Chapter XXIII-The Waterfall Reunion

They group traveled back to Tim's apartment once again. Everyone was kind of just sitting there talking about what they felt while falling. Then they started talking about Kris' old friends. "You'll never guess who's engaged."Tim said to Kris.

"Who!"-Kris asked eager.

"Brittany and Tom!"-Tim said happily.

"Oh,"-Kris said totally unsurprised.

"She liked him since like 8th grade."-Kris

"Oh, well Tom is seriously thinking about asking her to marry him. He is just afraid of how she will react. I told him that she loves him and would jump off the bridge so he would know her name but he is thinking too much into it."-Tim said surprised himself.

"Yeah; anyway, also, Kristen and Heath are going out now and so is Paige and Jake."-Tim

"Heath finally went out with Kristen?"-Kris asked.

"Yeah and he actually doesn't regret it."-They both laughed.

Sabrina and Matt decided they wanted to take showers before they went out. They decided they were going to go clubbing. Dani didn't want to wear the dress that she brought so she was going to borrow something of Sabrina's. Tim was going to stay at his place with Kris and Junior so he could take a shower. Matt, Sabrina, and Dani left and Tim jumped in the shower. He was out within 5 minutes. Kris told Junior that he could go next. Junior jumped in the shower and Tim knew that when Kris went next she would take forever. "When Junior gets out we are going to go with everyone else and find a cool enough club for your return." Tim said with a smile. "We will call you when we find somewhere and you can come meet us up there. You know where everything is right?"

"Yeah, sure; that sounds great."-Kris responded.

"Cool," and at that moment Junior came out and Tim told him what was going on.

"Sounds good," Junior said.

"Great;" Kris went into the bathroom and the guys walked out of the apartment.

Once in the hallway Tim turned to Junior. "Listen; I got a bunch of Kris' old friends up at the waterfall. We are going to go pick up everyone and then when Kris calls we are going to tell her where we are. It's going to be like a surprise birthday basically."

"Oh, right the party you were talking about. Okay."-Junior. The guys walked down the stairs and into Tim's car. They went to pick up Matt, Dani, and Sabrina; then they explained what was going on. When they all got to the Ronkonkoma Waterfall there were a whole bunch of people. A whole bunch of people that Dani, Matt, and Junior didn't know. They kind of stuck together until Sabrina came over to pull Matt away. She wanted to introduce him to all of her friends. Tim decided that he liked Dani and wanted to introduce her to everyone also. Dani let him lead her around to meet everyone. She wasn't having the best time but it was fun. Junior was standing alone. Looking over the water and waiting for a cab to pull up with Kris inside. Then Tim's phone rang and Kris was ready to come down.

"Everyone shut up!" he yelled when he realized it was Kris. "Hello?" he answered.

"Yeah, Tim; it's Kris. Where are you so I can come down?"-Kris

"I decided to show everyone the waterfall; why don't we just hang out here?"-Tim

"Yeah, that sounds great! I will grab a cab and be right down."-Kris

"Great."-Tim said hanging up his phone. "She's going to be here in about 5 minutes. Everyone back away from the edge so she doesn't see anyone until she gets up here!" Tim yelled to all the guests. (The guests consisted of Tim, Junior, Sabrina, Matt, Dani, Paige, Jake, Heath, Kristen, Brittany, Tom, Victoria, April, Dan, Lindsey, Matt (a different Matt), Kelsey, Bob, Leah, Craig, even Winn was there, Michelle, Dean; etc. There were just so many people.) Junior turned around and saw everyone backing away. He walked over to join them. He couldn't wait to see Kris.

A yellow city cab pulled up and the driver went around letting Kris out. She was wearing a short length black halter dress with a gold stripe. Kris wore her hair down and curled it; she knew Junior liked her hair like that. She saw the lights at the top and started walking up the side. As she was walking the light went out and she hesitated to keep going but then she did. She got to the top and everyone help up their drinks as the light went on and yelled "surprise!" Kris couldn't believe it. Tim ran over and hugged her; good thing to or she probably would have hit the ground. She couldn't stop smiling; everyone she had left was there. Everyone. But the only person she couldn't find was Junior. Then she noticed him lost in a swarm of people; lifting his glass.

