"Mama, Daddy, I'm home!" "Oh darling you finally made it. Welcome home, and welcome Miss Reba, Boy here has told us so much about you." "Well... Has he now?" "What can I say, you're a catch, and I want to show you off." He smiled slightly embarrassed. "Well I am very much in love with your son Mrs. Blackstock, and my Mama thanks you and Mr Blackstock for raising him to become the gentleman that he is. This is my sister Susie, and the three rugrats running around are her gorgeous children." "Well Susie it's lovely to meet you." "Nice to meet you too Ma'am" "Oh please ladies call me Gloria. Darling show the kids where the toy box is, I'm gonna take the ladies into the kitchen. Your Daddy is upstairs on the phone somewhere."
"So you're the Mrs. Narvel Blackstock of the next generation." "I hope to be soon, yes" "You promise you will look after my boy?" "Of course, forever, and ever, or until he gets sick of me." "You seem like such a nice person, tell me, how do you two work together 24/7 and still stay together? That would just drive me bonkers." "Well Ma'am- Gloria, I guess some couples can just bring out the best in each other. And we are both always striving to make the other happy, so it just works. I don't really know why, but it is good for business and it is good for us." "I seriously don't think I could handle that. We would be at eachothers throats constantly." "We have our arguments, sure, but we do really love each other so we always share a kiss and sleep in the same bed at the end of every night no matter how mad we are."
"I'm just so happy for you both. What about you Susie? Tell me about yourself." "Well there aint much to know about me. I have three children as you can see Earl Paul named after his Daddy E.P for short, Lucchese, and Samuel. My husband and I live in Oklahoma on a small little ranch near Mama and Daddy, My husband is a rodeo cowboy who looks after the ranch, and occasionally helps out Daddy. I sing when we travel around the place. At the moment though I'm on holiday with my big sister because she begged me to come be with her for a while." "That is very sweet of you. Music must run in the family, you two seem very close," "Nah" the both said in harmony.
"So any ideas for New Years? Have you anything special you like to make Reba?" "Oh no, not me, I can't really cook to save myself, but I can round up cattle pretty well. Susie is our little Susie homemaker, she's the one to ask about anything to do with food, or household maintenance." "Susie, do you have anything special you would like to make?" "Oh sure, I'd be happy to make something, I'm just not sure what to chose yet. How about it be a surprise. Baw you can help me" "Sure." "Oh okay, great! I can't wait to see what comes out"
Narvel came down with his Daddy. Daddy this is my darling Reba, her sister Susie, and somewhere running around are Susie's children. "Nice to meet you all, I'm Narvel Leroy, but you can call me Leroy considering you are too used to calling Boy here Narvel. Otherwise if you can think of anything better, go for it. Narvel went and stood beside Reba "Uhh Mom, Dad, Reba and I want to tell you that we are having a baby. We know some people may think it is too soon, but we have known each other for nearly 10 years so it doesn't really phase us. It wasn't planned, it just happened, and we couldn't be happier." "Oh honey look, my boy is growing up." Gloria smiled "I'm so happy for you both" She hugged Reba and then hugged her son. "You look after her now won't you. That's my grand baby you are carrying in there Reba, I hope you are giving your body all that it needs to grow a strong, healthy child." "I am trying, I'm still new to all of this, we only just found out a few days ago. But Narvel and I just can't keep it to ourselves. Luckily I have Susie, to make sure I do everything I can to help the little one out" "Well congratulations, almost time to add another couple of Blackstocks to the tree." Narvel's Daddy smiled.
New year's eve was a hoot and so was New Year's day. It was full of laughter, happiness, and family. It couldn't possibly have been better. Reba swore half of Texas showed up to partake in Narvel's family celebrations, and a handsome young fellow took a liking to Susie. Susie had no intentions on putting herself out there but she was definitely flattered when someone found her attractive. "I saw him making eyes at you Suz, why don't you go there and give it a spin?" "A spin? Reba hush, I'm married with three children." "Oh c'mon just a dance then. No one has more rhythm than you, you are a wonderful dancer." "No!" "Ughhh you're so boring, can you stop being a Saint for a minute and enjoy yourself?" "I am enjoying myself. I'm going to check on everything inside"