Happy Belated Thanksgiving. To celebrate this occasion I decided to upload an extra long Chapter. I'd like to remind you all I own none of the characters except Nora. Just a heads up It has more easter eggs and some smut. This is my first time writing smut so if its horrible I apologize ahead of time. Please Read and Review. Enjoy :)
Its been about six months since I last talked to dad, six months since the fight. Rhodey has tried to get us to talk to each other but no luck. Dad has been on the news more often than before. He gets photographed with a new model every week. Once he was arrested because he was caught speeding on the Pacific Coast Highway. He decided to buy that part of the interstate and name it after himself.
Rhodey tells me he's drinking more than before. Can't say it surprises me. I kept busy by taking on more responsibilities and doing some community service. I even filled out an application to spend a semester abroad and I got accepted. I needed to get away for a while and this seemed like a good opportunity. The program was only for a semester because I decided I wanted to be in Boston my senior year when I started applying for med school. So the second week of January I got on a plane and left for Dublin. Eric Selvig, a renown astrophysicist was teaching a course this upcoming semester and I figured I'd take advantage. When I showed up to register for my first day of classes I found out my professors had recommended me to be Doctor Selvig's TA for the class not his student.
Nora's POV – First Day Of School in Dublin
"What do you mean I can enroll in Doctor Selvig's Theory of relative Dimensions class?" I say annoyed at the school counselor.
"You are no longer required to take the class. Your school sent your transcripts and not only have you completed all requirements for graduation you've completed enough to earn a masters in both physics and mechanical engineering. You can take a few electives but we need to keep as many spaces available for students that still need to take it to graduate."
"But I was really looking forward to that class. It's the only reason I chose to come to Dublin." I whined.
"Why don't you go to Doctor Selvig's office and ask him about maybe doing some independent studies or maybe helping him with his research. "
"I guess I could do that, Thank you," I said as I got up and walked out of the office.
I got lost a few times on my way to the Applied Sciences building. I look at the directory and headed to the fourth floor. The door to his office was open so I knocked on the door and went in expecting to see Doctor Selvig sitting behind his desk. Instead there was a guy sitting on the couch staring at his laptop.
"Uh, Excuse Me, is this Doctor Selvig's office?" I ask hoping I'm not bothering him.
The guy looks up and gives me a small smile. He has hazel green eyes and sandy blonde hair. He's cute. He looks around my age maybe a bit older. Oh crap, I have to snap out of it. I'm here to ask about.. Oh wow he has dimples. That's adorable. "Yeah it is. He had to go to a meeting but he should be here shortly, you're welcome to wait here if you want," He responds politely interrupting my inner ramblings.
"Sure, Thank you," I can't help but return the smile. I can't help but notice he has an American Accent I think he notice my accent as well because he asks, "Where are you from?"
"Well, I go to school in Boston, but I was raised in Texas." I respond.
"OH awesome! Another American its good to hear a familiar accent, makes me miss home less." He says "I'm Dean by the way." He says reaching out to shake my hand.
"Nora," I say shaking his hand.
"So what's your major?" He asks.
"I'm majoring in Mechanical Engineering, Physics, and Biochemistry." I respond casually.
"Wow! That's… Wow! So are you enrolled in one of Doctor Selvig's classes?"
"That's actually what I'm here to ask about. What about you?"
"Its actually my first year of college so I can't take his class yet but I'm his intern."
"That's awesome, what are your intern responsibilities?"
"Mostly, getting him coffee and letting him know when he has to go give a lecture. He has a tendency of losing track of time when he gets into his work. I've actually learned a lot last semester from hearing him work through problems." He says with a grin.
"He sounds like someone I know. Has the same habit of locking himself in a lab for days at a time when he starts building something" I can't help but think of dad and wonder what he working on.
That's when Doctor Selvig walks in to his office "Dean is there anything planned for the rest of the day?"
"No sir, that was the last thing on your calendar." He says looking at the computer.
