Man, after not updating in forever I just suddenly have this urge to write...I'm so weird.
Hope everyone had a glorious Martin Luther King Day weekend.. . . . unlike some people...who had to work...
Ok! Enough complaining! Here is Chapter Ten of Unknown Hero.
Enjoy!
Unknown Hero Chapter 10
Piper woke the next morning to a creak in her neck, the sun in her eyes and grumbling as she picked up her cell phone to check the time.
8:08
Huh, she thought sleepily, more time to sleep in...
Shit! She thought as her eyes widened and she looked at the phone again. Groaning she flopped back onto her blanket next to where Tish and Jen had been earlier. She already knew it was going to be a suckish day.
Now, Piper wasn't a superstisious person per se, but she did have this one thing that she followed almost religiously, and that was that anytime time the number 8 appeared in any significance she knew she was screwed.
Always...
It had been on August eighth when she lost her virginity to her nineteen year old boyfriend. They had been going out for three months and it had been the longest relationship she had ever had at age fifteen. Logan would whisper sweetly in her ear how much he loved her, how precious she was to him, while simultaneously trying to discreetly shove his hand down the front of her jeans.
Laughingly she would pull it back up and wag her finger in front of his face. But baby, he would say, don't you love me? She would sigh and say, of course she did, but that didn't mean that they had to have sex. Her mom had been seventeen when she had had Piper and she wasn't looking to be a another teenage mom.
Famous last words.
So after much pleading, (and whining, let's be honest here), she had given in and was dumped not two weeks later. She never heard from him again, even after she tried to reach him and let him know that she was pregnant.
And then, after eight months, a pre-mature baby girl was born on April sixteenth at 8:08 p.m. and then taken away.
That...that had hurt. The feeling of having something so precious and loved growing inside of her, it was overwhelming. And then, to never have a chance to see that wonderful being again? It ripped her heart out, even if she knew it was for the best.
But now. . . .eight years later no less...she had found her little girl once again. Sitting alone in the Cosmobile she couldn't help letting a smile break out on her face thinking about Julia. Knowing she was so incredibly lucky to be in her daughter's life again, even if she wasn't aware of who she was.
She had come here to California with the intent of finding her daughter after her mother had passed away. Course her mom had passed away on August eighth as well, because life just sucked like that. She had found her daughter, but in the meantime she had also found a home.
Her friends were the best ones anyone could ask for. Loyal to a fault and loving, they made each day a little bit brighter. Trucker with his almost father-like tendencies, caring and giving out sage advice. Tish, and her confidence, not only in herself but in Piper as well, made her think that was what having a big sister must be like. The same could be said for Jen, although she was definitely the more responsible one. And of course Priestly was everyone's big dorky older brother.
Piper chuckled when she thought of how Priestly was actually an older brother and how some of his protective tendencies now made sense. She snorted a little bit though at the thought that Sam would ever need someone to watchout for him, giant as he was.
She wasn't even aware that she was blushing as she thought about the big little brother, his sweet nature that she had glimpsed so far, and the way he in turn was protective of Priestly. She couldn't believe how tall he was, how built his body seemed to be. It was kinda hard not to notice, especially when Priestly dragged his shirt up in front of everyone and showed his abs. His very cut abs.
Crap, she was so in lust.
She barely even knew the guy, but man, she was positive she would like to get to know him better...but no. Bad Piper, she scolded herself, that was Priestly's brother. Dating your friends siblings was a big no no, besides it wasn't even like Sam was interested, or even looking to date anybody. They hadn't even had a conversation alone yet either! So why couldn't she get the image of his smiling dimpled face out of her mind?
Okay, seriously, two days, sheesh Piper, get a hold of yourself.
But that was okay, she decided, it wasn't like she was ever gonna do anything about it...maybe.
Besides...she had seemed to get the sense that maybe Noah, Julia's father, had seemed interested. That was...unexpected and at the time, not completely unwelcomed. She had been flattered, smiling shyly at him whenever he stared at her a little longer than necessary, but the more it went on, the more she realised that she genuinely enjoyed his company...as a friend. Soon she would have t make that a little bit more clear for him, and hope that it wouldn't interfere with her and Julia's budding relationship.
Being on the good side of the father of your daughter was definitely a plus. And even better if she could cultivate the friendship that they had growing, the easy camaderie she felt when they hung out making it all that much more easier.
It was definitely not the same thing that she had felt in Sam's presence so far... suddenly she found her self back in the sandwich shop to when Priestly lifted up Sam's shirt.
Seriously Piper! Perverted much?
