AN: Here's an update, hopeyou guys like it, and I hope you're prepared for the return of Bela.

Disclaimer: Unfortunately I only own Annie.

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Dean held Annie in his arms, frantic and worried all at the same time. He finally heard the sirens from the ambulance screaming down the street. He picked Annie up, and carried her outside. The sooner he got her to the ambulance, the sooner he got her to the hospital. The ambulance arrived, pulling into the driveway. The paramedics pulled out a stretcher and Dean placed Annie on top. The paramedics immediately got to work, pushing the stretcher in the ambulance. One of them turned to Dean.

"We're going to the Memorial hospital; do you know where that is?" He questioned. Dean nodded.

"I'll meet you there." He said, and he grabbed his car keys, and got into the impala. The paramedic got into the ambulance, and they both pulled out of the neighborhood and sped down the highway.

Dean gripped the steering wheel so tight that his knuckles turned white. All he could think about was Annie, if she was going to be okay, or even what happened to her. Dean had no idea what had happened, and at the moment he didn't care.

'She doesn't deserve this, I gotta tell her...' Dean thought as he kept thinking about his little girl. She was fifteen going on sixteen, and her life could be in jeopardy all because he didn't tell her. As he kept thinking about what happened, Dean started to think about Sam. He then pulled his cell phone out of his pocket and dialed Sam's number. After two rings, Sam finally picked up.

"Sam?" Dean questioned, unable to hide the fear, worry, and stress in his voice.

"Dean? Are you okay? What's wrong?" Sam questioned, immediately picking up on it. He had never heard Dean so terrified in a long time.

"Annie's hurt, I don't know what happened, I found her, and she was hurt real bad." Dean answered, trying to keep his voice from shaking.

"Memorial?" Sam questioned.

"Yeah." Dean answered.

"I'll be there in a few, try to be calm." Sam tried to reassure.

"Thanks." Dean answered and the two hung up.

When Dean got there, he followed the swarm of doctors and nurses down the hall which were surrounding Annie. When they got her into a room, Dean watched as they kept working on her. He noticed that the doctors seemed a little stressed as they worked quickly to clean up the blood. They cut open the bottom half of her shirt, revealing her stomach, which had a nasty gash across it. Dean felt so sick when he saw the wound, and hatred began to swell inside of him. Hatred for the son of a bitch who did this to Annie. Dean's only guess at the moment was a demon, but he had no proof.

Finally, the doctors finished up with her, making sure she was stabilized for now, and once they were sure, they left. Dean sat down in a chair at her bedside. He took her hand in his as tears welled in his eyes.

"I'm sorry." He whispered softly, almost inaudibly. He heard someone walk in to the room, and he turned see Bela, who then placed a hand on her mouth in shock at seeing their child in the hospital bed. Dean set Annie's hand down and got up and walked over to Bela.

"What're you doing here?" Dean questioned.

"Me? What is our daughter doing here, and in that bed hooked up to all of those machines? What happened?" Bela said; her voice shaking, she was so angry at everyone and everything, words couldn't even describe it.

"I don't know." Dean answered meekly.

"You don't know?!" Bela yelled. She slapped Dean across the face, and he took it without retaliation.

"How do you not know? She's our daughter, and you let this happen to her? You have to tell her the truth Dean, or this will keep happening, and one day, she'll die!" Bela yelled out, her voice shaking with emotion, and laced with hatred towards Dean.

"I know." He finally answered back.

Bela looked at the ground and then back at Dean.

"You're a worse father than John ever was." Bela hissed as she glared at Dean. Dean glared back, Bela had gone too far.

"That's where you're wrong. I loved my daughter, enough to never turn my back on her the way you did. I had to lie to her, and tell her that you loved her. You want her to know the truth, then fine, she'll know I worked my ass off for this family, working to get my job, and put food on the table, along with getting her anything that she needed or wanted. And you... You did nothing!" Dean hissed back.

Bela went silent. She knew he was right, but she didn't want to admit defeat, she couldn't.

"I'm giving you three days after she wakes up, and if you don't tell her the truth, I will." Bela snarled as she walked away. When she was gone, Dean let out a huge sigh. He went back to his chair, and let himself collapse in it. He gently took her hand again in his; he couldn't help the tears the fell from his eyes as he remembered her first date. He just wanted her to have a normal life.

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Annie was smiling, it was her first date tonight, and they were going to the movies. She stood in her room, staring into the mirror as she put her makeup on. She was wearing a pink halter top, and a blue jean skirt with pink flip flops. Dean walked in and sat down on her bed.

