Just for Fun - Oblivious Changes (A J2 Story)

by Dgray3994

So, what happens when life throws you a curve ball? Like say, stranded on the highway with Jared Padalecki and Jensen Ackles? This story is pure fiction but can you imagine how much life could change from one little encounter? We're all made up of small oblivious changes that one day turn your life upside down.

37. The Secret Side of Me

The secret side of me, I never let you see – Jared

Cari looked up at me, her blue eyes bright against pale skin as the words Jensen whispered sunk in. She was breathing hard, her lips moving as if she were trying to form the words, and then she sat back, the tears started to flow and that was when I moved. I had been standing against the counter, my arms crossed as Jensen explained everything, but when I saw the tears, I wasn't being a bystander anymore.

I knelt in front of her, like I had done when the airplane reports started to flash across the screen. I became her wall, her block against everything and I put my hands down on her thighs, the weight of them trying to ground her as her hands came up to cover her mouth.

The events that lead up to this point are probably moot considering that both of us were there, but we had to explain it to her, had to let her in on what happened on set.

I watched Jensen's eyes go wide when Alexis didn't move, when she switched her face to brush the other side of his and I just knew this was going to be bad. She backed away, looked down at him and suddenly his lips went slack and he stared up at her like he was going to wrap his hands around her throat, if they hadn't been tied behind the chair and when she moved… Christ, when she moved, she was smiling.

Jen never even bothered to struggled to get out after that, he just kind of sat there for a while and waited until the fire burned down before he looked up, locking me in a stare. I moved over to him slowly, probably with as much confusion written on my face as I felt through my body and I dipped down behind him to remove the ropes.

"Don't," he told me, it was the only word, he said but he clenched his fist and closed his eyes when I looked up at him.

"Talk to me." I whispered, but he shook my head.

"Not yet." Was all he replied and I stepped back, waiting for him to breath it out, because he needed to or he was going to explode. You don't just live with someone twenty-four/seven and not recognize the signs of impending doom, no matter how well they cover it up.

"Do you want me to get Cari?"

"No," it was only a whisper, "no, not yet. She's with Misha, she's safe."

Okay, what the fuck? Because as much as he loved Misha, he still has never admitted that he was comfortable with them being together. Not that he wasn't, he was always just… overprotective. He always wanted her closer than that, closer than "safe with Misha". I sighed, looking down at my brother and shook my head.

I had to do something. What the hell was going on?

"Okay, wait right here, I'll be back." I watched as he stared at the spot just in front of him but never bothered to move.

Shaking my head, I dug out my phone, sent a quick text to Mish, telling him to take her back to the trailer when they were done and we would meet them there, before I stepped up to Trevor and smiled at the man with the headphones on.

"Hey Jared, what's up?" He smiled and I tried to give him the best grin possible as if nothing was wrong but then I sighed.

"So, strange question, was your back-up audio on after recording?" the man thought for a moment, kind of wondered what the hell I was asking for but slid over to the recorders just down the way and checked the time stamp.

"Looks like it, why you need something?"

"Yeah, can you replay what was going on after they yelled cut?" I smiled, "Jensen thinks he might have screwed something up, like said Alexis name instead of her character."

"Yeah, sure." Trevor handed me the headset, rolled the recording back, well not really rolled since it was digital and let me hear it play and I felt the blood run from my face. "Everything cool?"

"Yeah, um…" I didn't know what to say, "can you make a recording of it before you erase? I mean so Jackles can hear it. Sometimes he thinks I'm lying."

Trevor just nodded, made a quick recording, slipped me the SD card and I was out the door and back to Jen. What the fuck was going on? I realized now why he hadn't wanted to move but man, I needed to get to Cari now, to hell with her being "safe with Misha".

I moved back behind Jensen, despite his protests and untied him before he could say anything else. Grabbing his arm, I pulled him up from the chair and then cupped his face between my hands, making him look at me.

"I got her, okay?" I whispered, staring him straight in the eyes, as he slowly nodded. "She doesn't think I'm involved, Jen, so listen, I got her."

