DISCLAIMER: HI PEOPLE! I am so so so so so so sorry for taking so long to update, I've been busy with school and stuff, but I tried to write whenever humanly possible, and I finally got another chapter done! I am sorry that it isn't as long as most of my others, but chapter 7 has been started already and, if I get my way, it'll been done within a week, I hope. Thanks to all you awesome people who reviewed, you rule all. So, without further ado, here's the new chap.!^_^
The alarm started beeping loudly and I reached over, turned the annoying thing off and lay back down. I moved my head to burry it deeper into the pillow when I realized that my pillow didn't feel right. It didn't feel like the poofy, itchy, squishy thing I had fallen asleep on. The current "pillow" felt a bit softer, instead of itchy, and it wasn't squishy either, it was more firm and warmer too.
I cracked my eyes open and saw gray, not the white of a pillow and my heart rate sped up. I lifted my head a bit and found that the "thing" I had been sleeping on was Sam, and half of my body was on top of him, my head resting on his chest and one of my arms was lying across his stomach.
I tried to ease myself off of him without waking him up, but I couldn't move. I turned my head to see that Sam's arms were wrapped securely around my waist, holding me to him. I instantly felt my face burn with a blush that spread across my cheeks.
I stayed still for a little while, not really sure what to do, and I couldn't help but notice how nice it felt, lying there with his strong arms around me. I felt warm and safe for the first time in quite a while. I had to admit, I was enjoying the feeling, but it was time to get up, so I decided to wake him.
I moved my arm and shook his shoulder a bit, "Sam. Sam, it's time to wake up."
I stopped when he blinked open his dark brown eyes and looked down at me, "Morning," he said, voice raspy from sleep.
"Hi. Uh…I need to get up," I said somewhat awkwardly.
He blinked a few more times and his half asleep brain finally woke up and he realized the position we were in. He quickly let me go and sat up as I got up and moved back to my side of the bed, trying to put a bit of space between us.
"I'm sorry, I forgot I have a tendency to more around while I sleep. I'm…I'm going to go get dressed," I said, embarrassed, and then quickly got off the bed, grabbed my bag, and darted into the bathroom.
Holy crap! I can't believe that happened, I thought, panicked.
You know the reason you're freaking out is because you liked it.
I hated it when my brain was right. I did like it, but I can't! He's a friend! Actually, not even really a friend, just some guy I have just barely met that I happen to like and find very attractive.
You have some friends you've known for years and haven't ever told them half of what you've told Sam in the last few days alone.
Again, my brain was right. When we were at Bobby's I told him things that only Benny and Bobby know about, and just last night I let this guy pass through my defenses and see one of my more vulnerable sides.
I shoot my head. Just forget about it for now. It's no big deal, it was an accident. Focus on the job for now and worry about confusing issues later.
I took my time getting ready, not too anxious to face Sam just yet. When I did get out of the bathroom, some 20 minutes later, which was really unnecessary considering I didn't even put on any makeup, all I did with my hair was brush it and put it in a ponytail, and my clothes were just a t-shirt and jeans, I saw Luna had moved from her position, which had been on the floor at the end of the bed since we got there, and was now on the bed. She was lying next to Sam, who had, obviously, figured I would be in the bathroom for a long time, decided to just get ready in the main room because he was fully dressed, shoes included, and was watching the news while Luna enjoyed getting her ears scratched.
"Sorry I took so long, the bathroom's free now if you need it."
"That's okay, I'm ready to go if you are," he said, turning off the TV.
"Just about," I said, sitting down in one of the chairs for the little table so I could get my boots on. "I take it there was nothing good on television."
He shook his head, "Nothing that'll help us. I did see this weird show about two guys driving around the country, killing ghosts and whatnot."
"Who'd want to watch something like that?"
He shrugged, "No idea. Ready to go?" He asked as he stood up from the bed.
"Yep," I said as I stood up also and grabbed my coat. Luna jumped off the bed and stood next to the door, tongue hanging out of her mouth in a doglike grin, tail wagging, excited to be going out.
