Wildest Dreams

Chapter 3

Rose was careful to not make much noise when she returned back to her room on a supply run. She could tell that Dean was sleeping and she knew he needed his sleep. Her room was only a temporary safe haven and soon she would have to find another safe place for him to hide until she could figure out how to get him safely to the American Embassy and for that to happen, he had to be 100%.

She didn't want to dwell too much on the slight pain she felt at the thought of never seeing him again but there was no way he could stay here. Her father wanted him dead, a fact that Rose chose to ignore at the moment. She loved her father dearly and she just couldn't deal with the fact that her father was involved with so much illegal activity. Saving Dean and getting him safely home was her only concern. It helped a little to not focus on a man that she had loved all her life but really didn't know him as well as she thought she had.

The supply run went really well. She noticed that the house was in much more chaos than usual, all thanks to a disappearing Yank. She didn't see her father though but her father's security advisor instructed her that for her own safety she needed to stay in her room for the time being and that her father would explain everything later. Rose was only too happy to oblige plus that let her know that they had no idea that Dean was in her room and no one suspected her of conspiring against them. Two can play at this game Daddy! Rose just nodded politely and said that she would just stock up on a few things then.

She grabbed a huge white wicker basket and loaded it up with several thermos of heated soups, some crackers, a variety of fruits (since she didn't know what Dean liked), an assortment of meats and cheeses, and water to wash it all down with.

"Child, it looks like you are packing enough for an entire army." Cho, Rose's favorite cook commented.

Rose thought fast. "Well it's my time of the month and I'm so hungry." Rose blushed at having to resort to faking her monthly.

Cho just laughed. "It's ok child we all have that problem. Here…" Cho reached up and grabbed a bag of assorted chocolates. "Take this, you are going to need it."

Rose smiled at all the delicious looking treats in the bag. Chocolate was one of Rose's favorite guilty pleasures.

"Thank you Cho!" Rose smiled back accepting the treats. She couldn't help wondering what type of chocolate did Dean like, the one with the nuts, or did he prefer caramel. Maybe just milk chocolate was his favorite. Rose realized that she had packed so much because she was so curious to know what Dean liked.

Rose filled up a pitcher of ice and grabbed a few medical supplies before finally saying her goodbyes to Cho. She was careful to make sure no one was noticing her as she made her way up the stairs but no one spared more than a passing glance her way and she was sure that they even acknowledged her that much just to make sure she was safe.

Rose laid the wicker basket on a table over in the corner by a bay window that overlooked a small lake. Thankfully her room was on the third floor so she wasn't worried about anyone peeping in the windows.

She heard Dean stir a little so she went over to check on him. His forehead was warm and his cheeks were flushed. She was sure he had a slight fever. Rose frowned. That wasn't good. She grabbed a water bottle and some pain pills and went back over to Dean.

"Dean!" Rose said softly not wanting to scare him. "Dean!"

Dean's eyes snapped open quickly, startling Rose but she took a deep breath to calm her nerves.

"Dean, I have some water and pain pills for you to take. They will help you sleep."

"No don't want no poison…" Dean's voice was raspy and his eyes looked fearful. Rose frowned. He was caught up in a nightmare. "Dean, it's Rose, I have no poison Dean, just water and something to ease your pain."

"Rosebud!" Dean's gravelly voice sounded softer in her ears and she smiled. She loved that name.

"yes! I'm going to help you sit up so you can drink some water."

"OK!" Dean sounded like a little boy that stirred something deep in Rose.

She sat down beside Dean and helped him sit up. "It's really cold in here." Dean said pulling the blankets up to his chin.

"That's because you have a fever but these pills will bring it down." Rose said soothingly. She put the bottle against his lips and he took a sip of water. She placed the pills in his hand and he quickly took them and took a few more sips of water before finally laying back down in bed.

"Thank you Rosebud!" Dean said softly before falling back asleep. Well he is no shape to eat anything at the moment, Rose thought dejectedly. Her mind scrambled to figure out how she could help and then she remembered she had packed ice to make ice packs for his bruised and swollen face. She could bring his fever down and help with the swelling as well.

