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Summery: The family dinner.

Author's Note: Okay so Monday's episode COMPLETELY threw me off lol I don't think anyone could have prepared me for all that Dylemma goodness. I was planning on making this story as close to the show as possible but it seems like that plan is out. For one, Will Decody is kind of an ass and I like my version of him better. Two, the dinner was unplanned on the show and I made it planned. But oh well it was an amazing surprise!

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As Emma and Dylan sit across each other in the living room just looking at each other, they can't help but feel a little awkward. While they have been spending a lot of time together, it was alone and not with Norma and Norman so close. Dylan wishes he could stop acting like a dork, but to be honest he was nervous.

Meanwhile Emma was trying so hard not to start freak out. Here she was, with Dylan at a family dinner that he invited her to. HE wanted her there, not Norman, not Norman, DYLAN MASSETT wanted her to be there for him. It was the best feeling imaginable.

She was used to not being able to breathe, but it was another for Dylan to take her breath away.

"You sure Norma wasn't mad you invited me over? I don't want to intrude." She breaks the silence and Dylan's eyes soften. She looked amazing tonight. He rares ever sees her in jeans but here she was looking as beautiful as ever wearing them with her typical floral design shirt.

"Of course not. Norma loves cooking for as many people as possible. Plus I wouldn't have cared anyway, I wanted you here." He says and Emma's heart started beating super fast. How can someone this...amazing want her around at such an important moment?

She gives him that smile that brightens her whole face and makes him feel like the luckiest guy ever.

Just then the door opens and Norma and Caleb walk in the living room. Norma was holding what looked like hand picked flowers and looked slightly uncomfortable.

"I'm just going to put these in water. I'll be right back." Norma says looking at Dylan and Emma questioningly. She always thought Emma would be good for Norman, but since Norman only seems to be getting worse and as she's looking at the pair in front of her, she thinks she may have been wrong. Maybe her oldest son, her son she's never loved as much as a mother should love her child, maybe her son can get the love he really deserves.

As she leaves, Dylan and Caleb give each other a hug in greeting making Emma smile at the sight. It must be so nice for Dylan to finally be able to have a family member want to spend so much time with him. Caleb may have done something horrible, but nothing was black and white and he clearly wants to have a relationship with his son.

When they break apart Dylan looks at Caleb then at Emma.

"Caleb, you remember Emma right?" He asks shyly. He feels like a 13 year old introducing his parent to the girl he has a crush on. He needs to start acting his age.

Caleb nods giving a small smile and Emma quickly jumps in to give him a nice long hug.

"I'm so happy you are going to be having dinner with us." She says warmly and means it with everything she has. She can see he was clearly shocked at her, since when they met she was a little distant, but things have changed and she wants him and Dylan to know they have support from someone, even if it's just her.

When they break apart Emma is still smiling and Dylan knows he needs to make a move and quick! Here she was, giving his father slash uncle a giant hug and accepting him as part of this crazy family. She was a woman that needed to know how special she really was and he knows she's never felt like that before. She once told him that she never expected a novel worthy life...

He was going to make sure she got something better.

"I'm going to go see if Norma needs any help with dinner." She says giving them both smiles as she gives them some privacy.

As she walks away Caleb looks at his son's eyes and sees the look he has as he watches this young girl walk away.

"So she's the one?" He asks softly and Dylan looks at his father with vulnerable eyes.

"Yeah." He says simply

"Yeah, I totally get it." He answers nodding as he looks around the room. So this was what Norma Louise has done with her life...her life without him.

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Dinner was not what Emma thought it was going to be. It was even better. For her to see Dylan connecting with every member of his family was a beautiful sight to see. He seemed so happy. Sheriff Romero showed up right before the meal and while she didn't know what happened, he was staying awhile.

During the meal, he would grab her hand and squeeze it for a couple seconds, so happy she was here to experience this with him. She felt like she was on top of the world.

When the meal ended, Dylan collected the dishes while Emma helped Norma get coffee and dessert ready. It was so odd to be this...domestic with the Bates' family. She would look over at Dylan and give him a tiny smile, knowing he was feeling out of place as well.

"Having fun?" Dylan whispers in her ear. To be honest, it was so overwhelming for him to have a family dinner that indirectly focused on him. He was used to everything revolving around Norman and for this to be about him having a relationship with his uncle slash father was pretty great.

Emma looks at him and gives a giant smile. She can tell he's really happy with how the night has turned out. Everyone was having a nice nice, except Norman.

She noticed that the whole night Norman got that creepy look on his face while he looked at his mother and Caleb. Like he was restraining himself from doing something dangerous.

"This has been a great nice Dylan. Everything has been...divine." She says happily and he smiles back at her. He's glad she's been so cool coming to a family dinner. He just can't stop spending time with her; he doesn't want to.

"I'm glad. But...ah...maybe next time we can just go somewhere ourselves." He stutters and looks at her hopefully.

Emma's eyes go wide. Did he just ask her out? Oh wow!

"Like...like a date?" She asks shyly. Is this really happening?

Dylan looks at her and sees the hopeful look in her eyes. She seemed to want this as much as he did.

"Um... I mean if you want to. I'd want that." He admits and breathes a sigh of relief when her smile brightens.

"I'd like that too. How about next week?" She asks restraining herself from jumping up and down.

He smiles right back. This was really happening and he couldn't be happier.

"Sounds perfect."

The rest of the night went by like a dream. Emma and Dylan barely heard anything that was said for the rest of the night, too happy with how their relationship was developing to notice anyone else.

TBC!

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