Nora looked throughout the sky, sitting in the passenger seat of the car Matt was driving. He ocassionally looked over at her to make sure she was okay. He had been trying to figure out what was wrong with her but he couldn't figure it out. He thought that she would be much more talkative assuming she had talked to Shane. He didn't even think that she would be riding back to the hotel with him.

"Nora...did you talk to Shane?"

"Yes, I sure did." Nora replied, looking straight ahead.

"Did you two straighten everything out?"

"Does it look like we straightened everything out?" Nora raised her voice a little, turning to Matt.

"Look, Nora, I sacrificed spending time with my girlfriend for you. We barely have time to be together since her and I so busy these days. The least you could do is not give me an attitude when you speak."

"Why is everybody mad at me? What the hell is wrong with me?!" Nora cried out before she began to sob in her hands.

"What are you talking about? Nora, I'm not trying to sound mean when I say this but you are a drama queen. You overreact on everything."

"What's that supposed to mean?!"

"Listen at you right now. You like to overreact. First, you go wild on Shane just because he tried to kiss you. Then, you get mad at him because y'all start to have sex but you brought that on yourself because you got a tongue ring! Come on, let's get serious. Isn't that why you got the tongue ring in the first place?"

Nora wiped her tears and looked up at Shane. He had a point. She did get the tongue ring so that she could see how freaky Shane really was. She got her wish and according to what Matt said, she was still complaining or overreacting.

"Yeah, that's why I got it." Nora replied, not looking Matt in the eyes.

"Well, then, what's the problem? Shane is not a bad person. You wanted to know if he likes sex and he does? Jeff and I asked him how good you were in bed and he answered the question. You blew the whole thing out of proportion. Why would you wanna put him through all this drama?"

"I don't do it intentionally. I mean...I don't know! I've just...been hurt so bad in the past. It's like one small thing led to a huge problem, which caused a break up. I'm so sick of bad relationships. I want a good one this time. I'm just scared of getting hurt, Matt."

"Well, then, tell him what you just told me. You have got to stop overreacting. It's not only driving Shane...but all of us crazy. If you're with Shane, you have to put up with me, Amy, Jeff, Shannon, my dad, his dad...basically the whole NC dynasty." Matt said, pulling into the hotel.

"There is Shane's car right there. I guess I should go apologize." Nora said, pointing to a black Lambo parked in the back of the lot.

"That would be a good idea, Molly." Matt smiled at Nora.

"Thanks, Matt, for the talk. If it's gonna keep me with Shane, I'll drop the overreacting." Nora gave Matt a hug and got out of the car to talk to Shane...if he was willing to talk to her.

Nora walked for what seemed like forever and got to the passenger side of Shane's car. She looked down in the window to see Shane messing around with his cell phone. Knowing that the door was unlocked, Nora opened the door and sat beside him. Shane looked over as she did this and sighed. He wanted to kick her out the car but it looked like she actually had something constructive to say.

"Shane, before you say anything, hear me out. I owe you an apology."

Shane put his phone in his pocket, took off his leather jacket and put his feet on dashboard before he turned to Nora.

"I'm listening...believe me, I really am."

"I wanna...apologize for being just a bitch lately. I don't blame you or no one else. I put all of the blame on myself. Matt talked to me and explained to me that I have been overreacting on every little thing that has happened in our relationship. I'm so sorry to have put you through all of this."

"You know, Nora, I don't agree with you calling yourself a bitch...because you're not. But yeah, you have been overreacting a lot lately. That's what I was thinking about when I was at that book store. I was trying to figure out what I did wrong. I think you and me really want this thing to work out. Therefore, when a little tiny force tries to come against us, we take it too seriously."

"Yeah, man, that's exactly right. I really care about you and I really don't want to lose you. That's why I followed you. I should have left you alone to deal with the situation yourself and seeing your car back here tells me that you care about me too."

"I do. Sometimes, a real bad thing can turn out to be a good thing. I think that's the case with this relationship." Shane said, moving closer to Nora.

"Does that mean you forgive me?" Nora asked, watching and anticipating Shane's every move.

"Let this kiss answer that for you." Shane said barely beneath a whisper, before he pulled her into his arms and kissed her, both releasing all of the stress they had been feeling for awhile.

I never loved someone
The way that I love you

The End.

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