Rose went over to the table and made an ice pack for Dean. I hope this does the trick, she thought worriedly as she crawled in bed next to Dean. She figured she could alternate where to place the ice pack on Dean's face and just leave it on for a couple of minutes at a time. She didn't want his face to get numb or it to hurt him and he couldn't tell her because he was sleeping.

Dean was sleeping peacefully as Rose laid it gently on his forehead. As she watched him sleep she couldn't help but to caress his cheek or smooth down his unruly curls with her free hand.

After a while Rose knew it was working because Dean was trying to rid himself of those pesky covers that he had swaddled himself up in earlier. Rose noticed something in his right ear, she wondered how she missed it earlier. Rose looked closer inside of Dean's ear to see what appeared to be a small tattoo. It was shaped like a shield with his initials DA written in black in his outer ear. It was hard to notice due to his messy curly dark blonde hair that covered his ears.

Dean was a Shield agent. Rose knew she asked if he was a Shield agent but she really had no idea who they were and what they did. She made a mental note to ask Dean about Shield when he was better.

Rose stayed up for some time making sure Dean took water sips periodically to stay hydrated and so that he could take pain pills when needed. After a while Rose fell asleep herself from exhaustion. She lost count after the eleventh hour of nursing Dean back to health.

That was how Dean found Rose when he finally woke up after being asleep for almost 2 days. Dean felt much better. He had no fever and the pains in his face and ribs were not as sharp. When he first opened his eyes and saw the white ceiling above, he stared at it in complete confusion for what seemed like hours but were mere minutes. He could have sworn he should have been dead by now but nope! He was alive and kicking. It took some time for all the crazy events to flood his memories.

Rosebud! Dean thought frantically realizing he didn't know where she was or if she was safe until he realized there was a person in bed with him. He turned his head to his right and saw Rose's sweet delicate face fast asleep. Her dark brown hair framed her heart shaped face spilling down over her shoulders onto his arm. She was cuddled next to him with one arm raised above his head with a now melted bag of water.

Dean stared in awe as she slept peacefully not realizing her patient was finally awake. She was wearing light blue pajamas decorated with clouds. Dean debated if he wanted to wake her. She looked so tired but he really needed to go use the restroom.

Maybe if I could quietly slip out of bed? Seemed like a good plan, Dean just wasn't sure if his ribs were going to hurt but no time to test it like the present he figured. Dean carefully began sliding away from the sleeping Rose.

She stirred slightly but smiled and snuggled up against the pillow. She looked so innocent sleeping with her one arm raised gripping the bag of water and her other hand resting beside her at her. He hated to wake her up.

He looked down and realize that he was still naked. He was going to have to get the sheet to wrap around him. The blanket would be too thick and bulky. Dean made it to the edge of the bed with no problem but when he grabbed the sheet and tugged it to wrap it around his waist, he noticed that the end of the sheet was wrapped around Rose's leg.

Of course, he thought frowning realizing it was going to be difficult to get the sheet from around Rose's ankle without waking her. On the bright side, Dean realized his ribs were just a little sore but he felt much better overall. Even his face didn't hurt quite as bad either.

Dean sat up and maneuvered his way back over to Rose. He bent down to her leg and carefully untied the sheet from around her leg. Once he freed the fabric he tried to slide off the bed again, this time with the sheet covering him. He hadn't noticed Rose's movements and found himself unceremoniously kicked off the bed. He landed with a loud thud on the floor!

"OW!" Dean said.

Rose heard Dean grunt in pain and shot up immediately. She looked to her right and he was gone. She felt a sudden panic. Did her father discover him in her room after she fell asleep? Did he try to make a run for it without her? Where would he go? Wait! Didn't I just hear him? Rose heard a noise coming from the floor so she scooted over to the edge and looked down to see Dean on the floor with the sheet only half covering his naked body. Oh My God! How did he get so much bigger? Rose thought to herself as a heated blush crept up her body slowly.

