Hello, my favorite readers! Sorry it's been a while - I was at Anaheim for a school field trip competition! And guess what... I qualified for internationals! Yayyy :D
Anyway, just got back today and kinda just put this together as fast as I could because I didn't want to keep you guys waiting more, so it's rather short... But still, hope you enjoy!
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"Arya!" Dean called out, alone in the forested park. He was worried – they hadn't found anyone in her house, and the home phone had been beeping crazily with messages from worried friends who were wondering where she was as well.
"Arya!" he heard Sam yell from a couple hundred feet away. They had checked her little batcave in the other park, and she hadn't been there either. Sam could feel his insides getting cold with worry. Not saving those kids was bad enough, he thought. But Arya…
Sam checked behind another alcove of trees. This region was full of potential hiding places. It could be any supernatural creature that could have gotten to her, he thought worriedly. Or… it could even be Chaos… He pushed that thought out of his head. We'll find her… We have to, he thought as he squeezed into another alcove of trees and bushes. The grass was especially soft here, and he trod forward, his eyes straining in the distance to see anything, a flash of black hair or a t-shirt, when he suddenly stepped on something very squishy.
"Ow!" came an indignant yelp from under his foot, and Sam jumped back and stared at the soft green grass as it started to move, and he realized that it wasn't grass at all, but a green patterned blanket. The blanket was thrown off, revealing a pillow and a very angry girl under it.
"A… Arya?" Sam asked incredulously. "What the… what the hell are you doing?" he asked furiously, inwardly relieved that he had found her and she was safe.
"I... I was sleeping," she muttered sleepily, rubbing her eyes.
Sam stared at her.
"What?" she asked defensively, leaning back on her pillow. "I was alone in the house, and it's nice out here. This isn't the first time I've slept outside. Plus, it's supposed to be good for your brain."
Sam continued to stare at her. "We… we have been worried sick about you!" he managed to splutter out. "Your friends too, you haven't been picking up any calls, and you're… you're sleeping?"
Arya looked at him confusedly, and then pulled out her phone. "Oh…" she said softly. "It was on silent… Sorry." She looked at him with a sheepish smile. "Where's Dean?" she asked.
Sam stared at her again, and then whipped out his phone. He dialed Dean's number, and said, "Dean. I found her." Sam gave Dean directions to their area, and then he leaned back tiredly and shook his head as Dean walked in, saw Arya with her blanket, and exploded. This girl is just…strange, Sam concluded wearily, as Dean ranted about being in touch and hunter safety.
Arya seemed to be enjoying their reactions now. At first, she was genuinely sorry she'd worried them, but after five minutes of listening to Dean, she was smiling coyly. "Look at you two," she said while Dean was taking a breather before continuing lecturing. "You're like the overprotective gay couple lecturing the kid to come home before curfew," she mused, her eyes twinkling.
This comment earned her another ten minutes of yelling from Dean.
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"Yeah, the phone was just on silent," Arya was talking into her phone in the back seat of the Impala. "Dude, I'm sorry I missed it. No, I slept in… I know, I know. Can you go ahead and tell them? They all think I've gone MIA… Yeah – Wait, what? Are you serious? How the heck did I not know we have Monday off? Oh… That sounds great, but I have to do… homework. Yeah, maybe next Monday. K. See ya," she said, and she snapped the phone shut. "Well, that was awkward," she told the brothers in the front seat. "But hey, you know what this means? I have all of today, and tomorrow now, to help you guys out!"
Dean huffed, still miffed about her absence stunt she'd pulled til ten minutes ago. Sam rolled his eyes, turned around to look at her, and said, "Yeah, that sounds great." Arya beamed, but Sam's forehead constricted for a millisecond. Despite the fact that she was acting like her usual outgoing self, Arya still looked tired and seemed rather gaunt. Sam took this all in with a quick glance, and turned back to face the road, looking troubled. Dean saw his expression and jerked his eyes over at Arya questioningly. They both knew something was up, but she was trying to cover over it for whatever reason. Dean flashed Sam a look that clearly read "High school drama?" and shrugged. He had a feeling in his gut, the hunter sensation that something big was about to go down really soon. Dean could only hope they would be ready when it came.
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Building up the suspense! And also I'm really tired and it's short, blehh
On a side note, anybody seen The Purge? This is not ok! Sam and Dean need to stop fighting and just hug really cheesily and be loving brothers again argghhh
Anyway, I'd love your reviews! (Not that there's much to review, sorry :P)