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Chapter 6

I woke up the next morning feeling that something was missing,i had been sleeping with dreams of the horned creature that had attacked me the night before in my head all night,but everytime i woke or stirred,i felt Dean beside me,his hand on my back soothing me off to sleep.

I climbed out of bed hearing voices downstairs talking loudly. Walking down the stairs i found Dean and Sam sitting in the kitchen talking to my best friend Mandy.

"You been holding out on me girl? I come here to visit you this morning and find these two gorgeous guys in your house and you still in bed? Come on,whats going on here?" She looked me,green eyes sparkling in her animated face.

I just looked back at her. I couldn't help but grin at the delighted look that was on her face,i knew she had been through some hard times lately,and that this would be another hard thing to have to tell her.That i was being followed and attacked by some demon that even i had no idea of what it was.

I turned to the counter and grabbed myself a cup of coffee wondering if it was even wise to tell her at all.

Turning back to the table and sitting with my coffee i was not surprised at all to hear Mandy pumping Sam for information. She was only a few years older than him,and he was definitely her type,tall and protective.

And i guess cute too,i mean i had never seen him like that before,but watching Mandy leaning over and affectionately patting his arm she obviously liked him already,and i could sort of see what she saw in him.

For me though he was more like a little brother than anything else.

I wasnt sure what he was going to say to her about why they were here though. Didnt really seem like Dean and him were in the habit of telling everyone everything about why they roamed the country doing what they did at all.and i knew that the only reason they had to tell me was because of what this demon did and because it was after me.

I just sat there and was lost in my own little world as Dean came up to me and stood behind me,he put his strong hands on my shoulders and i jumped,wondering what the hell it was behind me.

He leaned down and said in my ear "I think Mandy and Sammy are getting on very well. Not bad at all" He laughed,a deep growling laugh in my ear and i felt chills go through me at the vibrations it sent through my body.

Pushing the feelings away that arose at him being so close to me i turned around and said to him "So is there anything else that you and Sam found out about that thing? I just dont fancy that happening every night and having to be rescued" I saw a half smirk appear on Deans face at the thought of being able to be like that every night,but i wasnt having any of it. I wanted my independence and to be the relatively normal girl i was before this demon came along.

"Well we did find out a name this morning" He dragged me off to sit in the loungroom and talk. I knew that before this went much further i was going to have to have a conversation with Mandy about this anyway.I couldnt keep it from her all the time,I owed it to her to tell her,especially if something was going to start happening between her and Sam.

We sat in the loungeroom and i spoke first "So tell me Dean,what was this thing that attacked me last night? And how do we stop it?" I was worried that i was going to be living like this for the rest of my life and that was not something i wanted to do.

"It is called an Empath Demon. Usually they are harmless,but in the case of this one,there is extenuating circumstances.Somehow the demon in this case ended up losing his powers through a fight with another demon when he was younger,and ever since then he has been chasing after women with empathic powers killing them and hoping that the powers they have will pass to him when he has done it. Of course none of them have yet.So he keeps on searching. Sort of a Highlander deal thing i think he is hoping for." Dean watched carefully for my reaction,wondering if i was ever going to speak.I just sat there with a look of shock on my face.

He reched over and laid a gentle hand on my leg. "You ok sweetie?" He had a concerned look on his face,like i had all of a sudden become a deaf mute or something.

"Yeah im ok,just a little shocked i guess. I mean knowing exactly what this thing is,gives it a sort of power to make me believe the whole thing is actually happening." I shrugged "And i guess i was sort of hoping that i would wake up and it would all be a bad dream" I gave Dean a wry sort of look,and just sat there.

He picked himself up off the chair he was sitting on across from me,and came over and sat close to me. "I wish there was some easy solution to all this,and i wish there was a way i could tell you it was all a bad dream babe,but there isnt." He fixed his hazel eyes on me with a searing intensity. "The only thing i can tell you is that regardless of how much you are worried and scared about this thing attacking you again,Sam and i will be here all the time. I am not leaving you alone and defenseless with this demon floating around. Not to mention the fact that i think there is a lot of unfinished business between you and i."

