'Cause The Heart Won't Lie
Preface
The doctor gives Reba good news and that she needs to take it easy from now on.
"Sure Doc, whatever you say. I'm going to spend more time with my family, make sure there's enough milk in the house and Barbra Jean, go rent a Corvette convertible. 'Cause we're going the Grand Canyon!" Reba announced with excitement. Barbra Jean ran out the door screaming, while the rest of the family looked at Reba in shock
"We're going to Grand Canyon!" Every one could hear her voice announcing to the world.
"You're going to the Grand Canyon with Barbra Jean?" Brock asked with an unbelieving tone of voice.
"Nope, but it got her out of the room!" Reba laughed amusingly.
Brock glanced at her trying to hold a straight face. She always had a great sense of humour.
"You're so evil Mrs. H," commented Van shaking his head. "Anyway, let's celebrate what's left of our anniversary."
"Okay" Cheyenne giggled. Van took her hand and they left. Reba and Brock sighed contently.
"Kids. It was just yesterday I taught her to ride a bike." Brock muttered mindlessly sitting on the bed next to Reba.
"It was just yesterday that I didn't want to let her go to kindergarten." They laughed at the memories back when Cheyenne was young, until a nurse came in to announce that visiting hours were over.
"You'll be okay all by yourself tonight?"
"I'll go straight to sleep." Reba flashed him a smile. The doctor would keep her in the hospital for a night to keep her monitored.
"All right then, I'll pick you up tomorrow." Brock lowered his face, and without thinking Reba accepted his kiss.
'Cause The Heart Won't Lie - 01
Reba Hart was pacing. She hoped to God that someone else beside Brock would pick her up today. Even Barbra Jean for Pete's sake, but not Brock! He kissed her, how dare he kiss her?! And she accepted his kiss. But to her defense, she was caught off guard! He pressed his lips on hers gently and he left even before it registered to her heart that their lips just touched.
Still pacing, she mumbled to herself. "Calm down Reba, it was impulsive. It was just one quick kiss, a friendly one. It didn't mean anything. There's no sparks, no wildfi- Ah!" Brock's sudden appearance startled her. She brought a hand up her chest.
"Ready to go?"
"You moe'ron, you almost give me heart attack!" Reba hit him with her purse as she hollered.
"Aoow, you knew I'm coming to pick you up. And what are you doing talking to yourself?" Apparently he didn't think it was a big deal that he kissed her yesterday. Well fine then, she wouldn't make a big deal out of it too. That kiss didn't mean anything to her anyway. Reba grabbed her stuff and Brock signed her out.
"Where's Barbra Jean? Isn't she coming with you?"
"No, she's planning a surprise party for you at home. I'm telling you this so you won't be too surprised and end up in the emergency again." Brock took her little overnight bag from her hand and led her to the parking lot.
"A surprise party? What occasion?"
"She's giving you a re-birthday party. She said you could have been dead when you passed out and now you're reborn again."
"She's insane."
"She loves you. Every body does, that's your curse." Brock glanced at her at the corner of his eyes. He couldn't believe he kissed her last night. It was just so natural thing to do. He forgot that they were no longer married. But how could he forget, it was just in the afternoon that he was going to renew his vows with Barbra Jean. But when Reba collapsed in his arms his heart almost came to a complete stop. Luckily for him every one was in panic mode, no one paid attention to what he told to the paramedic about how they were related. It was spontaneous, and he only realized he kissed her after he left the room. He did that out of habit. And clearly, she didn't think anything of it, or he would be beaten to death by now.
He parked the car at her drive way and he was going to open the door for her, but she was quicker. He ended up trapping her at the door. They were both taken aback. Tension built between them. Dang it! Because of that kiss their friendship had been disturbed. Brock stepped out of her way. Burying deep in her thought, Reba quietly opened the front door.
"Surprise!"