"You're gonna get fired," he said softly, not like a man defeated, but like he was trying to keep some sort of secret.

"Pfft, like they're going to fire me after more than a dozen years, come on Jen, we've done pranks that cost this place money, what I wanna do is only going to look like a "Bad Day at Blackrock." I watched as he slowly came to, slowly nodded as he patted me on the arm.

"Let go of my face, dude, unless you plan on kissing me too." He joked but man, he wasn't even cracking a smile. I let him go as fast as I cool and smiled as we both stepped back, a little put off before he and I turned and walked off set. "So, do I even want to know your plan?"

"Probably not, this will be something that may or may not cost me some money, but hey, I heard what she said and there is no way she can get away with that." I took a deep breath, grabbed our coats, shoved his at him and the two of us headed out to the safety of our trailer. Once locked behind closed doors, I grabbed my phone.

HOW'S THE PAIN IN THE ASS? I texted Misha because the only thing that Jensen seemed to be doing was pacing.

MC: I THINK SHE'S ON TOO MUCH CAFFEINE OR SOME ADDERALL, NOT SURE WHO GAVE HER WHAT, BUT SHE'S BOUNCING OFF THE WALLS.

GIVE HER SOMETHING TO DO. I laughed, which got Jensen to come over, which was when I showed him the screen. His lips twitched up in a smile but he went back to pacing.

MC: YEAH, UNFORTUNATELY, THAT IS NOT AN OPTION, AND EW, DID YOU KNOW THAT JENSEN LITERALLY TONGUE FUCKED HER WHEN I ASKED HIM TO GIVE HER A KISS GOODNIGHT FOR ME. THAT IS NOT HOW I WOULD HAVE DONE IT. FUCKING GROSS!

I laughed really loud this time and shook my head. WHEN ARE THE TWO OF YOU DONE?"

MC: ONE MORE SCENE IF SHE CAN EVER GET HER LINES RIGHT.

I THINK HER AND J ARE ON THE SAME PAGE, TOOK HIM FOREVER, BUT TELL HER WE HAVE CHOCOLATE CAKE AND TEQUILA, IT MIGHT HELP.

MC: YOU'RE SERIOUSLY GOING TO GIVE HER SUGAR AND ALCOHOL?

MIGHT, BUT MIGHT NOT. BUT IT WILL GET HER ASS MOVING.

MC: OH, TRUST ME, RIGHT NOW HER ASS IS MOVING PLENTY.

There was silence from the man for just a few moments before a video popped through and all you could do was see her dancing in the trailer as he turned the phone on him to let us see him shaking his head before he turned it back on her. She had earbuds in and whatever she was listening to had her moving.

"Hey, Jen, come here," I laughed, again, and turned the screen so he could see it. The smile that crossed his face was perfect, so perfect in fact, that he stole my phone just to watch it again. I held out my hand and watched as he blindly handed me his. Rolling my eyes I text Misha on Jensen's phone.

JA: CARI, GIVE YOUR PHONE TO MISHA.

CG: ALREADY HAVE IT.

JA: JENSEN TOOK MY PHONE SO HE COULD WATCH HER DANCE.

CG: WELL IN THAT CASE, I SHOULD SEND HIM A VIDEO ON THIS ONE. HOLD ON, THEN YOU CAN SWITCH IT BACK.

JA: GOOD IDEA.

Again, I waited in the silence before a video text popped through and I smiled as I watched her dancing to a different beat, this time a little more slow, and a little bit more sexy. Snatching my phone from Jensen, I handed him his own and watched as his eyes grew large, before he took it and walked back over to the couch. This was him knowing she was safe, watching as if she didn't have a care in the world and that was what he wanted.

MISSION ACCOMPLISHED.

MC: GOOD, IT WAS GETTING KIND OF WEIRD.

DON'T TELL ME THAT YOU'RE FREAKED OUT OVER THE KISS?

