Bela walked into the cold night air, she held her arms for warmth although it didn't help much against the cool breeze. She felt so overwhelmed. An angel appeared in her kitchen to tell her that she was in love with a man who's life had a price tag on it not too long ago, and that she would bare his children. If she hadn't been so sure that she couldn't dream in hell, she wouldn't believe that any of this was real. How could this be real? Bela had never even considered having a child. It was insane. Maybe Dean was right, things didn't have to be this way. She looked up at the cloudy night sky. Dean. His words had hurt her more than she had ever imagined was possible.
"That's why she was raised from perdition." the angel's monotonous voice replayed in her mind. So that was the plan all along. They wouldn't throw her back into hell if it didn't work out would they? The thought of that possibility made her heart race so fast that she could feel her pulse in her neck. No, of course not, they were angels after all. "Although, the Winchester's didn't describe angels in the most positive light" her brain reminded her. No. She would not allow herself to think of it. Red flashed around her. It was too late. She heard a sadistic laughter. No! She heard a slamming sound behind her. She crumpled to the ground.
"Hey!" She heard Dean call out, his footsteps raced towards her
"Are you okay?" He knelt down beside her. Bela clutched onto his shirt
"Come on, let's go somewhere to talk" Dean stood up and stretched out his hand for her. Bela took his hand and he yanked her to her feet.
"It's freezing out here" he frowned as he took off his jacket and held it open
"N-" Bela began to protest until a chilly wind changed her mind. She slipped her arms through the sleeves and felt warmer immediately. They walked over to the car but didn't go inside. Bela leaned on the hood of the car; Dean followed her lead.
"Where did you think you were going anyway?"
"I just needed some air, this was all a bit much to take in"
"Yeah, no kidding" Dean agreed in a low voice
"So Cupid is real too then?" Bela stared down the road
"Yeah and he's a dick" Dean spat. He looked at Bela softly "That's okay, we'll get this all straightened out"
"Good" Bela whispered softly
"Trust me this is not a road we want to go down, it just wouldn't end well for either of us."
"I know" she said trying to sound casual
"You don't want this anymore than I do" he nodded "Can you imagine us together?" He laughed awkwardly "That would be something to tell the kids. Hey kids let me tell you the story about how your mother and I met. I broke into her apartment at gun point to get back a magical rabbit's foot that she stole from your uncle and I earlier that day while impersonating a diner waitress-"
"Dean" Bela looked at him sternly
"What?" Dean asked defensively
"Stop it"
"What did I do?" He looked at her in confusion
"I just don't want to talk about it anymore" Bela said shortly
"Hey don't be upset with me, I'm not the one who shot you"
"I'm not upset" she growing impatient
"You sound upset" he accused
"Well, I'm not" she said loudly
"Really." He shook his head at her "Well you could've fooled the hell out of me" he said pulling his silver flask from his jean pocket. He took a long drink "Ah" he exhaled loudly.
"Hey, for all we know the arrows didn't even work" he said finally. He recapped his flask and looked at Bela who was still staring into the distance. "I mean, its not like you feel anything for me right?" he half smiled at her but there wasn't any humor in his tone
"Of course not, don't be ridiculous" she shook her head quickly from side to side to make a point. She felt his eyes on her, it was giving her goose bumps. She wanted to ask him the same question but she was too afraid of his answer. Her heart started fluttering. She turned to him. "Just ask him coward" her mind commanded her
"Yeah. Maybe Cas got it wrong" He said before she opened her mouth
Her heart stopped fluttering, instead it felt like an anvil had been tied to it and was pulling it down to the pit of her stomach.
"We'll get this all straightened out" he nodded
"You said that already" she said turning her head away from him to stare back down the road again
"For what it's worth, I'm glad they got you out of the pit" he rested a hand on her back. She shivered slightly under his touch.
"You still cold?" he asked rubbing her back now as if to help warm her up
"I'm okay" She stood up and moved away quickly to escape his touch "You should head back, I'll catch up soon" she said determined in her mind to rebuild her inner wall around her vulnerability
"I'm not leaving you out here alone" Dean looked at her like she was crazy
Bela smiled at him and rolled her eyes "Dean I have managed to live successfully on my own for three months before you came along, I think I can manage"
"Maybe" Dean agreed "Still doesn't change the fact that when I came out here to get you, you were in fetal position on the floor"
"Don't be dramatic" she rolled her eyes still smirking
"Sweetheart, I couldn't make this stuff up if I wanted to" Dean's face was very serious
"I don't need a babysitter Dean, really go on ahead. I'll catch up soon" Bela urged
"I can't say it any plainer than this" Dean said standing up "I'm not leaving you alone out here so you can have a break down in the middle of the road so you can get hit by a car or taken and killed"
"My God Dean" Bela walked towards him with mocked amazement "I didn't know you cared so much"
"You're so beyond twisted" Dean shook his head at her in annoyance
"Flattery will get you nowhere, Dean" she felt feeling more like herself and less like a drooling lovesick idiot every second
Dean crossed his arms, his upper lip twitched twice as if he was stifling a sneer.
"This must be so hard for you" he said almost low enough to be a whisper
"What?" she said louder than she needed to, considering the small amount of distance between them
"Acting like this all the time, hiding behind a wall. I can see right through you, you know"
Her heart began to flutter again, it felt like a thousand butterflies had been suddenly released in her chest. She swallowed hard and tried to keep her poker face on.
"Can you?" She said trying to mock him but sounding more afraid than anything
He nodded slowly. Bela took a few steps back.
"That's good to know" she smiled at him doing her best to appear unshaken. He reached out and pulled her gently to him, she began to push him away but he just pulled her closer until she was pressed against him. He reached his hand underneath her arms, slipped into the jacket pocket and pulled out his ringing cell phone. She hadn't even noticed that it had been ringing. He released her as he opened the phone and she took a step back.
"Yeah" he answered but his eyes stayed on Bela, his mouth was twisted into a cocky one-sided smirk, Bela glowered at him.
"Yeah, we're on our way now" he hung up the phone and put it in his jean pocket
"Come on, let's go. We're heading off" his smirk turning into an amused smile as he got inside the car.
Bela wordlessly walked over to the passenger's side and got in the car. Dean was still smiling as he turned the key in the ignition. A Metallica song was in progress, Dean immediately began singing along "Come crawling faster, Obey your master" he sang along practically on beat with the song.
"Do you have any idea how annoying that is?" Bela hissed. Dean turned the dial so that the music blared louder "Obey your master, master" he almost laughed the last line of the chorus at her. She rolled her eyes and peered out of the window. She wasn't even certain why she was so upset but she was.