AUTHORS NOTE: This chapter is really a filler, I needed something to fill up some space before the next eventful chapter... Which will be coming up very soon here. You all may hate me for what's to come, but I needed to shake things up a bit. I felt like I was getting a bit dull because of the lack of reviews. I'm just getting started though.
Anyways, hope you guys enjoy this chapter!
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Lacey had pulled out all the stops for their fake night out... Because even if the point of it was to lure this Cupid creature out of hiding, they were still going to be out on a date. She wasn't happy with the fact that she was probably going to end up with a ruined dress at the end of the night, but they were only clothes after all.
Her outfit consisted of a Black strapless flair dress, silver accessories to be safe and possibly ward off any spells by the creepy Cupid. Upon her feet were a pair of high heeled combat boots. Lacey had no problem fighting off evil monsters while wearing heels. Dean had witnessed her doing so on many occasions. Besides, no one ever said you couldn't look good while wasting monsters. She completed the outfit with her favorite leather jacket. Her hair was pin straight for a change, and her makeup looked... Well for lack of better words, bad ass.
Lacey made her way to the front of the bunker from where she had been getting dressed.
"Jeeze, Lacey, you're not going out to work the corner." Lucy teased her sister earning her a death glare.
"Shut it, Bimbo." Lacey said as she walked to the table, leaning against it she crossed her long exposed legs at the ankles.
"Not a chance, bitch." Lucy countered causing a soft grin to appear on her sisters lips.
Lacey was rendered silent as Dean appeared in the room. She had seen him in a suit before, especially the feds suits that the boys wore to obtain information on hunts, but she never saw him looking so... Dressed up, yet still at ease. Lacey grinned at him when he noticed her and his reaction was one of approval.
"Woah." The word escaped him almost involuntarily. His eyes roamed Lacey from head to toe and then back again as a large grin appeared on his lips.
"Now that's what I'm talking about." Dean gave his seal of approval and Lacey could feel her cheers beginning to heat up in a blush.
Lacey caught her sister rolling her eyes out of the corner of her eye and Lacey couldn't help but grin at that. Lucy was envious of what Lacey and Dean had, she knew that, but her sister was also borderline disgusted by how perfect the two seemed to be for each other at times.
The way Lacey felt, though, was that Lacey and Dean were meant for each other. No matter what their lives had looked like, they would have somehow ended up together. She was going to have that proven to her very soon, actually.
"Any trouble pops up, call us." Sam demanded as he appeared in the room as well, Lacey hadn't even noticed him walk into the room, she had been too lost in Dean. He was dangerous for her and she knew that her father never would approve of what they had grown to have. Not that her father wouldn't want his daughter to be happy, but Dean was a distraction for her. Lacey didn't care, though. Dean was her happily ever after. The fact that this Cupid creature had targeted her only further confirmed her belief.
"I've had you and Dean on speed dial since I was old enough to own my own phone." Lacey reassured him and Sam cracked a grin.
"Good. You got the crossbow pistol?" Lacey opened up the purse she held and held it up for Sam to see.
"That and the arrows. I've been doing this longer than you have, Sammy, relax. I know what I'm doing." Lacey replied as she shut the purse and then slung it over her shoulder.
"Let's get out of here." Dean said as he reached out to pull Lacey to him. She grinned at him as her petite frame pressed against his.
"Get a room." Lucy said as she faked a gag.
Lacey glanced over her shoulder at the girl.
"Oh we will." Lacey smirked as her sister gagged once again. Lacey laughed at Lucys reaction.
"How do you put up with that?" Lucy asked Sam who laughed.
"I'm used to it. I've been around Dean my whole life." Everyone laughed at that before Dean and Lacey made their exit together.
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Dean and Lacey had gone through their entire night together without so much as a single interruption from Cupid. They had ate at some fancy restaurant that neither of them wanted to linger at, took off to a karaoke bar, where they drank, danced, and sang. It had been a really good time too, probably one of the best times either of them had enjoyed in a while.
