I hope everyone's New Year is going great! Here is another chapter for y'all. :D

Recap:

Brock climbed onto his old side of the bed and brought Reba into his arms. She may have been sleepy, and just a bit tipsy, but she knew he was there for her. She snuggled closer, praying things would stay like this forever.

"Van!" Cheyenne whisper-yelled from the stairs. "Guess what?" she asked him excitedly.

"What?" Van asked taking a drink of his soda, totally oblivious to what Cheyenne was going to tell him.

"Mom and dad fell asleep together!" she cooed. "Isn't that so cute!"

"Aren't they a little old to be doing that? You know, bow chicka bow bow."

"Ew! Van! Those are my parents!" Cheyenne made a disgusted face. "I don't even know if anything happened. I just saw them asleep in mom's room."

Reba awoke to an empty bed. Brock was nowhere to be seen. She felt anxiety wash over her body.

"Brock?" she called out nervously.

"Right here." He smiled at her as he walked out of the bathroom. Reba gave him a half smile as she timidly lied back down in bed and pulled the covers up to her chin.

"What's wrong?" he asked sitting down on the bed next to her.

"Nothin'." She replied closing her eyes trying to fall back asleep. They both knew she would not fall asleep again, but chose to ignore it. Something strange was going on; Brock just didn't know what yet.

Reba was becoming distant…very distant. Fortunately for her though, the kids were never home, so it seemed that no one had noticed.

Except for Brock.

"Hey honey." Brock said sweetly wrapping his arms around Reba's waist. She jumped, but then relaxed when she realized it was only Brock.

She continued to wash dishes absentmindedly.

"How are you?" Brock asked kissing her neck.

She simply nodded and said "Fine." Brock frowned and turned her around in his arms.

"Brock." She protested. "My hands are dripping." He held her hands firmly inhibiting her from drying them. Ultimately that she would turn away and avoid him. He wanted her undivided attention at this moment. "What's going on?" his question was gentle, but also blunt and to the point.

"Nothing." Brock sighed. He hated one word answers.

"Something is going on!" he replied. "I just came up behind you and kissed your neck and you didn't even suggest anything. Heck, you didn't even acknowledge me!"

"Nothing is going on, okay?" she pulled her hands out of his and began to dry them off, walking into the living room.

"Reba…" Brock knew that their marriage had failed because they didn't communicate. He didn't want that to happen again. "No!" she snapped a little too quickly. She didn't know why she had snapped, but her emotions were going wild. She stopped in her tracks, falling to a sitting position on the stairs, placing her head in her hands.

Brock was right there to support her. He had no idea what was going on in her head, but he figured he could comfort her anyway. That was his job. "It will be okay." He gently rubbed her back.

Reba looked up at him suddenly. To his surprise, there was extreme pain etched all over her face. "I'm scared." She finally rasped out after several moments of silence.

"You're scared?" Brock repeated her statement as a question. Why would she be scared? Had something happened?

You're asking me to open up
I'm tryin' my best to give enough
To keep this love alive
It wouldn't be so hard for me to do
If it hadn't have been for all my heart's been through.

"What's wrong? What happened?" Brock tried his best to comprehend what Reba had told him, but he had no idea what she was feeling.

"I'm trying; I really am Brock, but what if love isn't enough?"

"What are you talking about, honey?" Brock still had no idea what to think.

"I'm talking about us!" she cried out.

But once you've learned to be lonely
And lonely is the only thing you've known
It begins to feel like home
It becomes your comfort zone.

Once you've learned to be without someone
And settle for the silence of an empty room
Oh, it changes you
There's a lot you have to undo
Once you've learned to be lonely

Brock was taken aback. "What?"

"I haven't had a real, long lasting relationship since we divorced." She began.

"But there was Brian and jack." Brock pointed out.

"Yes, yes there was." She agreed. "But that was only a couple months. I want to spend the rest of my life with you." Reba confessed. "I have wanted to since before the day I said 'I do.'" Brock smiled at her confession and let her continue. "And to be honest… it scares me to death!" He had no idea what to say in this situation, he never was good with dealing with emotions.

"Why does that scare you? It's what you want, right?"

Reba nodded. "Yeah, it is what I want, but what if my heart isn't ready? What if my love and my want aren't enough to keep this relationship going?" she was trying her hardest to keep the tears from falling.

"Reba, honey." Brock hugged her tightly. "We are going to make it to forever." He gently kissed her lips.

"My heart is so damaged Brock. It hurts so badly! I want us to work, I really do, but it is going to take a lot to undo the loneliness and pain that I have felt in the past five years."

"I know, baby, trust me I know. And I am so sorry that I caused that pain." Reba sniffled, realizing that she had just blamed Brock for everything. She didn't mean to, but everything just came pouring out of her.

"We will take our relationship slow, and make sure we are honest and communicate." Brock comforted her. "Maybe the divorce was for the best."

"How?" Reba tried regaining her composure.

"Now we know what the problems were in our relationship. Now we know what to fix and how to deal with everything that life throws at us." Reba smiled at Brock, not really ever considering their situation in that light before. "I guess you are right." She decided.

"We can make it through anything!" she smiled brightly and kissed him passionately.

"Yeah, yeah we can." Brock smiled back at her accepting the passionate kiss. Reba was back to herself.

"I love you so much." She whispered.

"I love you too." He responded by carrying her up the stairs to their bedroom to show her jus how much he loved her.

THE END!

Jk. Hahaha. That probably could be a good ending….but it isn't (:

I have another chapter coming with a few surprises up my sleeve. :D