Dean looked around his own room. ^^^This is never gonna happen again^^^ he thought as he grabbed his things and headed down the stairs with his bag in hand. He looked out the window at his baby. She had just been cleaned and she shone in the sunlight. Dean sighed, it would be a change to get on the road again, but it never got out of his system, and probably never would. He came into the kitchen to see a sight that burned his eyes that morning.
Jamie was sitting on the counter top, and Sam was standing in front of her, his arms wrapped around her and vice versa. Jamie began to wrap her legs around Sam's and slide forward closer to him. She neared his face and pressed her soft lips to his. They didn't notice that someone had entered the room. Jamie pulled away and looked behind Sam. "Morning Deanie. How was your night?"
Dean groaned and sat a the table, "Fine, and my morning was too. Until my eyes burned from that monstrosity." There was a cup of black coffee on the table, that Dean grabbed it and began to gulp down. "Honestly, didn't you two get enough of each other in high school?"
"Well, could you get enough, Dean?" Jamie retorted and set a the pot of coffee next to him. "Besides, it's been 5 years since I've gotten any." She pointed out. "It's hard for anyone to hold out that long."
Dean noticed that the more that he and his brother stayed, the more Jamie got into her clothes from when she met them, and they still fit her. She was wearing a pair of tight jeans and a pink tank top over a black long sleeved shirt. Her hair came down in tight ringlets and came just past her shoulders, than the usual loose curls that cascaded down her shoulders to mid-back. Her eyes were heavily made-up with black eyeliner and silver eyeshadow. Instead of her bright green eyes, they were a deep violet.
"Can't argue with that." Dean agreed, and began to pour more of Jamie's strong-brewed coffee into the mug before him. Lauren entered the kitchen in her blue robe, and her pin straight hair bunched together at the top of her head. She smiled at everyone and grabbed the coffee mug from Jamie's hands.
"I can't believe you two have to leave today." Lauren broke the silence, giving Sam and Dean a sad look. Jamie and Sam joined the duo already sitting at the table and Jamie smiled.
"I can. Every two weeks that I saw them, they just had to leave." She teased. "If you could only stay a bit longer, I didn't wail on you guys enough."
"Oh, really? I think you wailed on Sam plenty, almost to much." Lauren said. Jamie's mouth dropped and her, now, honey-colored eyes bugged out, shocked at her cousin's remark. She shook her head and mouthed 'you're just jealous' to her . Lauren rolled her eyes in protest.
"Well, promise us you'll come back when you can. I don't mean 6 years later, after 3 months, Laur and I will hunt you down." Jamie said, began to smile, but her eyes were pleading to the brothers.
"Scouts honor" Dean said. He held his hand up like he was taking an oath, he smiled and in a instant, he looked like he was 6 years old again.
Jamie huffed, ridiculing him. Then looked at Sam with the same pleading look. "Promise." He said and kissed her on the forehead. "So what for breakfast?"
"Well I would've finished if someone hadn't came in and distracted me." Jamie said and began to glare at Sam. He held his hands up in innocence. She shook her head and giggled a bit under her breath. She opened the cabinet and looked at what was inside. "Anyone up for… Ya know what, let's go to the diner down the street. I could kill for some of the kick-ass hash browns. Care to join the caravan?" She asked as she looked at the trio at the table, who all looked at her in shock. "What? I do need to get back to the hospital, which is close to the diner, my break ended yesterday. And I really don't feel like cooking anything." Their expressions hadn't changed, "Oh, now don't all call out at once." Jamie said sarcastically.
"I'll go" Dean said. She smiled then looked at Sam, he gave in easily to her green-eyed puppy dog look, and got up to stand next to her.
Then all three looked at Lauren, each with pleading looks on their faces, "Fine." was all she said, "just lemme change." She then dashed out of the kitchen and up the stairs. Two minutes later, she came down wearing a jean mini and a satin blue blouse. "Okay, I'm ready let's go."
"And they're off!" Jamie exclaimed and ran out the door. Sam followed her quickly, then Dean and Lauren went outside together, locking the door behind them.
Jamie jumped into the Camaro, Sam took shotgun. Lauren and Dean took their own cars. Jamie signaled them to follow her, and left the house and the garage behind in the rearview mirror. "How about some music?" She turned on the radio and Kelly Clarkson's song "Go" began.
