Well I have had like mini writer's block this week but I finally thought of something today when I was in the car at a red light(inspiration can hit anywhere people) so here it goes…
She bolted awake for the 6th morning this week and saw that it was only 4 am and she had dreamed of him again. This time the dream was much more intense and it seemed much more real but they kept getting more real ever since she had the first dream two weeks earlier. She got up and went into the bathroom to splash some cold water on her face, she didn't want to go back to sleep because of those stupid dreams but she had a couple of houses to show that morning and she really needed sleep. When she woke up again it was because of the alarm and not the dream and she was thankful for that as she got dressed and headed downstairs for some coffee. After the coffee she headed for the front door and she ran right into Brock who had just gotten up and was coming downstairs. "Will you watch where the heck you're goin!" she said surprised to see him up so early. "What do you mean you're the one who ran into me!" Brock said accusingly. "Well… you shouldn't even be here." she said without thinking. Brock looked hurt but he knew she was telling the truth, living with the first ex after you get divorced from a different woman is kind of strange even for their family. He just nodded sadly and turned around to go back upstairs as Reba stormed out the door. She knew she shouldn't have yelled at him for just running into her because it really wasn't his fault she hadn't been paying attention she was looking in her briefcase and wasn't watching. On her way back home after work she just kept thinking of how she would say she was sorry to him for the fight that morning but when she opened the front door she saw 2 packed bags by the stairs and Jake turned and looked at her with a look of surprise on his face.
"Mom your not supposed to be home for another hour" he said a lot louder than necessary. Kyra had heard the signal while she was finishing packing for her mom and hurried to hide the bag and get downstairs quickly. When the bag was stashed in Jake's room she went towards the stairs and heard Jake still talking loudly. "But mom you don't need to go upstairs, the kitchen is the other way." "Jake I'm going to go change and take my high blood pressure pill before I start dinner like I do every evening." Reba said with an exhausted sigh. "Its OK mom I can fix dinner while you take a nap or something." Kyra suggested while walking down the stairs. Reba thought about it for a second then agreed thinking that a nap might be good for her considering the fact that she wanted to hurt Brock for packing the bags and just leaving them there for the whole world to see but she knew she shouldn't be feeling this way, she should be happy that Brock was leaving and she would finally get some peace and quiet. After she went to her bedroom Kyra went and got the suite case and brought it downstairs too and waited for Cheyenne to come get them so they could be safely hidden at her house. Reba went to sleep only to wake up a short time later because of the dream, she headed down the stairs to see Kyra at the stove cooking something that smelled really good. "Hi mom did you have a good nap?" Kyra asked turning around to see her mom. "I couldn't get comfortable enough to sleep." said Reba. "Where's your brother?" Reba said noticing that Jake wasn't anywhere in sight. "Him and dad are outback kicking a soccer ball or something like that." Kyra said while stirring the black eyed peas she was making to go along with the meatloaf in the oven. "Your dad is here?" Reba asked shocked that he didn't just grab his bags and run out the door like he did before they divorced. "Yeah if you hadn't noticed he kind of lives here now mom." Kyra said sarcastically. Reba rolled her eyes "I mean your father and I had a fight this morning and when I came home and saw the bags by the stairs I thought he was leaving." Kyra thought they were caught for a second but then realized how much her mom was forgetting things lately and used it to her advantage "Mom those bags are mine, I told you on Monday that I have an out of town gig this weekend." Reba realized how silly she had been thinking that one little fight would make Brock move out so quickly. "Oh that's right, Van is going with you right?" Reba replied. "Yeah it's his turn BJ had me last time remember." Kyra wasn't happy about her mom's way of dealing with the band's out of town gigs but knew she just had to deal with it for now.
