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"Surprises All Around"
Kris threw her duffel bag into the bed of Matt's truck and turned around with a smile still illuminated her face. She never imagined she could ever be this happy. Her whole life had been a wreck, and now – finally – it was piecing together perfectly. Like her life never even started until she came to Raintree.
"You seem extra happy, Kris," Matt observed with an equally large grin.
"Well, I am," she vaguely replied.
"Why may that be?"
"Junior and I decided we're going to get married as soon as we get back," Kris explained gleefully.
"Really? Junior didn't mention that," Matt stated. He was so happy for them.
"We just decided on it. But I think it's been long overdue. We were supposed to be married five months ago. I'm just glad it's finally going to happen," Kris said with a goofy expression on her face.
Matt looked off to the road that stretched out ahead of them. He finally had gotten over Kris – which was not an easy thing to do – and he was happy for her and Junior. Somehow, deep down, he always knew that Kris and Junior were soul mates. He finally excepted that someone else out there was his soul mate. And he longed to have the kind of love that Kris and Junior had.
"That's great Kris. I'm so happy for you!" he said as he hugged her tightly. "So, how are you going to do it? I mean, nothing is planned yet, right?"
Kris's face fell and her eyes wandered around for she had forgotten about the planning part. "I'm not even sure. I forgot there wouldn't be a wedding all set up for us when we got back. I guess we'll just start planning when we get back." Suddenly Kris felt gloomy for she wouldn't be getting married the moment she stepped back into Raintree.
"Hey, whatever you need help with, I'm your man," Matt reassured a disappointed Kris.
Kris smiled, knowing that he was sincere. He had always been a marvelous friend to both her and Junior and he would continue to be amazing in the future to come. After goofy around for a while and talking as good friends, Kris suddenly blurted out, "Matt, can I tell you something?"
"You know you can tell me anything," Matt reassured her. He wasn't quite sure what she wanted to tell him since she caught him off guard. He wasn't expecting a serious topic of discussion and he was taken aback for a moment.
"But I haven't even told Junior yet. So can we keep this a secret?" All she wanted to do was finally tell someone and she couldn't keep the news in any longer.
"Your secret is safe with me," Matt said as he placed his right hand over his heart.
Kris chuckled at Matt before she took a deep breath. Then she finally composed the words to say, "I'm…uh…I'm pregnant."
"What? Are you serious?" Matt said, completely shocked. He wasn't expecting to hear this kind of news and he was completely flabbergasted.
"Completely serious. I took a test and then went to the doctor. I'm almost a month along," she explained. That would explain why she was so emotional that day that Joe Parker showed up and made her run off to the hill. Normally she would have had her emotions in check and taken the job right away. But since her hormones are now a little nutty, it explained her odd behavior.
"That's great, Kris! Oh wow! This is truly amazing. Wait until Junior finds out!" Matt shouted happily.
"No!" Kris shouted as she clung to Matt's arm tightly. "I don't want him to know until we get married. I just really wanted to tell someone about it and you are such a good friend."
"But Kris, he has to know," Matt began to say.
"Don't you think I know that? I just want us to be married before I tell him. And you promised you wouldn't tell him. Or even give Junior the slightest hint," Kris pointed out.
Matt sighed, knowing she was right. "I guess that's fair. I won't say a word. Or hint about it at all. Congratulations," Matt said sincerely as he pulled her into his warm embrace.
"Thanks, Matt. You're an amazing friend," she whispered into his ear, which made Matt smile even bigger.
Just then Junior jogged over toward them and greeted them by saying, "What's up?"
"Nothing. Nothing's up. Nothing at all. Why do you ask?" Matt nervously said as he pulled away from Kris quickly. Kris shook her head, knowing she made a mistake.
"Ok…if you say so, Matt," Junior began, a little suspicious of his best friend but too preoccupied to press for details. He then turned to his fiancée and said, "Kris, I have a surprise waiting for you at home."
"You bought me an ice cream maker?" Kris joked as she suddenly craved ice cream. Naturally she was already craving different types of food from her pregnancy.
All three friends laughed at Kris' humor before Junior said, "No, but you're going to love it."
A/N: Yep, a cliffhanger. Aren't I lovely? Well, I'm gonna ask for 6 reviews again. So the faster you review, the faster the next chapter will come. There are only 3 more chapters in this story, so it is ending quickly. I'm most likely gonna post the first chapter to my new story tomorrow, if not Sunday. So keep an eye out! Now hit that button and review please!!