Dean saw the wide-eyed Rose staring down at him in wonder and looked down to see that he was fully exposed to her eyesight. So much for trying to make it to the bathroom quietly, Dean thought as he tried to cover himself with the sheet.

"Are you OK?" Rose asked curiously. "What happened?" Rose got off to bed to help Dean stand up. "What were you doing on the floor?"

Dean couldn't help to feel that his pride was a little hurt but seeing her eyeing him like a piece of untouched candy did take the sting out of his embarrassment a little.

"Well, I needed to go to the bathroom and I was trying to get off the bed quietly to not wake you when you kicked me off the bed."

Rose's mouth dropped. "I'm sorry!" Rose said. "You should have woken me anyways so I could have helped you."

"I think I can do that on my own, I mean unless you want to hold it for me to make sure my aim is on point."

Rose was completely shocked and she glared at him until she saw him grinning. Those damn adorable dimples melted her anger and she realized he was just teasing her which he seemed to enjoy doing.

"No, I will leave that to you."

Rose waited while Dean was in the restroom when she heard a knock at her door. Damn! She was hoping the fall wouldn't have brought anyone to her door but no such luck.

Rose heard the shower come on so she was relieved that Dean wouldn't come out in the next couple of minutes.

Rose opened her door to see one of her bodyguards standing there.
"Sorry to bother you miss but I was just making sure you are ok. I heard a loud noise coming from your room."

Rose smiled sweetly. "Yes! Sorry about that, I had a nightmare and fell off my bed."

"Are you ok miss?"

"Oh yes! I'm fine but thank you for checking on me."

The bodyguard was looking in her room and she noticed him looking at the bathroom door. Damn, the shower! "OH, I'm getting ready to shower so I cut it on so the water would warm up, I hate cold showers and then you knocked." Rose gave the man her sweetest smile which she felt like the man was trying to devour her with his eyes.

"Do you need some help with your shower? Just so you don't fall. You could hurt yourself badly if you are still not steady on your feet."

Rose couldn't believe how brazen the man was but she realized she was in her pajamas, her hair all tousled, the men never her saw her like this. "No thank you! I should be fine!"

Rose didn't like the way he was looking at her and she didn't like the way he made her feel. He made her skin crawl. But she didn't want to be rude since he often was her protection so she smiled graciously and lowered her eyes demurely so that he would realize she was a lady and not a cheap floozy.

"Have a nice night Miss."

Rose hadn't realized it was night. She must had slept for a long time. "Thank you!"

Rose shut the door took a deep breath and turned to find a soaking wet Dean standing right behind her. She had to cover her mouth to stifle the scream. "Oh Geez!" Rose said putting her hand over her chest to still her heartbeat.

"Just making sure you were ok!" Dean grumbled staring at the door. "If he would have touched you I would have cut his nuts off and fed it to him with a fork."

Rose's mouth dropped in surprise. "He was just making sure I was ok." Rose stammered not liking how Dean's eyes didn't leave the door.

"One thing you really need to know Rosebud, is that your dad's men are not very trustworthy. A couple of them are really great guys but most of them are scum in suits and almost all of them not only just lust after you but they hate you as well."

"I don't understand! Why do they hate me?" Rose could feel the chill returning.

"Because you're beautiful and rich. You're everything they want and will never get plus they hate your father. At first I was very concerned when they would talk about what they wanted to do to you until I realized your dad rules them with an iron fist. If your dad knew that Luis was looking at you that way, he would have already been dead."

Dean finally looked at Rose and away from the door. "But then again, so would I at this point." Dean could see that Rose was freaked out a little. "It's ok! They will never harm you as long as your dad is here."

Well that was not that reassuring, Rose thought.

"And your father is not stupid, he does have a contingency plan in place for your protection." Dean hated seeing her worried but she needed to know what these men thought of her.

Rose looked up at Dean with his shinning blue eyes and wet messy hair. "You took a shower?"

"Yeah I hope you don't mind I just needed to feel clean."

Rose leaned in and sniffed him and smiled. "You smell so pretty!"

