Lol yes I updated twice and with in and hour of each other… but only because it started out as one chapter and it was almost 9 pages on word, I thought that was to much so I broke it up into two chapters and added some on the last one. But I am glad you liked them! I have no idea how much longer this story is going to be, but it is most likely going to be longer then the first one considering that I haven't even gotten to the plot point yet, or at least not all the way there.
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Chapter 10: The Lights
(Annie's POV)
I woke up the next morning wrapped in Dean's arms. I smiled at him and just kind of stared for a minute. I had never really looked at him while he was sleeping before, and he just looked so peaceful, and so adorable at that, that I couldn't help myself.
"I love you." I whispered very softly not knowing if he could hear it. After I said it though, he pulled me closer. I smiled again, just finding happiness in this kind of beautiful simplicity was something I never though possible. But now I had it, and I would never let go.
A few minutes later he woke up, his eyes immediately met mine and he smiled.
"Good morning." I whispered.
"Right back at you." He replied groggily. "I don't want to move." He told me.
"Neither do I, let's just stay like this forever and ever." I said as I rested my head on his chest.
"K Deal." He said before kissing the top of my head. "Hey Annie?" He asked. I looked up at him.
"Yea Dean…" I replied. He smiled at me again.
"I love you." He said quietly. For some reason it made me blush, which was strange considering we had been telling each other this for weeks.
"I love you to." I told him.
A couple minutes later, our stomachs decided to tell us that we couldn't just stay like that forever. So we went downstairs but before we made it into the kitchen, something caught our eye in the living room.
Sam and Gabi were cuddled together on the couch, fast asleep, and still in there clothes from the night before.
"Shh… we don't want to wake them up." I whispered. He looked at them and laughed.
"Like hell we don't." He said laughing. I just stared at him. He gave me this mean look and went over to them. "Good morning Sammy."
I swear Sam and Gabi jumped like ten feet in the air when Dean yelled that in their ears. It was mean but I couldn't help but laugh.
"Dean, what the hell…" Sam said. Gabi squinted and looked around.
"What time is it…"She said groggily.
"About ten." I answered. She pouted and slammed her head back into the couch.
"Wake me up in two hours and not a minute before." She said. I laughed at her.
"Yea wake us up in two hours." Sam said before lying back down.
"No can do Sam. I have some business to discuss with you, upstairs now." Dean told him.
Hey wait… I didn't know about this business that needed to be discussed. Some one had some explaining to do.
"What kind of business?" Sam whined.
"Our kind. Now get up." Dean ordered. Sam reluctantly stood up and the two brothers walked up stairs. Gabi quickly got used to having the couch to herself and took up the entire space. Me on the other hand, was not to happy about not knowing this business the boys were discussing. So, I did what I loved to do the most.
I spied.
They had gone into the guest room. Yes, perfect. That door didn't shut all the way. I kneeled down on the side and listened to what they were saying.
"Dad called last night Sam." I heard Dean say.
"What? When?" Sam asked.
"Well he actually called this morning about two. There is a case in New Mexico that he wants our help with." Dean said.
"Ok then we will pack up and leave tomorrow, you me and Annie." Sam said. I heard Dean sigh loudly.
"It may just be you and me." Dean told him. Ok, now I was getting mad.
"What? But we are a team now remember? I mean think about how much faster things have gotten done since she was with us. What used to take us a week is not just taking us two days! And she is your girlfriend! We can't just leave her here!" Sam told him.
Major points for Sam right now. At the moment I liked him way more then I liked Dean.
"I don't want to leave her! But what he needs us to deal with is something she doesn't need to deal with. It could kill her Sam, not necessarily in the 'death sentence' way either. But more like in the emotional way." Dean said.
Ok I was confused. Apparently so was Sam.
"Ok what?" Sam asked.
"Annie had this theory, that the things we hunted were hunting her as well because the Enchantress that cursed her was making them because she wanted her dead. I called dad and asked him to check up on it. She is right Sam, and what this bitch has done now if worse then anything. If Annie found out, then she would be devastated." Dean said.
"What do you mean?" Sam replied.
"This Enchantress has brought back Annie's mother's spirit and is using it to try and get to Annie." Dean said.
I stopped breathing for a minute.
"Wait, so this Enchantress has brought Annie's real mom back as a ghost and is controlling to do whatever she wants…" Sam said.
"Yes, and we both know that just walking among us some ghosts can look normal. Until of course you try and punch them and your hand goes straight through there head. But to the normal eye, they look like people. If Annie saw her mom and then her mother tried to kill her, she would never be the same." Dean told him.
I could feel myself shaking.
"This can't be happening, this isn't real." I whispered to myself. Apparently too loudly.
"Who is…" Sam started as he opened the door. He looked down and saw me. I looked back up at him, my eyes wide with fear. Not really because I was caught, but because of what was happening.
Dean quickly followed him and saw me. His face turned into one of anger that I had never seen. He went back into the room, then to the adjoining bathroom and slammed the door. Sam came out and sat beside me.
"You heard?" He asked, or more like stated.
"Every word." I replied. My voice was cold, like ice. But my temper was hot and ready to be thrown. "This can't be happening. Not when everything was going so well."
"This is what we do Annie, I mean what has happened to you over the past two months is kind of completely unfair in that sense but we have to fight this thing." He said.
"I can't believe him." I whispered.
"Who Dean?" He asked.
