All Roads Lead to Rome Chapter 13, a supernatural fanfic

Okay everyone. Sorry about the delay. I did appreciate all of the reviews and PMs i got. Thank you for being understanding. Things should be a little less fuckin crazy now that Norma Jean, my truck is in my life.

So enough of me, we all know you're here for Rome and not me.

This is a bit of a filler, but fear no, there's some one on one with Dean. ;)

About an hour later, they were on the road. Jo was not happy with the seating arrangement. She wanted to sit with Dean, but of course his little girlfriend wanted to sit next to him. Jo rolled her eyes as she peeked over the seat to see what she was doing acting as if she was grabbing a water bottle.

Rome was sitting next to Dean, her legs crossed as if she was a child, a book in her lap. As Jo was sitting back, she said saw a weird scar on Rome's shoulder. When she sat back, Jo played with the top of her water bottle.

Jo looked over to Sam, but he was engrossed with his laptop. She sat back and sighed; what the hell was she suppose to be doing? She was mentally trying to block out the tape Dean was playing; she liked some classic rock, but there was only so much ACDC she could take. She noticed that Sam had earbugs in, but Rome on the other hand was nodding to the music as she read her book.

Just as Jo thought she was going to have to pull her gun out and commit suicide, Rome spoke. "Hey Dean, can you pull over?"

He looked over at her, concerned. "Are you okay?"

Rome chuckled. "I'm fine, I just need to piss." Jo looked around as Dean did the same.

"Where's nowhere-"

Rome rolled her eyes. "You should know by now, I don't really care." she said as she unbuckled her seat belt and looked at him, waiting for him to stop.

Sam didn't look up from his laptop till he felt the car come to a stop. "Whats going on?"

"I need to piss." Rome said as she opened the door and looked over at Dean. "Try not to drive off without me." she said with a smile as she opened the door and climbed out.

As Dean waited, he hummed to himself, tapping the steering wheel as he hummed. "Do you think it was a good idea, we're in the middle of nowhere Dean."

"Rome is more then capable of doing this by herself." Sam huffed a bit, but went back to his laptop, trying to appear as if he was doing something as he waited. "Can you turn some music on?" Jo asked as Dean looked back at her.

"You don't like my music?" he asked jokingly.

Jo flashed him a smile. "Oh I do, but I would really like to hear the radio."

"You have no idea what you just asked for." Sam muttered as Dean turned the radio on then switched it to Classic Rock station.

When Rome came back, she buckled her seat belt then smiled. "Nice, crank the BC." she said as Dean smiled widely at her and turned up the radio.

Jo wanted to scream; she was not going to be able to handle this much longer. Sam looked over at her, shaking his head. Sam grabbed his bag off the floor and started looking through it.

Once he found what he was looking for, he handed a set of headphones to Jo. "I have iTunes on here, if you want to listen."

"Thank god." Jo quickly put the headphones on and Sam plugged them in.

It was only a few hours before sunset that Dean finally stopped at a bar for dinner. He looked over at Rome who had fallen asleep against the door. Then he looked back to Sam and Jo; Dean smirked.

Jo and Sam kind of looked cute to together. Dean gently shook Rome, and woke her up.

She yawned and looked at him. "Why are we stopped?"

"Because I am starving."

"Thank god." she said as she looked at the bar. "So, you up for a game of pool?"

Dean smirked. "Really?"

"Well I don't think I can win against the mighty Dean, but I can play."

"Okay, lets see what you got." he said as he rubbed his hands together and climbed out.

When they walked into the bar, several people turned and looked at the foursome that walked in; two big guys and two short girls. This was going to be fun.

"I'll go claim us a table." Rome said as she broke away and walked over to one of the empty tables.

She ignored the men who were staring at her; although she was not Dean's type, she knew that the tight hip hugging jeans showed off her ass nicely, and everyone always said she had a nice one, and her plain low cut white shirt was giving off some nice cleavage.

