So Here's Another Chapter Of Rome.

For Everyone Whose Been Patient And Amazing, I Hope This Was Worth The Wait.

Rome knew she was the first to wake. She slowly climbed out of bed, making sure she didn't want Dean as she walked over to the bathroom. After locking the door behind her, she stared at herself in the mirror.

Why god why did Sam have to kiss her? Even worse, why did Dean have to walk in at that moment? Fuck. She knew it had been a bad idea to treat him like she did her friends back home.

Rome rubbed her forehead, trying not to think of the headache she was starting to get. She didn't know what Dean was going to say to her when he got up.

And how the hell was she suppose to act around Sam now? She didn't want to hurt him, but he had to know they were never going to be like that. All of a sudden Rome really wanted a drink.

Rome jumped when she heard the light knock on the bathroom door. "Its just me." She heard Dean whisper. Rome walked over to the door and unlocked it. Once Dean was in, he closed it. Rome crossed her arms under her her breast and looked at him, she just wouldn't look him in the eyes.

"So last night,"

"Got out of hand."

"Would you have let it," Dean stopped himself; he knew what he was about to say did not sound good.

"What? Would I have let him get any further? Are you fucking," Rome stopped herself as well. "I don't know if you noticed, but I pushed him away before you made it known you were standing there." Rome shook her head about to speak, but Dean spoke instead.

"Sam likes you." Rome looked at him blankly, obviously confused. "Like, likes you likes you."

Romes eyes went wide for a moment, then she snorted. "Of course. The irony of it all. God really hates me." Dean couldn't help but snicker.

Rome took a deep breath. "I'll just figure out how to deal with this later."

"Rome."

"No, I can barely wrap my head about the fact that he kissed me, this new information is going to take a bit." She leaned her head back and looked at the ceiling. "Please get out. I'm going to the shop early today and I need a shower."

"Rome,"

"Dean, please." He said nothing more as he nodded and walked out, making sure the door was closed behind him. It was at that moment Dean knew he had fucked up.

When Rome finally came out of the bathroom, she was completely silent as she moved around the room, looking for her shoes she had lost yesterday. She didn't hum, she didn't even say anything to Dean.

Once she found them, she pulled them on, grabbed her bag and went out the door, again without even muttering so much as a goodbye to Dean. When the door closed, Sam woke up and looked around. "Wheres Rome?"

"She went to work." Even with the weeks that had passed, he still felt odd saying those words.

Sam nodded and rubbed his eyes. "Whats wrong?"

"Nothing Sam. How you feelin?"

"Good. Romes a good nurse." Dean merely nodded and looked over to the table covered in reach.

"Well, if you're feelin up to it today, we should go and do some recon. We only have one more week till the full moon."

"Shit." Sam cursed under his breath; he couldn't believe two weeks had already passed. "Yeah, sounds like a plan." he said as he stood and walked over to the bathroom.

Dean leaned against the table; they were no closer to finding out who the werewolf was then they were when they got there. While the theories Rome came up with were good, there was just too much information to comb through to get the answer.

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Rome stopped at a drugstore before heading to the shop. She bought four things; aspirin, a lighter, cigarettes and a Butterfinger crunch. After dry swallowing a couple of aspirin she pulled out the pack of cigarettes and lit one up.

By the time she got to the shop, she was on her second one, and Zoey wasn't there yet. Rome checked her watch, realizing how early she really was. She sighed as she leaned against the wall, taking a long drag. "Can I bum one?"

Rome opened her eyes and saw Kyle leaning against the opposing wall, smiling at her. "Yeah, sure." Rome pulled another cigarette out, pressed it between her lips and lit it.

She didn't notice Kyle was staring at her as she handed him the now lit cigarette. "What? Scared of my cooties?" she mused as he shook his head, taking the cigarette from her.

"I would love to have your cooties."

Rome laughed and took another drag. "So, what brings you here this early?"

"I could ask you the same question." he said as she smiled.

"Touche." Rome let the butt fall to the ground, then she stomped it out. "I felt like a smoke, so I left early to get some." she said; of course she wasn't going to tell a complete stranger the real reason she left. She couldn't face Sam right now, she hadn't thought of what to say to him without hurting him. Kyle nodded.

"And yourself?"

"Just fancied a walk." Rome started laughing hysterically. "What?"

"Nothing, its just, I haven't heard someone say that in a very long time." Kyle smiled at her laugh; he liked it.

Before he could say something, Zoey pulled up and got out of her car. "Hey, ooo, can I have one?" she asked when she saw the cigarettes.

