The Ring

Everyone had been back in California for a few weeks. Kris had been training with both Wildfire and Avatar. Ever since the race Ken had been wanting her to work with Avatar and may be even ride him in another race soon. One day Kris was riding Wildfire at Raintree and Junior walked up and sat on the rail and watched the rest of her ride. She got off and Brian took Wildfire and told her what a good job she did and he took Wildfire to the barn. "Hey girl" Junior said as Kris walked over to him and gave him a kiss. "What are you doing here I thought we were going out tonight" Kris said to him as they walked to the barn. "well a few weeks ago my grandparents called my dad and wanted me, him, Dani, my aunt and uncle, and my cousins to come to dinner at there house" he said. "aww so yu came to break our date" she said. "no actually she said me, my dad, Dani, and all yes her exact words were tell Junior and Dani to bring the Ritter boy and the jockey with you" Junior said. "No no no I am not going to dinner at you grandparents house" Kris said. "Please" Junior begged. "No your dad and Dani just started to kind of like me lately. I don't have a very good history of your family liking me" she said. "Come on my grandparents will like you. My older cousin will think your hot and my little cousin is a big fan of you and Wildfire and has watched all of your races on television" Junior said. "please this is important to me" Junior said giving her a sad face. "Fine" Kris said. "Thank you I will pick you up at eight" Junior said. He kissed her and walked out of the barn. Kris walked to the house and Dani and Matt were having the exact conversation that her and Junior just had. Finally Matt gave in and said that he would go. Dani kissed him and walked out of the house. Matt gave Kris an I don't want to go look. "I know I have to go to" Kris said sounding very un excited. Kris went up stairs and took a nice long hot shower. When she got out she blow dried her hair and curled it. She then put on a little make up. After that she put on a black halter top dress and her black shoes. She walked down stairs and Matt was setting on the coach staring at the television that was not even on. He was wearing a suit and looked nice. Kris went over and sat down next to him. "I don't want to go" Kris said. "I know. I never know what to say to there family. I usually just make up some stupid joke and embarres my self . The door bell rang and Kris grabed her coat and walked out with them. Junior could tell that she did not want to go. He rubbed her back as they walked to the car. Ken was driving. Dani sat up front and Junior, Matt, and Kris sat in the back. There grandparents house was about forty minuets away. Finally they got there. There house was bigger than the Davis house. They walked t the door and Ken rang the door bell. The maid came to the door and took there coats and lead them into the living room. Dani and Juniors grandmother Katheryn came up and hugged Ken then Dani and then Junior. Then there grandfather Richard came and hugged them to. "All yes this must be Matt Ritter" Katheryn said. They had meet Matt a long time ago when him and Dani and Junior were younger and they came to there house. She hugged Matt and Richard shock his hand. Kris was kind of hiding behind Junior. She was afraid that they would not like her. After they got done talking to Matt Katheryn came up to Kris. "And this must be Kris. We have heard a lot about you and we saw you win he Kentucky Derby a few weeks ago" she said being very nice to Kris. Richard then came up to her. "Yes and you are the one that broke Juniors heart and made him cry not to long ago" he said laughing and looking at Junior. "I did not cry" Junior said looking towards Kris trying to act tough. Kris laughed. They walked in the living room. There were Junior and Dani's aunt, uncle, and there one of the two cousins. There cousin was a girl and she looked around twelve. There aunt Rachel stood up and walked over to them and hugged them all. "and Rachel you remember Matt Ritter" Ken said. "Yes Pete and Jean's oldest son" she said hugging him. "and this is Kris" Ken said "aww yes she won the Kentucky Derby and made our little Junior cry" Rachel said laughing at Junior. "I did not cry" Junior said trying so hard to act tough. Kris smiled at him. There uncle Dan stood up and walked over joining in on the conversation. "yes you did" he said looking at Junior. He put his arm around Kris and walked her over to the coach. They all followed and sat down. "See we came to visit after you broke up with him and to make a story short he cried" he said laughing. Junior rolled his eyes and laughed along with them. Just then there cousin Lilly stood up and said "your Kris right" she asked. Kris shook her head yes. "you stole the horse then lost the sandpiper then won the Breeders then won a bunch of other races including to Kentucky Derby" she said very fast. "um yea Lilly" Dani said. "she loves watching your races and she thinks Wildfire is the best" Rachel said. They all talked a while. Richard and Ken talked about who is doing better in the racing world and Lilly asked Kris all kinds of questions about Wildfire. Dani, Katheryn, and Rachel talked about the new winter line of clothes that was coming out. Just then a boy around eighteen or nineteen walked in "hey sorry I am late" he said. That's my other cousin Josh Junior whispered in Kris's ear. Josh walked in and every one stood up and hugged him and asked him questions. He hugged every one and then got to Kris "And I don't believe we have meet" he said checking out Kris. "Hi I am Kris" she said ignoring the fact that he was hitting on her. "aw yea your the girl that made Junior cry" he said not knowing that every one had already said that . Everyone started laughing except Junior who just sat down and rolled his eyes. They ate dinner and then went back into the living room. Josh went and sat down next to Kris while Junior was talking to his grandmother. "So why would a pretty girl like you go out with my dorky cousin" he asked putting his arm around her. "stop it Josh there is no way you will break them two up" Dani said setting down next to Matt. Junior and his grandmother were talking in the corner. "come here she said I have something to give to you" she took Junior up to her bed room and shut the door. "Here" she said handing Junior a small black box. He opened it and there was a small gold engagement ring with a beautiful diamond in it. "I want you to give it to Kris. It was your great grandmothers. May be not now but some day when ever you two are ready and if your ready now then so be it" she said. Junior sat down on the bed in shock. He looked at the beautiful ring. He loved Kris and had honestly been thinking about asking her to merry him but he wasn't Shir was now a good time or was it not................. WILL JUNIOR PURPOSE OR NOT? TO BE CONTINUED!!!

~ You decide. Comment weather Junior should or should not ask her to merry him. Thanks for reading~