Beautiful With You (Norman Reedus)

Chapter 17

Norman's POV

She had my blood boiling and then she had slammed the door in my face, it only made me angrier than I was before. How could she do that Katrina? I didn't think she had it in her and I honestly couldn't see her doing it, but Katrina came home with a broken nose, which was evidence enough. I stalked down the hallway and down the stairs of her apartment. I flung the door open, the wind whipping my hair around my face as the snow fell around me. I flung the car door open and slammed it shut. None of this was helping my anger go down but I just couldn't help but do it. I knew who saw her last and I wanted to talk to him about her, to see what he thinks about all of this. So I headed towards his hotel room, having surprised his wife with tickets to come here and visit with the kids.

I pulled into the parking lot and turned the car off, trying to calm myself down before I went in there. I didn't want to take any of this out on Andy when it wasn't his fault that all of this had happened. I just wanted to talk calmly to him. I got out of the car and shut the door, hearing it slam as I press the lock button on the keys and head towards the hotel, knowing exactly where his room was. I knocked on the door as I came up to it, hearing some shuffling inside.

"Norm, hey," he spoke, a small smile on his face and I know he could tell that I was angry and that something was wrong. "Come in." He stepped back and let me in, knowing that it was going to be more than a quick visit. I sighed and came in, taking a seat on the couch and glaring at the magazine that laid there, although the magazine didn't do anything wrong. Hell the damn thing was just paper but I was glaring at it as if it killed someone I loved.

"I know she was here. She punched Katrina for no reason and now she isn't even talking to me," I said, although I knew why she wasn't talking to me but I never meant to hurt her. It was never my intentions, I just don't know what to do. I really don't.

"What do you mean she punched her for no reason?" Andy asked me, confusion written on my face and I instantly became defensive.

"She fucking punched Katrina in the face when Katrina was just trying to be nice to her," I explained to him, having lost my cool a little bit and I tried to back off towards the end, not wanting to be hostile towards him.

"I don't think that is what happened," Andy said and I could tell that he knew something that I didn't and he launched into what Rae had told him and I looked to him with wide eyes. I don't know if I should believe that. I should believe what Katrina told me right? She is the one that I am with. I ran my fingers through my hair and pulled at it gently and I am so fucking confused and I am sure that Andy could tell that I was.

"I think maybe you should try and talk to Katrina about what really happened. You did a lot of damage when you went to talk to Rae and she is really hurt right now," I could tell that he cared about her and that she was one of his friends and I nodded. I didn't know what to say and Andy always seemed to be the voice of reason. He knew what to say and how to say it to make everything seem better. I sighed and rubbed my face and wondered how my life got like this. I am not used to having two girls that liked me and then having been with both girls. It was something different and it was my fault. I was the one that started things with Rae while I was kind of with Katrina and now I had hurt her. I wasn't this kind of person and I don't know when I hard turned into him. I chewed my bottom lip and looked to Andy.

"I hate this," I said, my voice broken and only showing my weakness for a little bit before hiding it. I hated being weak because it wasn't me.

"I know, Norm and I can see how much it is tearing you apart. You just need to figure it out. Maybe you should break things off with Katrina and think about everything. You need to figure out who you care about more and who you feel more like yourself with."