-- 10 --

"BROCK..." Reba didn't expect to see him behind the door! Brock was wearing a nice suit, and a giant red bow taped on his chest. He held card and a scroll in one hand, and a tiny little box in another. Reba walked up to him. Without saying one more word, he handed her the card, written by Barbra Jean.

Dear Reba, You may remember when Jack's wife came over to talk to you, and I told you to fight for him because he could be your one chance of happiness. I was right about their marriage being over. But I was wrong about your marriage to Brock being over. It can't be over when you two are still deeply in love with each other. Brock never loved me. He cheated on you only once in a dark x-ray room that end up destroying your marriage. It's not like he was madly in love with me or anything. He was vulnerable; he had a fight with you he said you told him not to come back. He was hurt badly. And, well I had a crush on him so I comforted him. It was a mistake. He regretted what he did. And surely he didn't mean that to happened, but it did. Jack said he psyched himself to believe that he love me from the guilt that he knocked me up. But the true is, you're the only one he truly loves. I think maybe it's about time I returned him back to you. You two belong together. Please forgive me for taking the sunshine away from you for so many years. Take back what you said about not letting him come back, Reba. Brock is your happiness, he's yours, and always will be. Kisses, Your BFF, Barbra Jean P.S I hope you don't mind that I plan to take the guy you like in exchange for the guy you love.
P.P.S, Jack didn't have a surprise for you, we only borrowed his name and asked him to play along to steer your attention to the wrong direction.
P.P.S, last one for sure, I forgot to say HAPPY BIRTHDAY! I hope you like your gifts especially the one in front of you!

Reba looked at Brock still a little bit puzzled by what was happening. He handed her the scroll. It was the divorce papers of him and Barbra Jean!

"Brock!" Reba was more than surprised. She was shocked!

"Our divorce was final almost a week ago, but we decided to keep it secret and make it a birthday present from Barbra Jean and me. Not quite 'peace and quiet', but we won't be fighting from now on, for sure." Brock gave her a smile, his eyes were full of love and passion "I was single when I kissed you that night Reba, you are not the other woman. You are my only woman. So what do you say?" he got down on one knee and handed her, her last present. A beautiful engagement ring...

"Reba, honey, will you remarry me?" Reba was still in shock... "Reba?" Brock started to get nervous

"Yes..." Reba answered..."YES!" and she pulled him by his tie into a heated kiss! Brock slipped the ring on her finger after they took a break from the kiss.

"So, aren't you gonna unwrap your gift" Brock parted his hands suggesting that Reba 'unwrap' him. Her eyes lit up with the wildfire of passion that was ignited by his kiss. She gave him a flirtatious smile, sexy, naughty little grin.

"Well, there something I wanted to do for a longest time..." She ripped off that giant bow from his suit and threw it behind her, she pushed him on the bed and literarily pounced on him! She showered him with kisses all over! He had never thought Reba could be this 'wild', well he knew Reba was somewhat 'wild' before, never this much though, but he sure loved it! Brock made a mental note that he'd buy a truck load of that cologne to make sure he'd never ran out!

"Oooohhh boy... that was good" Reba let out a long sigh of satisfaction after the love making that was spinning their whole world

"Yeah... that... was great!" Brock still tried to catch his breath. "You owe me a shirt sweetheart!" he referred to the shirt he wore and Reba ripped it off him. Reba rolled on to her side, lifted her head up and rested on her hand, and another hand was on his chest caressing his chest gently in a flirtatious manner while looking at him with a sly smile.

"Are you complainin'? I didn't hear you complain when a button flew over and hit you on the chin" the movement she made caused the sheet to slide down, revealing her cleavage just enough for him to want to see more. She was such a tease, and it drove him insane.

"Oh I'm not complaining babe, you can ripped the clothes off me anytime you want" in a swift motion, he rolled her over and kissed her passionately.

"Settle down cowboy, I'm still trying to catch my breath!" she giggled and pushed him gently off to her side. She cuddled in his arm, rested her head on his shoulder.

"I love you Reba. And I also have one more gift for you!" he kissed her temple.

"Oh, nothing can top what I just got, I'm sure" she returned the kiss on his chin; she looked up at him with the sparkling blue eyes and the smile that could melt steel!

"Of course, nothing can top that, but you'll like this" he handed her a piece of paper he hid under the pillow. Reba took it from his hand and her eyes opened wide.

