She was lying on her bed, with closed eyes and a smile on her face while the sweet memories of the two of them flew through her head. She was recalling how they met and how it all begun.
It was one Saturday evening when Ali saw her two old childhood friends in cafeteria she worked in. She decided to surprise them and she quietly approached them. "Hi, what can I offer you?" she asked and the two guys finally look up from their papers with a great surprise in their eyes. "Ali?" both of them said in unison. "Hey guys! Dean, Sam," she smiled at them and the three hugged. "Come on, sit and tell us everything what's new," Dean urged Ali. "I'd really love to chat with you, but I have some work to do, you know serving the customers and so on," she winked. "Anyway, maybe if you have time when I finish?" she asked then. "And when's that?" Sam asked. "That'll be in two hours," Ali answered. "Well, that'll work perfectly," Dean smiled. "Great, so you'll wait here till I finish?" "Yup," Dean ended the conversation. After three minutes they looked up to realize Ali was still standing by their table. "What?" she said when she saw their confused looks. "You still haven't ordered anything!" she then added. "Oh, that, well I'll have one coffee," Dean said. "Me too," Sam added.
Two hours passed pretty quickly for all three of them. Ali got a lot of customers and Dean and Sam seemed to be really interested in the papers they were examining. "It's ok, I'll lock it up," Ali said to her co-worker who was just leaving. Now, there was just the three of them in the empty cafeteria. "So? What are you two up to?" Ali sat next to Sam and tried to work out what are those papers about. Sam quickly hid them when he realised that Ali is looking right into them. "Uh, nothing, just some hunting stuff," he answered still trying to get rid of the papers with Dean completely ignoring the fact. "You still do it?" Ali asked with a surprise. "Yeah, of course, it's our family tradition," Dean finally entered the discussion. "Well, it's our family tradition too, but I just couldn't do it again after, well you know after what," Ali's voice was shaking, she still wasn't comfortable talking about her parents and sister's sudden deaths. "We know and we're really sorry for what happened, we wanted to come and see how you are doing, but we kind of had our own crisis by the time..." Dean said and took Ali's hand into his to comfort her. "I know, I've heard, I got your letter, it was really nice of you, thank you guys," she smiled at them with a grateful look. The two brothers smiled at her. "So, anyway, you are up to something paranormal here? I mean, I've noticed some weird paranormal activity these past few days and I gave myself a right to investigate it a bit and this is what I've found out so far," Ali said and showed guys her notes. Guys were reading her notes with a great interest, while Ali was just sitting there and staring at them till Dean noticed her concentrated look. "What?" he asked her. "Well, I was thinking maybe you can give me your notes to look through if you don't mind," she said and pointed at the papers sticking out of Dean's bag. "What? Those? Those are just some old papers, nothing interesting, believe me," he quickly answered. "Oh, c'mon, you've been reading these in hours, there must be something in them," Ali refused Dean's answer, she knew him too well to know that he wasn't telling her the truth. "I'm telling you Ali, there's nothing interesting in them. Sam, help me out here!" Dean urged his little brother. "Dean's right Ali, there's really nothing in those papers," Sam tried to help out. "Then why don't you let me see them?" Ali asked kind of obvious question. "Well..." Dean and Sam looked at each with lost looks. "Well?" Ali asked. "Because their private!" Sam finally got a suitable answer. "You couldn't come up with that earlier, could you?" Dean asked his brother angrily. "Me? What about you? You started the whole 'they're really about nothing' thing!" Sam opposed. "So this is what are they about!" they suddenly heard Ali who in the mean time, while guys were arguing, got the chance to grab the papers. The two of them looked at her with a terrified looks. "Ali, give me those papers!" said Dean next to whom Ali was sitting now. "No, no, you have my notes to read, I have your papers, they are way more interesting, now I see what you were doing all the time," she said playfully. To tell the truth, those papers were some notes Dean and Sam got from their dad, there were all kind of things you needed to know about any kind of demon, spirit or other supernatural thing. "Wait, this resembles the thing I've been talking about!" Ali suddenly exclaimed. "Yeah, that's because we were going after that damn thing and tried to find out more," Dean replied, now completely giving up on any chances to get back the papers from Ali, he knew very well how stubborn she could be sometimes. "Wow, Ali, you got some pretty good material here, where did you find out all this?" Sam asked. "Well, you know, when you work as waitress, it's easy to make people tell you what you need," she winked at him. "Mostly I've been told that it's some kind of an animal, likely a bear. I have a theory it's a werewolf, it resembles it the most. I just haven't found a way how to prove my theory, until you came with your super clever papers," Ali added. "Fine, I think we're on a good track, but it's getting pretty late, so I think we should continue tomorrow. There's nothing we can do now anyway," Dean stated. "You're right. We need to find some place to stay at. Ali, do you know some good place around to stay at over night?" Sam said. "Yeah, of course, it's called 'my place'. Guys, you really think I'll let you stay at some dirty motel?" she smiled at them. "I mean, that would be great, but won't that cause any problem?" Dean asked worriedly. "No, not at all," Ali replied. "Only, if you don't mind sleeping on a same bed," she then added. "What?!" both guys exclaimed in surprise. "I was just kidding, one of you will have a bed which is my roommate's who isn't there at the moment, and the second one will get to sleep on couch. Man, you should've seen your faces," Ali laughed. "Well, you got us there," Sam admitted. "Yeah! And thank you! It's really nice of you," Dean added. "Oh, it's no problem," she smiled and got up to get ready to leave the cafeteria.
