-- 14 --

"Happy Birthday Reba" said one of her friends giving her a hug. Reba wiped a tear that escaped the corner of her eyes.

"Aww... you guys..." Reba was speechless; she didn't expect this, not at all.

"It was Brock's idea." Lori-Ann gave him credit. Reba turned around seeing Brock standing with his arms parted, waiting for his hug. Reba bounced into his arms.

"Happy Birthday, honey." said Brock kissing her politely on top of her head. The whole gym was set up for a huge party. That was why Brock had to stall her all day, keeping her with him all the time. Her friends brought in food, in a potluck type style. Lori-Ann was in charge of drinks; Mike was in charge of music. Mike's girlfriend baked a cake with a big 20 written on the surface. Reba wiped her tears again when her friends sang her Happy Birthday. She blew out the candles, all twenty of them. She cut the cake and shared a big piece with Brock. Mike warned every one not to have a food fight; they might not get to use this gym again if they made a mess. They were good. Her friends brought her presents, some were pranks; a thong, handcuffs, which Lori-Ann said she would put it to good use and took them. Reba was still confused about why the heck someone gave her handcuffs.

"Okay, who's this from?" asked Brock cracking his knuckles looking for whoever gave her a nude male calendar, getting a loud laugh from every one.

"I'll take it." Lori-Ann snatched it from Reba's hand. "I'll keep in my room."

"That's her room too!" cried Brock. Reba giggled as she continued to open her presents. Mike gave her a calligraphy pen. Lori-Ann gave her a denim mini-skirt, similar to what she had. Brock gave her a little heart-shaped necklace, his card read 'to my sweetheart'. Reba threw him a bear hug and kissed him with all the love she had for him, she didn't care about the wolf whistles that echoed around them. Since the very first time their lips touched, she knew he was the one that she would make mow the lawn and walk the dog. She knew he was the one that she would see the last thing when she drifted off to sleep at night and the first thing when she woke up in the morning. She knew he was the one that she would grow old with. She knew he was the one for her.

Mike played the music; the first song was requested by Brock, dedicated to Reba. It was the song he sang to her when they went camping, the song called 'You mean everything to me'.

"May I please have this dance?" Reba stepped into his arms and slow danced with him, a few couples joined them on the floor.

"Thank you very much Brock, this is very thoughtful of you. I've never had a surprise party like this before." said Reba sniffing, wiping her happy tears on his shoulder.

"I just want to make it up to you, I hadn't taken you out much. I feel a little guilty."

"Hey, don't be. You're tied up with your classes and projects. Not like you left me to go out with someone else."

"Left you to go out with someone else? Honey, you may call me a moron, but I'm not that stupid. You're the one and no one else can ever take your place."

"It was just theoretically speaking, but I'll take your word as a promise." she winked and spread a half moon grin across her face. "By the way, some of us are going to see Tammy this Saturday before she moves to be with her aunt in Fisk Lake, or something like that. Mike will also come along to see John, are you coming with us?"

"Sure, kinda miss John as well, my best runner. Too bad he couldn't run away from a shotgun wedding." Brock chuckled.

On Saturday some of the cheerleaders went to see their friend Tammy, with Brock and Mike tagged along to see their friend John. Tammy looked tired and John still couldn't believe he got married and had a kid.

"How are you Tammy?" asked Reba to her friend. She felt pity for her friend that got kicked out of the college the moment that they found out she was pregnant. Reba thought they would let her back to school after she gave birth, but it looked like she wouldn't be, with a baby to take care of.

"Tired, I still can't believe I counted the date wrong." she started to cry, Reba gave her a hug.

"I told the whole team to go on the pill," announced Lori-Ann

"Good idea" Tammy wished she did.

"I even made Reba to go on the pill." Lori-Ann continued "Especially now that she has a hot football star boyfriend. As stubborn as she is, but you never know she might give in to the temptation. Better safe than sorry" At first Reba wasn't gonna take it, but seeing her friend drop out of school, she worried about her future, just in case.

"Reba? With who?" Reba sheepishly pointed to Brock who had conversation with Mike and John. "Brock? I thought you two hated each other." Tammy left before Brock and Reba were friends. As Tammy recalled, they were always name calling, annoying one another on purpose.

"Oh yeah, they hated how much they loved each other so." Lori-Ann quipped. Reba felt her shirt being pulled by a tiny little hand; she turned around and found a little blonde girl with deep blue eyes. She knelt down to talk to her.

"Hello honey, what's your name?"

