Brothers Sean and Norman are closer than close, have eachothers back on everything, Happily married Sean has it all, perfect home, perfect wife, perfect life, Sean is a soldier in the US Army and when he gets called to fight in Iraq he leaves behind...
The next morning Claire woke up to arms around her, smiling she rolled over hoping this had all been a horrible dream and then the realisation of last night hit her, it was Norman, her husband's brother. "Shit" she whispered to herself as he slept, looking at the clock she saw it was 7am, time to get ready for work. Noticing a photo of Sean by the clock she flipped it down mainly out of guilt.
Scrubbing herself nearly raw in the shower she put on some makeup and got dressed, her first day back at work since this whole nightmare began. Too ashamed to wake Norman she left him in bed and went to work.
Pulling up at the school she saw Lucy's car was there and ran into the staff lounge in hopes of catching her before school began "oh girly how are you?!" Lucy said wrapping her arms around Claire "sorry i couldnt make it yesterday, i had these papers to mark" she apologised, "oh dont worry about it. To be honest i wouldnt of noticed you there, the whole day was a blur" Claire began, looking down at the ground Lucy could tell something was up "you okay?" Lucy asked placing a hand on her shoulder "oh Luce ive fucked up so bad!" She whispered shaking her head. "Why?" Lucy asked confused. After a long pause Claire explained "i slept with Norman last night" Lucy choked on her tea "no way!" She yell whispered wiping the tea she had nearly spat out from her lips. Claire nodded in disappointment at herself "oh girl, dont worry about it...you two are grieving..not exactly going the right way about it but if if helped at all..." Lucy tried to reassure her friend who was becoming tearful at this point "dont beat yourself up about it" she added. Walking Claire to class she tried to lighten the mood "so how was he?" Causing Claire to laugh "Lucy!" She called out playfully slapping Lucy on the back.
During teaching all Claire could think about was last night, Norman's hands all over her body, touching her like she had never been touched before and then the guilt hit her like a ton of bricks. She knew she shouldnt of done it, especially more than once but it helped ease the pain for however long it lasted.
As the day finished up Claire packed her things away, her classes today behaved themselves with no disruptions, the whole school knew she had lost her husband in such a cruel way and respected that. "Claire...call for you" Lucy called into her classroom. Putting her bags down and heading down to reception she picked up the receiver.
"Hello?" She spoke
"Its me" Norman said
"Oh...you alright?" She asked trying to speak quietly so the receptionists didnt ear wig
"Yea...um...was just wondering, do you fancy dinner tonight?" He asked nervously
"Um..i cant, have a lot of papers to grade" she lied, but she didnt want this to become a thing. It couldnt.
"Oh okay...guess ill see you around then?" He responded, disappointment clear in his voice.
"Bye" she said putting the phone down.
Grabbing her bags and heading home she felt relieved she had confessed to her friend but still the guilt stayed. Never again she promised herself. Entering her house the smell of bad cooking hit her "hello?!" She called out confused, Norman poked his head around the kitchen door "hey!" He replied chirpily.
"What are you doing here?" She asked but he cut her off by placing a wine glass in her hand. "Attempting linguine" he joked causing Claire to shake her head and laugh "well it being stuck to the pan is a bad sign" she giggled taking the pan off the stove and scraping it from the now burnt pan. "I tried" he huffed as she nervously scratched his head "pass me that pizza menu" she asked after clearing up. "I wanted to see you about last night" he began before Claire cut him off "it was a mistake" Claire said trying to convince herself it was "have dinner tonight as mates and then you go home...deal?" She offered. "You are my husbands brothers its wrong" she finished before heading upstairs to change into sweats and a t shirt.
Lounging on the sofa scoffing pizza Claire threw her crust down "im stuffed" she groaned "more for me!" Norman teased shoving her crust in his mouth and showing her as he chewed with his mouth open. Swallowing Norman began "dont feel bad about last night...i dont" "how can you not? Feel like ive shit over my marriage vows" Claire tutted "it happened, nothing we can do about it. Just accept it" he stated. He was right. They had to accept it.
Claire suggested a movie. "You've never seen Goodfellas?" Norman asked in disbelief, shaking her head Claire said "i like rom coms and Titanic." Norman shook his head at her 'naivety' "come on you will love this" he reassured her placing the dvd in the player. Before long Claire had fallen asleep, Norman continued to watch the movie, it was one of his favourites. Feeling Claire's head get heavier on his shoulder he gently let her sleep on his lap to make her more comfortable.
Trying to stir her as the movie ended she wouldnt budge, Norman managed to get from underneath her head and turn the the television off "Claire" he whispered gently shaking her "mmm" she moaned, grabbing her hand to try and rouse her he felt her grip tighter on his hand "Claire..wake up" he whispered again, "come on ill take you to bed" slinging her arm around his shoulder her led her up the stairs turning every light but the hallway one off as he passed. Removing the covers so Claire could get in her nudged her to lay down "you come too" she muttered "Claire i cant...come on go to bed" he said loud enough for her to stir from her half sleep state, throwing the cover over her he tucked her in when he felt her hand grip his arm, turning to face her he saw her wide awake and looking at him with her big brown eyes "stay...come on i want you to" she whispered moving over so he could get in. Norman tried to relent for a while but eventually got in and pulled her onto his chest. He felt her hand move down to his pants and begin stroking him "Claire...we agreed" he tried to stop her "shutup" she whispered placing a finger on his lips. It wasnt long before he was making love to her with her moaning his name.
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