AUTHOR'S NOTE:

I know it's been awhile—FanFiction was being mean and then I forgot to check and see if it was still being mean.

So here are four chapters of this and I kind of love them, so I hope that you guys do too, Becca especially, since this story is for her and she owns Aurora.

WARNINGS: Language, Violence, Sensuality

ENJOY!

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"Say it," Dean breathed as his skin moved against Lana's, holding her close to him, trying to see if he could "trick" her during a nice morning lay.

Lana was too smart for that though, and shook her head. "I'm not going to say it."

"Lanni…please…" Dean tried, knowing he really didn't have it in him to argue with her anymore.

"Dean? Stop talking," Lana told him, pressing her lips to his.

Neither of them could really hold off their release that much longer and Lana didn't want to ruin it, Sam and Aurora already up and eating breakfast. They both looked at each other and laughed a little, Sam not completely forgiven, but Aurora was trying and had really loved that he'd held her all night just being there for her.

"Sounds to me like Dean really wants her to tell him something," Aurora said laughing. "Are they aware that we can hear them? Because it's kind of awkward."

Sam blushed another shade of red and nodded. "They're normally not so loud."

"Well when Dean wants something…" Aurora told Sam, laughing again to try and make the situation less awkward.

They didn't know what was going on with Lana and Dean, but they did know that the morning was already going to be incredibly awkward between everyone. Still, they worked on eating breakfast while Lana and Dean showered, Lana blushing a bit when she walked into the kitchen and Aurora was the first to speak. It was Aurora's way, and she was trying to hard to get back into the swing of joking around with her best friends.

"So…what does he want you to say?" Aurora asked Lana, wiggling her eyebrows.

Lana's hands flew up to cover her face. "Oh, God, you could hear us."

"You were kind of loud this morning, Lan…" Sam said with a nod. "I'm sure that will warrant a fist pump from my brother."

"You were right, Sammy," Dean announced as he entered the room, pumping his fist into the air. "Hear that, Lanni?"

"It's not funny, Dean Winchester!" Lana told him, facing him and shaking her head. "They could hear us!"

Dean chuckled as she shot him a look and then covered her face again, Dean pulling her to him in a fond embrace. Aurora watched closely and smiled at the look on Dean's face as Lana mumbled something about killing him and he just kissed the top of her head. He didn't want to let her go. Aurora just wished that the two would stop being stubborn because she thought that Dean deserved this—a chance to really love someone.

"So are we doing this hunt for Jen and Kevin today?" Sam asked, taking a deep breath.

Even though he agreed with Aurora, and on top of Dean's happiness, wanted Lana to have the man that she loved and wanted so badly, Sam knew the two and he wanted them to stop getting even closer. They kept hurting each other pretty bad whenever Lana let Dean leave, and Dean kept leaving and not looking back, and the deeper the feelings got, the harder it was every time. Aurora wanted them to get deeper though—Aurora wanted one of them to snap and realize they had to have the other one in their life…always.

"Yeah, we'll go see about this witch," Dean said nodding, stoking Lana's hair even as she pulled back from his chest and look at Sam.

Lana chewed on her bottom lip. "Would it be too much to ask for me to be paired up with Sam this time around? I could use his psychic awareness…"

Aurora made a face—Sam trying to tap into his psychic powers? One the one hand, yes, they were part of him, but his powers scared everyone…everyone but Lana. Lana had her fair share of them so Aurora knew that had to be part of it, but it worried her. What exactly was Lana up to and why did she need to use Sam?

"I…are you sure?" Aurora asked Lana cautiously.

Lana nodded as she smoothed down her jeans, taking a step back from Dean and instantly regretting it—she'd loved the feel of his fingers running through her hair and now he wasn't touching her at all. His arms had gone across his chest in a slightly hostile stance and now Lana felt like it was time to play the "pushing away and avoiding" game that the two played so often. She was kind of tired of it though…tired of watching him walk away.

"I know it's kind of a big plan, but I think it's our best option here—I could use the extra awareness. I'd be the only one to use any extra demon blood advantage, I promise." Lana said nodding, taking a deep breath and then looking at Dean. "Are you going to kiss you amazing morning 'goodbye', or just stand there in a huff?"

Dean rolled his eyes and gave her a look. "Yes, because I am just so frustrated right now."

"Dean? Stop talking." Lana told him, Aurora and Sam bursting out laughing, a grin breaking out across Dean's face.

It was all he needed though, leaning down and kissing Lana gently on the mouth, letting her deepen it even though Sam and Aurora were right there. Aurora whistled, Dean flipping her off and Sam protesting with a sound out of his throat. The scene just made Aurora laugh a little more though as Dean's free hand rested on Lana's hip and brought her a little closer to him.

"Careful, Dean—I'll break your finger." Aurora teased, laughing more when Lana reached up and pushed his hand down.

Lana pulled back and gave Dean a look. "I don't know why I love you. Stop being mean to Ror."

The words had slipped out before she could push them back in, and everyone in the kitchen suddenly froze. Dean's eyes roamed over Lana's face before they made eye contact, Dean wanting to ask her to repeat herself, but Lana was already looking away from him and saying the plan out loud to cover up what she said and Aurora and Sam definitely weren't going to call her on it. Lana would own up to it when she wanted to, and not a second before.

"All right, let's split up then." Sam said, Lana nodding and then kissing Dean swiftly and then trying to exit the kitchen.

Dena reached out and took her hand, Aurora catching the sad look and nod between them before focusing on kissing Sam back when he captured her lips with his, he and Lana heading out the door, Sam telling Aurora that he loved her before he disappeared out the door. Aurora had said it back and then looked at Dean, nodding as he ran his hand down his face and then looked at her.

"So…we're going to go see if Jen and Kevin have any more information." Aurora announced, standing up and running her fingers through her hair.

Dean nodded slowly. "She loves me…"

"So it would seem, but I can't honestly see why." Aurora teased, laughing and then stopping when Dean just kind of looked at her. "Dean…is it really so hard to admit it back? I mean we all know that you love her too, and you don't have to give her up. She knows about our job and she accepts it too."

"She's a distraction if I say it." Dean said shaking his head. "She'll make me make a stupid mistake. What if it's between her and an innocent? I'd save her every time."

Aurora nodded slowly. "Well…this isn't my decision to make Dean. Do you love her?"

"We made a deal, Lanni and me—the second one of us loved the other it was all over. We can't do this…it's hard enough as it is." Dean said shaking his head.

Aurora took a deep breath and decided that instead of refraining herself from speaking her mind, she was just going to let the words come out because she really needed Dean to understand. This wasn't just some distraction from hunting, or something he could use as an excuse to get out of hunting…this was love. Dean had something else to fight for, and he shouldn't just let go of it.

"Grow some balls and tell her how you feel." Aurora said shaking her head. "Stop punishing each other and just have the balls to say what you feel. Sam and I are working out just fine, aren't we?"

Dean looked at her. "He lied to you, Ror. He was trying to protect you and he made a stupid decision."

"He's human, Dean!" Aurora responded, still feeling a little pain at the mention of the lie. "Everyone makes mistakes, but that doesn't mean that we shouldn't be able to fall in love…we can't all hunt forever."

Taking a shot, Aurora continued.

"What did you want her to say?" Aurora asked Dean.

Dean took a deep breath, running his hand down his face and then making eye contact with Aurora. "I wanted her to tell me to stay."

Note: And there you go! This one was kind of cute, and next chapter I promise has fighting and action in it—it's all hunt. Next three chapters soon, I'm doing something at the moment. Feedback is always appreciated!