Reba stood by the window and watched as her son played soccer with his dad. Jake was getting good at soccer and she knew Brock was sad that it wasn't football but that he was happy Jake had finally shown some interest in any sport, but what her eyes kept focusing on was Brock. He wore his lighter jeans that were tight on his butt and a blue tee-shirt that hugged his muscles and showed off his baby blue eyes, Reba couldn't help but smile and when Kyra walked up behind her mom and looked out the window she could tell that Reba was staring at Brock and not at how well Jake was playing. Kyra went back to the stove and left her mom alone for a few minutes till she called everyone in for dinner. As soon as they sat down the conversation started "So Kyra I like the meatloaf it is nice that you try to fuse music everywhere in your life even in the food you eat." Brock said with a smile. "Thanks dad" Kyra said back. "Yes it is much better than the tribute to corn that you did the last time you cooked. But I don't get how the black eyed peas are musical at all." Reba said. Kyra rolled her eye's "Mom black eyed peas are a band that have some good drum beats but the actual songs suck." Kyra said adding attitude to their conversation. "OK, lets change the subject. How was school today Jake?" Reba said trying not to get Kyra too mad. "Fine I guess" Jake said between bites. "Well what did you do?" Brock said trying not to talk to Reba. "I had a test over the three branches of the government and what they do, and we are reading "Where the Red Fern Grows" in English." Jake said wising he could eat without all the questions. "How do you think you did on the test?" Reba asked Jake. "I guess I did OK. Why don't you ask Kyra what she is doing at school?" Jake said "Fine, I am reading "The Secret Life of Bees" and yes I like it, I am doing a project in art right now where we have our picture taken and we have to copy it by shading in black and white. I am getting good in Spanish and Calculus sucks as usual, we are going over abstinence for the sixth year in a row in health and we are studying fabric in my design class. Oh and by the way study hall is boring." Kyra said mad at her brother for trying to use her to get away from the line of questions that their parents ask every night at dinner. Brock tried to get them to start talking again "OK so…" "I'm not hungry anymore" Kyra announced to the table before leaving. "I'm done" Jake said getting up from the table leaving just Brock and Reba.
Brock played with his food moving it around his plate while Reba tried to think of something to say. "Brock I'm sorry… about what I said this morning I was just really tired and cranky and I don't think you should move out or anything like that cause the kids really enjoy having you around like you used to be." Reba blurted out. "Reba I wasn't planning on moving yet, I was just really mad and sad so I figured I should leave before I said something I would regret." Brock said trying to get Reba to calm down. "So you aren't going anywhere?" Reba said. "Well to work but that is about it." Brock said trying to get her to smile. "Good cause the kids would be really disappointed if you did go anywhere." Reba said smiling at Brock's comment. "Yeah the kids" Brock said in a whisper to where Reba couldn't hear him as he chuckled to himself.
A few days later Van and Cheyenne were driving down the road to Ms. H's house, Van still confused and a little nervous about all the information his wife had just told him. Everyone wanted Mr. and Ms. H back together so they were tricking them into some big romantic get away and all they had to do was get them on the plane. Him and Cheyenne were going to get Ms. H to the airport while Kyra and Jake got Mr. H there both in time to catch a plane for Rome where a limo would take them to a fancy hotel and they could have dinner, go sight seeing, or some bow chica bow bow in their hotel suite. The plan was to tell Ms. H they were going to some doctor check-up thing but then when she noticed they were going somewhere else they would tell her that they were sending her away on a vacation to Rome so she would go some what peacefully but she still wouldn't know Mr. H was going along. Jake was just as nervous in Kyra's car riding to his dad's office, they had said that mom was working late so they made dinner plans with dad but the airport was really where they were headed, his suite case in the trunk already packed by Kyra so they might get their parents back together. Reba was excited to be going with Cheyenne to the doctor to see how the baby was doing and when she got into the car everything was normal until they got on the highway and started going north instead of south, she started asking questions and was surprised when Cheyenne told her that they were sending her to Rome so she could get away from all the craziness in the family and that she didn't need to worry about a thing because Kyra and Jake would be taken care of and her bag was already packed and in the trunk and Brock had paid for everything and Jake was the one who thought of it. Brock was easier to trick because he didn't know they weren't planning on going north on the highway or towards the airport for lunch he didn't start asking questions until they started to get off at the exit for the airport, then Jake started to explain everything to him and he was glad to be getting away, some time to think was what he really needed right now. Reba was safely on the plane and relaxing, she was shocked to learn that she was sitting first class and she thought nobody was going to sit by her until the stewardess opened the curtains again and lead him through right to the seat next to her.
Hope you enjoyed it and I am warning you now that I am leaving for Thanksgiving on Tuesday and there will be no internet connection at all so I won't be able to write for a week if I don't get another chapter up by then, so I hope this satisfies you for now. Till next time…