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8. Long Road
Pontiac, Illinois – Astoria Hotel
Bobby knocked on the motel room door, Dean just to his left and Chloe behind. Ruby answered the door and Chloe stiffened, ducking further behind the older hunter.
She looked like an attractive brunette, the boys none the wiser. There was some crack about delivering a pizza and then Sam was there, staring at Dean in shock.
Chloe had never met Sam. She had never met Rub either, That being said, the stories that Bobby and Cas had told her about the Winchesters made her a quick work of judgment. As Dean at in a chair and Bobby leaned against a table, Chloe stood in the corner of the room, trying to make her self as small as possible.
"An angel, huh?" Sam asked, brows raised in wonder. "Bobby told me, but it was kind of hard to believe." His eyes landed on Chloe and he tipped his head toward her, "That her?"
Dean looked over his shoulder at the blonde., shaking his head, "Chloe's no angel." At the protest she made Dan grinned, "Just a lowly human, like you and me." He turned back to Sam, "So, how have you been?"
Sam smiled and raised his hands as if saying, 'take a look at me'. "I'm good, you know, considering."
Chloe couldn't take it anymore. She knew what Sam had been up to and couldn't sit idle listening to the lies. His hotel room was just a lock over from her apartment. "I'm going." She announced and patted Bobby on the shoulder as she walked past. She stopped at the door, avoiding Sam's eyes. Aware of how ride she was being but not able to stop it. Her eyes searched Dean's startled one and he nodded. "I'll be by later."
Chloe nodded back at him and left. She walked the block home, heart heavy with knowledge. She couldn't tell Dean. It would break his heart. She also couldn't lie to Dean. Eventually he would find out and she would have to face the consequences. She hadn't lied to Dean so far, she wasn't going to start now.
Later that evening, Chloe browsed through files she had made on the seals being broken. Together her and Castiel had figured out a few of them, starting with Dean starring as the righteous man. When she heard the knock on the door she put everything in a neat stack and opened it, allowing Dean to enter with a smiling Sam behind him. Chloe pursed her lips and fixed the older brother with a glare.
Dean jerked his head back at the deadly look she shot him, "What's that look for?" Chloe shifted her eyes to Sam and went to put the files away.
As she moved out of the living room Sam said, "I don't think she likes me."
Chloe thought of herself "Understatement of the century."
Sam left shortly after, inviting Dean to come back to the hotel with him. Dean thought abut Chloe's reaction to Sam being in her home. She had barely spoken to either of them. Earlier in the day she and bobby had both warned him of Sam and his strange behavior. His instinct said Chloe wanted to say something but couldn't say it in front of Sam. Den had hugged his brother and let him go. "I think I'll stay here tonight." He'd said to Sam. Sam had raised his eyebrows in question and grinned, probably thinking Dean planned on getting lucky.
Dean thought about the king size bed down the short hall and figured the luckiest he'd get tonight was if Chloe would share that monstrosity.
Sam left and dean turned to Chloe. "Please explain to me what that was about."
Chloe but her lip and looked down at her feet. "I really can't/" She replied softly.
Dean put his hands on his hips and paced in front of her. "is it because you know he's going to break the last seal?" He asked.
Chloe shook her head silently. "No. A part of me hopes I'm wrong and he doesn't." She touched Dean's arm as he walked past. Dean stopped and turned to her, waiting. Chloe closed her eyes and smiled sadly. "The girl in Sam's room?"
"Kelly?" Dean asked, guessing her name.
Chloe shook her head, "No. That was Ruby."
Dean jerked back as if she had physically slapped him, his jaw twitching. He growled, "Sam and Ruby?" After all, she had ben parading around in her underwear.
Chloe looked away, her eyes bright with unshed tears. "It gets worse."
Dean closed his eyes briefly. "My brother is playing hide the salami with a damn demon and it gets worse?" He rubbed at his forehead and said, "What then?"
