Narvel paced in the waiting room waiting for Reba. It'd been at least an hour since he'd last saw her. He was going nuts! She should be done by now shouldn't she? Why would they need to keep her back there that long? What was going on?

"Sir are you all right?"

He was drawn out of his thoughts by the receptionist looking at him concerned. He nodded and gave her a small smile before sitting down and nervously tapping his foot. He shouldn't worry. She was probably fine. Knowing his wife she probably struck up a conversation with someone on her way out and lost track of time. Narvel tried to convince himself that everything was fine, but his mind couldn't help but think of all the things that could be wrong. He jumped out of his seat when he saw her walking towards him and pulled her into a hug. "Reba! What took so long?" he asked pulling back and looking at her. She looked uneasy.

"They just wanted to..to make sure everything was ok." she said while tugging at her shirt and smoothing it out. "C'mon let's go." she walked past him but he grabbed her arm and pulled her back.

"Wait, do they know why you're sick?"

She raised her eyebrows and bit her lips. "Umm yeah."

He waited for her to say more. She avoided his gaze and played with her ring. "Well are you gonna tell me?"

She looked up at him and opened her mouth before shutting it. What if he didn't want a baby. She wasn't quite sure how she felt about the situation herself. She was gonna have the baby, no question about that, but what if Narvel didn't feel the same way. What if he left. She felt the tears welling up in her eyes and she forced them down. Damn hormones. "It's just a stomach virus. The doctor said I should be better in no time." she forced a smile.

Narvel smiled back at her. "That's great!" he said while pulling her into another hug.

Reba tried to force a smile while he hugged her. "Yeah..super great..."

...

"Hey Reba! I see your feeling better!" the director greeted.

"Hi Tony." she gave him a weak smile while heading towards her dressing room. Narvel made her wait a couple days before being able to work again. She still hadn't told him about the newest addition to the Blackstock family. She had no clue how he would react, and that scared the heck out of her. She'd been pretty good at hiding her morning sickness, probably because she'd been somewhat avoiding Narvel since the doctors office. Every time he entered a room she'd leave, saying very little. It wasn't fair to him, but she didn't know what else to do to keep him from finding out.

"Hey Reebs you feeling any better?"

Reba looked up at Jai and gave him a forced smile. Her stomach..or the baby..had been acting up all morning and she just wanted to lie down in her dressing room until she was called to set. "Yeah i'm great!" she said overly happy.

Jai raised his eyebrows at her behavior then waved it off. "Fantastic, we should do lunch! I know this great italian place, the garlic bread is to die for!" he rambled. Reba took a deep breathe and tried her hardest not to gag. "You ok Mami? You're looking a little pale, well, paler then you usually are."

"Yeah..i'm fi.." she paused mid sentence and held up her finger. "If you'll excuse me" she covered her mouth and hurried to her dressing room.

Jai watched her confused. "Is that a no to lunch?" he called after her.

"Was that Reba?" Lily asked while walking up to Jai with her arms crossed.

"Yeah. We were talking and she just rushed off. She didn't look to good."

Lily pursed her lips and walked down the hall to Reba's dressing room. "Reba?" she knocked on the door. When she didn't get a response she opened the door and peaked her head in. When she didn't see anyone she walked in.

A minute later Reba walked out of the bathroom looking extremely pale and extremely tired. "Lily, hi. What are you doin here?" she tried to sound upbeat and happy but you could her the strain in her voice.

"I was just seeing how you were feeling. Jai said you didn't look to good."

"I'm fine. No need to worry." She forced a smile. She'd been having to force them a lot this past week.

"Uh-huh. So Narvel said it was a stomach virus?" Lily questioned. She knew something was up, she just wasn't sure what.

"Yup." Reba played with her hands. She just wanted to lay down and sleep. Plus Lily looking like she could see right through her didn't calm her nerves.

"What kind?" Lily pressed, she crossed her arms and stared at Reba.

"Oh you know.." she kept her eyes on her feet. "The stomach kind."

"Quit lying."

"I'm not lyin! What does it matter, i'm not even sick anymore." Why did Lily need to press the issue farther? She was exhausted and just wanted to get the day done with. Man she forgot how tiring pregnancy could be.

"The hell you're not. Reba it's not a stomach virus you would be better by now. What's going on?"

Reba grew irritated, and her stomach was still upset. That didn't make for a happy Reba. "It's none of your business! I'm fine, why can't you just leave it at that!"

