Before the vampire could sink his fangs in, we both heard feet running down the alley towards us and Eric took off running.
Sam ran after him and left Dean with me.
"Are you okay?"
"He was a psycho; he didn't want to eat me, he wanted to change me," I gasped. "He said he was lonely and fell in love with me at first sight, wanted us to spend together forever."
I took a deep, shaky breath and Dean put a hand awkwardly on my shoulder.
"Is she okay?" Cas appeared.
"You should be comforting her, she's your girlfriend."
"He's not my boyfriend," I said at the same time Cas said, "she's not my girlfriend."
I looked up at Cas and he offered his hand; I took hold of it and he helped me stand up.
Stood in front of him, we both stared at each other.
"Are you okay? Did he hurt you?"
"No, I'm okay," I smiled at him.
"Will you two get a room," Dean scoffed at us.
"We have one round the corner," Cas said.
"He meant we should go and . . .fornicate," I explained.
"Oh. But I already showed her what the pizza man taught me. I can't risk her falling in love with me."
"Cheers Cas."
"You're welcome," he replied to me.
"Cas, she was being sarcastic, I think you upset her," Dean told him as I wandered down the alley.
He was just about to follow me but Sam came back.
"I lost him," Sam huffed.
"Okay, come on, we gotta get ready to head off," Dean said and headed my way.
When he walked past me, he nudged me. "Cheer up, he didn't mean it."
"I'm okay, I'm used to it," I shrugged.
"Well, when I get back, I'll take you out and we'll get our own motel room. What'dya say?"
I laughed. "You're serious?"
"Sure. Why not?" Dean winked at me.
"I'll think about it."
When we got back to the motel, I watched him and Sam flit around, avoiding Castiel's eyes, until they left and we were on our own, the day stretching out ahead of us.
"Why did I upset you?" Cas asked.
"It doesn't exactly make humans feel . . .good to hear that someone doesn't want them to fall in love."
I looked around the room and noticed John's diary had been left on the table and I knew it had the odd
summoning spell in it.
"I think I am gonna go for a walk, I'll be more careful this time," I told him and stood up.
"I apologise, if I were to allow it then I would be dragged back home, I was before," Cas tried to make things easier.
"I know and I know why it can't happen. To be honest, I'm surprised they haven't dragged you back up already."
Cas' face crinkled in confusion. "You are right. How peculiar."
"I will be back in half an hour, okay?" I walked past the table and picked up the diary as sneakily as I could.
Once outside, I flicked through until I found the scribbled down Crowley summons and rushed around to collect the things to summon him . . .if I could find them.