Previously…..
I want to date you…to find out what we could be. That is…if you still want to be with me. She looked up at him, hope shining in her eyes. Narvel cupped her cheeks and fervently kissed her lips. "I'd love that." I've wanted this for a long time. I've been waiting for us. Reba smiled, happier than she'd been in a long time. "Narvel…you were right….we are just "so good together".
Present…..
Narvel sat in his room, frozen on his bed. Reba had left only half an hour earlier, after a passionate, wildfire of a kiss that burned with intensity. She had pulled him into his room and told him the words he had been waiting to hear for so long. She was leaving Charlie. And she wanted to be with him. He was already in the process of divorcing Lisa...that marriage had been over long ago. They stayed married for the kids...but he couldn't live in misery anymore. He had found himself growing happier and happier every time he had to leave home and go on the road again with the gorgeous redhead. That wasn't what he wanted for his kids; to have two parents unhappy staying together. So several weeks earlier he served her with papers. If he was honest with himself, he knew it was over long ago. He just hadn't wanted to face it. However, confronting it head on was inventible...once he called out Reba's name in bed with Lisa that is. She had reared back and attacked him, madder than he had ever seen her. He really couldn't blame her, but damn those scratches hurt...and for a while there he was almost sure he could sing in a whole new octave. He was thankfully all healed now, except for a few scratches still visible on his chest, thankfully. Lisa had accused him of cheating, something he had thought of doing, but hadn't. He had too much respect for Reba to make her his mistress. He had calmly explained that he was just used to being with her, having been away with her so often on the road, that's why he said her name. In his heart however, he knew it was more. He loved her. She consumed his every thought. Her hair, her eyes, her voice, her smile...everything about her fascinated him. And now she had shown him she wanted him too. That kiss was nothing like anything he had ever shared with anything else. It was powerful...earth stopping. Narvel stretched out on his bed, feeling like the luckiest man in the world. He only had one problem...What would happen with Charlie? Would he really give up Reba that easily? He closed his eyes, trying to fight back the worrisome thoughts. Instead, he tried to focus on Reba. What was she doing right now? Was she with...him?