~ Mine ~

Straight From You

"Come here you!" Chassidy mumbled in relief as she pulled Reba into a tight hug.

"It's so good to see you, looking all pregnant..." She whisper teased in Reba's ear before allowing her step-mother to pull away. Nudging Chassidy in the shoulder, Reba shook her head with a laugh.

"Hush." She whispered back as she pulled her loose t-shirt even further away from her body. As of late, her wardrobe mostly consisted of black slacks, pants, and loose-fitting shirts. While she was still below the average weight and size of a nearly six-month pregnant woman, her body was to the point it could no longer deny the fact that she was indeed pregnant... and growing!

"How have my sweet bundles of perfection been?" Reba beamed as she looked over towards Mason and Jadyn, who were standing in the doorway, not far from their mother.

"Scott and I have been really good, thank you for asking." Chassidy retorted back sweetly as she sarcastically laid her hand on her chest, in a touched fashion.

"I meant my other bundles of perfection." Reba laughed, as she rolled her eyes at her daughter and proceeded to hug her granddaughter tightly.

"Grandma, I've been waiting all week for you to get here!"

"You have to see my room!" Jadyn insisted as she quickly pulled away from Reba's hug, her excitement already causing her to jump up and down. Smiling back at her granddaughter's enthusiasm, Reba nodded in agreement.

"You're darn right I have to see this room."

"Do you think you can fit me in for a tour now?" Reba questioned earnestly. Laughing a bit as Jadyn nodded her head and grabbed her arm quickly; she led Reba down the right hallway to where her new room was located. Pushing the white door open, Jadyn led Reba into a spacious light blue bedroom that was bordered with sparkly red wallpaper. Gasping a bit, Reba turned her head to catch the reaction of her granddaughter as they moved further into the room. Her large, dark brown bed was centered in the middle of the room and her matching desk had been placed just to the right, they were also complimented by a matching bookshelf that was in the left corner of the room at the opposite end of her closet door.

"It's Dorothy themed." Jadyn beamed, as she too, took a long look around the room. Ever since she had been a little girl, her favorite fairytale had been the Little Red Riding Hood, Reba remembered reading Jadyn that story many times over the years that she and Mason had spent at her home back in Gatalin.

"Honey it's gorgeous." Reba praised as she walked over to Jadyn's desk to get a better look at the white polka dot bulletin board that was riddled with pictures of Jadyn and her friends in dance class and softball practice.

"Mom helped me pick everything out," Jadyn said with a smile as she walked over to her closet door where her softball uniform hung, freshly washed, on the doorknob.

"I'm so happy you could make it for the last game of the season." She added softly as she proudly held the uniform up for Reba to see.

"I wouldn't have missed it for the world." Reba beamed back as she walked over to where Jadyn was standing in order to give her one more hug. She couldn't believe that she was already almost eleven years old. Time really flew by.

"J it's time for Mason's practice, are you two ready to go?!" Chassidy yelled from down the hall at Reba and Jadyn. Jadyn, who was still holding her softball uniform, quickly hung it up and followed Reba eagerly out of the room.

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"Wahoo, go Mason!"