Hooray finals are over!!! Now that I can take a break form studying my butt off here is the next and probably last chapter I'll decide when I'm done writing it, Enjoy…
Reba looked at the baby girl in her arms and she couldn't believe what had happened the past nine months, her granddaughter was the most adorable baby ever. Elizabeth Nicole Montgomery sat in her grandmother's arms as she drifted off to sleep hearing that wonderful voice singing her "Angles Lullaby" as the rest of the family watched from across the small hospital room. Reba sang as tears of joy fell down her cheeks as she remembered the past nine months of being pregnant along with her teenage daughter and today would be memorable too, Cheyenne was in labor on graduation day and she waited to tell everyone about so she could graduate. As Brock took the sleeping baby from Reba's arms and gave her back to her mom he came back and helped Reba out of the rocking chair she had sat down in, at nine months pregnant she could hardly do anything by herself.
"Mom why don't you guys head home and rest or something, we are fine now." Cheyenne said noticing how tired her mom looked.
"Oh I know sweetie I just wanted to visit with my granddaughter a little while longer." Reba said as the tears continued to silently slide down her cheeks.
"Mom really you look worn out, go home please." Cheyenne said as she held Elizabeth closer.
"Cheyenne I'm fine, you shouldn't worry so much." Reba said trying to sooth her daughter's worries.
"Mom please do this for me, and Elizabeth." Cheyenne said adding in her puppy dog eyes that she knew her mom couldn't resist.
"Alright, come on Brock, Kyra, Jake it's time to go home." Reba said giving in.
"Thanks mom, for everything." Cheyenne said with a small smile.
"Hey sleepy head wake up its past noon, and guess what today is?" Brock said as he walked into their bedroom carrying a tray full of food.
"What?" Reba asked opening her eyes and watching Brock as he set the tray down on the bed next to her.
"Guess what today is?" Brock said again as he sat down next to Reba.
"Um… Friday right?" Reba said not at all getting what he was talking about.
"You don't remember, this is a first, I remembered and you didn't." Brock gloated.
"Brock what the heck are you talking about?" Reba asked as she eyed the food.
"Our 21st anniversary is today honey. So happy anniversary to you," he said before giving Reba a big kiss. "And to you." Brock said before kissing her huge stomach.
"I forgot our anniversary." Reba said looking sad.
"Sweetie it's just one of the many that we will have it's not like it was a big deal." Brock said as he tried to comfort her.
"But I've never forgotten our anniversary, never, not since we started dating or since we got married." Reba said starting to cry now.
"I told you it doesn't matter to me if you forget, as long as I still get to be married to the most beautiful, caring woman in the world." Brock said trying his best to stop her crying.
"But it matters to me, what would mama think if she found out that I forgot, or what would daddy think." Reba said starting to cry harder.
"Well how are they going to find out?" Brock asked as he grinned at Reba.
"You are going to tell them cause you love to have a laugh with daddy." Reba said trying to stop crying.
"Tell them what; I don't know what you're talking about." Brock said acting dumb.
"Sweetie that's so nice of you, now what are we having for breakfast?" Reba asked while a little smile spread across her face and she wiped her tears.
"Waffles with strawberries, scrambled eggs, bacon, and milk to build strong healthy bones for you and the baby." Brock said as he rested his hand on her stomach.
"Well help me set up and then I might be willing to share some of this wonderful breakfast with you." Reba said with a big smile.
"Alright up we go." Brock said matching Reba's smile.
They sat there together enjoying each other's company and a nice breakfast until Reba just froze after a bite.
"What are the eggs cold?" Brock asked as Reba sat there in shock.
"No, Brock my water just broke." Reba said holding on to his arm.
"OK don't panic I'll call the doctor and get your bag you stay here for a second." Brock said as he went to the dresser and grabbed her cell phone to call the doctor and on his way back to the bed he grabbed her bag from the closet. He helped Reba up and then stopped to talk to the doctor.
"Reba what are you doing?" Brock asked when he was done on the phone and looked up to see Reba working on her hair.
"I have bed head just let me fix it real quick." Reba said before pulling her hair back into a ponytail.
"OK your done now lets go." Brock said as he opened the door and started to help her out the door. When they got to the stairs Reba bent over in pain from a contraction and Brock immediately dropped the bag to help her. It went away after a minute and she was ready to get going again and soon they were down the stairs and on their way to the kitchen to get to the garage.
"What's wrong with mom?" Jake asked as he looked up from is breakfast.
"Her water broke and the baby is coming. So if you can't find one of the older kids to watch you then you need to get dressed and get in the car." Brock said as they went around the table.
"OK." Jake yelled as he got up and ran for the stairs.
