Kyra's Secrets
A/N: This is my first only Reba story. I have written a Law & Order: SVU/Reba crossover which is posted in the SVU section, titled It's Time for a Change.
A/N2: This story is sort of AU. Reba is a famous singer and is gone frequently on tour. The kids (Cheyenne, Kyra, Jake, Van, Henry, Elizabeth) live with Brock and Barbra Jean when Reba's away. Kyra is 15 and has a boyfriend, who the family doesn't like, but she does, he's abusive and she doesn't want to break up with him. Kyra is also doing things that are harmful to her. I hope you enjoy!!! (and the places will be accurate!)
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THE HART RESIDENCE
HOUSTON, TEXAS
FRIDAY, MAY 22, 2009
3:30pm
Kyra Hart walks in the door from another long week at school, and was ready for a relaxing three day weekend. She had gotten into another fight with her boyfriend, Troy, and he had hit her yet again. She slips in the front door and gently closes it behind her. She quickly looks around the living room to make sure no one is home. She is relieved when she doesn't see any signs of life.
She runs up the stairs to her bedroom, cranks her music and shuts the door. She sees her cell phone vibrating on her bed and walks over to pick it up. She notices a text message from Troy, so she opens it.
"bitch, tell your mom, or anyone and you're dead." she freaks out and deletes the message without responding. She turns on the shower and gets in, hoping to wash away some of the dried blood and make the bruises less noticeable.
Twenty minutes later she's still in the shower, and Barbra Jean is now home from picking up the younger children, and hears the loud music, along with the water running upstairs. "KYRA TURN THAT DOWN!!" she screams, but gets no response.
Kyra hears the faint sound of someone screaming and quickly gets out of the shower and turns down the Evanescence playing from her speakers.
She towel dries her hair and puts on a pair of black shorts with a red hoodie. She looks at her phone again and sees another message from her boyfriend, "you better not have said anything, I'm watching you."
She ignores the message again and deletes it, knowing that Reba will be home tonight, and so will her bodyguard, Stephen.
She turns on her computer and sees that her best friend, Ashley is online. She opens an instant messenger window and starts typing. "what's up?"
"Not much, you?" Ashley replies.
"nothing, I think I'm going to read my book." Kyra answers.
"Which one, Eclipse or Gossip Girl?" Ashley asks.
"Eclipse." Kyra types.
She realizes that Ashley has signed off, and wishes she hadn't because she really wanted to tell someone about Troy, she was really scared about what he was going to do to her next.
She hears a knock at her door and replies "GO AWAY!"
"It's Barbra Jean, let me in." the blond woman on the other side says.
"NO!" Kyra objects.
"KYRA HART, OPEN THIS DOOR NOW BEFORE I KICK IT IN!!" Barbra Jean yells back.
"FINE." Kyra quietly replies, and gets up to open the door.
Barbra Jean lets herself into the teen's room and notices her attire and says, "You know we have to go meet mom tonight at the Astros banquet."
"Yeah I know, I just don't want to put my dress on yet." the teen lies.
Barbra Jean notices her black eye, "What happened?"
"Whadda you mean?" Kyra asks.
"You have a black eye." the woman says.
"Oh that, volleyball, Ashley served it and I wasn't paying attention." the teen lies.
"Do you need me to help you cover it up for tonight?" the blond asks.
"No. I'm good." Kyra replies.
"Okay." Barbra Jean says, "We need to leave in an hour."
"Sure, I'll be ready."
Barbra Jean leaves her room and closes her door. She sees Brock sitting on the couch downstairs, watching golf. "I'm worried about Kyra."
"Why?" he asks.
"She's got another black eye. And last week she had a bruise the shape of a hand on her face. I know she's lying about something." BJ answers.
Cheyenne comes in the room while BJ is saying this and adds, "I know they're playing volleyball in P.E. right now but seriously, you don't get bruises the shape of hands on your face from that."
"She's right." Van adds.
"See my point exactly, she's hiding something." Barbra Jean says.
Jake comes down the stairs wearing black pants, a white shirt and a Spiderman tie. Barbra Jean laughs, "I don't think so."
"Van said I could wear it!" Jake argues.
Cheyenne elbows him and he laughs, "Why'd you tell him he could wear that to the banquet?"
"Cuz, I used to wear stuff like that when I was his age." Van answers.
"Very funny, now go put on that red one I bought you the other day." Barbra Jean orders.
"Fine."
He walks upstairs to and hears his sister crying in her bedroom. He knocks on the door but doesn't get a 'go away' or a 'leave me alone' and there's no music playing in her room, which usually means she's getting ready.
He opens her door and doesn't see anything. So he walks into her bathroom to find her sitting on the floor by the toilet with her arm draped over the tub, with blood dripping into the drain.
"BABRBRA JEAN!!!!!! KYRA'S HURT!" He screams, not knowing the seriousness of Kyra's injury.
Fifteen seconds later a tall, blond woman is standing by his side looking down at Kyra, "Kyra, honey, are you okay?"
She doesn't get a response from her and looks at Jake, "Get dad, tell him to call 911, tell Cheyenne to call Reba."
The brown haired boy agrees and runs downstairs to find his father.
Upstairs, in Kyra's room Barbra Jean kneels down and puts her hand on Kyra's neck to find a faint pulse. "BROCK!!!" the blond screams.
"Kyra, honey, stay with me." she says to the teen.
Brock comes running up the stairs, phone in hand, into Kyra's room. He sees his daughter lying there, bleeding. "Ambulance, on, way." he stutters.
Barbra Jean understands and can hear a familiar voice yelling into the phone, "BROCK! WHAT HAPPENED? CAN YOU HEAR ME!!"
"Reba, I'm sorry, I think Kyra's tried to kill herself." he slowly says.
The redhead on the other end of the line begins crying and screams. "Tell her I love her, and I'm sorry for whatever I've done wrong. And I'll be at the hospital in no time."
Barbra Jean has wrapped a big towel around her wrist and watched the blood seep through. "Dammit Brock, get me another towel."
He quickly obeys and can hear sirens approaching the house. "CHEYENNE, OPEN THE DOOR FOR THE AMBULANCE!!" he orders.
He picks Kyra up and rushes her down the stairs, Van sees her and runs into the kitchen. He meets the paramedics at the door and lays her down on the gurney, "She slit her wrist, don't know how long ago, faint pulse. Get her to Memorial Hermann now!"
He watches the paramedics shove his daughter into the ambulance and Barbra Jean jump in behind her. He grabs his keys, "Cheyenne, watch the kids, tell mom to get to Hermann, ASAP!!!" and throws her the phone, with Reba still on the line.
A/N: I hope you enjoy this chapter, review and let me know if you want me to continue, I will most likely. Don't worry, it has a happy ending…. For at least one character. I left you a cliffhanger, so you'll be wanting more!!!