After a rather quiet car trip to town, Sam had decided to bring Kate to a little diner restaurant before going to shopping since her stomach never stopped growling in the car. They had ordered their meals and Kate had noticed how very nice and polite Sam was to the old waitress.
"I'm sorry about Dean," he told her as he glanced at her. She was looking through the window. She shrugged at his words. "We've just got so much to do lately and well he just came back from-" Sam stopped himself abruptly and shifted a bit in his position making Kate look at him. She looked at his facial expression and understood that something quite important and hard had happened.
"How did you even decide to be a... a hunter?" She asked in a whisper trying to change the subject. "Are monsters known by the whole world here? And being a hunter of monsters is just a casual job?"
"What? No. No it's not like that," he replied looking a bit around making sure that no one could hear their conversation. "The whole world isn't aware of what's really happening… Of the supernatural. Just some people knows. And well, most of those who know are hunters. They, well, they hunt those creatures to help people, to save them. It's not a casual job that is paid. It's a crappy job, we're not paid, we have to travel all around the country wherever something weird happens and it's not that easy." He shook his head. The waitress arrived right at that moment with the plates they had ordered. Chicken with salad and soda for Sam, and a cheeseburger with French fries and soda for Kate. Kate asked if she could have some ketchup and the waitress nodded saying she was coming right back. Kate looked at her plate happy to know she was going to satisfy her hunger. Sam looked at her before he started eating.
"So you risk your own life to save complete strangers... And you get to travel all around the country, that's pretty cool and heroic," she said nodding. "But isn't it hard though? I mean your family must be scared like hell when you leave them for a case…"
"Hum yeah well the only family Dean and I have is Bobby," Sam replied. Kate looked at him quietly as she was a bit taken by surprise.
"You don't have... parents or hum other siblings maybe?" She asked in a little voice.
"No... They all died," he just replied and Kate looked down feeling bad to have brought out this subject. Sam looked at her "Hey, it's okay. Don't feel bad, it happened a long time ago. And Dean and I are okay."
"Okay?" She said looking up at him "Your brother spends his time drinking. I don't even think I've seen him drink anything but alcohol ever since I arrived here. Even in his coffee he poured alcohol! "
"Yeah I've noticed too... He wasn't like that before... It's just since he came back..." He said.
"And you…"
"What about me?" He asked.
"You are as okay as your brother is," she told him and he shook his head.
"What makes you say that?" He gave a chuckle that Kate could say was forced. He was also avoiding her eyes.
"You're kind," she said as his eyes looked up to meet hers. "You're too kind. People who are that kind are usually people who went through a lot and don't wish to see anyone else go through the same pain." Sam stared at her silently for a few seconds before the waitress came back with the ketchup.
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After a few minutes, Kate had finished her cheeseburger and she was eating her French fries while Sam was finishing his salad. They had been getting to know each other a little bit and Sam was rather happy to have a conversation where not any word connected to monsters or the end of the world was pronounced. They talked about university and she was surprised to find out he went to Stanford. She told him about France and how she thought she was going to die from homesickness the first few months. She told him about her family never mentioning her father which caught Sam's attention but he didn't say anything about it. She asked him if he had a girlfriend and he told her that this job didn't allow him to have any girlfriend. She told him that it wasn't too bad. She told him that a few days ago she had found out that her boyfriend had cheated on her. He had said he was sorry but then she laughed it off, saying that she wasn't really in love with him so she didn't care. She was just pissed that he had cheated on her because she was starting to have feelings for him. She asked him if he ever had the chance to fall completely in love with a girl and he said yes with a big smile before stopping for a second.
"We can change the subject if you want," she told him but he shook his head.
"No, no it's okay," he told her "It's just... It was a few years ago, I had a girlfriend… I was crazy about her, completely crazy about her… She was perfect," he said and Kate just looked at him with a soft smile. "I met her at Stanford and it was kind of love at first sight… We dated and hum… I was going to propose," he looked up at her and met her soft brown eyes "But like I said this job doesn't allow you to have any girlfriend." Her smile turned into a sympathy one.
