Hello again readers! Tis I, your beautiful and cunning author! I have continued this disturbing work of words and shall now reveal to you... Chapter 2!
~Amnagreile99
Sam's POV
Abby had fallen asleep 20 minutes ago, still curled up on my lap. Her arms were lightly wrapped around my neck and her knees were pulled up to her chest. Her head rested against my chest, lightly bobbing when the car turned left or right.
"She looks adorable when she's sleeping." I said.
Dean looked over at me and grinned.
"Yeah, I guess. Poor kid has lived through so much."
I tried shifting my position without jostling Abby too much. She whimpered and her fingers clenched a little, nightmare.
"What do you think we do about her?" I asked.
"Sam, that kid is not going to let go of you anytime soon. We'll have to get her comfortable with letting go of you before we try to bring her to the orphanage." Dean said, trying to make the car drive as soft as possible.
"True. She's clingy."
"No. She's clingy, to YOU. She's latched onto the first one who showed her lasting kindness. It'll be that way for a while until she can trust others."
"And... How do you know all this?"
"I can tell by looking at the shadow on your lap."
I looked down at her and my arms wrapped themselves around her body protectively. I could feel the hollowness of her stomach and my fingers could touch her ribs.
"First things first, she needs food. I don't think the demon fed her much, she's malnourished."
"We're going to stop for gas soon, maybe we can find a few things to grab from the little shop they've always got."
"We've got to stop at a RESTUARANT. Not a small store and feed her candy bars. She needs meat, real food."
"Okay, okay."
"This went on for a MONTH. A month Dean!"
"We didn't know what was going on. All we could do was exorcise it."
"If we'd figured out earlier... We could have saved her from that."
"We didn't know what the demon was doing. But thank god we found her when we did. Saving her now is better than leaving her there for any longer."
"I know. But still. She's not talking except for her name and she goes off into space sometimes."
"Sam. She's here, she's safe, and we are not going to let her get hurt anymore."
We sat there in silence. Abby nuzzled my shirt and I held her head gently. I saw the sign for a diner and slowly turned my head towards Dean.
"I know, I see it."
He turned into the parking lot and found a space.
"Abby. Abby, time to wake up." I nudged Abby a little on the shoulder.
Her eyes twitched and she opened them sleepily. At first she was still like a statue and looked around as though looking for the demon that had abused her. Then it seemed that the memories flooded through and her eyes widened. She looked up at me and jerked away.
"It's okay. It's alright, you're fine." I said, holding her.
She breathed shakily for a second before settling back into my lap.
"We're going to go eat now. Okay? You can hold on to me if you want but you've got to eat." I said, opening the car door.
She tightened her grip and hung onto me as I got out. I put her in a cradle hold and she tucked her head in, trying to avoid eye contact with passerby. Dean locked the car and got out walking towards the doors of the small diner. He held them open for me and I sidestepped in, with Abby holding tight.
"It's okay, you're doing fine." I said comfortingly.
Abby didn't move.
"Table for 3?" The hostess asked, grabbing 3 menus.
"Yes." I said.
She lead us through the small diner and sat us down at a table with 4 chairs. I took a spot and Dean sat across from me. I tried getting Abby to sit next to me but she held on tight.
"Abby, it's okay, I'm right here."
She shook her head and whimpered. I pulled the chair closer, until my chair was touching the seat of the other chair. She glanced down at it and let go, sinking into the chair. She tried to shuffle closer, hugging my waist.
"What do you want to eat?" I asked, holding up a menu for her.
She looked it over and pointed to the cheapest thing on the menu, which was a glass of pop.
"C'mon, you've got to want to eat something."
She shook her head and stabbed the menu, pointing to the pop.
"Can I get you anything?" A waitress walked up.
I saw Dean glance at the waitress momentarily, before looking worriedly at Abby.
"I'd like a double bacon cheeseburger... And a salad." He said, handing the waitress the menu.
I stared at him in shock. He ordered a salad?!
"Alright? And you?" The waitress looked over at me.
"Uh... I'd like a... Veggie platter, with a glass of water, and... Mini sliders." I said, handing her the menu.
The waitress looked at me strangely before shaking her head and looking sweetly over at Abby, who was staring at the table. "And how 'bout you sweetheart?"
Abby flinched, and looked up at me, pointing to the pop.
"She'd like... A glass of coke." I said, gently taking Abby's menu from her and handing it to the waitress.
"Alrighty. I'll have you fixed up in a jiffy." The waitress left.
"Abby? You alright?" I asked, leaning closer.
She nodded, holding her stomach. I heard a faint growl and she clutched her stomach, wincing in pain. Hunger.
"You sure you wanted only the pop?" I asked.
She nodded.
"Alright."
I looked at Dean and he was watching Abby worriedly. He exchanged a look with me and I understood why the salad had been brought up.
"Abby, you sure you don't want food?" I asked.
"Sam, if she doesn't want food, leave it." Dean said, folding his arms together.
I sat there, silent for a while, holding onto Abby.
"Any new cases coming up?" Dean asked.
I glanced at Abby before responding.
"Yeah, I think. There's a few cases that might be around Virginia."
Abby looked up at me curiously and cocked her head to the side.
"Dean? Can we talk about this... Later?" I asked.
"Yeah."
We sat the in silence for a few minutes. Abby held onto me and looked up at me with glistening blue eyes. She clutched onto my shoulder tightly while staring blankly at the dark wooden table.
"Alrighty, here's your drink sweetie." The waitress walked over, placing the glass of brown bubbly liquid on the table in front of Abby.
