Super duper short, but I really wanted it to end where it did. Sorry I didnt update last week, I forgot my computer at my grandmas ALL WEEK. I almost died, I think...
Anyway, this chapters sucky, sorry. I'll try to make up for it in the next chapter.
Thanks for stickin with me and being so patient.3
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I heard a car pull up and looked at Brock who was walking in from the kitchen. He returned the confused look and I got up with Cheyenne in my arms to see who it was. We both walked over to the door and I opened it with my free hand to see the last person I thought I'd ever see in my driveway.
He smiled and waved and I attempted to return it. I looked up at Brock and he looked down to me at the same time with a questioning face. I shrugged and looked back outside to see him walking up. I squinted at the passenger seat, but then smiled when Roy opened the door.
"What the heck are you doin here?" I asked as I hugged him with my free arm.
"I came to see my new niece!"
"She ain't so new anymore…"
"Why didn't y'all visit?!"
"We've been a little busy..." He smiled at Cheyenne who was looking at him like a crazy person. "Cheyenne… Meet Uncle Roy. Uncle Roy, meet niece Cheyenne."
"Will she let me hold her?"
"No, she's a spoiled brat who only loves mommy." Brock said and I glared.
"She loves you too. And yes, she might not like it, but she'll warm up to you."
"Well, first, I have a surprise for you." He waved at the woman in the car to come up. "Close your eyes."
"Roy, I'm not-"
"Close your eyes!" I rolled my eyes before shutting them. "No peeking."
"I'm not!" I heard a door slam, then footsteps walking towards me. Once they stopped right in front of me Roy told me to open my eyes. I opened one at a time then my jaw dropped.
"Hi, Reba…" She said.
"Chassidy…?" She nodded.
"It's me."
"You… Wow." She laughed at looked at Roy who was nodding.
"I kinda held onto what you said to me a few years ago about her… You were right." Roy said.
"Of course I was right. You shoulda listened to me in the first place, you mo-ron!"
"Well, are you gonna just stand there or are you gonna let us in?!" Brock and I stepped to the side and let them in.
"So, what made y'all decide to pop in without callin?" I asked as we walked into the living room and sat down.
"Well, we talked to Steve and Nancy and told them we were comin, but we wanted to surprise you." Roy explained.
"Surprise…" Chassidy said.
"Yeah…" I said, still in shock that both of them were here. "Well, here's our house. Here's our kid. Chassidy, here's my husband. And, that's all you've missed…"
"Not much at all…" Chassidy said, sarcastically.
"What the heck are you doin with him?!" She laughed.
"I came home to visit last Christmas and we bumped into each other…" She shrugged. "I moved back home, now we live together." My eyes got big.
"Wow! Movin in together in four months?!"
"Technically, we dated for two years a long time ago." Roy said.
"Yeah, but y'all were 16..." he shrugged.
"It's gotta count for somethin."
"Well, good! I'm happy for you two… Thank God you came back around, Chass. He was…" My eyes got big and I shook my head. She laughed and nodded.
"I know. But, he's happier now, I think." I smiled.
"Well, lemme see my niece!" Roy said. I stood up and handed her to him, Cheyenne stared at him for a long time, then turned around, looked at me and started crying. "Ohh…. I ain't mean, honey." Roy said.
"Oh no, she's away for mom for two seconds… end of the world." Brock said. I rolled my eyes.
"Just give her time… she'll warm up to you."
"How long will that take?" I laughed and shrugged. He looked at Chassidy with a 'help me' look. She smirked and took her from him.
"Hi, sweetheart…" Cheyenne stopped crying to look at her, then she turned her head back to look at me and put her arms out. I shook my head.
"Quit bein like that…"
"Where're you guys stayin?" Brock asked.
"Our couch pulls out if you wanna stay here." I told them.
"We might just do that for a few nights. I know Steve and Nancy are wanting us to stay over too." I nodded. "When're y'all comin up to visit? Everybody wants to see you and meet Cheyenne." I shrugged.
"We'll come up soon."
"Soon as in… two weeks?"
"Not that soon!" I exclaimed.
"Why? Steve and Nancy are comin up in two weeks."
"We need to know ahead of time so Brock doesn't schedule any appointments in the time we know we'll be gone." He waved his hand, waving it off.
"That's not a good enough reason."
