part 3
dinner, four bottles of wine and five hours later, the little group was finally getting ready to go, beth the only tipsy one.
"sammy, hold my hand." beth giggled, stumbling out of the booth.
"i am holding your hand, babe." sam said, a tight grip on beth.
after they were all settled into the car, dean had the bright idea of going to a bar. they drove to a nearby bar and they somehow dragged the dazed beth inside and sat her on a barstool.
dean slapped the bar. "shots, and keep 'em coming."
a warm fire flickered in the brick fireplace.
beth, cold in her sleeveless dress, finished her second shot and attempted to stagger over to the fireplace.
"sam, go grab beth." beck groaned, doing another shot.
sam hopped off his stool and went after beth, who had made it to the edge of the hearth and was warming her hands.
dean felt a sudden cold chill, despite them being in a stuffy bar.
beck felt it too, and turned to meet dean's eyes.
before a word was spoken, the lights flickered and went out.
all around dean, drunk people began shrieking. he winced and leapt up from his seat.
"sam!" he yelled over the commotion.
sam saw the shimmer of a ghost standing behind beck.
"there!" he shouted, pointing at beck.
she ducked away just before being attacked.
beth grabbed an iron poker from by the fireplace.
"i got this!" she slurred, stumbling towards the ghost.
sam reached out for beth but she was too fast (somehow, she got faster when drunk).
beth swung the fire poker, slicing through the shadow.
"what is it tied to?!" sam yelled, running towards dean.
dean looked around wildly, his eyes landing on a shot glass sitting in a glass box.
"try there!" he pointed.
beck hopped over the counter, grabbed the glass and threw it on the ground. it smashed to bits and the apparition flickered and disappeared.
the lights came back on, illuminating the crumpled figure of beth on the ground.
sam rushed to beth, scooping her into his arms.
"beth? baby, wake up!"
beth's eyes fluttered and blinked open.
"did i do it, sammy?" she mumbled groggily.
sam smiled. "sure beth."
