At the Bar Tonight
So as per request to help decide who Sadie should ultimately get with, this chapter is going to get some more insight into the boys.
Castiel could tell that Sadie was getting bored and uncomfortable. Since arriving at the bar, she had been hit on by at least two dozen men. It made him wonder what it would be like if she had actually dressed up. He had watched her most of the night, watched her play polite and make small talk when Ruby sat with her. Now the brunette woman was gone off somewhere and Sadie was left alone to twirl her straw in her soda.
"How are you holding up?" Castiel asked, walking over to where the blonde girl sat. She looked up at him and smiled. Castiel laughed slightly and refilled her drink. "That good huh?"
"I'm sorry, I'm trying to enjoy myself." Sadie said. "It's just really...crowded."
"And this is a slow night." Castiel said. Sadie's eyes widened. "I'm joking...this is a normal night. Sometimes it gets worse but not by much. Most of these people are regulars."
"Guess they'd have to be." Sadie said. Castiel crossed his arms on the bar and leaned forward. The girl looked at him and brushed her hair back out of her eyes slowly.
"Sadie..." Castiel said, starting a bit uncertainly. Sadie tilted her head. Castiel looked down at his arms then looked back up, his blue eyes finding hers and a small smile crossed his face. "You wanna dance?"
"Oh uh...sure." Sadie said, nodding and smiling. Castiel smiled a bit more and jumped over the bar Sadie laughed a bit and let him bring her over to where other people were dancing.
He held her close enough to keep her from other men, but not so close to make her uncomfortable. He felt happy when she relaxed in his arms. He wasn't quite sure what he felt for the girl he had only just met the previous night. She was young, he knew that, at least ten if not more years younger then himself, but she seemed wiser then her age. He was amazed how she could keep a sweet attitude despite what obvious troubles she had been through. It got his respect.
"Having fun now?" Castiel asked.
"Yeah." Sadie said, smiling. "I like dancing."
"I'll remember that." Castiel said. He spun her around, making her laugh. He smiled, enjoying hearing her laugh and knowing she was enjoying herself. He was reluctant when the song ended because he knew he had to get back to work. Sadie knew it and was the one that brought them back to the bar. Castiel kissed her cheek without thinking and didn't even think about it until he was back to serving drinks.
He surprised himself a little, getting so comfortable and nice with a young woman who God only knew what she went through. He had never felt so...connected...with someone in a long time and, he would only admit it to himself, he actually enjoyed it a bit. She was a sweet girl and she deserved better then she had been through.
"So you're sleeping with Castiel." Ruby said, coming back over to Sadie and slipping onto the stool next to the blonde.
"What? No." Sadie said. "I'm not sleeping with anyone."
"Oh come on, the way you two were dancing...seriously?" Ruby asked. "Something's got to be going on."
"Nothing is." Sadie said, frowning. She was beginning to understand why Dean and Castiel didn't like the girl.
"You don't need to hide it." Ruby said.
"Look...Ruby...NOTHING is going on." Sadie stated, sighing. "I am not sleeping with anybody." Ruby just scoffed and turned to the bar to sip her drink.
"You doing alright?" Dean asked, walking over. Sadie smiled softly and nodded. Dean grinned then looked at Ruby. "Hell's Mistress."
"Devil's pool boy." Ruby mocked, sliding off her stool and walking to a different section of the bar.
"Devil's pool boy?" Sadie questioned, unsure whether or not to laugh.
"She's a bitch." Dean said.
"I'm noticing." Sadie said, sipping her soda. She looked around before her eyes dropped to her glass. Dean caught the action and looked around as well. Several sets of eyes turned away.
"You wanna go hang out in the back office now?" Dean asked, looking at the blonde girl in front of him.
"I think so, yeah." Sadie said. Dean hopped over the bar and went with her to the office to unlock it for her. He left her to her own devices, stating that if she needed anything then she would just need to hit the button on the phone to call to the bar.
Sadie looked around the office, taking in the mahogany furniture and the monitors on the wall. She watched one of the monitors showing a couple of the guards/bouncers keeping an eye out. Being unsure of where she was allowed to sit, she nonetheless took the large chair behind the desk and twirled it back and forward slightly. Her back was to the door when it opened, making her jump in surprise. She spun around, making the man jump in surprise as well.
"Who are you?" He asked.
"Who are you?" Sadie asked at the same time.
"I...I'm Chuck." The man said. "Chuck Shurley. I'm...friends with Dean and Sam and Cas."
"Oh." Sadie said, relaxing slightly. "Sorry."
"For what?" Chuck asked, closing the door and moving further into the office.
"Scaring you?" Sadie guessed. Chuck laughed slightly and shook his head. Sadie smiled a bit.
"Don't worry about it, I'm not the calmest person anyways." Chuck said. "Doesn't exactly take much to make me jump. Uh...who are you again?"
"Oh, sorry, I'm Sadie." Sadie stated, starting to rise from the chair.
"Oh don't worry." Chuck said quickly. "I'm just in here to do a systems check." Sadie nodded slowly and sat back down. "You...you're that girl that Castiel helped the other night, right?"
"Umm...yeah." Sadie said. She watched Chuck open up the wall under the monitors and plug a laptop in. "Did they tell you?"
"Sort of." Chuck said. "When I got here, Cas said that there would be someone in here. Said it was a girl and she'd probably be a little...uneasy. But you don't seem too uneasy to me." Sadie smiled, starting to like this guy. "So are you enjoying the place?"
"It's not bad." Sadie said. "Definitely not what I imagined an illegal, underground, lounge...bar...place to be."
"Yeah well our boys don't settle for anything less then the best." Chuck replied, laughing. Sadie laughed as well although it was mostly just because Chuck seemed like an easy going type of person. "You should talk them into letting you come over and hang out with me and Becky."
