Kris was sitting in an open field. Flame was behind her grazing and the sky was blue above them both.

"Junior and Laura are probably reciting their vows right now." She told him, her eyes were glassy and weak from some of the crying that she had done. "God, I'm such an idiot." She thought.

"That makes two of us." She heard a family voice come from behind her. It was him. God, was it really him? She immediately stood up and saw a tux-wearing Junior standing before her with a faint smile on his face.

"Wh--What are you doing here?" She asked, shocked and bewildered.

"I didn't do it, Kris. I didn't marry Laura." He told quickly. Kris' eyes widened. She had only dreamed that he would say that to her. And now that he actually did, it didn't feel real at all.

"You what?" She asked.

"I...I couldn't." He shrugged as he walked closer to her.

"Please tell me that you're kidding…"

"I'm not." He replied simply. How could he be so calm about this while Kris was freaking out. "It just didn't feel right."

"But what about Laura… and you're family? What about your dad?"

"What about us?" Junior replied in a gently voice. "Kris, I still love you. You know I do. Trust me, I've tried to forget about it and move on, but I can't. When I saw Laura in her wedding dress, and the cake with blonde-haired bride on top of it, all I could think about was how wrong this was. For me, and for you, and for Laura."

"No…" Kris said sternly. "No. Don't do this." She started to walk back over to Flame.

"Don't do what?" Junior asked. "Kris, come on. We've never been in the same place at the same time. But now we are! Now's our chance!"

"No! No. Junior, you can't do something like this on a whim."

"Why not? Would that be so horrible?" He looked her straight in the eye.

"I can't believe that you would put something like this on me… telling me that I'm the reason why you didn't get married."

"What are you talking about?" He sighed. "I thought that this was what you wanted." His eyes were soft and his voice was soothing.

"What I want is for you to be happy." She whispered.

"You make me happy." He replied quickly.

"I just wish that for once you wouldn't put me first."

"But--" he started.

"You just walked out on your own wedding, Junior." Kris interrupted, "you walked out on Matt, and Dani, and Laura… and your dad. You walked out on a life that had so much in store for you… just for me. And I know that no one will be happy about that."

"I don't care what they think!" He told her.

"But I do! Junior, I'm just now starting to get back to my normal life. I can't have this put on me. And neither can you." Before he could interrupt, she started to speak again. "Make things right, Junior. Okay? Just please listen to me on this."

"And how am I supposed to do that?" He asked.

"You'll figure it out. I know you will. But please, Junior, fix things. For once, don't put me first." They locked eyes before Junior dropped his head. Without looking up, he turned and got back into his car. Of course Kris wanted nothing more than to get in with him and drive off into nowhere, but she couldn't. It was now her time to be the responsible adult that the Ritters want her to be. And as for Junior? She wasn't sure if she was ready for something like that...

A/N: I know that it's pretty short.. but I'm just leading up to some future events. Like I said before, this is going to be a pretty long story… so there's not going to be a happily ever after right away. Review please :)