Rome shook her head. "You're suppose to be quitting."

"Please?"

"No."

Kyle watched, completely amused; Zoey looked as if she could stomp on Rome.

"Please?"

"No. Don't ask again." Zoey pouted as she walked passed Rome and unlocked the store.

"Come on chicka, get your behind in there."

"Yes mistress." Rome muttered as she walked into the store, waving goodbye to Kyle.

Once in the store, Zoey turned to Rome. "Are you an escort?"

Rome first was shocked, then started laughing again. "No, why?"

"Then what is your secret."

"For what?"

"You are always surrounded by gorgeous men."

Rome couldn't stop herself from laughing again. "Hey, they are all yours, take them."

Zoey hugged her. "You're awesome."

Rome smiled. "Wait, you thought I was an escort?" Zoey nodded enthusiastically. "Wow, awesome." From there the day went on as normal.

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Several hours later, Zoey was getting bored, and had the best idea when she saw Rome putting outfits together for the display. "Stop." Rome stopped moving and looked over to her. "Is it a code three? Is there a fucking spider on me?"

Zoey tried not to laugh at her friends panic. "No, you're good."

Rome exhaled hard. "Thank fuck. Okay, whats up?"

"Lets go out."

Rome looked at her for a moment. "Sweetie, your really awesome and everything, and you're a great girl-"

Zoey rolled her eyes. "No, lets go out. Lets take a couple of dresses, or whatever we want and go dancing."

Rome only thought for a second before answering. "Hells yes."

After she gave her answer, Zoey squealed and jumped up and down. "Okay, so, flip the open sign and lets get dressed."

Rome nodded and did as she was told. This was going to work; she couldn't face Sam yet, and this distraction was going to keep them busy for hours. "And you can take anything, as long as you let me smoke tonight."

Rome stared at her; this was a hard decision. "Okay, fine, but we stick to this one pack, deal?"

Zoey ran at her and hugged her tight. "You're awesome."

"I know." Rome said with a smirk as she looked at the dress rack, then smiled. Rome looked over to Zoey. "Zoey?"

"Hmmm?" She was cashing out and wasn't really paying attention.

"Do I get a Zoey doll tonight?"

"Yeah hon, whatever you want." Romes smiled spread even wider as she started to grab something for Zoey.

Several minutes later, Rome dropped several things on the counter. "Rome, I know I said anything,"

"Oh no, these are your options."

Zoey looked at her oddly.

"I asked if I got a Zoey doll today, and you said yes. And I love dressing my dolls up."

Zoey couldn't help but smile at her. "Fine fine, what about you?"

Rome smiled. "Don't worry, I got myself covered-"

"I hope not too much." She said with a wink as Rome rolled her eyes. "Get with it woman!"

"Okay okay, I'm going." Zoey said as she picked up the clothes and headed over to the dressing room.

While Zoey was changing, Rome grabbed the scissors from her bag, grabbed her planned outfit and planted herself in front of Zoey's dressing room. "Rome?"

"Hmmm?"

"Are you sure you're not on crack?"

"Yep."

She knew Zoey had body issues. Mostly with the fact she was 5'10 and not model thin, so finding clothes was always hard for her. Rome knew her pain as a short girl with a butt; clothes are hard to find.

"Try the green dress with the jean shorts and fish nets."

"Are you sure you're not trying to trick me out?"

"Oh sweetheart, I would tell you first of course." Rome said as she finished cutting the hem off her dress in her hands.

"What about shoes?"

"Oh, no bitching? I'm guessing you like it."

"I love it Rome, I'm not worthy, I'm not worthy."

Rome loved her sense of sarcasm. "Let me go grab you a pair."

Rome stared at the rack of shoes. When she saw a pair of black ankle boots she smiled. "Here." she said as she ran back over, slipping them under the door.

"So, when I come out, will you be dressed?"

"I'm putting some finishing touches on mine." Rome said as the dressing room door opened. She couldn't help but smile, then whistle. "Damn girl."

Zoey blushed then looked at herself in the mirror again. The green dress she wore would have been short on a normal sized girl, but on Zoey it was a perfect shirt with is baby doll fit, the jean shorts showed off her long legs nicely and the fishnets added a bit of sexiness to the casualness of the jeans shorts. "I love you."

Rome smiled. "I know."

Zoey looked at her, then to the pile of clothes in her lap. "Well, get on it."

"Yes mistress." Rome said as she took her clothes with her into the dressing room.

After a few minutes, Zoey was getting impatient. "ROME!" Rome said nothing as she opened the door and Zoey's jaw dropped. "Holy...mother...fuck."