"Okay then take the rest of the day off."
"Thanks Doctor S. see you tomorrow. Nice meeting you Nora." He says with a smile. Wow he is cute.
"Nice meeting you too Dean." I say returning the smile.
"So what can I do for you Nora?" Doctor Selvig asks.
"Well I was planning on enrolling in your Theory of Relative Dimensions class but I'm not allowed too since I already completed all my required courses, so I was wondering If there was anyway I could still attend your lectures." Say hoping He says yes.
"You're Nora Martell, from MIT correct?" He says. To avoid being associated with dad we decided to use my mother's maiden name. On all official documents my name is still Nora Stark there is a record of Nora Stark in MIT records but when professors look up my file they only see Nora Martell thanks to some hacking from both dad and I.
"Yeah I am."
"I was the one that requested you not be enrolled in my class. I don't see why you should take a class you would be bored in. I don't plan to go too in depth considering most of the students enrolled aren't actually physics major. One of your professors sent me your essay on the applications of Newton's third law on perceptions of time and alternate realities. He also sent me a copy of your transcript and I was impressed. For someone your age to have such an in depth understanding on materials that most experts in the field spend decades trying to learn is astounding." He says.
"Thanks, I came up with that after pulling three all nighters in a row. I personally thought it was missing something." I said with slight hesitation.
"That was the level of a Ph.D. thesis. I wasn't supposed to tell you, but professor Armstrong presented it to the Physics Committee at MIT so they could consider awarding you a doctorate."
"What?! Wow I just found out I'm getting two masters degrees and now I'm might also be getting a Ph.D." Today has been a crazy day.
"I know you wanted to take the class but how would you like to be a TA/Research Assistant instead? I could even find a way for you to get course credit if you want."
"That would be great. Your work on the Einstein-Rosen Bridge was part of the reason I started studying Physics. It would be an honor to work with you."
"Well would you be willing to start tomorrow?" He asks.
"Yes, of course." I say with a giant smile on my face.
"Well, I'll see you here tomorrow morning at 8:30." He says.
"Thanks Doctor Selvig, see you tomorrow." I say shaking his hand.
I left his office with a smile on my face and a little hop in step. Things were starting to look up. Wait tomorrow? I might get to see Dean again. I blush a little just remembering his smile. I raise my hand to put the hood of my coat on since its raining outside and that's when I see my soul marks. I start to feel guilty, like I'm betraying them by having a crush on someone I just met. Then I realize Dean probably has his own mark, maybe even already met his soul mate and I'll never meet mine. And just like that, the happiness I was feeling is replaced with guilt. Life sucks.
Four and a half months later- Nora's POV
For the next four and a half months I worked with Eric, as Doctor Selvig insists I call him, and Dean who is essentially our nanny. He makes sure we eat, bring us coffee, and makes us leave the lab for our classes and meetings. Outside of school and work Dean and I have become really good friends. We have movie marathons with his roommate Sam and Sam's soul mate Jess. We text each other funny memes we find and of course we hang out at the pub.
At the end of the semester I receive an email from professor Armstrong. Apparently after a very long deliberation and debate the MIT physics doctorate committee has decided to award me a Ph.D. in thermonuclear astrophysics. Yeah I know try saying that three times really fast.
I was reading the email when I feel Dean sit down next to me on the couch. I didn't notice he was reading the email until he says "You're getting a Ph.D.?! That's amazing. Congrats Nora or should I say Doctor Martell."
"Who's getting a Ph.D.?" Sam and Jess say as they walk into the apartment.
"Nora is. She just got the email." Dean says.
Jess and Sam answer at the same time: "Congrats, that's amazing!"
"We have to celebrate! Come on Nora we're going shopping, you need a new outfit for when we go out tonight." She says grabbing my hand and walks us to the door. "Pick us up at my place at 7" She calls over her shoulder as she closes the door.
After 3 hours of shopping Jess picks out a black long sleeved lace dress and matching black pumps. We head back to her place and get ready. Jess decides to give me a makeover and I just decide to let her do what she wants.
