"Yes!" Reba exclaimed, "Yes Kevin. I'll marry you!"
"Jake, Cheyenne , Van! Come down here!" Kevin yelled towards the stairs. They all came running down.
"Kevin! What's wrong!?" Cheyenne asked, a little on the panicked side.
"Nothings wrong. Your mother and I are getting married!" He told them all.
"Congratulations!" Van cheerily told them.
"Yeah," Reba said, not taking her eyes off the huge diamond in her engagement ring. Just then Kyra came in the front door. "Kyra! I'm so glad you're here! Kevin and I are getting married!" She said with the biggest smile on her face.
"Wow!" Kyra said, she liked Kevin and was happy for her mother. Right behind Kyra walked in BJ and Brock. Once they told them the good news Brock was instantly jealous. He knew that he had made many mistakes in his life, but he had always known that his biggest and worst mistake was leaving Reba. Although he was angry he smiled and told them how happy he was—weather or not it was the truth.
Shortly after they told everyone the news the pizza came. They all ate and Kevin cleared the plates from the table. Reba helped him wash and dry them, and then they put them away together. While they had some alone time they started talking about their plans. They decided that Kevin would move in next week, and that they would have a small wedding with just Reba's children and her parents as well as Kevin's brothers and his dad. Unfortunately his mom passed away a few years ago.
A month to the day, they got married in a small church right outside of Huston. Everyone there couldn't have been more excited for them. BJ and Brock showed up too and then took Jake while Reba and Kevin were away on their honeymoon…..first class 2 Honolulu . Once they got back things started to return to normal. They all got back to their normal every-day routines.
Everything was going perfectly, until about a month after the honeymoon. Reba came home late from work one night and Kevin had to make dinner for the family while she was gone. "Where have you been?" He asked her in an angered tone of voice.
"My open house lasted later then I thought it would," she told him.
"Did you know that I had to make dinner and put Jake to bed?" He said, still angry.
"Honey, it was one night. I'm sorry I didn't call but, god, calm down. It's not the end of the world," she said. She was tired after a long day at work and she just wanted some peace. His angry tone was making her mad.
"No, I will not calm down. I didn't know what happened to you! You could have been dead for all I knew, and you know why? You didn't take the 5 seconds to pick up the phone and call!" He yelled.
"Kevin! The kids are upstairs sleeping! Tone it down a little! I'm sorry that I didn't call, can you just drop it? I made a mistake, I get it." She said walking behind the couch where Kevin was sitting.
"A mistake. You seem to be making a lot of those lately. Do you think you could manage to do anything right around here?!" He asked standing up.
Reba's jaw dropped. "I can't do anything right, huh?! Well what about you? At least I'm pulling my weight around here. I cook and clean everyday and you just sit there and watch TV and eat—making another mess for me to clean up!" She pointed out.
"Don't you tell me I'm not pulling my weight around here!" He yelled, his frustration with her growing stronger by the minute, "I work too! You're not the only person making the family's money. I do my share of the work. Yes, I come home and relax in front of the TV, but that's because I'm tired!"
"Well I'm tired too Kevin, and you being a lazy ass around here doesn't help ME any!!"
"What did you just call me?! I dare you, call me that one more time!" He said taking a few steps at her.
"You're a lazy ass!" She said in a childish, mocking tone. This made him so angry! He took another step in her direction and he smacked her with the back of his hand. Reba put a hand on her cheek until the burning stopped. She didn't know what to do exactly; Brock never hit her like that before.
"Oh, honey, I'm sorry. I didn't mean it!" He apologized, suddenly feeling a little bit guilty about his hasty decision. Reba was in shock. She didn't know that a man like him was capable something like this.
Kevin reached out to touch the red mark he left on her face. "Don't touch me!" She backed away—a little afraid of what he would do if she continued to yell at him. "I-I'm going upstairs." Reba said, she didn't know what someone said in a situation like this.
"Reba, baby, I'm sorry, common!" He pleaded with her. She turned and started up the stairs. "Don't you walk away from me!" He warned her. She just kept walking up the stairs, one hand on her cheek. He reached out and grabbed her left ankle and pulled her back. She fell forward and caught herself, with most of her weight on her right wrist. She knew that she hurt it as soon as she landed on it.
"Get OFF of me!" She yelled at him, at this point she didn't care who she woke up. She ran up the stairs as fast as she could—not looking back in fear of what might happen to her. She ran into their bedroom and locked the door just before he ran for the handle.
"Reba! You open this door RIGHT NOW!" He yelled through the door.
"Kevin, calm down. Go downstairs and sleep on the couch," She told him.
"NO! YOU OPEN THIS DOOR!!" He yelled a little louder. He started pounding on the door. Reba put her back to the door and let all her weight lean against it, then she slid down to the floor with he back still against the door. She grabbed her wrist and looked at it. It was a little swollen and she knew that she sprained it.
By now everyone in the house was awake. Jake made his way into Cheyenne and Van's room because his mom's room wasn't an option. " Cheyenne , I'm scared!" He said crying into his oldest sister's shoulder.
"I know…shhh…its ok. Don't worry, everything will be fine," although Cheyenne didn't think she was helping much. She was scared for her mom.
Kevin finally gave up on Reba opening the door and he went downstairs to sleep on the couch. Nobody fell asleep right away and Reba tossed and turned all night. She just kept thinking about how perfect she thought he was. She didn't know how someone THAT perfect could do something so horrible.
The next morning Reba got up and left early for work so that she wouldn't have to be there when Kevin came in their room to get dressed and she wanted to get her wrist checked out. She left a note by Elizabeth 's crib for Cheyenne , Van, and Jake apologizing for the noise they made last night and that she and Kevin got into a little fight. She also told them that she fell on her way up the stairs and that she wanted to get her wrist looked at because it was hurting her this morning. Then she listed some chores for them to get done before she got home from work. She told Cheyenne to pick up the magazines she keeps leaving out on the coffee table and do the dishes; Van had to vacuum the living room after Jake dusted it.
Fortunately, the family believed the note she left them and they went on with their everyday business. Jake and Cheyenne went to school, Kevin went to work, and Van stayed home and watched Elizabeth .
The doctor had told her what she had expected: she sprained her wrist. They gave her a wrist brace to wear for a week.
When Reba got home she found a note on the door from Kevin that read 'Baby, you know that I love you. Please forgive me. I didn't mean it. It will never happen again. Love, Kevin.' Reba smiled that he took the time and thought about what he did. She knew deep down that he didn't really mean it. She knew that he was just in a bad mood, and that he didn't intend to hurt her. She walked in to find that it was just her and Kevin.
Apparently Kevin had told Cheyenne and Van that he needed some time alone with Reba to work out a few problems they were having and they took Jake and went to Brock and BJ's for they night.
"Reba…You don't know how sorry I am!" He told her as soon as she walked in. "Oh my god! Did I do that?!" He asked pointing to her wrist.
"Well, when I fell I caught myself and apparently sprained it pretty bad. Don't worry about it; I know you didn't mean it. Just make sure nothing like this happens again."
They spent a romantic evening together and he promised her that he would NEVER hurt her like that again. But little did she know things weren't as she expected they would be. Things were about to change and Reba was going to have a hard time adjusting…