Her eyes bugged out and drank some more. Suddenly a light bulb went off in Sabrina's head. She put down her beer and walked over to get a glass. "Is this your famous Absolute Crystal!" Sabrina exclaimed excitedly. "Yeah; of course," Kris replied

Junior wanted to try it so he got up and got himself a glass. Soon enough Kris was making another pitcher. Everyone loved her alcoholic concoction.

After a good 4 pitchers everyone decided they still needed to drive back to Sabrina's so they stopped drinking and half the group left. Dani locked herself in Tim's room and Kris ran to take a shower. Junior just sat outside making the bed and watching college ball. He got bored so cleaned up a little bit. Eventually Kris came out and laid down. Junior ran into wash his face and then laid right next to her. She had already passed out. She was small and her body couldn't take that much alcohol. She wouldn't have a hangover in the morning but she was offally tired. Suddenly they were both asleep.

A few hours later they both woke to the sound; "You're beautiful. You're beautiful. It's true…" That was Kris' ring tone and Tim was calling her. It was 8:45.

"Kris, were you sleeping?"-Tim

"Yes;"-Kris moaned. Junior wrapped his arms around her and kissed her cheek. He went to wake Dani up. Dani and Junior both walked out; Junior was dragging his feet but Dani was surprisingly chirpy. She was a morning person, unlike everyone else. Junior went to take a shower and Kris hung up with Tim.

"Tim is going to swing by in like an hour to go bungee jumping and then we are going to come back here to hang out for awhile. Then later tonight we are going to hang out at the waterfall. It's totally wasted if we don't go at night. We are going to get tattoos in the morning so tomorrow isn't ruined, being our last day here and all."-Kris announced to, apparently, Dani because there was no one else around.

"Sounds good," Dani answered; "what type of tattoo are you going to get Kris?"

"I am getting flowers flowing in the wind on my hip. I always wanted that. What about you? Are you even getting one?"-Kris

"Yeah, of course; I am not just going to sit there. I am getting 'That Which Does Not Kill Me Only Makes Me Stronger' in Spanish on my lower back I am going to ask the guy to copy my cross and put it next to the words."-Dani said clutching her necklace.

"Wow; that sounds really cool."-Kris responded. At that moment Junior came out of the bathroom with a towel wrapped around is waist. He went fishing through his suitcase and pulled out a pair of jeans and a tee-shirt. Kris began to laugh.

Junior stopped and looked at her. "What?" he asked.

"Going commando are we?" Kris said with a giggle and then Dani joined in.

"Oh, right." Junior went back into his suitcase and pulled out a pair of boxers. He ran back into the bathroom. He came back out dressed and put his arm over his head (like he was scratching the back of his neck). "What are you doing?" Kris asked. "That's where I am getting my tattoo," he said. "It's going to say Davis going straight down my arm."

"That's so cool," Kris responded. Dani said the same. They just kind of sat there getting everything together when Tim came through the door.

"You guys ready?" Ever since Tim got sick he has been a morning and night person.

"Yeah I guess. A little nervous though." Kris giggled, she was still tired.

They headed over to the bridge where there were three big guys and all the gear they could possibly need. They were all spread out. "Here's the thing." One guy stepped forward; "The only gear we could get for you folks today were doubles. We got three sets so you could all go down at the same time but no one can go by themselves." Kris clutched Junior's hand and Matt put his arm around Sabrina. Tim looked over at Dani and smiled. "Hey girly. Be my partner." Tim said in a totally un-rejectable voice. Dani laughed and agreed. "Great!" the big man said. Go over to one of my guys and one set of you can come with me. Kris pulled Junior's arm over to the man in the middle. "I want to be able to see everyone as we go down!" she exclaimed.

They all got suited up and Tim told Kris that she should fall first. She hugged Junior and he put his arms around her. She felt so safe in his arms; but this was a very nerve-racking situation. Junior looked down at her as they stood on the edge of a bridge. Kris looked down at the water. It looked so clear and she saw a little speed boat waiting on hand to get them down after they fell. Kris couldn't wait. It was hard falling instead of jumping off but they did it. Everyone watched as they fell. They both screamed but once they hit the water it was silent. Then they came back up and there were more screams. Everyone still on the bridge couldn't wait to get down. Kris and Junior were bouncing there, dipping into the water consistently until the speed boat came over and un-hooked them. They both fell straight into water. They came back up and were staring at each other. Two guys suddenly pulled them up into the boat and Kris looked up and saw Sabrina and Tim both going down. She looked over at Junior who looked frozen. She walked over next to him and put a blanket that she found on the bench around his shoulders. "That was so great. Like, I can't even explain what I felt. How about you?" Kris looked over to see Junior's reaction. He looked back. "It was cool, but the best part was seeing your face going down. I can't even explain it but it was fright and excitement. It was very entertaining." Junior laughed and Kris smiled but punched him in the arm playfully. They went back up after picking up the others and then they went down again. They went down about three times. Kris was having the best time, Tim too. They both seemed to forget that Tim was sick. The thought didn't occur until they made eye contact and there was something about Tim's smile; like he was trying to memorize the moment. Kris understood why.