Dean frowned. "Well it was all you had. It was either lavender, sweet pea, or honeysuckle."

"So you picked honeysuckle?" Rose smiled happily at Dean figuring teasing him would get the very sexy view of water droplets dripping off the strands of his hair onto his broad shoulders, and rolling down his beautifully chiseled chest.

"What can I say, it's sweet like me." Dean smirked and Rose felt a hot flush affecting her lower body and she was irritated that he could affect her in such a way no other man had ever.

"Well you smell pretty!" Rose just smirked back and Dean shook his head no causing Rose to laugh. "Are you hungry?"

Right on cue, Dean's empty stomach rumbled loudly answering the question. "Just a little!"

Rose chuckled. "Come on, I have some food for you."

"Rose I was wondering if you had something I can wear besides a sheet?"

She doubted she had anything to fit him, he was so much taller with way more muscles. "I have a white robe."

"Where are my clothes at?"

"On the balcony drying. I washed them by hand." Rose handed Dean a white robe so he didn't have to worry about tripping over the sheet any more.

Dean nodded as he sat down at the lavender table she had over in her corner by a beautiful bay window. Dean noticed that the lavender table and matching chairs and were decorated with beautiful, white fluffy clouds. "I notice you like clouds." Dean saw that her pajamas were covered in clouds as well. Rose opened a cooler she had stored in her closet but when she noticed that Dean was too tired to eat a few days ago, she took it out, filled it with ice to keep the food fresh.

Rose took out a bowl full of different fruits and put it on the table which Dean was all too happy to help himself to. There was array of strawberries, raspberries, honeydew, grapes, cantaloupe, and pineapple. Rose noticed that the first fruit Dean picked was a strawberry followed by a piece of honeydew.

"Well my mother passed away not long after I was born and my father would tell me that she was soaring in the clouds above watching over me and I discovered my love of clouds. I would lay outside under the clouds for hours just hoping to catch a glimpse of her but I felt that when I talked to her, she could really hear me."

"I'm sorry to hear about your mother."

Rose could tell that Dean's demeanor changed. It was always the same way when she told someone that her mother had died. She knew it left them clueless as to what to say. "It's ok! It was a very long time ago and I know that it was just her time."

"Did you want tomato, chicken noodle, or vegetable beef soup?"

"Vegetable beef." Dean said happily feeling the full effects now of not in eating in days. He was starving. Rose put a thermos in a warmer so that the soup could warm back up.

"How about you? How is your family? Do you have any siblings?"

"I don't think you want to hear about my screwed up upbringing."

Rose sat down across from Dean frowning. "I want to know all about you honestly." Rose was very curious about Dean. He was so interesting to her.

"Well, my dad is in prison and has been since I was a small child. He killed a bank guard during a bank robbery. My mom tried to kill me when I was little because her current boyfriend didn't like me but thankfully I found a wonderful family that adopted me."

Rose admitted that was a lot to take in. She stared at him in wide eyed horror. "Your mother tried to kill you?" Rose couldn't believe a mother would want to hurt her own child. That was so barbaric to her.

"Yeah she was always fucked up on either heroin or cocaine."

"You said something when I tried to give you some pain pills about no more poison."

"Do you really want to know all the gory details?"

No, not really and yes, I must know, Rose thought. Rose nodded because words were failing her at this point.

Dean popped in a grape. "Well my mom, gave me an overdose of heroin and I almost died."

"That's awful!"

"One of her friends saw that I needed help and call the ambulance when my mom went to the restroom. So they took me away from her."

"Oh My! How could a woman be so cruel to her child?"

"Well, I was a problem for her since the day I was born so I guess she wanted to eliminate the problem."

Rose cocked her head to the side. He seemed a little detached from the fact that the little boy in the story was him and his mother tried to kill him. Must be a way to cope with it all, Rose thought sadly as she took the thermos out of the warmer and poured some heated soup in a bowl for Dean. But it was a long time ago so like her, he must have dealt with it and moved on. Rose handed him the bowl with some crackers and cheese for it.

"That looks so good." Dean said as he blew on it before taking a sip. "That is delicious." He was so hungry.

