Dean Winchester watched the long brown hair of the young hunter catch the wind. Her back was to him, and she was too far off for him to catch her scent. He watched as she stood on her toes to wrap her arms cross his tall broad brother. He could see him smiling and saying something to her. She nodded and shoved his shoulder.
His eyes rested on her, and she turned around and caught his gaze. He did not move his eyes from the ever approaching hunter. The wind continued to breathe, and her hair continued to move. Soon her almond brown eyes and her rosy lips were before him. There was a fight in her; he could see it in her face. Her lips tried to smirk, and her eyes tried to hold back emotion, but he saw right through it.
She stood before him, avoiding his eyes, she spoke. She said that it was time. She said she had made him and his brother a promise, and she would not go back on her word.
He knew. She looked him in the eyes.
"Well, this is it then. Thanks."
There was more in her eyes than her words let on. She just stared at him. And inside, he felt something tremble ever so lightly. He felt it.
"Try not to get your ass killed." He let a small grin fall on his lips.
She narrowed her eyes at him, and he saw there was not anger in them, but a searching.
"I won't," she said softly.
He noticed all the small things about her, the way her chest moved as she sighed, the way her hair fell down her shoulders, and the look she gave him when she opened her eyes and stared into his.
Dean said nothing, though his lips parted as if he were going to speak. There were no words to say. He might miss her. He might wish she could stay a little longer. He might hope that she could find his father.
But no words came to him. He set his lips straight. He glanced over her and saw his brother leaning against the Impala. He watched Sam turn around and rest his arms over the hood of the black car.
"You should get"—
Dean was cut short. His eyes were on her the entire time, yet Jonquil's lips caught him without warning. He did not see it coming. But he did not stop her. He didn't want to stop her.
In that moment, he let all he had been suffocating breathe; his arms found their way around her body, his hands pulling her closer. Her hands held his face, his neck, his chest... Maybe he would never see her again. It wouldn't be new. He was not in love with her. But what was there was something calm in the middle of the chaos. And so he held her, and he held what could have and might have been.
They parted from each other. The looked away from each other. Jonnie cleared her throat, lips and cheeks flushed; Dean trembled inside. She spoke.
"I'll call you when I find him."
Dean kept the scoff to himself. "Yea."
They looked at each other and nodded, knowing this might very well be goodbye. The hunters made their ways to their cars, each heading to the opposite side of the road.
As Dean got in his car, he watched the green pickup start up. He shut the door to his own car and started the engine.
She drove first, and as she passed by their car, the Winchesters heard the faint whisper of a raggedy blue tune and caught the yellow of the tie around the rear view mirror.
The young hunter did not wave at the boys she had spent her time with; she did not look their way. She knew it was time to go. It always was.
Jonquil had driven for miles; nearly a month and a half has passed since she left the Winchesters and returned to Bobby Singer's house. She explained what had happened with the Cradle of Virtue and informed him of her next task. His words to her:
"What kinda death wish you got goin' for yourself? You wanna kill yourself right this time then, eh? Well don't count on me bailing your ass out."
He then proceeded to tell her that John Winchester was probably "after demon tail" so that she should look for that. She left soon there after.
A few weeks later...
Jonnie pulled up to the Sweets Motel parking lot. It was a hot day and it had been a long night. She had blood, sweat, dirt and other unidentifiable substances on her clothes. As she walked up to her motel room and fished for her keys in her pocket, A man came out from the room next to hers. He was a tall good looking man, imposing, dark hair, worn face, older...
He looked both ways, as if someone was following. He looked slightly startled when he saw Jonquil. Startled was perhaps, an exaggeration.
"Long night?" He smirked at her.
Her expression was puzzled, and before she could speak, the man walked towards his car, a big black truck.
"Wait! Wait!," she called out to the man. He stopped and looked back. "Wanna go out for dinner tonight?"
He smiled ruefully and shook his head. "Won't be in tonight sweetheart."
"Breakfast?"
He smiled, and got into his truck.
"Lunch? Come on!"
He started the engine. She knew who he was. That smirk, she had seen too many times before to mistake it. She ran up to his truck and pulled herself up to his window. He gave her a warning look.
"Now listen,"-
"You let me in your car and I'll listen, Mr. Winchester. I've come a long way to find you."
"And who are you?"
"Jonquil Salas. All the way from Jersey. I promised your boys I'd find you. Now are you going to let me in or what?"
"I wanna know what love issss DUN DUN DUN I know you can show meeeEEEEEEeee..."
The shower was running and the door of the bathroom was closed. On the table, Sam sat looking things up online.
"SHUT UP DEAN!"
His cry was in vain. Sam rolled his eyes and put on headphones.
On Dean's bed lay his phone. Its buzzing no one heard.
"Hey Dean, it's Jonnie. I hope you get this message in time. I ran into your father. He'll be heading out to Jefferson City out on a hunt. I'm not supposed to tell you this. But I made a promise...He misses you guys. He's real proud of the both of you. You should see the look in his eyes when he talks about you both. Good luck Dean. I hope we can meet again. I think I miss you."
THE END
A/N: Dearest readers and stumblers! We have reached a tentative end to this story. But I get the feeling that there may be a reunion of sorts in the future...Any how, hope you've all enjoyed Jonnie and this story! Feel free to leave any thoughts :] Muchas gracias y buenas noches !
