When her eyes opened again she winced at the bright sunlight coming through the window. She laid on her stomach a moment before trying to push herself up but as soon as she moved her arm she screamed. The skin on her beck screamed at her.
"Let me help you," Sam said coming in the room.
Katherine accepted his help so she was in a sitting position on the side of the bed, she saw the tall glass sitting on the nightstand filled with cool water. Katherine grabbed it and drank it down quickly.
"Easy," He said and smiled leaning against the window sill.
Katherine looked up at him, "you seem different," she said.
Sam crossed his arms and nodded, "Yeah, that's what I've heard," he said.
"Heard?"
"I, uh, I got my soul back. Well Dean did,"
Katherine looked at him, "How long was I gone?"
"5 days"
"Only 5 day?" she asked
"Dean tried like hell to find you but he need my soul back to so doing both slowed him down a little, I'm so sorry about that," he said.
Katherine noticed he never looked up from staring at the floor, did they make him retarded? "You ok?" she asked.
"Yeah you're just kind of naked,"
Katherine looked down seeing her bandaged arms and her naked torso spotted with bruises, covered only by the wrap that squeezed her broken ribs, "Nothing you haven't seen before," She said.
"What?" Sam asked looking at her surprised, "Seriously?"
Katherine laughed softly but stopped when she ribs protested, "Yeah seriously,"
"I just fingered you and Dean,"
"Oh me and Dean are pretty hot and heavy too," she said, "You really don't remember?" she asked. Sam shook his head. Katherine ran her hand though her hair, "You want to grab me a shirt?"
"Sam, I got it" Dean said walking in with her bag.
Sam gave her a kind smile and he walked out of the room.
"Dean," Katherine said softly looking at him as he walked around the foot of the bed. She caught a glimpse of herself in the reflection before Dean stepped blocking her, "My face," she said. Her hand lifted to the clean wound held closed with 7 butterfly bandages.
Dean held out a long sleeve white button up, "you are going to be fine I promise," he said.
Katherine sighed I look like scar face, How the fuck is that going to be okay? Katherine didn't say a word as she slipped the shirt on carefully.
Dean knelt in front of her as she started the buttons with trembling fingers. He pushed her hands out of the way doing the buttons for her, "Cas, will be here soon to heal you," he said.
Katherine looked at him, "Cas?"
"Castiel, he is an angel," He said.
Katherine arched her eye brow, "Like a real one? Like God, Angel?"
Dean nodded, "Yup that's the one," he said and helped her to her feet when she tried to stand.
"I'm starving," she said.
"I can bring you food,"
Katherine rolled her eyes, "No, I have been locked in a room for as long as I can handle,"
"Do you want to put on pants?"
Katherine was moving slowly towards the door, worried I might feel embarrassed? "No, I'm fine," she said.
Dean placed a hand on the small of her back carefully, making sure she kept her balance.
Katherine stopped at the top of the stairs, "Dean," She said, stopping him as well placing a hand on his arm, "Thank you," she said, "I don't know how much longer-"
Dean stopped her, pressing his lips to hers softly for a second and ran his thumb over her untouched cheek, "Don't say it, you are fine and safe, I'll never let anyone hurt you again," he said promised.
Well, isn't he just perfect, Katherine looked at him a moment standing at the top of the stairs before giving him a smile and working her way down stairs. Katherine sat down at the table in Bobby's dirty kitchen.
"Good to see you up," Bobby said placing her a bowl of soup and some crackers on the table, "I'm guessing you haven't eaten since you got taken to you need to keep it light," he said giving her some water.
Are they this nice to everyone? It's kinda weird. Katherine smiled at him weakly, "Thanks, Bobby," She said and dug in. She tried to eat slowly but her hunger took over and before she knew it the bowl was empty.
"That was still hot," Bobby teased and put her another can in the pot to be warming up.
"Kat," Dean said walking in from the office, "Cas is here," he said.
Finally, "Okay I'm coming," She said.
"No need," A deep voice came from behind Dean, and he stepped out of the way. Castiel. Whoa, he is kinda sexy,
"I will take you some where private I must see them to know what I'm dealing with. Katherine nodded and he touched 2 fingers to her forehead and in an instant she was sitting on the side of the bed facing the window, "May I see them?" he asked.