"So are you ever going to tell Dean that you have feelings for him?" She says casually as she puts my hair up in a messy bun.
"Jess, Dean and I are just friends. Nothing more." I say as I had countless times in the past couple of months.
"Nora who are you trying to convince me or yourself. I see the way your face brightens when you get a text from him. Or the fact that whenever you're with him you can't stop smiling. You have a thing for him and you have it bad." She states.
"Jess, he's one of my best friends, I smile because he's a funny guy and his smile is contagious. Besides I'm leaving in a few days."
"First of all Dean is not funny, he occasionally makes a decent joke, but most of the time they suck. Secondly, his smile is contagious? Really Nora, could you be anymore obvious."
"There is nothing going on between us we are just friends."
"Sure you are," She says sarcastically. "Okay I'm done with your hair and make-up go get dressed. The guys are going to be here in 30 minutes."
"Okay," I get up and hug her. "Thanks for everything you're a good friend, I'm going miss our girl talks."
"Hey there's always phone calls and Skype." She says returning the hug.
"Yeah I know," I say as I leave and go into the room to change.
I look down at my wrists and make sure the holo-sleeves are on right. I've been wearing them since I was thirteen and met Peggy. At first I did so to make sure dad wouldn't see them now I just wear them to not have to remember that I'm never going to meet them.
I pick up my dress and put it on carefully so I don't mess up all of Jess' good work. I slip on my heels and go wait on the couch. I got to make the most of this night. Who knows when I'll be able to go out with my friends after tonight.
Third Person POV- Sam and Dean
"So, Nora's flying back to Boston in a few days?" Sam asks from the passenger seat in the car.
"Yeah she leaves on Thursday. I'm driving her to the airport." Dean replies.
"Are you going to tell her?" Sam questions staring intently into Dean's eyes trying to gauge his reaction.
"Tell her what?"
"You know, that you have feelings for her."
"Why would I do that? She's leaving in a few days and she doesn't have feelings for me. I don't want to ruin what we have."
"So you admit there is something there."
"Yeah there is our friendship" Dean retorts.
"You know what I mean smartass. You have feelings for Nora you've had them for a while." Sam states "Its pretty obvious to pretty much everyone. Except you two of course."
"Sam, seriously, drop it. I may or may not have a thing for Nora but that doesn't matter. She only sees me as a friend and I don't want to complicate things."
"Wow you really don't see it. Dean, are you seriously telling me you think what you're feeling is one sided. Nora is almost as blind as you are when it comes to the feelings you have for each other."
"What do you mean?"
"Dude she baked you a cake for your birthday"
"She also made one for Jess"
"Yeah but she didn't swipe her mom's phone number off her phone because she was homesick and was craving her apple strudel cake just the way her mom made it." Sam replies sarcastically.
"She did that?"
"Seriously, you didn't notice." Sam asks incredulously.
"I mean the cake tasted just as good as my mom's but I didn't think she went through all that trouble." Said Dean Astounded that someone would go to all that trouble.
"Oh she went through all that trouble she had me vouch for her with your mom so she would tell her the recipe."
"Oh, Crap I am such a moron."
"I know. Jess and I have been trying to get both of you to talk to each other about it only for you both to be in complete denial."
"I have to tell her. How am I going to tell her? What am I going to tell her?" Dean starts to freak out.
"Dude calm down. You just have to be yourself. Its what you've done this entire time and that's worked out so far."
"Okay I can do this." He says just as they arrive at the apt building.
Nora's POV-
I'm on the couch watching the news; "Tony Stark was going to receive the Man of the Year award this year at the awards banquet hosted by Caesar's Palace Hotel and Casino here in Las Vegas. His best friend and military liaison Colonel James Rhodes presented the award which was accepted on his behalf by his business partner Obadiah Stane "
"Good for him another award he didn't bother to accept himself, typical," I muttered. That's when I hear a knock at the door. "The guys are here" I call out to Jess who's in her room putting the finishing touches on her outfit.
