Love by Love – 10

Before Reba even had chance to react, they broke apart when Cheyenne ran into the room with Kyra following her with a set of fake teeth pretending to bite Cheyenne with it. Brock sighed in despair. He had chance to kiss her and she didn't push him away and all he had got was a quick peck. He wasn't sure if he could call that a peck when their lips just lightly touched.

"Daddy help!" Cheyenne hid behind her daddy.

"Kyra, honey. That's not a toy." Reba took the fake set of teeth away from Kyra before she broke it. She was glad they ran in because she couldn't find it in her strength to push Brock away. Her heartbeat had returned to the normal speed, but when she thought about how soft his lips felt on hers she could feel her heart began to race again. She wasn't sure why she had those feelings. They were just friends.

"Uhh... Shall we get going?" Suggested Brock. They were on their way to see a cartoon: Aladdin. But Kyra and Cheyenne had a little fight on the way in. They were hitting each other. Reba threatened to go back home of they didn't behave. They stuck their tongues at each other. Reba and Brock ended up sitting in the center when the kids were fighting to be in the middle but refused to sit next to each other.

"I'm glad I only have just one." Reba commented to Brock, trying not to think of what almost happen between them.

Chuckling, Brock replied, "believe it or not, I've always wanted a big family."

"I once wanted a big family too, until I went through 56 hours of labor." Reba smiled but her eyes still locked on the screen. "Then when I was ready for another one, Terry became sick." She turned her head at him when he picked her hand up and held it. She didn't pull away. She let him hold her hand for the rest of the movie. Although Reba had made herself clear that she wanted nothing more from him than friendship, she couldn't lie to herself that sometimes, just sometimes, she wanted to know what it would feel like if they actually kissed. She remembered him kissing her almost ten years ago, but back then she was confused and felt so wrong. He was getting married to her best friend. But today at his dental office, their lips just softly touched. She couldn't deny that she could feel the ignition of the spark. It was...

A whole new world
A dazzling place I never knew
But when I'm way up here
It's crystal clear
That now I'm in a whole new world with you
Now I'm in a whole new world with you

Unbelievable sights
Indescribable feeling
Soaring, tumbling, freewheeling
Through an endless diamond sky

Reba snickered. What a coincidence of how the song could describe her feelings. Reba quietly hummed along with the tune. Brock glanced over her direction when he heard her. Reba smiled but didn't look over when he intertwined his fingers with hers.

Things were going well between them. Brock was afraid to rush. Although, Reba had opened up to him more than ever, but she still keep in mind that he was her best friend's ex-husband. So one wrong move he could destroy what he tried to build: their relationship. However, Brock wasn't so thrilled when he found out that Reba still saw Jack every so often. Mostly during lunch hours when Kyra was at her preschool. He was jealous as heck, but there was not a lot of things he could do. But one thing for sure, Kyra took Brock's side.

Jack tried to make Kyra like him, he tried to bribe her with toys and candies. But that didn't work. When he came to see Reba at her house, Kyra would be all over him, only to take his time away from Reba. When they went out, he tried to walk next to Reba; Kyra would squeeze in the middle. When he moved to the other side, Kyra would move too. Jack could tell, the girl didn't like him much. But Reba and Jack's dating was put to an end, when he slipped out that his divorce wasn't final. And the worst part was, he wife came to see her and told her that she still loved Jack! Reba set things straight and she told him flat out that she didn't want to be the other woman.

" Jack, I don't want to be the reason your marriage broke up"

"You are not"

"But you just said it was my fault"

"Yes , no, you keep on saying that!"

"Then what are you saying?"

"Nothing, I regret ever talking. Can we just start this over?" Jack kissed her. Reba felt the spark she once felt with him was completely gone. That kiss couldn't even compare to when Brock's lips just brushed against hers.

"Wasn't quite the same was it," said Jack regretfully.

"No... look I care for you, I really do. But I would hate to be that woman who was about to lose her husband to someone else."

"But, Reba... I don't want to lose you..."

"If a marriage can be saved, should be saved. You of all people should know that." Letting out a long sigh, she continued, "go home to her Jack. Try to work things out. The trip you won from the auction that you said you were hoping someday we could go together, take your wife there and try to save your marriage." Jack could feel in her voice that he had lost her. Reba flopped down on her couch after Jack left.

"Are you alright?" Reba almost jumped out of her skin when she heard Barbra Jean's voice."

"What are you doing here?"

"I saw his car came by, I just wanted to make sure you're okay. I'm worry about you."

"Thanks, Barbra Jean."

"Do you know who else's worry about you?" Barbra Jean motioned Reba to look over at her kitchen window. Reba grinned when she saw Brock at his house dodged under the window trying to hide. "Why don't you give him a chance?" Reba didn't reply to her remark. "Kyra obviously loves him. Cheyenne loves you. You two are meant for each other. C'mon Reba, give him a chance."