"Holy hell! Your face..." Jensen exclaimed. A genuinely horrified Jared jumped to get a better look of his face in Impala's rear mirror. He examined his face for few seconds and gave Jensen the best bitch face he could muster.
"Was that supposed to be funny?" He asked. His voice sounding like that of 22 years old Jared.
"There is nothing wrong with my face and why would you wake me up at this time of night?" He asked sounding annoyed.
"But- you, you look like you are 21 years old." Jensen managed to stutter. He had been a part of television industry for long enough to know that no amount of makeup could do something like that. And that thought did nothing to make him feel better. Jared, on the other hand, now looked absolutely done.
"I don't know! Maybe, that's because I am 21." He said in his most sarcastic voice. That comment made Jensen laugh despite the absurdity of his current situation. Only then he realized he himself was sounding childish, the natural husky tone of his voice gone, his laughter stopped abruptly. He looked at baby Jared, there was nothing but confusion and concern in his eyes. He looked at himself in the rear and he could swear he was having a nightmare. His 25-26 years old reflection was staring back at him, his face a mask of true horror. He touched his face, his reflection did the same except that it was touching its 26 years old face. He looked back at Jared who was beginning to look suspicious of Jensen now.
"Dean, are you ok?" Jared asked in a smooth voice. Jensen skipped a heart beat at this question.
"How did you even manage all this?" He asked, trying his best to remain cool, he was a logical person after all. There was no way he was going to fall for this trap.
"The only thing I managed today was our dinner. Dean, what's the problem?" Jared asked again.
Jensen was in a daze. It was a prank, it had to be. There was no other way to explain it. But there were too many loopholes to call it a prank. Jared looked like 'Dean' fresh from the set of 'Gilmore Girls', to begin with. He touched his face again and there was no makeup on it. He took a deep breath and took in the faint scent of cheap cologne and whisky coming from himself, the kind of smell that fans usually associated with Dean Winchester.
"Dean! are you with me?" Jared asked pulling out a hand gun from his back pocket. Jensen was dumbfounded. He had seen Jared doing that multiple times on set but it was never a real gun. Those were props. This was a real one and on top of that it was loaded.
'Who keeps a loaded gun in their back pocket while sleeping?' he thought. Somewhere in the back of his mind he knew the answer but he decided not to think about it.
"Where is my phone?" Jensen blurted out. He needed to be sure before he could do anything about it. Jared simply shrugged,
"Did you check your pockets?" He asked. Jensen checked his pockets and shook his head in denial.
"Check the glove compartment." Jared suggested. He was confused, this was not typical Dean behaviour. Jensen opened the glove compartment and came face to face with multiple handsets all from 2004-05 era. He picked one and checked the date. If it was possible his heart sank further. It read 17 September 2005.
'What if Jared messed up the dates?' He asked himself, his last effort to gain a bit of control on the situation.
"Something wrong with your phone?" Jared asked. He was beginning to get impatient with Jensen's behaviour.
"Nah, just checking the time." He replied offhandedly.
"I think we should hit the road." Jensen added in exact Dean manner. If it was a prank, it had to be a prank, he was not going to let Jared had the satisfaction of stumping him. He decided to play along.
"At this time of night?" Sam- no, no! Jared asked sceptically.
"It's gonna be day time soon and anyways I am too uncomfortable to sleep." Jensen replied truthfully. Jared nodded and started to get ready for the journey. Once they were ready Jensen realized there was another problem. He had absolutely no idea where they were and where they were supposed to be going.
"You wanna drive?" He asked Jared.
"Who are you and what have you done with my brother?" Jared asked. Jensen tensed immediately. To his immense relief Jared started chuckling.
"Never once in my life you've asked me to do that." He said.
"Well I am asking now." Jensen replied, trying the best he could to make it sound like Dean.
A/N: Here is another chapter. Jensen got the biggest surprise of his life. Now lets see how he is going to manage this one. I have tried my best to make it look genuine, though there is no way one can replicate Jensen. :)
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