I stand up and go open the door. "Hey guys," I say letting them in. "Jess is almost ready."
"Wow you look amazing Nora." Says Sam. "Doesn't she Dean?"
"Yeah you look beautiful Nora." Dean says with a small tense smile.
"Thank Guys, you both look pretty dapper yourselves." I say just as Jess comes out of her room.
"You all ready to go?" She says.
"Yes," we all say
"Nora do you have your ID so you can drink?" She asks. She can be such a mom sometimes.
"Yes Jess, I have the one you got me for St. Patrick's Day."
"Okay then lets go PAR-TAY!" she yells.
We all chuckle. We make our way to the car and drive of to our favorite Pub. It served amazing food, over three hundred types of beer, and had live music.
We get to the Swinging Donkey (That's the name of the Pub), and find a booth to sit in. A waitress comes to take our order and ask us what drinks we want. We all order beers. Then we order our food. When we all finish our drinks and food the waitress comes and puts four beers and four shots of whiskey and Bailey's in front of us. Irish Car bombs, I should have known she would pull something like this. We look at Jess and She has a sneaky little grin on her face.
"Seeing as we are celebrating the massive, record achieving award that Nora is going to be awarded, I figured we could used something a bit stronger." Jess declares. "Nora you are the smartest most incredible woman I have ever had the pleasure of knowing, I am proud to call you my best friend. You are my partner in crime, my shopping buddy and my sister from another mister. I am going to miss you like crazy but as you said it's not a goodbye, it's a see you later. May you discover the key to time travel or whatever it is astrophysicists are looking for? Cheers!"
"Cheers!" We say. We clink our glasses and then dump the shot in the beer glass and chug our drinks.
We chat for a bit and when the band starts playing we get up and dance. They play a lot of alternative covers that are loud and have fast beat. About 20 minutes they announce: "We're gonna slow things down a bit, let your stomachs settle a bit."
We pair up Jess with Sam and I pair up with Dean. He put his hands on my waist and I put mine on his shoulders. We swayed to the music and slow danced. He gives me a look that I'd never seen before. He looks at me like I'm the most amazing thing in the whole world. "Do I have something on my face?" I ask trying to see what's going through his head.
"No why?" He asks not looking straight into my eyes.
"Because you're looking at me weird. Is everything alright?"
"Yeah everything's perfect just trying to memorize every detail. Did I tell you how beautiful you look tonight? Not that you aren't always beautiful. Its just that you know-"
"Okay your rambling. What's going on in that big head of yours?"
"Nothing its just that, I'm gonna miss you. I can't believe your leaving in a few days. It feels like it was only yesterday you were knocking on Selvig's door in that black trench coat with that blue and green scarf wrapped around you. Your cheeks were all red from the cold weather. I never thought we'd be as close as we are now. I can't imagine being without you."
"Dean what are you trying to say?"
"Nora, I care about you, as more than just a friend."
"What?"
"I have for a long time, it just took me too long to realize it. When you're around everything just seems brighter."
"Dean… I don't know what to say."
"Then don't say anything." He leaned forward and kissed me. I froze for a second before responding. I moved my hands from his shoulder to the back of his neck while he moved his hands to my lower back and pressed me to him. Dean put his tongue against my lips. I tilted my head slightly and opened my mouth, letting him deepen the kiss. Eventually we had to break the kiss because we both needed air. He pressed his forehead to mine and we stayed like that for a minute with our eyes closed. When I opened my eyes, the only thing I could see were Deans hazel green eyes looking at me with pure adoration. I couldn't help but blush and give him a smile. He pressed his lips to mine again in a sweet kiss. It felt like time was standing still around us. That is until the band started playing a really loud heavy metal song and forced us to snap out of our trance.
Dean grabbed my hand and led me off the dance floor. We stopped at our booth and said, "Want to get out of here, maybe go some place quiet."