"So you have an adopted family?"

Dean nodded. "Yeah, I was sent to live with a Samoan family."

"WOW!" Rose commented as he poured her some soup as well. "That must have been different for you."

Rose couldn't help but to feel as if she was on a date. Isn't this what dating couples do? Go out to eat and get to know each other? Forget the fact that her father wanted Dean dead or the fact that she was hiding him in her room, Rose thought awkwardly.

"Yeah they are the sweetest people in the world though. I love them so much. Mama Pat and Father Sika and then there is my brother's Roman and Matt. Matt is older so I didn't get as close to him as my brother Roman. Roman is only about 5 months older but he is always acts like he is the much older big brother."

"They sound so sweet!"

"They are! They were definitely my blessing and Roman is the greatest guy you will ever meet." Dean frowned. "Which reminds me, do you have a laptop that I could send an email to Roman to let him know I'm ok?"

Rose nodded. Rose then remembered Dean's tattoo. "When you mentioned poison, I thought maybe it had to do something with you being a Shield agent. I saw the tattoo in your ear."

Dean nodded. It's a way for them to hopefully identify a body."

That caused a chill to run down Rose's spine. The way that sounded just chilled her to bone. "So you go on a lot of dangerous assignments?"

"Let's just say I've made my peace and if my time comes then I am ready to go."

Rose frowned. I'm not ready for you to go though, I don't ever want you to go! Rose screamed inside of her own head to the point it made her head hurt. He seemed so non-chalet about his own death but the thought made...NO! NO! NO! I won't think of it! Rose told herself. She had to get him to safety, she just had to.

"Roman is an agent also, so hopefully he can get me out of here."

Rose nodded and she went over to a desk and took out her lap top. It was small and pink with white trim. He looked up at her and she blushed. "Don't say anything about my pink lap top." Rose warned Dean who just smiled and winked at her.

She loved when Dean did that, it made her feel so special but she just glared at him instead. Rose logged in for Dean and then he quickly emailed Roman. Rose hoped Roman would be able to get him out of the country in time. Dean finished up the email quickly and closed Rose's laptop.

"So what is Shield? What do you do?"

"Well, we investigate and remove criminal activities in countries that want us to come in and get rid of these illegal elements."

"Like how? What do you do with them? Do you have a special prison for Shield offending criminals?" It sounded almost funny until a horrible thought struck her. "What were you going to do with my father Dean?"

Dean looked up at Rose's concerned brown eyes. "It's not my call with what happens, I just follow orders."

"Would you have killed my father?" Dean had to look away from her accusing, angry glare. He couldn't answer that and he didn't want to answer that.

"Right now I wouldn't kill him even if I was ordered to." Dean acknowledged. "I've actually known for a while there was no way I could leave you defenseless. I purposely left the evidence out to be easily found." Dean hated admitting this. He took a deep breath. "Your father is your protection, if he goes you are left defenseless around a bunch of horny, pissed off men that in private hate you and your father. So I didn't slack in my investigation but I got sloppy by leaving it on my PC and laptop with no back up. Deliberately not sending information when asked, coming up with off the all sorts of reasons of why the WIFI wasn't working and the information wouldn't send."

Rose was processing all the information. Her brown eyes sought out his softer blue eyes and she could see the war raging deep within him. "I'm sorry!"

"Why? You have done nothing wrong."

"I shouldn't be getting mad at you." Rose admitted.

"Rosebud, regardless of what he has done, he is your father. No one knows better than me that you can't pick your family." Dean smiled at Rose and she felt her heart flutter. Those adorable dimples, Rose thought helplessly.

"So we must get you to Safety. I was thinking of getting you to the American Embassy."

"If I make it!"

"You will make it; I'll make sure of it. I don't want you to go but you can't stay here."

Dean's eyebrows rose. "So you want me to stay?" Dean teased.

Rose blushed. "Besides Mara, you are the closest friend I have."

