Set before the pilot, right before season 1 starts. Reba doesn't know about Brock's affair yet and he is still living in their house. They are still having problems, but he doesn't have the condo yet.
Chapter 1: A Life-Changing Secret
They're doing it again. Mom and Dad are fighting yet again. I swear there is not one moment of peace in our house anymore. I am here sitting in my room, trying to avoid the screaming. I can hear Cheyenne crying in her room. I go over to her room to get her and take her back to my room. I go and get Jake from his room too and bring him back to mine. I hold Jake on my lap and I hug Cheyenne. It's already 10 p.m. and it's a school night so I keep them in my room. I go next door to Cheyenne's room and grab the teddy bear our grandpa gave her. It's the only thing she has left of him. We never thought he'd actually be gone.
The man I thought could never die has been dead almost a year.
Then I go to Jake's room and get his favorite little stuffed horse he has had since he was 6 months old. I bring their things back to them and let them all climb up on my bed and under the covers. I am in the middle with Jake on my right and Cheyenne on my left, both laying their heads on my shoulders. Jake asks me to sing so he can fall asleep. I'm really the only one who was lucky enough to inherit my mother's talent. So I start to sing and stroke their hair as they slowly close their eyes and drift off to sleep on my shoulders, forgetting about the yelling match going on downstairs. I can't fall asleep so instead I stay awake, still stroking their sleeping heads, and I listen to my parents fight. It's already 1 a.m. and they are still yelling. I finally drift off to sleep at 2.
So what do y'all think? Sorry its so short. I'll make the next chapter longer. Reviews would be nice!(: