Without further or do for my amazing readers, here is the 11th chapter. Enjoy :)
Norma whistled as she stood at the front desk, she was incredibly content since her and Alex started hooking up. She had never been touched like that by a man before, so gentle and caring. Every time she though of Alex, she couldn't help but smile. She broke her blissful thoughts as she answered her cell.
"Hello?" she said.
"Hey Norma" Alex replied, his tone dreamy and love struck.
"Hi" she giggled softly.
Her laugh made Alex's heart flutter and beat a million times faster than usual.
"I was wondering if you wanted to get drinks later?" he offered.
"Well that depends, are you going to be there?" she flirted.
He smiled to himself.
"Certainly" he commented playfully.
"Then I'll be there too" she declared, an eager grin on her face.
He laughed aloud at her response.
"What? Your corny all the time, I wanted to see if it worked for me" she said, joining his giggles.
"It's cute when you do it. So...when do you want to leave tonight?" he asked happily.
"How about 7?" she asked.
"Sounds good, I'll see you then" he clarified.
"Okay" she smiled as she hung up the phone.
Just when she she placed her phone down, it rang again.
She picked up thinking it was Alex again.
"Hello?" she asked cheerfully.
"Norma?"
She didn't need to scan the number to know it was George.
"Stop calling me. Never contact me again. Do you understand?" she asked rhetorically, she clicked end and slammed the phone on the desk.
This was getting ridiculous, George never stopped calling her. Sometimes he called just to breath into the other end of the phone and hear her get upset. He was like her new stalker, she was hesitant to bring it up to Alex though, she didn't want him to worry, they were having a good relationship so far. She'd be damned if she let George wreck it.
Later that night, Norma waited outside for Alex to pick her up. She kept a look out for him as she felt her phone buzz in her pocketbook. She picked it up hesitantly.
"Yes?" she asked, obviously fed up.
"I really like that dress" George said darkly, chuckling.
Norma shivered and hung up on him.
She looked around her and glanced at her phone debating to call Alex, before she could, he pulled up.
She quickly shot into his car, scared that George may be closer than she thought.
"Hey" he said, leaning over and dropping a kiss on her cheek.
He looked at her, squinting as his eyebrows knit together.
"Norma, what's wrong? You look like you saw a ghost" he said, brushing a loose curl out of her face.
She smiled at him, still wanting to keep her experience under wraps.
She placed her hand on his.
"I'm fine, happy to see you" she said cutely.
"You too, you look beautiful" he said, observing her short, tight, black dress.
"Thank you" she grinned as she saw his eyes admiring her.
They went to the bar they were at the night Norma and George fought, as they pulled up in the parking lot, Norma felt a chill run up her spine when her eyes gazed at the brick wall she was slammed up against. She stared at it in distaste for so long, she didn't realize Alex had gotten out of the car and opened the door for her.
"You alright?" he asked, leaning closer to her.
"Fine" she said, as she crawled out of the passenger seat.
He took her hand and they walked inside, taking the same seats they were in last time.
"This looks familiar" she giggled.
He laughed too, keeping his eyes focused on her.
He set his hand on her back.
"What do you want?" he asked politely, as the bartender came over to them.
"Whatever your having will be fine" she smiled.
"Two Manhattans please" he ordered, handing him a few bills.
"Coming right up" he said, grabbing a few glasses.
Alex turned back towards Norma.
"So, how was work today?" he asked, making conversation.
"It was okay, not too busy, just a lot of cleaning...but I must say, the guest in room 9 keeps his stuff perfectly tidy, his bed sheets even smell like aftershave" she flirted, leaning closer to his face.
"How would you know what his bed sheets smell like?" he grinned.
She gave him a seductive smile before dropping a kiss on his lips.
They sipped the drinks placed in front of them.
Norma made a face when she drank hers.
"Strong" she announced, laughing as she swallowed.
As they got deeper into conversation, they heard a voice booming from behind them.
"Norma!" the voice yelled in cheer, as if they were happy to see her.
She didn't know many people in White Pine Bay, so she braced herself for whoever it was.
As she turned around, her heart dropped, her stomach twisted, and her eyes glazed over in fear.
She couldn't believe her eyes.
There was Caleb, standing in front of her, a big smirk on his face.
She cringed as he placed a hand on her arm.
"How are ya?" he asked, as though nothing was wrong, as if they were normal siblings.
Alex watched, taking note of the terror in Norma's eyes.
"Hey" he muttered, his hand returning to her lower back.
She flinched as he touched her.
"Who's this? Is he your boyfriend?" he asked, now intrigued by his little sisters personal life.
"You can't be here" she whispered in horror.
"Norma, c'mon, lets play catch up" he offered playfully.
She couldn't comprehend the situation, she was dead inside, numb.
"Stay away from me!" she yelled.
Caleb looked at her like she was crazy.
That smirk, she wanted to slap it off his stupid face, she knew it well. Whenever she was little and he touched her, he had that same look on his face, a look that said he wanted to do something devious, hurt her, and take great pleasure in doing so.
She rose from the bar stool and rushed out the exit.
Alex ignored Caleb and chased after her, he found her leaning against the car in the parking lot, frozen in panic and dismay.
He made his way towards her and faced her.
He ran a hand over her cheek.
"What happened? Who was that?" he asked, automatically wanting to help her, take all her pain away.
"No one...please just take me home" she said, her voice shaky, her eyes watering.
"Talk to me" he said, wondering why Norma wouldn't go into detail about what had just happened.
"Alex, take me home" she warned sharply.
"Norma, please you have to-"
"Alex! Just...you know what? Fuck it" she said, scoffing angrily and walking out of the parking lot, on the side of the road.
He raced after her.
"Norma" he said softly, but she wouldn't budge.
He worked hard to make Norma Bates his, he refused to loose her over a stupid argument. He took a sharp breath and cleared his throat.
"Norma, turn around!" he yelled, like he was talking to one of his criminals.
She could feel her eyes watering worse, she gritted her teeth and kept moving.
He ran closer to her, and grabbed her arm.
"Let me go!" she ranted, pulling her arm out of his grasp.
"Talk to me, please, tell me what's wrong..." he begged, trying to make eye contact with her.
She shook her head and broke down in tears.
He reached for her, holding her in a tight embrace, she lay her head on his chest and sob.
Alex brushed his fingers through her hair.
"It's alright, Norma...I'll take care of you" he hushed, not loosing his grip.
Hearing those words made her insides beam with happiness even though on the outside she felt like shit. She broke the embrace and looked up at him.
She brushed her thumbs over his cheeks, leaned up and kissed him, pulling away only to give him a sad smile.
"You wanna talk about it?" he asked softly, freely.
She felt a sudden brush of affection wash over her. She was starting to genuinely care for Alex, she wanted to keep him in her life. She decided that if she didn't let him in, there was no way he would stay with her, and that would crush her.
She nodded at his offer, though it pained her to talk about it.
"Will you take me home first?" she begged.
She couldn't be in the same area as Caleb, it sickened her, made her think of her past, something she never wanted on her mind.
Seeing the obvious pain in Norma's tragically ravishing blue eyes, he nodded.
"Of course" he agreed, dropping a chaste kiss on her forehead.
He took her hand in his and they walked back to the car.
Tonight, she would tell Alex everything.