She shook her head to clear it of the image of Sam's abs, but did it a little bit too forcefully because she knocked her head against the side of the van.
'Ow...'She muttered lowly, rubbing the sore spot that was beginning to form. Sighing she rested her head against the door of the van, waiting for the pounding to stop.
'That was smart Piper.' She grumbled to herself. Which was right around when Jen and Tish returned from wherever they went and opened the Cosmobile's door. Piper tumbled out onto the ground at Jen and Tish's feet with a slight screech.
'Omigosh, Piper! Are you okay?' Tish asked in a concerned voice while both girl's dropped everything and went to help her up.
'Yeah,' She said as she tried to spit sand out of her mouth, and move around enough so that she was sitting upright. 'I'm fine.'
'You're bleeding.' Jen pointed out.
Piper looked down at her elbows and knees, which were pretty badly scraped up. Grimacing she wiped off the blood with the tail end of her t-shirt. 'Great.' She said under her breath.
'Sorry about that.' Jen said as Tish helped her up. 'Wasn't expecting you to be leaning against the door like that.'
'It's fine.' She tried to assure them as she dusted her clothes off. 'Where did you guys run off to anyway?'
'We went to go get some breakfast, but we didn't wake you up 'cause you looked really tired. We got you something though, don't worry.' Tish looked around in confusion, searching for something.
'What're you looking for?' She asked as she went to brush her fingers throught her hair...and felt something slimy instead.
Jen and Tish were looking at her with looks of pity and disgust. 'Guess we found your jelly donut.' Tish muttered.
Piper tried to get it off, but it was to no avail. Silently storming she stomped of towards the direction of the ocean.
'Uh, Pipe? You don't have a bathing suit on. We didn't bring any, remember! We weren't planning on going for a swim!' Jen shouted uselessly at her back and she stalked towards the waves. When she reached them she didn't even hesitate, just marched straight in and once she was waist deep, dunked her head under.
She stayed there for a second, her eyes screwed shut, letting the water wash over her and clean her. Finally after a minute she lifted her head up with a gasp and pushed her hair back from her face. Feeling a lot better she made her way towards the van.
'Impromptu bath?' Tish questioned as she walked by. She just shrugged and toweled off in the back of the van.
Once she was changed she crawled back out. 'So, what's on the agenda for today?'
Jen and Tish shrugged. 'Sight seeing?'
'Alright, sounds fun.' She agreed.
16 hours later...
THIS WAS NOT FUN AT ALL! Piper screamed into her head as she was chased down the beach that night. Dammit, she knew this days was gonna suck! She just hadn't counted on it being meant literally!
8 hours earlier...
Piper's day hadn't improved much since the bad start this morning.
So far she had stepped in dog crap...twice, gotten stung by a bee, had been accused of shoplifting, forgot to put on sunscreen and became a lobster as a result, had eaten a bad taco, almost got run over by a car but luckily it just ran over foot on which she was now limping, and now she had gotten seperated from Tish and Jen.
She looked up at the sky and questioned 'why? why me?'. Which of course led to a man running into her.
'Whoa, uh hey, sorry about that.' The guy apologised as he used his hands to steady her.
She was not having a good day and jerkface wasn't helping! 'Watch it buddy!' She snapped at him, even though she immediately regretted doing so. Especially when she looked up to see a drop dead gorgeous guy staring down at her. 'Oh, uh, I mean...' She trailed off...
But Mr. Hunky just smiled at her. 'Are you okay?' He asked while smiling down at her with a movie star smile. His blonde hair was almost white and his light blue eyes seemed to twinkle at her. He was around her age and deeply tanned, most likely a surfer.
'Uh, yeah. M'fine.' She said shyly, completely aware that he was checking her out.
He chuckled at that. 'Hmmm...yeah you really are.'
She scowled beneath her blush. Good looking guy is flirting with her, she looked him up and down, scratch that, ridiculously goodlooking guy is flirting with her, all while she still had the remains of dog crap on her sandal and getting more sunburned by the second. Hmmm, maybe her day was starting to look up in a twisted sort of way if he could ignore all of that.
'Wow, you're just so original aren't you?' Raising an eyebrow she challenged him.
But his smile only brightened more. 'I try to be.'
They were people moving around them, but the two just stood there. Finally hot guy spoke and stuck out his hand. 'So, I'm Shawn.'
Hesitantly she shook his hand. 'Anna.' She offered, not about to give her real name to a complete stranger.
'Anna.' He tested it out on his tounge.'Yeah, doesn't suit you.' He finally said.