In few minutes, the three of them were walking towards Ali's place, while impala was safely parked. "Here we go," Ali said and opened the door of small cosy apartment. "Don't get scared, it's pretty messy, I didn't expect any guests," she added. "Believe me, I've seen much worse, you are actually doing pretty well," Dean said jokingly. "Of course you have," Ali replied provocatively. "What do you mean by that?" Dean accepted the game. "Oh, please you know very well what I am talking about," Ali answered. "Stop it you two! It's getting kind of annoying," Sam stepped in. Even thought, Sam was the youngest of the three of them, they listened to him, no one wants to mess with someone as tall as him. "Ok, you moose," Ali said jokingly and Dean burst out laughing. The two of them came up that with nickname for Sam when they were just kids, but they never really got tired of calling him that way. "Oh, you're never going to stop with that, are you?" Sam said annoyingly. "Nope," Dean and Ali answered in perfect unison and started to laugh all over again and Sam with them.
After some time guys started to get ready to go to sleep. Ali was just making herself a cup of tea, when Dean walked in. "I'm making a tea, do you want some too?" she asked him. "Yup, why not," Dean answered. "Ok and what about Sam? Do you think he'll want some?" she asked. "Him? No, as far as I'm concerned he fell asleep the moment his body touched the bed," Dean said. "Oh, he must've been really tired. So, that means you're sleeping on the couch, how lovely," she said amusingly. "Ha ha, funny," Dean replied not really happy by the thought. "Don't worry, I'll bring you some blanket and pillow and help you make the couch," Ali calmed him down. "Oh, so it's a sofa bed?" "Yup, we're being modern," she winked at him. When they made the 'bed', they started sipping their teas and talking. The two of them talked for a really long time, they laughed and remember the good old times, when they were just kids and didn't have any serious troubles. "Everything was just normal back then," Dean stated at one point. "Yeah, honestly I miss those times sometimes, it used to be great and with you around it all comes back to me and I feel right again," Ali replied. "I know exactly what you're talking about," he sighted. "Oh, wow, it's pretty late, we should go get some sleep," Ali said when she looked at the clock. "Yeah, you're right. So, good night I guess? And sleep tight!" Dean said playfully. Ali got up from the couch where both of them have been sitting all that time. "Good night Dean," she said and leaned in to kiss him on a cheek, just as she used to do when they were kids. They stared into each other's eyes for some time, Dean's green ones dazzling into Ali's brown ones. "Good night Ali," Dean finally replied and smiled at her as they finally let go off each other.
That night all three of them slept like babies, none of them has slept that good for a long time. Ali was finally after some time feeling safe, because she was around people she knew well and who were really close to her. What regards Dean and Sam, they've been sleeping in a normal environment after a long long time, which was relaxing.
Next morning Dean was woken up by a beautiful smell coming from kitchen. "Mmm, what's that nice smell?" he said as he walked into kitchen, where Sam and Ali have been chatting for some time. "Good morning," Ali greeted him. "I'm making pancakes, I remember how much you two love them," she added. "Well, that's really nice of you, thanks" Dean smiled and Sam couldn't help but think that there was something going on between the two, he knew his brother too well to know that he had a thing for this girl, but was desperately trying not to give it away because it was his close friend. "It's ok, 'my place' is posh, you're having a half board," she said jokingly and guys had to laugh at that, it was a good joke. "So, how do you like them? No, wait I'll remember," Ali said and guys stared at her with big smiles and puppy eyes and Ali couldn't help but laugh a bit, they were adorable. "Ah, I know! Sam, you like pancakes just with maple syrup and Dean you like them with cream and blueberries, am I right?" she said suddenly and looked at guys who nodded as a sign of agreement. "You got it babe," Dean added and winked at her playfully and Sam couldn't help the feeling again.