Lily sighed. She never snapped like this. She stepped forward and put her hands on Reba's shoulders. "Honey, we're all worried about you. Especially Narvel. I talked to him this morning and he said you've been acting distant lately."

Reba held back tears and tried to remain strong. "Everyone needs to stop worrying about me! I'm fine!"

"Reba people are gonna worry about you wether you like it or not." She tucked a piece of Reba's hair behind her ear. Reba teared up and tried her hardest not to break down. "We all care about you honey. Especially Narvel. Don't leave him in the dark."

Reba huffed as a tear rolled down her face. "I'm pregnant Lily." That was the first time she'd said it aloud and it made it real to her. Her body obviously accepted the fact she was pregnant, but her mind hadn't. Not until now.

Lily looked at Reba and squeezed her shoulders. "Well I think that is wonderful news."

Reba raised her eyebrows and looked down at her fingers, playing with her wedding ring. "You would think so." Lily brushed her hair to the side and pulled her into a hug. Reba clenched her eyes closed and began crying while hugging her back. Lily gently rocked her back and forth while stroking her hair. After a couple minutes Reba calmed down and pulled away from Lily, wiping her face with her sleeves. Her eyes and nose were red from crying. "Hormones." she tried to joke.

"Honey why are you crying? You're having a baby. That's wonderful."

"I'm really scared Lily. I never thought i'd have to do this whole baby thing again. I'm a lot older, i barely knew what i was doing the first time, and I don't know if I can do it." the tears were rolling freely down her face at this point.

"Reba, Shelby is a wonderful young man, all because of you and Narvel. You two raised him and he's just fine. And have you talked to a doctor yet?"

Reba nodded. "Yes, he said everything's fine right now, but .."

Lily cut her off. "No butts, if a doctor said you're fine, then you're perfectly healthy to have this baby. Your age isn't an issue."

"It's not that simple Lily."

"Do you love this baby?" she asked putting her hands on her hips.

Reba stuttered. "That's not the point, i can't..."

Lily cut her off again. "It's a yes or no question Reba. Do you love your baby?"

Reba placed her hand on her stomach subconsciously. "Of course I do...I just.."

Lily cut her off once again and Reba huffed. "Then you'll be ok. I know how much you love kids and I know the doctor's told you it'd be basically impossible to have another baby after Shelby. But look were you're at now. God's giving you a little miracle. You love this baby and that's all that matters."

"Well it also matters how the father feels to." Reba said as she walked past Lily to sit at the make up table. She placed her head in her hands and sighed.

Lily looked at Reba confused and walked up behind her putting her hand on her back. She looked at Reba in the mirror. "Did Narvel say something bad? If he did I have a shotgun, and not the prop one they make me use!" Lily switched into protective mode. Reba was like a daughter to her.

"No he didn't say anything." she wiped her nose with her sleeve. "He doesn't even know."

"What?" Reba Nell you have got to tell him!"

"I know that and I will. I'm just waiting for the right time."She couldn't tell Lily that she doubted her husband, she didn't even know why she did. She had no reason to. She looked at Lily through the mirror. "Please don't tell him. Or anyone." she pleaded. Lily reluctantly sighed and nodded her head. Reba stood up and pulled Lily into a hug. "Thank you...for everything."

"Of course baby." she returned Reba's hug and pulled away when there was a knock on the door. Reba turned towards the mirror and tried to make herself look decent after crying.

Narvel walked in shifting through papers and looked up to see Lily and his wife, who'd obviously been crying. "Hi Lily. Honey what's wrong?" he wrapped his arm around Reba's shoulder and looked down at her. Lily slipped out of the room quietly.

"Oh Lily and i were just talkin and it got a little emotional. You know us girls."

He looked down at his wife skeptical. She never cried unless it was something big or really personal. "You sure that's all that's it?"

"Yup." she unwrapped Narvel's arm from around her and headed for the door. "I should go see if they need me on set."

He caught her hand and gently pulled her back. "I just talked to them, they won't need you for another twenty minutes. "So how's your morning been?"

"It's been alright." she wanted to get out of there and away from him. And she hated that she was feeling that way towards her husband. She missed being near him, and talking to him any chance she got. But she couldn't do that without thinking about the baby. The baby. Would Narvel really leave? Of course he wouldn't . She was silly for even thinking that, but what if he didn't want the baby? Reba teared up and wrapped her arms around Narvel's waist laying her head on his chest. He immediately wrapped his arms around her. "I love you."

