Reba McKinney couldn't stop thinking about the conversation she had with her friend Adam earlier that day. She knew that she still had feelings for Brock, and that if the chance ever came to be with him again she would take it. However they had moved on and were now living in different cities. She had to move on from Brock Hart, no matter how painful and hard it was going to be.

Reba needed to get out of the house with a friend, and what better friend to do that than the friend that despised Brock, Lori Ann. Reba picked up the phone that was hanging on the wall by the kitchen. She dialed Lori Ann's number and when Lori Ann picked up she felt relieved.

"Lori Ann, I need to get out of this house. Are you free?" Reba asked, hoping that she was because she felt like she was going crazy.

"Of course I am Reba. I'll be over there soon and we can go to the mall." Reba agreed to this and then hung up. It was nice to hear someone else's voice because she hadn't talked to many people for a while.

It didn't take Lori Ann very long to get to Reba's house and when she did Reba felt so relieved. She was ready to get away from her house, and more importantly, as far away from her thoughts of Brock. He was haunting her, and that was driving her crazy. After two years of dating and a year of being engaged, Reba didn't find it as easy as she thought not being with him. Now that they weren't together she spent countless nights laying in her bed drowning in tears.

Reba sat in the passenger seat of Lori Ann's car, praying that the thought of Brock would leave her mind soon. Lori Ann knew that Reba was upset about the break up, but she didn't know how bad it was. Mainly because Reba was a strong woman that did her best to conceal her true feelings, and Lori Ann hating Brock more that she liked him didn't help much either.

"So, Reba. Are you looking for anything specific?" Lori Ann said as she tried getting her best friend to say something instead of watching out the window the whole ride to the mall.

Reba shook her head and looked over at Lori Ann. "No. Just needed to get out of the house." Lori Ann could tell that her best friend was hurt, and no matter how much she despised Brock, she needed to listen to what her best friend was saying. Reba needed to know that no matter what Lori Ann was going to be there, and she wasn't going to be there to just say 'I told you so.' Sure she might say that phrase, but that wouldn't be all she would say.

"Reba, it's been a month. I'm starting to get worried about you." Lori Ann said as she watched her best friends' body go limp.

"Lori Ann, the pain that I feel is just too much to bear right now. I thought it would be easy. We were fighting every night it seemed. I figured that I'd be happier once he was gone, but that's not the case and it's driving me crazy. I know that Brock isn't the best guy to ever walk the face of the planet, but to me he is and I have to learn how to get back to life without him." Reba said, knowing that it was going to be easier said than done.

Lori Ann looked at Reba, and she knew that she was going crazy when she said what she was about to. "Reba, if being without him is causing you this much pain, then why don't you get back with him. Granted Brock's a pig and will always be just like all the other men in the world, but if he makes you happy then he makes you happy." Lori Ann made a good argument, but sadly it wasn't as easy as she made it sound.

Lori Ann parked in the mall parking lot and Reba got out of the car, her long red hair blowing in the wind. The wind felt nice, after all it was almost one hundred degrees in Houston. Reba had sun screen on due to the fact that her pale skin burned quickly, so in a matter of thirty minutes she would resemble a lobster. That was something she got from her momma.

The two friends walked into the mall as Reba looked around. She didn't mind getting new clothes. She needed some new outfits since she had more closet space now. After going through a few stores Reba picked out a few outfits that she really liked, and for a little while Brock hadn't entered her mind. However, now Brock wouldn't escape Reba's mind. Everything she saw reminded her of him, and all she wanted to do was cry. The one person she loved more than anything was no longer with her, and she wasn't quite sure how to deal with it.

She shook her head, trying to get Brock's memory out of her head, and continued walking with Lori Ann. Lori Ann was flirting with all the cute cowboys that walked by, but Reba couldn't find herself to flirt with anyone. She still felt like she had to be loyal to Brock, even though there was a possibility they would never even see each other again.

"Reba, I'm just saying if you're not going to get back together with Brock then you need to move on and find someone else. There's plenty of people to choose from." Lori Ann then looked behind her and starred at the butt of a man that had just walked past. "And I do mean plenty."

All Reba could display was a soft smile. She didn't want to sound like she was a party pooper, but she just wasn't ready to move on. Not until she was back on her feet and could make herself happy by herself. All of a sudden Reba couldn't focus on anything or anyone. She heard Lori Ann say her name but then it seemed like everything had vanished.

Suddenly every memory that Reba ever had with Brock started playing in her mind. She couldn't see anything else. Then all of the sudden everything went black and the only thing that could be heard was the faint sound of an ambulance.