What do you remember of last night?" Cas, wearing his usual trench coat, kept looking at her intently.
"Uhm, I was out with my friend and I was going home and something knocked me out and I woke up, tied up to that pole."
"Where did you go with your friend" Dean slowly walked into the kitchen, followed by his younger brother.
"We went to a party, then a bar."
"Which bar?" asked Dean.
"Uhm, the Bryan Bar. We know the owner."
Dean turned to look at his brother, who was standing right behind him. "Haven´t we been in the same bar, Sammy?"
"Yeah, we have."
The blonde guy turned again.
"So, I have demons on my ass? That´s just… Peachy", said Rose with sarcasm.
"Well, I´m gonna do some research about the demons. Maybe I can find something." He walked into the bedroom picking his Computer on the way.
"Good idea, Sammy. Do some research as you always do." Dean smirked.
Sam, obviously being annoyed by Dean, rolled his eyes. "Whatever…"
"I think I will help Sam", said Cas leaving.
Rose leaned against the kitchen. She looked good in her boots and shorts. "So, Dean. How have you been?" She smiled at him.
"My dad died, I nearly died, then I went to hell and here I am."
"So… Peachy." She smirked.
Dean looked at her. Her eyes still had this beautiful blue color.
"What about you?"
"Fine." She flipped her hair.
"You don´t want to talk about it, okay."
The girl stepped closer to him. She almost reached is chin in height. "What. Are. You. Talking. About?"
Dean walked out of the kitchen and sat down on the couch. There was something strange about Rose. He pulled out one of his knifes and started flipping it. Rose sighed and went to sit by him.
"Do you really want to know?"
"Yes, I do." She looked at him.
"My mom and my little sister died."
"I´m sorry for your loss. When did it happen?"
"Three years ago." She looked down. It obviously made her sad to talk about it.
Dean looked at her. He put his hand under her chin to lift her head. Her blue eyes started wetting. He realized how hard it must have been for her.
"How did they die?"
Rose looked down again, then back into his green eyes.
"Someone broke in the house and murdered them." She looked back down.
Dean understood her. He seemed to feel her pain. How she thought, it´s been your fault, because she hasn´t been at home.
The girl lifted her head and smiled at him.
"Thanks for listening to my… crap."
"It´s not crap!"
For a moment there was silence. Then she smirked and said, "What happened to your "no chick flick moments" rule?"
Dean cleared his throat. " You´re not a chick. You´re an old friend." He stood up and went to the window to glance at his baby, the Impala. Rose smiled and looked down.
"You still have that car?"
"Of course I do!" She rolled her eyes.
Cas broke the silence as he entered the room.
"Sam might have found something."
Rose turned her head. "What did he find?"
"It´s all about you." Cas looked at Rose, then he went to Dean. He whispered something into his ear and then vanished.
"What?" Rose was confused and a bit scared.
Dean seemed stressed, which made her feel even worse.
"Give us a second." The tall man walked into the bedroom and locked the door.
"What´s going on?!" She shouted.
Sam sat on his bed.
"She´s a vessel?!"
"Yeah. The demons want to use her to get us."
"So they captured me as well to take her with me… Too bad, we escaped before they could turn into one of them."
Dean walked around the room.
"But how did they know about us?"
Before Sam could response, they heard Rose scream. As they came in, Cas grabbed her.
"Cas!" Dean shouted.
"Cas, get off of her! Rose is obviously in pain." Sam stood beside Dean. The brothers looked at Cas and Rose and wondered, what was going on.
"Get off of me, you stupid angel!"
"Cas!" Dean tried to help her. "What are you doing? We rescued her. She´s not a god damn demon."
Rose was confused. "What are you talking about?!"
"The demons will go after her. They won´t stop."
"I don´t know what you´re talking about! Just let me go!"
Cas widened his grip and walked over to Dean. He stood right in front of him.
"Cas… Personal Space…"
Rose rubbed her arm and it was a bruise on it. Dean leaned over so he could see her.
"Are you okay? I know he holds people, uhm, very tight."
She flinched in pain. "I´m fine."
"What now?" He looked at his brother, who was, even though he was older, the taller one.
"I don´t know. Keep her safe?"
"They will find her."
"We have to try, right Dean?"
"Yeah."
Rose latched in. "I still don´t know what you´re talking about."
"I´ll leave you alone." Sam winks at Cas, so he would follow.
Dean sighed. How should he explain it?
"You´re a vessel. The Demons want to use you to get us. We can bring you away and…" Rose interrupted him.