Dean while escorting her around would observe her from time to time. The one thing that always pulled at his heartstrings was that Rose was lonely. She would spend her days with random children or patients and she was always be so gracious but there was a deep loneliness that followed her because at the end of the day, she would return to an empty home and spend her time drawing or writing sitting under a tree surrounded by people who never talked to her.

Dean couldn't help but to wonder why Rose wasn't married yet. No husband, no boyfriend, surely the men here weren't to blind to see that Rose was a gorgeous, beautiful woman with a kind heart.

"Honestly I'm surprised you're not married; I mean a woman as beautiful as you should be happily married with children by now."

Rose just shrugged. "Marriages here are arranged by the parents and the men typically are very controlling."

"So you don't like to be told what to do?" Dean smirked.

"I like my freedom. Thankfully my father has me taken care of my affairs for the rest of my life so I never have to marry unless I want to."

"So you haven't met a man yet to capture your interest?"

Until I met you, no! Rose blushed realizing that he has been the only man to ever capture her attention. "Not really." Rose said sweetly as she grabbed a piece of fruit and took a bite. The sweet juices spilled out onto her chin which Dean couldn't resist his urge to lean over and capture the juicy nectar onto his finger.

Rose looked down shyly. "How about you Mr. Ambrose, do you have a wife, or girlfriend, maybe a mistress or two."

Dean chuckled. "NO! My job keeps me away a lot so I have found relationships to be pointless." Dean sighed. "I had a girlfriend for a year and I went away on a mission, by the time I got back, she was hooked up with some other dude and pregnant with his child. At that point I decided that dating was a waste of time."

"I can't believe a girl could cheat on someone she supposed to care about."

Dean just shrugged. "I guess she didn't care about me."

"Well she must be an idiot."

Dean looked up at Rose and he swore he had never seen such a beautiful. Woman. With her heart-shaped face, luscious lips, and the gentleness in her smile. He had never met a woman like Rose, maybe that was because she hadn't allowed anyone to spoil her sweet nature and he knew he didn't want to be the one to do that.

"Maybe!" Dean smiled. "Thank you Rose; I am so full. That was really delicious."

"How are you feeling?"

"Thanks to you much better. I don't think I can ever repay you for everything you have done for me."

"Well you did save my life as well. If it wasn't for you, I wouldn't be here to save your life."

"I guess not!" Dean said as he got up and walked over to the window. "It's been so quiet."

"Isn't that a good thing?" Rose asked.

"Maybe, maybe not! They're not stupid, at some point, they are going to realize I have to be still on the grounds. There is only so far a man can go on foot, beaten up."

"Maybe I should go downstairs to see if I can learn anything."

Dean looked at her worriedly. "I don't know; I know he is your father but I don't want him knowing you are involved."

"I will be subtle. Why don't you get some rest? I will just snoop around down stairs to see if I can find out anything and you need to get more rest."

Dean hated to admit it but he was tired again. He nodded. "Please be careful! I don't want to worry about you."

"Hey this is my house, it's natural for me to visit my father and wander around. I will lock the door you just get some rest." Rose helped Dean up and went and laid him down.

"OK!" Dean sighed as he sunk comfortably into the soft mattress.

Rose wasted no time gathering up the dirty dishes so she could take them downstairs. She quickly dressed and brushed and braided her hair. She went with her yellow sundress and grabbed a white shawl. She wanted to make sure she looked like she was sweet and innocent and not up to anything. She cut the light out before making her way out the room so she could hopefully learn more on what her father and his men were up to in finding Dean.

The urge to kiss him goodbye had been strong but she resisted. To put feelings into her thoughts right now could make everything messy and could cost Dean his life and at this point, she would rather die than for that to happen.

*So sorry for the delay but I have been very busy and sometimes it's hard to find quiet time to write and think but I finally got this chapter done! Basically I just wanted my characters to spend time together and get to know each other so they can form a bond. I hope you enjoyed it. The next chapter is going to be way more interesting so stay tuned. Thank you to all my readers. Also, a special thank you for anyone who takes the time to review. I always love to know your thoughts, good or bad as long as it's constructive, I appreciate it! Thank you everyone!