"Come on lets go." Brock said as Reba stopped for a second.
"You don't even have shoes on and I want to leave a note just in case." Reba said as she grabbed a napkin off the table and found a pen there too.
"OK where are my shoes?" Brock asked.
"By your dresser where you took them off last night." Reba said starting to write.
"Thanks." Brock said heading up the stairs.
Brock got his shoes on and rushed back down the stairs to see Kyra and Jake already ready to go and helping Reba towards the back door.
"Hurry up dad you're the only one here who can drive." Kyra said as she saw her dad come into the room.
"I'm coming." Brock said as he followed behind to help with Reba.
Once they were at the hospital Brock led Reba up to the reception desk to get her signed in and soon they were in a room and waiting on the doctor to get there.
"Reba honey remember to breath." Brock said as he held her hand through another contraction.
"Don't tell me what to do." Reba said with her teeth clenched.
"I'm just saying you need to breath." Brock said not happy that she was taking out her pain on him.
"Didn't I just tell you to shut up?" Reba said right before the contraction ended.
"No you said not to tell you what to do." Brock said.
"Same thing." Reba said as she leaned back in bed.
"Not exactly." Brock said making Reba roll her eyes.
"Where is that doctor with my epidural?" Reba asked as she watch Kyra distract Jake from what was going on in the room.
"He should be here soon, I know I've asked this already but do you want me to call Van and Cheyenne to come get those two?" Brock asked pointing to Kyra and Jake.
"I told you that they went out as a family today and I don't want to interrupt that." Reba said.
"I could call Barbra Jean or my mother or Lori Ann or even your mom." Brock suggested.
"Our parents live to far away and I think Lori Ann is on vacation but I'm not sure if that was this week or next week." Reba said lost in thought.
"I'll call Barbra Jean to take them home." Brock said before pulling his cell out of his pocket.
"Hello Mrs. Hart." Dr. Wells said entering the room.
"Hi Dr. Wells." Reba said as she continued to watch her kids play.
"Can we please clear the room so I can take a look and see how far along you are?" asked Dr. Wells as he put on a clean pair of gloves.
"Yeah I'll take the kids to the waiting room." Brock said still on the phone as he left with Kyra and Jake following him.
"Alright 6 centimeters time for an epidural, let me call a nurse." Dr. Wells said as he went to the room phone and paged a nurse to bring the epidural.
"I already told you that if the baby's heart rate drops severely then I will do an emergency c-section I just want to remind you of this now." Dr. Wells told her.
"I know and if it comes to that I agree and I already told you that." Reba said reassuringly.
"Dr. Wells here is your epidural." A nurse said as she entered the room.
"Thank you Susan." Dr. Wells said as he took the big needle from her and asked Reba if she could turn over to her side or if she needed help. Reba turned and the nurse held her hand as the doctor put the needle in her lower back, it made Reba wince but soon she was feeling no pain at all.
"You can see her now." Dr. Wells told Brock once he came out of the room.
"Thank you." Brock said as he opened the door to her room.
"Oh there you are sweetie." Reba said as she saw Brock walk in.
"Yeah here I am. You're in a better mood now." Brock said as he watched Reba.
"Yeah I am. Hey where are Jake and Kyra?" Reba asked just now noticing that they weren't there.
"Barbra Jean picked them up and took them home so they could wait at home and not in the uncomfortable waiting room." Brock said as he neared Reba's bed.
"That was really sweet of her, you know I really like that girl she is sweet and really funny. Do you remember when she brought us that dead cat sauce?" Reba said laughing.
"Yeah I do, Reba are you alright?" Brock asked worried because Reba never talked like that about anyone.
"Yeah that doctor was real nice too. He gave me a big epidural. Hey have you seen the needles they give you that stuff with, I thought I was gonna faint just looking at it." Reba said laughing again.
"Honey settle down, all this laughing isn't good for the baby." Brock reminded her.
"OK, OK it's just so funny." Reba said trying to calm herself down.
They sat and talked and laughed a lot for a little while before the doctor came back and saw that she was 10 centimeters and it was time to have a baby. After a little while of pushing a new baby boy with a little blob of red hair and bright blue eyes entered the world at 6 pounds and 9 ounces. After arguing a little about the name he was pronounced John Brock Hart after Reba's dad and Brock. Since it was already late the family waited till the next day to visit and they had Reba sing to the baby again even though she already had the previous night. They welcome the newest addition to the family in true Hart fashion, with lots of love.
I just felt like finishing the story now since I only planned on making it a one shot to start with, plus not a lot of the episodes make sense without Barbra Jean in them. Hope you enjoyed reading it as much as I did writing it.
