Thank you to all who had read and replied to all my stories this past year. AND here on the Eve of a new one I hope to hear alot from you in the year to come. Happy New Year to you all. May all your Hopes, dreams and wished be forfulled this year.

M


Remembering Hearts

Part 2

Standing up from the bed Haley slowly walked downstairs, the whole house was so quiet. She had this big house and no one to share it with. It never bothered her before, she liked having her own place and doing what she wanted when she wanted but here now, walking through a house build for a big family she felt the ache in her heart worsen. With the sun setting in the distance, Haley took a glass and bottle of wine from the rack. She stopped at the bookcase, pulling out a black hardbound book before settling on the couch.

Dean hung his jacket over the back of the chair before turning to Haley with a smile. His shirt was dirty and wet with sweat from working on his car the whole morning.

"If you touch me . . ." Haley warned but Dean only nudged closer holding his dirty hands out to her

"You'll . . .?" Dean encouraged jokingly

"Dean . . . don't you dare. You'll sleep on the couch tonight" Haley answered spinning around to run away from him. Dean let out a laugh before catching up with her and pinning her against the door.

"I can live with that" he announced closing the gap between them and lightly kissing her on the mouth. Dean smiled at her when he moved back

"I have to take a shower" he said pulling his shirt over his head, Haley just nodded

"Wanna join me?" Dean asked with raised eyebrows.

"Give me a sec, I'll just throw this in the washer" Haley said with a laugh taking the shirt from him

"Oh I guess you'll want this too then" Dean said unbuttoning his jeans. Hale shook her head at his antics

"Yeah give that too" she said holding out her hands. Dean handed her his pants before disappearing into the bathroom

"Don't take too long" he yelled from down the hall. Haley threw the dirty clothes in the washer along with other washing when her eye caught the jacket over the chair 'That too' she thought picking it up. Clearing out the pockets she found a brown leather covered book. She frowned 'I've never seen this before' she thought opening it. She turned through the first couple of pages with a frown. It looked like diary entries and there were a few photographs. As she paged further the entries changed to names and numbers and dates, weird symbols covered a lot of the pages. Newspaper clippings were roughly inserted, some of them coordinated with strange and unreadable scribbling. Some of the entries were very old making Haley realise that the journal couldn't be Dean's. She copied some of the names, dates and entries.

"Hales you coming?" Haley dropped the book from her hand

"Yeah, I'll be right there" she yelled back placing the book back in the pocket and hanging it back. She switched the washer on and ran down the hall to the bathroom.

A few days later she eavesdropped on Dean talking to someone on the phone. She didn't want to snoop but it all sounded so interesting

"What did my Dad say?" she heard Dean ask

"No there's nothing in the journal, I checked. What do you think it could be?" he continued

"Sorry Bobby, my best thought was a werewolf but the unicycle's not right and there's no indication that it could be vampires" he continued unaware of Haley's presence.

"Well if push comes you're gonna have to give geek boy a call." he said with a slight laugh

"Yeah I know. Take care Bobby and say hi to my dad for me. Bye" She rushed away before Dean could spot her.

Haley poured the wine into her glass and opened the book on the table. Names, dates, newspaper articles and printed internet pages stared back at her. Haley found the piece of paper with the journal copies a couple of days after Dean had left. Intrigued with it all she started her own research and was surprised at what she found. She knew she didn't know it all and only scratched the surface. But from what she could figure out Dean, what he did was a noble thing. She wanted to know more but realised soon on that knowing too much or too little could be dangerous, so she buried the research but never really forgot about it. Knowing Dean was out there, doing what he did made her feel save. Just a shame he never knew she knew and understood if he only trusted her with the biggest part of him. Haley laid back against the couch pillows and placed her feet on the table, taking a sip from her glass. She sat there just staring into nothing as the darkness filled the room around her the only light coming from the kitchen.

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Dean stopped the Impala in front of a big house. He glanced at a piece of paper in his hand making sure he got the right address. He really wanted to get out of his car and walk towards the front door but instead he slid down in his seat and just stared at the house.

"I understand why you did what you did Dean. You're right, our job is . . . different than others, our lives are different and not everyone understands what we do. Look at Cassie for example" Sam started. Dean scoffed at the statement, after a short silence he looked at Sam

"But Haley's not Cassie" he announced getting up and grabbing his jacket

"See you later Sammy" Dean said closing the door behind him

The minutes ticked by into an hour and still Dean didn't move. The house was dark making Dean think that maybe she wasn't even home. A few drops escaped from the heavens and he could hear the rumblings of the approaching storm in the distance. Still he didn't move, just let the minutes tick further away. Raindrops started crashing down more fiercely and from time to time the skies would light up with lightning. Without warning the heavens opened and rain poured down, the wind picked up making the tree and shrubbery leaves twirl up from the ground. Thunder and lightning mixed and inched closer. Dean sat up in the passenger side of his car with a frown

"What's with the weather?" he asked himself. Dean got out of his car and ran to the little porch. The wind howled around him and the raindrops hit him angrily as he took a deep breath before knocking hard on the door. It wasn't long before it was swung open to reveal Haley on the other side. She was surprised to find him on the other side of the door. Her eyes searched his for a second before standing aside for him to enter. Haley closed the door and Dean followed her to the bathroom where she handed him a towel. Without a word being spoken he dried himself before following her to the lounge. Candles were lighting the area in a hue of yellow light.

"I didn't expect to see you again so soon" Haley finally talked

"I was hoping we could talk" Dean revealed. Haley turned to face him and waited for him to continue

"I know you probably hate me and I must be the last person you'd want to see" he continued after a short silence

"I don't hate you Dean." she answered softly. Dean frowned at her statement

"You don't?"

"I told you I loved you and you left. You didn't give me a worthy explanation and at first I was heartbroken but later on I understood. I just wished you'd trusted me" Haley continued

"But I did . . . I do trust you Hales" he said stepping closer to her

"Not enough to tell me what you did and why you couldn't stay." Haley said back picking the black book up and handing it to Dean. He threw the towel over the couch and took the book she held out to him. With a frown he opened it and slowly paged through it occasionally looking up at her.

"Where did you get this?" he asked surprised

"It's mine" she answered bluntly. The frown between his eyes deepened as he inhaled heavily

"You're . . . you're a hunter?" he finally managed to ask.

"No, but you are" she answered shaking her head

"I don't understand" Dean continued staring at her

"I found your journal once and I was intrigued by it. When you left . . . I did some research of my own and found some stuff. I don't know a lot but I know enough. I know what you do" she revealed. Dean stared at her in awe. He went there to tell her something or maybe everything but he never thought she would already know and understand. Dean closed the space between them and with a swift movement he pulled Haley to him and covered her mouth with his. Haley stiffened only for a second before surrendering to his warmth and touch completely. Dean pulled away from Haley only breaking apart for a second. With their eyes meeting in the dull light a slight smile played on his lips

"I love you" he said barely a whisper "And I'll never leave you again" his mouth covered hers. More words were unnecessary in those moments between them. There was no need for them to say what their hearts already knew, what their hearts remembered.