It's My Life
Set between 4x10 and 4x11
Chapter One
Dean Winchester jolted awake to someone gently shaking him. Without opening his eyes, he rolled over.
"Ah, come on, Sam," he mumbled. "I'm tired."
"I'm sorry, Mr. Ackles, but your schedule insists that you need to wake up soon," said a soft female voice.
Dean snapped his eyes open to see a thirty-something young woman leaning over him. "What?"
"You told me to make sure you didn't sleep past six," the woman said. "You have to get ready for the convention."
"Convention?" muttered Dean.
"I'll be in the living room to go over today's schedule when you're ready."
The woman walked out of the room, closing the door. Dean sat up and looked around. He was lying in a king-size bed in what looked like a penthouse suite. The bedroom was gigantic. Other than the door leading to the rest of the penthouse, there was a door leading to a pretty fancy bathroom…with a Jacuzzi.
"What the hell?" said Dean. He got up and walked to the drawers along the wall. He pulled on some jeans and a shirt he didn't recognize: a gray button-down with the sleeves rolled up. He walked out of the bedroom to find two young women in the living room, one of whom was the one who woke him up.
"Hey…ladies," said Dean.
"Hello, Mr. Ackles," said the woman who woke him up.
Ackles? Dean wondered, staring at her.
"It's Marie," said the woman. "I know I'm new, but I am bound and determined for you to remember my name." Dean looked at the other woman. "She's Karla. She just started last night as Mr. Padalecki's aide."
Karla stood up and strode towards Dean. "It's a pleasure to meet you." She held out her hand, and Dean shook it.
Pada—what? Dean wondered. He spotted another door off the living room and stared at it.
"Yeah," said Karla, spotting where his gaze fell. "He's still sleeping."
"Well, I better go wake him," said Dean. "He's probably having a nightmare, the wuss."
Karla and Marie laughed.
Apparently, I'm known to make fun of this guy, Dean thought. He made his way to the door and slowly opened it, peeking inside. Sam lay on the bed, fast asleep. Dean let out a breath and came into the room, closing the door. He sat down on the edge of the bed and shook Sam.
Sam peered through his hair at Dean and then looked at the clock. "Dean, it's six in the morning. Go back to bed."
"Not a chance," Dean told him. "We have a convention to go to, buddy."
Sam rolled over onto his back. "What?"
"Dude, look around."
Sam looked around at the plush bedroom. He sat up. "What the hell?"
"I don't know," Dean told him. "My 'aide' Marie woke me up. They seem to think we're other people."
Sam jumped out of bed, heading for the drawers. "You got any clues?"
"Nothing," said Dean as he got up. "I'll wait for you out here."
Dean came out of the bedroom, closing the door. "Well, Sleeping Beauty's awake now. Uh, we got any breakfast?"
Marie grabbed a laminated piece of paper. "Here's the room service menu."
"Room service?" asked Dean. "Sweet!" The women were staring at him. "I haven't stayed in a hotel in a while. Kind of got used to cooking."
The door behind him opened, and Dean turned to see Sam come out of the bedroom in jeans and a red plaid shirt. He took a look around at the penthouse and came over to Dean.
"Would you like the usual?" Karla asked.
Dean looked at Sam. "Yeah, we'll take our usual."
"Okay, I'll order, and then we'll sit down and go over the schedules," said Marie.
"Actually, can…" Dean started as he looked at Sam, not a clue to what his name should be, "can we sit down and go over the schedules ourselves?"
"Sure," said Marie. She handed a piece of paper to Dean. "We'll be right outside if you need us."
Karla handed a paper to Sam. "Here you go, Mr. Padalecki."
Sam looked at Dean, his eyebrows knitted together in confusion. Padalecki?
Dean rolled his eyes and nodded. Just go with it.
Sam smiled at the woman. "Thank you."
The two women left, and Sam and Dean sat at the table.
"Mr. Padalecki?" Sam asked.
"They called me Mr. Ackles," Dean told him. He looked at his schedule. "Jensen Ackles schedule for Salute to Supernatural."
"Mine is for Jared Padalecki," Sam told him.
"Eight o'clock is the breakfast session, whatever that means," Dean read off. "Then a photograph session, lunch—"
"I have a question and answer session after photographs," Sam interrupted.
"And then apparently, I join you for duo Q&A's. After that, you leave…"
"For lunch."
"Okay, and I have a solo Q&A. Then you come back and we do a T-shirt auction for charity. Then we have autographs. Dude, I think we're famous."
Sam's eyes fell on a laptop sitting on the couch. "Let's find out." He turned the laptop on and brought up the Internet. He typed "Jensen Ackles" into the Google search engine. The first result was for Wikipedia. He clicked on it, and up popped a window titled "Jensen Ackles."
"Holy shit!" exclaimed Sam.
"What?" asked Dean as he rushed over. On the right side of the screen was a picture of Jensen: he looked exactly like Dean.
"Dude, check this out," said Sam. "'Jensen Ross Ackles (born March 1, 1978) is an American actor. He is notable for his television roles as Eric Brady in Days of our Lives which earned him several Daytime Emmy Award nominations, as Alec/X5-494 in Dark Angel, and as Jason Teague in Smallville. He currently plays Dean Winchester on the CW series Supernatural.'"
"So, this show Supernatural is about us?" asked Dean.
"Looks like," said Sam. "He also played on the movies Devour and My Bloody Valentine."
"Alright, check Jared." Sam typed "Jared Padalecki" into the site's search field, and a webpage popped up, headed with a picture. "I knew it. It's you."
"'Jared Tristan Padalecki (born July 19, 1982) is an American actor,'" Sam read. "'He grew up in Texas and came to fame in the early 2000s after appearing on the television series Gilmore Girls as well as in several Hollywood films, including New York Minute and House of Wax. Padalecki has most recently become known for his starring role as Sam Winchester on the CW television series Supernatural starring alongside Jensen Ackles.' He's been on the movies Flight of the Phoenix and Friday the 13th."
"Okay, so, looks like we'll have to do this convention thing to avoid drawing attention to ourselves. Look up the show."
Sam typed in "Supernatural (tv series)," and another page opened. "'Supernatural is an American drama/horror television series starring Jared Padalecki as Sam Winchester and Jensen Ackles as Dean Winchester, brothers who hunt demons and other figures of the paranormal. The series, which is filmed in Vancouver, BC, debuted on September 13, 2005 on The WB, and is now part of The CW's lineup.'"
"Alright, let's look up info about the actors and the show so we'll be prepared for the fans' questions," suggested Dean.