A/N: thanks for the encouragement to continue guys, and just to let you know, I love Brock-Reba romance too. :D
"You and Mr. H-H-HOT are getting it on…" Van announced with excitement.
Reba shot him daggers. He always knew how to ruin a moment.
"Is that true mom?" Cheyenne asked with a raised eyebrow.
Both Jake and Kyra watched, waiting in anticipation for an answer.
"No it's not true!" Reba barked. "It's Brock. I'm not his Dental Hygienist."
Kyra snickered at her mother's comment, and Reba shot her a short smile, before turning her attention back to the rest of the family.
"So, what is it then?" Jake asked impatiently eager to play with his video game.
"Your father and I have been… discussin' the situation and we were wonderin' how you might feel about…"
"Come on, mom, I have a hairdressing appointment to go to?" Cheyenne whined.
"Yeah, like that'll help you," Kyra said, her tone dripping with sarcasm.
"SHUT UP, KYRA!" she shot back.
Reba rolled her eyes. Maybe this wasn't the right thing to be discussing with her children, none of them had an attention span wide enough to sit through the conversation, and she was worried about their reaction. This meant the relationship of their father's second wife. Would they be willing to risk hurting Barbra Jean for the sake of their parent's reuniting? Could Reba risk hurting Barbra Jean for the sake of getting her ex-husband back, the man who had left her for a younger and dumber version? His mid-life crisis…
"Enough!" Reba snapped. "Brock and I are considerin' gettin' back together!" she stated matter-of-factly. She covered her mouth with her hand instantly, as she heard the words jump off her tongue. She hadn't meant for the words to jump out that way, but she felt a sense of relief, at least now she could move to the next step.
She held her breath as she waited for the reaction of her children.
"You and Mr. H-H-H-Hot are getting back together?" Van asked needing confirmation.
"Possibly," Reba said.
"What about Barbra Jean?" Kyra asked.
"We haven't discussed that yet… I wanted to talk to you guys before I even considered taking Brock back," she told him.
"What do you want from us?" Cheyenne questioned.
"I wanna know…" she hesitated. "How you'd feel about that?"
"About you and dad?" Kyra raised.
Reba nodded.
"Will we have to move house again?" Jake groaned. "I like my room!"
Reba laughed and ruffled his hair, as he shifted away on the couch. "No, Jake. They'll be no movin' house! Just me and dad would…"
"Bow-chicka-wow-wow," Van sang.
"VAN!" Reba warned.
She hadn't thought about that possibility yet. It had been a long time since she had allowed her thoughts to dwell in that direction, but as Van raised the subject she remembered how amazing it had been when they were together. She had certainly missed him.
"Cheyenne…" Reba noticed that she'd been silent for a few moments, which usually meant one of two things. She disapproved of the chosen subject, or she had no idea what the topic of conversation was. Reba believed it was option number one… for a change. "You haven't said anything, what do you think?"
"I think Barbra Jean would NEVER have done this to you!" she stated.
Reba scoffed. Sometimes she was sure everyone had lost the will to remember how they had all become a family to begin with.
Cheyenne frowned. "NOW!" she retracted. "She wouldn't do this to you NOW!"
Reba nodded. That was one opinion, and a valid one, she concluded, but there were other voices.
"Jake…"
"It would be SO cool if you and dad got back together!" he confirmed.
Reba nodded.
"Kyra…"
Kyra shrugged, seemingly not interested in either way the coin flipped. "This family is already messed up why not screw it up even more."
"Van…"
He grinned widely. "If you and Mr. H-H-HOT are going to be sharing a room again, can we move to the other side of the house? I don't want to be hearing noises that-"
Reba raised her hand in defense. "I got it, Van. Thank you. Okay… thanks for your time, you can go!"
"MOM!" Cheyenne whined. "Are you really going to do this?"
"I don't know," she answered honestly.
What she was going to first, was talk to Barbra Jean.
Keep in mind this is Barbra Jean and could go EITHER way. Does she get mad or does she get dumb?
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