"Does she have a leash?" Sam asked as we were walking to the Jeep where Luna was already waiting, having ran ahead of us.
"In the car, but I hardly rarely use it because she never runs off. So, where are we going?"
"First I figured we should go get some breakfast, then check real estate files of anyone that has moved in around here within the last few months."
I shrugged, "Works for me."
The day went by pretty quickly, and we didn't find out anything new, all we had was that there were about two to six vampires and they showed up about six months ago. We did distract each other a bit though because we spent most of our time talking and getting to know each other better, turns out Sam and I have a lot of the same interests. He was surprised when I told him I, too, had gone to college.
"Seriously?"
"Yep, I was going to med. school, studying to be a pediatrician."
"You know, I can see you doing that," Sam said sending me a smile that I was more than happy to return.
"Well, I love helping people and working with kids. True, with hunting we do help people but I just…didn't think it fit me, even though practically everyone in my entire family have been hunters since lord knows when, I wanted to do something different. But, after my parents died I dropped out to get a full time job so I could take care of Grace. Then, after the demon..." I paused and swallowed. "Well, I gave up trying to fight it all and just dove into the job head first. I thought, there are plenty of doctors out there, but not enough hunters so…here I am," I finished with a slight smile.
"I'm glad," Sam muttered so quietly I couldn't be sure he'd even actually said it.
After the day of talking and making no real progress with the research we arrived at the bar that had been designated as the meeting spot at about 9:20 and saw that Benny and Dean hadn't arrived yet.
"Most likely trying to find something at the last second knowing my brother," Sam commenting, leaning against the side of the Jeep as we waited.
"Well, they have about ten minutes until time's up. I think points should be deducted for tardiness."
Sam chuckled, "You gonna tell 'em?"
I pulled out my cell phone, "Oh yeah," I replied and he laughed again as I started texting Benny.
K: U got 8 min. til points start getting taken off. And they will be taken off. :)
B:T_T Dude, we're so far ahead that even if points were removed we'd still own you.
K: Yeah right. 5 minutes.
B: Dude, behind you.
I peered around my Jeep and, low and behold, Benny and Dean were pulling up in the Impala.
"Cutting it close ain't ya, Ben?" I called as they were walking towards us.
"My foot hurts," Dean complained, glaring at Benny.
"Shoosh," she said.
"What'd you do to his foot?" Sam asked.
"She bashed it onto the gas peddle to make me go faster," Dean answered, sounding very disgruntled, to which Benny giggled, Sam grinned, and I rolled my eyes.
"So, what've you got?" I asked and Benny, smiling triumphantly, pulled a think notebook out of her bag.
"We win, let's eat," Dean declared and the two started heading towards the bar.
"Hold up, not yet," I said and they stopped and turned back around. "I think we should go through all that first."
"Well where's yours?" Benny asked accusingly.
"In our heads."
"Must not be much then."
"No, but it's legit. So, let's sort through yours."
Benny's grin came back to her face, "Fine."
"The information should pertain to the vampires here and now," Sam stated.
"Right, so nothing you got from movies, books, songs, or any other form of entertainment counts."
Benny's grin started to falter as she threw out nearly half of the pages of her notebook.
"Or anything Dean made up last night after you got off the phone," Sam put in.
"You really think he's that creative?" Benny asked.
"Hey!"
We ignored Dean as I gave Benny a look and she threw out a few more pages.
"And nothing you made up on the drive over here," I added finally.
Benny let out a frustrated sigh and tossed away several more pages.
"I think that should be it. What've you got left?" I asked.
"A coupon for half off clams at Marty's Bar and Grill," Benny answered, not sounding very happy.
"What do you have?" Dean asked, looking ticked about losing a free dinner.
"There's anywhere between two to six of them, and, according to then the cow deaths started, they showed up about six months ago," Sam told them.
I smiled, "So we won and you two owe us dinner. Ha."
"Fine, we'll go to a gas station and buy you a sandwich," Dean said.
"Nu-uh, winners' choice, remember?" Sam told him.
"What do you want then?" Benny asked.