"Wait! A vessel?"
"Yes."
"W-What is that?"
"You´re kind of, uhm, the bottle for the demon."
Rose sighed.
"Finish what you were saying."
"We can get you safe at some place. Sammy and I will try to find a solution for your little problem." She sighed again.
"You don´t have to fight. You´re only here because of us. None of your business."
"Why do you always blame everything on yourself?"
Dean turned around. "Don´t change the topic. We could drive a few hours to get you away from here. Then find you a little Motel at the road. The demons wouldn´t know where you are. How does that sound?"
"Is it safe?"
"For a while, I guess. We will find those bitches and kill them."
Rose smiled. "Okay, I guess it´s fine."
Dean looked at her with his askew smile. He definitely wanted to know her safe. Rose laughed. "Okay."
"Sammy, we´re leaving!"
"I´m staying! Go ahead."
"You´re not joining us?"
Sam came and whispered to him: "You scared to be in the car with your ex alone?"
Dean wheezed. "Rose, come with me. We´ll go now."
They got in the car and Dean picked on of his favourite tapes.
He started the car and got on the road. They drove for a while, till they noticed a van behind them.
"Dammit", groaned Dean. He turned into a little path to test, if the van would follow. He did.
Somehow they managed to shoot one of the Impala´s wheels. The car crashed into the woods. Rose groaned from pain. Her ankle was broken. Dean got out of the car and went to the trunk. Half of the weapons were gone.
"Shit." He took one of the knifes, that were left and closed it. When he looked up, a demon held a knife at Rose´s throat.
"Let her go!" He shouted.
"You know, first we wanted her as a vessel, but maybe we should just kill her."
"I said, let her go." He raised the gun and pointed at the demon.
"You see, Rose. The aren´t many people who our dear Dean cares about, except four. Sammy, Castiel, a girl named Jo, but sadly had to die and you."
Rose was struggling.
"Please, just let me go."
Sam appeared behind the demon and stabbed him.
Rose fell on the ground. While Sam was killing the other demons, Dean picked her up and put her on a little rock.
"Wait here." He got to help Sam. When they were finished, he looked at Sam.
"Where did you come from?" Sam pointed at a red car.
"Whose car is that?"
"I, uhm, stole it." He looked down at his feet.
"Uh, our little Sammy´s getting criminal."
"Shut up. I saved your ass." Sam walked to the car and got in.
Dean carried Rose to the car and helped her getting on the backseat.
"You couldn´t get anything better, could you?"
Sam rolled his eyes and started driving.
Suddenly Cas appeared on the backseat beside Rose. She screamed.
Dean chuckled. "You´ll get used to that."
"You guys are fine?" Cas looked around.
"Yes, yes we are." Dean gasped. "Sammy, stop the car!"
"What?!"
"Who´s looking after the Impala?" Rose smiled.
"We can get her later."
Dean turned around and looked at her. She twitched in pain.
He hasn´t looked at a girl like that for years. Sam noticed that.
He whispered so only Dean could understand what he was saying.
"Just admit it."
"What?"
"That you love her."
"I don´t, now drive bitch."
"Jerk." Sam grumbled.
It went silent for a short moment.
"Shit!" Rose shouted. "My knife, it´s gone!"
Dean turned around immediately. "Where did you have it last?"
"It´s always in my boot. It always is."
"We will find it." Dean smirked one of his normal askew smiles.
Then he turned and looked out of the window again.
"Dean, I know you." Sam looked at his older brother.
"Yeah, shut up." He wasn´t in love with her.
They finally arrived at the Motel they started from.
Rose walked in and saw her knife on the bed.
"Feeling better now?" Dean was still a bit angry, because of Sam.
Rose grabbed the knife and put it in her boot. She looked towards Dean and smiled. "Yeah, you okay?"
"Totally." He walked into the bathroom and locked himself in.
No one so far had realized that Cas was gone again.
Rose sighed and looked around.
"Where did, uhm, your angel friend go?"
They heard Dean gasping in the bathroom. The door opened and Dean followed by Cas walked out.
"Cas! How many times did we talk about this?"
"Dean! What´s your problem?" The younger Winchester looked around.
"Nothing! I´ll go get the Impala." Cas followed. "Alone!"
He walked out and slammed the door.
Rose was confused. "What´s his problem? Did I do something?"
"Shall I go after him?" Cas asked.
"No…" Sam turned to Rose. "Rose, I´ll go talk to him or at least try."