'W-what?'
'I think you're lying, but that's okay. Can't be too careful these days.'
Without even really aware of it she found herself walking beside him, farther from the crowds and bustling street.
'How do you know if I'm lying?'
He grinned and sped up his walking, forcing Piper to catch up, for some strange reason not wanting to be left behind. 'Sometimes you just can tell..' He trailed off as he looked around them. She looked to and noticed they were behind a building now and completely alone. 'Could almost smell it on you...' He continued.
Okay, that right there, creeped her the freak out. She wanted to back away, to go find people and surround herself with the crowd again, but it was like she couldn't move.
'You hurt yourself today, didn't you Piper?' He asked convversationally. She nodded, not finding it all that strange that he knew her first name without her ever having told him.
'I f-fell.' She answered breathlessly as he suddenly crowded up into her space.
'You bled?' he inquired as he sniffed along her neck.
Personal space! Personal space! She screamed inside her head. Her bubble has just been popped! But she didn't want to move, her body was immobile, her feet almost like they were glued to the ground.
'Yeah, I can tell.' He traced his finger on her elbows and knees where she grazed them this morning. Then he brought his finger up and licked it! Piper's eyes widened and whatever spell that had caused her to not be able to move shattered right then, and she pushed him back away from her with all of her strength.
'Ugh! Get away from me you freak!'
Shawn looked so confused as she fought back. 'What? How are you able to-' And then broke off because Piper kneed him in the groin.
She ran away as fast as she could, tears starting to blur her vision as she came once again upon civilization. She stopped running, but powerwalked to the nearest store she could find and ducked in it, looking behind her shoulder every couple of seconds making sure the psycho wasn't following her.
In the store she looked out the window and when one of the saleswoman came up to her and asked if she was alright, she just shakily nodded her head and asked to use their phone.
Once she had reached Tish's cell she told them where she was, but they were on the other side of town, having walked a fair distance looking for Piper since they had gotten seperated. They said they would be there as soon as possible, but Piper really didn't want to be here alone that long so she called Priestly.
It rang once, twice, three times, and she was terrified that he wasn't going to pick up. Finally a masculine voice answered.
'Hello?'
'P-priestly?' She asked shakily.
'Sorry he's kinda busy right now, can I take a message?' The warm voice asked.
She let her head flop into her hand, exhausted beyond belief. 'Just tell him Piper called and-'
'Piper? It's Sam. Listen Dean's gonna be back any minute, are you okay? You sound pretty bad.'
'Thanks a lot,' She half laughed, half sobbed at ,while wondering who the heck Dean was when, oh yeah, same person popped into her head. Duh. 'I'm fine.' She whispered. 'Just, me and the others got seperated earlier in the city and then some guy started talking t-to me, and he got me alone and...and-'
'Holy crap!' Sam interrupted. Concern very evident in his voice as he questioned her. 'Did he hurt you! Touch you! Are you alright Piper?'
'I-i'm fine now. He just...he was just really creepy.' Suddenly something occured to her. 'Omigosh, I didn't even notice till now, but he knew my name! He asked me for it before hand but I just told him my middle name! How the heck...' Did she have a stalker? Was she being followed? Omigosh.
'Piper? You still there?' Sam asked, his reassuring voice filling her with calm.
'Yeah, and then, um-...Then he sniffed my neck. My gosh Sam he was such a creep! He asked me if I hurt myself today, and I did, but why the heck did that even matter! I skinned my elbows and knees earlier and he t-touched where I was hurt and then he LICKED HIS FINGERS!'
Piper was out of breath, saying all that in one go, and was waiting for Sam to speak. But when a minute went by filled with nothing but silence she started to get worried.
'S-sam?'
'Yeah, yeah hold on. Dean just came back.' She could hear voices in the background as Sam quickly relayed everything to Dean. A loud 'WHAT!' reached her ears and she could tell the phone was being jostled.
'Piper?'
'Hey Priestly.' She answered softly, no longer as hysterical as she once had been.
'Where are you Pipes?' She told him the adress. 'We're on our way. Don't go anywhere, don't let anyone take you anywhere. We'll be there in ten minutes top.'
'Thank you Priestly.'
She could hear what sounded like a car door being shut and then a rev of an engine. 'We gotcha Pipes.'
'Ok.' And then she hung up.
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'Drive faster.' Dean gritted out at Sam, glancing at the speedometer and then glaring at it, as if somehow that would make them suddenly not be in traffic.
'I'm going as fast as I can Dean.' Sam replied in a deceptively calm voice.
