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Jack left his car at Reba's place while Brock drove all four of them to the bowling alley. Barbra Jean pushed Reba aside when she was about to hop in to a back seat with Jack. "I want to sit with the hunky doctor" she said, so Reba had to sit at the front seat with Brock. When they got to the bowling alley, they had a little friendly wager, 'looser buys dinner' and once again Barbra Jean said 'I want to pair with Jack!'
"Doesn't it bother you seeing your man all over another woman?" Brock asked Reba while they waited for their turn.
"Which times?" Reba quipped. "It used to hurt, but not anymore" she answered his question
"Which times?" asked Brock.
"The first time" she approached the lane to bowl her turn. Reba thought Barbra Jean just did this to make Brock jealous. If Jack didn't mind being used, Reba didn't see the harm! At the end, Reba and Brock won just by a few pins. They accidentally hugged each other out of joy when Jack didn't make that spare. "Sorry, I mean, good game!" She extended her hand for a handshake. Brock took her hand and didn't want to let go, but Barbra Jean and Jack were both looking at them.
"Well, looks like I have to pay for dinner, Reba honey, what would you like to eat?" Jack asked Reba for a suggestion. Brock wasn't quite use to the idea of hearing someone else other than him calling Reba 'honey', he felt a bit uneasy about that, but nothing he could do, and that really bugged him, big time!
"How about Chinese?" Reba made a suggestion.
"Sure" Jack extended his arm, suggesting Reba to take it. Reba held his arm and walked to the parking lot. Brock and Barbra Jean followed with a good distance. 'That jerk, he wanted both Reba and Barbra Jean! He'll hurt Reba again!' Brock thought.
After dinner, Brock drove them all back to Reba's house. Reba sat in the back seat with Jack, they made a quiet conversation between them. Brock and Barbra Jean also tried to have a conversation, but Brock kept looking at the rear view mirror, sometimes he couldn't even hear what Barbra Jean told him or asked him. Reba, who sat behind Brock, noticed that he kept looking at her. She glared at him as if to say 'pay attention to the woman who's sitting next to you and stop looking at me!', he understood that look, but he couldn't help it.
Before Jack left, he leaned over to give Reba a kiss; she turned her head away to look at Brock. Reba's heart skipped a beat 'oh no, what have I done, now what's Jack gonna think!' but she cared more about what Barbra Jean would think than that of Jack. She was lucky that Barbra Jean didn't see Jack miss her lips and kissed her cheek instead. She made a mental note to thank Jack later for not saying anything more than 'see you later Reba'!
Since Brock and Barbra Jean did not have a fight today, Brock had no reason to stay at Reba's place. Therefore, he had to say goodnight to her too, and he couldn't even get a peck on her cheek because he was not allowed!
Brock never realized how much he cared and loved Reba, of all those years that they had been apart, he kept telling himself that he loved Barbra Jean now, and he only loved Reba as a mother of his three children. Somehow, every time he looked deeply into her eyes, his world turned upside down, his heart hurt. Reba may 'act annoyed' every time he was around, but he could always see the love that still shone deep down in her eyes. He had to shake that feeling away, he always thought he was just seeing things, how could Reba still possibly love him for what he had done to her. But ever since that night, the night, he could have swore he saw a flash of love and passion in her eyes before it quickly replace with anger and embarrassment. That flash in her eyes shook his whole world. The thought of 'I love Barbra Jean now' suddenly lost its power, and the thought of 'I love Reba as a mother of my three children' was laughing at his face 'Ha! Admit it you idiot! That's the woman you've always loved and still love from the bottom of your heart!'
However, Reba was now off limits! It hurt every time he had to remind himself, but he had to live with the choice he made. Unless Barbra Jean willing to give him a divorce. Brock realized that Reba could not cause this divorce, or she'd never forgive him. For Reba, he had to make sure Barbra Jean happy. How ironic!
The way those two were nice to each other tonight, Reba thought she would not be interrupted by anyone, so she decided to take a nice warm bath. The dang doorbell rang again! "CRRRAAAAPPPP!" Reba made up her mind that she'd give them the key back tomorrow! She put her bathrobe on, and ran to the door.