Jo came and joined her as Dean and Sam got the drinks and ordered some food. It was an awkward silence between them, that was quickly broken by a drunk patron.

"Hi there pretty girls." He slurred as Jo merely brushed him off, but Rome gave him a small smile. "Hi."

"Hi."

"You, want to come hiccup back to my place?"

"No thank you."

"Why not?"

Rome sighed. "Because you're very drunk."

"No I'm not." Rome was about to say something but Dean walked up. "This guy bothering you Ro?"

"No Dean, he was just asking what time it was." Rome looked at the guy and he nodded, walking off.

"You should be nicer to drunk people." Rome said as he rolled his eyes. "No really, its just like talking to a toddler."

"Whatever, here's your beer."

"Oh thanks." Rome loved beer and Dean had gotten her favorite.

Sam joined them a few minutes later, and then the table was quite crowded. "So, you ready?" Rome asked as Dean nodded. "More then ready babe."

Jo looked at them as Dean and Rome walked over to one of the pool tables. "So I should explain something."

"And what is that sweetheart?"

"I don't call corners."

"I think I can live with that."

Rome smiled and pushed up her glasses. "You break." Dean raised his eyebrows with a smirk and did just that.

Sam watched them from the table, and was very happy with the view of Rome at at the pool table. "So, does Dean know you have a thing for his girl?" Jo asked as Sam looked at her.

"I don't have a thing, that's stupid."

"Then you're staring at your brother and that's kind of creepy."

Sam sighed. "So I might like her. Its not a problem so don't bring it up."

"Not a problem? Sam you're with both of them 24/7." Sam was about to say something but was distracted by Rome laughing.

"Sure thing, I'll get right on that." Rome said as she took a swig of her beer and waited for Dean to finish his turn.

"Its not healthy Sam."

"It'll be fine Jo. Its nothing you need to worry about." he said as he looked back over when Rome was bending over to hit one of the balls.

"Right Sam, keep telling yourself that."

Rome was quite proud of herself when she hit a ball in. "You better not let me win."

"I wouldn't dream of it."

"Ah yes, because you wouldn't want to lose to a girl in front of all of these macho men."

"Of course not, it would ruin my ego."

"Oh honey, you're ego is just fine."

Dean took a shot then stood back, letting Rome take hers. He took a moment to look around and realized several of the men in the bar were staring at her. He didn't like it.

"You know what, I think they make these tables so short people have a harder time playing." she said as she hopped on the pool table and leaned a crossed it.

"Rome?"

Rome didn't look up from her shot. "Hmm?"

"Were you planning on giving a free show?" he asked as she stopped when she was doing and glanced down for a second.

Then she shrugged and went back to her shot. "Game."

"Huh?"

"Game. I just won."

Dean looked at the table. "That you did."

"You let me win." she said as they walked back over to the table.

"Did not."

"You're saying my piss poor skills beat you? The guy who travels across the country, winning money and I beat you?" Rome laughed as she sat down at the table.

"Whats so funny?" Sam asked as Rome finished her beer and grabbed Deans with a smirk.

"Your brother sucks at lying."

"Who won?" Jo asked as Rome raised her hand. Jo looked at her quite surprised.

"Yeah, that's how he sucks at lying." She said as a waitress brought their food over.

Rome looked at her plate and chuckled. "I take it you ordered for me Dean?" She held up the big double bacon cheese burger. Dean smirked as he took a bite of his. Dean had got all of them burgers.

Rome finished her burger and wiped her hands on her jeans. "I'll be right back, want anything before I come back?" Before Dean could say anything. "More beer, you guys?"

"Beer." Jo and Sam said at the same time and she nodded as she hopped off her stool.

When Rome walked into the bathroom, she wasn't surprised that it was covered in stickers and graffiti. She pulled a sharpie she had in her pocket out and drew on the stall wall. "Adventures of Rome. Dean and Sam. June 6th 2009."

Once she was done, she opened the door and walked towards the sink, only to be shoved against the wall. Rome fought against the attacker as he slammed her against the wall.

