Chapter XXIV-Getting the Tattoo

Kris woke up by herself for the first time in a long time, no one called, there as no alarm and it was nice. She looked over and Junior was lying next to her. She figured Tim went with Sabrina and Matt back to her house but moments later he came out of Dani's bed room. Kris was utterly surprised. "What are you doing!" Kris whispered as she tried to get out of bed without waking up Junior. Tim stopped startled in his tracks.

"Oh, geez you scared me. Nothing happened, we fell asleep. Besides I like the girl, sue me."-Tim walked over to the fridge and got out a glass or orange juice.

"Does she know that you're sick Tim? Does she know, did you tell her? Because if you didn't that's not fair to her."-Kris told him still trying to keep her voice down. If Junior found out he would flip out.

"No, okay, no. I didn't tell her. I just couldn't do it."-Tim

Little did they know he just did. Dani was on the other side of the bedroom door listening. She felt a hot tear run down her cheek. She heard footsteps coming toward the door and she jumped back in bed. She pretended to still be sleeping. Tim came in and kissed her arm. "Wake up Dani; it's a new day." Dani pretended to wake up slowly but she was trying so hard to hold back her tears.

"Hey;" she said in a sleepy voice.

"I need to talk to you Dani."-Tim said in an uneasy voice. "It's really important."

Dani couldn't hold back her tears anymore. "I know you're sick Tim. I heard you. Why didn't you tell me?"-Dani

"Dani, I just couldn't you can understand that."-Tim

"Yea, I can. That's why it hurts so much."-Dani

Tim put his arm around her and constantly told her it was going to be alright.

"Tim, I don't like this. This is going to sound a little weird but why don't you come live with me? My dad just went to…um…jail and me and my brother own everything so we can give you great medical care. Our maids can take care of you, everything can go really great."-Dani looked at Tim with hopeful eyes.

He looked back down at her and it looked like he was going to reject her; but he didn't. "That sounds great. You would do that for me huh? Kinda like me don't'cha?"-Tim said with a laugh.

"Just a little,"-Dani giggled. "So let's get tattoos."-Dani said jumping up.

They both walked out of the room and Junior was just waking up. Kris gave Tim a sooo? Look. Tim nodded and smiled. Junior got up and looked at Tim; "Where you here, with…um…her all night?"

"NO!"-Kris jumped in, "I mean, no. Tim just came in a few minutes ago."

"Oh," Junior said with his eyes half open. He was still tired.

Kris pulled his arm up before he fell asleep again. "Get ready, we need to get ink shot into our skin today." Kris said with a giggle.

"Oh, boy does that sound exciting." Junior said dragging his feet into the bathroom.

After about an hour everyone made their way to the tattoo parlor. A very, very large man completely COVERED in tattoos with a needle in his hand. "Who's first?" he said with a smile making the needle make a whizzing sound. Tim gave Kris a little nudge and she stumbled forward. She laughed because she didn't care. She wanted to go first. She laid down in what looked like a dentists chair. She had already sat down with the man and he sketched up what her tattoo would look like. "Where you want it girly?"

"Right here." Kris said as she pulled down her jeans just enough for the man to see the spot.

"Okay, here we go."-The big guy.

Kris was holding the arm of the chair so tight because of the pain. She then felt a hand come over hers. She looked up and Junior was standing there holding her hand. "Relax," he said; "You said this is what you want."

Kris laughed but it still hurt so she took Junior's hand and tried to bear it. Before she knew it there was a bandage on her hip and she could get up. Then Junior sat down and they never let go of each other's hand. Junior lifted his arm and the whizzing began. Junior's face scrunched up but he never said a word. Kris squeezed his hand to let him know that she was there for him. That was what was so special about their relationship; they were there for each other even with the smallest pain (that's what this was compared to something big like their break-up). A bandage was put on his arm and then Tim sat down, then Dani, then Sabrina, then Matt. Before Kris knew it they were all sitting there deciding what to do now. Kris looked at her watch and said they had to make their plane in 2 hours so they should get going in about one hour. Then Tim announced that he was out of Tylenol and they should go get some. Together they walked down to CVS and picked up 6 little packages. No one really said a word until they got back and needed to pack up. Dani, Junior and Kris threw everything into a suitcase and then they all drove over to Sabrina's place so Matt could get his stuff. Then Tim drove everyone to the airport for their goodbyes. Tim was coming with them this time. Sabrina said she could take care of selling his apartment and box up his stuff to get shipped over to him. Junior was okay with the whole thing because Dani explained the situation. Matt kissed Sabrina good bye and a hug that could've lasted forever. Sabrina waved good-bye as she watched all her friends board the plane. She had to say though; she was relieved that Tim wouldn't be breathing down her neck anymore. She giggled at the thought of it. She decided she was going to visit every other weekend to see everyone, she would come every weekend but she did need to work; she had already taken off a lot of time to help Tim when she found up he was sick. The plane took off and Sabrina finally turned around to go home. This time down Kris sat with Junior and Dani sat with Tim right behind them. Kris fell asleep on Junior's shoulder and he laid his head down on her head. Matt, Tim and Dani sat there giggling over a movie that was playing.

The plane had landed and Jean was there to pick them up. You could say she was a bit surprised that Dani came home with someone. Jean was aware of how much Dani was in love with Matt. "So let me see you? No piercings or tattoos I hope." Jean giggled and then no one would make eye contact with Jean. "What? What!" Jean was now shouting at them. Kris pinched down her jeans, Junior lifted his arm, and Tim lifted his shirt (he got a flaming guitar on his back), Dani lifted her shirt. Jean started glaring at Matt. "Matt. Is there something you would like to show me?" Jean said. Matt flipped his wrist; he got a Chinese symbol that meant trainer. Jean was speechless and just turned around to drive them home. She dropped Junior off at Kris' place because that's where his car was. Dani and Tim were dropped off at Dani's house. Matt walked into his home with his head down and jean followed. "Thank you for the ride Jean!" Kris yelled.

"Of course Kris, anytime,"-Jean said without lifting her head.

Kris and Junior were alone again, now back home. Junior walked over to her and put his hands on her waist, he started swaying her back and forth. She put her hands around his neck. "So are you happy to be home?" Junior asked her.

"Uh-huh," Kris answered biting her lip. Junior leaned in and kissed her. She kissed him back and the kissing didn't stop. You can imagine what happened next. The next morning Kris woke up to find Junior staring at her. "Hey, what are you thinking about?" Kris asked him with a smile.

"You know what I realized on this weekend?"-Junior

"What?"-Kris

"I like waking up next to you. What do you say we move in together? Before you answer, just know how much I love you and how I would never hurt you."-Junior

"Um, are you serious? What am I talking about? Well it would need to be close so I can get to work on time and stuff early in the morning. And…"-Kris started frantically spitting out words.

"Kris! Relax! Does this mean yes?"-Junior

"…Yea!"-Kris yelled hugging Junior.

"This is so great. You want to start looking for apartments today?"-Junior

"Yeah."-Kris

Junior climbed back into bed with Kris and they both just laid there, smiling and thinking about the future.