I nodded; I didn't trust my voice at the moment. I could still feel his lips on mine.
He sent Sam a message telling him we were leaving and we went outside. Since we had both had a few drinks we decided to grab a taxi. We ended up at his place since it was after 12 and everything was closed.
We walked up the stairs and right as we reached his door he pulled me too him and kissed me. He had the most amazing lip. He tasted like the drinks we had at the bar and something else. He pulled away to fumble with his key while I couldn't help myself and kissed his jaw. He groaned and as soon as the door opened he pulled me inside and slammed the door.
He pushed me against the door and gave me a deep passionate kiss. I moaned in his mouth as I threaded my fingers in his hair. We broke apart panting for air.
"God, Nora you don't know what you do to me."
"If it's anything like what you just made me feel then yeah it's indescribable."
We sat on the couch trying to catch our breaths. When we finally clamed down a bit, Dean said: "I forgot to give you your gift".
"You didn't have to get me anything."
"I know, I wanted to" He says with a smile.
He goes and gets it from his room. He comes back with a gift bag decorated with shamrocks.
"Its not much but I hope you like it"
I pull out the colorful tissue paper and reach into the box and pull out a frame. Inside the frame is a picture of Sam, Jess, Dean, and I on St. Patricks Day. I remember that day so well. We were walking home after a night of partying. I was wearing these cute brown boots I had just bought a few days before. As we're walking the heel gets stuck in a crack in the ground and I trip. I twisted my ankle and couldn't walk so Dean gave me a piggy back ride all the way back to my apartment. I smile thinking at the memory of that day.
"Dean, I love it. Thank you." I lean over and give him a hug. I pull away a bit and kiss him. The kiss starts out simple and sweet and then we just sink in to each other and we're making out. I don't even realize I've shifted around and am now straddling his lap while we're making out. Dean starts to kiss his way down my neck. I moan and start to roll my hips.
Dean lets out a groan. "Nora, baby, if you keep that up I'm gonna have a hard time controlling myself."
I let out another moan and kiss him again. He moans into my mouth. He moves his hands from my waist, down to my thighs under the skirt of my dress. Then he moves his hand up and gives my butt a gentle squeeze. I let out a gasp.
"Oh, shit sorry. I'm moving to fast aren't I. I'll stop. We don't have to do anything."
I put my hands on both his cheeks and make him look at me. "Dean, you're not moving fast. You're perfect. If you do something I don't want you to do I'll tell you but I want this. I want you" He smiles and kisses me and you can tell he wants this just as much if not more than I do. After a few more minutes on intense making out, Dean breaks the kiss and just says "Bedroom?"
"Bedroom," I say with a smile.
He stands up picking me up. My legs are wrapped around his waist and my arms are on his shoulders. As we walk to the room he asks "Are you sure."
I see my wrists and for the first time since I learned about them I didn't feel sadness or guilt. I looked at Dean and I felt truly at peace. "Never been more sure in my life." I say with a small smile.
He steps into his room and closes the door. He puts me down and kisses me. As I'm kissing him I start to unbutton his shirt. His hand reached to the top back of the dress and unzipped the dress. We separate for a bit and I pull the dress over my head while Dean pulled his shirt off. He immediately goes to kiss me again. I put one hand on the back of his neck and thread the other one in his hair. I didn't notice he was leading me to the bed until I felt the mattress against the back of my knees. I fell against the bed and Dean landed on top of me. We laughed and continued kissing. I wrapped my legs around his waist and he started kissing down my neck to my breasts.
I shifted a bit and took off my bra. He went back to kissing and kneading my breasts making me moan. Thats when he sucked in a nipple into his mouth and started licking it with his tongue making me even louder. I started rocking my hips against his groin. He was straining against the zipper of his pants. He releases my nipple when he gasps. He gets up and takes his pants off leaving on only his briefs. We start kissing again. His hand starts heading down to my panties when he reaches them he lifts up the elastic a bit then stops kissing me and looks at me asking for permission I lift up My hips and take them off. He starts to move his fingers through my folds.
