A/N I DO NOT OWN ANYTHING! Ok, so I know there are already stories out there like this but I promise I have added my own unique twist to it. So tell me what you think of it and if I should continue. Just remember, I'm new with this series so bare with me. :)

KNOCK! KNOCK! KNOCK! This was it, the moment Matt Ritter had been waiting six months for. His true love Kris Furillo would open the door see him and throw her arms around him hugging him tightly and tell him how much she's missed him. After posing as both a pizza guy and a sweepstakes guy she finally opened the door. Matt smiled, waiting for her to embrace him.

"How'd you find me? What are you doing here?"

Ok, so it wasn't the welcome he was expecting but he still couldn't help but stare a little bit. She was just as beautiful as he remember.

She stepped outside closing the door behind. He knew he had to answer her question.

"Uncle Jesse, he was taking some nature pictures and you rode right past him. I called all over town and that lady at the diner she knows everybody."

"Rosie." Kris sighed.

"She seems to be pretty worried about you, like me."

"I can't talk to you."

"I flew over a thousand miles to see you."

"Yeah, well you shouldn't have. I'm sorry Matt, please go home."

"I'm not leaving here until you talk to me."

He was determined to speak with her. No matter how long it took.

"Suit yourself." She said.

With that she turned around and went back into her hotel room closing the door behind her. He sighed. He knew that was as far as he would get tonight. He headed to his room for the night. Tomorrow would be a better day, he just knew it.

That next morning he waited outside for her. He'd get her to talk to him; it would just take a little time. When her door opened he smiled at her. "Rosie said she makes the best pancakes in town."

She sighed and smiled back. She nodded softly and they made their way to the diner. They made small talk until they got their food.

After they had both been served their food it was time to talk…really talk.

"Does your mom know you're here?" Kris asked.

Matt sighed. "No…come home to RainTree."

"RainTree isn't my home…not anymore."

"Yeah, I'm starting to feel that way too." Matt sighed.

"What's that mean?"

"My mom turned it into a Dude Ranch."

"Wait, so no more race horses?"

"No…"

She looked shocked, crushed.

"But if you come back we can turn it back to racing, even bring Wildfire back."

"How is he?" Kris asked softly.

"His times are really bad. He's got a race in a few days; it's just a match race…."

He could see it in Kris's face. Talking about Wildfire hurt her and he knew why.

"…He needs his best friend back."

She instantly came up with an excuse. "Well, I lost my jockey license; there is nothing I can do."

"You can be there for him…be there for me." Matt all but pleaded.

"No, I can't! I'm sorry, you should go."

"It's taken me six months to find you; I am not leaving here without you."

She looked close to breaking. He knew there was more going on then she was letting on. So he pressed further.

"Kris, Kris look at me."

She looked at him.

"I love you."

She instantly looked away, trying to hide the tears. "No, no you don't love me! Don't say you love me, you don't love me!" she cried.

"But I do, why is that so hard for you to believe?"

She looked away from him and cried into her hands. Matt moved to sit next to her. "Kris, please, talk to me. Why is it so hard for you to believe that I love you?"

She turned to look at him, her face so broken that it crushed Matt's heart.

"Don't you get it? Nobody loves me, Matt; I'm not a loveable person! I'm just one of those people that are never loved! The people who do love me end being disappointed in me and then they hate me. Before coming into your family I was never loved, I was never shown any kind of affection or love. Wildfire, he was the first one to ever love me! He was the first one to show me a little sign of love and affection, I'll never forget. It may not seem like anything special to anyone else but to me it was the best feeling I've ever felt."

"What did he do?"

"He ate some feed from my hand and his lips tickled my palm. It was the first sign of love I've ever gotten in my life. Even as a child, my mother never held me, my mother never said she loved me, she never hugged me or kissed me, she never cuddled me, she never even held my hand when we crossed the street! My father didn't even want me; if he did he never would have left. Do you understand now, why you can't love me? Do you understand why I can't go back to RainTree; do you understand why I have to push you away?"

Matt sighed and pulled her into a tight hug; he rubbed her back and placed gentle kisses to her head. Right now she needed affection; she needed to see that someone really truly did love her. She cried into him desperate for that comfort she normally got when he held her

After a few minutes she stopped crying and pulled away. "Kris, if I didn't love you, I would have just moved on and stopped looking after you left RainTree, I would have just left you alone and never even thought about you again. I spent six months, from the moment you left RainTree till right now searching everywhere for you. I never gave up hope of finding you I never stopped looking, want to know why? Because I love you. I love you, Kris; you have to believe me when I tell you this. I. Love. You. I've always loved you, since the very first time I saw you walk into your trailer your first day at RainTree. When you got together with Junior I was crushed, but I knew you were happy so I let you two be together. I didn't care as long as you were happy. Why did I do that? Because I love you, Kris, Furillo."

With tears streaming down her cheeks she smiled at him and whimpered out "I love you too, Matt Ritter."

They kissed passionately and fireworks exploded, just like the first time they ever kissed, that first night at the party.

When they finally pulled away Matt asked again "Come back to RainTree with me."

She nodded. "I will."

"YES!"

Everyone else in the diner started to cheer too. Matt and Kris chuckled. He kissed her hand and then took it as he stood up and went to pay for their food, said goodbye and thank you to Rosie, and then they rushed back to the hotel.

They quickly and easily packed up their things and headed to the airport. Everything seemed to go by so fast after that because before Kris knew it she was back on the plane headed back to RainTree.

A/N I know it's short but I just want to see if anyone is interested in this story. SO please leave me a review and tell me what you think.

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