"A trip to Paris? My Paris?" she threw herself on top of him and gave him countless kisses!

"You kept looking at that travel magazine, and I thought maybe we could go honeymoon in Paris. I'm glad you like it"

"I love it! Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!" she kissed him again and again until they were both short of breath. "I'm gonna take a bath" she got up and got a bath towel to wrap around her beautiful body. "Care to join me? I'm sure it's big enough for both of us to... sittin' down or standin' up in this hotel's bathtub." along with her husky voice, she raised her eyebrow and winked at him. Good Lord, Brock really loved the flirty Reba! Maybe she'll let him renew their membership for the mile-high club on the way to Paris! Whoo Hoo!

"When did you two get divorced?" Reba asked, fidgeting with her ring, while he was holding her firmly in the tub as if he was afraid that she'd slip away, again. Still panting and trying to catch his breath, he answered.

"The night I told you I still loved you, and you asked me to work things out. And by the way, going home to your wife while smelling like you've just stepping out of the bath with her best friend, wasn't a good idea!" they laughed "Anyway, Barbra Jean confronted me and ask me if I still loved you, and I said yes. She decided that it was best if she give me a divorce. So we went to the lawyer pretty much the next day. The day you said to her face that you don't love me." he pouted, of course she didn't mean it, but man it hurt!

"I am the cause of your married to fell apart" Reba sighed, she never wanted this to happen

"No, don't give yourself too much credit honey, it has nothing to do with you at all. You knew we fought way before you got involved. You even said so yourself, it wasn't right that we dragged it one day at a time"

"Well I said that because you guys were fighting about the Beanie Babies and tiny little things that could just easily be compromised. It was silly"

"Yeah, that's why you're definitely not the cause of my second marriage to fall apart" He tried to relax her by gently massaging her shoulder. Reba felt more relaxed knowing she wasn't 'entirely' the cause of his marriage to fail. "Tell me you love me" he demanded, the thought that she said she didn't love him to Barbra Jean still hurt.

"Didn't I just agree to marry you again? And that didn't say enough?" Reba was toying with him

"I love hearing you say that you love me" he held on to her tight.

"Of course, I love you, honey" she accepted his kiss.

"I wonder what the kids would say knowing mom and dad are getting married again?" Brock said still holding on to her tight, afraid if he let her go, he might not get her back in his arms again.

"Who cares, they are moving out and you're moving in!" Reba said jokingly. She knew the kids would accept the fact that their parents were getting back together.

Reba was right about the kids, they were happy for their parents, although they were kinda sad for Barbra Jean since they grew to like her.

"Well, It's not like Barbra Jean's going anywhere, she's still my best friend who lives three houses down the road!" Reba said while looking straight at Barbra Jean. Barbra Jean was almost in tears, Reba admitted she was her best friend once before, but when she did it again it still touched her heart, and choked her up.

"I love you Reba" Barbra Jean gave her a bone crushing hug

"Everyone does" Reba quipped, but she didn't struggle to get out like the way she used to. Still the kids were still in a state of shock. Sure they can tell daddy still loved mommy, but mom? Reba never once let it slip that she still had strong feelings toward Brock, but had anyone caught them looking deeply into each other's eyes, it may have cast suspicion on her true feelings, but now all of the sudden she was madly in love with him?

"When did this happen?" Kyra asked. She remembered Reba punched Brock, almost knocking him out just less than two months ago.

"When did what happen?" Reba was confused.

"When did you start to love each other again?" Cheyenne asked

"Well, the truth is, I never stop loving him. I just had to keep it to myself" Reba admitted "But then your dad had done something to stir it up, and you don't want to know what he did" Reba gave Kyra a warm smile and winked. Cheyenne saw that and made a mental note to herself that she'll ask Kyra later. Barbra Jean also had the same note in her head.

"When did you to decide to get a divorce?" Cheyenne asked Barbra Jean

"When I confronted your parents and found out that they are still deeply in love, so your dad and I we decided we'll not drag this out anymore. But we kept it secret from your mom, because we knew she wouldn't support our decision. And it's not like we need her permission to get a divorce anyway." Barbra Jean confessed "You dad almost blew the surprise though, he couldn't keep his hands off your mom!"

