Chapter 5: Morning

My head was throbbing. Well, I should be used to it after these nights. It wasn't the first time I had done this, not by a long shot. I mean once upon a time I was even Karmen, sneaking in with a fake ID. Sometimes I even woke up to find a complete stranger sleeping next to me.

I didn't want to open my eyes, I felt an arm around me but I couldn't remember who it was. I remembered what I did though… oh man did I remember. Not bad by any means. But who I did it with was a complete mystery to me. He didn't seem to have a face anymore…

The sun was shining hard through my blinds and I whined in disagreement. Slowly I peeled my eyes open.

Bad mistake. Not opening my eyes, but the mystery man now had a face. And he wasn't such a mystery anymore.

"Oh God…" I said out loud. It must have been loud enough to wake him up.

My eyes widened in horror as his met my own.

"Oh wow…" He said. We just both froze and looked at each other in complete astonishment.

"You… I mean we… how did…" My head hurt even worse now and I couldn't make out a complete sentence.

"I think we both know how… but why is a different story… I mean other then both of us being completely wasted that is…" He said as he sat up. I took a deep breath and did the same thing.

"This is awkward…." I told him. He just nodded.

"Maybe a little. And I may be taking a long shot with this one but, I had a good time last night…" He said, getting all Dean-like again. I snarled, grabbed my robe off the floor, wrapped it around myself and got up.

"God I'm so stupid…" I muttered. I felt him walk closer to me and I moved away.

"Charly, I know what happened last night was well… unexpected, but you are acting really weird." He told me. I just stared off into space for a minute.

"Look can you just get out? I mean… what if Sam walked in or something? And I really just don't want to look at you right now." I sounded mean. Oh well… I was confused.

"Woah… hold on. Look I know you are looking at last night as a mistake but it isn't all my fault!" He exclaimed

Even if he was right, I wasn't backing down.

"Why the hell didn't you stop me! You knew where I stood on this… I mean how can I expect you to be half as upset as me. You finally got what you wanted… how the hell I agreed is something I will never remember. But even if you weren't in your right mind, you should have stopped it!" I exclaimed, well almost yelled.

"Me? Stop it? I was just as bad off as you were and even though I'm not positive about how this happened I am pretty sure I didn't start it!" He said, almost yelling himself. I scoffed and took a step towards him.

"I said get out." So he was about two of me, but that didn't scare me.

He just rolled his eyes and started walking towards the door then slammed it behind him. I sat down on my bed and sighed.

The truth was, normally I didn't freak out like this. But this wasn't a normal one night stand. There was no telling how long I was going to have to be around this guy and it seemed like the more time I spent with him the more attracted I was to the guy. And I didn't want that, I didn't want to get emotionally involved in anything that I knew couldn't last. I had been there, done that, and didn't want to go back. But last night… I can't avoid how I felt. It was like some incredible high, and it almost seemed like he cared. I didn't know what was going on with me… but I didn't want to find out.

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"You two can hang out here for a while or whatever. I am going to the theatre." I told them as I grabbed my stuff and headed for the door.

"I thought you had a day off?" Sam asked.

"Yeah well sometimes you just have to let things out. And the theatre is the best place for me to do that. Plus I need to work on my solo and think about some stuff." I said.

"But its dangerous for you to be there by yourself, after the vision and all, one of us should come with you." Dean said with out looking at me. I just rolled my eyes and finished putting on my coat.

"I'll see you two later." I said, not forgetting to slam the door on my way out.

It took me a good ten minutes to walk to the theatre. It was open for the dancers who wanted to put in some extra practice. Apparently I was the only one who wanted the extra practice.

I walked up to the stage, plugged in the small practice stereo and put in my music. Before I started moving, I just stood there and let the music flow through my body, consuming my mind and movement. Strangely enough, the song was about being heartbroken, or about being hurt and confused. It just depended on your outlook of it. Right now I used both.

I put every emotion and feeling I had into my movement and danced better then I ever had before. Instead of my normal quadruple pirouettes, I could do five or six. My jumps were higher and everything in my body just seemed to hit everything right on time.

However long this went on was a mystery to me. But after running through it a couple times I couldn't breathe so I took a break. I sat down on the edge of the stage and took deep breaths. That's when I heard it. A voice, an eerie whisper and I knew what was happening. With out time to retaliate I was pushed off the edge of the stage and landed on my side in the orchestra pit.

"Ow…" I said out loud. I couldn't make out what the voice was saying but I knew I had to get rid of it. I saw the smoky shape make itself out of thin air.

I hurried to my feet and ran to my big bag and dug through it until I found the right gun. It was filled with rock salt and I aimed it and shot, but the spirit moved to fast. Before I knew it she was behind me and choking me.

"I can help ease your pain…" It told me.

"I don't really need the pain to be eased… it helps me be human. Something you apparently aren't." Ok, bad idea to piss off the spirit. She just choked me more.

"Not yet…." It said. Then she lowered her mouth to my neck and all of a sudden I felt the energy and life being sucked out of me. Any feeling I once had was leaving and I wasn't able to move.

Before I knew it my whole world went black.

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(Sam's POV)

"Dean! We have to go now!" I said as I burst out of the room. I had gone to sleep for a little longer and had a vision of Charly being attacked again.

"Why what's going on?" He asked as he shot off the couch.

"The spirit got her, or is going to get her… we just have to go." I told him as I threw him his jacket.

We got in the car and speeded to the Trinity. Both of us jumped out of the car and ran inside.

"Charly!" I yelled, but when I got there she was no where to be seen. "Ok Dean, you look around here I'll go back stage."

And that's what we did.

I quietly walked around for a while and didn't find anything, then I heard Dean yell from the outside.

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(Dean's POV)

The first place I checked was the orchestra pit, and I was right.

"Oh my god…" I whispered. She was there, lying on the ground and her skin was deathly pale. I lightly touched her face to find that her skin was also cold. I brought my fingers to her throat to check for a pulse. There was one, but barely.

"Sam!" I yelled. Within seconds he was out here with me. "We got to get her somewhere fast or she won't make it."

"Ok, you get her to the hospital and I will find the spirit here. That way we can get two things done at once." He suggested.

"Sammy I'm not going to let you do this thing by yourself. You seem to forget it feeds off pain of lost loves. I remember you having one of those." I told him.

"Look it can't catch me and if we sit here and argue about this Charly is going to die. So are you taking her or not?" He asked.

"Fine, but I am coming back as soon as she gets admitted." I lifted her up into my arms and carried her to the car before rushing to the hospital

They put her under heavy sedation and on a breathing machine. They were pretty sure she would be ok, they just needed to wait until she woke up. So I went back to the theatre with Sam. I was to late for that to, he had already killed the thing.

"It found me, tried to feed off my pain, but I caught it off guard and shot it, then burned it." He said. "What about Charly?"

"She should be fine. They are keeping her for observation." I told him.

"Ok good, we should go and see her." He said.

"No, I think it is better we don't. Maybe we should even just leave town now." I suggested. Sam looked at me like I was crazy.

"Dean! This girl who dad knows and who let us stay at her house is in the hospital and almost got killed! We can't just leave!" He exclaimed. "What is going on between you two? Why do you hate each other?"

I didn't answer. I just stared at him.

"Ok fine we will stay, but only until she gets out of the hospital. Then we are out of here." I told him.

He nodded. I guess that was enough for him.