Chapter Twelve

"We're just playing, Johnny. Go lay down." Autumn said trying to struggle out of Dean's grip. Again the dog growled.

"Let us up. Fun's over boys." Athena said, Sam quickly obeyed. Autumn and Dean stayed still a moment longer before separating. "See, John. Just goofing off." Athena said grabbing for Sam's hand and holding both her and his, fingers entwined, out to the dog. John sniffed the hands before going back to his corner.

"Get in bed." Autumn said twisting around to a normal sleeping position and pulling the blankets up to her neck. "Night ya'll".

"Excuse me," Dean said looking from Sam and Athena over to Autumn who was still on his bed. "you're in my bed."

"Oh?" Autumn chuckled and rolled over to face Dean. "See, last time I checked…. Athena and I paid for the room. So really, this is my bed." Dean cocked his eyebrow.

"So where am I going to sleep?"

"You'll figure something out." Autumn said rolling back over to her sleeping position.

"Athena!"

"Damn it." Athena quickly let go of Sam's hand. "What'd I do? How'd you find out?"

"Your sister took my bed."

"She paid for it…"

"I don't care!"

"Sleep on the floor." She said smiling.

"But I don't want to sleep on the floor. If I wanted to, I would have been doing that for the past couple nights."

"Dean?" Autumn asked not bothering to open her eyes or roll over.

"What?" Dean was beginning to get annoyed.

"You smell funny. Have you taken a shower yet?" Sam and Athena tried to hold back their laughs.

"No… in fact, I think I'll just go to bed and maybe, just maybe take one in the morning." Dean climbed into his bed and got under the covers so Autumn could get a good whiff of his odor. He smiled as she coughed and ran off towards the living room.

"Good night you cruel bastard." Athena said jokingly to Dean. She turned to Sam who was looking at his brother, embarrassed. "Night, Sam."

"Night." He smiled and she walked off to join her sister. Sam went to bed and before long all the lights were off.

"Autumn?" Athena asked.

"Yeah?" She replied. Athena had woken her sister.

"Where's my pillow?" Autumn laughed.

"Probably in Sam's room, Dean's room, or the hallway. Just feel on the ground, don't wake anyone up though." Athena got out of bed and walked over to the hallway. She got on her hands and knees and began crawling down the hall. She got to Sam's bedroom door. It opened and out walked Sam who tripped over Athena and slammed into Dean's room.

"Sammy?" Dean asked. "Whatcha doin'?" he asked. He seen Athena on her back in the hallway and Sam laying in his doorway.

"Well, I was going to go to the bathroom…" He replied.

"In the hallway?"

"No, Dean. In the bathroom. But Athena was there and I tripped over her."

"Uh huh… Athena, what are you doing?" Athena moaned in pain and sat up.

"I'm looking for my pillow, smart ass." She answered.

"Yeah? Well, I have an extra one right here. Think your sister left it in here. You can come get it if you like." Sam stood up and helped Athena who walked over to Dean grabbed the pillow and smacked Dean in the face. She walked out of his room and shut the door behind her.

"Are you okay?" She asked Sam.

"Yeah, I'm fine. What about you?" he replied.

"Nothing that's going to kill me. I'm okay." Sam nodded. "Okay, um, I'll see you in the morning."

"Okay."

"Sweet Dreams."

"You too." The two went different directions and the motel was quiet the rest of the night.

"Wakey, wakey, rise and shine. Make your bed and then make mine!" the familiar rhyme that had woken her half a million times as a child. Sitting in bed next to her in the fold out bed, with a bowl of cereal, was Athena. "Alarm went off fifteen minutes ago. Dean's in the shower, Sam took John for a walk." Autumn moaned and rolled over on her back to stretch. "Oh, and you snored, really loud last night."

"I did not!"

"Well, it wasn't too loud, I don't think the guy in the room next to ours heard." Athena teased. Autumn growled at her sister, causing Athena to shoot milk out her nose, before bouncing out of bed and grabbing her clothes for the day. She went to the nearest room with a door and closed herself in to change, without paying any attention to whose room it was. She pulled her jeans on over the boxer style underwear and was standing there in the process of pulling her shirt on when Dean walked in.

"SHIT!"

"AUTUMN!"

"Yea, that would be me." she said turning around. She'd managed to get her shirt up but her fingers were shaking and she couldn't tie the halter top on.

"Here." he, with a towel wrapped around his waist strode over to her and tied the strings for her. "There." she turned around slowly.

"Thanks."

"Not a problem." he grinned.

"Yea, well…"

"Your sister is going to be back here in a minute you should get out." Dean filled in.

"Thanks." he just shook his head and watched her walk out.

"Is John back from walking Sam?" Autumn asked coming back into the living room where her sister was folding their bed back in.

"Sam is walking John." Athena corrected.