For a moment she couldn't think straight, all she could think about was the basement. Everything always came back to that.

When her visioned cleared she realized it was the drunk man from earlier that had tried hitting on her and Jo. "Mmm, you're so pretty."

Rome pushed against him, but he was twice her size.

She had to think fast.

Think.

What could she do?

Where was her knife? Back pocket.

He had her hands pinned down, she couldn't grab it, yet. Yelling never seemed to occur to her as she looked at him. "You think so? Whats your name sugar?"

"Larry."

Rome smiled. "Larry, well, I bet this could be a lot more fun if I had my hands, what do you think?" she asked, waiting for what she just said to sink into his drunken mind.

Larry smiled. "Okay. Just be shh shh." Rome nodded and once her hands were free she used one to undo his belt while the other reached for her knife. When she had her knife in her hand, and open, she kneed him as hard as she could and pushed him back.

"You fucking come near me again and I'll stick you like the pig you are."

The rage in his eyes blinded him as he went after her and Rome stabbed him. She did something she had seen done many times in movies and TV; she twisted and pulled up, making sure she did as much damage as she could do, making sure he stayed down. Larry hit the floor with an ugly thud and Rome slid down the wall, and tried not to cry.

Dean looked over to the bar again. "Does it feel like Rome's been gone too long?" he asked as Sam looked at his watch; she had almost been gone fifteen minutes.

"I'll go-"

"Its okay Sam. I'll check on her. Maybe she got sick again." Dean said as he stood and made his way towards the bathrooms. He walked into the bathroom and stopped for a moment; the sight of the big man covered in blood shocked him, and then his mind went straight to Rome.

"Rome!" He ran over to her, praying it wasn't her blood on her hands. He got down on his knees and shook her gently. "Rome, come on, snap out of it sweetheart. Come on."

She slowly looked up at him, her eyes filled with tears. "Can we go now?" she asked as he nodded.

Dean helped her up, checking for wounds at the same time. "Did he hurt you?"

Rome shook her head. "I think I killed him."

"I'm not worried about him right now, I'm worried about you."

"I'm okay." she said with a nod as Dean shook his head. This was her clearly not okay. He took his coat off and covered her with it as he guided her out of the bar. Once in the car, he called Sam and told him to pay and get the hell to the car.

Rome sat next to him, still staring into space. "Maybe it would be better if I stayed with Bobby, cause it seems like I cant even go to the bathroom alone anymore. Everyone just wants to attack me."

"Hey, hey, that wasn't your fault."

"I'm not like, I've never killed anything before. Well, maybe my hamster, but that was an accident." Dean smiled a bit then the doors opened. "Everything okay?"

"No." Dean said as he started the car and got the hell out of there.

As Dean drove, he knew Sam and Jo wanted answers, but he wasn't ready to talk and he knew damn well that Rome wasn't ready too either. He looked over as Rome looked down at her hands, staring at the blood.

"Hey, don't do that." he said as he covered her hands with his coat, keeping his hand on top of hers. "We'll take care of that when we get to the next gas station, okay?"

Rome simply nodded as she stared ahead.

"Okay Dean, this is sounds bad. What happened?"

"Big, ugly and drunk decided on a one on one visit with Rome in the bathroom."

"WHAT?" Rome flinched.

"Dude, there's no need to be yelling."

"Rome are you okay?" she nodded slowly, then looked at Dean; he knew that look in her eyes.

"Sam, just back off for now, okay?" After that, for the next hundred miles or so, the car was completely quiet.

When Dean saw the gas station lights ahead, he sighed in relief. Dean pulled into a parking spot and got out. He went over to Romes side and helped her out. As she stood there Dean bent back into the car and looked at Sam. "Go get some stuff for the road. I don't plan on stopping again till we get to Ellen's."

"Okay Dean." Sam said as he looked at Jo. "Come on, it'll be something to do." When Jo got out of the car, she saw Rome and how messed up she was.

