Ah I am really sorry I almost forgot to update today! I feel awful but I have it now! Here is Chapter 4 "Break"
Before Sam knew it he was blinking open his eyes only to find the movie still running and Dean's annoyed cross armed glare directed toward him. "Morning sleepy head. I'm glad you think that we aren't on the clock and decided to take a nap when you should have been doing research."
"I... We were doing research." Sam gestured at the T.V. just as the sparkly TinkerBell flew into view. "See faerie." He knew it was a stretch but he mine as well try.
Dean unfolded his arms and reached over to turn off the television. "I was being serious Sam. We don't have much time if we want to save this kid." He looked over at how Tea was using Sam's shoulder as a pillow and the rest of his arm as a teddy bear. "I've told you before if you wanted time alone with her... well she has her own room now."
"Shut up." Sam shook his head. "If you must know, we figured just about everything out. We were taking a break and didn't mean to fall asleep." He felt like he should get up but he didn't want to wake Tea up or move her, she just looked so peaceful. Not to mention how he kind of liked how her small hand was twined in his big one.
Sighing with an added eye roll Dean sat down on his bed and faced Sam. "So let me hear all that you've found out. Cause I'm really ready to ditch this small town and get back to our other problems. You know the ones that are connected to the end of the freaking world."
Removing his arm gently from Tea's grasp he sat up facing his older brother. "Well I did say almost everything. We figured out that the NeverNever is actually a part of our world, which faeries can be walking around among us humans and we would never know. Faeries can only be seen by little kids and if they want to be seen. Also we are pretty positive that the king holds his court in the woods somewhere."
Dean nodded; he remained quiet waiting for Sam to continue. After a silent minute passed Dean flicked his wrist out "In two and a half hours that is all you found?" He ran his hand through his short spiky hair. "I've been busting my ass to get that damn doc to give me more than two or three word answers and you've figured out the king is going to be nearly impossible to find?"
"We know he's in the woods and Sam called Bobby to see if he can find anything." Tea combed her side swept bangs back with the rest of her tousled hair. "Sam says he has loads of old books. Maybe in one of them there will be a mixture that will allow us to see the Fae." She sat up cross-legged next to Sam. "The Fair Folk are pretty protective of their own. If we don't go about this carefully we might bring Oberon and or Mabh down on us."
"Who is Mabh?" Dean raised an eyebrow.
"Ice Queen of the UnSeelie court," Tea answered automatically. "Oberon is her opposite, the Sun king of the Seelie court." Without thinking she took Sam's hand and started drawing designs on it with her finger. "Oberon could flambé you alive as quickly as he could look at you. Mabh can tap you in a deathless icicle for a millennium. Either one would be pretty crappy to pick a fight with."
"But the guy we are dealing with... He is more than likely one of their sons right?" Sam actually found Tea's drawing on the palm of his hand kind of relaxing.
She didn't look up. "Yeah either Oberon's son or grandson or a relation of Mabh." Tea traced a Star of David quickly on his hand then started working her way through the alphabet. "My guess is it's one of Oberon's many, many sons. If it is we have a chance of locking the guy in an iron prison and getting out scoot free."
"What if it is the Queen's son?" Dean inquired.
"According to what I've read Mabh only had a handful of sons. She keeps them very close. So unless the Unseelie holds court in the Rockies it shouldn't be one of hers." Tea got all the way to Z and just started a long winding line that crossed over itself and wound around his palm like a snake. "It if is Mabh's son, the only way to get out of it without making an enemy is to give him a queen."
"So what if we find the girl?" Dean looked between the couple. "I mean if we can get her maybe we can get to him."
"How do you purpose we go about finding all the female virgins in this area?" Tea finally looked up from Sam's calloused hand. "If you ask them they will think you are perverted." She shook her head, then looked back down at Sam's hand and began drawing again.
Sam flexed his hand chuckling when it startled Tea. This earned him a jab in his ribs from her finger. "Tea has a point Dean. The possibility is slim at best and this king guy had quite a few number of people to shift through if he's been taking boys from four or five cities along the forest."
"Well how does he know she's innocent?" Dean used his finger to put air quotes emphasizing the final word. "Does he have a virgin-o-meter?"
Tea rolled her eyes. "You know what, when we find him we will ask about that." She dropped Sam's hand and stood up. "I'm going to go for a walk." She made her way to the door only to be stopped by Dean's voice.
