Sara's POV
Norman gets up to check on his son. He closes his bedroom door and sits back down on the couch, this time he's right next to me. "I guess I should go..." "You could sleep here...of you want. Take the couch." "Are you sure?" "Yeah, I'll get you a blanket and a pillow, your welcome to stay." He goes into his room, takes a pillow off the bed and a blanket off of a chair in his room. "Here ya go." "Thanks." I lay on his couch wide awake, looking around his apartment. I see pictures of him and Sean Patrick Flanery, pictures of him and Mingus and a picture of his ex. She was pretty, of course she was she's a goddamn model. As I lay there in silence I hear Mingus cry for his Dad, Norman runs out of his room and into his. I follow and watch him comfort Mingus from the doorway.
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Norman's POV
"What is it bud?" "I had a bad dream." "Yeah what was it?" "The Walkers were after me." I laugh and look back at Sara. "Too many comic-books before bed". She nods and smiles. "Ya know Mingus, my son used to have nightmares about that comic too..." Sara sits next no me on Mingus's bed and tells him how to make the "scary walkers" go away. "All you do is tell them your Dad is going to beat their a-" "-behinds" she laughs at me "okay, behinds, if they don't stop chasing you. It worked for my son...his dad is always there for him just like yours."
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Sara's POV
"Why aren't you there for your son?" I start to tear up and walk of out the room so they don't see me cry. After Norman gets Mingus back to sleep he comes to check on me. "I'm really sorry..." "No, don't be, it's fine...I'm fine.""Good...Well, I'm awake now. Wanna watch tv?" I nod and he sits next to me, turning on the tv.
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Norman's POV
I start flipping channels, trying to find something to watch. I ask Sara what she wants on and there's no reply. I look over, she's sleeping with her head on my shoulder. Well if she's going back to sleep so am I. I take the blanket I gave her and cover both of us up. This is the closest I've been to someone in a long time.
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Sara's POV
In the morning I wake up with Norman's arms around me. It feels amazing but the moments ruined by my phone ringing. Fuck. It's Billie calling to remind me about our meeting today with CPS, the last one I get. "Okay, I'll see you at 2." I through down my phone. "What's wrong?" "My ex and I have a meeting with CPS today...if I'm late again I can't see my son." "Well...I could drive you." I give him my address and apartment number so he can pick me up. "Thanks, I better go get ready." As I walk out of his apartment, Frank is walking out of his.
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Frank's POV
"I see you met my neighbor." She nods "he's pretty cool, and he let me sleepover." "Did you...sleepover in his mouth?" I ask with a wink. "Ugh No Frank, some people can actually just be friends." I laugh "okay, I was actually just getting ready to go to your apartment and get my shit. Wanna ride?" "Fine, only because I don't feel like walking." The ride to her apartment is non stop arguing. It's mostly about how much I hurt her. "You don't know how bad I want to fucking call Haley and tell her what your doing!" I stop the car and grab her by the neck. "You tell her, you die."
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Sara's POV
I slap his hand away "your fucking crazy...your sick." "Let's just get my shit out of your place and we'll go out separate ways." I help him pack his "shit" and stick a note in one of his books. It basically just says how much I loved him and how much he hurt me and that I thought he was the one...I guess I wasn't good enough though. After he leaves I get ready for the meeting. Norman shows up and drives me there. When we get there Billies standing outside the building, shocked that i showed up.
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Billie's POV
I watch her get out of some guys car. She thanks him and shuts the door, then waves to him as he pulls off. "Who was that?" "A friend." "A male friend?...what happened to Frank?" "Oh...uh that's over." I ask her why but she says she'll tell me later...I still can't believe she made it on time. We go into the meeting and they ask Sara some questions about her medication.
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Sara's POV
I answer all the questions honestly. When the lady interviewing us asks to do a blood test to see if I've been drinking alcohol I'm shocked. "Wait, I thought I was just supposed to lay off the meds?" "No the agreement was alcohol and meds. Why? Did you drink last night?" Billie asks. Maybe it's out of my system by now..."No...no go ahead." They take some blood from me and leave Billie and I alone while they get the results. "So who was that guy?" "It was..Norman Reedus." He laughs "well that has to be a dream come true for you." "Yeah...it reminded me of when I met you..."
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Billie's POV
I smile for a second before the last re-enters the room with Sara's results. "Let's take a look" she puts on her glasses and looks at the paper. "I'm afraid you have alcohol in your system....which means you can't see your son." I look over at Sara, she's crying. "Please, please no. I didn't know about the alcohol thing, I just thought it was my pills. Please! Please have a heart, let me see my son again."
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Sara's POV
The women shakes her head "we're doing this for the protection of your son." "I WOULD NEVER HURT HIM!" "But you already have. Now get out of my office." I walk outside and wait for Norman to come pick me up. Billie comes up behind me "I thought you didn't drink last night?" "I did...I had some scotch with Norman.... I thought it would be out of my system. Plus I didn't know." Billie shakes his head "why would you? You never pay attention to anything." I hold back my tears as he yells at me. "What does it matter? I thought you didn't want me to see our son?" "Well...he wants to see you" "then let me see him." "Maybe when you start acting like an adult." Norman pulls up in front of us, thank god.
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Norman's POV
She gets in the car and flips Billie off as we pull away. "Is everything okay?" "No...I can't see my son again because I had one fucking glass of scotch." She completely looses it. I rub her back trying to calm her down. "Can you drive by Billie's apartment?" "Why?" "I want to give my son something." "I don't think that's a good idea." She gives me his address and I go there. "I don't know about this..." "It'll be fine. I'll be right back."
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Sara's POV
I hit the call button and Billie's voice comes on. "It's me." "Jakob isn't here." "Okay....I just wanted to come up and leave something for him." He buzzes me in and we talk for a while. "Jakob will be home soon and I don't want you here when he is." "I'm staying." He shakes his head, getting mad. "Your not seeing our son." Just then the door opens to reveal Jakob and Taylor. I get up and start walking towards him when Billie tackles me and grabs my ankles, dragging me to the elevator that opens in his apartment "Mommy!" "Jakob mommy's sorry." I kick Billie off of me and stand in the elevator with my arms open. That's when Jakob lets go of Taylor's hand, runs into the elevator with me and the doors close behind him.