"I love you to." he pulled away enough to look at her and cupped her face. He stroked her cheek with his thumb as she looked up at him. "What's all this about?"

"Nothing." She laid her head on his chest again and held him as close to her as she could. "I just wanted you to know that."

Narvel hugged his wife closer to him and kissed the top of her head. She hadn't been acting like herself the last couple of days and it was really starting to worry him.

...

"Hey have you seen Reba?" Narvel asked a couple of the set workers. It was the end of the day and he was ready to go, he just needed his wife.

"Yeah I think she went to her dressing room after the last scene."

Narvel nodded and waved bye to them before heading to her dressing room. "Reba?" he called while walking in. He chuckled when he saw her sleeping on the couch, her arm hanging off the side, snoring lightly. He kneeled down in front of the couch and gently shook her. "Reba, honey, wake up."

Reba woke up startled and flung her arm up accidentally hitting Narvel in the chin. "Huh!" she looked around confused before rubbing her eyes and looking at him. "I'm sorry honey. I just kinda dozed off."

He rubbed his chin and grinned. "It's all right, are you ready to go? Or do you wanna spend the night here." he said with a grin.

Reba playfully slapped his chest before sitting up. "Let's go home."

Narvel helped her up as she yawned and helped her put her coat on. "I'm tired." she mumbled with her eyes half closed leaning heavily against Narvel as they headed out to the car.

Narvel chuckled. "I know." he opened the door for her and helped her climb in. By the time he made his way to the drivers seat she was already asleep. He grinned and shook his head before driving home. "Reba, we're home." She climbed out of the car and headed for the house. "I'm gonna grab some stuff from the trunk and i'll be right in." Reba nodded and sleepily made her way into the house. Narvel came in a few minutes later. He set a couple boxes on the side table and went into the kitchen to grab a glass of water. He was headed to the stairs when he stopped and laughed. "Honey why are you on the stairs?"

Reba was sitting on the third or fourth step with her upper body laid down on the step above her lower body, and her arms tucked under her head with her eyes closed. "I was going up and I got tired."

"So you're just gonna sleep here?" he said with a laugh.

"No. I know you'd eventually carry me to the bed or couch. I don't really care." she yawned and buried her face in her arms.

Narvel shook his head grinning before setting his water down and carefully scooping her up in his arms. She wrapped an arm around his neck and let her head fall back against his shoulder. He carried her up the stairs into her bedroom and gently set her down on the end of the bed. She immediately laid down and curled up as Narvel grabbed some pajamas for himself. He turned around to see her almost asleep and set his pajamas on the bed. "Nu-uh. Come on Reba we gotta get you into your pajamas."

He pulled her up to stand and she groaned. He helped her out of her coat and went to their dresser to find her pajamas. Reba kicked off one of her boots and when she tried to get the other one off it wouldn't come off. She tugged at it repeatedly while standing on one foot before falling back on her butt. She started crying out of frustration and threw her boot at the boot that was still on her foot, which only resulted in her hurting her foot. She threw the boot across the room and it hit the wall with a thud. Narvel turned around at the noise and looked confused when he saw her sitting on the floor. "Honey what are you doin?"

"My stupid boot won't come off!" she said through tears.

"That's why you're upset? Aww honey." he kneeled down next to hear and took her foot, unzipping the side of the boot before pulling it off. "Maybe you should try unzipping it first?" Reba glared at him and stood up before grabbing the clothes on the bed . "Darlin' those are mine."

"I don't care." She wanted to go to bed more then anything right now and his pajamas were the closest. She quickly undressed and threw on Narvel's pj's before crawling under the covers, curling to the side and quickly falling asleep.

Narvel chuckled and quickly got ready for bed. He climbed into bed and turned the light off. He turned to look at his wife besides him. The moonlight coming in through their balcony glass door gave her an angelic look. He frowned and scrunched his nose. He wish she would tell him what was going on. It seemed like she was avoiding him and she barely talked to him since the doctors. Was there something she wasn't telling him? What was she scared of? He hated not knowing what was going on. What was happening that she couldn't tell him. He was brought out of his thoughts by Reba lightly snoring. He grinned down at her and brushed a piece of hair out of her face. God she was beautiful. He still didn't know how he got so lucky. He leaned over and kissed her forehead. "I love you Reba." he placed his hand over hers, which was lying on her stomach, before drifting off to sleep.