Katherine nodded and took her shirt off, Castiel averted his eyes when she was in her panties and walked around her behind her, well isn't he a gentleman.
Katherine bit her lip as he started peeling off her bandages. "I'm so sorry if I'm hurting you," Castiel said. if this didn't hurt so bad I'd laugh at that, "Well after having my skin peeled off by a bastard who likes hearing himself talk more then I do, I can handle a little tape," she said.
Castiel finished removing them quickly, "I can see how this wouldn't be so bad after that,"
Katherine wondered what her back looked like, just look in the mirror, she glanced to the side at the mirror on the dresser at the foot of the bed. Oh my God, her heart dropped to her butt when she saw where pieces of her flesh were gone.
"I don't know how you survived," He said
Katherine looked at his reflection his face was pinched with concern, "What?"
"Your wounds are very extensive, especially the one on your face, it has already begun to heal on its own," he said, "Last year I could have fixed you up without an issue, but I'm still weak," he said regretfully, "I didn't tell Dean because he said you need my help," He said and sat on the window sill in front of her.
Katherine was shocked by his appearance in front of her but she was more upset about her face, "are you saying you can't fix me?" what kind of piece of shit angel can't help a human?
"I never said that," he said, "your back might have some scaring, your arms will be fine, but your face," he said and looked down at his hands.
"You can't fix my face, great," she sighed
"I can heal it, but there will be a scar, I'm sorry," he said.
Katherine sat there a moment, "Ok, fine, just do it," she said. She left her head fall forward when his hand touched her hair. It was strange, the feeling that began in her face and moved down her back and stomach. Her skin felt like it was crawling with a thousand ants. Then it was over and his hand was gone from her hair. Katherine lifted her head and looked at him, "So, am I beautiful again?" she asked.
Castiel half smiled, "I don't think it's my opinion you care about," he said.
"What's that supposed to mean?" she asked.
"Dean," he said looking past her.
Katherine looked back over her shoulder thankful when the motion didn't hurt. Dean eyes combed down her back then to her face. "How are you feeling?" he asked.
Please don't look at me like that, if there was one thing Katherine hated more than sympathy, it was pity. Katherine looked in the mirror and saw the pink scar that extended down her face from her eye to the corner of her mouth. She slid the shirt back over her shoulders not bothering to button it as she stood slowly and walked to the mirror, "Oh my god," she said softly.
The room was quiet was she examined her appearance in the mirror. Her fingers bushed along the edge. She took in a deep breath and exhaled heavily, "I can pull this off," she said to herself before turning and looking at them, "Makes me look kind of bad ass don't you think," she said.
Dean Sighed with relief when she seemed ok, "Yeah it does,"
"Thank you, Castiel, for everything," she said.
Castiel nodded and was gone.
"Does he know that's kind of creepy?" she asked.
Dean smiled and walked over to her "I've tried tell him." He said and touched her scar softly.
"Stop it, Dean," she said and stepped away from him, "I don't need your fucking pity," she said grabbing her clothes to get dressed.
"Pity?" he said and looked at her, "I don't pity you," he said.
Katherine couldn't stop the sarcastic laugh the bubbled past her lips, "Don't you?" she said. How could you not? Look at my fucking face. Katherine pulled her jeans on buttoning them before grabbing a bra.
"No I don't," he said, "And if you could refrain from being a bitch for 5 seconds you would see that," he said.
Katherine pulled her shirt on and looked at him, I know this boy isn't getting an attitude with me, "Are you being serious? Because honestly if you are I'm going to punch you," she said.
Dean laughed humorlessly, "You make it so hard for someone to be nice to you, you know that?"
Not my fault you can't keep up, "whatever, Dean" She said with a roll of her eyes and walked to the door.
Dean grabbed her arm stopping her, his eyes locked on hers. There was something in his eyes that made her stomach flip almost making her nauseous as it flopped around "I don't pity you, Katherine," he said. His breath brushed her skin. It was strange hearing him use her full name. What happened to Kat?
