The girls were packed and ready in less time than Dean expected, leaving them with twenty minutes to spare. While they waited, the two joined Sam on the table, climbing up there with their own lines. Crystal used a standard fishing hook while Jess's was a paperclip expertly shaped to mimic a fish hook as well. Both girls got the table with amazing speed that one could only assume that they did it with magic.
By then it finally dawned on Crystal that they would have to let Dean pick them up to go to this town, which Sam told her was almost a day's worth drive from where they were at.
She was still fidgeting when Dean was done and standing in front of them.
"It's nothing to worry about." Sam tried to assure her, "Dean's careful with me and others like us."
To prove his point, he stepped onto his brother's hand before offering his own to the girls, smiling encouragingly at them.
The two cousins stared warily at the hand, still uneasy despite Sam's assurances.
After a while, Crystal sighed before she placed her hand in his, letting him notice how the girl's skin was ice cold and how part of her hand was covered in a cloth.
The shrunken hunter helped the woman keep her balance as she stepped onto his brother's palm, which thankfully didn't take long considering how she did live with a human-sized demon for a while.
Jess followed mere seconds after, not needing any assistance whatsoever, yet kept her stoic expression, as she climbed onto the living platform.
When Dean moved his hand, Jess instantly knelt while Crystal held onto Sam's arm. The shrunken hunter withheld the urge to flinch when her cold hands managed to seep into his jacket, looking down at the girl curiously.
"You know your brother's a lot more considerate with handling us than Kaidan is." Jess lightly complimented.
Sam looked over at her, "What makes you say that?"
The redhead shrugged her shoulders as she tilted her head to look up at Sam.
"Kaidan doesn't really ask." She answered, "Most of the time he just picks us up."
"He can be considerate you know." Crystal tried to defend, though even she had to agree with her cousin on her mate's actions.
Dean tried to ignore the fact that he was holding people who were witches in the same hand as his brother. His brother who decided to believe that the girls meant no harm to either brother even though a witch was the very reason why he was stuck like that for many years.
His chat with Bobby yesterday did smooth some things over. Apparently, there were such things as 'natural-born' witches, which the elder Winchester never heard of. Then again, he never encountered people like the girls either.
Keeping his eyes on the girls in his hand, he brought them to his pocket, using his free hand to prop the fabric open for the miniature trio.
The girls were then surprised to encounter how gentle Dean was with placing them in the pocket.
"Alright he is more considerate than Kaidan with handling us." Crystal admitted in defeat.
Jess smirked at her cousin before following Sam's lead in climbing off of the hunter's hand, offering her cousin some help once she was situated.
Once the timid girl was situated in the pocket, Sam punched his brother's finger to let him know that they were ready.
After feeling Sam's punch, Dean pulled away his hand before grabbing his bag from the bed. The sudden swaying of the pocket caused the girls to hush and for Crystal to lose her balance, having not noticed how both the shrunken hunter and her cousin had sat down.
"Shut up." Crystal grumbled at her cousin's soft snickering before getting situated, her back pressed against Dean's chest.
There she was finally able to realize that they could easily hear the thumping of his heart. Almost instantly her breathing softened as she closed her eyes
Sam looked over at the girl with a curious gaze, actually surprised that she was relaxed where they were. Jess however seemed on edge, her body tense as if waiting for something to happen. To state the obvious; the two were complete opposites.
Hi mermagic8 here, I am so so sorry for the delay in writing, not wanting to give excuses, I just lost the muse for this for a while. It took a few times of rereading my notes on Supernatural and the creature along with Dean's playlist going on in my head for me to get writing again. I promise more will be coming soon! Also, on my profile, somewhere near the top I believe, I made a poll that had the readers decide what should happen to Crystal and Jess at the end of this story. Please take the time and vote your opinion!