"So, going on your first date tonight?" Dean questioned awkwardly.

"Yep." Annie questioned casually, inside, she was laughing so hard at her father's awkwardness towards the whole situation.

"Annie, do you really have to do this? You don't have to date yet you know..." Dean said, trying to convince her not to go.

"I know, but I really like this guy." Annie answered; she smiled at Dean through the mirror.

"Just remember three things okay?" Dean questioned.

"No Alcohol---"

"---No drugs, no sex. I know, I know." Annie said as she turned around, finished. Dean sighed and looked at her. "How do I look?" Annie questioned.

"Beautiful." Dean answered. He eyed her sweatshirt, got up and grabbed it, tossing it at her. "Here, you should wear this." He said. Annie smiled.

"No thanks, it's too warm." Annie answered.

They both walked down the stairs as they heard the doorbell ring.

"I want to meet this guy first." Dean said protectively. Annie sighed.

"Fine." She muttered as she opened the door. In walked Jack, a brunette, with blue eyes. He was almost Dean's height, a few inches shorter, and he was physically fit. Dean offered his hand.

"I'm Dean Winchester." He said, and Jack shook his hand and nodded.

"I'm Jack." He answered, as Dean gripped his hand firmly. They stopped the handshake, and Dean could tell that Annie was getting annoyed.

"Annie, could you go get me a beer?" Dean questioned. She rolled her eyes and nodded. She knew this was code for: I want to talk to Jack alone.

Dean looked Jack up and down, inspecting him over. He dressed similar to himself, and that sorta bugged Dean.

"So, Joe..."

"--It's Jack." He corrected as he watched Dean.

"Whatever... Do you have a lot of girlfriends?" Dean questioned.

"Yeah, but I'm really interested in Annie right now." Jack said. Dean had a bad feeling about this guy, but he couldn't quite understand why.

"So, you're a player?" Dean questioned.

"I guess you could say that." Jack said smugly.

"Do you get around?" Dean questioned.

"I have before--"

"---Do you have any of those intentions with my daughter?" Dean questioned protectively, taking a step towards Jack, trying to show his dominance. Jack shrugged.

"Maybe." He answered.

"Wait here, I'm gonna go check on Annie." Dean muttered. He wasn't happy about Annie dating this guy at all. Jack was just like himself when he was his age, and he didn't want his daughter doing the things he did; period.

Dean walked in the kitchen and saw Annie and Sam sitting at the kitchen table.

"Well?" Annie and Sam said simultaneously.

"I don't approve." Dean said solemnly.

"Why not?" Annie questioned angrily.

"He's me!" Dean answered. At that Sam tried to stifle a laugh, but was failing to do so.

"So?" Annie questioned.

"So?! He's gonna try to make you do things, things you're not ready for." Dean answered.

"Dad, I'm not gonna do anything I don't want to do, no matter how much he pressures me. I'm going on this date. Bye Daddy." She said and walked up to him and hugged him tightly. She kissed him on the cheek. He nodded.

"Bye baby." He whispered as he watched her leave with him.

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As the memory faded, he felt a hand upon his shoulder, squeezing it reassuringly.

"You okay?" Sam questioned as he took a seat beside Dean. "No... How could I be? She's my little girl, and it's my fault she's here..." Dean whispered.

"Dean, it's not---"

"---Yes it is, Sam. I should've told her everything. We're not normal people. We can fake it all we want, but in the end, we're hunters until the day we die. She needs to know, or she'll end up dead, you and I both know it." Dean answered, his voice shaking, he didn't care anymore, he just wanted her alive and well so he could tell her everything.

"Am I good father?" Dean questioned suddenly. He knew Annie was just out of it from the morphine in her I.V. drip, but still, he doubted himself. Sam looked at his brother.

"Dean, don't doubt yourself, you're an excellent father, I mean you were practically my father, you raised me, and look how I turned out, you also raised an amazing young lady, who will one day change this world and make us all very proud. She's a Winchester; she's tough and has tons of spirit and fight inside of her. She'll get through this like a walk in the park, you'll see." Sam said.

Dean reluctantly nodded. He watched her stir in her sleep, and wished to God himself that he could wake her from the nightmare he knew she was having.
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A/N: What'd you think? I know, another hospital scene, right? I couldn't think of another better way for that Dean and Bela scene, so that's why. Yes, the nightmares have to do with the demon blood. Does Dean know she has been having those kinds of nightmares? No. But he has been very suspicious.

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