Chapter 3

Mina jumped awake at the sound of her phone going off, with a groggy growl she answered it.

"You up yet? Cause I've got a job for you. Oh, and I think I came up with a solution to your problem." came Bobby's voice over the line.

She sat up smiling, "Really? Thank god! I'll be there in 30." Mina hung up and jumped out of bed. She dressed herself in her customary loose fitting jeans and long sleeve, black shirt. Looking in the mirror, she giggled at her mangled bed head, shook her head and grabbed her brush. Mina hummed to herself as she brushed her hair and pulled it into a tight ponytail, then brushed her teeth, put on her deodorant and bounced out of the bathroom.

Her shoes and socks were pulled on quickly, and everything she wasn't wearing was shoved in her duffel bag, along with all of her bathroom effects. Mina flung open her room door and immediately felt like she was melting. With an exasperated sigh she went back in, threw her duffel bag down and rummaged through it until she found what she was looking for. She yanked off her long sleeve shirt and shoved it back in the bag, then slipped on her black tank top.

Mina left her room, checked out, then hopped in her beat up car and started off to Bobby's house. The whole while a smile was planted across her mouth. She was extremely hopeful of Bobby's solution, and the thought of having even just one hunt to herself, without Dean sticking his nose in it, was heavenly. Her smile vanished as Dean entered her thoughts.

'Why is he always such a child?" she thought to herself. He used to be so nice, always opening doors for her, complimenting her, offering to help her out whenever she needed it. He seemed like the perfect gentleman. Then he just changed, almost over night. He was being such a jerk.

She sighed once again, she seemed to be doing that more often lately, and let her mind wander to what her case could be. She was onto imagining a den of vamps when she pulled up to Bobby's house. Hopping out of the car, she started humming to herself as she walked into the house.

"Okay, I'm here." she called out as she entered the main study. Sam was sitting on the couch with his laptop, as per usual. Bobby was bent over some book on his desk, and Dean was lounging on a chair across from the couch.

"Well, good morning sunshine," he said with a grin on his face. Mina rolled her eyes at him and turned to Bobby.

"So what's my case?" she asked smiling at him, "And how are you fixing my problem?"

Bobby looked at her and sat down, getting ready for the oncoming storm. "There are some missing girls in a little town in Virgina. No one's getting any answers there, and one of the girl's roommates said she had been hanging out with some really strange new friends." He sighed and looked up at her, she looked so excited, that was all about to change.

"And my solution is..." he paused and looked at Sam, who gave him a sympathetic look. "Is...ummm. You're all going on this case together. As a team." He braced himself.

"What?" Mina exclaimed staring at him like he'd grown another head.

"He said we're all going together, as a team," Dean put in with a cocky grin.

She glared at him like she was going to kill him. "Bobby, please tell me you're kidding, you can't be serious about this."

Bobby rubbed his face and looked at her, "Mina. I think this will really help. All of you will be partners in this. No one will be the leader, you're all going to have to work together to get this one done."

Mina stared at him for minute, then she heaved a defeated sigh. "There is really nothing I can do about this is there?" Bobby shook his head. "Fine, if I have to work with the two of them to get this done, then I will." She turned and walked into the kitchen to get some food and coffee.

Sam looked at Bobby and smiled, "She took that better than I expected." Bobby just nodded and looked over at Dean.

Dean was in his own little world, sitting in his chair, his eyes trailing after Mina's every move. He had this 'sad puppy' look on his face mixed with thinly veiled desire. Bobby started to doubt his plan at that second. But it was too late, he couldn't call it off now, she had accepted it with only a little fuss. To go back on it now would be like forgetting that happened.


They headed out after breakfast, the boys in the Impala, Mina in her car. They all had different feelings about this assignment. Mina apprehensive, not sure if this would even remotely work. Sam nervous, he wasn't sure if it would either. And then there was Dean, the only one with a good feeling about this. He didn't care if it worked or not, he was going to be around her for this whole case. Working with her and living in close proximity to her. This was going to be an awesome week.