Norma Jean - By Amanda Heath Page 0,89

lock of my hair behind my ear and I nuzzle closer.

Things get pretty serious after that. It’s on the tip of my tongue to tell him about the baby but I don’t know how to do that just yet. I know he says he want to be with me, but he hasn’t shown me any proof. I guess I just want to be completely sure. “Are you sure you want to put up with my crazy ass?”

He raises an eyebrow while answering, “Yeah I want to put up with you. What kind of question is that?”

“I guess I just want to know where we stand.” I hide my face in his chest not wanting to see his face right now.

He tips my chin up with his index finger. “What do you want, Norma?”

I go with what my gut tells me to do and say. “I wanna make it last forever.” I slide my cheek against his and whisper in his ear.

He turns his head until we are eye to eye. He stares deep into my soul bringing out shivers that pass my entire body. “There’s no making it. It will be forever. You’re the only person on this earth I will ever love like this. That I swear to you.”

My chest feels like it might explode and I know my face is lit up with a big goofy grin. “Why couldn’t you have said this kind of thing to me in high school?”

“Because I wasn’t man enough to hold on to you then.”

Chance

Norma got out of the hospital two days after being admitted. It’s safe to say I was overjoyed. We might still have some baggage between us but I have faith we will make it through. I know she is hurting over what she had to do to Creed but that’s life. You have to make choices you don’t want to make, you just have to find a way to live with them.

No matter how she looks at it, Creed had to be stopped. He wasn’t going to give up until he did what he thought he needed to do. The man was crazy and he would have killed Norma, no doubt about it. Yeah I hate she had to kill him, I would have liked to have been the one. I feel as if it was my responsibility. I never saw the evil person he was. I never even guessed and if I had, I could have stopped a lot of bad shit from happening.

Norma and Elizabeth fought over where Norma would go after she was released. Norma thankfully won. Now she’s in my arms at my house and I couldn’t imagine a better place for her to be. I will always love this woman. Right up until my dying breath.

“What are you thinking about so hard?” she asks me in the dark, drawing circles on my naked chest.

I grin and know she can’t see it. “Just you. It’s remarkable how strong you are. Here I was trying to be a caveman and protect you but you didn’t need me to. All along you had the power to do it yourself. That’s something I love the most about you.” I kiss her cheek and run my fingers through her hair.

“Life didn’t really give me a choice. All these things I didn’t have control over built me up to be this person. I’m not proud of what I have done but I’m starting to see I have to live with it and move on. I think I will always be a little messed up over killing Creed but he would have moved on from me and done it to someone else.” One of her legs hitches up between mine pressing against my groin.

“It’s not an easy thing to get over. And no one is asking you to move on and forget it. I think it speaks volumes on the kind of person you are, that you even feel guilt and remorse. Creed wouldn’t have felt that way had he killed you. Yeah you could have handled it better, but it’s in the past. I’m ready to start moving in the right direction and I’m glad you are too.” My hand reaches under my shirt that Norma put on before we laid down. My thumb caresses the underside of one breasts and I feel her skin erupt into goose flesh.

“That feels good.” she moans turning into me more fully.

I kiss her gently before pulling away to speak. “I thought you