'Well. . . . screw you tiny purple car!' He suddenly shouted as a teenager in a violently violet volkswagon bug cut them off.
Sam just shook his head at his brother, letting a small smile grace his lips, even though on the inside he was completely consumed with worry.
They had left Jeff with their father in the hotel room, not wanting to exspose him to sunlight. Well, Sam and their Dad not wanting to exspose him to sunlight. Dean hadn't really cared one way of the other. He and Sam had driven all over town that day, looking over the places where the bodies had been found by Jeff, while their dad and the vamp looked over the morgue reports and the crime scene photos of the few murders that had been found by the police.
It hadn't been that many. The cops had found four, maybe five victims that had evidence of being exsanguished, but by then the bodies were so unrecognisable and rotting that nothing was concrete. Jeff had brought seventeen more bodies to the station's steps, and the local media had had a field day with that one.
Dean actually couldn't believe that he had missed it. Most days he usually would watch the news and read the papers before or after work, but he had been feeling so off lately that he would just sleep in as late as possible and go to bed early as well.
And the fact that he had missed something that was so evidently supernatural going on, a hunt right under his nose, was eating at him. Man, he was going to let the girls come down here. He had! And if if Sam and Dad hadn't shown up, there was no telling what could've happened. Jen met a freakin' vampire for freak's sake! How the heck he could've let that happen he had no clue. Pretty much dropped the ball on that one. But from now on he was going to take better care of his family. Blood related or not.
Which led to now. Piper was in trouble. And the way she had described the creepy guy, it was abundantly clear to both Sam and Dean that they had their vampire. Oh, please let it just be one vampire, he thought. They were a more social group of monsters than most, usually having a couple of them together in a coven. It was going to be a lot harder to deal with if they had a group of them on their hands.
Actually now that he thougt about it why was Jeff alone? But before that thought could take a deeper root they arrived at the front of the shop Piper said she was in.
They looked at each other and then got out as quickly as they could, not really caring that they parked in a fire lane.
'Piper!' Dean shouted once he was inside the door, earning him quite a few stares, but he ignored them, especially when Piper suddenly filled his arms and was hugging him tightly. He squeezed back just as much, incredibly grateful that nothing had hurt her. He rested his chin on her head and slowly rocked her back and forth, almost as one would do with a child, but it seemed to do the trick. It comforted Piper and calmed her down, and Dean wasn't about to deny that it did the same for him.
All too soon he realised that her shoulders were shaking slightly and frowned as he realised that she was crying. Once he found that parasitic, damned creature of the night he was going to relish decapitating it...slowly. Nobody scared the girl he had adopted as his little sister, and got away with it.
'It's alright Pipes.' He reassured her as he led her to the Impala, Sam hovering closely behind them, seeming like he wanted to do something to help but also wanting to give them their space.
Once they were inside the car she started talking, letting it all out, almost as if she couldn't stop. 'Golly, I don't even know why I'm crying right now.' She said as she tried in vain to wipe away her tears. 'I mean. He didn't actually hurt me or anything. He just creeped me out.' Sam handed her a clean tissue he found in his pocket and she smiled gratefully at him, even though her lips still trembled. 'Dammit, they won't stop.'
'Piper, it wasn't okay for that guy to do those things to do. He was a freak for sure, so who knows what could've happened if you hadn't gotten away. There's absolutely no shame in you crying right now. As a matter of fact, I'd be concerned if you weren't.' He told her while looking in the mirror to meet her eyes in the back seat where she and Sam sat.
'Thanks Priest.'
'Say, just curious...how did you get away?' Sam asked.
Actually Dean was wondering about that too. Vampires were insanely strong, and possesed a type of allure that made it hard to say no them once you had caught their interest. Getting away from a vampire was extraordinarily diffucult, if not impossible, if one wasn't a hunter.
'I kneed him in the balls.'
It was quiet in the car for a few seconds before Dean let out a bark of laughter. 'Piper! That's my girl!'
TBC...
Ok! Ok! I admit it! I totally watched 'Where The Heart Is'! That's where I got the unlucky number supertision thingy from! ...great movie btw. Natalie Portman has a baby in a Wal-Mart...and stuff...O_O
QUESTION! Ok in Ten Inch Hero, how old is Noah supposed to be? Just give me an estimate if you don't know for sure, it would be greatly much appreciated. ^_^
Oki...review pwease? Pretty pwease? With shirtless Sam and Dean on top? . . . . .wow I am such a pervert for the images that last sentence conjured up...
Peace.