Alex stepped out of his SUV heading up to his door. The door was open already. She must have let herself in, like she usually did. How could he forget he had given her a key to his place? This wasn't going to be good.

He made his way toward the bedroom where he knew she would be.

"You have been busy lately, huh?" Rebecca was laying in his bed. "Where were you last night? I stopped by and waited for you..." She got up and made her way over to him, grabbing a hold of his shirt. "But you never came home."

He grabbed her hand gently pushing it away. "Something came up"...he started.

She backed away from him with a questionable look.

"We can't do this anymore, Rebecca." He didn't know exactly what was going on between him and Norma, but he knew he had to end this, whatever it was between him and Rebecca. Which was nothing but sex mostly anyways...so he thought.

"Do what? What exactly are we doing?" She asked sarcastically.

He looked away from her. He didn't really know what to say. "I'm sorry."

"You're sorry?" She was angry. "So, you're seeing someone?" Her eyes were starting to fill with tears.

"That's really none of your business, I don't have to explain my personal life to you." He told her.

"Okay, so I'll just get out of your house then. Since you don't even have the decency to tell me the truth." She grabbed her coat from the coat rack and stormed out the door. He took a deep breath and started to unbutton his uniform.

Norma was in the kitchen cutting up some peppers when Alex walked in.

"Are you cooking something?" He asked.

She jumped. "Alex, you scared me!"

"Sorry, didn't mean to. How are you doing?" He had been worried about her.

"I'm good, yeah. Just making some dinner...stuffed peppers. Hope you're hungry," she said nervously. He knew when Norma got nervous, she always would change the subject.

He grabbed a hold of her hands, grabbing the knife she was using and setting it down on he counter. "Talk to me."

"Everything's fine, really." She lied to him.

"Did something happen today?" He asked.

"No, no...actually I found a really great place for Norman, " she smiled.

"That's great." He smiled back at her.

"I just realized I'm not going to be able to afford this place, it's so beautiful, but it's never going to happen. I don't have any insurance for him. I just don't know what I'm going to do to help Norman if I can't even pay for him to get the help he needs..."

Alex thought about what Norma was explaining to him. He wanted to help her any way that he possibly could. He didn't have to think twice about what he was about to say.

"You could marry me," he gave her a half smile. "If you married me, I can put Norman on my insurance." He told her.

Norma's eyes widened when she registered his words. Did he just ask her to marry him?

"You would do that for me?" She felt as if she might cry. Actually, she might have already started to.

"Why wouldn't I?" He asked her and placed a hand on her cheek.

"I don't know what to say." Tears were now running down her face.

He smiled and wiped her tears away. "You could say yes." He laughed.

There was a bit of a pause...she was staring at him, starting to become lost in his eyes. Then she said it. She blurted out the words. "I love you." She didn't even mean to say it. It just came out. Maybe she shouldn't have? Now she was starting to panic. Now she's really made a fool of herself! She froze and couldn't move or say another word.

It didn't take him but a second to respond. He smiled..."I love you too." She let out a deep breath and smiled back at him. He leaned in and kissed her lips softly.

He slowly separated from her lips to ask, "So, instead of cooking why don't we go out to dinner to celebrate?"

"Oh, no, it's fine...the weather is pretty bad out there still..." She started.

"Yeah, it's okay, we can take my truck. Come on. I think I can handle driving in some rain..." he laughed. He wasn't going to take no for an answer.

"Okay, Sure. Let's go!" She couldn't stop smiling. "I'm just gonna go change, I'll be right back." Norma ran to the stairs to head to her bedroom.

She decided on a pretty little black dress with flowers and some small heals, with her hair pulled back in a clip with flowers, to match the dress.

Alex opened the passenger side door for Norma and she hopped in. He got in and started to drive them to the restaurant.

"So where are you taking me?" She asked.

"You'll see when we get there."

"Fine." She said. He laughed at her. She was cute when she got mad. He couldn't resist.

"I'm about to turn the truck around and take you back home..." He glanced over at her quickly with a smirk on his face. "You look beautiful," he couldn't keep his eyes off of her. He reached his right arm over to place his hand on her leg just above her knee, where her dress ended.

"I think you'd better keep your eyes on the road." She teased.

"I can't do that with you wearing that dress next to me." He wanted her more than anything he'd ever wanted his entire life.

It was dark now as they pulled into the restaurant parking lot. Alex had noticed in his rearview the headlights of the car behind them pulling in also. He didn't really think anything of it and turned to find a spot. He opened the door for Norma and helped her out.