Chapter 11
Abbie eventually had her turn driving Deans baby, and
he was grudgingly pleased with her skills, however it sucked to admit
that!
After 6 hours driving, they found a decent motel and Dean
went in search of food. They had driven through Colorado and were now
on the outskirts of Sam and Deans home state of Kansas.
Queen
of Reception was actually nice this time, a middleaged lady who had a
kind homely face. Still not enough rooms though... so they were
again stuck with a queensize bed and the sofa, but at least the sofa
looked comfy in this room! It was agreed by a... small on their
scale of things type fight. Abbie didnt mind sharing the bed but
Dean did... it was eventually settled by a childish game of
scissor paper stone... Sam lost, he was on the sofa, but Sam
wasnt bothered. As long as his bro and sis got a good nights sleep.
What did it matter? He never slept more than 2 hours a night
anyway.
Abbie was flicking through the tv channels and came
accross Bones. "God he is FINE!" said Abbie, with a
dramatic sigh for effect.
Sam looked up from the laptop. Smiling,
he asked "Who?"
"David Boreanaz Sammy... was in
Angel and Buffy too..."
"awww yeah I know. You into
him huh?" said Sam
"Hell yes!"
Sam
laughed and got back to his laptop work. After a short pause, Abbie
settled on Bones and stretched back on the bed.
"Tell me to
mind my own, but do you and Dean have girlfriends?"
Sam
looked up slowly.
"Well, no. We dont at the moment"
"Me
either. Boyfriend that is" Abbie said giggling.
Sam looked
uncomfortable, but also sad...
"I dont know how either of
you are single, your both great looking even if you are my brothers!
Proud to say so!"
"Thanks sweety" laughed Sam
"Proud to have such a pretty thing as our Sis too!"
It
went quiet for a minute.
"Sam? Whos Jess?"
Sam
looked up from the screen again, quickly this time. Turned to look at
Abbie.
"Why you asking hon?"
"well, sometimes
during the night I hear you call her name out while your
sleeping"
"Jesus, so i do actually sleep then" Sam
laughed sadly.
"Jess is...was... my last girlfriend.
She was heaven and earth for me. The moon and the stars. She was
home. I loved her so much"
He looked so very sad as he spoke.
"Why did you break up?" asked Abbie
A pause, and a
big sigh from Sam.
"We didnt. She died."
Abbie was
shocked to the core, and equally apalled at her nosiness causing her
brother pain.
"Oh
my God Sammy. Im so sorry!"
"Sok, you didnt know did
you?"
Abbie walked around to Sam and sat on the chair next to
him.
"How? if you dont mind me asking?" she asked.
"Well theres the thing. She died the same way our Mom died.
On the ceiling, burning and bleeding"
Sams voice broke on
this last word. Abbie was gutted for him. She took his hand in hers,
rubbed it automatically.
"Sam. I dont know what to
say."
"Theres nothing to say is there? I still cant
quite believe shes gone. That I wont see her beautiful smile again"
Sam was openely weeping now. Abbie stood up and pulled him to
her, resting his head on her shoulder.
"Let it out Sammy.
Its ok."
Sams frame shook with the force of his silent
sobs. Tears rolled down Abbies cheeks too.
She
stroked his hair, and rocked him gently like a child, saying nothing.
Eventually his sobs stopped, turned to sniffles. He needed this
release. And it was easier to let it go at last to someone who was a
virtual stranger. Sam lifted up from Abbie.
Smiling, he said "hey
sis, im sorry i made you cry too!"
Abbie laughed through her
tears. "A gal needs to cry every once in a while!"
They
both laughed.
"Thanks Abbie. For not butting in, for letting
me go. I needed that"
"Im always here Sammy. I mean
that."
He hugged her hard.
"So baby Sis. You seeing
anyone then?"
"Nope. I had my one and only broken heart
at 16. Swore then that it would never happen again. That id never
give that much of myself to another person so that it feels like a
physical pain when they leave you"
"Jeez. Strong words
from someone so young"
"Yep. And ive been true to
myself. But... I scratch the itch when the itch needs
scratching ya know!" Abbie said laughing.
Sam raised his
eyebrows and laughed along with her.
"God you are so like
Dean its weird!"
After
chatting more about general things, Abbie asked about Deans
lovelife. Sam was cagey at first, then told her about Cassie. It
sounded like a painful breakup. She made a mental note to be nicer to
her eldest brother.
Until he opened the motel room door and backed
in, holding bags of take out food and dropping a can of Coke on the
floor... and giving it to Abbie. "There ya go Sis, a nice
cold can of soda for ya!"
"Thanks Dean" said
Abbie, popping the top... and getting covered in
the spray of it erupting from the opening. She heard the giggles of a
schoolboy coming from Dean.
She stood there. Hair, clothes and
face dripping.
"DEAN! you
bastard!" screamed Abbie.
Cue schoolboy
giggles turning into childish
hysterics...
