Summary: AU. She plays lead violin in the orchestra and Jimmy plays cello. He can't stop thinking about her, but she's already dating the school's most popular guy, Alistair Masters, who happens to hate Jimmy and his friends. Please R&R!

Disclaimer: I don't own Supernatural or its characters. I only own Ella Williams.


Out of Reach

-Seven-

Jimmy felt shuffling by his side. That would've been pretty normal if Ella was just turning over in her sleep, but it seemed that she was moving too quickly to be shuffling. The first whimper came followed by harsh breaths and more twitching, which caused him to sit up.

He watched her panicking in her sleep, the occasional 'No' coming out with a shout of his name. He didn't know whether to wake her up or not. Apparently it was dangerous to do that during nightmares. He put a gentle hand on her cheek, gasping as she shot up and cried out, her hands flying to her face to cover it as she started to tremble and sob.

"Baby?"

She jumped when Jimmy touched her and she cupped his face, making the older teen feel nervous.

"Jimmy, are you okay?" She asked, Jimmy nodding and holding her quaking body to his.

"I'm fine, sweetie." He whispered, "Was it just a bad dream?"

Ella nodded, although Jimmy wondered if it was something to do with Alistair. She curled up to him as a frightened child would, her body trembling and her eyes wide as they lay back against the pillows, his hands holding her carefully as he kissed her and comforted her. She was so scared. He could tell just by how her breathing was and how cold the sweat on her body was.

"You wanna talk about it, babe?"

"No."

Jimmy nodded and kept his arms around her, looking down into her eyes and pressing a loving kiss to her forehead.

"You ever need to talk about it, Ella, you know you can talk to me, okay?"

"Thank you." Ella whispered, Jimmy leaning over to check the clock.

It was only two-twenty in the morning. He sighed, keeping Ella held close who pulled the covers up her body, pressing into Jimmy's body and gripping him tightly. He kissed her forehead, leaning down and capturing her lips in a gentle kiss as she gazed into his eyes. She rested her head on his bare chest, Jimmy able to feel the tears hitting his skin as they fell from her eyes. He just held her tighter and kissed her forehead, rubbing her arms gently before humming melodies from her favourite songs to her to soothe her, finally sending her back to sleep.


Ella seemed very reserved to Jimmy as the family sat around the dining table, the young girl struggling to eat the roast that Lucifer and Michael had prepared for lunch. Gabriel and Castiel were locking the others in conversation, so Jimmy took his chance to check on her.

"Ella, you okay, sweetie?"

Ella nodded, Jimmy brushing her hair over her ear gently and kissing her temple.

"You can say if you're not, y'know..." He told her, Ella just getting up and leaving, shocking the others as she ran away in tears, "Baby?"

He looked to his brothers who all had worried expressions on their faces before biting his lip and standing up.

"M'sorry, just gimme a minute."

He followed Ella upstairs, following her into the bedroom and going to touch her only for her to scream at him to get away from her.

"Ella, what's the matter?" He asked, "Sweetie, you're scaring me..."

"P-please..." Ella cried, Jimmy catching her as her legs buckled, "Please..."

"What's wrong?" He whispered, "Baby, what did you dream about? You've been so scared and jumpy all day...Was it Alistair?"

Ella nodded, Jimmy rubbing her back gently and kissing her forehead.

"H-He hurt you really bad..." Ella breathed, "And we have school tomorrow and...and we have to face him. I'm so scared he's gonna hurt you..."

"I'll be fine, Ella." He reassured her, cupping her tear soaked face in his hands, "Oh, sweetie...It's okay."

Ella just curled up in his arms, Jimmy holding onto her and rocking her gently to calm her. The poor girl was so frightened of that bastard she'd dated. It made him wonder if Alistair had ever put his hands on her before. If he had, Jimmy would kill him, seriously. He'd kill the bastard. He whispered soft assurances to her, trying to fight back his tears as she sobbed in his embrace.

"P-please don't go to school..." She breathed, "Please..."

