Not waning to wake Brock or disrupt the wonderful memories in her head, Reba leaned closer into him and closed her eyes. About an hour later, around 8:45, Reba heard Jake upstairs, and didn't want him to see them together. She got up quickly and made her way into the kitchen to prepare breakfast. Sure enough Jake came bustling through the kitchen with the biggest smile Reba had seen in a long time. 'Good morning Jake. Do you want some breakfast?" Jake nodded excitedly as he told his mother what he wanted. "Can I have some waffles and bacon please?" Jake asked his mother. "It will be right up darling." While Reba fixed her son's breakfast, Jake went into the living to watch cartoons. When he walked in, there was a familiar face lying on the couch that wasn't normally there.
At first Jake didn't really care that his father was asleep in his house, when he had his own. But then Jake remembered the fight his parents had recently had. He thought, "why is dad here if mom is mad at him?" Jake went to the kitchen to ask his mom what was going on. "Mom why is dad here?" Startled by his question, Reba had to think fast. "He fell asleep here last night." Jake gave his mom a questioning look wanting her to explain. "Your dad came over to talk and we had dinner. Then we watched a movie and fell asleep. Nothing happened I promise you Jake." Not believing what his mom was saying, he walked out of the kitchen. He wasn't mad at his parents , but he knew his dad was married and it would be wrong for his parents to be together without his dad being divorced, unknown to Jake though, his whole way of life was about to change, but there would be some rough spots in there to.
After Reba fixed breakfast for Jake and himself, Jake left to spend the night at a friend's house. It was only Reba and Brock in the house, and Brock was still sound asleep on the couch. Reba thought it would be a good time to do some cleaning around the house. So she started a load of laundry in the washer, and then went into Jake's room to clean it up. When she started picking up some papers off the floor in her son's room, she saw a report on his dresser that he had recently written. She had never seen it before and he got an A+, so she wondered why he didn't show her. As Reba took a seat on Jake's bed to read the paper, there were silent tears falling from her eyes. Jake's report was about one of his heroes and he had picked Reba.
My hero is my mom Reba Nell Hart. She is a very strong women and always finds the good in anything that happens.
After reading just the first two sentences Reba couldn't continue, because she knew that when it came to anything that happens in her life her children would be affected.
Reba finished cleaning Jake's room and then went downstairs to start another load of laundry. By now it was almost 11 o'clock, and she had let Brock sleep but thought it was time for him to wake up. She went into the living room but the couch was empty. There was nobody in the kitchen either, and she didn't know where Brock had gone. In the kitchen though on the counter she saw on note pinned on the coffee machine. She could tell it was Brock by the handwriting and where he placed the note.
Thanks for letting me stay here last night. I had a lot of fun, and you helped
me relax and not worry about what was going on in my life. I know Jake is
spending the night at a friend's house tonight, so I want to take you to dinner
to say thank you for everything that you've done. Be ready by 6:30.
Brock
Reba smiled at what her ex-husband had wrote and how sweet it was. It would be a long time before anything got serious between them again if that was even going to happen. As Reba finished cleaning she was humming, which she hadn't done in awhile. She couldn't help but get excited about tonight, because deep down she desperately wanted to be back with Brock. If her and Brock were to get back together there would be a lot for both of them to consider. For intense how would their kids react or even Barbara Jean. Reba knew that Cheyenne would be supportive and love that her parents were getting back together. She wasn't sure about how Kyra would react and that kind of bothered her. Jake on the other hand is always happy when he has his dad around. Reba though wasn't sure how she of all people would handle everything. Sure she wanted to be back with the person she had loved for over 20 years, but would it be the right thing to do. After all Barbara Jean was now considered one of her best friends and she didn't want to do to her what had been done to Reba.