Dean walked up to her and touched her shoulder lightly. She flinched and moved away. He crouched down to her ear and whispered, "Victoria, it's me, Dean. You can open your eyes. It's not here anymore. It's gone. It's okay."
Victoria looked up at him. "It's
gone?"
Sam crouched down. "It's gone."
Victoria stood
up but her legs were wobbly and she almost fell down. Sam helped her
stand and wrapped his arm around her waist to steady her. "You
okay?"
Victoria nodded and leaned her head gently on Sam's shoulder. Sam helped back to Dean's car and she sat down in the back.
When they got home, Victoria had fallen asleep and Dean carried her inside. He laid her down in her room and walked downstairs.
"So why do you think the spirit is bothering her?"
"I don't know, man. Maybe it's a vengeful spirit or maybe it just gets its kicks scaring people. Whatever the reason, we have to kill it. Maybe you should do it." Dean suggested.
"Why?" Sam asked.
"Well, when I'm gone-''
"Don't talk about that! Jesus, Dean. I'm going to find a way out of this deal." Sam yelled.
"Sam, stop. You try and stop this deal, and you drop dead. I'm not going to lose you again. Calm down."
"Oh so I can lose you but you can't lose me?" Sam yelled.
"Shut up, Sam. You'll wake up Victoria."
"You already did." Victoria said as she walked downstairs. "What are you two yelling about? A deal? What deal? And what's this about dying? Are one of you two dying?"
Before anyone could answer, the door bell rang. "Just a sec. Be quiet."
Victoria opened her door and her neighbor was standing outside.
"Hi Victoria. I'm sorry it's so late but I saw the lights on and I was wondering if you had any eggs I could borrow? The kids want a cake for tomorrow and I promised them I'd make one tonight but I don't have any eggs. I need two if you have some."
"Sure. Let me just check." She closed the door and mouthed "Hide" to the boys and they ran upstairs. When they were out of site, she opened the door. "Sorry that was rude. You can come in if you want."
Her neighbor came in and Victoria gave her three eggs. "Just in case."
"Thank you so much."
"No problem. Good night."
Victoria closed the door and went upstairs. "Okay. So, there's a couch in the basement and two chairs. There's also a couch in the living room, a couch in the spare room, my parents room which is two beds and that's about it. Oh, there's also my bunk bed."
Sam smiled at Victoria. "We're not going to kick you out of your own room."
"That's okay. I've been sleeping in my parent's room. I miss them because we've never been far apart before so it makes me feel closer to them."
"Okay, I guess we're staying in your room." Sam said.
"I get top bunk!" Dean shouted.
"Shush!" Victoria whispered, "People are still up and if they find out you're here..oh crap! Your car. You're going to have to move it. It can be right in front of my house but not in the lane way."
"On it." Dean said and went outside to move the car. When he came back, Victoria was getting ready for bed. "I'm going to go to bed. See you in the morning."
"Goodnight Victoria. Sweet dreams.
If you need anything, just come and get me okay?"
Victoria
smiled. "Thanks Sam. Goodnight."
In the middle of the night, it came. Victoria woke up suddenly when she thought she heard something. She saw the spirit and screamed. She ran into her room and jumped into bed with Sam. Dean got up and jumped off the top bunk. He grabbed his shotgun and shot the spirit. It immediately disappeared. Victoria sat up. "Sorry. It just…"
"It tried to get you… you were scared." "Thanks."
Dean came back in and smiled. "Awe how cute. But Sam, you know, she's not even legal. Big trouble." He shook his head. "Sleeping with a minor. I mean, I know she's beautiful..." Victoria smiled.
"Thanks. No one's ever called me beautiful before."
Sam frowned. "Shut up, Dean. She was scared."
Dean laughed. "Yeah. I know."
Victoria laughed but still shaking. Sam noticed. "Hey. Are you okay?"
Victoria shook her head no and turned away, crying into her hands. Sam hugged her as she cried.
"Why is this happening to me?" She cried.
"I don't know. But we're going to protect you. You'll be safe with us. How about you lay in here? I'll lay on top of the covers and make sure nothing gets near you. Unless you don't feel comfortable."
"No, it's okay." Victoria laid down and covered her self up. Soon she fell asleep.
The next morning, Victoria woke up and looked over at Sam, smiling. Suddenly, he rolled over and hugged Victoria tight. "I love you, Jessica." Who's Jessica? Victoria thought to herself. Victoria realized it was getting hard to breathe.
Dean climbed down and saw Sam and Victoria. He laughed and started to walk away. "Dean…" She whispered.
He turned to look at her. "Help… I can't breathe."
