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12
I had to talk to Maggie. I knew that last night. But now, as I walk away from the Motel office after telling the owner I'd be staying in the room next to it instead, I knew I had to tell her as soon as I got back. Telling her I'd had sex with a demon- a couple times none the less- was a big deal. It might even be enough for her to tell me to get the hell away from her and never come back. But I had to tell her. She had a right to know.
Telling her about my powers would come later. Or I might end up spilling my guts out when I was telling her about Ruby, you never know how a situation's going to go.
I realized how correct I was in my statement when I walked back into Maggie and my room, seeing Lauren talking to Maggie, Caitlyn sucking contently on a bottle in her arms. All three looked at me when I entered the room.
"Did everything go alright?" Maggie asked. I nodded. "Did a cat get your tongue on the way here?" She giggled. Lauren smiled.
"No," I said with a small smile that didn't reach my eyes. "I, uh, needed to talk to you." I mumbled. Maggie looked at me expectantly. "Um, alone?" I clarified, glancing at Lauren and the baby. Maggie's brow cocked.
"Oh don't worry about me," Lauren said, waving her free hand. "I already saw this conversation. No matter what you say I already know everything." Maggie nodded and smiled at me. I stifled a groan. I kept forgetting I wasn't the only psychic in the room.
"Okay," I said. I sat down next to Maggie on the bed and looked at her. "There was something I didn't tell you earlier. Something you should probably know. And if, after I tell you this, you don't want to be with me anymore I totally understand." I said in a rush. Maggie's brows were raised. I sighed. I really didn't want to tell her this. I wish there was some way I could tell her without saying anything. But Lauren was the potential mind reader here, not me.
"While we were, not together I started talking to Ruby again." Maggie's brows creased. "And we…well became a little more than friends." I muttered. Her brow cocked.
"What kind of friends were you? Are we talking best friends or friends with benefits?" She said. Lauren snorted and tried to cover it up as a cough.
"Wait," I said. "Where's Dean?" I asked. That was the last thing I needed. To have Dean know I slept with the demon that had refused to help save him from Lilith. That and they completely hated each other.
"Calm down Mr. Paranoid he went to get some breakfast." Lauren said, laughing. I could swear Caitlyn was smirking at me, a smirk I disliked and had seen many times in my life, just not from her.
"Okay," I sighed. "Friends with benefits Maggs." Her brows reached her hairline. I expected her face to get red, I expected her to scream at me and tell me to get the hell away from her and never come back, I didn't expect her to start laughing like this. Her and Lauren both.
"It's okay Sammy," She gasped between her hysterics. I was severely confused. "I forgive you." Lauren stopped laughing and cocked her brow a Maggie.
"Oh no you don't Margaret May," Lauren said. "You tell this poor boy what you did last summer." Maggie stopped laughing and bit her lip.
"So I've slept with a couple demons too, who hasn't?" She asked. Lauren glared at her.
"Uh, every normal hunter out there." She said pointedly. I felt myself flush. Just one more thing to make me not normal. Maggie shrugged. "And most of 'em who have, have maybe only slept with one, maybe two at the most." My eyes were huge as I stared at her. Her face was red, a sheepish smile on her face.
"So it was four, big whoop. Wait three demons! The last one doesn't count." Maggie defended. Lauren put her hand on her hip.
"A vampire counts Maggie." My jaw dropped and I stared at her, out of horror and shock. And I was worried about how she would take the news about Ruby.
I wasn't mad at her, I mean, turnabout's fair play right? But, wow.
"Sorry Sammy." Maggie said quietly. Her smile had faded and she was staring at her hands and glancing at me. Lauren stood.
"I have to, uh, go to the bathroom." She said. She turned and walked into the bathroom, Caitlyn in her arms, and shut the door. I heard the sink turn on to drown us out.
"I, uh…well you know how it is when people break up. They do stupid stuff. Personally I started sleeping with things I know you would hate the most. And I'm sorry. It was only in those first two months." She mumbled. I sighed. "I'm so sorry Sammy." She said. I lifted her chin, gazing into her dark brown eyes. I understood, and though I was far from happy about it, I had to forgive her. She was the only person in the world I couldn't stay angry at no matter how hard I tried.
"It's alright Maggie," I said. "We'll get past it. We always do. And it's not like we cheated on each other," Maggie nodded. "I love you. You know that right?" I asked. She nodded again.
"I love you too Sam," She said softly. I kissed her gently, my fingers braiding into her hair. I pulled away from her. She grimaced.
"Something wrong?" I asked.
"You know how they say whoever your partner's slept with you have too?" She said. I nodded, grimacing myself. "That means me and Ruby did it. Ew." She said I laughed.
"Are you guys done?" Lauren yelled.
"You can come out now Lauren." Maggie called. Lauren opened the door and resumed her sop in the armchair she had been in.
"So you gonna tell her about the powers too?" She asked. The blood left my face and I gasped.
"What powers?"
"Hey guys I got the dough-" Dean said, shoving the door open, a white square box in his hands. He looked at Lauren's "oops" face, Maggie's shocked expression, and my pale face. Caitlyn giggled at the awkward silence. "Nuts. Did I miss anything important?" He asked. I gave Lauren a pleading look. She sighed and looked up at Dean.
"Nope." She said. I don't think Dean believed her, but he set the box down on the table and lifted Caitlyn out of Lauren's arms.
"Here Babe, let's give Mommy a break." He said. He took the bottle and the burp rag from her.
It was the weirdest thing I had ever seen, watching my big brother feed a baby that looked like the woman in front of me, but acted just like him, a burp rag draped across his shoulder, smiling and talking in baby talk.
If Dad could see him now, I thought. He'd have another heart attack.
I looked at my niece. She could either kill us all, or save us. But from what was my question. Maybe she was what was supposed to stop me. Maybe I am this dreaded apocalypse that keeps popping up all over the place. I don't really know. But if it comes to where my Baby niece has to stop me from killing everybody, I hope she does. Better me than her.
I looked at the people around me, smiling, happy, for the first time in I don't know how long. Dean still looked weary from his trip downstairs, but the world that rested on his shoulders looked a little lighter. Right now I didn't want to worry about the possibility of what I'll become. Or that when I did tell Maggie and Dean what I could do they'd freak out. Right now I was with my big brother, who was finally back from Hell, my sister in law, my niece, and the woman I loved. I dare you to find a better place to be.
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