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"Dean!" Mary yelled shaking her son hard.
Dean bolted straight up looking around his room wide eyed. He saw the laundry basket by Mary's feet and déjà vu filled his mind.
Without a word he took off running as if his very life depended on it and if it pertained to Arandi it did.
He reached the park. He saw her coming around the curve her mind occupied by him more than likely and she stepped into the road.
Dean put every bit of speed that he had into his legs and he went full force at her as the car came around the bend too fast. He tackled her out of the way with hardly a breath to spare making sure to spin so that she would land on top of him.
He stared into her shocked but very much alive blue eyes, a million things tripping through his mind.
"Dean?" She murmured touching his face.
"Are you ok?" He managed to ask as everything seemed to wobble around him. Things poked at his skin and burned.
She moved slowly off of him. "I'm fine just lie still ok?"
He was confused ready to just take her home but when he tried to move agonizing pain shot through his head. He hated the unmanly whimper that he heard from himself.
Then his mind filled with pictures of things he didn't understand. He saw Yellow Eyes with Sam and gasped.
"Dean?!" Arandi said desperately.
Voices of a gathering crowd, the panic of the man that had nearly hit them, a faraway siren sifted through Dean's confused mind. He stared at Arandi seeing the panic in her face and wanted nothing more than to comfort her but the blackness that swallowed him had other plans.
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Dean woke slowly, his head pounding and the antiseptic smell of a hospital filling his nose.
"You have a concussion." Arandi said softly. She held his hand tightly. "They are keeping you overnight and they tried to make me leave and let's just say be glad you slept through it."
Dean smiled weakly. "That's my girl."
Her eyes suddenly brimmed with tears and for him that was like a sword through his heart. She wasn't meant to cry especially if he was the reason.
"I'm going to be fine." He said softly pulling her to sit beside him.
"How did you know? How were you able to save me?"
"It was like a dream and I just knew that it was going to come true."
"So now your psychic?"
"No, not me but I think it was Sam. Don't say anything to my parents though not until I figure this out."
She nodded.
He fought to stay awake but in the end he lost to the pull of sleep.
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Dean stared at his little brother as he sat at his computer doing his homework. Their relationship was extraordinary and people always commented on how unique their connection was.
It had taken them both a long time to realize that all brothers were not as close.
Neither of them could imagine it any other way.
"How long have you been have visions?" Dean asked straight to the point.
Sam didn't turn, kept punching keys. "A couple of months now."
"Why didn't you say anything? I mean finding out this way was…..hell scary." Dean huffed as he threw himself across Sam's bed.
"How do you think I felt?" Sam finally turned to face his big brother. "I thought they were dreams until they started happening while I was awake and I saw Mrs. Malloy's dog getting hit by a car and I managed to stop it right before it happened. I didn't even know how to bring it up."
"So this thing with Arandi?"
"I saw her getting hit by that car and dying. Jade and I were at the movies when it happened. I knew I would never get to her in time so I concentrated on you and pushed the image towards you."
"Thank God it worked. I can't even think about a life without Arandi in it." Dean said a chill coursed through him. "Thank you for that, Sammy."
Sam blushed. "I had to for you. Are you going to tell mom and dad?"
"They need to know. It's kind of major thing but you decide when you're ready and you can tell them." Dean sat up on the bed and locked eyes with his brother. "I saw you with Yellow Eyes."
Sam's eyes widened. "I guess I sent a little too much your way."
"Why did I see you with him?"
Sam's eyes skittered to the floor. "I talked to him a few weeks ago."
"You what?!" Dean yelled standing up.
"I was walking home and he just was there walking beside me."
"And you didn't think it was important mentioning that this fucking demon came to you again?"
"Look, Dean, I'm not a baby anymore I can take care of myself."
"You can't handle a demon on your own." Dean began to pace furiously. "What did he say to you?"
"He said that I'm special and I have more important things to deal with than being an average hunter."
"Demons lie, Sammy."
"I know that, Dean."
"What else?"
Sam shrugged. "I told him to fuck off and he laughed and vanished just like that. I don't know what to do. I mean what if he tries to hurt mom and dad, or Jade, or especially you just to get to me."
