Alex started to stir awake in bed, he reached over to feel for Norma but all he felt was the cold sheets next to him. Where is she? He looked over to the clock that said 3:23 AM. He got up out of bed and rubbed his eyes before standing up. He turned the light on and started to head out of the bedroom. He turned the hallway light on and walked down the stairs. He saw the kitchen light was on so he made his way over. He found Norma was sitting at the table holding onto a mug infront of her. She didn't even look up to him. He slowly walked to her and touched her shoulders with both of his hands.

"You okay? What are you doing down here?"

"I couldn't sleep so I just made myself some tea." She told him and took a sip.

He knew she was stressed out and could tell she was worrying. "Why didn't you wake me up? You shouldn't be sitting down here all alone."

"Alex, it's okay, really. I just couldn't sleep. I didn't want to wake you." She looked at him lovingly.

"I'm going to do my best to make this better for you. I'm sorry that I can't do it overnight, but ..."

She cut him off. "You already have made everything better for me. I just keep thinking someone is going to come here and try to hurt us...in the middle of the night ...I don't know...I'm worried about Norman also and I don't know how to deal with it all. What if it's my brother that did that to my car? Although I really don't think he would do such a thing..."

"I don't think it was your brother."

Norma sighed and took a sip of her tea. "Come back to bed with me?"

"Do you need anything?"

"Just you."

"I'm not going anywhere. Next time you can't sleep, wake me up. I wont mind, I promise. I want you to. I want to take care of you. I don't know what I would do without you."

She got up and walked over to him, he was still sitting in the chair. She smiled at him and touched his face with her hand. She then sat down onto his lap and wrapped her arms around him. He closed his eyes and held her close. He nuzzled his face into her neck and reached his hand up to the back of her head, feeling her soft hair. "Why don't we go upstairs?" He asked her quietly.

"Why do you want to go upstairs?" She giggled.

He laughed. "Because you should get some sleep."

"I don't want to sleep..." She said as she started to rub her hands over his chest. She then wrapped her one leg around to the other side of him. She grabbed his face in her hands and leaned her lips into his, kissing him hard.

All he could think about was how worried she was and how much stress she has been dealing with. He was worried about her and her state of mind. He kissed her back, then slowly pulled away from her. He placed his hand gently onto her face. "I - I just want to make sure your okay."

She bit her bottom lip. "I'm fine. I just want you." She told him and looked down at her fingers that were now playing with the string to his pajama pants. He grabbed her chin and lifted her face up to meet eyes with her. "I want you too. More than anything. I just need to know your okay."

"I am fine. I don't know why your acting like I'm not fine." Her tone totally changed. She sounded angry. She then got up off of him and walked to the counter opening the cabinet, grabbing a glass and poured herself some water.

"Norma, don't be like this." He got up and walked to her.

"Be like what?" She yelled at him.

He shook his head. "I am not going to apologize for wanting to make sure you're okay. I know you're under stress. I love you and I just want you to be okay." He was standing in front of her, but he did not touch her. He could tell he triggered something.

She didn't say anything right away. She just stared at him. "Don't be mad at me." He pleaded.

"I'm not mad at you. If you want to go to sleep, go to sleep then!" She yelled and slammed her glass down onto the counter.

He just stood there looking at her. She looked now as if she was going to start crying. He didn't mean to upset her like this, he just wants her to be okay. He then pulled her into his arms and held her tight to him as she started to cry. He held her there for a while and rubbed her back gently up and down. "Its going to be okay..." He told her softly. She then broke away from his hold and took his hands into hers. Her face looked a bit calmer now. Still sad, but not angry anymore. He wanted to take away all the pain inside her. He just didn't know exactly how, but he would try his best.

"I'm sorry I freaked out on you. I know you care about me and your just worried. I just..." She looked down at their hands that we're clasped together. "Sometimes I say things I don't mean." She was trying to explain for her actions but she didn't know exactly what to say. Tears started falling again. He wiped them away and kissed her forehead. "Don't be sorry. You have nothing to be sorry for."

"I don't want to lose you. I don't want to lose this. What we have...I've never had anything like this before. I've never felt this feeling I have with you." She told him quietly and brought his hands up to her chest. "I want to be your wife. And not just for the insurance...I want you to know that." She paused for a second and looked away, rolling her eyes at herself. "I always screw everything up."

"Your not going to screw this up. Your stuck with me."

Her lips turned into a small smile. He pulled her into him, hugging her tight. "I didn't mean to hurt your feelings. You know I always want you." He was rubbing her back gently. "Do you want to head upstairs now?"

She backed away from him a bit to see his face, his arms still around her. "Yeah, I'm tired." She yawned.

"Oh now you are tired?"

"Yup. You missed your chance so don't try anything now." She shrugged her shoulders. "You should get some sleep!" She pulled away from him and turned off the light to the kitchen and started to head toward the stairs.

Alex quickly made his way to catch up to her at the bottom of the stairs. He wrapped his arms around her from behind, stopping her from taking the first step.

"So now you're going to be like that? Running away from me and I'm getting rejected?" He breathed into her neck. She couldn't help but giggle. She tried to break out of his hold but he was too strong. "Excuse me, I was the one who was rejected!" She leaned her head back against his shoulder, giving him more access to her neck. He brought his one hand from around her waist to cover her breast and started to kiss her neck. "You know that's not what I was doing." She reached her one arm back to hold onto his head that was kissing all over her neck.

"Prove it then." She moaned to him. He let go of his grip on her, letting her free. She turned to face him with a smirk on her face. She started to walk backwards slowly up the stairs one step at a time. He grabbed her hand to hold and made his way upstairs with her.

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