"Do you think that's really a great idea?" Dean turned to face her. "I mean you are just as vulnerable as any other girl right? I mean being that you haven't lost yours yet." As much as he wanted to crack a jock because he thought her views were ridiculous he was completely serious.
Hand hovering over the door knob Tea turned sending a chilly glare at Dean. "I think I can handle myself pretty well." She didn't mean for her voice to come out so venomously but she knew with the extra helping of spite she made her point. "Plus I'm not going to go around locking lips with random boys that I just met."
"Tea I know Dean and he didn't mean to offend you." Sam also knew that during particularly trying cases Dean's temper was shorter than normal and if he didn't personally run interference Dean would probably blow a gasket.
Catching his brother's purposefully calmed voice Dean took a deep soothing breath. "Tea I know you have values that personally I think are dumb, but I really wasn't trying to be rude." He got up and went over to the door. "We kept you fairly safe from the demons and went our efforts to go to waste if you were to get captured by a Faerie king."
Expelling an audible breath out of her nose Tea held back her snide comment. "I get that you are being cautious. Trust me; I don't want a filthy king all over me either. But if I don't get some alone time I'm going to explode." She took a deep breath. "I've never spent so much constant time with anyone outside of my family. Not that I mind really because you two are great guys but really a girl needs some alone time here and there so she doesn't go bonkers."
Sam chuckled at her word usage. He got up from the bed and joined his brother and his girlfriend. "I think you're right. You should have alone time. Just please try to be careful. You have out numbers if you need anything." He slipped his arms around her bringing her close into a hug.
Dean didn't like the idea one bit. He couldn't think of an easier way to give the Faerie king a perfectly good possible queen than leaving Tea alone. But if Sam thought it was okay he was going to have to go with it. There was no way he was going to play the part of protective boyfriend's older brother. "Whatever, take your time. How long do you think you need?"
"Today will be fine." Tea smiled happy to know they trusted her.
"Okay just don't come back the orders to kill me again because if you do, I'm going to handcuff you to Sam and then burn the key hole so you can't even think about getting away." Dean turned on his heel and flopped down on the bed. Picking up the remote he flipped through the channels not wanting to watch Peter Pan.
Sam looked down at her with soulful eyes. "Seriously call if you need anything. And maybe if you are feeling lonely around dinner time you and I can get something to eat together."
"Are you asking me out?" Tea was shocked. Even though she already considered Sam as her boyfriend she guessed she should have at least gone out with him once before categorizing him as such.
"Yes he is," Dean called from the bed. He wasn't in the mood to hear the two of them jabber on and on, especially since her had found Dr. Sexy M.D., his guilty pleasure show, on an all day marathon.
Sam blushed from Dean's bluntness. "Yeah well..." He scratched the back of his neck not really knowing what to say. "You know... If I get to call you my girlfriend... well I should at least get to take you out to dinner."
Tea giggled blushing a little herself. "I'll think about it." She knew a noncommittal answer wasn't what he was looking for but she really had had too much social time and she needed a break from all of it. "See you later." Standing up on tip-toes Tea kissed Sam then headed out the door.
There really wasn't anywhere for her to go. Unlike the park in Ione, the only playground in Metaline Falls was at the small elementary through high school campus and though it wasn't fenced off she couldn't imagine they would take kindly to a strange almost twenty year-old climbing all over it.
Tea sighed walking over to her doorway and unlocked the door giving a last wishful glance at the beautiful outside world. The weather outside was so beautiful, though slightly cooler than she would have liked; it was still pretty perfect cloudless day. She wished they were back in Ione so she could sit alone on the dock she found with Sam and read while giving her skin the time to soak up the much needed Vitamin D she lacked.
She hated the idea of being inside on such a gorgeous day. So instead of just picking up her e-reader she pulled her Olympus camera out checking the battery life. Finding it was pretty much fully charged she packed her e-reader in her camera bag and slung it over her shoulder. She slipped the strap connected to the camera over her head and pocketed her phone. The last thing she picked up before heading out the door was her Zune. She pushed the earphones in her ears and clicked on a mixed playlist with DBSK, her favorite Country music and Christian contemporary music. The song By your Side by the Christian band Tenth Avenue North started to play from the tiny speakers in her ears.