"You say that now until your sister, brother-in-law, and niece are out on the street."
"He's his own boss, how's he gonna lose his job?"
"Those appointments are the things that pay the bills. If he has to cancel on people, people will stop comin, if people stop comin, he don't have a job." Roy rolled his eyes.
"What happened to teachin? Just throwin away a college degree?"
"I guess I just had this silly idea that maybe my daughter needs her mother."
"Lots of kids need their mother."
"Did you drive six hours to argue with me?" I asked him. "I'm not going to work if I don't have to. I might go back when she's a little older, but right now we don't absolutely need the money, we're doin fine." He nodded.
"Okay… I get it." He looked over to Cheyenne and Chassidy. "Looks like someone made a new friend." I smiled at my daughter who was pulling at Chassidy's lips and squeezing her nose.
"She's getting very curious." I said.
"She so pretty…" Chassidy said. I smiled.
"Well, she looks like her daddy, I don't see how she turned out so pretty." I said and Brock scuffed. "Then again, I am her mother… she has some of me in her." I looked at Brock and smirked and winked, then patted his knee. I heard barking in the back yard and sighed. I got up and let Dixie in, she didn't waste anytime before she ran up to Chassidy to check her out while she was holding Cheyenne. Dixie was very protective of us, especially Cheyenne.
"Who's this?" Roy asked, petting her.
"Dixie. We found her almost dead in the road… I had to have her." I explained.
"Yes. She had to have her." Brock added with an eye roll.
"Oh, shut up. You love her."
"So… We're gonna take you out to dinner. All three of you and Steve, Nance and Trevor too." He paused and I opened my mouth to come up with an excuse, but he cut me off. "Nope. No excuses, I already made reservations, you have to go." I sighed.
"Well what time?" Too soon, that's what time. It was laundry night, I had two loads to do, but didn't get around to them this weekend. He wanted us there by 5 and we were barely out of the door at five. He said to dress nice, and Brock spent more time in front of the mirror than I did. I put Cheyenne in a cute, little, purple dress and put a little headband with a bow on it in the little bit of hair she had.
"Well, your brothers just full of surprises, isn't he?" Brock said, annoyed, once we were finally in the car and pulling out.
"Yeah… Its weird… havin him back."
"And annoying." Brock mumbled. I rolled my eyes.
"Could you please keep comments like that to yourself at this dinner?"
"Well, who just pops up with their new girlfriend and demands that we go to dinner with him?! I mean, What if we had plans?"
"We don't." I stated calmly.
"If we did-"
"But we don't."
"Well, I can see annoying runs in the family."
"Y'know, you don't have to be so rude whenever things don't go your way."
"I'm not being rude, I think he's the rude one! Coming in to town so unexpectedly… It would have been nice to have a few days notice."
"Why? So you can sit around and watch me clean?"
"Exactly!" I shook my head and looked out my window as he drove silently. We pulled into the parking lot about ten minutes later, we still didn't talk. I grabbed my purse and the diaper bag, he grabbed Cheyenne, then we walked in.
"Hi! Do y'all have a reservation?" The cute, blonde asked. I nodded.
"Probably McKinney." She looked at the paper.
"Ah… Right here. Follow me." She said, flashing a beautiful smile. She walked in front of us and I saw Brock glance down at her butt. I kicked his shin with the back of my foot as we walked. He opened his mouth, but no noise came out, he just glared at me. She lead us all the way to the table where everyone else already was. I smiled and thanked her, then took a seat next to Nancy.
"What was that about?" She asked, leaning over and talking low into my ear.
"How could you miss it? I think he still has some drool hangin out of his mouth." Nancy snickered.
"I didn't even do anything!" Brock said, sitting down and setting Cheyenne's car seat in the chair next to him, rocking it slowly as she slept peacefully. I smirked and rolled my eyes, completely ignoring his comment. We ordered our drinks and meals and talked until our food came out. Hey brought Trevors out before ours because he was getting antsy, then brought ours our fifteen minutes later. I noticed the two other couples making weird faces and gestures to each other, but the quickly stopped whenever I looked up.
"Okay, seriously… what's goin on?" I asked.
"Well…" Nancy said.
"We have some news." Roy finished.
"Whats that?" The four looked at each other and counted to three.
"We're prengagenat."