"Hmmm." I looked to Sam who shrugged. "We don't know yet, we'll get back to you on that. For now, let's just go into the bar, buy a couple drinks, and see if we can get some more information."
They agreed and when we got inside Sam and Dean asked the bartender some questions while Benny and I drank our drinks and scanned the bar. The thing, well, person really, that kept catching my eye was some guy sitting in a dark corner, partially hidden in the shadows.
I leaned towards Benny, "Is it just me or is that guy starring at us?" I asked quietly so as to not be overheard.
"Who?" She asked in the same hushed tone and I motioned towards the man in questions subtly, making it look like I was just taking another drink.
She peaked over at him and then looked back at me. "Yep. He doesn't look undead like to me, if that's what you're thinking, but I could be wrong, hard to tell with this lighting. Want me to kill him just in case?"
"No. No killing random guys until we're sure of what they are."
"You're such a fun sucker, Kat," Benny said, sounding upset because she couldn't go and off some guy who may or may not be a blood sucking psychopath. Yes, life is so hard.
"What are you two whispering about?" Dean asked when they were done talking to the bartender.
"About which Johnny Depp character is hotter, Captain Jack Sparrow or Sweeney Todd," I said sarcastically. (A/N: I know Sweeney Todd didn't come out during Season 2, but, for the sake of things, let's just say it did.^_^)
"Which is Sweeney, of course." Benny put in.
"What? Nu-uh, Captain Jack all the way. Sweeney's a psycho. Jack's a-"
"Alcoholic," she interrupted.
"No. Well, okay, yes, he is, but he's so much hotter."
"Wrong, dear younger, naïve, unbiological twin, Sweeney is."
"I thought you hated the British, Irish chick," I argued.
"There's an exception to every rule."
"Okay. Ladies, why don't we continue this very weird conversation outside," Dean said, nudging us towards the door.
"Why? We just got here," Benny asked.
"Because we got what we needed and we're leaving."
As we walked to the door I looked in the corner and saw the guy was gone. "He left," I said quietly, not really noticing I had even spoken out loud at all until Sam said something.
"We know, that's why we're going outside, lure him where we want," he said leaning closer to me.
"You guys noticed too?" I asked and he just nodded as we stepped outside and walked around to the back of the bar, hearing somebody following us, and we hid, Benny and I in one place so that we'd be behind the guy, and Sam and Dean in another placing them in front of him. At least that's how it'd work out if things went our way, hallelujah, they did, for once.
I could actually see the guy since he was no longer hidden in shadows. He was African-American and looked to be about the same height and build as Dean, but a bit older. When he got right where we wanted him he stopped, obviously surprised to find nobody and looked behind him once, then back in front of himself where Sam and Dean were now standing and they pinned him to the wall of the bar, Dean holding a knife to his throat and Benny and I took that as our cue to come out and assist them.
"Show us your teeth," Dean demanded, getting straight to the point.
"I'm not a vampire," the man said, surprisingly unfazed by being surrounded by four people, one of whish was holding a sharp knife to his throat. "I heard you talking inside. I know what you're looking for and I know how to kill them, but I'm not one of 'em."
None of us moved, we were still unsure if the guy was telling the truth or not. He finally relented and showed us his teeth and there were no fangs or holes in his gums, so Sam and Dean let him go.
"So who are you?" I asked.
"Gordon Walker," he answered as we followed him to where the cars were parked. "And who might you four be, other than fellow hunters?"
"I'm Dean Winchester, this is my brother Sam, and they are Katherine Lucas and Benny Burton," Dean introduced us.
"Sam and Dean Winchester? I can't believe it," Gordon said as he putted out a rack of weapons from his car. "I met your dad once, hell of a guy and one great hunter. I heard he passed, I'm sorry."
"You seem to know a lot about our family," Sam said, clearly still not use to people knowing so much about them and their family. I was used to it, though sometimes it could be a pain trying to live up to the family name.
"Word travels fast. You know how hunters talk."
"Not really," Dean said.
"I guess there's a lot your old man didn't tell you."
