Dean had been driving for a couple of hours now and Sam had kept his eyes on his brother, wondering how Dean could be acting so indifferent when his days were counted.

Sam was angry with his brother, he didn't understand why Dean was acting normally and not trying to find a way out of the deal he made a few weeks ago. He was acting as if he didn't care about what was going to happen to him in less than a year, as if he didn't care that he was going to die. It was as if the thought of leaving this world, leaving Sam wasn't such a big deal.

It seemed extremely selfish to Sam, to who, if he had been in his brother's shoes, would have fought as hard as he could have to find a way out of the deal he'd made with the demon. Yet, Sam knew that his brother had a soul and that inside, probably deep inside, he didn't want to die. He knew that Dean was doing his best to protect him and not revealing his feelings was the best way right now to save his brother some pain. He also knew that Angela meant and still means a lot to his brother. If only he was able to get over his pride and admit it, but Dean's ego was too large and that would never happen.

What the hell! thought Sam. Heperfectly knew that he would not be able to change his brother anyway. Only a miracle could.

"So Sammy, where are we going?" Dean asked, sounding tiered "We're getting pretty close to Montana now."

"We're going to Kalispell. Dean." Sam told his brother, immediately looking away.

Dean didn't answer and kept staring at the road.

"Dean?" Sam asked. "Dean did you hear me? We're going to…"

"I heard you Sam! I'm clearly not deaf. What do you want me to say?" Shouted Dean cutting his brother off

"A small reaction from would already be something you know...Just to show that you're not dead yet!" Said Sam angry.

"Oh, Sam! You had to go there didn't you! Oh no Sam... I'm going to die! What am I going to do?" Dean said sarcastically making his brother cringe. "Is that okay for you? Did I react the way you wanted me to?"

"Never mind Dean, just keep on being sarcastic till the day you die, that's a great way to live." said Sam shaking his head

"Sammy, you're hurting me you know… How about you give me a kiss to make it all better and then maybe we can paint each other's nails and have a pillow fight?" Dean said sarcastically.

"You're hopeless Dean, you know that? Really, nobody can save you" Said Sam sadly. But I can still try! He added to himself.

"Who exactly told you that I needed to be saved?" Dean asked his brother, looking away from the road for a couple of seconds with the sincerest look on his face.

Sam sighed, he knew it was pointless to argue with Dean.

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It was around ten when they arrived in Kalispell. They rented a room at the Mountains' motel, which had been the first one they'd encountered close to the town. They had just dropped their bags as they had entered the dingy room when Dean started to speak.

"Okay Sammy, we need to find out what's going on here as fast as we can so, the best plan, I think, is to split up." Said Dean looking at his brother with a grin.

"I don't think it's a good idea Dean. Each time we go off alone disasters happen. Remember last time?" Sam said, talking of the time he had been killed a couple of months ago. "We should stick together. We can go our separate way tonight if you want to…you know, have fun but right now we have to do this together." He added looking away.

"Why?" Asked Dean suspiciouslt. "I mean... I see why you don't want to split but why don't you care if I leave later on tonight? Do you have plans of your own? Is that why we're here? How exactly did you find out about those kidnappings anyway? I mean we usually don't look on the news for kidnappings." Asked Dean starring at Sam as if he was trying to read into his soul.

"Come on Dean! I was doing some research on the net and I found them just like that! There's no reason really. You told me you wanted to have fun, that's why I said we could split tonight! I'm doing what you wanted and you're complaining again!" Sam turned red while talking. He wasn't a good liar and he feared that Dean would find out.

"You never go my way!" Said Dean as if he was stating the evident. "You're always talking about how irresponsible I am! Now you agree! What are you hiding from me?"

"Nothing, Dean. Trust me..." Said Sam really uncomfortably moving from one feet to another.

"Okay, I'll act as if I believe you, but you should know that I don't." Said Dean seriously opening a bag and taking a shiny gun from a bag. "I'll go to the cops to ask them some questions and you can go into town to see what people heard about those kidnappings. We can meet here in two hours. Is it all right with you?... No, forget about that, don't answer. I won't listen anyway. I'll see you later." Said Dean waving goobye closing the door behind him.

Sam understood that his brother was in the hurry to find out what was going on in order to leave town again.

How could I blame him? Thought Sam. He knew too well what was going on.

He took his mobile and dialed Angela's' number.

"We're here Angie. Where are you now?" Asked Sam nicely.

"Okay, I will be there in 15 minutes. No, don't worry, he doesn't know about your phone call or our meeting. We'll talk more when I get there." Added Sam feeling even more guilty.