Nora

"What was that all about?" Brad asked from behind her as he ran to catch up to her.

"What was what all about?" she asked casually like she wasn't on the verge of running back to her dorm.

When he finally caught up he placed a hand on her shoulder to spin her around "Nora, Jesus. What the hell is wrong with you?" he tried to catch his breath surprised just how fast she'd be walking.

Shaking her head she didn't want to tell him, didn't want to explain why she needed to get out before he'd recognize her. Not that he would but there was always that fear that maybe he would squint and see that she was Nora King, Roman King's daughter notorious Northern Angels MC President.

Faltering slightly she tried to think of the most logical reason as to why she was acting the way she was. Brad worriedly looked down at her, a hand resting against her shoulder for reassurance "I…" she began "I've just never seen a biker member before. I mean I've heard the stories of them but never in a million years would I think one would step into our coffee shop." She tried to sound convincingly before smiling bashfully and stepping away from his grasp.

"Really?" he laughed out astonished "That's what had you running like a dog with its tail between its legs?" he continued to laugh hysterically causing Nora to frown and walk away. "Nora!" Brad said through his laughter as he ran after her once more "Look I'm sorry for laughing. It was a jerk move; you've never seen a biker before. I get it. I'm so used to seeing them that it's just a normal day for me." he grinned "Maybe if you left the campus more often you'd get used to it as well."

"Well some of us aren't familiar with the area." She grunted before taking a sip of the coffee.

"I'm sorry, okay? Now let's get back before my Mom starts calling the school because I'm not answering my phone." He half joked knowing that his Mom was easily two calls away from calling the school. Nodding Nora and Brad walked side by side as they entered back into the court yard not mentioning what had happened moments before and instead were talking about upcoming midterms and the week break after. Once they entered the building they went straight to her room so that Brad could grab his messenger bag and books before going to his dorm room to continue his study ritual.

Once alone Nora placed the cup against the nightstand and slumped against her bed. She was lucky that the guy hadn't figured out who she was. If weren't for the subtle changes from the once dirty blonde hair to a rich brown, and swapping out her contacts for glasses, who knew how he would have reacted. Staring up at the ceiling her eyes grew heavy as sleep began to evade her. With finals coming up sleep was a rare so when her body pulled her down she happily accepted the rest, even if it were for 15 minutes or so.

An hour had gone by when the sound of her phone chimed into her ear, groaning she reached ahead of her and without looking at the caller I.D she answered "Hello?" her voice a lot groggier than anticipated.

"Hey baby girl. Catch you at a bad time?" her Father said with just a hint of concern.

Scrubbing a hand over her face she sat up so that her back could rest against the cool concrete wall, she sighed "Just had a bit of a nap. How's it going, Dad? How's everyone?"

There was only a brief moment of silence as she heard the sound of men talking and women laughing. He was at the club like most days, even during the week there would be people around. When there was finally complete silence like he'd walked to his room, he spoke "Everything is going well for once, and everyone is doing just fine. Actually." He paused "Your sister is working as our receptionist at the shop; the boys love her around. Me however, not so much. It's a distraction, and if one of those guys even lays a finger on her…"

"Jesus Dad. Caroline knows not to go after one of the guys." Nora interrupted as she stifled a laugh.

"I know she'll stay away, Nora. It's the guys around the club…Anything is possible." He countered with a bite of anger attached to it.

Rolling her eyes, her Father new full well the guys would never look at her, let alone touch her. "How's Mom?" she asked trying to steer her Father's thoughts from her sister.

"She's alright, decided to take up crocheting, something about keeping her mind preoccupied. She's also keeping busy at the shop too. You know how it is. Always cleaning up after us." He said with a laugh instead of the bubbling anger that was rising.

"That's great" she lied, it wasn't great. That was why Nora got away when she did. The last thing she wanted to do was be some biker's chick that cleaned up the club, did the dishes, and cooked the dinner, everything a maid that should be paid for. 'No thank you' she thought to herself.

"Yeah" he idly said "So, when are you coming home? We haven't seen you for almost five months. Everyone is missing you." He said getting straight to the point of the phone call. Of course he wouldn't just want to chat about random things, nope. There was always an ulterior motive when it came to her him.

"I'll be home soon, midterms are coming up next week and then I have a week break after. So maybe then." Clenching her eyes closed and pinching the bridge of her nose, she immediately regretted what came out of her mouth. A week with the family was going to the most annoying and maddening time of her life. Hell, she could barely handle Christmas and she had only stayed four days. Her motto was now to get in, get out as fast as possible.

"I'll hold you to that." He half joked. He rarely joked and when he did it was more menacing and threatening than him being lighthearted and good humored.

