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Summery: Dylan talks to Norma about him and Emma

Author's Note: I'm back! I had such an amazing time in the Dominican but I'm glad to be back and back to writing this story. There's only going to be a couple more chapters before I make different Dylemma and Bates Motel stories. Hope everyone likes this!

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The next morning Dylan woke up the happiest he's ever been in his life. With a smile on his face, he thought about how he dropped Emma off last night at her doorstep with a sweet goodbye kiss, promising to see her tomorrow while she was at work. She gave him the cutest smile, her eyes twinkling in bliss as she shyly walked inside.

He never knew this type of happiness before. Someone who genuinely wanted him and every flaw he has. She knows his deepest, most ugly truths about himself and still wants him anyway. He will never know how he got so lucky but he wasn't going to let this amazing girl go ever. She was too good to be true.

As he gets ready for the day, happy that Emma was working and he'd able to see her, he knows he needs to come clean to Norma and Norman. He doesn't want to keep his relationship a secret. Hell, he would shout it from the rooftops if he could. However, he wasn't sure how his family would react to this. Norma and Norman were not known for their sharing skills and they considered Emma theirs. He cared about Emma more than they will ever know but he doesn't want to hurt his brother who was in a relationship with her, even if it was only a couple weeks.

After some internal debate, he decides to try and talk to Norma first and see if she has any good advice on how to tell Norman. He slowly walks downstairs and sees his mother in her blue robe cooking a simple breakfast.

"Morning Honey." She says distractedly as she flips the pancake that is in the pan. She is humming softly to herself and thinking about how nice it was to have Alex over for dinner last week. Maybe she would invite him over again, she's missed seeing him this week.

"Hey mom." He says softly making Norma look at her son oddly. He only ever calls her mom when something was wrong or on his mind.

While it sometimes bothered her when he called her by her name, she knows it was her fault as much as it was his. She remembers when he first came to White Pine Bay when she told him she hated him and how upset he looked. How defeated he was. It filled her with such regret now. No mother should hate her own child. She knows it was never his fault on who his father is, but that didn't stop her from taking it out on him and treating him badly through out his life. She purposely would favor Norman in front of Dylan and almost took joy in the sadness in his eyes as his spirit would dwindle. She probably will never love her eldest son the way she loves Norman, but she is overjoyed their relationship has evolved so much since coming here. It was one of the few good things White Pine Bay brought her.

"What's going on?" She asked worriedly. Hopefully nothing happened with Norman. He's been getting so much worse lately. He hardly ever left the basement anymore and when he did, he refused to talk to anyone.

"I had to talk to you about something." He says hesitantly as he sits at the kitchen table. Norma puts the pancake on a plate then turns off the stove before joining her son at the table.

"What is it?" She asks again. He looks at his mother and can't believe he is nervous about talking to her. Just two years ago she was "The Whore" in his phone who left Arizona without telling him so she could get away from him. Now he can honestly say he has the best relationship he will ever get with her, even if it's nothing compared to the one she has with Norman.

"Remember when I invited Emma to the family dinner?" He asks and knows he's stalling but he couldn't help it.

"Yeah, that was so nice of you sweetie. I know she has her father but she deserves to have more people care about her." She smiles softly. Emma is a kind girl and it's horrible her time on earth is so limited but she doesn't let that stop her from being a strong and good person.

"Yeah well, since she came over to help with Norman, me and her have been hanging out a lot more..." He continued and Norma had to hide her smile as she realized where this was going. She was right when she noticed the looks between the two at dinner.

"Okay..." She says waiting for him to continue and tell her.

"Well yesterday was her birthday..." He started to explain but Norma interrupted and squealed.

"That's right it was her birthday yesterday! I should have another dinner party for all of us to celebrate!" She says excitedly forgetting what Dylan was trying to tell her. She was imagining what food she was going to cook, who was going to be invited, and what she was going to get the girl. She would definitely have Alex come over so she has someone to talk to.

"Yeah I'll mention it to her. But anyway, it was her birthday and I took her out...and we are...we are together now." He finally admits and waits for her reaction.

"You're together now?" She asks pointedly and when he nods in confirmation she nods her head.

"If you hurt that girl, I will kick your ass to the moon and back." She says giving him the same warning she gave Norman when they were together. She knows Norman was just using Emma and only cared for her in a platonic way but she can tell Dylan truly cares for her in a more than friendly kind of way. The looks they gave each other were electric.

Dylan smirks hearing his mother's warning, knowing she would carry out her threat and then some.

"Yeah I know and I would never hurt her." He promises and Norma smiles. They sit in silence for a minute before Norma says,

"I'm happy for you." and he looks at her in surprise. She has never said anything like that to him and it felt good to be honest.

"Thanks." He muttered embarrassed.

"So what is the problem?" She asks knowing there was more to it than him telling her.

"Do you...do you think I should tell Norman?" He asks nervously. The last time they spoke about Norman was when he told Norma about when he found Norman dressed and acting like his mother in the middle of the night.

Norma looked at Dylan with worry in her eyes. Now she knows why Dylan was so worried to admit his feelings for Emma. Norman was...dangerous. It was so hard to think that way about her precious son but the truth is becoming all the more clear. Norman has these black outs and when he has them, usually someone gets hurt or killed. Her son has...killed and that makes him dangerous because he doesn't even realize he does these things.

"Honestly I don't know. Norman has been so...distant lately. Maybe I would wait a little before telling him the girl that broke up with him went for you." She says this kind of rudely but she knows Emma did the right thing in breaking it off with her baby. That doesn't stop her for being defensive for Norman; it was second nature to her.

"I don't want to keep the two of us a secret. I'm not ashamed of her." He points out passionately and makes Norma swell with pride at her son.

"I know, but why don't you let me ease his mind first. I have no idea what James said to Norman but ever since that therapist spoke to him, he won't talk to anyone. He won't even look at me." She says sadly thinking of how much she misses her sweet and innocent baby boy. It was supposed to be the two of them for life and now she feels more alone than ever.

Dylan reaches out and grabs his mom's delicate hand. He knows he is no Norman but he is his mother's son and he can hopefully give her some comfort.

She smiles and takes his hand and squeezes it tightly, thankful her son and her no longer hate each other and get say there is love between them. It wasn't perfect but it was better than they ever had before.

"What is going on in here?!" They both turn and remove their hands to see Norman, who had wild hair and wild eyes looking at them both with looks that could kill them both.

"How dare he try and take her from me!" Norman thinks to himself.

TBC!

DUN DUN DUN lol