"You know what we've been taught Sammy, bad things will always try to use who you love against you and you just have to be stronger than that."
"Sounds like a crock a shit to me." Sam huffed and turned back to his work.
Dean didn't push it but he knew things were far from over.
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Josh Jenkins was a bully. A rich privileged bully. The type that thought mommy and daddy and money would always get him out of shit. He was probably right but then he bullied the wrong kid.
Josh walked with his friends Cory and Seth laughing and carrying on, heading to cars they had no business owning yet but money made many turn their head.
Dean stepped out in front of Josh making him stop short.
"What the fuck get out of my way dude."
"Why don't you make me?" Dean urged.
Recognition filtered over Josh's face. "I see you have to fight your brother's fights."
"Sam can take care of himself in a fair fight. Four on one is a pussy's way."
Josh scowled.
Dean knew that Sam was going to be pissed at him for doing this but Dean had lost it when Sam had come home days before bloodied and bruised.
Getting the truth out of him had been like pulling teeth. Sam knew Dean too well but he also knew Dean would interrogate every student and teacher until he found out the truth. So he had finally spilled.
"Where's your fourth, hell, add a fifth and see what you can do against me, pussy boy."
In the end it was less than fair in any sense of the word. The six that had dared go against Dean didn't stand a snowball's chance. They were all scattered about and Josh leaned against a fence crying because he couldn't feel his legs.
Dean leaned down menacingly and whispered something in his ear. Josh nodded vehemently and Dean twisted at the nerve in Josh's back. The feeling came spilling back into his legs painfully.
The cops looked for days for the homeless man that had attacked the teens.
No one bothered Sam again and the next time Josh ran into Dean he actually pissed on himself.
"I thought we had established that I can take care of myself." Sam announced at the door of Dean's room soon after.
"It wasn't you that went Rambo on their ass?" Dean replied coolly.
"Most of the school thinks it was me especially the way Josh avoids me and all his pals. Don't play stupid."
Dean smirked. "I just did what I've been trained to do since you were born."
"Take care of Sammy, yeah I get that, Dean, but…" Sam started. His brother's green eyes intently glued on his hazel. He just rolled his eyes. "Why waste my breath."
"Thought you'd see it my way."
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Mary and Beth sat on the patio watching their men and kids washing the Impala.
Time had gone by like a dream.
Just yesterday Dean and Arandi had been two cute little buttons of energy with wide eyed innocence and now they were on the brink of adulthood all lean and beautiful grace. Sam and Jade right behind them.
Dean had grown into a handsome dynamite of lean muscle, his voice had settled into a low timbre that had most girls hearts a flutter but he had eyes only for Arandi.
That had never changed they were together every moment they got and the mothers knew their children were far from innocent but they chose to pretend otherwise.
Arandi was nothing to disappoint either, beautiful and everything in the right places so if Dean hadn't been at her side forever, he would have fallen eventually.
They were something to behold together. Dean making sure Arandi was as happy as she could be although he loved to set her off every now and then just to see the fire light up under her. The way her blue eyes turned to silverish slits of pure 'get the fuck out of my way or else.'
Now as they washed the car Dean splashed her with water and he kissed away her pout quickly. They didn't do too much open affection in front of the folks.
Both moms sighed. The years of wedding planning didn't seem long enough anymore. There was no doubt that it would happen. Dean and Arandi were in love with one another as sure as oxygen was essential to survive.
That was scary. Dean and Arandi were each other's oxygen and they were barely in high school.
Dean the popular jock that every girl wanted but good luck with that and Arandi the head cheerleader and all out athlete that every boy fawned over but didn't dare do anything but stare because many knew the bad end of Dean's fiery temper and incredible talent of not being found out.
It might as well be said that Dean and Arandi were married the second their life began because that was exactly how it seemed.
The parents all exchanged glances, they didn't have a foot to stand on, although they hadn't been together from birth they remembered what it was like to be young and in love and never getting enough of the other.
They just hoped that they had raised them bright enough to know the good and the bad and the wrong and the right and everything in between.
