Reba What If

11

As Reba enters the church she sees Barbara Jean Booker, soon to not be Fisher, sitting at a table crying her eyes out eating the wedding cake.

"Barbara Jean, what's wrong?" Reba asks her.

"He stood me up. Didn't you hear me over the telephone?" Barbara Jean asks her.

"Well, I did, but I wanted to be 100% sure that I heard you. Why would he stand you up?" Reba asks. Barbara Jean grabs a roll of paper towel off of the table.

"Because… Because he doesn't want to be married to someone like me. I can't believe I would actually let myself fall in love with someone again." Barbara Jean says. Reba just stares at her.

"Again? Fall in love again? What do you mean?" Reba asks her.

"Well, I have been in love before; but I've never been married. I really want to be a mother though. I just wish I could find the right man to have a baby with." Barbara Jean says. A light bulb goes off in Reba's head.

"What if you could have a baby and you would have it from birth, but it wouldn't be from you?" Reba asks.

"No, I don't want you to have a baby for me. Although I think you are cute, and very sweet for thinking that." Barbara Jean says.

"No... My daughter Kyra had conflict with one of her school teachers and in several months we are going to have a baby in the house and I thought maybe if Kyra wouldn't mind and Brock thought it was a good idea that we would give the baby to you." Reba says. Barbara Jean's eyes light up.

"Do you think that Kyra would care if I took care of the child, if it did spend a lot of time with Kyra. I could come over all the time and Kyra could see him or her. I know it might be painful that I am raising the child, but I would only love it because it needs love. I won't do it if Kyra and Dr. Hart aren't for it." Barbara Jean says.

"Well, let's go by my house and see what they say okay?" Reba asks her smiling. Barbara Jean and Reba get into the car and drive back to the Hart residence. Reba shows Barbara Jean the way in and they sit on the couch next to Cheyenne.

"Hey Cheyenne, honey. Where's your dad and Kyra?" Reba asks.

"Well dad is out in the backyard with Jake and Kyra's in the kitchen making a sandwich." Cheyenne says.

"Thanks honey." Reba says. Barbara Jean and Reba enter the kitchen.

"Hi mom. Hi Barbara Jean." Kyra says.

"Come, sit down honey." Reba says. Kyra obeys.

"Honey, we need to talk about the baby. What would you say if I asked you to put my grandbaby that I love so dearly up for adoption to someone we knew very closely and would take good care of it?" Reba asks Kyra.