Lacey had insisted they just walk back to the bunker it wasn't located too far out and they had drank a bit much for either of them to be driving. Probably not the best to do when they were only out to lure Cupid out of hiding. Even though the were a bit buzzed both were still on high alert.
They were walking through the park where Cupid had first approached Lacey when she spotted a man a few feet ahead of them. He had a blonde head of hair, he was tall and slender, she could see from there the glowing red eyes in his head.
"Dean?" Lacey questioned, she was calm as they kept walking, acting as if nothing had changed.
"What?" He asked.
"Do you see him?" She questioned quietly.
"See who?" That was all the confirmation she needed. As quickly as she could, Lacey extracted the bow from her purse and loaded it. The thing didn't move, not even a fraction as she pointed and let the arrow fly towards him.
"No no no. I'm not done with you two yet." Cupid was standing right between the two of them. He placed a hand on one of each of their shoulders, a grin coming to appear upon his face. Lacey could tell that Dean could see him in that moment.
"Yeah, but we're done with you." Dean said as he reached quickly shoving the silver blade he had hidden in his coat deep into the side of Cupid. The creature faltered, distracted long enough for Lacey to grab an arrow from inside of her purse.
"Screw this damn bow." She growled as she pounced on cupid, shoving the arrow deep into its chest with all of her might. There was some blood splatter, but not too much as the man fell to the ground. His eyes stayed the same, that deep red, but the glow from them faded. His form, though, that changed drastically, he shrunk and shriveled up into himself until he was nearly unrecognized, as being human.…which was understandable, after all he wasn't human.
"Let's. Torch this thing then get out of here." Dean said and Lacey nodded, she had lighter fluid in her purse which she doused the corpse with. Dean lit the thing aflame.
They didn't linger to watch as the body burned, instead they continued their walk back to the house feeling accomplished and relaxed now that the trouble was over.
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Lacey and Dean arrived back to the bunker to see Sam and Lucy... Doing what they usually did, sitting at the table doing research.
"Do you too ever take a break?" Dean asked as both himself and Lacey came to stand before the table the other two were sitting at.
"We did, Lucy made burgers for dinner, but then we heard some news of multiple mutilated bodies in Arlington, Texas." Sam announced. Lacey could tell he lost him the moment he had mentioned the burgers.
"Burgers? Homemade?" Dean questioned.
Lucy laughed as she gave a nod of her head.
"In the kitchen, Dean. Help yourself." Lucy replied and Dean wasted no time in rushing to the kitchen. Lacey released a chuckle as she watched Dean hurry to the kitchen.
"Well that's one way to get rid of him." Lacey joked as she released a laugh and dropped down to take a seat upon one of the free chairs at the table.
"Any more information on these attacks?" Lacey asked, becoming a little more serious herself.
"No, I figured Dean and I would head out in the morning, do some investigating in Arlington, find out what we can." Sam replied.
Lucy and Lacey shared a look for a moment before Lacey spoke.
"We'll take it. I think we've had enough down time. It's time to get back to what we do best. I hate to leave here, but we can't stay here forever." Lacey informed Sam, Dean had come into the room by then, chomping on the burger be had put together.
"You're leaving?" He questioned with a full mouth. Lacey laughed at the sight before she spoke again.
"We'll come back, you know that, but we're meant to be on the road, ridding the world of monster trash one evil bastard at a time." Lacey said and Dean grinned having finished the burger that had been in his mouth.
"Yeah, but you girls have been getting into a lot of trouble recently." Sam commented.
"Yeah, but we've also kicked a lot of ass in our time too. We'll be fine." Lucy said.
"Dean?" Sam turned to his brother for his input.
Dean shook his head having took another large bite from the burger on his plate. It was nearly gone already.
"No arguing. I learned a long time ago, Sammy you don't argue with the Remington girls." Dean said between chewing his burger.
