Norma opened her eyes to a dark room. All she could see was the clock that said 4:02 am. She felt cold and searched for more blanket. Alex had his arms wrapped around her and was still asleep. She attempted to turn herself around to face him without waking him up but that didn't seem to work.

"Where are you going?" He asked.

" I...I was cold." She stated and snuggled up into him.

Alex wrapped his arms back around and held her close to him. "Better?" He asked.

She smiled and closed her eyes. He kissed her lightly on the lips.

They both had fall back asleep together.

Alex woke up and saw that it was light out. He looked over and realized he was alone in his bed now. He got up and threw his pants on and headed out into the living room.

"Norma?" He called. Had she left already?

"Hey, I'm making some breakfast. You didn't have much to work with, so it's eggs and toast." She told him.

He smiled and walked over to her. "I thought you left."

She smiled nervously back at him. She then grabbed some toast from the toaster and set his plate down at the table. He could tell she was acting weird...even for Norma. He walked up to her and placed his hand on her cheek. "Are you okay?" He asked.

"Yeah...yeah. I'm just a little embarrassed about last night. I'm sorry. You must have been so frustrated with me. Then I --" she was cut off by him leaning in and kissing her on the lips. A slow and soft kiss. She kissed him back at first and then pulled away.

"I'm sorry. Do you regret last night?" He asked. "I knew you would...I told you. I shouldn't have taken advantage of you..." He told her feeling like a total jerk.

She looked at him half smiling. She didn't regret it. It was the opposite actually. She just wasn't sure how to act now around him. Everything seems so different and it's too much for her to handle along with everything else going on in her life. Dylan? Norman? Are they okay? She left them all alone and now she is regretting it. Her thoughts were going off and she then realized she needed to say something.

"I don't regret last night. Do you?" She finally said.

"Not at all." He answered quickly.

"I'm just worried about Norman and Dylan. I left them. Why do I do these things? Sometimes I just feel like I can't handle it anymore. All the secrets I can't keep keeping them. I feel like I'm going to explode.". She sat down at the table.

He wanted to help her but he didn't know how. She was different than any other woman he had ever met.

"What's going on? If you don't tell me, I don't know how to help you. You have to talk to me, Norma.". He told her softly.

She then got scared. She wanted to tell him the truth about Norman but she didn't know how. Maybe she wasn't ready to tell him just yet.

All of the sudden someone was banging on the front door. Alex looked out the window and made his way to answer the door.

"Sheriff Romero , you never called me back last night? Did you ever find -" Dylan stopped when he saw Norma standing behind the sheriff.

"Mom, your safe." He said walking over to her and pulled her into a hug. "Norman was really freaking out, I didn't know what to do. He needs help. " Dylan told her as he slowly let go from the hug.

"Is he okay? Where is he now?" Norma started to panic.

"Emma is with him. He okay for now. But I really think we need to talk about what we're going to do about him." He told his mother. He knew this wasn't going to be easy.

--thanks for the reviews! They made me feeI better. I was nervous to post my writing since I have never done this before. I am going through batesmotel/NormaAlex withdraws severe!! Lol. If you guys have any ideas for this story please tell me cause I don't really know where I'm going with it. I think this chapter is short. Sorry!