Kris started walking; she wasn't sure where but she needed to move. A little more than one at a time the guests all came up to her. After about her third 'Hey how ya doing?' she needed to see Junior. He was sitting on a rock still looking over the water. She came up behind him and jumped on his back. "Hey you! I missed you." She said kissing his neck. He put her down and turned around.

"Yeah; I missed you to but I didn't want to interrupt your reunion."-Junior said kissing her back.

"C'mon. I want to introduce you to everyone. Please; I want you to meet everyone."-Kris said pulling Junior's arm trying to get him to follow her. He did.

Kris put her arm around Junior's waist and he put his arm around Kris' shoulder. They walked through the crowd and Kris introduced Junior to everyone. She never failed to say how much she loved him. Junior finally felt like he was having a good time. He loved how Kris was so happy. Then Tim came up in front of everyone on a little stage and he had a microphone.

"Can I have everyone's attention please! Thank You. Even though her birthday was last week we are celebrating it today. Happy 20th birthday Kris Furillo. We all love and miss you. Please come up here and say a few words, if you will."-Tim

Kris blushed and Junior pushed her away, "Go on." He said. So Kris ran up to Tim and hugged him again.

"I just want to say thank you to everyone and to apologize for not keeping in touch. I have been having the best time with all of you and I totally plan to keep it up all night!"-Kris raised her glass and laughed. "But seriously everyone, I really want to thank Tim for putting this all together for me. So let's here it for Tim, Timmy, my big brother, and the best singer I have ever heard. Maybe if we clap hard enough he will sing something for us." Everyone began to clap so hard and a few people pushed Tim up so that he had no choice but to sing.

"Okay, okay." He said once on stage. "But I am going to need my band if I am going to sing anything." Again, everyone began to cheer. Sabrina, Winn, and Dean ran onstage. Dean sat by the drums, Sabrina got on the keyboard, and Winn picked up a bass. Tim ran to get his guitar and then he started singing. (again I am going to borrow a Racal Flatts song: What Hurts The Most) Everyone was cheering and listening. Junior was watching the performance when he noticed something coming straight at him. Kris was running toward him and then she jumped in his arms. It was like a rock concert. Junior wrapped his arms around Kris and they started dancing. When Tim finished the song he started up with Headstrong (I am borrowing another song, this time by Trapt). After a few hours people started to drift away. Tim continued to play but every time Kris turned around she noticed people mouthing 'goodbye' to her as they left. Some people actually came up to her. Before Kris knew it her, Junior, Dani, Matt, Sabrina, Tim, Dean, and Winn were the only ones left. Tim finished his song and then they stopped. Dean needed to go and he was Winn's ride so they left. The group decided to stick around and talk. It was about 2 in the morning and they were all a little tired but they still didn't leave. They were all sitting on the ground when Kris suddenly got up; she wanted to look down at the water. The same water they had fallen into earlier that day, the same water she remembers Tim teaching her how to swim in. She wanted to try to re-live every moment she had in that water. She kicked off her shoes, untied the strap of her halter and let her dress fall to the ground. She stepped out of it; she was standing there in her bra and panties. Tim stared in disbelief; Dani stared in laughter; Sabrina stared in laughter also; Matt just stared and Junior was beside himself. Kris jumped going down alongside the water in the water fall. The guys got up and looked down. Kris was twisting and turning in the air and she finally hit the water. Then the guys noticed Dani and Sabrina run by and going down just like Kris. Then they hit the water. The guys looked at each other and started getting down to their boxers. Then they all jumped; Meeting the girls at the bottom. They started splashing and swimming around. The water was hot. It reminded Matt, Dani, and Junior of the hot springs (Lost and Found season 1). After about an hour they were really tired and wet back up to get their clothes. They were dripping wet but they just threw their clothes on anyway and drove home. They had a great time but they were all exhausted. The sleeping situations were the same as the night before and within half an hour they were all sleeping.