"BJ" said the girl shyly swing around from side to side, holding a beanie baby in her hand.

"BJ? What's it stand for?" asked Reba with a smile, she heard Tammy told Lori-Ann that BJ was her Aunt's daughter. Tammy babysat her today while her aunt and uncle went to town before they all moved to Fisheye Bottom the next day.

"Baabaa Jean"

"Aww, that's cute." BJ had a huge smile on her face, she loved Reba's smile. "My name is Reba" she introduced herself. BJ gave Reba a bear hug, trying to sway Reba from side to side. Reba was startled but she chuckled and hugged her back. The girl also gave her a big kiss on her cheeks.

"Weeba" the little girl giggled. Brock saw Reba talking to the girl, and joined them.

"Those cheeks are mine to kiss." he teased the girl "Who's this?" asked Brock, Reba told him who the girl is. "Hello BJ, my name is Brock, please to meet you." Brock playfully formally introduced himself and extended his hand to the little girl, he made her giggle.

"Bok" she called him. "Bok and Weeba" the girls seemed to like them both. She started to talk now that she was comfortable around them. She was a talkative little girl. "I know how to milk a cow, a goat and a squirrel" she bragged. Reba laughed so hard. BJ continued to brag about what she could do. The whole time that they were there, she followed either Brock or Reba around.

"Reba, can you please keep her occupied a bit?" said Brock gently pushing the little girls back sending her to Reba who's playing with Tammy's baby. "She's following me to the washroom"

"Aww, she's falling in love with you. Should I start getting jealous?" teased Reba with a playful grin.

"Ha Ha, very funny." Brock laughed sarcastically. Reba took the girl's hand and talked to the girl, listening to her little stories; she seemed to have a lot of them. For a four year old, she seemed to have been everywhere and seen everything. She cried when Reba said she had to go. The girl hugged her tight and wouldn't let her go.

"When I'm a big girl, I'll be just like you." the little girl announced. "I'll paint my hair red."

"Yeah, you'll look just like me, like a twin" teased Reba, the girl was so happy to be her twin. "She's a cutie isn't she" mumbled Reba leaving Tammy's place.

"Don't tell me you're having one already." Lori-Ann perked.

"No. But I want one."

"Wait until you get married first before starting talking about babies, or you'll scare him away." Lori-Ann warned her friend. Brock overheard the conversation, but he pretended not to hear it. Someday, they would have one, and he'd look forward to that day. The rest went back to the college, Brock told them he would take Reba out and would take her back later. He drove his red Mustang with the sexy redhead covering her head with a scarf by his side.

"Wanna drive?"

"You'll let me? I thought a man's car is his prized possession and he wouldn't let woman touch it."

"You are my prized possession, just don't dent the car." She hopped on behind the wheel and was excited by the engine. Brock let her test-drive his car for a while before she realized that she didn't know where she was going. Brock switched back behind the wheel and he took her to a drive-in. "We're just here to watch movie I swear."

"I didn't say anything" Reba giggled.

"Really?"

"No" she knew what he meant, "I hadn't say anything because I trust you, and I know we're just here to see a movie." Brock grinned with a little shake of head. He respected her beliefs and he wasn't going to push her. "But I'll allow a few kisses." and that was all he wanted for now. He hung the speaker box on his door and went in to the concession stand to get some popcorn and soda. They enjoyed the movie, trying hard to ignore next cars that seemed to be preoccupied. Lori-Ann was right, the temptation was so hard to resist, but Reba never lost her control. One stubborn soul she had. And Brock adored that about her, but he lost count of how many times he had to take a cold shower just by simply being around her. She had that much effect on him like no one ever had before.

"Are you busy next weekend?" asked Brock staring at the redhead who was leaning back munching on the popcorn, eyes locked on the screen.

"Nope, I have a paper due on Monday that I'm almost done, I'd finish it by tomorrow. I'm free next weekend. I can help you with the semi-Final." she flashed him a smile.

"I want to take you to see my parents," said Brock with a small smile. Reba sat up straight.

"Your parents?"

"Yep, I want them to get to know my girlfriend." he kissed her tenderly on her lips, seeing the nervousness in her eyes.

"I'm nervous. I mean what do I have to wear? How do I introduce myself? Are they going to like me? What if they don't like me?" Reba started to panic. Brock wrapped his arm behind her shoulder pulling her close giving her some comfort.

"Don't worry, they gonna like you. Especially my mom, you'll be like a daughter she never had."

Boy, Brock had never been so wrong...