The phone lit up indicating that a text had been sent and with a smile she thanked god for it "But, hey Dad, I have to get going. Magi's on her way to my dorm to study." She hadn't needed to check her phone to know that it was Magi. It was like clockwork that she'd text and not even five minutes later she'd knock on the door.

"Alright, I'll call you next week and we'll talk about you coming down. Be good." He said and she replied with a 'Yep. Bye' then hung up the phone. Placing the phone back onto the bed she glanced over at the clock 4:45pm, she had managed to sleep for an hour and even then she wanted to sleep even more.

'The joys of rarely sleeping through the night due to stress of school,' she thought to herself.

Remaining in bed Nora looked at the other side of her room, posters of various bands hung against the wall and a nest chair with random colored pillows sat below. Why her Mother thought a nest chair was a good idea was beyond her. It was tacky and made her room give off a more retro hippy style. Not a sophisticated 18 year old who wanted to prove to her family that she wasn't just a spoiled MC President's daughter. She needed to get rid of it, and maybe put a small loveseat in its place.

A small knock broke her thought and without even getting up to answer Magi walked in. She was shorter standing at almost 5'2, curved hips, sloped shoulders that gives the illusion of an hour glass figure, bright blue eyes that even in the artificial light still seemed to sparkle, pouty pink lips that the boys could not get enough of, even Brad made comments about how kissable they were, and her hair blonde verging on almost white. Nora always joked that Magi looked like Stahma Tarr from Defiance; it was eerie how she resembled her.

"Hey Girl!" her bubbly voice boomed as she jumped onto the bed.

"Well aren't you just excited." Nora laughed while moving her leg to avoid any unwanted injury as Magi flopped onto the bed. Resting her arm against the side of her head as the smile still remained bright as if she had a secret or something important to say Nora gave a suspicious look "Wait...What did you do?" she asked accusingly.

Magi's eyes widened and her smile dropped "Can't I just be happy to see you? Why do you assume I did something?" her voice squeaked.

'Busted' Nora thought to herself. "I never said you couldn't be happy. I just know you, Mag's" she commented back with a know it all smile across her lips. Nora had known Magi long enough to know when she was up to something. Memories of them going to a frat party instead of going to the Library as promised came through her mind.

Magi shifted so that she now sat in the same exact way Nora had been sitting "Fine" she said deflated "The carnivals in town tonight and I think we should go."

"The carnival? Are you seri…" she paused and narrowed her eyes "wait, will that Opie guy be going? Am I going to be the third wheel?" She'd never actually met the boyfriend named Opie; she hadn't even seen photos of him. Just stories about how loving he was, and how he worked at a repair shop.

"Opie will be there" she nodded happily "and you won't be the third wheel, there will be other people. I thought it's about time one of my best friends meet him." Magi beamed before looking over at Nora pleading "Please, it can be for like an hour. That's it."

Sighing she looked at the books that sat across her desk and then back to Magi who continued to hold her pleading look "well…" she began to say looking back at her books "I guess it wouldn't hurt to take a break."

"Yes! You've been studying nonstop anyway! Come have some fun and forget about your worries for one night." Magi clapped happily before sliding off the bed to stand "We'll leave at 7:00. Dress somewhat nice, okay?" she added the last part and Nora knew why. With her change of appearance meant a change of wardrobe, so instead of her dresses, short shorts, basically anything girly had been switched to skinny jeans, baggy shirts, flats or chucks, and sweaters. Her girly side had long since gone and now stands a bit of a tom boy.

"Promise me this, Nora." Magi repeated, both hands firmly planted on her hip as she waited expectantly for an answer.

Letting out an exasperated sigh, she nodded "Fine, for you I will dress girly but just tonight. That's it." She went quiet and then started laughing gaining a confused look from Magi.

"What?" she asked with a tilt of the head.

As she continued the burst of laughter she pointed to her closet "I just realized I have nothing but jeans, shirts and sweaters. I can't really dress 'girly'" she quoted "I just have what I have in my closet."

"…What?" Magi gaped "Shut up, are you serious?" Turning her back on Nora she walked towards the closet and opened it. Nora wasn't lying when she said she hadn't had anything really girly. "How is this even possible?" Magi muttered to herself before spinning around again "I guess you'll just wear something of mine."

Now, normally Nora would be okay with this, accepting even. But Magi had a sense of style that would make even the croweaters blush. But when you have the body like her's Nora could understand why she would dress the way she does.

"Mags, I don't kn…." She began to say but got cut off.

"Don't worry; I won't make you look like a slut or anything." Magi smiled "I have a dress that on me is super long but for you it would fit perfectly. I swear."

"Alright…" Nora said defeated. Arguing with her friend would be useless, and she knew better than to fight this one when she knew she would never win.