Dean looked at me and grinned. It made my heart jump in my chest. How many times had i hoped and prayed he would look at me that way in highschool,and then i had realised that it just wasnt going to happen. Here i was now,he was here with me,and i could take him any time i wanted to,yet i was feeling uneasy about it. It wasnt something i wanted to have to deal with on top of finding out that some crazy demon was after me.

I heard Mandy come into the room with Sam still laughing and talking.I looked over at them and Sams head was bent down to hers and he had his hands moving very animatedly,it looked like they were getting on so well. I could see that look in her eyes that meant that she liked a guy more than she was letting on to him,and i was happy for them. I couldnt see how we were all going to explain to her that there was a demon after me though,and what Sam and Dean did for a living. It just wasnt something you brought up around the dinner table,and as much of a fantastic friend Mandy had been to me over the years,i wasnt sure she would handle this too well.

Mandys POV

I looked over at where Ny was sitting with the guy she had called Dean,she looked a little scared about something,and was shaky. He had his arm resting around the back of the couch that she was sitting on,and judging by the body language between them,there was something more to what was going on than they were telling me. I wondered what it was...

I paid more attention to Sam standing beside me. He was so cute with his height,and his body i could tell was lean and taut even underneath his clothes. His hair was so floppy and shaggy and i just wanted to run my hands through it. I didnt think i had felt this immediate attraction to a guy for such a long time,and it was nice to feel it again. But i also wanted to be sure that it was the right thing to do,before i jumped in with another guy after all the dickheads i had been with before. He seemed nice enough though.

Looking back over at Ny and Dean sitting on the couch i saw her shiver and jump. Dean put his arm around her and his head close to hers,and seemed to be whispering something in her ear. I couldnt quite make out what it was,but i heard something about a "not going to hurt you" And another snippet "once we get the sword everything will be fine" I just thought what the hell is going on? It wasnt like Ny to get mixed up with trouble,but by the way it was going,these two seemed like they were trouble on legs. Even if it was a sexy lot of trouble at that.I had to admit that he was a good looking guy.

I just hoped that he was going to be good to her,and i hoped that she got the love that she finally deserved,after all she had liked this guy since highschool,and back then he had seemed like the biggest asshole there was,but now hopefully he had realised what a treasure that she was.

I went back to wondering why the hell he and Sam were here,even if i was glad to meet Sam,it still warranted an explanation.

Ny's POV

I was scared of this thing that had tried to attack me. I didnt want to die,let alone right now.

My life was ok, and i didnt want anything to wreck it...

But then this whole Dean coming back into my life thing was worrying me too, i didnt know whether we could end up making something work or whether he would just leave and disappear again like him and Sam did last time. I didnt want to get attached to him and then have that happen, hence why i hadnt let him go on with what we were about to do last night.

It seemed like as usual,i was damned if i did,and damned if i didnt.Seemed to be the story of my life,and i didnt know how i was ever going to go about changing that.

It was worrying me how Dean used to be a womaniser too,i knew that he was,and i was prepared for that,but last night was such a difference,he was so tender with me,i just didnt know what to think.

Deans POV

I sat there on the couch looking over at Ny. God she was so gorgeous,and she had hardly changed at all since we were younger. She had curves now, and just looking at them made my mouth go dry. The shape of her breasts underneath her close-fitted tshirt were just mouth watering and i forced my thoughts back to the problem at hand as she looked into my eyes.

I wasnt going to let this thing get her, because so help me God i wasnt willing to lose her a second time.

I had been a downright fool in the past to just walk away without telling her how i felt about her. She was always hanging around Sammy,and i always wondered if there was something there. I just covered everything up with all the girls that flocked around me,i didnt know how to approach her seriously,and in the end,the womanising,well i guess it just became second nature to me.