Okay, so this chapter is a little shorter but the next one will be longer. I promise
Sam and Gracilynn walk down the sidewalk towards Mr. Brennan's store. They pass by a house where a family is walking up the steps and into the house. Gracilynn stops and watches them for a minute. Sam turns around to see why Gracilynn stopped.
"Hey, what are you doing?" he asks, seeing her staring at a house.
"That house…" Gracilynn says. Mr. Brennan looks over at the house, noticing whose it is.
"Yeah, that's John Spinters house," Mr. Brennan says. "He's the county's district attorney."
Gracilynn looks both ways and then begins crossing the street. Sam watches her trying to figure out what she's doing.
"Gracilynn," Sam calls. Gracilynn turns around to see her uncle with his arms out wide, silently asking her what's going on.
"We gotta get dad outta jail. Short of breaking him out, there's not much else we can do," Gracilynn says.
"So, what are you gonna do?" Sam asks.
"Try to convince the guy he attacked not to press charges," Gracilynn says.
"And how are you going to do that?" Sam asks in return. Gracilynn smirks.
"Lie," she answers, turning around and jogging up the steps to the front door.
"All right, let's go," Sam says to Brennan.
Gracilynn reaches the door and turns around to see her uncle and Brennan continue on their way to Mr. Brennan's store. She turns back around and knocks three times, waiting for someone to answer it. John Spinter answers the door and looks up at her, obviously knowing she looks familiar.
"Mr. Spinter?" Gracilynn asks.
"Yeah. Who are you?" he says.
"We need to talk," Gracilynn says, giving the guy her best puppy eyes. Spinter narrows his eyes at her but must have decided she wasn't a threat because he steps to the side and lets her in. Gracilynn follows him in to the living room and takes a seat on the couch. John sits in a chair to her left.
"Okay, so what do we need to talk about?" Mr. Spinter asks.
"Um…about that guy who attacked you earlier," Gracilynn says. She sees Spinter automatically tense up.
"How do you know…Wait a minute. You were there," Spinter says, recognition coming back to him. He stands up ready to make a bolt for it.
"Wait! Just…just wait. I can explain everything," Gracilynn says, holding her hands up in a calming manner. Spinter stops and studies her for a moment. He sits slowly back down in his chair, never taking his eyes off of her.
"Five minutes," Mr. Spinter says. Gracilynn nods her head in understanding.
"Okay, listen, my dad's not usually like that. He doesn't attack random people out on the street," Gracilynn says, earning a scoff from Spinter. "It's just…"
Spinter looks over at Gracilynn and sees she's looking vulnerable and nervous. He knows there is something more to the story, just by this open display from the girl across from him.
"It's just what?" Spinter asks. Gracilynn takes a deep breath, making sure her eyes begin to well up a little.
"A few months ago…I was kidnapped and tortured by this…psycho," Gracilynn begins, bringing on more tears. "It was a few days before they found me. And they never caught the guy even with my description of him."
"Geez," Spinter says, seeing the tears in the girls' eyes.
"Dad hasn't been handling it too well and he's been really protective of me. He thought he saw someone who matched the guys' description and we hid. He jumped out and attacked him only it was you instead," Gracilynn says, letting a tear fall.
"I'm so sorry," Mr. Spinter says, feeling his emotions rise up. He would've done the same thing if it was his daughter.
"He was just trying to protect me. It was a mistake. He stopped once he knew it was you. He would've never attacked if he knew it was you walking by. Please Mr. Spinter. He's all I have left," Gracilynn pleads, letting another tear fall and putting the puppy dog eyes on full force.
"Okay, okay. Don't worry about it. I'll handle all of this. Everything's going to be fine," Spinter says.
"Thank you so much," Gracilynn says, sniffing and wiping her eyes.
"Come on. Let's go fix this," Spinter says, standing up and grabbing his coat. He tells his wife where he's going and he and Gracilynn head out of the house down to the police station.
Gracilynn and Mr. Spinter walk into the jail and up to the cop on duty.
"Stay here," Mr. Spinter says to Gracilynn and she takes a seat in one of the chairs. She watches as Spinter and the cop go to the back room. She looks around, hoping to see her father anywhere.
Ten minutes later, Mr. Spinter and the cop walk back out and they head through another door. Mr. Spinter winks at her before shutting the door behind him. Gracilynn waits, feeling the tension relax a little in her shoulders. She wasn't sure if this was going to work but she was sure glad it did. She hears footsteps and looks up as the door opens again and this time the cop and Spinter are accompanied by her dad. Gracilynn lets a relieved grin appear on her face and she jumps up running to her dad.
"Dad!" Gracilynn yells, giving Dean a big hug. Dean returns the hug, kissing her on the top of her head. He didn't know what had happened just that whatever Gracilynn told Spinter got him out of here. And that it had something to do with protecting her. Gracilynn pulls away from her dad and looks over at Mr. Spinter, giving him a grin.
"Thank you," she says. Spinter returns it with a grin of his own.
"You're welcome. You two take care of each other," Spinter says.
"We will," Gracilynn says, grabbing her dad and leading him out of the police station and down the sidewalk.
"Okay, you mind explaining what the hell all that was back there?" Dean asks, curiosity getting the better of him. Gracilynn looks behind her to make sure no one was around.
"I just told him that I was kidnapped a few months ago and that when the cops got me they didn't catch the guy. Said you thought the guy was following us 'cause he matched the description I gave the cops but when you jumped out to attack him it turned out to be Spinter instead," Gracilynn summarizes. Dean raises an eyebrow. Gracilynn grins proudly.
"It's amazing what a few well-played tears, puppy dog eyes, and playing on one's weaknesses will accomplish," Gracilynn says. Dean chuckles. He didn't like how this life was coming so easy for her but he had to admit it did come in handy sometimes. And he'd rather her be prepared than caught like a deer in headlights. He wraps an arm around Gracilynn's shoulders and gives her a squeeze.
"That's my girl," he says, giving her a proud smile.
Dean, Sam, and Gracilynn are standing by the Impala. Sam had gotten rid of the fairies shortly before Gracilynn and Spinter had arrived at the jail. Dean offers Sam a beer, which he refuses. Dean looks over at his daughter and smiles, offering her one.
"You're gonna let me drink a beer?" Gracilynn asks unbelievably, eyebrows raised in surprised.
"You earned it," Dean says. Gracilynn grins and grabs the beer and Dean grabs one for himself. "So. Here's to the tiniest DA. And the best daughter. At least they're dropping the charges."
"Little big man," Sam says.
"I was wondering something," Dean says.
"Yeah?" Sam asks.
"You think Lucky Charms really could have , you know, soul to sender?" Dean asks. Gracilynn looks over and watches her dad and uncle.
"Come on. It's crazy to think. He did talk a good game though," Sam replies.
"You said no. Why?" Dean asks. Gracilynn looks over at her uncle, watching his reaction.
"It was a deal. When's a deal ever been a good thing?" Sam responds.
"I'm just trying to figure out how it works in there," Dean says, talking about Sam's brain.
"Dude, I do still have all my brain cells. If anything, my brain works better now," Sam says defensively.
"Just making sure that's where your head's at. That you're not having second thoughts about getting your soul back," Dean replies.
"Oh," Sam says.
"You're not, are you?" Dean asks, eyeing his brother.
"No," Sam responds. Gracilynn bites her lip, not sure if she believes her uncle or not. She knew, without a doubt, her dad and herself were not letting her uncle back out of this.
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