CHAPTER 12
When Dean and Maggie settled down some, we were able to find out what they had done. I guess it shouldn't have surprised me any, but it did give me a little twinge of concern. I looked at Maggie with a questioning frown and she gave me a shrug back. I guess we'd just have to talk later.
But it was a really cool deal, because Maggie and I each got a laptop and a cell phone out of it. The boys took the cell phones, activated them, put minutes on them and programmed in their numbers. Then they put our numbers in their own phones.
Once that was done, the jovial mood we were sharing from the caper began to wind down. Dean especially was pensive and restless, as he had been so often since we'd gotten here. It seemed to me that these moods of his were lasting longer and longer, and were more and more disquieting. A look at Sam told me he was seeing it too.
The next day we had to get on the road early to meet with the professor about multiple universe theories, so Maggie and I went to our room. We each took a quick shower and got ready for bed. Once we were settled I looked at Maggie for a long time.
"Mags," I said finally.
"It's okay Katie. It was fun. You know they do things like that and if it turns out that we get to stay here we are going to be a part of them."
I sighed. "I know Mags. I just don't want you doing things that are going to dredge up old memories that you can't handle. And I kind of never thought about anything like that happening so soon. I mean I never thought about it at all."
"I'm Fine... It's fine!" she said.
"Okay, I'm probably overreacting anyway. And it sure is nice to have the comps and phones."
"That it is." She replied. After a few minutes she said, "Katie! Tomorrow they are going to want to know about us. How much are we gonna tell them?"
I thought about that and said, "Well, we know an awful lot about them. I think it's only fair we give them most of it. But I won't mention anything you really don't want me to. But you'll have to tell me if there's something."
Maggie started thinking and I saw the tears in the corners of her eyes. "Not 'That Night' okay? I mean, I guess I can handle the rest of it, even the… even the accident. But not 'That Night' okay? I know it's your story as much as mine but maybe if we stay here and get closer to them, maybe then we can."
My eyes were watering as well, and I did feel a bit relieved. The rest was going to be hard enough to tell them out loud. I had never told anyone some of the things I was feeling it was only fair to share with them, and as far as I knew, Maggie had never said them out loud either. I had no idea how it would go, and how either of us would handle it.
"So tell me how it went down," I said more cheerfully. We spent a little time telling each other about our 'alone time' with our guys, and I asked Maggie to write hers down for the journal, which I've already shared with you.
"Oh my God!" exclaimed Maggie. "You think he really was going to kiss you?" Her eyes were wide with excitement.
"I do," I answered quietly. "I really do." I sighed and then said, "Let's try to get some sleep. I have a feeling tomorrow will be a long day."
"Yeah." she said. "I wonder what the boys are talking about." I wondered that too, and turned out the light.
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Sam and Dean's POV
As it turns out, the girls would have been extremely interested to know what was being said in the other room.
"You doing okay?" asked Sam.
"Yeah," Dean answered. "I'm good. It felt good to laugh. Haven't laughed like that is a long time."
Sam looked at Dean and nodded. 'Yeah," he said. Wish it could happen more often."
After a few minutes of silence Sam said seriously, "Look, Dean. This whole thing with the girls. I know how strange it is. And yeah, we have no idea how or why they got here or what freaking higher power might be involved. We don't know if they will turn out to be harmful to us or not." He paused. He could tell Dean was listening intently, but had no idea what he was thinking.
He took a deep breath. "The thing is," he started to say and then had to pause for a moment. "The thing is," he began again, I don't really want them to go away."
He looked pointedly at Dean as though he were expecting an argument. Dean was sitting on the bed with his hands clasped, leaning on his knees, looking at Sam with an unreadable expression. Then he looked down at his shoes. He turned his head to the right for a few seconds and looked like he was thinking. Then he turned to the left and thought some more.
Apparently his shoes needed another examination because he looked back down at them again. Finally he looked up at Sam and said, "I don't either."
After a few minutes of them staring at each other, Sam cleared his throat and said, "Well, I'm glad we're in agreement. We ride that wave wherever it takes us."
Dean made his 'Okay, let's do it' face and headed for the shower. When he came back out he made his 'I'm gonna give you some shit' face. "So," he said. "I take it you have one on for Katie."
Sam chewed on his lower lip for a moment and then said, "It's not like that."
Dean grinned and raised his eyebrows and said, "Oh really? So what is it like then?"
When Sam just sat and stared at him without saying a word, Dean finally got it. "Oh!" he said with surprise. "Oh! It's like that is it? He got into his bed and said "Sheesh, leave you in a room alone with a girl for an hour and you…"
"Dean! ... Shut up!"
Dean turned out the light and smiled into the darkness.
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