When Reba woke up the next morning she had hoped that the whole thing had been a bad dream, but when she tried to move her legs and couldn't she realized that it wasn't a dream. What had happened had actually happened. She had lost Brock and then had gotten shot. Brock was no longer lying next to her, so she was completely lost on what to do. She was by herself. How dare the man leave her by herself when she couldn't even walk!
Right when Reba was about to start crying Brock walked into the bedroom from the bedroom. "What's wrong Reba?" Brock asked as he looked at her. She tried to avoid showing him how pink her eyes were since she was about to cry, but he knew that she was upset.
"I was just hoping it was all a dream, but it's not. I can't walk." Reba said not letting him know that she was furious by the fact that she thought he had left her. Just because the two of them weren't together anymore didn't mean that he had to leave her when she was handicapped and couldn't do anything by herself.
Brock knew that this wasn't going to be easy on Reba. Reba was always the type of person to be independent, and that habit wasn't easily broken. He walked over to the red head and sat next to her on the bed, wrapping his arms around her. "Everything will be just fine Reba. The doctor said you'll walk again you just have to wait until you get stronger."
Reba couldn't believe that Brock was here with her, and she wasn't sure if she wanted him to be or not. Yes, he was all that she could think about, but for him to be here but not be with her was nearly destroying her on the inside. "Brock, why don't you just go back to Austin? My momma and daddy can drive down here and take care of me. I'll be fine with them."
Hearing Reba say these words made him realize how much he didn't want to leave her. He wanted to stay with her and help her get better. "Reba, I am not going anywhere. I am staying right here rather you like it or not. Don't bother your parents. I am capable of helping you get better." Brock said, and Reba could tell that he meant it. Brock was the type of person who liked to joke around a lot, but if he meant something then he meant it.
Reba looked at Brock and sighed. "If you are wanting to torture me then fine, stay here. You always get what you want anyways. It's always you, you, you, you, YOU!" Reba yelled at Brock, fighting back every urge to start crying.
"How am I torturing you, Reba?! I'm trying to be here to help you and show you that I'm not leaving. I'm trying to do the right things, but yet I keep doing the wrong things! Nothing about me staying here is about me! It's about you because I'm trying to make sure that you get better that wayyou can live a great life!" Brock said looking at Reba. It was clear to her that there was pain in his eyes, but she was in pain too. He had left her, instead of trying to work things out. He decided to leave the town and make her feel useless.
"You left me, Brock! We were supposed to be together forever and you got up and left! If this is what engaged life was going to be like, then I don't know how we would've ever survived being married! You'd probably leave me every time we had a problem." Reba said, still avoiding telling Brock that them being in the same room but no longer together was driving her crazy. That's what she really wanted; to be with him again. Despite all the hurt that he had caused her recently, he was the only thing that she wanted.
Brock tilted his head down in shame. He knew that he had destroyed her emotionally, and she even looked a little skinner than normal. Hearing Reba say how bad he had hurt her made it feel more real to him. Brock couldn't deny the pain she was in any longer. There was a part of Brock that had hoped Reba would have moved on. "Reba, I'm sorry! All I've ever known how to do is to run from my problems. Find the easiest way out, even if it won't be the best way out. I feel awful because all I've ever done is hurt you, and now that I see how much pain I have caused you I don't know what to do. If I run then it's just going to cause more pain, but what will staying cause?"
Reba could see that Brock was struggling, but she was too. All she could do is start crying. She was in so much pain not only emotionally but physically as well. Brock wrapped his arms around Reba and held her in his arms. "I never wanted you to go Brock. I know I'm the one that broke the engagement off, but I was just angry. I wanted you to realize that if we were going to work then something was going to have to change. I didn't want you to move to Austin! I thought that maybe if we were apart for a little while then you'd realize that things had to change." Reba was now an emotional wreck right in front of her ex-fiance. She had promised herself that she was never going to be like this in front of him, but she couldn't help it. After one tear fell it was like the dam that was holding back the lake had burst.
"Reba, I'm sorry. I didn't realize back then what was going on, but I realize it now and I'm sorry. I'll do whatever I have to do make you happy again Reba. Please." Brock pleaded with Reba, and she wasn't sure what she was going to say. If she agreed and allowed Brock to come back into her life then it could lead to her being in the exact same place in the future, and she wasn't sure if she was strong enough to go through it one time, let alone two.