Tea sighed enjoying the normality of listening to music and heading out to take pictures. She liked looking at the world through the viewfinder of her trusty camera. Somehow it could only capture the beauty in the world and all the ugly, death, destruction, and monsters were left out.
After about ten minutes and thirty or so pictures later Tea started relaxing. She found herself lost in the noon sunlight hitting the trees or buildings just right. Maybe it was the way that a rainbow formed in the jets of water a sprinkler system sent shooting in the air or the silent wing beats of a humming bird flying from one flower to another, but Tea completely immersed herself in the effortless work of photography.
None of her recent problems could pierce her peace. All thoughts of Sam and Dean fled her mind taking the case, her dead brothers, the faerie king and the dream so far from her consciousness that when she stopped by a small, two-pump, gas station she couldn't even remember why she was up in the northeastern Washington town.
"Is that all for you miss?" The young attendant smiled sweetly at her.
Tea smiled back pulling a five dollar bill from her pocket. "Yeah just the water bottle."
"Okay that will be a dollar-o-eight." He pressed buttons on the cash register that looked like it had seen better days around twenty years ago.
Handing him the bill she pulled the water toward her.
"So are you just passing through?" The attendant couldn't be older than twenty-one with soft blue-green eyes and floppy brown hair that hung past his ears. He handed her the change back with the receipt. "I mean I haven't ever seen you around. Being that I grew up here, I think I would recognize you or at least remember you. I'd especially remember that pretty smile of yours."
Pushing the wadded bills and coins into an open pocket Tea blushed. She had never responded well the shameless flirting from boys. "Just a visitor of the town." She twisted off the cap and brought the bottle to her lips letting the cold water cool down her dry throat.
"Oh really? You got relatives here?" He leaned against the counter.
"No..." Tea righted the cap after putting it on wrong.
The boy's brow creased slightly between his thick eyebrows. "Hu, well would you like a tour of the Falls? Free of charge of course. I could take you around to all the nice interesting spots." He let another smile cover his thin lips.
Tea really looked at him for the first time. His brown hair was almost the same color as Sam's and though more defined his clef shin still reminded her of the tall male that had asked her out for their first date a little over two hours ago. "Actually..." She didn't want to be rude to the boy but she also didn't want to lead him on. "I have a tour guide."
"I bet I know more about this town than whoever you've got." The guy puffed his chest out. "Like I said I have lived here my whole life. I can show you a good time."
Tea let a small smile lift the corner of her mouth. "Oh I have no doubt." She swallowed. "But I don't think my boyfriend would like it very much if I let you take me around." Taking another swig of the fresh water she went on. "You see we are here visiting his great aunt and he probably would get hurt if I let someone else show me around." Her throat tightened slightly at the lie she told.
A frown settled on the attendant's brow. "Well he is a lucky guy whoever he is. Have a good day."
Turning to the door Tea left with a soft, "You too." Even without knowing Sam, Tea knew no matter how cute the townie was she would have turned him down. She had been through quite a few small U.S. towns and the guys were all the same. They drooled over a new face thinking maybe they weren't doomed to either die alone or marry the girl they'd known their whole life, neither of which were very appealing.
But this townie had reminded her of Sam. Tea smiled and flicked through the pictures that she had taken on the day she had walked around with Sam. Some of them he hadn't even known she had taken, others he stood as she had instructed and looked at the camera or off to a particular point. Seeing him warmed her heart making her think of all the good things that had happened since she excepted the ride from the brothers a little over a week ago.
Still thumbing through the pictures she found one of herself leaning over the rail of the Ione park jungle gym. Finding that she couldn't recall it, she smiled even though she really didn't like it when other people used her camera. But having that Sam took the picture without her knowledge kind of made her feel how much he cared.
She finished her water and tossed the plastic bottle into a green recycling can. Turning off the camera she started just walking around trying to find a nice shady spot to sit and read. It only took about five minutes to find a small plot of grassy land surrounded by trees. Picking a standalone tree she sat down in the shade of the long lived tree.
Tea could spend hours on end of uninterrupted reading. Taking out her E-reader she had about four full completely unread books and she would be damned if she wasn't going to finish at least one of them. Opening the most interesting book she sank into the book loosing herself in it. Reading had always been a way to leave her reality and join the one of the books. Whenever she would get upset with her mom or someone at school she would pick up a book and it would calm her down.