"Who in the hell does he think he is? Just leaving me here. What was he going to leave a note saying 'Hey went off to get rid of your mother's ghost, call you when I get the time?' And just abandon me?" I wanted to scream and hit something. But instead, I started to cry. "I don't want to be abandoned again."
"Hey, what do you mean again?" Sam said.
"First my real mom, then my adoptive mom, then my adoptive dad when I got to be to much of a teenager for him to handle, then Gabi when she went to school, and now him." The tears came out now. I hated this. "What if something happens and he doesn't come back? What if he gets hurt? Or what if his whole single way of living gets back into him and he decides he doesn't want to come back… and what if he gets himself killed, and I don't get to say goodbye?"
Sam looked at me and hugged me.
"I think this is something you need to talk to him about." He told me. I pulled away and just looked at him.
"And since when has talking to Dean ever done anyone a damn bit of good?" I asked. "When he sets his mind on something that is how it is. We both know that Sam."
I stood up, walked to my room, slammed the door and collapsed on my bed. Once my head hit the pillow I remembered Deans words from this morning.
"Hey Annie?" He asked.
"Yea Dean…" I replied.
"I love you." He said quietly.
I buried my head into my pillow and screamed as loud and as long as I could before becoming completely hoarse and dizzy, then I just cried.
I cried for my mother, and my dad, and myself, and Dean.
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(Dean's POV)
I loved the girl, but I swear she was so good at getting to the bottom of everything that sometimes it worried me. I hadn't wanted her to know about the case, I just wanted to go to New Mexico, get rid of the problem and come back and get her.
She shouldn't have to deal with something like this. If her own mother was going to try and kill her she may not be able to fight back.
And I didn't want to lose her.
I was so mad at this whole situation. So I locked myself in the bathroom to think and get it all out of my head. But of course, Sam wouldn't let me do that.
He loudly knocked on the door.
"Dean I need to talk to you!" He yelled.
"Go away." I said.
"K you're acting like a kid, stop it." He replied.
"Is she gone?" I asked.
"Yes she is gone, probably in her room cursing your existence but she is gone." He told me. I reluctantly opened the door.
"Fine what is it." I said as I walked out of the bathroom.
"Go talk to her." He said. I looked at him.
"No." I replied.
"Dean, we both know her well enough to know that if someone doesn't go talk her down she is going to do something to try and prove us wrong about her. Something that could end up hurting her." Sam said.
He was right. Annie did that. Like when she ran away in San Francisco and got possessed. On the road there were tons of times, just little dumb jokes and dares, but she always tried to surprise us. No matter what the situation.
"I'm to mad to talk to her." I simply stated.
"You know what get over it!" He yelled. I was so taken back by his sudden rage.
"What's your deal Sam?" I yelled back.
"There is a girl down the hall who loves you and is scared of so much right now. And do you want to know what she is most afraid of out of this whole situation?" Sam said.
"What?" I asked.
"She is afraid of you abandoning her." He told me. I couldn't believe that.
"Why would she even think that?" I asked, a little scared myself.
"I don't know, why don't you go ask her." He said before walking out of the room.
Ok so Sam was right. I needed to talk to her before she did something. So instead of being arrogant, like I was so good at, I walked down the hall and into her room.
She was lying on her bed, facing the other direction. I could see her shaking from where I was standing.
"Annie…"I whispered She didn't move.
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(Annie's POV)
I heard him. And I didn't plan on being nice.
"Annie I just wanted to…" But I cut him off.
"What, wanted to tell me bye before you just left." I retorted, not even really thinking about it. I heard him sigh and start to walk over. "Save it Dean. If all you have to say is goodbye then I don't want to hear it. In fact if you leave me here, don't bother coming back."
I was holding it all in. My body was shaking really hard because I was denying it the right to cry. He didn't stop, but he came to me, sat down and put his hand on my shoulder.
I stopped breathing for a second.
"Annie I'm sorry." He whispered. I slowly turned to face him. I saw actual pain in his eyes. Then I couldn't deny my body the right to cry anymore and I broke.
He tried to gather me into his arms but I started hitting him. I didn't even think about but I just did. His grip on my arms tightened as he pulled me closer to him. Once I was so tight against his chest that I couldn't move, I relaxed in his arms.
"Don't leave me, please." I whispered into his shoulder. "Please…"
"I'm not going anywhere with out you baby." He whispered back. I could have sworn I felt tears falling onto my head.
After we both calmed down, we actually talked about the situation.
"I didn't want you to get hurt, and I was afraid that if you saw your mother's ghost and she tried to hurt you, you wouldn't take it to well." He told me. "And I wouldn't be able to stand seeing you in that position."
"I get it, but you were just going to leave with out saying anything. How am I supposed to feel about that Dean?" I asked. He sighed.
"I didn't want to, but I didn't see any other way." He said.
"Well now that we have all of that out of the way, when are we leaving?" I asked.
"I am not going to be able to make you stay am I?" He asked.
"Nope, you can't get rid of me that easily Winchester." I said smiling a little.
"Probably tomorrow afternoon." He said. I nodded.
"I guess I need to go say goodbye to my dad, and tell Gabi… Oh no… what about Gabi and Sam?" I asked.
He shrugged. "They will figure something out."
I shrugged to and rested my head against his chest. "Hey Dean…" I said.
"Yea babe," He replied.
"I love you." I told him.
"I love you too." He said.