Norma Jean

chapter 14



Norma



“So what is your story?” I ask Teagan in between bites of ice cream she pulled out of the freezer.

“Oh good lord. It’s a long one, are you sure you have time? You might need some tissues as well!” she laughs but I have a feeling she’s serious.

“Yeah I want to know. I’m super nosy, I get it from my…Grammy.” I look down at my hands which are folded in my lap.

“Hey it’s okay, I think it’s human nature to be nosy. I hear though your Grammy was really good at it.” She smirks over at me before placing her spoon down in the tub of Southern Blackberry Cobbler. “Well I’m one of six. My five brothers and sisters are all from the same mom and dad. I’m not. My dad and step mom were going through a rough patch and he cheated which produced me.” She scowls before shoving more ice cream in her mouth. When she’s done swallowing she goes on, “My mom didn’t think it was a good idea for me to know about my brothers or sisters, not until I was ten and she was dying from breast cancer. I was devastated. I honestly didn’t know what to do. Caden and Jaden are two weeks older than me and were in the same grade as me! I’m like, you just decided to spring this on me just because you’re dying? Gee thanks mom.” She rolls her eyes looking up the stairs for a second. “I got over the pain and moved on with my life. Though Caden and Jaden like to think they control my life. I really don’t think Caden cared about my relationship with Declan. He didn’t even know about it till it was too late anyway. I was already in love with him. Like he has any room to talk. But thats a different story.” She shrugs her shoulders looking back at me.

“So they didn’t want you to be with Declan? Why? He seems to have his head on straight. He puts all the guys I know to shame, including Chance.” I stuff the spoon in my mouth savoring the deliciousness of the ice cream.

“Jaden has…issues. Declan was his best friend in the whole world. He didn’t want me to get hurt because I had been through enough pain in my short life.” She pauses taking in a deep breath. “Jaden didn’t even know until I had a miscarriage. And I didn’t even know I was pregnant. The entire family had sheltered me all my life so it’s safe to say I was pretty immature. I actually tossed Declan out of my hospital room and told him I never wanted to see him again. It took me months to come to my senses. I’m lucky he was still waiting for me.”

I grab her hand and squeeze. “Oh my god that is horrible! I can’t imagine that kind of loss. Children are precious and it hurts me to think of you losing yours before you even knew it existed.”

She looks up at me and smiles softly. “It’s okay. Yeah I’ll always be sad about it, but one day I’ll have more with Declan. They won’t replace the child I lost, don’t get me wrong, but it will fill in some of the hole in my heart.” A tear leaks out of her green eyes and I gently swipe it away.

“Don’t worry my story is way more f*cked up.” I state looking up towards the stairs now. I know he is sitting up there doing whatever. I still can’t believe I’m this close to him when I thought I never would be again. It’s an amazing feeling.

“Well since I poured out my soul, lets hear it!” Teagan exclaims pulling a couch pillow into her lap, squeezing it tight.

“Well I had terrible acne when I was a pre-teen. Chance was going through a lot at the same time, so he took that out on me. He made fun of me for months and I still have scars from it to this day.” Sometimes when I close my eyes I can still feel the hurt and anger over everything I did. “So one night about 4 years ago, he came home drunk while I was watching Macy. I was asleep on the couch and he thought it would be okay to kiss me. I thought, wow I finally have something over him. I could make him fall in love with me and have my revenge.”

“Did you? I know it’s not my place but you really did a number on him. He sometimes calls your name out in the middle of the night. Caden used to ask him about past girlfriends and he would flinch and brush him off.” She smirks before eating more of the cold treat. “All the boys in this house have been screwed up by love. It’s a wonder they can even live normal lives.”

“I kept waiting for him to admit he loved me, but before he could I said it. And I meant it. He wasn’t that boy anymore who tormented me. He grew up and was an actual gentleman. I couldn’t crush him. I just wanted to be with him.” I squeeze my eyes shut remembering the words out of Creeds mouth that day. God how stupid was I? “Then Creed happened.”

“What did he do? Other than the obvious.” Teagan says quietly.

“He told me Chance was cheating. I totally believed him because I was still pretty insecure and couldn’t believe that Chance really wanted to be with me. Now I know better.” Which is truer than it ever was.

“And then Creed wormed his way into your life because of that. Wow he’s even more of a freak than I thought. I can’t believe you have been through all this and you’re still sitting here like a normal person.” She leans forward and places the empty ice cream tub on the coffee table.

