Weeks passed with Jess sticking to her promise to not really hang out with Seth aside from the quick greeting if they saw each other they remained apart. It was proving to be a lot harder than Jess had imagined. For years he was a constant in her life and having him reduced to acquaintance was not as easy as she had hoped.
Jess walked over to Dean and sat on his lap.
He wrapped his arms around her
"What's up" he said kissing her cheek
"Well….it's Seth's birthday …and I am going to take him out to Dinner – I just wanted to let you know" She said
Dean looked at her
"ok that's fine..I'll find something to entertain myself" he said
"I just feel like I haven't seen him in ages" she said
"It's been like 2 weeks" Dean laughed a little
Jess laughed
"That is an extremely long time. The longest I have gone without seeing Seth for more than like 2 days was 6 grade when I got the chicken pox and my mom sent me away to grandmas" she said
Dean nodded. That is the kind of things he knew he would never be able to replace. Her and Seth had so much history together. He was in pretty much every story she ever told.
"Ok well I am going to go and I will see you after" she said with a smile and walking out
Dean watched her. He hadn't seen her that upbeat in awhile.
Jess went to Seth's room and knocked
Seth opened the door and smiled
"Oh good he gave you permission" he said to annoy her
She laughed
"oh shut up! You ready?" she said
"Yes, let's go" he smiled and walked out with her
They went out to dinner and had a great time. They were catching up over the last few weeks that they hadn't seen each other much. After dinner they headed back to the hotel
"Want to come in and watch a movie?" Seth asked
Jess looked at the time
"Uh sure" she walked in
Jess and Seth laid on his bed as they had done a million times before and Seth put on a movie.
"I missed this" Said Jess cuddling up to his arm
Seth smiled
"Me too. It's been extremely strange not having you around" he said
"Hopefully soon the Rollins ban will be lifted" Jess giggled
Seth laughed
"Let's not hold our breath" he said
They both started watching the movie and fell asleep soon after.
The next morning Jess woke up and saw the sun shining through the window
"Shit!" she said and got up quickly trying to gather her shoes
Seth woke up and looked at her
"Fuck. Dean must be wondering if I'm dead" she said putting on her shoes.
"well the ban won't be lifted for sure now" Seth got up and handed Jess her cell phone
She saw she had missed calls and texts from Dean
"Yep. Shit." She got up "Ok well I'll see you later" she said rushing over to her and Dean's room
Jess walked in and Dean was already up.
Dean looked at her
"Well, Good morning" he said
"So sorry! We started watching a movie and I ended up falling asleep" she said being completely truthful
Dean nodded.
"Nothing happened." She said
"I know. " he said. He meant it.
"You seem off still " Jess asked walking towards him
"I guess I am just kind of sick of waiting" he said
"Waiting for what?" Jess was confused
"I don't know. Waiting for you to look at me like you look at him or for me to be the one that puts up in an upbeat mood and not the fact that you get to hang out with him. You have a certain smile that is reserved for Seth fucking Rollins. You light up when he walks into a room" He said. Dean finally had to get it off his chest. For weeks now he had been noticing that she was always happiest when Seth was around.
Jess watched him unsure of what to say
"I know that first day at the restaurant I said I was willing to give it a shot. To help you forget this guy…but I can't help you if you don't want to forget him" he said
"Dean , I love you" Jess said
"I know you do…I just think you are in denial of what you really feel for him though" Dean said
Jess closed her eyes.
"I am not mad. I just need you to figure this shit out because I am not going to wait around much longer" he said
"I have to head out I have some media to do. I will see you later" he walked out
Jess sat down on the couch and tears started streaming down her face.