"You forget something?" Reba asked Brock who stood in front of the door, not walking in
"You forgot your purse in my car" Reba had one hand holding the robe that covered just few inches above her knees, it was well tied, but she held on to the collar to make sure she didn't show off her cleavage! While her other hand rested on the doorknob. She let go of the doorknob to take her purse from Brock.
"Anything else?" she asked when he wasn't leaving
"Huh? No, nothing" and he still didn't move. Reba stood with one leg cross behind another. She wore her pink slippers, matching with her pink bathrobe along with a pink towel that wrapped behind her shoulder, and her pink kissable cheeks. Gosh she was so adorable!
"If you think I'm going to let go of the robe, you're dreaming. Now go home to your wife!" Brock laughed at her comment.
"Well good then, since you got both hands busy, you can't slap me" and with that comment, he sneaked a peck from her lips! "Good night, Reba" he closed the door behind him, just mere seconds before Reba gently caressed her bottom lip with the hand that was holding her collar closed. She couldn't believe just a little peck could created so many sparks!
Reba was brought back to reality when she felt the cold air against her skin. She grabbed both ends of her robe and locked the door before she resumed her bath. Less than an hour later, the doorbell rang again, as she was about to slip under her blanket!
"Barbra Jean" Reba opened the door and see Barbra Jean once again behind that door. "Ok Barbra Jean, next time you come here, can you put on a pair of pants or something longer than what you have on? I knew we're just three houses down the road, but you might not make it here safely if you kept wearing half a dress!" Barbra Jean totally ignored Reba's comment.
"Reba, you gotta tell me how to seduce Brock!" Reba nearly collapsed hearing that request.
"Do you even know who you're talking to?" Reba almost shouted, and then she realized that the door was still open and Barbra Jean still standing outside. Reba pulled her inside and almost slammed the door.
"Yeah, his ex-wife who was married to him for 20 years, I'm sure you got a few tips!" Reba marched up the stairs did not respond to Barbra Jean's comment. "C'mon Reba, I really need your help! Brock and I hadn't been Bow..." Barbra Jean followed her. Reba turned around and snapped with anger
"Barbra Jean, I'm not going to give you a tip on how to sleep with my husband!" Reba paused, but didn't correct herself; she just hoped Barbra Jean didn't catch that.
"Well, whatever I did, it didn't work!" Barbra Jean knew Reba slipped, but she choose to ignore it.
"Do whatever you did, when you had him cheating on me then!" Reba slipped under the blanket and turned off the light. Barbra Jean sat on her bed, but Reba chased her away "Go get your air mattress!!" Barbra Jean had been here so often now, so she left her air bed in Reba's closet. Reba turned on the light just long enough for Barbra Jean to finish set up her sleeping area.
"You're not going to tell me really?"
"No" answered Reba
"How did you get him to look at you passionately then?" Barbra jean wouldn't give up
"You can't control his thoughts" Reba closed her eyes ready to fall asleep any minute now.
"Do you think he needs the blue pills?"
"Ask his doctor" Barbra Jean could tell by Reba's voice that she was drifting off
"Do you love Jack or Brock?"
"Br... Barbra Jean! Shut up and go to sleep!" Reba almost became wide-awake!
"Did you say Jack?"
"No! I said...shut up and go to sleep!" Reba almost fell for Barbra Jean's trick question
"Do you still love Brock?"
"Barbra Jean, I'm trying to sleep!"
"If you don't answer, I'm going to assume that you still love Brock"
"If you don't shut up, you can assume that you'll be kicking out of my bedroom"
"Is that why you wouldn't give me a tip?" Barbra Jean really wouldn't give up!
"Fine! Try to step of out shower naked, that might help!"
"Thank you Reba! You're such a wonderful friend!"
"Yea Yea, now go to sleep!" Reba wasn't sure if this would work for Barbra Jean, but Brock used to love it when she stepped out of shower dripping wet. That was why she teased him tonight that she wasn't about to drop her robe!
"Reba..." Barbra Jean called her softly
"Hmm..." Reba's voice fading away as she was falling into a deep sleep
"You still love him don't you?"
"..."