“Throughout my entire relationship with Creed I knew that one day it would end. He would either kill me or get bored. It might have taken him awhile but he finally got bored. Though I should have already known he would think of me as his property for the rest of my life. That’s how he works.” It’s amazing to me what kind of things people can hide away under their skin. If you think about it, everyone is hiding a different person, one the rest of the world doesn’t know about.

“That is what these kind of guys think like. He is also pretty peeved that he went through all that trouble to break you and Chance up and you went right back to him the second you could.” I’ve thought of it that way myself. He couldn’t let go of the fact he ruined us but didn’t.

“I’ve been dealt so much shit my entire life, I’ve come to expect it. I kind of feel like this is all I have in store for me. I’ve only ever been truly happy with Chance and Creed is doing everything in his power to take that away from me.” I lay my head back on the couch and close my eyes. I’m suddenly tired, more tired than I have ever been. I feel like my every waking moment is a fight, a fight for the things I need to make me happy. The things I need to make me live a good life.

I never thought things would just fall at my feet, but sometimes I would like one little break. My dad has been absent my entire life and then I find out he was having sex with my mom, in my house while I was home and he didn’t bother to say hello. Chance made me feel bad about myself along with the entire school. But I find out he isn’t that guy anymore, then he is stolen from me. Enter Creed who is the sickest person I have ever met. My life is one big cluster f*ck.

“I think I’m going to head to bed. I like the whole slumber party idea, but I would rather not sleep on the floor.” I tell Teagan rising up from the couch.

“Yeah I didn’t really think we would, it was mostly for show. I didn’t have any girlfriends growing up so I thought it would be fun to have a slumber party.” She shrugs her shoulder.

I give her a hug, squeezing her tiny body up against me. “I didn’t have girlfriends either. Not until I went to college and my roommate took me under her wing. Though I don’t know what kind of friend she really is since she hasn’t called me in weeks.” I let her go saying good night and heading up the stairs.

I find Chance playing cards in what I assume is Declan’s room. It’s clean and there are a few items that scream girl. Which means Teagan put them there. “I’m ready for bed Chance.” I speak out since they didn’t notice my entrance into the room.

He looks up at me surprised and can only grin. I did tell him I wouldn’t sleep in the same bed with him. Though the incident in the truck kind of changes things. “Okay smalls.” He bids goodnight to the guys, getting a catcall from Caden.

Chance leads me down the hall to a bedroom at the end of the landing. It’s smaller but it’s still bigger than my dorm room. It’s also screams Chance. The hunter green walls are bare except for a few pictures of his family. The bed is made with a matching comforter and pillows. His closet doors are open and I take in all his clothes. I have to stop myself from walking over and touching them all and taking in his wonderful scent.

“There’s a bathroom through that door if you want to brush your teeth and stuff.” He points to a door on the other side of the bed and I nod.

I do my “thang” and walk back out into the bedroom. Chance is sitting on the bed in a pair of boxers. His tattooed side hiding in the dim light. I suck in a breath at the way he looks up at me. I feel the liquid heat ignite in my stomach and spread to my legs. It’s amazing what a look can do to someone. And Chances right now is burning me alive. “Stop it.” I say breathily.

“No. Come here.” He growls pulling me along with those hazel eyes. The green and caramels seem to swirl around with the lust written in them. “I didn’t realize how incredibly sexy it would be for you to wear my clothes. All I want to do is rip them off of you.”

I walk forward to him and place my hands on his shoulders. “No more ripping. That was a great pair of panties you ruined.” I chuckle when he looks up and grins at me. “I love you, big foot.” I sigh kissing his full lips.

His hands land on my ass squeezing the flesh making me moan. “I love you, smalls.” He whispers out leaving my lips and trailing kisses down my neck heading straight for my nipples, which are poking out through his shirt.

Before long we are tearing those clothes off and making love roughly on his bed. It’s incredible and I want these feelings to last forever. I never thought I would be able to have Chance back in my life and it makes everything seem surreal now that he is.

After we finish I lie back on the bed and cuddle into his side. It isn’t long before he falls asleep.

All I can do is stay awake wondering how long this will last.