"Well, you almost blew it too, you almost told her when she said you couldn't keep a secret" Brock defended himself

"What gonna happen to you now, Barbra Jean?" asked Kyra

"I'm dating Jack" Barbra Jean answered dreamingly, finally she got to date Dr. Hunky

"Same Jack that left mom twice without a phone call? What are the chances that he won't do that to you too?" Kyra still concerned

"Very slim, but I'm willing to take that chance, he could be my one chance of happiness" that's something about Barbra Jean; she was very persistent.

"Wait, I thought Jack was dating mom" Cheyenne still confused

"He was, and he really liked your mom too, but as soon as I told him about the divorce he knew he couldn't compete against your dad, so he gave up on your mom. But I asked him not to make it too obvious" Barbra Jean told the story

"That's why he asked me out less" now it was just dawned on Reba. "Boy you three really planned this behind my back!" Reba was surprised, but she wasn't angry. They did this for her, how sweet of them. Reba wished Barbra Jean luck with Jack. And gave Barbra Jean her blessing. "Oh By the way, I'm gonna need the key back"

"Why?" Barbra Jean pouted

"Well... you never knew what you might walk in to" Reba winked and bit her bottom lip while looking at Brock. Man she looked so hot doing that!

"Eww..." all the kids cried in unison. Barbra Jean took to key out of her keychain and hand it back to Reba.

"Thanks, you're still welcome here anytime I promise" Then she paused "Maybe not anytime, but definitely before sunset... wait...hmm... try to get into a habit of knocking the door before you barge in"

"For crying out loud! What has gotten into my mom?" Kyra rolled her eyes

"That question is a bit risky to ask, don't you think?" Barbra Jean gagged. Jake looked confused why his mom turned red and all the adults were laughing, "You'll find out someday Jake" Van told him.

"I'm going to stay with my friend at the dorm" Kyra shook her head, she was happy for her parents, but this was a bit too much information that she could live without ever finding out!

"I'm going to stay at Van and Cheyenne" Jake didn't like to way his dad looking at his mom after Kyra's risky question. He was in his teen years now, he think he had an idea what in his dad's mind and he didn't want to stay around to find out if he was right!

And this was the first time in almost 7 years Reba was glad and felt comfortable that she and Brock had the whole house to themselves! And Reba later found out what was in that big box, it was his belonging. He was moving in and would not be moving out again, ever.

-- Epilogue --

The holiday's season arrived. Reba got her family back again, the only one missing was Barbra Jean. She had invited Jack to see her big daddy and he agreed to go with her. It looked like their relationship was heading somewhere. Reba couldn't be happier for her best friend to finally be in love again. After the holiday season, the wedding bells rang once again for Reba and Brock. Reba had asked Barbra Jean to be maid of honor. Barbra Jean jumped right in; Reba didn't even have to ask twice. They had a few arguments for about the wedding, the cake, the dress, the catering, and the guest list... but in the end, they were laughing. Odd friendship but Reba and Barbra Jean sure loved and cared for each other.

The big day finally here, Reba wore very sexy yet elegant off-white wedding dress. While everyone's eyes locked on her the moment she began to glide down the aisle, her eyes were locked only on her soon to be husband again. Brock almost collapsed seeing how beautiful Reba was, he couldn't take his eyes off her. Van teasingly handed him a handkerchief and said 'Mr. H, you're drooling', Reba let out a laugh that brightened his whole world. He couldn't believe he once walked away from her, he swore he would never repeat that mistake again!

Up until the couple said 'I do', not once did they look at anywhere else other than into each other's eyes, revealing their love and affection toward each other. As soon as the reverend said 'you may kiss the bride' Reba surprised every one by leaping right into his arms and locked lips into a very passionate kiss. No one ever saw this wild side of hers before! So instead of walking down the aisle, Brock carried Reba out of the church. Gosh he loved it when she lost control and melt in his arms! Reba threw the bouquet of flowers to the next lucky girl and she didn't even have to turn around to see who got it when she heard a girly squeal and giggles! Brock drove away dragging the tin cans with the phrase 'just married' temporarily painted in the back window, to the five stars hotel that he earlier proposed. Tomorrow, they would be heading to their honeymoon in Paris. Her Paris...

When they returned from her Paris, they resumed their life together, they way it should have been. They had 7 lost years to make up for, which could now continue. After those years of lost and separation, now they had found their way back into each other's arms again.

-- The end --

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