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Dean lay with his head on Arandi's lap in the tree house as she read their assigned reading out loud to him.
He was still tired and sore from football practice and why should both of them have to read? Beside Arandi didn't mind at all and he could listen to her voice all day. She ran her fingers through his hair as she read and Dean had to fight to stay awake.
She was suddenly quiet and he looked up at her and her faraway look said she was just as far.
"Something wrong?"
She sighed heavily. "Annie Tatum said that you're going to get tired of me eventually that no one stays together as long as we have."
He sat up and kneeled beside her. "Annie Tatum is jealous because she wants me and she can't have me." He kissed her neck.
"Do you love me?"
"How can you ask me that?" He scoffed.
"I don't want to lose you." She said softly her eyes bright.
"You never will." Dean replied not liking anytime Arandi was sad.
She turned and pulled out a folded paper from her binder. "I found this when I was researching that last hunt for Johnny and dad."
Dean took the paper and saw the drawing of an intricate circles and symbols. He raised an eyebrow.
"It's a bonding sigil and I want us to get it tattooed on each other."
"We're getting married."
"I know but this way we're already bound to each other so we don't have to wait so long." She worked that look that had him in melted butter standing in seconds.
"I know someone that will do them for us. We just have to get them somewhere no one will notice. Like our hip bone or around that area. We already have the anti-possession tattoos."
"How bound is bound?" Dean asked knowing his parents would shit a brick since they didn't believe in unnecessary spells or rituals.
Arandi sighed defeated.
"I didn't say no ok I just want to know what we're getting into here." He pulled her onto his lap to straddle him and kissed her gently.
"No one can ever get between us, no matter what."
"Um no one can do that now." He pointed out.
"Do it for me please?" She kissed into his neck.
"Alright." He caved like he usually did.
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Their birthday party at the club was a great hit by any standards. Their parents had allowed a lot more than they expected.
Dean and Arandi had many friends and having the same birthday of the person that you were in love with wasn't so bad.
The party was still going strong when their parents left to let them have fun and a couple of hours later Arandi was dragging Dean out of the club to head to get the tattoos.
She went first because she knew Dean was going to be stewing the whole time with this virtual stranger touching her.
She wasn't disappointed and Dean even went as far as making her sit back against him while the tattoo was made. The guy didn't bat an eye not even when Arandi handed him vials of their blood and other ingredients that had to go into the ink.
Their parents were not expecting them home until morning so they were covered.
"What the fuck?" The tattoo guy mumbled the second he finished Dean's tattoo.
Dean looked down and shouldn't have been too surprised to see the tattoo giving off a slight glow.
"Man, I hope you two know what you're doing with this mojo shit." He said taking the bundle of money Arandi handed to him.
"Come on we don't have much time." Arandi huffed pulling Dean behind her.
"Time?"
"We have the tattoos now we have to stand in the full moon and recite the spell which will be at its ultimate height on our birthday."
Arandi seemed so excited and Dean followed as usual.
Out in a clearing in the woods they stood face to face holding hands.
The tattoos fresh and sore under the bandage felt hot as they said the words that Arandi had memorized together.
Suddenly there was a bright flash of light and they felt as if they were being burned where the tattoos were etched.
Dean fell back completely disoriented and Arandi fell on her side gasping for air.
Their ears filled with roaring sounds.
As suddenly as it had started it was over and silence permeated the night.
He crawled besides her making sure that she was ok and winced with fresh pain of the tattoos that were now darker and more pronounced in their skin.
Dean stood up and helped Arandi to her feet. "Are you ok?"
"Yes." She replied.
They kissed soft and needy.
He felt a desire unlike any he had ever felt pulling him inside out. He deepened the kiss, hungry to taste every particle of her and breathe her like his oxygen.
Her soft moans only drove him crazier by the second. "Arandi, I want you so bad." He groaned his open mouth gliding over her neck.
"Do it." She begged.
To him it was like gasoline on an already raging fire. "Where? Not out here I want our first time to be special."
Arandi pulled keys from her pocket. "I know it's a two hour drive but let's go to the cabin."
Dean didn't have to be told twice and he drove like hell hounds were on his ass.
TBC
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