Chapter 6. Business Affairs.

Dean and Sam go downstairs and are ready for bed, when they see Dawn come inside the house nodding her head. Dean decides to walk over to her, feeling concerned for Buffy.

"Is she outside?" asks Dean.

"She just needs some air," replies Dawn.

"I bet." Dean looks out the window and sees Buffy sitting on the front step of the porch.

"Where are you going, Dean?" asks Sam as he sees his brother about to grab the front door knob. Dean turns around to face his brother.

"I'm going to talk to her."

"You talk to her."

"That might not be a good idea," says Dawn. "She really doesn't like anybody near her when she's all upset and stuff."

"She can't stay outside forever," says Dean as he opens the door and steps outside. Buffy hears his footsteps coming closer to her and she quickly stands up. "Look, I know this is rough on you. Heck your whole life has been rough, but you can't blame your old man for keeping this from you. Parents have secrets, too. I know mine had many." Dean walks down the steps of the porch and is standing next to Buffy. She ignores him.

"Are you done now?"

"No, I'm not. Listen, there is a lot more scary stuff out there than this and if you just stop with this childish attitude, maybe you'll get through this. I think you're stronger than this. Stronger than your dad, that's for sure. Stronger than all of us. Anyway, you can let this put you down because you'll end up hating yourself."

"You're right."

"I know I am." Dean walks over to her and sits down next to her on the porch. "Now, let's go inside and…"

"He committed me."

"What?"

"The first time I saw a vampire I told my parents about it and they thought I was crazy." Buffy sighs as Dean just sat in shock that she actually opened up to him. "The thought of him knowing that these creatures of the night existed and he still committed me is still very clear in my brain. I can't forget that. How could he live with himself for doing that?" Some tears start to fall down her face and Dean just watched her. Buffy lays her head on Dean's shoulder and he puts his arm around her. The two just sat there for a bit, until Buffy decided to stop crying. Buffy pulled away and looked at Dean, then kissed him on the cheek and entered the house.

Dean was shocked by this. How did he do it? He had no idea she'd reward him for being a shoulder, literally, to lean on. Dean stayed on the porch for a few seconds and then goes inside.

Dawn and Sam had seen Buffy enter the house and head up the stairs without saying a word, but when Dean entered, the two crowded him.

"What did you say to her?" asks Dawn.

"Nothing," replies Dean. "Told her to get over it and be done with it."

"She took it well," says Sam.

"Better hope so," says Dawn, nodding her head and making her way upstairs.

"Dean." Sam turns to his brother. Dean just starts to yawn and stretch.

"I'm pretty tired," says Dean. "Let's get some sleep." He patted Sam on the shoulder and passed by him. Sam nods his head.

The next morning, Dean wakes up and heads to the bathroom, but Sam had already beaten him to it. Dean bangs his head on the door as Sam ignores his brother.

"Come on, Sam," complains Dean.

"I'm showering," replies Sam. "And I'm not letting you in."

"Arrg, Sam, you're such a girl." Dean shakes his head and heads upstairs towards the other bathroom. To his good fortune, the door was unlocked and he entered the bathroom. A bath robe was hanging on the hook next to the shower, but there was no sign of anyone in the bathroom. He lifted the toilet seat and released himself.

From inside the shower, as Buffy was washing her long hair, she could hear someone sighing and peeing outside of the shower. She decides to take a peek.

"Dawn?" wonders Buffy, but she was wrong. She saw Dean in all his glory and her eyes widen. Dean noticed her and freaked out as he saw her. Buffy quickly covered her chest with her arm and hid behind the curtain. Dean quickly zipped up his pants and exited the bathroom. For the first time in his life, Dean felt a little embarrassed at seeing a woman naked and he had no idea why.

A second later, Buffy comes out of the bathroom with a robe on, but not expecting Dean to still be at the door. She looks at Dean, who is afraid to look at her, but is relieved to see that she has something covering her.

"I'm sorry," says Dean, stuttering. "I didn't know…"

"Did you…" asks Buffy.

"No." Dean did not want to get in trouble, so he lied about seeing her in all her glory. "Did you…"

"No." Buffy had to do the same.

"Good." They both said, still feeling very uncomfortable. The two then decide to go their separate ways.

Dean makes it to the den and starts pacing back and forth. Sam was on the sofa reading his dad's journal. He seems to have found something very interesting, then he notices his brother's pacing.

"What's the matter?" asks Sam.

"Nothing," replies Dean as he stopped pacing to face Sam. "Something wrong with you?"

"No."

"Well, okay."

"What did you do?"

"What are you talking about?" Dean tried to look innocent.

"You look guilty."

"I do not." Dean turns away from Sam.

"Dean, I know you."

"All right, I'll tell ya. No thanks to you." Dean turned around. "I kind of walked in on Buffy while she was showering."

"You did what?"

"The door was unlocked and I had to go."

"I'm surprised you're even standing."

"I can take her." Sam raised his eyebrows. "She was surprised, too." Sam just nodded his head and continued his reading.

"Hey, check out this entry Dad made. It's dated 2001 when he was in Sunnydale. Isn't that where Buffy and Dawn said they were from?"

"What does it say?"

"During his whole time there, he encountered more demons and supernatural beings than anywhere else. He said he met a guy named Giles. Maybe Buffy and Dawn know him."

"What's so important about that entry?"

"Dad hunted a vengeance spirit in Sunnydale."

"Oh."

"This could help." Dean then spaces out as he begins to remember his earlier encounter.

"It was a nice view." Dean grinned. Sam rolled his eyes and threw a pillow at Dean.

Meanwhile, in Buffy and Dawn's room, Buffy enters in her bathrobe a little jittery as she walked over to her bag.

"Hey," says Dawn, checking her e-mail on her palm pilot.

"Hey," replies Buffy. She then turned away from Dawn, hoping that her sister doesn't find it suspicious that she is hiding something. "Dawn?"

"Yeah?" Dawn doesn't even look up from her palm pilot as she answered her sister.

"Nothing." She turned away. Dawn shrugged. "It was an accident, really." Dawn then gave Buffy her undivided attention. "The door was unlocked and he just came right in."

"Who came right in?"

"Dean."

"He walked in on you showering?"

"Yeah, and I saw him in all his glory. It was really an accident. I shouldn't be mad, right?"

"Was it big?"

"Dawn!"

"Buffy, it's just a simple yes or no question."

"That's none of your business." Buffy placed her bag on the bed and began to change. Then she looked at Dawn. "Yes."

"Oh, I knew it." Buffy then tossed a pillow at Dawn.

AN: Yeah, it's been a while but my muse came back and it's on full alert. LOL.