"What about Dean?" She asked not sure if she could ask him what had happened exactly to make their story end.
"Dean?" Sam said before he let out a light scoff "Dean doesn't know what a girlfriend is. As far as I know he's only had three girlfriends in his whole life and his story with them didn't last longer than a week," he told her and she raised her eyebrows. "He's understood faster and better than me that this kind of life doesn't mix well with a lot of other things."
"Then why did you… Why did you choose it?"
"We didn't… We were raised like that," he replied and she frowned her eyebrows "Our father raised us like that," he took a deep breath and let it out before he decided to tell her everything. "My mother was killed by a demon when I was a baby and well, our father decided to hunt down this demon. It obsessed him. He wanted to catch this demon and to avenge our mother death so much that he forgot how to properly raise his kids. He-he raised us to be the best damn hunters so we could protect ourselves and also so we could keep on hunting. He was rougher towards Dean than me, though," Sam told her and she listened to him just as good as he had listened to her when she told him about her life "Dean was always the one taking care of me, watching out for me and making sure I was safe but also happy." Kate's lips curled into a soft smile realizing that Dean wasn't as bad as he let on. "And well, my father was so obsessed by this demon that it killed him…"
"The demon killed him or the obsession?" She asked in a soft whisper.
"Both," Sam replied "And ever since that moment, our lives are even crappier than before."
"My father died too," she said "It was lung cancer. He-he used to smoke a lot and when he found out he had that, all he could think about was that old friend that introduced him to smoking. He damned him for hours that day," she let out a little laugh as she remembered "My mother didn't want to visit him at all because they were divorced ever since I was seven years old. She ignored him when he called her to say he was sorry it didn't work out between the two of them. She… I-I love her but she was a real bitch." She shook her head "My father was the one to encourage me to get the hell out of my hometown. He knew how I hated that hometown after they got divorced mainly because he left. He encouraged me to do my studies in Paris."
"He seemed like a good person," Sam said softly. She nodded.
"Your father too," she replied and noticed the expression on his face saying that he didn't really think so "He just wanted to avenge what destroyed your family, Sam. If he didn't love you or your mother he wouldn't have done any of that."
"I suppose," Sam murmured. "Why did you take a year break from University?"
"My father… He passed away five months ago. And I wanted to go back to my roots for him… I went to Dallas where we spent the two first years of my life, then I went to Lawrence where he lived after the divorce. And well then I stayed with my mother… More or less."
"You were heading to Lawrence when you got pulled to this dimension, right?" He asked her and she nodded.
"I was going to visit him," she replied.
"My mother is buried in Lawrence too," he told her "Well, not really but her tomb is there. She died in a fire so there wasn't really anything left but our father still made a tomb for her there before he started to learn more about demons."
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After their lunch, Sam and Kate decided to go buy all the things they had to buy. Dean had called Sam twice asking him to bring some pie with him and to hurry up. Then, Sam had a phone call from a woman. Kate had noticed Sam's face change when he saw the name on his phone screen. Since, they had already done the grocery shopping together, Sam told her to do the clothes shopping on her own as he drove her to the mall. He gave her a credit card and told her that she could buy everything she needed and gave her his cellphone. He told her he'd call on it in two hours utmost so she would tell him when he could come and pick her up. Kate had realized that this young man who had told her hunting didn't allow any girlfriend, surely was in rush to meet that woman who called him.
After half an hour picking up clothes in one big lady shop and getting stares from almost everyone because of Sam's too big clothes that she was wearing, Kate decided to pay for those clothes and to get changed but first she went to the Victoria's secret shop right across the shop she was in.
She was now wearing a pair of dark blue tight denim and a casual black long sleeved-shirt with a simple parka coat on. She had even taken off her converse sneakers and bought a pair of biker boots. She felt more than good with new underwear on and new clothes. However, she decided to buy some more lingerie and she started to wander in the Victoria's secret shop when the phone in her coat pocket rang. She picked up.
"Yes?"
"Sam?"
"No, it's not Sam… Dean is that you?"
"Yeah. Why you're the one answering on Sam's phone?" He asked her.
