Hey everyone! Well this update may be my last until Saturday or Sunday. I am going out of town tomorrow night and I may not be able to update tomorrow afternoon but I will try!
Chapter 5: The Problem
"Be careful." Dean told me before I got out of the car.
"Don't worry babe, we got this." I told him before opening the door.
"Annie I'm serious. No stunts just stick to the plan." He said seriously. I rolled my eyes, climbed back into the car and kissed him lightly on the cheek.
"You worry too much." I told him. "Gabi and I have so got this."
"Gabi are you sure? You have never done anything like this before, and you just got hurt earlier today. Annie could go by herself." Sam said. Geez since when he become so worried about my cousin?
Gabi just laughed. "Don't worry about me buddy, I'll be fine." She flashed him one of her infamous cheesy smiles and crawled out of the car. I know I saw Sam smile. So did Dean.
"Does Sammy have a little bit of a crush?" Dean teased.
"Shut up." Sam said quietly. I smiled and climbed out of the car and stood next to Gabi.
"Ok, let's do this thing." She said. We both sighed and walked to the door. Strangely, the window was back in tact, and when we walked inside, the house was back to normal.
"Woah…" Gabi said.
"Shh!" I snapped. I pulled out the EMF detector which the guys had let me borrow. It went off immediately. "He's here."
"Derek?" I said. I felt a breeze brush past me. "Derek its Annie and Gabi… from high school? Remember us?" The breeze got stronger. I tried to think of something to say, something that might get him to tell us it was him.
"Look, I know what happened to you in school wasn't the best thing. People were mean and cruel and Gabi and I didn't do much to stop it…" The breeze turned into a strong wind. I reached over and grabbed Gabi.
"Look, we are sorry! But you can't keep hurting people! You almost killed my dad! They don't know if he is even going to make it because of you!" I screamed, losing control and forgetting to be nice to the evil spirit that could kill me and my cousin at any moment. The wind just grew stronger.
"You know, if you wanted us to accept you and give you a chance, killing my uncle really wasn't the best way to go about it!" Gabi screamed. Suddenly the wind stopped. It was silent, save for the EMF reader beeping. Then, a rose fell from out of no where.
It hit the ground with a silent thud. We just stared for a minute before I leaned down to pick it up. There was a tag on it.
'I could have loved you. You broke my heart. You killed me. So I will make you wish you were dead.' It read.
"Gabs…" I said.
"Yea?" She asked, a little terrified.
"Run." I said. Which we both did. Then the wind started again. It was so strong and it pushed against the door, making it extremely hard to open.
I pulled and pulled, with Gabi helping me. The door would open a little but then be forced shut again.
"Help!" We both screamed. The wind also made it hard to breathe. It pressed against our lungs and when we would try to inhale, it was to much to handle. My throat hurt and my lungs felt like they would explode, and I knew that unless we came up with a plan soon, we would be goners.
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(Deans POV)
"Haven't they been in there long enough?" I said absent mindedly.
"Dean chill they are going to be fine. Annie is smart and strong and knows what she is doing and Gabi well…" He trailed off.
"Oh, what is Gabi Sam?" I asked, teasing him some. He turned a little bit red.
"She's… smart and she's…umm… well quick?" He said. I laughed at him.
"Like I said, Sammy has a crush." I joked.
"I do not. Plus even if I did end up feeling something for her, I don't know if I could ever stop loving Jess." He told me. Ok, now it must be time to get serious and be a supportive big brother…
"Look Sam, I know you loved her, but you can't just close your heart when you think something good might come your way. Do you really think she would want you to not love anymore?" I told him, turning this whole moment into something I really didn't want to turn it into.
"You're right, but I just don't know…" He told me.
"Well you better figure it out soon or else you are going to live a pretty lonely life." I told him. "I mean your always going to have me and dad and stuff, but it isn't the same."
I heard him sigh, then I looked at the house and saw the door.
"Sam did you see that?" I asked, referring to the door that was slightly opening and then slamming back shut over and over again. Sam looked at me urgently.
"Let's go." He said. We both jumped out of the car and ran to the house. It took us a couple tries to get to door open, but once we did, we were almost blown back by the wind. I immediately got down and crawled to where Gabi and Annie were huddled in the corner, screaming out a plan to get out of there. Sam followed me. Suddenly Gabi started coughing really hard. We knew it was because she couldn't breathe. Not long after, Annie started doing the same. I looked over at Sam and nodded. We both knew that we had to get them and us out of there. Annie was clutched a rose in her hand and the thorns had made her bleed. We made our way closer to them. I pulled Annie close to me and Sam did the same with Gabi and we all somehow helped each other out of the house and into the car.
We were all breathing hard, the girls especially.