"Ahh!" Reba jumped back. Brock put his hands on her waist to stop her from backing into him. She was so deep in her own thought she forgot about the surprise party that Brock warned her. "Barbra Jean you almost kill me! And great, I just lost my train of thought."
"And I warned you." Brock commented with a chuckle.
"I baked you a birthday cake." Barbra Jean showed Reba the cake she baked. On the cake, she wrote 'It's a girl'
"Barbra Jean, this is silly!"
"Aww c'mon mom, she did this for you." Cheyenne felt pity for Barbra Jean.
"I'm just glad that you're alive and I want to do something nice for my best friend."
"Barbra Jean... We're not.. Oh forget it." Reba flopped on the couch hoping to be alone. Elizabeth and Jake were looking to have a piece of cake, and since Reba wasn't interested in blowing a candle. So the kids just had fun. Brock sat next to her and turned on the TV. "Don't you have a house?"
"The party's here."
"That can be re-arranged."
"Here grandma, this is for you." Elizabeth gave her a plate. Reba smiled at the girl.
"Thanks honey."
"Don't I have one too?" Elizabeth ran to the kitchen to get Brock a plate.
"She's very cute isn't she?" Murmured Reba. Brock smiled looking at her enjoys her piece of cake. Reba tried not to think of the incident. Brock too was trying to forget the same thing.
"Excuse me" Barbra Jean squeezed between them. She intensely stared at Reba: worried and wondering.
"Why on earth are you looking at me like that?" Reba grew uncomfortable the way Barbra Jean was looking at her. 'Did she know that Brock kissed me?' she thought.
"Oh, nothing, I'm just wondering when are we going to Grand Canyon?"
"We're not going." Reba answered shortly and firmly.
However, a few weeks later…
"Hey mom. How's the trip?" Cheyenne greeted her mom who came into the door with her head hung back, tired. Behind her was Brock and Barbra Jean, once again fighting. "Oh..." Cheyenne exclaimed sympathetically. Reba just came back from Grand Canyon with Barbra Jean and Brock today. At first, she tried every excuse why she shouldn't be going, but then again, for some odd and scary reason, she could not say no to Barbra Jean. Brock tagged along on this trip because Reba had 'casually mentioned' about how accidents could happen so easily; she might accidentally push Barbra Jean off the cliff.
"Would you two cut it out?" Reba snapped, "You two've been fighting all the way there and all the way back. Would you just go kill each other at your own place and give me a peaceful moment at mine?"
"You're not going back until you apologize!" demanded Barbra Jean.
"I didn't do anything wrong why do I have to apologize?" Brock yelled back.
"Dad! Barbra Jean!" Cheyenne called out. "Henry and Elizabeth's playing in the backyard, would you two stop yelling at each other?"
"I'm taking Henry back home, but you," she pointed at Brock, "You're not going back until you're ready to apologize." With that, she went and got Henry from Reba's backyard and heading to her home. Reba had already flopped down on the couch when she left. Brock motioned tiredly to the chair throwing his head back.
"What did you do dad? Why is she so angry?" Cheyenne asked sitting by Reba's feet.
"For the life of me, I don't know!" Brock grumbled, "We were having breakfast before taking our flight. And all of the sudden she was angry at me. I tried to ask her what I did, she said 'if you don't know, I'm not gonna tell you!'" he mocked Barbra Jean's tone of voice.
"Why don't you just tell her you're sorry. Who cares what you did wrong? Isn't that what you always do?" Reba mustered.
"No Reba! I'm not gonna just say I'm sorry when I didn't even do something wrong." Brock argued. Cheyenne looked at each of them confusedly.
"You did!" Reba exclaimed sitting up straight.
"What did I do?"
"How can you not know?"
"Oh for crying out loud!" Brock grunted in frustration, sinking deep in his seat. "If I did something wrong, why doesn't someone just tell me what the heck did I do to make her so angry?"
"You called me 'honey' right there in front of her!"