"Because he gave it to me and told me to call him when I'm done shopping," she replied as she took a red lacy bra that looked very nice. She heard him groan.
"Why did he leave you on your own?" He asked her and not knowing if Dean knew that Sam had some kind of secret girlfriend she decided to tell him something else.
"I think he was too embarrassed to come and buy some lingerie with me," she told him. Dean was silent for a long while which made Kate frown. "Hello? You're still there?"
"Hum yeah," he replied hesitantly and Kate could feel that it was embarrassing him actually. Or exciting him.
"Okay, well I'm kind of busy buying myself some bra so if you could call later, that'd be nice," she told him.
"What I thought girls could do multitask?" He said almost teasing.
"Well, I will kind of need my two hands to try on those things," she replied "See you later." She said hanging up on him before he had the chance to say anything else.
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When Kate and Sam came back at Bobby's, the old man was almost shocked to see all the things they had bought.
"What am I gonna do with all this food?" Bobby asked as he helped them get all the bags out of the car.
"Seeing as I might stay here for more than just a weekend, I convinced Sam to buy as much as possible so I can cook a few things for us to eat," Kate replied.
"Still. It's way too much," Bobby said as they walked in the house.
"Nah, half of it is for me," she replied and Sam chuckled.
"And I see you've bought yourself some clothes," Bobby said as they put down the food bags on the kitchen table.
"Yeah, Sam was generous enough to give me his credit card and buy as much as possible," she replied "The bags with my new clothes are on the backseat. I'm gonna go and take them."
Right when Kate left the house, Dean entered the kitchen from the backdoor there. His eyes widened at the number of bags on the table.
"You bought the whole grocery shop?" Dean told his brother.
"Kate wanted to buy as much as possible," he replied "Did you guys eat by the way?"
"Yeah, I bought two pizzas hours ago," Dean replied "There's some left overs if you want."
"Pizza leftovers? I call dibs on them," Kate exclaimed as she put her bags down on the couch and walked in the kitchen. Dean glanced at her before he did a double take. She wasn't wearing Sam's clothes anymore. She was wearing clothes that not only were her size but held her silhouette perfectly. She had very nice curves right where there should be curves. She wasn't too thin and she wasn't too fat either. Dean was sure that she was the kind of girl who worked out just enough to stay healthy and not because she wanted to get as thin as a toothpick. Dean checked her up and down as she took the plate with the pizza leftovers and stuffed half of a piece in her mouth. She chewed on it before she turned around and noticed Dean's eyes on her. "What?" she said her as her mouth was full. Well she wasn't very glamorous at that moment but it didn't bother him, not at all.
"You guys didn't have lunch?" He asked as he looked at her.
"We did," Sam replied as he started putting things in the cupboards. "Katie just really likes pizza." Dean's head immediately turned to his little brother.
"Katie?" He said as the woman grabbed a second piece of pizza and walked to the men and helped Bobby and Sam as they put the products where they were supposed to be put.
"Hum, it slipped out," Sam said as he looked at the woman "It doesn't bother you if I call you Katie, does it?"
"Nope, it's cool," she replied as she kept on chewing on the pizza.
"Katie, what's that for?" Bobby asked her as he showed her one of the products she had bought. Dean looked at Bobby shocked that he was using this nickname too. He looked at Sam who gave him a confused look. Dean shook his head and walked out of the kitchen. He sat down on the couch right next to her shopping bags.
He looked down at them and took the pink one with the famous name on it. He glanced at the three people in the kitchen, talking as they put things at their right places. He turned his attention back to the bag and glanced inside before taking an article in his hand only to receive a crisps package on the head. He looked up and met Kate's eyes.
"Don't," she told him. He scoffed as he put away the bag.
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One hour. She spent one hour trying to fall asleep but nothing happened. She was now laid on her back looking up at the ceiling. Bobby had given her a little room upstairs so she could have her intimacy but being alone there wasn't comforting her at all. She couldn't help but think too much about everything that was happening to her. She decided to give up on sleeping and got out of the bed. She had nothing on but her underwear so she decided to take Sam's large shirt and put it on before she walked out of the room. She did her best to make no noise at all as she walked downstairs, barefeet. When she arrived downstairs, she found the living room empty and realized that the boys must have their own room too.