"Tell your face," She said and walked back down stairs.
"Still hungry?" Bobby asked when she made it back to the kitchen.
"Not really," she said feeling sick to her stomach. "I'm just going to go for a walk," she said, "I need some fresh air,"
"Want me to come with you? You shouldn't be outside by yourself,"
"No, Thanks. I'll be fine," She said and a smile, "I just need to be alone,"
"I understand, but take this," he said handed her the knife Sam and Dean gave her to kill the demon in the hotel room.
Katherine smiled, "Thanks, Bobby, for everything," she said grabbed her shoes and coat before heading out, It's snowing, she looked at the fluffy white flakes that were covering the ground. It had just started so the ground was just dusted with white.
Katherine tucked the blade on the front of her jeans as she walked through the rows of cars in the scrap yard Bobby owned, Men. Katherine heard foot steps behind her. Her heart raced in her chest. When a hand came down on her shoulder she turned hitting them hard pinning him to the ground the knife at his throat, "Whoa!" Sam said holding his hands up.
"Don't sneak up on me," she said standing up tucking the knife back in its place.
"Duly noted," he said standing.
"Did you seriously just get your ass knocked to the ground by a 100 pound girl?" she asked as she continued walking.
"I let you take me down," He said sliding his hands into his jacket pockets.
"Why?" She asked.
Sam shrugged, "I might not remember you, but I know how it feels to be helpless," he said, "If you don't feel like you can handle yourself you will spend your life looking over your shoulder," he said walking with her.
Great more pity, "I use to be hotter," she said.
"I don't doubt that," he said and looked at her scared cheek, "But that doesn't mean you aren't hot still, whatever it may be, that's the face that had my brother working on his 3rd glass of whiskey before I came to find you,"
So now it's my face's fault Dean has a drinking problem? "Sorry, not my fault Crowley decided to go Edward Scissorhands on my face," she said.
"That's not what I mean," he said. "Dean doesn't care about many people, Aside from Ben and Lisa I've never seen him look at someone the way he looks at you, "he said.
"Ben and who?"
"Lisa, she was an old flame. Dean lived with them for a year when I was in the cage," He said.
"So Ben, he is Dean's kid," she said.
"No, not for sure anyway," he said, "But Dean loves him like he is,"
"So Lisa is a whore," she said.
"Whoa," Sam laughed and glanced over his shoulder, "better not let Dean hear that, he will fuck up the rest of your face,"
Katherine stopped and looked at him, "are you saying my face is fucked up?" She asked.
Sam looked like his head might explode trying to find a way to remove his foot from his mouth, "No, I just meant like,"
Katherine burst out laughing and rolled her eyes, "Seriously, it's fine," she said and smiled lightly, "It's nice being outside, I couldn't tell night from day," She said.
"I bet it was terrible," He said, "If you ever need a friend, I don't mind listening if you need someone to talk to," he said.
Katherine looked at him. Did I just get Friend-zoned? Not cool, "I don't know if friend's is the word to describe our relationship," she said.
Sam looked ahead of them, "I know, and I've been meaning to talk to you about that," he said.
Now that can't be good, "Ok, What about?"
"We can't have sex anymore," he said, "my brother cares about you," he said and looked at her, "You might not see it because he is an ass to people he cares about, he is kind of backwards" he said.
Seriously? "Why does it matter? It's not like it's anything more than sex, with either of you,"
Sam looked at her face and shook his head, "You are as bad as he is," he said, "two of the most dysfunctional people,"
"Oh baby, you might not remember but dysfunctional I am not," She said, "I function at perfection," She said.
Sam looked at her, "Liar,"
What? "I am not," she said.
"Fine, you're not," he said, "I should get back, but don't stay out here to long," he said.
Katherine was glad when she was left alone again, me? Have Feelings for Dean? That's the best joke I've heard in months, Katherine started back towards the house taking her time. Her thoughts swimming with everything they talked about.
Then Dean's face from the bedroom came to her, his words echoed in her head "I don't pity you, Katherine," Katherine felt like all the air was taken from her lungs in a second He doesn't pity me, he's falling for me.