"Breathe in, breathe out,Restless, waiting for anything,Tension is thick in the airAre you gonna lead or follow me?Full speed, turn up the overdrive,Makes me feel glad that I'm alive,It's time we finally made our move,So come on, come on, come on. NowLets go,Lets jump right in,Scream into the wind,Feel the fire within,I cant ignore this burning in my soul,Come on baby let's go,We might go fast,We might go hard, But I can take it, I need to know, so come on baby. Go!"
"Hey Sam." Jamie said as they hit a stoplight. And she turned to face him, "Promise me that you won't ever forget me." She looked at the light then back at him, "I know you promised the same thing before, but I need to know."
"Of course I won't forget you. I never have, you looked so different from when I last saw you. I promise with all of me." Sam grabbed her hand and kissed it.
"Now all chivalry aside, after we have breakfast, can you do me a favor?" Jamie's eyes glinted a navy blue, and a devilish smile crossed her face. "There's something in it for you."
"I'm scared by what it is, but sure." Sam agreed. The stoplight turned green and Jamie put the car into drive. "Is that it?" Sam pointed to a one-level building with neon blue letters that said 'Jackie's Diner'.
"Yep, this is it." she pulled into the parking lot and shut off the car. "This reminds you about a lot of things, doesn't it?"
~*~Jeani stepped into the diner to look for someone. She scanned the diner, and found who she was looking for. She practically ran to the person in the booth. "Sam, are you okay? I got your message, so what's the big news?." She kissed him on the cheek and sat down across from him.
Sam looked up at Jeani. She was wearing a white button-down blouse with a black mini skirt, and a pair of sneakers. "What did you do to your hair?" There was a blue tint that glazed over her black hair.
"I needed a change, something to… well, keep things flowing." She pushed her hair back to reveal her face. "Do you like it?" She turned her head aside and closed one eye, incase Sam blew a casket.
"It looks… amazing." Jeani looked back at him, she opened her eyes wider and opened her hands. 'So?' She looked at him, as if mentally prying information from him. "I got a letter from Stanford." He reached into his pocket and handed her the letter.
Jeani opened what Sam had given her and began to read what the board had written to him. She looked at him with shock and hidden excitement, once she had finished reading. "Sam, are they kidding?" She pointed to the letter and looked at the boy across form her. "You're getting a full ride?" Sam nodded. Jeani grabbed his hands, "Oh, Sammy, I'm so proud of you." She stopped smiling and tilted her head to the side in worry. "How'd the family take it?"
"Dean was overjoyed, said that he couldn't be more proud of me. But my dad flipped out said if I go I should stay gone. So I left and called you to come here." Sam looked across the table, "Do you think until the semester starts, I could stay with you?"
Jeani looked into Sam's pleading eyes and sighed, "Sam, I don't," She hesitated, she hadn't told anyone, not even her sister. "I don't live with Mom and Jim anymore. Last week, I told her what happened last year, about my dad.' Jeani closed her eyes and took in a deep breath. "She slapped me across the face and kicked me out of the house, and said that my lying ass should never see the light of day." She opened her eyes and looked across the way, "So, I'm almost where you are. I have the feeling that you want to know the differences?" Sam nodded, "Well, I got my inheritance money, all of it. And I do have a place to stay, but it may be what you want at the moment, is that okay?" Sam nodded again, "Do you have a car?"
"Nope, I took a bus here. I knew you have the Camaro, so, I have my bags. We can go now." Sam laid down a five for his coffee and stood up.
"Sounds good to me, let's go." Jeani stood up and headed out the door with Sam and his belongings, hand in hand.
They pulled into the motel parking lot, Jeani shut off the car and looked at Sam, "Don't be pissed, alright. I couldn't find anything else, they're all booked." She opened her door and headed to the back to grab Sam's stuff. "C'mon, let's go." She locked the doors and headed to the room, "If I'd 'a known, I would've booked a double." She reached the room and as she did, she looked at Sam, "Will this be okay for a week or two?"