She walked in the kitchen and opened the fridge, happy to see that thanks to her and Sam it was full of many good things and not just beers or jars filled with lamb bloods or whatever else. She grabbed a beer and closed the fridge before she turned around and gasped.
"You scared the crap out of me," she breathed out as she put one of her hands on her chest.
"Sorry sweetheart."
"Could you not call me sweetheart please?" She asked annoyed as she stared at Dean who only smirked before he walked right towards her. She stepped back and was blocked by the fridge.
"Why not?" He asked her in a husky voice as he was leaning his face down as he put one of his hand on the fridge right behind her "Sammy calls you Katie. Can't I give you nickname too?" Kate could smell the alcohol in his breath. She looked up to meet his eyes.
"You're drank," she told him.
"Not more than usual," he replied. His eyes wandered down "Isn't that my brother's shirt?"
"That was the only thing in reach to put on before I left my room," she told him and he looked up at her eyes. "Could you move?" He looked at her for a moment before finally stepping back. She walked to the couch and he grabbed his bottle strong whisky before he followed her.
"Bad dream?" He asked her.
"No, I just couldn't sleep at all," she replied before she opened her beer and drank a sip of it. He walked to the couch and sat a foot away from her. His gaze was glued to the opposite wall "You?" She asked and he scoffed before drinking a long sip of his bottle. "I'm pretty sure this is the bottle I bought with Sam and there was much more liquid in it." He turned his head to look at her and Kate felt a bit uncomfortable. His eyes were intense but his whole face was emotionless. "What are you trying to drink down?"
"What?"
"It's pretty obvious something is bothering you enough to make you drink alcohol that much," she told him and he stared at her. "What is it?"
"I don't think that's any of your problem," he replied sharply. And she nodded as she stood up. "Where are you going?"
"Somewhere else," she replied "I can feel that you hate the fact that I'm here, Dean. Not only now, but ever since I arrived I can feel that you've got something against me and," she stopped as she stared at him "You know what? Nevermind. I'm gonna head to my room. Goodnight," she told him. She walked towards the staircase when Dean suddenly grabbed her wrist and turned her around before he pinned her to the wall. The bottle of beer dropped on the little carpet making almost no noise.
She didn't say anything as she stared at him. His eyes were gazing all over her face as he had a blade on her neck and his other hand was holding her hand against the wall. She put her free hand on his forearm.
"You're right I've got something against you," he whispered as he was now staring right into her eyes. "And I don't care that Sam or Bobby or Castiel for that matter thinks you're an innocent we've got to protect. I don't care at all, sweetheart," he glanced down at her lips before looking right back up into her eyes. He was holding the blade against her skin with force and it hurt her a bit. She hadn't even winced at that, keeping her face strong and hard as she looked at him. "I have my eyes on you, and if you do one little slip, I will not have any problem sliding your throat open. You won't be the first anyway. Do you hear me?" Kate didn't say anything. "I said do you hear me?" She felt him push on the blade and cutting her a little bit. This time she almost winced but she didn't.
"Yes," she replied in a whisper. He stared at her before he let go of her. He stepped back and stared at her as she put her hand on her throat, her head lowed. She didn't even glance at him as she made her way upstairs, locking her bedroom's door behind her just in case. Because whatever was happening in this man's mind, it was clearly messed up and the feeling of safety she had started to feel around those three men was starting to vanish.
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Author's note :
I couldn't stop myself... I wanted to keep that part for another day but I thought that this part was pretty much more interesting than the previous one. So here you go. As you can see I am focusing on settling the bonds and everythign first of all but don't worry, I'm not forgetting the whole plot of this amazing tv show. I am just starting and very soon, the boys are going to go back on their routine and as for Kate well you'll find out ;)
Oh and please review to let me knwo what you thought and to encourage me to continue if that is what you wish for.
Thank you very much for reading !
A.
