Ch. 10
"There you go Dean. All patched up. Now if you don't mind I'm going to go take a shower."
"Maybe I should take one with you, make sure you don't go anywhere." Dean smiled what he thought was his most charming smile.
Sam almost groaned. Cali snorted.
"You're going to have to do better than that." She whacked Dean lightly on his shoulder before heading out of the room.
Dean shook his head, grabbing at the clean shirt Sam had dug out for him. Pulling it on with a wince he looked at Sam.
"Alright little brother, out with it."
Sam shook his head. "Don't know what you're talking about."
"Sam I'm not an idiot. Something's up between you and Cali."
Sam looked at his brother for a long time. He'd kept a secret from him before; it had almost gotten him strangled. Sam sighed.
"Cali…she was the girl in the nightmare."
Dean was angry. "Gee Sammy think that might have been something I wanted to know?"
"I wasn't sure how to tell you."
Dean snorted. "Well maybe this one won't come true. Maybe we stopped it like we did with Max."
Sam shrugged. "Yeah maybe."
"You don't sound convinced."
"I'm not."
Dean looked Sam in the eye. "Sam we're here now. We'll stop the nightmare from happening. I'm not losing her again."
The finality in his voice gave Sam hope. He wanted desperately for it to be true. For the nightmare to be over before it had begun. But some small voice in his head told him that it was never that easy. Not for them.