"As long as I'm with you, I'll be fine. Do you wanna go to a movie after I unpack?" Sam said after he stepped into the room, which only had one bed, two drawers, two chairs, a table, a small refrigerator and a TV set. ~(~At least it was tidy~)~ He thought, as he closed the door behind him.
Jeani looked at him and smiled, "I was thinking we should stay in, see if some movie's on. I've been in that car all day, I'm exhausted." She sat in one of the chairs, and looked up at the ceiling.
Sam sat in the other chair, and put one hand on her knee. "We can stay in if you want." Jeani sat up and looked ahead at him. "In that case…"
"You know, I'm so sick of this skirt. I'm gonna change, is that okay?" Jeani started to take off her sneakers and stood up to go to one of the drawers and grabbed a pair of sweatpants and a cami.
"Yeah, that's fine. I'll just start unpacking." Sam grabbed one of the bags, and went to the other set of drawers, which were empty. Jeani stepped into the bathroom and shut the door behind her.
Jeani looked at herself in the mirror, she did look exhausted. ~*~When was the last time I got some shut eye?~*~ She thought to herself. She grabbed her hair tie on her wrist and put her hair back in a bun. She poured water into her hands and stripped her face of her makeup. She took a deep breath and began to pull the sweat pants under her skirt then pulled off the skirt. She then exchanged her blouse for her pink cami, which went well with the black sweats. She came out the bathroom with her clothes around her arm, and she began to take out her small silver hoops.
She had noticed that Sam had changed to. He now had taken his jacket and jeans off, leaving him in his boxers and a t-shirt. Jeani giggled slightly and caught Sam's attention. "What's so funny?" He asked as she knelt down next to him and grabbed a few shirts and placed them in a drawer.
"Nothing that's important," She responded with a smile, "just that it's odd for us to be in a motel room without Dean." Sam smiled at what he remembered with her and his brother. "But that's behind us for now," She stood up and looked out the motel window, "time for us to get off our asses and make something of ourselves in the world." She stopped and looked at Sam, who stared blankly back at her. "That's a bit to cliché, isn't it?"
Sam laughed, "Try 100% cliché." He stood up and grabbed Jeani, so that she was facing him and sat on the bed. "I'm so glad to see you, and now we don't have to hide that we're together." He smiled and looked in her eyes. Jeani smiled and began to bit the inside of her lip as she neared closer to his face, until their lips met.
When they pulled away, Jeani looked at him. "I missed you, Sam. So much." He smiled and wrapped his arms tighter around her, "I love you Samuel Winchester, with all my heart and soul."
"And I love you, Jeannine McLin." He pulled closer to her and laid flat on the bed.~*~
"Sam, you alright?" Jamie grabbed Sam's hand, and looked at him. "You look like someone just ran you over with a truck."
"Yeah, yeah. I'm fine, just hungry." He said as he looked into the eyes of the girl standing next to him. "C'mon, I bet Dean and Laur beat us to it." He began to step forward, but Jamie stayed at rest.
"Sam, you may be able to fool everyone else with your lying, but not me. Seriously, what's wrong? You seem like you're a million miles away." Sam began to roll his eyes and Jamie put her other hand to his face, "Sam, I'm worried about you. Just tell me what's wrong, I don't care if we hold Laur and Dean up. Just tell me, please."
Sam sighed and looked into Jamie's anxious eyes, "Did you hear about the Devil's Gate?"
"Do you mean the one that opened in Wyoming? Yeah, what about it?" Jamie looked at Sam intently as he began to unravel the loose thread.
"Well, before that I," he paused and looked down into her eyes. (I can't tell Jeani what really happened, it'd break her heart) "Something happened that left me hurt pretty bad, and Dean couldn't take it. He went to the Crossroads Demon for a deal, that I would be okay and safe. But instead of her regular deal of ten years, she gave him one. And that's half over, and we still can't save him, I've tried everything and-" Sam stopped as tears began to fall down his face.
Jamie began to wipe away the tears with her hands, and then held Sam's face in her hands, "Sam, everything's going to fine. Trust me, everything will turn into perspective and we'll all be just fine." She looked at him then held him close, "I'm glad you told me what happened, I know it wasn't easy for you," Jamie kissed him lightly and pulled away, "Thank you" Her hands dropped to his and she took a deep quivering breath, "So ready for something to eat?"