MC: GREAT DETAIL WAS PUT INTO THE TELLING OF THAT KISS, JAR, NOT AN IMAGE I WANT STUCK IN MY HEAD, THANK YOU VERY MUCH, IN FACT IF WE COULD NOT SPEAK OF IT AGAIN, THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL WITH THE NAUSEA.

I watched as Jensen smiled, which wasn't odd for him at all but the way his eyes lit up on the screen, I knew something had to be done and soon because this thing with Alexis was all I could think about. She was hurting two of the people that I cared about and it was really starting to piss me off.

HEY, MISH, DO YOU HAVE SCENES WITH ALEXIS?

MC: YEAH TOMORROW. I THINK THE LAST SCENE OF THE ONES YOU'RE DOING TODAY IS WHEN I POP IN. WHAT ARE YOU THINKING?

YOU'RE NOT GOING TO LIKE IT.

MC: I RARELY DO WHEN IT HAS SOMETHING TO DO WITH YOU, BUT ITS FOR HER SO, I'LL GRIN AND BARE IT.

LET ME GET THROUGH THE NEXT SCENE AND I'LL KNOW MORE ABOUT HOW WE SHOULD HANDLE THINGS.

MC: OKAY, WE'RE BEING CALLED BACK TO SET ANYWAY. TINY DANCER SAYS TO SAY HELLO, BUT I STILL HAVE HER PHONE BECAUSE OF YOUR RAMPID PHALLIC MESSAGES.

KEEP HER CLOSE.

MC: ALWAYS.

I set down the phone and cleared my throat as I went to the fridge.

"Jen, we have to go back." I spoke softly, not knowing what kind of reaction I was going to get from the man, but he looked up slowly, his eyes were full of life as he took them from the phone, but the knowledge that he had to see her again made them dark and hard. "Keep that anger, you're going to need it."

Jensen stood, slipped his phone in his pocket and moved towards the door, stopping to stand beside me but the only thing I caught was him blinking for a long moment before he turned to face me.

"Fair warning, Jay," I had never heard his voice as low as it was at that moment, not volume wise, but just angry and ready to rip heads, "she so much as threatens to touch her, and I will break every finger twice."

"Jensen," I snapped, trying to break him out of it, "she's safe, she's with Misha." I saw him take a deep breath as he looked ahead, no longer seeing the room before him, no longer seeing anything but read and I placed a hand on his shoulder. "Hey, you with me?"

"She…" he tried to stop the trembling I felt go through every muscle in his body and his jaw clenched. "she needs to be here, I can't take her being so far away."

"She's safe," I repeated and his head whipped around to stare at me, "and do you really think it will do her any good to see you like this? Think about how she was the other night when she freaked out on us, you think this is going to be better?"

"What?" he was taken back by the thought of it, and the memories filled his eyes, his brows creased together in worry and suddenly he was clearing his throat and unclenching his fists. Yeah, Jen got it, finally, he got it. "No, I can't have her worrying about this, I can't. Just make sure she stays far away from that bitch as she can, tell Misha. I can't text him. Hell if I texted, he'd have her on the first plane to Austin."

"Austin?" I grinned, "really?"

"Yep and her kids would be packed up by sundown and headed towards the airport." He slowly started to smile at the prospect of Cari and her kids at his place and I licked my lips because that thought alone made everything else go completely south. "That girl would be so tied up, she wouldn't know what day it was."

"Yeah," I chuckled, released his shoulder before giving it a pat, "you keep telling yourself that, because at some point, you're going to have to leave the room."

"Oh, no," Jen grinned, like a fucking devil, "no way I'm leaving her to let your skinny ass slip in."

And there went the images of her naked on the bed. I let my head just lull back and closed my eyes before I let out what I thought was a moan, but he slapped me across the stomach pretty hard, making that moan into a huff.

"Let's get to set and get this damn day over with." I heard him growl before I was able to catch my breath and straighten up. Jensen was all smiles now and there seemed to be nothing to erase that from his face, until of course we hit the same set we had just been in, and he laid eyes on Alexis, who was mumbling her own lines to herself. One word passed his lips, one word that was filled with anger and frustration and, well if she hadn't have pissed him off, I would have said I felt pity for her, but was trying to come between a protective man and what was his, so I wasn't sorry for her at all. "Perfect."