Tears feel down Chloe's cheeks and she wiped them away quickly. "She's teaching Sam to exorcise demons with his psychic powers."
Dean thought about that. "it actually didn't sound so bad. "So? Does the host live?"
Chloe waved her hand aside. "Yes, but that's not…"
"Chloe, " Dean interrupted, "Sam is a little sensitive. He never could stand the thought of stabbing a demon and killing an innocent as well. This is probably a better deal."
Chloe cut off Dean buy blurting out, "He's drinking her blood!" Dean stared at the blonde as if she'd gone crazy. "The demon blood is making his psychic powers stronger." She saw the light dawning in Dean's eyes. "
"The powers that Azazel gave him/." He connected the dots. "
Exactly." She agreed with a nod.
Dean shook his head, hands on his hips, staring down at the floor. He thought for a moment. "Okay, so how do you even know any of this."
Chloe glanced away, reminding herself that she had already told dean more than she was probably allowed. "I just know, Dean."
Dean waited for Chloe's eyes to meet his and he searched hers carefully. Sati sifted with the openness he could see reflected there he nodded, " Okay." He seemed to collect his thoughts. "So, how do we stop him?"
"You cannot."
Chloe groaned and moved to sit on the couch. Dean looked over at the angel.
"Chloe." Castiel said, staring at her intensely.
""Cas." Chloe said and narrowed her eyes. Dean watched the two of them hash it out wordlessly. It was Chloe that turned her head first, looking away.
Dean was startled when Cas focused on him. Up until now he had only seen a concentrated look on the angel's face. Now, there seemed to be more emotion.
"Chloe should not have told you about Sam." Dean glanced from Chloe to the angel.
"I would have found out eventually." Dean said, "right?" At Castiel's short nod Dean said, "Okay So what does it matter that Chloe told me now?"
Castiel stared at Dean thoughtfully. "Chloe knows she is not to get between you and Sam." At Chloe's snort both men turned to look at her, "You know you were supposed to let Sam tell Dean."
Chloe crossed her arms and glared at the angel. "May I speak now?"
Castiel seemed to think it over then bowed his head to her. Chloe breathed and gently exhaled so as not to lose her temper. "Dean hasn't been out of hell longer than a full day. I have not and will not lie to him. I refuse to do so."
"It is not lying." Castiel added.
"Omitting is the same as lying to me."
Chloe said quickly, her eyes searching Castiel's. "Withholding information? It's all lying. Look at him." Chloe stood and motioned towards Dean causing him to back up almost in defense. "He ended up in Hell because of lies and deceit and trying to protect Sam." Dean stared at her open-mouthed trying to figure out where she got her information. "This is his second chance. Don't you think starting out with lies will just…"
Castiel interrupted her by slicing his hand through the air. "You've told him about the seals. You've old him about Sam." Castiel shook his head, "Maybe you weren't the best choice after all."
Chloe's mouth dropped open and a blush started on her chest and worked it's way up her neck to her cheeks. Until dean thought she would explode. And then she did. yelling out, "Fuck you, Cas!" She turned an stomped to her room, slamming the door behind her and rattling it on its hinges.
Dean looked over at Castiel, " I take it you angels don't know much about chicks, huh?"
Castiel sighed and sat on the couch, knees apart, hands clasped between them. "The female gender has always caused confusion for me."
Dean grabbed a beer from the fridge and sat beside Cas. "Welcome to the club, brother."
Hours later after Cas had left and Dean had nursed his beer, he knocked on the door to Chloe's bedroom. When he got no reply he pushed the door open slowly and trained his eyes on the bed. He could faintly make out a small lump off to the side, covered in blankets.
Dean shut the door behind him and stripped his shirt off over his head, leaving his jeans and socks on he climbed into the bed. He had laid on the couch, staring at the ceiling and his brain had refused to turn off. Finally he had decided Chloe wouldn't care if he stole a corner of the bed. He doubted they'd bump into each other in the yards of mattress.
