Chap 5
Brock dropped Nick off at his house and then headed back to his house and back to his wife of one year tomorrow. He was going to take Reba out to diner for his gift. Out to a private room of Olive Garden then he'll give her his gift. A ring he had seen, he knew she'd love it! When he got home Henry and Jake ran off to Jake's room to talk about the movie and compare it to the book. Brock smiled at the kids and walked into the kitchen. He saw Reba standing in front of the glass doors watching the storm. He walked up behind her and wrapped his arms around her waist as he rested his chin on her shoulder. She jumped as he jarred her out of her thoughts. Then she smiled as the familiar warmth engulfed her and she leaned into his warmth and for once in a few weeks felt safe. She felt as if in his arms all the pieces are not falling apart but being glued together. She closed her eyes and was glad when she only saw darkness and felt only Brock's love surrounding her. Brock felt her relax and was elated that she was finally relaxing. Even just for a second she was not coiled up ready to bounce off. They stayed that way just watching the storm for an hour or two. So content in each other's arms that time just slipped away from them. With the storm still raging outside Brock looked to the clock shocked to see that it was now ten at night. Three hours had passed since he got home. They decided to start up a movie and agreed on 'The Switch' with Jennifer Aniston. Reba managed to stay awake through the entire movie but had yawned at every five minutes only increasing at the end of the movie. Brock smiled and quickly picked her up in his arms and carried her upstairs to their bedroom. Tomorrow was a big day and he was determined to drive away her nightmares for good.
The next day the storm still had not broken and it was almost 7:30pm "Brock it's storming out I really don't think it's safe to go anywhere in this weather. Reba said as Brock told her to dress up but comfortable.
"Awe come on I've got a surprise for you. Please Reba." Brock almost never begged and when he did Reba had no choice but to give in so ignoring the forewarning feeling in the pit of her stomach she went and picked out a nice, slimming pair of jeans and a blue blouse that buttoned down the front and had elbow length sleeves with a white tank top underneath. She left the top button undone showing some of the tank underneath. She put her hair up in a half up half down style. She then applied a small amount of makeup and some perfume. Looking at herself in the full length mirror she nodded her head in approval of her appearance, and then walked down stairs to where Brock was waiting for her. She smiled as she stepped off the last step and Brock pulled her into a passionate kiss. He pulled away leaving then both breathless.
"I'll escort you to the car." Brock said holding out his arm. Reba smiled and wrapped her arm around his as they walked out to the car.
"So where are we going?' Reba asked him. He just smiled "You're not going to tell me?" she asked as he started the car.
"it's a surprise, and I know you'll like it, just relax.." Brock said with a smile then the radio started playing a disk of Reba's favorite songs and even as she smiled and sang along, the dreading felling in her stomach only grew as they drove closer to their destination. After about an hours drive out Brock smiled as the Olive Garden came into view. Suddenly Reba grabbed his arm. "BROCK!" Reba's scream echoed in his ear even more than the screeching tires and faint screaming of children in the other car. He swerved trying his best to not his the other car that sped out in front of him and managed to only graze the front of it. The car that Brock was driving flipped onto the passenger side and skidded for a few yards, before coming to a halt, as the other just stopped by the curb. The last thing that Brock saw was the blurry image of a knocked out and bleeding Reba, then it went black for him also.
Ok so I have one more chapter for you. Then all my focus will be on How Do I Live, well not really but after I get the rest of this story up I can get the Till Death series out of my head. And as I've said before this is the fourth fanfic in a series so please if you like this one or have read any of this fanfic go back and read the others, Till Death Do I Cry, Till I Get You Back, and Don't You Forget Me, It'd be great if you are new to this story to go read those and catch up.