You look perfect tonight – Jensen

Back on set. Fucking wonderful. Just shoot me now! I mean really, could Dean just die in this episode, it would make things so much better. You know, die and come back. I wouldn't have to put up with Alexis the fucking… you know what, I'm just going to stop that thought right there.

It was one scene, one scene left, and I got to go back to the trailer and wrap my arms around Cari, maybe more than my legs. You know what, to hell with that, I'm going to take her into the city and we're going to get a hotel room and… Nope, nope, nope, not going to run because some chick decides she wants in on whatever the hell thing she knows nothing about.

I felt Jared behind me, all of this going through my head as I stood in the doorway. Over the sound of my thumping heart I could hear someone's voice, not sure whose, but I know I recognized it, I just couldn't…

"Jackles!" Jared yelled in my ear. I jumped around.

"What?" I snapped and watched the tall man smile at me like he had just pulled the best prank. "Shut up!"

With a deep breath, I moved into the room. I would not be afraid of this, I wouldn't let a woman step on my toes and take over MY house. This was MY house, my haven, my show, well not mine but you know what I mean. Christ, where was Cari, where was Misha.

Grabbing my phone, I sent a quick text out and waited for her to respond before I sat down on the chair that I ultimately would be tied to… again.

DINNER? JUST US? AFTER?

Cari: WHERE ARE WE GONG TO FIND A PLACE THAT DOESN'T KNOW US? YOU KNOW WHAT? DINNER SOUNDS GREAT. ARE YOU ON SET?

I'M ON SET BUT WE HAVEN'T STARTED ANYTHING YET. YOU?

Cari: NECK DEEP IN DEMONS, WELL, WILL BE, THEY'RE DOING A SET RESET BECAUSE HE WHO SHALL NOT BE NAMED… MISHA… CAN'T KEEP HIS LINES STRAIGHT. SOMETHING ABOUT A KISS KEEPS SCREWING HIM UP.

REALLY? YOU TOLD HIM OUT YOUR GOODNIGHT KISS?

Cari: WHAT? EW, NO! I TOLD HIM ABOUT HIS GOODNIGHT KISS, FROM YOU, IN VIVID DETAIL, THOUROUGHLY.

YOU ARE CRUEL, AND I LOVE YOU FOR IT.

Cari: YOU SHOULD HAVE SEEN HIS FACE, MAN IF I KNEW HE WAS GOING TO REACT THAT WAY, I WOULD HAVE VIDEOED IT. OKAY, SWEETS, GOT TO GO, I LOVE YOU.

I LOVE YOU TOO, BE GOOD.

Cari: PFFT, WHO THE HELL DO YOU THINK I AM? JARED. LOL

There was no good way to answer that question, so I just slipped the phone back in my pocket and made sure I locked it this time as I sat down in the chair and let them tie my hands behind my back. My eyes locked on Jared as I swallowed, seeing the door open and Alexis walk in with that smug smile on her face, but that was when I saw Jared move towards her. He looked at me, thank God he looked at me because it was just long enough for me to narrow my eyes and shake my head.

He couldn't confront her, not with me tied up, Jesus what the hell was he thinking? But he gave me his best "Sam" face, like the one that he does when he kind of questions Dean's motives and then stepped back, getting himself into place. I let my eyes go cold, thought back to what she said before, wanting nothing but to hit the bitch, and I don't hit women, hell I have a hard time just yelling at the kids but this one, oh she deserved it.

"You ready Cowboy?" Alexis questioned as she stood before me and I slowly looked up at her, but didn't say a word. We were known for our joking hospitality on set, making everyone feel at home, so how was I supposed to get past this without ringing her neck?

"Yeah, I'm getting into character." Was the stupidest thing I could come up with. Fuck me, I am so screwed. I closed my eyes, thought of Cari, of her kisses, of her skin, of that wild way that she smirked when she was in character, and the sexy way she moved to back it up. Yeah, she was a great distraction, more so than I thought since I hadn't even heard them yell "action." Not until the weight of the woman on my lap registered and my eyes focused on the confused face before me. "Are you okay, Jensen?"

