Disclaimer: (is it really neccasery that I say I don't own any of the characters or the show)
January 31st started off as a normal day for Cheyenne Hart Montgomery. She woke up and got dressed, and went downstairs. Then she saw Elizabeth playing with her makeup. When she wasn't coming off a hangover she would have laughed it off. But she was feeling like shit and was in a bad mood.
"ELIZABETH WHAT IN THE WORLD ARE YOU DOING," she scolded her daughter and gave her a swat on the tush, "YOU KNOW YOU SHOULDN'T PLAY WITH MOMMY'S MAKEUP"
"I sowy mommy," Elizabeth said, "I just twying to be as pwetty as you are" Just then Cheyenne knew she'd gone too far. She knelt down and took her daughter in her arms.
"No sweetie, I'm sorry," she said, "mommy wasn't feeling good and she took her mood out on you."
"That's okay mommy," Elizabeth said innocently, "we all make boo-boos"
3 hours later
"Cheyenne, honey what's wrong," Reba asked her daughter.
"Oh mom," Cheyenne said, "I did something horrible. I started drinking again"
"Cheyenne everyone slips up at times," Reba said, "you need to forgive yourself"
"I can't," Cheyenne said, "I yelled at Elizabeth and spanked her just cause she was playing with my make-up and I was having a hangover"
Reba looked her daughter in the eye and gently touched her shoulder.
"Honey," she said, "it seems to me like you punished yourself more then you punished Elizabeth. This isn't the worst thing in the world. You just need to stop drinking again."
"That's a problem," Cheyenne said, "I don't know HOW to stop drinking. I try and I feel terrible."
"Sounds like you need an inpatient treatment center"
Cheyenne started to cry.
"That would mean having to live away from Van and Elizabeth and Kyra and Jake and you," she said.
"For a little while yes," Reba confirmed, "but it's only for a little while and we'll come see you everyday."
"Promise?"
"Swear to the moon and back," Reba said using an expression that she often used to the kids.