As the waitress walked away, Abby stared at the drink for a full 10 seconds before slowly moving her arms and holding the straw gingerly. She softly put her lips on the straw and drank in the liquid. My eyes lit up as she finally had substance in her. Dean smiled softly and Abby closed her eyes, thoroughly enjoying the drink.
"Is it good?" I asked quietly.
Abby nodded, and within seconds, half the glass was gone. She leaned back and took a huge breath, and I realized she hadn't breathed since taking that big drink.
"And here's your salad and burger." The waitress walked back over and set down Dean's food.
"Thanks."
"I'll have your food in a minute." The waitress said to me, going to check on a table across the room.
I looked at Abby as her eyes slid over to stare at Dean's salad.
"You want to try some?" Dean asked gently.
Abby looked up at me and I picked up my fork, stabbing a small lettuce leaf. Slowly, the fork hovered and slid closer to her. Holding the fork close to her mouth, she opened it hesitantly and used her hand to take the fork from me, and gently push the fork into her own mouth. Taking the fork out of her mouth, she chewed the leaf. My eyes flickered to Dean and I saw his pinkie slowly push the salad plate a smidge closer to Abby.
"Have another." He encouraged.
Abby shyly reached her hand across and took two leaves on the fork. She slowly took them into her mouth and the corner of her mouth twitched upwards. I saw Dean push the plate closer to Abby out of the corner of my eye. The plate was now halfway across the table to Abby. She hesitated for 7 seconds and looked over at me as I tried to keep a straight face. Her hand reached over again slowly and she took another few leaves of salad. I discreetly moved my arm and shifted the plate closer. This time, Abby hesitated for 4 seconds before taking another forkful. I slid the plate closer without moving, using only my pinkie.
"And here's your veggie platter." The waitress came back and placed the plate in front of me, smiling kindly. "I'll have your sliders in a moment."
Abby glanced worriedly over at the waitress and sat uncomfortably before taking another bite of salad. The plate shifted closer to Abby and I realized it wasn't me or Dean, Abby was pulling the plate closer to herself. I grinned and when my eyes flicked to Dean, he was smiling broadly as well. Abby's fork hovered over the plate of salad momentarily before she took another bite. She was unconsciously poking the salad with her fork and bringing it to her mouth. My eyes lit up as out of the corner of my eye, Abby glanced at me and Dean, who were pretending not to be watching, then slowly pulled the plate until it was fully across the table and in front of her.
"And here's your sliders." The waitress hovered around our table after setting down the last plate and winked at me when she realized what had happened to Dean's salad and why I ordered the sliders.
I immediately started on my veggie platter and could sense Dean eating his burger.
Faking to be full after eating half my plate, I grunted. "Oh, I don't think I'll be able to eat the rest of my food, Abby?"
Abby looked up at me wide eyed.
"Would you like to try my burgers?"
Abby just looked at me, her face expressionless. She looked at her salad that had started out as Dean's, then looked at my plate of sliders, which was already closer to her, then looked back at me with a type of silent understanding. She slowly reached out her arm, which I could see, still had some bruises. She pulled the plate to her and with her chin pointed down, looked up at me with her own, patented puppy dog look that beat mine any day. She smiled, the smallest smile probably ever smiled, but she carefully picked up the burger and took a bite. It happened in slow motion, the biting, the chewing, the swallowing, and it made her look like a commercial for food. I couldn't help but smile, and knew, without even looking, Dean was grinning too.
Abby's POV
I devoured the burgers without second thought, and finished off the salad after that. I became so intrigued by eating I almost forgot I was with men. Almost. The fact that they both watched me eat had creeped me out, and I worried about when we had to stop, because surely they couldn't drive all night. But I didn't worry about that now. The waitress came back and I watched her fearfully as though her eyes might turn black, she would kill my ... Kill Sam and Dean. I couldn't get attached, getting attached meant getting hurt. Sam looked over at me while Dean paid for the food and they both got up. I stayed where I was. Sam glanced back at me and came back, gripped my arms, and hoisted me up.
I wrapped my arms around his neck and laid my head on his shoulder. He braced his hand against my back and followed Dean out of the restaurant. He approached the black car and tried opening the back door. I gripped my fingers onto his shirt and whimpered, my lip already trembling. He was my protection, my survival. He immediately got in the front with me holding on and cradled me again, like he had before.
"You tired?" Sam asked, looking at me kindly.
I nodded and in latched on hand to rub my eyes.
"You want to go back to sleep?" He asked.
I hesitated, I had been safe before when I slept, I could be okay now. I nodded slowly and he smiled. He started humming and whispering the words to the song he had hummed before.
"It's hard to remember, summer or winter, when she hadn't been there for me. A friend; a companion, I can always depend on, my mother, that's who I need." He sang low and soft.
"Wish I, could slow down the hands of time; keep things the way, they are. If she said so, I would give her the world; If I could, I would.
I could barely hear it but I rested my head against his chest as he whispered.
"I've taken for granted, the seeds that she planted, she's always behind... Every scheme. A teacher; a seeker; a both arms outreacher, my mother, that's who I need."
My eyes closed down as he finished the last line.
"My mother, that's who I need."
The song mentioned in this story exists, it's called "My Mother" and was in the movie A Chipmunks Adventure. Sang by the Chippettes. It can be found on YouTube and is the first lullaby that came to my mind. I love how Sam and Dean were able to get Abby to eat, and I hope you guys will keep and eye out for my next chapter, which I hope will come quicker than this one. Please, FOLLOW, FAVOURITE, OR REVIEW! Or do both. I LOVE YOU ALL AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR REVIEWS!
~Amnagreile99