Lacey grinned at that, her brilliant green eyes lifting so she could look at Dean.
"You're a smart man, Dean." She said as he finished his burger and placed the empty plate on the table.
"I'm just a quick learner." Dean replied.
"Alright. Fine. I guess you win." Sam said.
"And that is why you don't argue with a Remington girl. They always win the argument anyways." Dean said with a shrug of his shoulders as Lacey stood from where she had been sitting.
"Be ready to head out first thing in the morning, Luc." Lacey said and Lucy nodded.
"Time for bed?" Dean asked hopefully.
"Time for bed." Lacey answered and Lucy groaned.
"We all really needed to know you two are about to go have sex." Sam said sarcastically Lacey laughed as she took Deans hand into hers.
"You'd have found out one way or the other..." Lacey trailed off and Lucy rolled her eyes.
"Gross. Just get out of here." Lucy said as she waved them away. Lacey and Dean didn't waste any time with beginning to leave the room, although she was sure he turned around and wagged his eyebrows at them because she heard a snicker from Sam and a groan from Lucy.
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Lacey and Dean were silent as they laid together, his arm wrapped around her shoulders. Her her rested on his chest and for a long while they stayed that way in silence. It wasn't an awkward silence instead a relaxing calm quiet that came over them as the two of them pondered over their own separate thoughts. Lacey was lost in her fantasy world. A world where her and Dean were married, having had a big wedding where all of their family and friends were attending. A world where monsters didn't rule their lives. A world where their parents were still alive and smiling brightly as they said their vows. A world where they could have children of their own and raise them without fear of some creature invading their nursery as they slept peacefully at night. She knew it would never be that way, but a girl could dream.
"What are you thinking about?" Dean's voice interrupted her thoughts, but Lacey didn't mind as she cuddled closer into his side.
"The same thing I'm always thinking of. How our lives would be different if we didn't hunt. If the world wasn't over run with lucifers off spring." Lacey sighed and Dean rubbed her arm gently, absentmindedly.
"What was life like this time?" He asked, they had talked like this before and every time her fantasy changed a little.
"We lived in a house by a lake. We got married in that big church by my old house. I always used to dream of getting married there when I was little, before my mom died. Everyone was there. Even Bobby." Lacey paused for a second and smiled fondly at the memory of the old hunter.
"We had 2 boys, 4 years apart like you and Sammy." She tilted her head to look up at him and Dean was grinning himself as he squeezed her tighter to him. She knew that he tried not to ponder much about what ifs, but she also knew he wished at times that him and Sam could have had a normal life. Lacey knew she wished the same, especially for her little sister.
"Sam was there, at the wedding, with some blonde. A big got shot lawyer like him would be with a blonde." Lacey added and they both laughed.
"Lucy... Brought this big biker guy, Luther... Because she wanted to upset our dad. Little Rebel that she is." Another laugh escaped them both as Dean's green hazel eyes found hers again and he placed a kiss to her forehead.
"You know... Even though that all sounds so damn amazing... I like what we have. Our lives, they may not be perfect, but we all have each other... And that's all that matters." Lacey added and Dean nodded his head.
What really got Lacey was that Dean, although he did have his old reputation of taking quite a few girls back to his hotel when off on hunts, he was very different from other guys. He didn't flee at the idea of commitment. He wasn't scared off by her talking about a wedding, Lacey believed that although it would probably never happen, that he would propose to her if their lives were different. She believed that they would have been high-school sweethearts if they hadn't been the children of hunters. If their lives had been different, they'd have always ended up together. Even if they lived a thousand different lives Lacey believed that they would always end with one another.
"I don't care what our lives look like, as long as you, Sam, and Lucy are there." Dean said as he let his eyes close and Lacey let her eyes close as well as she let his words sink in knowing they were true.
If only they could see what their lives were about to be put through, maybe then Lacey wouldn't have been so eager to get back into hunting.