"Um," I cleared my throat, not that I could adjust myself much in the chair but I nodded, "yeah, sure, I just…" I glanced at Jared who was looking at me like I had four freaking heads and then glanced out into the lights. "Ah, line?"

"You sure you're okay?" Jared asked, playing along, "I really think you might have hit your head."

"Dude," I snapped, looking up at him, "can we just go?"

"Yeah," he answered and nodded, moving back to his spot, and we both looked at the cameras.

"Lock it down!" One of the voices behind the lights yelled and I looked up at Alexis, picturing, I don't know, some sort of demon, a really, really ugly MoFo… with horns, and buckteeth, maybe a few missing. Some moles with a few hairs growing out of them.

"JENSEN!" Jared screamed again, which made me look past Alexis the best I could. "Any day now!"

"Right," I gave him a quick nod.

ROLLING!

"Nic?" I stated, deeping my voice to "Dean" level, "you really think I'm going to hand you Nicci?"

"Hand her to me, tell me where she is, it really doesn't matter, all I want is for you to call her and I know she'll come to save you," Alexis smiled as her fingers ran across my jaw, the other hand still yanking my hair. "She has a thing for you. You know that right, you can see it in her eyes."

"What makes you think I can call her? That she is even listening?" I questioned and shook my head. "right about now, she'd rather kill Sam than save him and I'm pretty positive I'm not on her best friend's list either, so why don't you just give up this little Black Parade you're planning and let me go."

"You're not going to convince me, Dean," Alexis laughed and moved off my lap. Thank God, I was almost set to hurl. I needed her as far away from me as possible, "I know what you want, deep down inside, I know what you long for and you have a monster kink, just like I have a Winchester one."

"Hey, screw you, lady!" I snapped as I fought with the ropes, just as I saw Jared stand. Sam to the rescue, well, kind of. Alexis spun and Jared was pushed up against the wall, throat being choked, something that Jared kind of got a little bit of a kick out of. "SAM!"

"Now, you can either tell me where your little play-toy is, or I can kill your brother." She smiled widely and I stared down at Jared for just a second before…

CUT!

But before my hands were untied, Alexis moved just a little closer and leaned down by my ear again. I was so done being tied up, so really freaking done. I set my jaw, waited for the words, closed my eyes as I held in the anger and swallowed as she breathed against my cheek.

"Tomorrow. First scene." She grinned, "You have until then to tell me your answer or I go to your wife, and I expose it all."

With that she backed away, gave me a wink and turned. Jared towered over her but she did nothing but smile, not intimidated at all, pat him on the stomach and walk by. I clenched my fist and struggled with the ropes.

"Get these off of me so I can squeeze my fingers around her throat!" I snapped, growling under my breath but Jared only loosened them before I felt him close enough to whisper.

"You can't kill the guest stars." Was that a giggle? Did Jared seriously just giggle?

"Just get me out of these!" I huffed and felt them finally release before I stood and turned to him. "We have to tell Cari, Jay, we have to tell her everything!"

"So," he said raising a brow as he held up the phone and a text from her that said: WE'RE BACK. "Let's go tell her."

She took a deep breath through those hands that covered her mouth and looked down at Jared, who was kneeling before her, hands on her thighs, and then she quickly placed them over his before she turned her sights on me.

"Um," she started but stopped for a minute as she wiped the tears away. I watched her take a breath, watched the pain drain from her eyes, the fear disappeared and slowly I saw something brewing, just as the edge of her lips curled up and she bit down on her bottom lip. "First scene, tomorrow?"

"Yeah, she was pretty specific," Jared said softly, he was always so good with her. Her eyes came up to fix on mine, and my heart skipped. The darkness in them set me on fire, and oh, man did I know what was coming next. I was pissed but that look in her eyes only told me one thing.

"I have an idea."

And the smile crept up on my lips because I knew this was going to be good.