{ Hi guys thanks for reading! If you follow me on Instagram and saw the post that said Caleb would be in the last chapter I'm sorry I needed to add something else. So this is the chapter with Caleb. Also just want to put a little t/w. Caleb won't be a good guy in this story. I need an antagonist sooooo he's it. Please let me know how you feel about this chapter.
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Norma sat there in the cold waiting room looking at her phone. Alex hasn't left a message or called her, he knew how big a deal this appointment was and he's nowhere to be found. She tried calling the office but Regina couldn't say where he was.
Alex still wasn't there when she was called back. Norma's blood began to boil. How could he miss this? She kept thinking the worst.
Norma declined to know what the gender was because it just wouldn't be right to do it without him. So the doctor printed off the pictures, sticking them in an envelope.
"Here. The results are in there. Your husband is a busy man so I'll let you find out with him." She holds the envelope in her hand as she passes it to Norma.
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It was around 11 o'clock when Norma heard the front door shut. She could hear her husband's footsteps as he climbed up the stairs. When he entered the room her back was facing away from him.
"Norma. Honey are you awake?" He whispers
"Don't talk to me.."
"Norma hun. I'm sorry I didn't make it. I was swamped with this murder investigation. They found a someone in the lake..."
He's cut off by his wife abruptly sitting up on the bed "I don't care Alex. You promised me you'd be there! I've been through this before and I won't again.." This is where she breaks. She wasn't mad about Alex not showing up. She was disappointed. It was her first two pregnancies all over again "I've been alone for two pregnancies I'm not doing that again!"
"Norma you're not alone! I didn't mean to miss this. I told you-"
"Do you want me to leave? I'll leave. I don't want to be a burden and I most definitely don't want my child to be one! I'm not going to let you miss things. Either you're in or you're out Alex."
"Norma-" he walks over to her "I'm in. I'm 100% in. I'm sorry I missed it. I really am. I'm not letting you do this alone and I'm not letting you go anywhere." He cups her cheeks as he kisses her. Once his lips touch hers all the built up hormones drift off. She kisses him back then pulls away.
"I didn't find out. The doctor put the pictures in here." She reaches over to her night stand pulling the white envelope out of the drawer.
"Do you wanna look?" She hands it to Alex.
He looks at the envelope with a big smile on his face. Norma watches while her husband's face lights up as he tears the top off. Alex examines the picture for a second.
"Norma?!" He looks back at his wife in shock.
The look on his face scared Norma
"What? What?! Is something wrong?" Norma takes the sonogram picture from her husband.
"Oh my god!" Her eyes widen. "Oh my god!!" She looks at him
"Is that-" they both look at the picture that clearly has two heads. Norma covers her mouth as she starts crying.
"We're having twins." She looks at him.
"We're having girls..." he stares at the picture of his daughters.
"Wait really?" She looks at the two tiny arrows that say girl next to them.
Alex almost tackles Norma down to the bed with excitement. She lets out a giggle as she falls back.
Alex looks at his wife with love "Were having girls.." his eyes were full of tears.
Norma smiles while she plays with his hair.
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It was about two weeks later when Norma got an offer on the motel. Dylan drove down to help his mother pack things up.
"Where does this go?" He holds up a vase.
"Leave it. I'm just taking important stuff." Norma was sitting on the couch rubbing her belly over Alex's button up that she tile that morning.
"Hows Alex?" Dylan says as he puts pictures in a box. He looks at the one of her and Norman as a baby before slipping it in with the rest and closing the box.
"He's good. Very excited." She smiles looking at her belly.
"I bet. It's crazy to think I'm going to have two sisters." He sets the box down when he hears his phone ring "Hey mom I gotta go. I'll be right back. I have to get Emma's favorite candies from the shop next to her dad's spot. They close in 10 and she just called to remind me." He grabs his keys before kissing his mom on the head "Don't move anything I'll be rig hit back." Norma smiles as she watches him leave.
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Norma was in the kitchen cleaning up since that is the only thing she really could do. While she was straightening up the dishes when she heard a noise at the front door.
"Hey Dylan you're back ear-" when she turns around she discovers that it's not Dylan.
"Hi Norma Louise." Caleb slowly comes in, clearly drunk.
"What are you-"
"You're pregnant?!" He says in disgust. Norma's hands fell to her belly almost as if she was trying to protect the babies inside of her.
"Caleb you need to leave.. What are you even doing here? I thought you were in Costa Rica?"
Caleb stumbles over to Norma who was stuck. She wanted to move but her body just froze.
"I came back. After our talk I wanted to come see you but when I saw an article about your son trying to kill you so I wanted to see you." He put his hand on her abdomen which made her tense up. When she felt her brothers hand in her a huge lump formed in her throat.
"Please go." She managed to squeak out.
Caleb observed his sisters face and body.
"Who's the dad? Is it that guy from dinner?" He scoffs and Norma gets a whiff of the alcohol. He smelt like Sam. She was so scared in this moment, about what he'd do to her. Images of the past pop up in her head as Caleb aggressively pulls her face to his. Kissing her so hard he stumbles a little.
"Get off!" Norma cries, pushing him off of her.
Norma's action pissed Caleb off, he lunges at her. Norma takes off running as fast as she can up the stairs.
"Come back here!" He yells.
Norma ran into her old room, locking both doors.
She sits in the bed crying hard. Norma fumbles over her phone trying to dial Alex's number when she hears a knock at her door.
"Mom? Are you okay? The door was open. Are you in here?" Dylan's knocks.
Norma comes out of the room and hugs her son tight.
"Thank god Dylan." She sobs into him.
"Mom?" He holds her "Are you okay?"
Once Norma gained her composure she sat with Dylan, telling what just occurred.
"Please don't tell Alex. He'll worry too much. Promise me."
"Okay. If he comes back call me." Dylan hugs his mom.