The next couple of days were the same as the ones before, if not worse. Reba continued to get sick and ignore Narvel. He would talk to her and she'd make up an excuse to get away. She felt awful and knew she couldn't keep doing it.

"Reba you have got to tell him."

Reba sighed and turned to look at Lily. She was the only one who knew she was pregnant. "I know."

"I'm serious Reba, you can't keep doin this. It's killing Narvel and i know it's killing you."

"I am serious! I'm tellin him tonight. I have it all planned out."

Lily looked at her skeptical. "You're gonna tell him tonight?"

Reba nodded. She held up her hand. "I swear."

"Alright. Now come on. We should probably get out there." Lily said heading for the door. Reba followed her and stopped at the couch, pressing a hand to her forehead. "Reba you alright?"

Reba waved it off. "Yeah, just a little light headed." Lily nodded before they both went on to set.

Reba sighed as she stood on set, Brett touching up her make up before they shot the scene. "Honey did we get the dress to small? It seems a little tight."

For the scene Reba had to wear a leather dress, that fit perfectly a couple weeks ago. Great. She was already gaining weight. "No, i've just been lackin in the fitness department!" she joked. Brett smiled before fixing her hair and hurrying off the set.

"Places everybody." the director shouted.

Reba took a deep breathe before taking her spot in the dressing room on the stage. Man this baby was not takin it easy on her. She heard the director yell action and she opened the curtain smiling, making a little pose.

"Hmm, maybe a belt." Juliette, or "June" said scrunching up her nose.

'June' started texting and Reba pulled the phone away with a smile. "Would you quit with the texting, give me that! SOS i'm stuck with my mom, get here quick." she read aloud the text. "SOS, i know what that means. You wanna be rescued, from me?"

"Oh my God, what are you guys, ah that's so weird." Sara, or 'Kim', walked into the scene.

Reba awkwardly walked across the set towards Sara. She stumbled and tripped, landing on her side. "Reba are you ok?" Sara and Juliette hurried towards her and helped her up.

"Uh..yeah." she tried to focus on one spot as they helped her up but it was a little complicated when the whole roomed seemed like it was spinning. As soon as she was standing up she passed out and fell forwards.

"Oh!" Sara quickly caught her and lowered her to the ground, laying her down with her head in her lap. The camera's stopped rolling and everyone panicked over what do. Lily and Brett ran onto the set and kneeled down next to Reba.

"I'm gonna go get Narvel." Juliette said standing up and running from the set.

Sarah nodded and looked down at Reba. "Reba?"

"Reba can you hear me?" Lily called.

"I called an ambulance. "The director yelled over the noise.

Lily nodded while praying that Reba and the baby would be all right.

...

Narvel sighed as he threw his coat over the back of the couch. He'd been in a meeting and he just wanted to relax so he stopped by Reba's dressing room before going to the set. He sat down on the couch and closed his eyes. When he opened them again he saw a picture on the side table and he picked it up smiling. It was of him and Reba. It was the photo she used for the Keep on Loving You slide show she had playing while she performed the song at an award show.

"Narvel!" Juliette burst through the door and Narvel set the picture down.

"Juliette, what are you doin here? Shouldn't you be on set?" he asked.

"Reba passed out." she said breathlessly. She'd been literally running all over the studio looking for him.

"What?" he asked standing up.

"We were filming and she just passed out in the middle of the scene, they called an ambulance!" she exclaimed worried.

Narvel ran out of the room with Juliette right behind him and ran on set to see them put her on a stretcher and head for the exits. "Reba!" he caught up to the stretcher and looked down to see his wife passed out with an oxygen mask on. "What happened?!" he asked Lily. They were both following the paramedics towards the ambulance.

"She was in the middle of a scene and she just passed out, no warning."

As they got outside Narvel groaned. Of course the paparazzi would be here. They were calling his and Lily's name while snapping pictures and he clenched his jaw. They hopped in the ambulance and headed for the hospital. "Is she ok? Why does she need a mask?"

"She needs the oxygen mask to stabilize her breathing. It was uneven when we got there. Now is she in any condition, or on any medication?" The paramedic asked.

Narvel shook his head. "No, no medication, and no..."

"She's pregnant." Lily cut him off. She wanted Reba to tell Narvel, but the medics needed to know.

The paramedic nodded while radioing in the information. Narvel stared at Lily completely shocked. "What?"

"She's pregnant."

Narvel looked at Lily speechless with his jaw agape, then down at his wife. She was pregnant?