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Sam could hardly believe his eyes when he surveyed the dingy bar that Dean had insisted they stop at and found her.

It was amazing how much she seemed to fit right in with the rest of the tough looking crowd. But then again...that had always been something that she was good at, fitting in where she should have stood out. There was no way that a beautiful blonde should have gone unnoticed by the entire male population in the room.

Sam knew he wasn't unaffected.

So did Dean, he nudged his brother. "Dude, you're drooling."

Sam peeled his eyes away from hers to glare at his brother.

Dean shrugged. "What? It's embarrassing." He clapped Sam on the shoulder. "I'll go get us something to drink and you can go talk."

"Dean…" He was gone. Sam grimaced, dreading another confrontation…especially in a place where any one of the massive biker-types could save the lady in distress. Sam was no pussy, but the half the men in the room had arms the size of his waist.

He started walking across the room, and could practically feel the distain oozing from her.

Alison contemplated getting up and taking off through the back. There was no doubt in her mind that she could do it…and would after a few more seconds of absorbing the sight of him.

She really would have, had she not seen the look in his eyes. He was scared.

The realization hit her hard, making her rethink every decision that she had made. She was so sure about him when she left, so sure of the way that he felt.

The hesitation caused him to make it to her table rather quickly, and he was standing in front of her before she had time to run. He didn't sit, just looked at her expectantly…it infuriated her.

"What are you doing here? I thought you two would be in Colorado by now."

Sam gave her an amused smile. "You're not going to make this easy are you?"

She tilted her head. "Why should I?"

He waited a few seconds. "I don't know." Something in his voice almost made her want to hug him. Almost.

"Alison." Dean set three fresh beers on the table and sat in the booth beside her. "We haven't seen you how long, and you just up and disappear after saving our asses. Let me buy you a beer."

She flickered an amused glance at Dean as Sam took the booth across from them. She reached for one of the bottles. "I guess you do owe me, and mine does seem to be empty."

Dean smiled and grabbed himself one. Sam folded his arms across his chest and didn't touch the last one.

"So tell me, how did you manage to get yourselves into that situation up there?"

Although she was incredibly uncomfortable with the entire situation, she could pull off small talk. She waited for one of them to answer.

Apparently it wasn't going to be Sam, who still had his arms crossed and a scowl plastered on his face. Dean seemed to be in a better mood, whether it was the company or just because he was enjoying Sam's misery.

"The bitch was stronger than he looked. Besides, you can't expect a guy to be in control all the time…I mean even I'm not perfect."

She heard Sam mumble "No where close" under his breath, and smiled. She was beginning to enjoy Sam's misery as much as Dean.

She decided to milk the situation, after all how many chances would she get after she got rid of the two. She ran a hand through Dean's hair. "That's your story and you're sticking to it, right?"

Dean hid his grin behind his hand. He knew exactly what she was doing, and if Dean knew his brother as well as he thought he did Sam would be growing jealous by the second. "That's right." He paused for good measure. "Would you like to dance, Alison?"

She didn't have to look at Sam to see the disbelief on his face. After all, what kind of a brother would try and hit on someone that his brother was interested in…or used to be.

A Winchester, that's who.

"How sweet, Dean. I'd love to." Dean pushed himself out of the booth and she followed.

When they made their way to the less than crowded dance floor Dean pulled her close to whisper in her ear. "You are one bad girl. It's not very nice to tease Sammy this way."

Alison sighed. "Who are you to talk? You were baiting him before I was."

Dean laughed. "Yeah, but he's my brother, it's my job. What's your excuse?"

"Well, as evil as it sounds I just want to piss him off. How's that working?"

Dean looked over her shoulder and grinned. "Oh, I don't think you have to worry. He's shooting dangers with his eyes, and it looks like he's already downed the beer."

Alison pulled away. As much as she enjoyed it, she wasn't one to completely enjoy another's misery. "It was really good seeing you Dean, even though I know you haven't missed me one bit."

"Sure I did, I missed the howling…it put me to sleep." He looked her in the eyes. "And Sam?"

She glanced over to where he sat. "Unfortunately, I have to say it was good to see him. Too good." She looked back at Dean. "Maybe I'll see you guys around."

Dean grabbed her arm before she could turn. "Aren't you going to say something to him?"

She shook her head. "It would only turn out bad. You were there the last time we talked, look how that ended. Goodbye, Dean."

He tried to hold her, but she yanked her arm free and ran for the door.

Sam knew the second that she was going to run. As soon as she pulled away from Dean he had seen it coming. Why he hadn't gotten up and stopped her he wasn't sure.

Maybe he deserved everything he was getting, and besides he was a magnet for death. He was surprised that Dean was still alive.

Dean walked back to the table and sat across from Sam. "I tried…"

"I know."

Dean watched the emotions flicker across Sam's face. It was something that he was used to as Sam was never very good at hiding his feelings…but there was something different in his expressions.

Dean was at a loss of what to do to help him and that pissed him off.


So i know it may be a little out of character for the two brothers, but there was really no other way for me to make this situation go. There had to be one more encounter where both Sam and Alison doubted their choices before the next time they meet up. Thanks for the great reviews, they were really helpful...keep it up you guys are the ones that keep me going! Big kisses!