Chance



“One day while my light is glowing, I’ll be in my castle golden, but until the gates are open I just wanna feel this moment…” Norma sings out in the shower. Feel This Moment by Pitbull plays softly from the iPod dock she took into the bathroom. The sun is shining in through my window, casting a bright haze around the room. I feel high on life for the first time since the last time Norma was in my life. Like I could do anything and be anybody.

I honestly freaking love it.

“She read books, especially about red rooms and tie ups. I got her hooked, cause she seen me in a suit with a red tie tied up…” she raps along to Pitbull. I chuckle at her thinking she could have played a better song. I’m not really into this type of music. Give me Machine Head or Disturbed any day. I only know songs like this one and Maroon 5 because Teagan plays them all the time. It’s rather annoying.

My mind starts to drift off to where Norma’s perfect naked body is in my shower covered in tiny drops of water. All glistening in the light and begging me to lick them off. My cock starts to harden in my boxers and my hand has a mind of its own. I’ve never had so much sex in my life but with the magnificent creature I have in my bathroom right now, it’s hard to stay soft.

As my hand starts to pump up and down my length, I kind of feel like a pervert but it doesn’t stop me. I get lost in what I’m doing until a warm wet tongue touches the tip of my cock. My eyes burst open and I take in Norma Jean on her knees completely naked next to my bed. Her head is level with my cock and all I really want for the rest of my life is for her to suck me into her mouth.

Which she does right after I move my hand in shock.

“Oh my god. Norma…you really don’t have to do that.” I say, my back arching off the bed as her hot little mouth pumps slowly along the hardness.

There’s a loud pop as she raises her head to look up at me. “I know. But I really couldn’t help myself.” She smirks, the little vixen.

She lowers her lips back over me and her tongue comes out again to swirl around. I groan really loud wanting the torture to go on and on. All damn day long. She envelops me again with her mouth and I swear I see stars when my cock hits the back of her throat. “Jesus f*ck.” I moan out, my hands fisting into her wet hair.

Her eyes catch mine and she winks. Seriously she is a vixen. I can’t take it anymore and pull out of her mouth spraying semen all over my sheets. When I’m done I pull her face up to mine and give her a deep lingering kiss. “Amazing right?” she asks smiling and biting her lip.

“Yeah…I think I died.” Which is true in some ways. The French do call the orgasm the “little death”.

She laughs hard before getting up off the floor and heading back into the bathroom, her sweet ass swaying with each step. Jesus she is so sexy. I can’t be this lucky.

I get my lazy ass up and pull the sheets off my bed and toss them into the hamper I have stashed in my closet. I pull my boxers off and head into the bathroom, turning on the shower. “What do you want to do today?” I inquire stepping under the hot spray.

“Doesn’t matter. It’s not like I really know what to do around here.” She shrugs her shoulders running her eyeliner pencil across her eyelid.

“I do realize I kidnapped you, but what about school?” I question soaping up my hair.

“I have a leave of absence. I turned in a letter of intent to the Dean the day after Grammy died. He approved it.” I peek out of the curtain and find her sitting on the toilet in just a towel with full makeup.

“That’s convenient. I don’t have class till tomorrow so I’m all yours.” I turn the shower off and step out accepting the towel Norma holds out for me.

She moves away from the toilet and stands in front of me after I’m dry. “What is your major anyway?” she asks placing her arms around my neck, her hands sliding through my damp hair.

“Accounting. Sounds boring right?” I grin placing a kiss on her nose.

She giggles, “You were always stupidly good at math. I’m honestly not surprised in the least.” My hands wrap around her waist and pull her even closer.

“What’s your major? Let me guess!” I pull a finger up to my chin and tap like I’m actually thinking about it. “Zoology!” I mock exclaim placing my hand back on her hip.

She lightly smacks my chest grinning wide. “Nope. Education.” She giggles again at my shocked expression.

“I thought it would be something to do with Zoos so you could work with Reptiles and Spiders.” She of course rolls her eyes at me.

“That’s not very practical since there is like only one Zoo in Arkansas and that’s in Little Rock. I don’t want to be that far away from my mom. I love kids and I want to teach kindergarten. I can thank Macy for that. She is fun at this age.” She kisses my cheek before stepping out of my arms.

“There’s nothing wrong with that, smalls. Be what you want to be.” I smile at her before moving into the bedroom to get dressed.



*****



“So you’re telling me you have never been skating? Like at all?” I ask Norma who eyes the skates I got for her at the front desk of the skating rink.