Dean laughed again and leaned down to
whisper on Sam's ear. "Sam! Wake up!" Sam woke up with a jolt.
"What's going on?" Then he realized he was holding Victoria.
"I can't breathe."
Sam immediately let go. "Sorry. Did you get scared in the middle of the night?"
She shook her head no. "Then why was I holding you?"
"Well…I went to wake you up and then you rolled over and pulled me into your chest. Also, you must have been dreaming because you said, 'I love you, Jessica.' Who's Jessica?"
Sam sat there, shocked. "I said that out loud."
Victoria nodded. "Is she your girlfriend?"
Sam frowned. "She was. But she…she died."
Victoria looked down. "Oh. I'm sorry. How?" "It's complicated."
"Like before? You don't want to scare me?" Sam nodded. "I see. Oh, and what was the deal?"
Dean looked Victoria right in the eye. "It's none of your business."
Victoria looked at him, shocked and confused by his anger. "What?"
"It's none of your business. Now get ready for school." Dean turned and walked out the door. Victoria looked at the empty doorway and got tears in her eyes. "I'm not going." She threw her head into her pillow and cried.
Sam touched her shoulder lightly. "Come on, Victoria. You have to go to school."
"I'm not going."
Sam sighed. "I'm going to get Dean."
About two minutes later, Dean came back upstairs. "Victoria?" She grunted. He sat down beside her on the bed and touched her shoulder lightly. She moved away and he sighed. "Look, Victoria. You know what we said earlier this week about not wanting to bother you with our problems." She nodded slightly. "I can't tell you what's going on because you have enough to worry about. Plus, it's kinda personal."
"Just leave me alone."
"No. You are going to late for school."
"I told Sam. I'm not going and you can make me."
Dean picked her up and carried her downstairs, sitting her on the couch. "Now listen. Either you go back upstairs and get dressed or I'll do it myself."
Victoria laughed. "You can't do that. It's sexual harassment."
"She's right, Dean." Sam said as he walked into the living room. "Technically, we can't make her do anything."
Dean looked at Victoria. "Is that the real reason you don't want to go to school? Because I won't tell you something private?"
Victoria shook her head no. "I'm scared." She whispered, quietly.
"What?"
"I'm scared. It could get me or something and I don't want to be alone when it happens."
"It won't."
Victoria looked up at Dean. "How do you know that?"
"Because we're going with you."
Victoria's eyes widened. "You're coming?" Dean nodded. Victoria smiled. "Thank you."
Victoria got up and got ready for school. On the way to school, Dean went through the drive through and got Victoria breakfast. They couldn't stay and eat because they would be late. When they got to school, they headed right for the principal's office. Surprisingly, she was in. Victoria walked in and Sam and Dean stood behind her.
"Good morning, Ms. Smith."
"Good morning…" She trailed off as if trying to remember her name.
"Victoria." Victoria helped her out.
"Yes. Sorry. What can I do for you, Victoria."
"Um… I don't know if my mom told you but they went away and there's something going on right now and these two gentlemen behind me need to stay with me until my parents come back. I'm just checking to see if it's okay."
Ms. Smith thought for a moment. "As long as it doesn't affect your school work, it should be fine."
"It won't. I promise. Thank you." Victoria smiled and left the office.
"So, where's your first class?" Dean asked, as they walked through the walls of RMC.
"Science. Room 111." They walked to the class and Deans started to open the door.
"Wait! No one goes in right now." She looked at her watch. "We still have five minutes."
"Okay. So how are you feeling today, Victoria? Did you sleep okay after what happened?" Sam asked in concern.
But Victoria wasn't paying any attention to them. She was staring down the hall. Dean waved his hand in front of her face and she looked back at them. "What?"
"Who were you staring at?" Dean asked, curious.
"How did you know I was staring at someone?" Victoria asked, defensive.
Dean laughed. "I just guessed.
Thanks for confirming it. So who is he?"
Victoria glared at him.
"No one. Just a guy I like."
"What's his name?" Dean asked, being nosy. Sam elbowed him. "Owe. What? I'm curious."
"Chase. But it doesn't matter. He doesn't even know that I even exist. We had one class together last year and didn't even talk. Plus, I mean why would he even go out with me when he could date someone who's actually pretty. I mean, look at me." She looked at Dean. "I know you didn't mean it earlier when you called me beautiful. You were just kidding around."
Before anyone could respond, Victoria walked into her classroom.
To Be Continued….
Before any one says anything, I don't actually see myself like that anymore. But I will admit that when I was writing this, I did. But now, I know that I am beautiful the way I am.
Thanks for reading.
-supernatural-princess17
