Chapter 10

Reba awoke a little sore from an uncomfortable bed and to the sounds of beeping. She groaned a little and tried to open her eyes but found it very difficult for even when she managed a little sliver she was blinded by bright light.

She heard a voice next to her. "Reba?" She cringed when she heard that voice. It wasn't Brock's or any of her kids.

"Jack?" she said barely above a whisper. She squinted as best she could to shield some light from her eyes and she saw the blur outline of Jack Morgan sitting in a chair next to the bed. "Water." That was all she could say at the moment. Her voice was scratchy like and she needed something to sooth it. She felt a straw touch her lips and she carefully took a sip of the cold soothing ice water. She sighed a little and was finally able to open her eyes fully. She turned her head slightly and saw a smiling Jack. "Where's my family?"

His smiled faded. "Well, I wanted to make sure you would be ok. I didn't have…"

Anger flashed in Reba's eyes. "You didn't call my family?"

"I will don't worry. I needed to make sure you were ok." He said rubbing her arm that was resting on the bed.

Reba moved her arm away as best she could. "Call them now." She said in a weak voice.

Jack nodded and was about to leave when the doctor came in. He smiled at both of them. "Hello. How are we doing?"

Reba glared at the doctor and rolled her eyes. "Stop it. I hate it when doctors refer to people as we. I hate it. Just tell me what happened? The baby, is it ok?"

The doctor smiled and nodded. "You're going to be just fine and the baby is perfectly fine as well. The pain you felt was, I guess you could say the baby telling you to calm yourself a bit. The pain and your fainting was stress. You do need to stay relaxed, especially at your age. Just take it easy from now on. Now, we are going to release you tomorrow morning, we would like to keep you over night, just to be safe. All right?"

Reba nodded and smiled. "Thank you."

The doctor nodded in return. "I'll leave you and your husband alone."

"He's not…" said Reba but the doctor had already left before she could finish her sentence. She turned to Jack. "Please go call my family." He nodded and left.

Reba was going through her mind on what happened. She shouldn't have been so uptight lately. She should have just enjoyed everyone waiting on her and looking out for her. She should have told Jack to leave. She could have the doctor or someone call family. It was too late now though.

Reba felt completely exhausted even though she had just woken up. What was it about a hospital that took every drop of energy out of you? She felt around her bed until she found the little remote that moved her bed into a sitting position. She still couldn't believe Jack, not calling her family! What was he thinking? She looked to the clock and realized that it was late in the evening and her family was probably worried about her. What about Brock? He left before she even had a chance to explain what had happened. She really hoped she was able to find him or he would come see her. She had to get out of here soon but the doctor said not until tomorrow morning.

Reba had the sudden urge to use the bathroom; she had her legs over the side of the bed when Jack walked back in. His eyes widened and he immediately went to her side. "What do you think your doing?"

Reba smacked his arms away and then pushed him away. "I don't need you. I'm only going to the bathroom."

Jack looked hurt. "I was only trying to help."

Reba grabbed the small table next to her bed to keep herself from falling from the sudden wave of dizziness that came over her. "I don't need your help. You can just leave." Once her dizziness past, Reba let go of the table and slowly made her way to the bathroom.

Reba walked out of the bathroom, Jack was still there. She glared at him as she made her way back to her bed." I thought I told you to leave." Reba winced and groaned as she got back into bed. Jack went back to her side again and helped her the rest of the way in the bed and pulled the covers back around her or tried to at least. He backed away when Reba started to smack him again. "I told you I didn't need your help."

Jack tried to hide the smirk that was threatening to escape. "I know you didn't mean it. It's probably just your hormones talking."

Reba shook her head in annoyance and her anger kept building. "It is NOT my hormones! I have a family that can help me! I don't need you here and I don't want you here. Now wipe that smirk off your face and leave!"

Jack now new she meant every word. She was mad. "Look I'm sorry I didn't mean to…"

"Didn't mean to do what? Kiss me? Ruin everything for me? What is your problem? I am off limits!"

Jack nodded. "I know that now. You're married."

"No…I mean yes I am married but I told you no Jack. Any woman that says no is off limits. It didn't matter if I was single or married. I said no and you didn't stop! Now get out!"

Jack began to approach her. "Reba…"

"Out!"

Jack sighed and left the room but not the hospital. He sat out in the waiting room and waited for her family to show up.

Reba let the tears fall now. He didn't get far with her but who knows how far he would have gone if Brock hadn't walked in and then she almost lost the baby. Reba wiped the tears away and tried to relax a little, she really didn't need this stress, the doctor said it wasn't good for her and she was sure yelling at Jack didn't help at all. She closed her eyes and tried to get rid of her worries.

Sometime later she heard the door open. She opened her eyes and was ready to yell expecting to see Jack enter the room but instead she saw her family minus Brock enter the room. She smiled; this is exactly what she needed.

Cheyenne rushed to her side and hugged her. "Mom, are you all right?"

Reba smiled and nodded. "I'm fine."

Cheyenne pulled up a chair and everyone sat around the bed. Van spoke up next. "What happened Mrs. H?

"I just had a pain in my stomach and I passed out. Jack brought me to the hospital and that's it." Reba decided to leave out the part about Jack coming on to her and Brock finding them.

Cheyenne looked confused. "What was Dr. Morgan doing there?"

Reba shrugged. "He was just visiting. He hadn't seen me in a while."

"He knows your married right mom?" asked Kyra a little worried.

Reba nodded. "Of course he knows." It wasn't a lie. He did know, now. She then turned to her other daughter. "Where is your father?"

Cheyenne shrugged. "We couldn't find him. We will keep calling but I did leave a message on his cell phone that you're in the hospital."

Reba nodded. Where was Brock? She sighed and then looked around when she noticed someone else wasn't there. "Where's Barbara Jean?"

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