"You're so wet baby. Did I do this?" He asks.
"Yeah you did, you tease" I said mockingly.
He gives me a sexy smirking starts to kiss my neck while his fingers start to rub against my clit. I let out a moan "Ahh"
"You like that baby" He says and then continues kissing his way down. He stops when he decides to suck and like the previously neglected nipple while rubbing my clit faster.
"Yes, So much!" I say panting enjoying every ounce of pleasure he's giving me.
He works his way down stopping at my belly button before continuing his way down. He moves his fingers down my slit while he kissed his way down to my clit. He looks up at me before kissing me down there and sucking my clit into his mouth. "AHHH!" I moan while arching my back. Dean moves one arm to hold me steady while he continues eating me out. He then puts a finger at the entrance and slowly pushes in. "UHHH!" It felt so strange but so good. Dean moves his finger in and out a few times before he adds a second one to it. He scissors me while he continues massaging my clit with his tongue. The sensations finally push me over the edge and I have my first orgasm. Dean fingers me through it until I finally come back down.
"Dean.." I pant. "Please, I want, I need you, please." I beg
He stands up goes to his drawer to get a condom. He then takes off his briefs. He rubs the head of his penis a few times before rolling the condom on. He lays in-between my open legs. He support himself with his arms on either side of my head. He lines up his penis to my entrance. He distracts me by kissing me and then pushes in.
"Ahh-" I feel myself stretch. It stings a bit but feels amazing at the same time. I feel so full.
"Uhh, Baby you feel amazing, so fucking tight." He groans into my neck.
He stays still so I can adjust for about a minute. When I start to feel a bit more comfortable I move my hips a bit to see how it feels. Dean takes it as his cue and starts moving in and out. He gyrates his hips a bit and I moan "Ahh fuck, just like that Dean."
"Ahh fuck baby." He starts to speed up and hits every spot. I start to feel a tightness form.
"Ahh, Fuck, AHHHH Dean,"
"I Know baby I know, Just let go I'm right behind you."
I feel the tightness get even more intensely before something just snaps and I'm arching my back "AHHH, Dean!"
He snaps his hips in an erratic rhythm until I feel him collapse on me. He pulls out of me and rolls over breathing heavily. he gets up to dispose of the condom and then comes back to the bed. He cuddles up next to me spooning me from behind. "That was amazing." I say.
"Yeah, It was." He says sleepily wrapping his arms around me.
We fall asleep wrapped in each others arms, nice and warm.
The Next Day
I wake up when sunlight hits my face. I turn around and see Dean still asleep letting out quite snores. He looks so peaceful when he's asleep. I get up to use the bathroom in the hallway. I walk back to the room and see that my phone is blinking signifying I had a message. I unlock my phone and see I have fifteen messages from Rhodey. I decide to call him back But as its ringing my phone dies. I decide to get dressed and go to my apartment and charge my phone since Dean doesn't have a charger compatible with my phone. I didn't want to wake him so I left him a not on the pillow I was using.
After grabbing a taxi, and a fifteen minute car ride later I arrive at my apartment. I wait for my phone to power up. As soon as it turns on I receive a phone call from Rhodey.
"Hello?"
"Nora, why haven't you been answering your phone. I called you at least ten times."
"Sorry Rhodey I stayed at a friend's place and my phone died. What ha you so frazzled?"
"You haven't seen the news?"
"No I just got to my apartment."
"Nora, your dad's missing."
"Rhodey, this is dad we're talking about. He probably went out got really drunk and slept at the apartment of some random girl he hooked up with."
"No Nora we were in Afghanistan for his weapons demonstration. His convoy got attacked and we can't find him. We think he might have been kidnapped by terrorists."
I feel like I've been punched in the gut. I feel like time has stood still and the air has gotten thicker.
"Oh shit" Is all I can say before I pass out.