Reba blushed and looked at Megan and Cara.
"What are you guys doing here? I thought you were walking up ahead with the other kids," Reba asked. Brock remained silent.
"We were but Megan forgot something in the truck. I came to help her." Cara explained.
"What were you two doing?" Megan asked tucking her red hair behind her ears. Her green eyes flickered between Reba and Brock. Brock could feel the tension. Reba took a deep breath. Brock could tell she didn't know what to say.
"We were hugging," Brock blurted out.
"That looked like more than hugging. Dad, we're not that stupid," Cara said frustrated at the lie.
"Fine you two want to whole story?" Brock asked. Cara and Megan looked at each other and then back at Brock expectantly. "I was thanking Reba," he said as he looked at Cara then to Megan, "for getting Joel to talk again. She gave me my son back. Cara you know what it has been like since Joel stopped talking. So I gave Reba a hug to thank her but I suppose it got a little carried away and I kissed her."
Brock turned to Reba. "I'm sorry. I shouldn't have done that. Can you ever forgive me?" Reba looked down. She could feel tears welling up in her eyes. She was just so angry with herself and poor Brock was taking the fall for something she did. He was an even better person than she remembered. Slowly Reba nodded her head but she couldn't look at him.
"Thank you," Brock said.
"I don't think she's really forgiven you. She hasn't looked at you yet," Megan and Cara giggled. Brock nodded.'Note to self,' Brock thought. 'No more risky situations.' Brock looked at the girls.
"Are you guys ready?" he asked.
"Yes." The girls turned and began walking back to the restaurant. Brock took Reba's hand and intertwined their fingers.
"Are you ever going to look at me again?" Brock asked. Reba quickly blinked away the tears and looked into his eyes.
"Good we're making some progress," Brock smiled. He stopped walking and pulled Reba into a hug. "Why were you crying?" Brock asked after the hug. Reba let out a sigh and began talking in a slight whisper so Cara and Megan coudldn't hear her.
"Oh Brock, we were caught red handed kissing on the side of your truck. By our kids no less. And to make it worse they think you started it when that wasn't true. I can only imagine what they are thinking." Brock turned to Reba.
"Maybe they're thinking that their mom has been alone for too long and it's nice to see her happy again."
"What are you talking about? I am happy," Reba said trying to put on her best smile.
"Yes you are happy. I can see that when you are around your kids," Brock smiled. "But I'm talking about a different kind of happy," Brock leaned to whisper in her ear, "Like the happy I saw right before our latest kiss." Reba froze mid-step. "Too soon to joke about it?" Brock laughed.
"Are you guys ever coming?" Hannah yelled. Brock looked towards his daughter.
"Yeah we're coming," Brock yelled back. Hannah turned back to the kids.
"So we went around the side of the truck," Cara was telling the story.
"And there they were, kissing each other," Megan quickly added.
"No way!" Dayna was amazed. Terry and Joel were busy watching the fish swim around their tank.
"Do you think they like each other?" Cara asked.
"Maybe," Megan concluded. "They were kissing each other."
"There's only one way to know for sure," Dayna said being to formulate a plan. "We have to get them together in a romantic setting." Hannah listened to the plan but she didn't understand why they were setting up their parents.
"Do we have to set them up?" Hannah asked.
"Yes. They are not going to do anything with each other as long as we are around. So we have to help them." Dayna explained.
"But what if they don't even like each other? Maybe it was a one time thing?" Hannah protested.
"It's not a one time thing," Megan began. "I saw them hug again after Cara and I caught them kissing."
"Plus Dad looks at her with that grin on his face," Cara added. "You know the one he would sometimes look at...mom with." Cara managed to get out. "Only it's different when he looks at Reba. When he looks at her that smile is there all the time."
"Hannah?" Joel asked walking up to her. Terry followed behind Joel. "Is Reba going to be our new mommy?" Hannah let out a sigh. She looked between her sister and her brother.
"Do you want her too?" Hannah asked.
"I think she'd be a nice mommy. She likes us," Joel said. Cara, Dayna, Megan, and Terry held their breath waiting for Hannah's answer. Hannah looked around at everyone's face. A smile spread across her face.
"We're setting them up." All the kids started laughing and high fiving each other letting out little victory cheers.
"What's going on here?" Brock asked as they reached their kids. The cheering stopped and each kid looked at someone else hoping one of them would have an excuse.
"We were playing a game," Megan blurted.
"Oh yeah? What kind of game was it?" Reba asked looking at her daughters.
"A battle game," Cara rushed to answer.
"Yeah we were on teams," Dayna added.
"Uh-huh family versus family," Hannah concluded.
"Wow sounds fun." Brock smiled. "Who won?"
"We all did," Joel smiled.
"Ok, ok well let's go eat." Brock gestured towards a table. The kids began walking while Reba and Brock walked behind them.
"So how I feel like they're planning something," Reba whispered to Brock.
"Me too," Brock whispered back. "We'll just have to keep an eye on them."
Dayna and Hannah looked back at their parents. "Do you think they know?" Dayna asked.
"Probably. We will just have to plan something even more sneaky," Hannah laughed.