"Umm...Becky?" Sadie asked.
"She's my fiancee." Chuck said. "She used to have this...huge crush on Sam. Borderline stalker kind of thing." Sadie laughed at the smile on Chuck's face. "You have no idea how good it felt to get someone off tall dark and sensitive."
"You're good looking." Sadie said. "And you're really nice so far. Any girl would be lucky."
"Thanks." Chuck said. "Cas was right, you are a sweetheart." Sadie smiled a little self consciously. "Anyways to get back to the topic of you escaping the boys, I'm sure Becky would love to have you around. She's been complaining lately about lacking female companionship or something like that. In my opinion, she does have girl friends because she death glares most of them when she thinks they'd be wanting to try and steal me."
"So she's a little crazy." Sadie said, grinning.
"Sort of, but I actually love it, weird as that sounds." Chuck said. "She's a little possessive but it makes her cute."
"You two are definitely made for each other then." Sadie said. Chuck laughed lightly as he worked away on the laptop. Sadie stood up and walked over to watch. When he noticed her, he turned the laptop slightly so she could see what he was doing. "None of that makes sense."
"It's just techno talk." Chuck said, grinning. He tried to explain but Sadie was still lost so they just gave up. For a few minutes he worked and she watched all in silence. Each of the monitors ended up flickering at one point but nothing else happened to them part from that. "And that's that, all finished."
"That was fast." Sadie said.
"Nothing was wrong." Chuck said. Sadie looked at the laptop and at all the icons on the desktop. She pointed at one labeled Supernatural Story.
"What's that?" Sadie asked.
"That?" Chuck replied. Sadie nodded. "That is for a book series I'm working on. It turns Dean and Sam into sort of...monster hunters." Sadie raised an eyebrow. "Took a lot of convincing but I finally managed to talk to them into letting me model the characters after them. Gives their lives a more supernatural twist, thus the title."
"That is...pretty cool." Sadie said. "Do you have any books out already?"
"A couple, yeah." Chuck said. "If you want, I can get you some of them."
"Really?" Sadie asked, her eyes lighting up. "That would be so great, I love books."
"Consider it done." Chuck said, smiling. Sadie smiled and hugged him. "Just...don't tell Dean."
"Gotcha." Sadie said, nodding. "I take it he's not exactly a big fan of the idea."
"Not really." Chuck said. "He's letting me go with it but he doesn't want to hear about it. Sam gets the updates. I just got to the point where I'm thinking of adding Castiel into them."
"You should totally make him an Angel." Sadie said, grinning. Chuck raised an eyebrow. "It would be great. Oh...and he could be like, the opposite of how he is now, all...sort of unemotional and serious and...not understanding things."
"That...is actually not a bad idea." Chuck said.
"It's yours." Sadie said.
"Oh I am liking you more and more." Chuck said. "I'll be giving you an acknowledgment several times." Sadie laughed slightly. "I need to get going now but I'll definitely see you later."
"Great!" Sadie exclaimed. "Sorry...little overexcited. New friends..." Chuck laughed slightly and Sadie smiled. They hugged again before Chuck left, leaving Sadie alone in the office.
Sam found her at closing time, curled up on the couch, fast asleep. He stood just inside the office, looking at her sleeping peacefully. Glad that she was getting some rest that he figured she could use, he gently and slowly lifted her off the couch, holding her in his arms. She was light and warm and her arms automatically lifted to go around his neck. Her head tilted, her face buried against his neck, and the action caused a shiver through him.
"Hey Sammy, come on." Dean called. Sam jolted back to reality at his brother's call and carefully carried Sadie out of the office, pulling the door shut behind him with his foot.
"Why are you carrying her?" Ruby asked, eyebrow raised.
"Because she's asleep." Sam said. "I didn't want to wake her up." He looked over at Dean and Castiel, putting chairs up on tables. Ruby rolled her eyes while he wasn't looking but smiled sweetly when he turned his eyes back to her.
"Alright, let's get out of here." Dean said, grabbing his coat and pulling it on. "Need some help with that Sam?"
"No, I got her." Sam said. He secretly enjoyed the warmth from Sadie's body and made sure not to make eye contact with his girlfriend.
"You're staying with me tonight, right Sam?" Ruby asked as they walked outside.
"Uh...yeah, of course." Sam said. "Just let me get Sadie into the Impala."
"Don't take too long." Ruby said, leaning over the girl in her boyfriend's arms to kiss him on the lips. Dean and Castiel were the ones to roll their eyes this time. Both had caught Ruby's eye roll back in the bar and were wondering of having Sadie around would be their chance to finally get rid of Ruby.
Castiel opened the back door of the Impala for Sam to put Sadie down in. He wasn't exactly easy and once he stepped back from the car, he felt a chill where her body had warmed him.
"Guess we'll see you later." Castiel said, closing the door softly.
"Yeah, guess so." Sam said, taking his eyes off Sadie and looking at Castiel. "Get some sleep, you look tired."
"Long night." Castiel said.
"See ya Sammy." Dean said, moving around to the driver side of the car.
"Later Dean." Sam replied. He walked over to Ruby's car and she flashed a somewhat triumphant smile at the other two when Sam wasn't looking. Dean narrowed his eyes, his hand curling into a fist. Castiel took in his friend's appearance and sighed before getting into the front seat of the Impala.
"One of these days, man." Dean said, shaking his head as he got inside. "One of these days."
"I know." Castiel said.
So hopefully that helps people decide on who I should stick with Sadie. I can't decide myself, I want audience participation. Although, now it might make things even worse because in a way, each of the guys could use her. I'll definitely need more characters at some point lol.
Check out my profile for a banner I put together for this story, you'll get to see what I'm imagining Sadie to be like.