“No. Shoes with wheels freak me out. You seriously like to do this?” she questions eyeing me with caution.

I nod my head before sitting down beside her. “It’s fun. I used to be really good, but I haven’t skated in years. After everyone else our age got over it, I didn’t. I even had my own pair. They were styled like converses but of course they had wheels.”

“You are like really excited for this aren’t you?” she asks raising one eyebrow.

“Yeah, skating is totally freeing. The way you can move around the rink weaving in and out of people. The way your hair flys in the breeze.” Norma looks at me like I have lost my mind, but I don’t care. “I don’t know, it was really fun. It was something I was really good at and I enjoyed doing.”

“No I get it. Kind of like my snakes and spiders. Not something everyone does but still something you enjoy that no one else understands.” She grins then, pulling on her skates.

“So you’re going to go out there with me?” I start to get excited. I thought she was going to turn me down.

“Yeah. I got you to hold Rydstorm even though you were scared. Why can’t I do something that scares me for you?” I feel my heart lighten at her words. She truly surprises me sometimes.

I quickly kiss her on the cheek before pulling her up. We slowly skate across the carpet to the opening of the rink. I take her hand in mine and tug her out on the shiny wood floor with me. She looks terrified but since there aren’t but two other people in the rink, she has nothing to worry about. Besides I would never let her fall.

“We will take it slowly, don’t worry. I won’t let you go till you have it down.” I smile encouragingly at her starting to skate backwards holding on to both of her hands.

“You promise?” the terror starts to pass slowly as we gently move around the rink.

“Promise.” I lift her hand up to my lips. I haven’t done this in a while but I still have the hang of it, moving easily backwards.

“You’re really good at this.” She says like she thought I was pulling her leg.

“I told you smalls.” I start moving faster and let go of one of her hands moving to skate forwards. Her legs move easily with mine and I don’t think she has anything to worry about. “You ready to go on your own?” I ask gently.

She looks terrified again for a second before it morphs into determination. “Yes. I’m ready.”

I grin and let go of her hand. I skate ahead of her letting my speed pick up. I love Norma but I want to go fast and feel free for the first time in years. God how I have missed this. After a while I peek back behind me and Norma has a soft smile on her face while she watches me. I start to smile back but she stumbles and falls over to her hands before I can. “Norma!”

I race over to her and pick her up gently. She is shaking and I think she has hurt herself. “I’m okay, Chance.” Her voice breathless with laughter.

“What so funny?” I question confused.

“I was so engrossed in you, I lost my footing. God I have it bad.” She turns her head away from me as her cheeks turn pink.

I place my fingers on her chin and turn her face back to mine. “Good. I have it so f*cking bad for you, I can’t think straight.” We both grin like idiots and climb back up to our skates. “Ready for some more?” I wink.

“Yes!” she yells racing ahead of me.

When Norma starts to get bored, I sit her down at a wooden bench in the food part of the rink. I order her some popcorn, nachos, and jelly beans. She was always a really weird eater. I order some nachos for myself and head back to our table.

“I still can’t believe that you eat all this shit together. I thought you would have grown out of that.” I shake my head at her as she digs into her food.

“My dad is almost forty and he stills eats like this. I believe I’m stuck with it for life.” She pops in a jelly bean followed by a chip covered in cheese and topped with a jalapeno.

“I don’t see how you can’t have heart burn after you eat all that. Or the fact you don’t weigh three hundred pounds. I’m male and I can’t even eat all that you do.” I pop my own chip in sans jalapeno.

“It’s a gift.” She grins. “No, but really, I have a high metabolism. As for the weird order it’s just genetics. I like the way they all taste together. The weirder the better.

“Whatever floats your boat, smalls.” I cross my feet under the table and feel one of her feet land in my lap.

“It floats my boat just fine, big foot.” Her toes curl on top of my dick making it twitch.

“Norma. Stop.” I plead looking around to see if anyone is paying attention to us.

She opens her mouth to reply but her phone alerts to a text message. She pulls it out of her bag and her hand slides over the touch screen. Before long all the color drains from her face. I grab the phone out of her hand without even thinking.



Creed: You can go hide away with Chance all you want but I’ll find you. Besides, you’ll need more than him to protect you, honey.



I guess no matter what we do to get away from it all, he stills finds a way to ruin it.