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Chapter 6

I can't believe I'm here, again.

I promised myself the last time was just that, the last time and then he goes and shows up! And of course, he makes sure to bring Sophie along as bait.

Though, I have to admit, it is nice to be sat in the passenger seat of the old Impala again, listening to Sophie humming along to the radio.

"So dad was checking out this two-lane blacktop outside of Jericho, California. About a month ago this guy, they found his car but he'd vanished, completely M.I.A" Dean says and Sophie passes me a newspaper clipping and rests her head against my shoulder.

It's definitely nice to have her around again. She always did have a calming effect on Dean which in turn makes this whole experience a bit more bearable.

"So maybe he was kidnapped" I say handing the clipping back to Sophie and I can hear her quick intake of breath. She's worried about Dad too.

"Yeah well, there's another one in April another one in December '04, '03, '98, '92. Ten of them over the past 20 years, all men, all same 5-mile stretch of road. Started happening more and more so dad went to go dig around. That was about three weeks ago. I hadn't heard from him since, which is bad enough" he says and Sophie hands me a crumpled paper folder filled with more clippings and notes and stolen photographs.

"Then I get this voicemail yesterday" he says flipping his cell phone into my lap.

"I don't want to listen to it again" Sophie says sadly and flops back further into the back seat.

I flip open the cell and listen to the message.

"Dean, something is starting to happen, I think it's serious. I need to try to figure out what's going on" I can barely hear through the static "Be very careful Dean, we're all in danger".

Closing Dean's cell I place it on the dash and a heavy sigh escapes me and I can feel Sophie's arms slip round my neck, trying to comfort me.

"You know there's EVP on that"? I say pointing to the cell and Dean turns and smiles smugly.

"Not bad, Sammy. Kind of like riding a bike isn't it? All right. I slowed the message down, and ran it through a Gold Wave, took out the hiss, and this is what I got" he says throwing me a Dictaphone. I press play.

"I can never go home".

I feel my face screw up in concentration.

"Never go home"

An uncomfortable silence fills the car.

"Can we pull into a motel now Dean, we've been driving for ages and I'm tired" Sophie whines making Dean chuckle.

"God, I forgot how whiney she gets when she's tired" he says to me and I smirk. She hits him on the arm.

"Okay, okay" he says and we pull into the next motel.

Dean parks the car and I lift the seat up so Sophie can get out. She slips out of the car and smiles up at me.

Yeah, it's nice having Sophie around.

I slam the door which earns me a glare from Dean and I take Sophie's an my bags from the trunk and throw my arm over her shoulder, pulling her in the direction of the reception, followed by Dean who seems to be in a mood - nothing unusual there then.

Sophie skips up to the reception desk and asks for a room and takes her purse from her pocket and I look at Dean in disbelief.

"You gonna let her pay"! I ask but Dean just rolls her eyes.

"She always was a goodie-too-shoe" he says and Sophie skips back to us.

"Number 7 again" she says smiling at Dean and my heart skips a beat.

"Again" I ask, trying to sound casual.

"Yeah, we stopped off on the way over here" she says and loops one arm in mine and one in Dean's.

"You know, to a passerby you seem like a very lucky girl" Dean says wiggling his eyebrows at her and I don't even try and stop my eyes from rolling at him.

"Shut up" she says, blushing a little.

Dean unlocks the door to the room and flicks the light in. I follow Sophie in and all three of us stand there, just looking.

One bed.

"Looks like I am getting lucky tonight" Sophie says and I can't stop the nervous laugh that escapes.

"Hell yeah" Dean says enthusiastically. She tuts him and does a running jump onto the bed, jumping once and then flopping back, lying stretched out on the bed.

Dean locks the door and grabs his bag, heading into the bathroom.

Sophie gets up and grabs her bag from the door and starts to undress and I can feel my eyes widen in shock!

"Uh, excuse me" I say and practically run into the bathroom.

"Dude" Dean yells at me with his toothbrush in his mouth.

"Dude, have you seen Sophie" I ask, emphasising the seen. A wide smile form on his face.

"I know" he says, still smiling and continues to brush his teeth.

"Okaaaay" I say.

"Don't be such a prude" he whispers and he pushes me out of the bathroom, closing the door behind him.

I look up slowly. She's already in bed. Good.

I sit on the end of the bed and pull off my sneakers and Sophie starts snoring loudly but she can't contain a laugh and I shove her, chuckling.

I keep my t-shirt on and pull on some sweat pants and climb in next to her, being careful not to flap the covers.

God, it has been a really long time since I last shared a bed with Sophie.

Dean walks in and crawls over both of us.

"Dean"! I complain and he flaps the covers.

"No"! She yells pulling the covers tight around her face "You're letting the air in"!

Dean just chuckles and flicks the light switch off, plunging the room into darkness.

Silence.

Awkward silence. No one's moving. This is weird.

"Night John Boy" Dean says and Sophie laughs and rolls over onto her front, facing me.

"Night boys" she says sleepily.