"Ella, I gotta go." He told her, "Sorry, baby. I know you're frightened but we've got to go. We're not gonna skip school 'cause we're afraid of a stupid teenager. It's gonna be okay. I'm gonna protect you, alright? I won't let anything happen to you, I promise."

The young girl kissed him and they pressed their foreheads together, Ella sighing and biting her lip as she held onto him, feeling guilty for just leaving the dinner table like that.

"I'm sorry, Jimmy. I...I've wrecked lunch..." She breathed, Jimmy shaking his head.

"Listen, everyone's just gonna be more concerned about whether you're okay or not, that's all." He reassured her, "It doesn't matter that you left the meal, clearly you're really stressed and worried. We'll all look after you, sweetheart, I promise. You'll always have me, no matter what happens."

"I love you so much, Jimmy Novak."

Jimmy grinned and returned the sentiment, kissing her temple gently and holding her close to him. As long as she had her Jimmy, nothing else mattered. Nothing.


Jimmy and Ella were met with gasps as they made their way through the school gates together the next day. Their fingers were locked together tightly, their manner calm and collected. They just went along as if everything was normal, ignoring the whispers that came from others around them.

Class went without much trouble. The occasional death glare was shot at Jimmy by Alistair's male friends and Ella got them from the girls. In the yard, a lot of the guys decided to try and piss Jimmy off by shouting obscene comments at Ella to which Jimmy responded to by kissing Ella deeply and giving them the finger, turning them around so that Ella could show them the same.

The trouble came just after fourth period. Ella was making a trip to the library Jimmy not far behind her as they had to grab books for their drama project. Ella had agreed to get the books but Jimmy had forgotten a specific one they needed. He turned the corner towards the library only to see Ella get dragged into one of the janitor's closets, his heart racing as he heard the books clatter to the floor. Surely someone else would've heard that and not just him.

He moved closer, opening the door to find Ella against the wall, Alistair licking her neck and pinning her there as his hand went to her thigh, Ella looking to her boyfriend with tearful eyes, tears already falling down her cheeks. She was pleading for him to help her and Jimmy didn't know what else to do other than hit Alistair with one of the books that had fallen to the floor. The teenager cried out, Ella sprinting down the corridor while Jimmy shut the door on Alistair, grabbing their books from the floor and heading after his girl. She'd gone way ahead of him and he assumed that she was in the classroom, but when he returned she wasn't there.

"Where's Ella?" The teacher asked, Jimmy shaking his head, "I don't know..."

He dropped the books on his desk, going back out to look for in the one place he guessed she'd be. The auditorium.

He found her sitting at the back, her head rested in her hands as she sobbed quietly into them, her face pale and pained while her body trembled. It must've been the fear. Poor girl.

"I t-told you we shouldn't have been here today, Jimmy." She breathed, shivering as she spoke.

How she knew it was him that had entered the room, he didn't know. He just wanted to hold her and comfort her.

"Babe, I'm sorry." He whispered, "I had no idea that he'd..."

"You p-promised me that things would b-be okay." Ella sobbed, "You promised no-one w-would hurt me."

"Ella, I've stayed by your side all day." Jimmy breathed, "I'm so sorry that he dragged you in there. I just caught him pull you inside, that's how I got there so quickly."

"G-God, I'm sorry." Ella whispered, crying into her hands, "I'm s-so sorry, you're right...God, I've been such a b-bitch, baby, I'm sorry."

"Shhh," Jimmy soothed, pulling his girl into his arms and kissing her head gently, "C'mon, we gotta get back to class."

The two stood, Jimmy spotting blood running down Ella's leg. His heart leapt into his throat and he caught Ella as her legs buckled, finding that she had a knife wound in her side. God, she'd been stabbed. She was bleeding to death in his arms, and her eyes were drifting shut.

"Ella, stay awake, baby." He breathed, tears filling his eyes quicker than rain fills a puddle, "Stay awake, y'hear me?"

He picked her straight up, carrying her out of the auditorium and towards the school nurse's office, screaming for help the whole way.

-TBC-


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