Chapter 6

It had been a few hours since the attack and Cora was still awake, waiting restlessly for Sam. She looked over at Angel and pulled the stuffed unicorn into her arms.

"Don't worry Angel, Sam said he was fine" Cora said shakily, "And I know he wouldn't lie to me." When the door opened a few minutes later Cora's hopes plummeted as she saw Dean enter. Dean scoffed as he looked down at the unicorn and Cora looked ashamed and pushed it away from her, over near the head of her pillow. "Is…. Sam ok?"

"Far from it" Dean sighed as he rubbed his eyes and looked over at her, "He lost a lot of blood." Cora started tearing up and a tear rolled down her cheek as she thought about her hurt brother. "Don't cry, that's not gonna do anything for Sam."

"How'd he get hurt?" Cora questioned. Dean froze for a moment and thought fast,

"He fell" Dean replied, naming the first thing that popped into his head.

"I might be a kid but I'm not stupid Dean!" Cora said angrily as she stood up off the bed and faced him.

"Who do you think you're talking to?" Dean demanded as he towered over her. "Don't ever raise your voice to me like that again! Do you understand me?"

"No!" Cora screamed. "I wanna see Sam!"

"No!" Dean shouted back, "He needs to rest."

"I can help him!" Cora exclaimed as she grabbed Angel and pulled it towards her.

"How?" Dean replied.

"Angel, she can heal him" Cora answered.

"Who's Angel?" Dean questioned. Cora held up the unicorn and Dean chuckled. "That? that's not gonna help him!"

"She can make him feel better" Cora explained.

"This is just a stupid toy" Dean answered as he poked it with his finger, "It can't do anything."

"No! she's not a toy you're lying!" Cora screamed.

"I'm not lying Cora, you need to grow up you hear me?" Dean snapped. Cora grabbed the unicorn tight and ran past Dean as fast as she could, tears rolling down her cheeks. "Cora get back here!" Dean yelled after her. Cora spotted Sam in his room lying on his bed and she jumped up beside him and grabbed onto his arm tight. He opened his eyes weakly and looked down at her.

"Cora?" Sam mumbled.

"Please get better Sam" Cora begged, she pressed Angel towards him and looked up at him, "Angel told me she would help you get better."

"Cora!" Dean shouted. Cora turned to look at him and climbed to the other side of Sam, trying to hide herself behind him. "Dammit Cora, I told you Sam needed to rest!" Sam opened his eyes a little more as he heard his brother and he shook his head.

"Dean, it's fine, she can stay" Sam said.

"You really want her around to annoy you when you're trying to get better?" Dean questioned.

"Dean I'll be fine" Sam replied. Dean narrowed his eyes at Cora and rolled his eyes as he walked out of the room.

For the next few hours Cora stayed with Sam. He got strength back within the next day and when he awoke to find Cora asleep beside him he smiled and put a blanket over her as he stood up. Angel fell on the ground as he stood and he picked up the stuffed animal and placed it beside Cora. He walked out into the living room and spotted Dean sitting on the couch, laptop sitting in front of him.

"Dean I gotta talk to you about something" Sam started.

"Wow look whose awake" Dean quipped, "Get enough sleep?"

"Yeah Dean, I'm fine" Sam answered. "I wanna ask you about the other night."

"What about it?" Dean answered not looking up from his computer.

"What happened with Cora, she seemed pretty upset" Sam began.

"Oh come on man don't even start this crap" Dean said as he stood up and shoved his laptop to the side.

"I asked you to give her a chance Dean!" Sam shouted.

"And I am telling you that is never gonna happen!" Dean snapped back.

"What happened to you Dean?" Sam questioned, "You would never have acted like this about an innocent little kid."

"She is not innocent Sam!" Dean shouted. "She's nothing but a reminder of our father's unfaithfulness!" Before Sam could respond Cora walked out rubbing her eyes sleepily and holding Angel tight by the belly.

"Sam can we go to the park today?" Cora asked. Sam stopped the conversation from furthering with Dean and he smiled as he looked down at her.

"We'll go soon as me and Dean finish our research ok?" Sam replied.

"Ok" Cora answered. "And I also wanted to tell you I know what I want for a present."

"What present?" Dean interrupted.

"It's my birthday today, I told Sam yesterday I was still thinking about what I want" Cora answered. Sam thought back to last night, he may have not been completely conscious of his conversations with the girl considering the state he had been in.

"Oh right, I remember" Sam covered, "What do you want Cora?"

"A friend for Angel" she answered. Dean laughed and Sam cast an angry look in his direction.

"You're turning nine years old and you want another stuffed animal?" Dean scoffed.

"I think that's a great idea Cora" Sam interrupted, "We can go to the toy store now if you want."

"Sam are you kidding? What about the case?" Dean demanded.

"I can help when I get back" Sam answered. "Go ahead and go get dressed for the day Cora."

"Yay!" Cora said excitedly as she ran down the hall towards her room. When Sam turned around Dean was in front of him his fists clenched and his jaw set tight.

"What?" Sam questioned.

"Sam I hope you don't start letting this kid get in the way of our work" Dean began.

"Calm down Dean, everything's fine. I was planning on enrolling her in school tomorrow, I've been talking to Bobby about it and he already has got everything figured out."

"Good" Dean replied bitterly. He turned back to his work and Cora came down the hall a moment later. She took Sam's hand as he led her outside. They hopped into the impala and sped off towards the toy store.

Please review! It would mean a lot! Sorry its been soo long since last update but I had exams and such! Sorry if this chapter was short! It will be heating up in the next few chapters!