So these are what I imagined were the deleted scenes between Normero that we never got to see of Season 4. AKA, the BEST SEASON OF BATES EVER! Scenes that I felt would have helped to explain a lot about their relationship and how they felt about each other. Scenes that we needed and deserved. Shame on you Bates Motel!

Deleted Scene : It's Not Forever

Season 4, Episode 2.

Goodnight, Mother.

Just after Romero took Norman away...

~ Norma had fallen asleep with her phone in her hand. Alex had left with Norman for Pineview a few hours ago and she had done nothing but worry since she had to watch the Sheriff's tail lights blinking out into the darkness.

She was all alone in this big, empty house and the strange noises it made at night bothered her. She never noticed the way the wind moved the trees around the windows and how the house creaked and groaned when Norman was here with her. The house seemed to be actually haunted when she was all alone and she didn't like it.

Still clinging onto a childlike fear of the dark, Norma had illuminated her bedroom with the safety of lights and turned on Norman's laptop with a comforting old movie. He had a nice collection of movies but none of them appealed to her just now. She would watch a few minutes of them before becoming bored and then start a new one.

She had snapped closed her son's laptop and turned off the lights in her bedroom. Too tired to care about the strange noises that creeped about her empty house.

She'd never really gotten over the fact that she'd been attacked here by that horrible man. That it had happened in her own home and she'd been helpless to stop it. That she'd never really felt safe after. Even when Keith Summers was dead.

The only time she ever felt safe was when Alex was there. When he'd taken up temporary residence in room 11 and she could look out her bedroom window and see his Sheriff's SUV parked outside. That she knew he was just a few yards away and would come if she called. That he would be there in minutes and she wouldn't be hurt ever again.

Then, his stupid house was ready and he was gone. She was still slightly resentful for that. Why couldn't he have just stayed here? She would have let him stay in room 11 for as long as he needed and not charged him. She'd even keep doing his laundry. She had liked having him here. Liked having the extra sense of security that Alex carried with him.

Maybe it was him leaving her motel was why she'd been so cold to him after he'd been shot and needed her sympathy. She'd felt abandoned and defenseless and yet, she'd been ready to come to his aide when he called her to pick him up aft he drank too much.

Norma was barely asleep when her cell phone buzzed angrily in her hand and her body jerked awake in alarm.

"Norman?" she called into the darkness and realized the house was empty and her son had been taken away.

She looked groggily at her phone and saw ALEX in big bright letters calling before she accepted.

"Alex?" she gasped.

"Hey." came his slow and breathy voice.

"Is Norman okay?" she asked closed to tears. "Can I talk to him?"

"He's fine." Alex said slowly. She could just picture him rolling his eyes in the usual irritation he always seemed to have at her. "They've admitted him already and he's being processed."

"Alex, I didn't even pack him an overnight bag. He has nothing to wear." Norma said in near panic.

"It's okay." Alex told her. "This place is like a spa, Norma. They have pajama's for him to wear tonight and I'll bring him some clothes tomorrow."

"Why can't I bring him some clothes tomorrow? I can see him and explain what going on." Norma said quickly.

"They won't allow visitors for a few days. Just until he gets settled." Alex told her. She could hear the exhaustion in his voice already and she felt tired as well.

"Nobody told me that." she sighed.
"It's just how it is, Norma." he said.

She sulked for a few seconds on the futility of her situation. Her son feeling like he was separated from her by an entire ocean just now.

"Did you have any trouble admitting him?" Norma asked.

"No." Alex said simply. "I gave them my insurance information this morning. I told you I would marry you."

"Oh." Norma said numbly. She'd almost forgotten about her arrangement with the Sheriff. The whole plan seemed ill-conceived and silly now.

"If you still want me to." he clarified.

"Oh… no… I do." Norma said and closed her eyes hard at the words 'I Do'. She put a hand to her forehead in frustration that she'd painted herself into an absurd corner. How could she not think of another way out of this?

"Ok… well, um, City Hall does marriages on Fridays only." Alex said.

"That's tomorrow." Norma said alarm.

"Yeah. I'm guessing you'd want to do this right away. Make the paperwork as seamless as possible." Alex offered. "I-I can take our marriage license to the HR department and have you and Norman…um added onto my health insurance tomorrow after…after the service."

Norma heard his voice starting to shake a little realized this was only the second time she'd ever witnessed the Sheriff so nervous.

"Okay." Norma said gently. "City Hall sounds good. What time?"

"I have to be work at ten so about nine?" Alex said quickly.

"Okay." Norma said feeling slightly dizzy.

"It's going to be fine." Alex said. "It's an easy ceremony and it's not like this is forever, Norma."

"No, your'e right." she sighed. "It's not forever."