"Guess so."
"There's not much to tell," I said.
"Other than the fact that hunters gossip worse than old women," Benny added.
Gordon looked over at me then, "I knew your parents too, they were good people. It's a shame they had to go how they did, a car accident of all things."
"Yeah," was all I said. I didn't elaborate and tell him what killed my parents wasn't just a car accident because that's what they story was, that it was just an accident. Aside from Benny and me, only a small group of close friends knew the true details of my parents death: The Winchesters, the Harvelle's, Bobby, and Ash. We thought it was best to just keep the real story to ourselves.
Sam, the great guy he was, moved the subject away from my family history back to the main issue at hand, "So, those two vampires that were killed were yours?"
"Yeah, they were," Gordon answered.
"Where's the nest?" Dean asked him.
"Look guys, I've got this one covered. I've been here for two weeks, after I found one of them in Austin and tracked it here and found the nest, so I'll finish this myself," he told us.
"We can help," I offered.
"We've been itching for a hunt," Benny added.
"Thanks, but, no thanks. I'd rather do this one alone. There's a Chupacabra down south you all could take care of it you want," Gordon said as he got into his car. "It was real good meeting you though. I'll buy you drinks of the flip side," and then he drove away.
"You know, it's guys like that that really annoy me," Benny said, crossing her arms over her chest. "They think they can do anything and don't need anybody's help to do it. Psh, men."
I just nodded, because I thought she summed up my thoughts rather nicely as well as her own.
"Well, you two can stand around in your little estrogen circle all night and discuss the flaws of us members of the male race, we're going to follow Gordon," Dean said as he and Sam walked over to the Impala.
"We would, but, knowing you 'members of the male race,' you'd do something induced with testosterone stupidity and we'd have to save your sorry butts," Benny said, walking after him.
"You know, nobody else finds you funny or clever," Dean told her, sounding annoyed.
"I do," I said innocently, which earned me a glare from the oldest Winchester brother, to which I just answered with a sweet smile.
"Come on, guys, don't antagonize him, I have to ride with him in the car and I don't want to hear him complaining the entire time about feminist issues," Sam pleased, walking next to me.
"Oh, it's not our fault he's easy," I said.
"In more ways than one," Benny put in.
"I resent that," Dean exclaimed.
"I'm surprised you know what 'resent' mean, Mr. Thinks-I'm-God's-Gift-To-Women," Benny said.
I rolled my eyes as the two continued arguing and I looked up at Sam, "You know what, I say you and I take the Jeep and leave those two," I gestured towards Benny and Dean, "together in the Impala. Save ourselves the headaches."
Sam nodded, "Sounds good to me."
So we separated that way, Dean, with Benny, in his car, and Sam and me in mine following the Impala. It didn't take too long before we found Gordon's car parked outside the local mill. I decided to leave Luna in the Jeep, figuring she wasn't needed at the moment, but I left the window open so she could jump out if I called her.
It was a huge mill, but we finally found Gordon, who didn't look like he was in a good position, considering a vampire was holding him down and was about to cut his head off with a huge power saw.
Benny and Sam quickly pulled Gordon out from under the spinning blades as Dean and I went for the vampire.
When we got him pinned down I stabbed it in the chest to keep it down as Dean used the saw that was still running to cut the head off.
Gordon looked at us, "I guess I gotta buy you those drinks."
(Hurray, it's done! Don't forget to rate and review, I love hearing people's views on how I'm doing with the story. Don't forget to check out my profile to see news of upcoming chapters and stories and what not, also I totally recommend reading the stories I have links to, they are written by my three best friends in the whole world, one of them being my editor and go to person Cass. Another being my unrelated-older-twin-sister, co-author, and Benny girl, Dee. And my weird ideas go-to pal, Fifi who will be starting to play a bigger role in the development of THIS story, and not just my Underworld one, which I am still working on the next chapter to. How, I won't say, but there will be a new OC coming in the future who will play a big part. Thanks again for reading, and now, I shall write. Again, don't forget to review! Have a great day! ^_^)