Dean walked with Rome, his arm wrapped around her shoulder as they walked towards the bathroom. Once inside, Dean turned the water on and let it get warm. He took the coat off her, and looked her over again.

Her white shirt had blood on it, luckily she hadn't gotten any one her jeans. Dean took off his flannel button up and set it on the sink. "You okay?"

Rome nodded again but Dean shook his head. "Hey, its just me and you in here. You don't need to lie to me."

"I'm not going to be able to escape it, am I? Every time I'm going to get attacked, I'm going to think of the basement, and I'll freeze up." Dean looked at her and tested the water; it was warm enough.

He grabbed a couple of paper towels and soaked them in the water. "I honestly don't know. Nothing like that has ever happened to me."

"If I wouldn't have frozen up, I wouldn't have had to restore to stabbing him."

"Hey." he said as she looked at him. He took her hands gently and started cleaning the blood off. "Don you feel bad about that. You have no reason to. He was a piece of shit that tried to- He deserved what he got."

Rome shook her head. "Prison. That's what he deserved Dean."

Dean sighed; he knew he wasn't going to win with her. "Listen, I know whatever I'm going to say isn't going to change what you think, but I am really glad your dad always taught you to have a knife on you. And trust me, I'll be getting you a new one as soon as possible." Rome smiled; somehow he had the ability to do that even when everything was sucking.

Dean dried her hands and smiled at the job he had done. "Look at that. Good as new." Rome smiled again. "Now that shirt needs to go."

"Getting fresh with me?" she asked in a very serious way. Dean looked as if he was trying to figure out what to say when Rome rolled her eyes and turned around, taking her shirt off.

She winced slightly, her back hurting from the impact. That's when she heard Dean swear under his breath. "What?" she asked as she looked over her shoulder; he handed her the button up. "What?"

"Your back is bruised."

"Fuck." Rome backed up a little till she could see herself in the mirror.

Although she could barely see herself, she saw enough. "Maybe I did do the right thing stabbing him." she said as she buttoned the shirt.

Dean looked at her, not completely convinced she was okay. "Are you sure, I mean, I know you a bit and I can tell when your faking."

Rome tried not to smile. "Rethink what you said right there."

Dean cracked a smile. "You know what I mean."

"I do, but if I dwell on it, its going to kill me. I really hope hes not dead, I'm not sure I'm ready to have that on my conscious first. I would have like to have like, one ghost or a vampire before a human."

Dean shook his head; she was something else. "Come on, lets get back to the car. We have a long drive ahead of us."

"Yay, we can return Jo to her mother." she said as they walked out into the night, the clear sky allowing the stars to shine.

When they got back to the car, Sam looked at them questioningly. "Everything okay?" he asked as Rome nodded and looked at him.

"Depends."

"On?"

"Did you get any lemon heads?"

Sam smiled; just like Rome to change the subject to candy. "I did."

"Then yes, everything is okay." Sam handed her the box and she ripped it open, popping a couple in her mouth.

"Oh yeah, this is the good stuff."

"Give me one." Dean said, Rome looked at him and did not hesitate.

"Open." Dean opened his mouth and she dropped one in.

A moment later, Dean made a face. "You big baby, they're not that sour."

"Yes they are."

"Uh huh." she said as she moved down the seat and laid down, resting her head on his thigh.

"Hey you two, remember we're back here, no funny business." Sam said as Rome lifted her arm up, flipping him off causing him to chuckle. "Real sweet Rome."

"I try."

Jo shook her head; why couldn't Dean be that sweet and caring with her? When Holmes kidnapped her, he didn't come racing to her side to make sure she was okay, Sam did. He didn't stick by her side and keep Sam or her mother from asking a zillion questions.

Not even when possessed Sam kidnapped her and knocked her out; she was the one who ended up taking care of him. She always got the short stick in life.

And there. I know its not the one on one y'all were hoping for, but yeah. Next is Ellen. I should explain something; i fucking love Ellen. She was honestly one of my favorites.

So, it'll be fun at Ellen's. Promise.