"I'm taking that as you like?" Zoey nodded without speaking.

Rome had taken a long yellow summer dress and cut off about 12 inches. The dress now hit right above her knee; she wore black knee high biker boots with it and a black destroyed tee shirt over the top of the dress.

"How the hell did you do that?" Zoey as she tugged on Rome shirt, trying to figure out how she tied it.

"I watched a thing on youtube about it."

"So, if you don't end up going home with someone tonight, you can always come home with me." Zoey said as she grabbed her jacket, then dropped it; she didn't want to have to remember it later.

"Hold on." Zoey stopped at the door and turned around. "You're not a doll without accessories." Sometimes, its good to own your own store.

When they left the store, Rome left a note on the door for which ever Winchester was coming to get her and turned her cell phone off; all she needed was one day to herself, and that was what she was going to get.

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Not even an hour later, Dean decided he was going to head down to the shop to try and talk to Rome. He wasn't sure if he had to apologize, or what he was really going to say, but he knew he couldn't leave things the way they were. When he pulled up to the store, he felt it in his gut that something wasn't right. First with the "Closed" sign facing out, then with the lights off.

Dean walked up to the door, ripping the note down. He recognized Romes handwriting instantly. "I haven't gone missing, nor have I been kidnapped. Zo really wanted to go out tonight, and it seemed like a good idea. I'll be back tonight. My cell is in the room and I have my key. R."

Dean didn't like this, in fact he knew exactly what he was going to do. Dean got in the impala and sped back to the motel. He was going to get Sam and they were going to go track her ass down and drag her back to the room.

Yep, that's exactly what they were going to do. Dean stopped at a red light and looked at Rome's note once again; he knew in many ways it wasn't fair to tell Rome about Sam's crush this morning, especially this morning after what had happened the night before.

Dean also understood that Rome might be getting tired of being around him and Sam all the damn time. He knew they were hard to get along with sometimes. Rome made it easy as possible, but he knew there were things.

God! When did he get so understanding? Now he knew what it was to be Sam. Dean sighed and drove back to the motel without speeding; he would give Rome this. He would let her go out and have a carefree night, but the second the lunar cycle started, he was locking her ass in the room.

When Dean opened the door, Sam looked up from his computer, then made a face. "Where's Rome?" Dean didn't answer him right away. He took his coat off first, then grabbed a beer.

"Dean."

"She went out with Zoey. Said she would be back later."

"Oh." Sam said as he looked down at his computer. "Did she say when she was coming back tonight?"

"Nope. Thought it would be nice to just let her have free reign." Sam stared at Dean, wondering who this was and where his brother was. "Plus you know, girl time or whatever." Sam continued to stare at Dean as he sat at the table. "So, anything new?"

Sam looked at his computer, shaking his head for a moment, getting his head back into the hunting game. "Yeah actually, its why I was wondering where Rome was, her theory about who the werewolf is, I think it might work."

Dean set his beer down, a bit shocked. "Okay, lay it on me. We're too close to the cycle now with theatrics Sam."

"Well, I've been running the victims names and cross-referencing them with hospitals, when or if they have given blood or have had blood work done."

"And?"

"I've narrowed it down to one hospital that they all had in common."

Dean smiled. "Good job Sammy."

"Rome figured it all out, I just put the pieces together."

Dean tried not to think about what Sam had told him last night, and instead go on as he had before last night. "Okay, so where are we at figuring out who this person is?"

Sam let out a long sigh. "That's going to be the tricky part. Its the busiest hospital in the city, with hundreds if not a thousand or two employees, all in and out whenever they want."

"Son of a bitch."

Sam nodded and took a sip of his soda. This was going to be harder then he thought. If only Rome was there so he could bounce ideas off her. Sam's mind then started to drift to last night when they were completely carefree.

He loved that side of Rome, when she let her walls down and acted like a big kid. He thought about the kiss last night; part of him was pissed at Dean from coming in, but something told him Rome would have come up with something nonetheless.

If only he could figure out why she was so apprehensive around him, maybe then things could work with them.

So. There Was The Chapter.

Coming Next Time:

While the water was heating up, Rome took her bra off, throwing it carelessly on the ground. Sam childishly closed his eyes and pinched himself to check if he was dreaming; when he opened his eyes again, Rome was still standing in the bathroom, her back to him, now only in her underwear. There was a god. Rome made a strained noise as she pushed her underwear down her hips, letting them fall to the ground.

What Do You Think Rome And Zoey Did While They Were At?

And How Do You See That Scene Ending?