"Annie? Babe are you ok?" I asked as I took her tiny wrist into my hand. The thorn had cut pretty deeply into her palm so when she tried to release it she winced in pain. "Damn Annie what were you trying to hold onto this so hard for?" I asked as I removed the rose from her hand.
"The note…" She whispered. I looked back down at the rose and saw a tag on it. I read it to myself then looked back up at her. "It's definitely him."
"Then let's torch this thing." Sam said from the back seat. With out saying anything I turned on the car and headed for the cemetery.
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(Annie's POV)
So the worst part was over, and since we had torched the grave, then actually the whole thing was over. Now I had to worry about my dad again. And that scared me.
Gabi and I really didn't want to go back to the house. It just felt wrong. So we found an Inn close to the hospital and stayed there.
"Ouch!" I whined as Dean tried to fix my hand. The thorn had actually gotten stuck in there and it hurt like a bitch.
"You have to stay still!" He ordered. I huffed and tried to sit back. Then he yanked at the thorn again and I jumped.
"Oww!" I squealed. He just laughed at me.
"Aww poor baby." He teased. I just pouted.
"Make it stop hurting with out making it hurt worse." I demanded. He laughed harder and leaned in close to my face.
"I'm sorry baby." He told me. I just looked confused, but then he pressed his lips to mine and at the same time yanked the thorn out of my hand. I pulled back and held my hand close to me.
"Nice distraction." I said wincing.
"Hey I try." He said. He took my hand again, cleaned the wound and wrapped it with a bandage.
"There. Finished." He told me smiling. I smiled back and rested my head on his chest.
"Thank you, now I think I need a nap." I told him. Or more like to just sleep, it was almost eleven. I yawned and we both laid down on the bed and I immediately fell asleep in his arms.
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(Gabi's POV)
"Ok, see that right there is exactly what gives people hope at romance, when in all actuality, love like that only happens like once in a million years." I muttered as I collapsed on the bed. I still had a little bit of a head ache, but other then that I was ok.
Dean and Annie had fallen asleep in each others arms in the other bed, which meant unless one of us was sleeping on the floor, that I had to share a bed with someone I didn't even know.
"I wouldn't say only once in a million years, no more then three times, but not just one for sure." Sam said. I smiled at him.
"Truthfully though, I've never seen Annie this happy or at ease with anyone for our entire lives." I told him. He came and sat next to where I was lying.
"Really?" He asked.
"Yea really, I mean in high school and stuff she was really stand-offish. Truth be told she could have had any guy she wanted and she always backed off. Anytime something got to serious she would leave at the drop of a hat." I told him.
"Sounds a lot like Dean." He told me. I laughed a little.
"You want to know the funny thing though?" I said, suddenly feeling like talking.
"Sure." He said.
"Even though she was never committed to anything, I was always so jealous of her." I told him. This must have got his attention.
"Why?" Sam asked me. I turned over and looked up into gorgeous green eyes that I hadn't taken notice of yet.
"Because, she could have anything and everything, but she never took it. She just let it glide by and still always got the best of everything with out even trying. I mean she had guys flooding over her, and I had to actually work at it." I told him. Honestly, I hadn't ever told anyone this. "She is my cousin, and my best friend, but still, it was kind of hard being associated with some one so… perfect I guess. What sucked even worse was that she wasn't happy being that way."
He just looked back at me.
"You want to know what I think?" He asked. I nodded and continued to look into his eyes. "I think that you don't ever need to worry about it. You are sweet and funny and beautiful, and if those guys that you knew at school didn't see that, then they are insane."
I blushed and smiled a little.
"Thanks, now what are we going to do about this sleeping situation?" I asked. He looked around.
"Well, I can take the floor." He told me. I just rolled my eyes.
"Ok please, after what we have both been through today, I think we both deserve to at least get some partial comfort." I told him.
"So what do you want to do?" He asked. I looked at Dean and Annie and sighed.
"Well, since Princess Anastasia and your brother over there are all crashed, then I don't have a problem sharing with you… but no funny business or you might just wake up with missing body parts." I joked. He laughed a little. Then something caught in his head.
"Wait, Anastasia? Is that a nickname or real name?" He asked. I smiled wickedly.
"It's her real name. She hates it, and no one ever calls her that. But it is what is on her birth certificate." I told him. He smiled a little.
"Oh I totally have something on her now." He said. I laughed and got ready for bed.
Truth be told, I could really see myself liking Sam. He was so adorable in every way, and very easy to talk to.
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(Sam's POV)
I could see myself having feelings for Gabi. And it scared me. She was gorgeous and funny and just all around amazing. But I didn't know if I was ready to feel this way for anyone again. And what if I did get myself into this again, and then lost her? I really didn't want to face that again.