After they had breakfast, they decided to go and try to find out how to stop the thing, which was threatening the lives of locals. "You don't have to go with us if you don't want to, we can take care of it all by ourselves," Sam said as they were getting ready. "Yeah, Sam's right," Dean agreed with his little brother. "It's fine guys, I want to go. I need to cheer myself a bit," Ali said. "Well, if you take hunting as a way to cheer yourself up," Dean said sceptically. "Well, don't you?" Ali asked the two. "Um, I've never thought of it in that way, but you're kind of right," Dean said surprised by that thought. "You're right, but as you say Dean, it had never crossed my mind either," Sam added. "Hah, that's interesting. You don't have to thank me anyway," Ali winked at them playfully and they laughed.
"The full moon," Ali said all of sudden, when they were trying to figure out how to hunt down the werewolf, now that they knew it was one. "What?" Dean and Sam looked at her all confused. "Werewolves come out on full moon, right? As a coincidence there is going to be one tonight, I think this thing is just waiting for it to happen, so he can move to another place after that. Every time he does it like that, I've checked the dates and it works perfectly," Ali explained her thought. "So, he comes to town, lives there, feeds on locals, waits for full moon and then moves on?" Dean asked. "Yeah," Ali replied. "So, all we have to do is basically wait for tonight," Sam concluded. "Yes, but where are we going to find that damn thing?" Dean asked. "Well, on a full moon, werewolves go usually to place which is bit higher than the rest of the land. Luckily for us, there just one place like that in here," Ali said. "Wow, you really know a lot about this stuff, good thing we bumped into you last night," Dean said with admiration. "Yea, well, I've been a good pupil to my dad," Ali smiled sadly. "Well, he sure was a damn good teacher as well," Dean smiled at her, trying to comfort her. Sam just smiled awkwardly, again feeling weird in presence of the two of them.
As the night came, the three of them were waiting in impala for the werewolf to come. They were near the highest point of city, 'the hill with quotation marks' as Ali called it, because it wasn't really that high. Just as they supposed, werewolf showed up after some time and the hunting started. It was a hard battle, but they got the thing and everyone in the town was safe again.
Next morning Dean and Sam were just getting themselves ready to leave. "So, this is it? You are leaving now," Ali approached them as they were still in her apartment. "Listen Ali, if you want to you can come with us. We've been talking here with Sammy, and we though how good it felt last night and we worked really well as a team," Dean told her. "Guys, that's so sweet of you. Trust me, I'd really love to go with you, but I just can't leave like that, I have a work and some duties in here, you know?" Ali said. "Well, I guess that that's it then," Sam said and hugged with Ali. They weren't really hugging; he was so tall that Ali got her head hardly on his chest. "Take care Sammy," Ali smiled at him. "You too," he replied with a smile. "It was really nice to have you around again," Dean said and the two hugged as well. This was more intense hug than she had with Sam; she and Dean were always closer than she and Sam. "I'm going to miss you Dean," Ali whispered into his ear and hugged him even more tightly. "I'll miss you too," he whispered back. When they finally pulled off, Ali kissed Dean on a cheek, just as she did the first night. "Goodbye," she said finally. "Goodbye," Dean replied and dazzled in her eyes, he was really going to miss her, he never realised how much she meant to him, until now. "Goodbye," Sam said from behind awkwardly. "Bye, Sam," Ali answered him and the two brothers left her apartment. As she closed the doors, she leant her back on them and started to cry. She never thought how painful the farewell could be. All of sudden she thought, why would she stay here? Yes, she got a job there, but that wasn't really what she imagined her life to look like. Last night it felt so natural being on that hunt with guys; it felt like the right thing to do. She has had decided, she was going with them! Ali ran to window to see, that Dean and Sam were just walking towards impala, great she got some time. She quickly packed herself and ran towards boys, luckily for her they still hadn't left. "Hey, do you still have that free space?" she asked from behind their backs, guys turned and stared at her with big surprise. "For you? Always!" Dean quickly recovered from the shock. "Here, let me help you with that stuff," Sam said and took Ali's bag. "So? What made you change your mind?" Dean asked. "I don't know, I guess I miss all that hunting stuff. Last night it felt so good, almost natural," Ali answered. "And we also make a hell of a team," she then added. "Well, we're glad you changed your mind," Sam said with a smile. "Yeah, welcome on board!" Dean winked at her and the three got into impala and hit the road. It was a beginning of something new and big for all three of them.