About three hours or so passed before Tea looked up from her book realizing that the Sun had started making its way toward the horizon. She checked the time on her reader finding it nearly five in the afternoon. Thought of Sam's question pressed against her mind.
It had been quite a while since she had gone out on an actual date with a guy. Sure while hitch-hiking she would come across a cute guy here or there, like Zander in Denver and Chase in St. Paul, but she had never really considered those dates. But here was Sam, the guy she actually found herself falling for. She had woken up more than once in the past week half smiling because she knew he was close by.
The thought of what to wear came to mind. She knew she had a pair of nice jeans and flats but she had only brought T-shirts with her. If she was going to go out with Sam she sure as heck didn't just want to wear a T-shirt. Thinking about the town she remembered that about two blocks from where she sat was a small boutique that would probably have something she could buy.
Tea smiled checking the emergency hundred dollars that she hid in her Nook case. Finding it where she always hid it she pulled out the two fifties happy to still have them. Though it really wasn't an emergency she didn't really want to go back to the motel room and get her debit card and possibly run into Sam and/or Dean. She could always get another hundred and hid it away once again for an actual emergency.
Getting up from the comfort of the tree she brushed herself off. She headed up the street and went to the boutique. An assistant smiled at her when she walked in. Tea smiled back and went over to the blouse section of the store. Finding several ones that she liked she went into the changing room to try them on.
Though only one or two of them looked pretty good Tea went back out putting the bad ones back. After a good thirty minutes of looking through the racks once again. She finally found a royal purple silk V-neck top with ruffled sleeves, when trying it on she found that she actually really liked it. The neck line didn't show too much. She really liked how the bottom rested bellow her left him and then stretched across her body coming to a point on the right side half way down her thigh.
Tea liked how it tied tightly under her breasts and then had extra fabric at the bottom. She didn't even check the price before changing out of the shirt and headed to the cashier. Checking out didn't take long and she was surprised it was on sale for only ten dollars.
Leaving with her nice little shopping bag with the blouse folded carefully, she walked back to the hotel with a big smile on her face. Tea didn't want to be seen but Sam walked out just as she was walking across the grass outside of the motel.
"Hey Tea have you enjoyed your alone time?" He was smiling brightly as he walked toward her.
Tea couldn't help but smile back. She quickly pulled her shopping bag behind her back so that he couldn't see it. "Yeah I've had a pretty great day."
Sam tried to look in the bag curious about what she had bought. "What did you do?" Giving up he decided it would be better than being nosey.
Tea just smirked. She lifted up on her toes and kissed his cheek. "If I told you now we would have less to talk about on our date." She kept smiling as she danced over to her motel room door. "What time are you picking me up?" Stopping at the door Tea turned to look at him.
Her question took him by surprised. Glancing down at his watch he calculated out how long he thought it would take her to get ready. "What do you think about six-thirty to seven-ish?"
"Sounds good to me." Tea blew him a kiss before unlocking her door and disappearing into the hotel room.
Hope you enjoyed! And are on the edge of your seat for the next chapter! (should be up on the 20th!)
To my reviewers!
K.T.: you may be correct or you may not be. You'll just have to wait and see. I'm an evil genus in my own right and so you will never know what comes out in this story! But no worries there will be a lot of interesting things. Aw and I never get tired of saying THANK YOU! your love makes me smile. Lol yeah well I put in that she called Cass a few choice names in Japanese while at Bobby's house and Bobby called her out on it. As for baka it does mean 'idiot' or 'stupid' but there is a specific word for 'idiot' in Japanese. But yeah when your with someone who understands a language and someone who doesn't it is fun to say random words. Unless you are the one who doesn't understand. As for the episode I was talking about the 3rd of the 6th season. It is freaken' amazing!
Lazygirl2306: Hehe I'll tell you like I told K.T. you will never know what will come out of my craziness! Fortunately I will connect it all at one time or another. But yeah definitely the "Third Man" episode because its like 5 minutes of GORGEOUS! Plus the rest of the episode was pretty amusing too. I was cracking up like every few minutes, so much so that my family thought I was crazy!
And well that wraps up another chapter! I love you all and hopefully will post the next one up on the 20th. I dont believe I have any explanations in this one but if I remember later I will update! talk to you later!