Chapter 2

After they had all left the diner, they all realized they were staying at the same motel. Sam and Dean in room 21, Ivy was just two doors down in room 23.

Sam and Dean were in their room talking.

"Wow, of all the people to run into on this hunt what were the chances that it would be Ivy?" said Sam. "It was great catching up with her and it'll be nice to work with her again."

Dean wasn't paying attention, he seemed to be lost in his own thoughts.

"Dean? Hey man, earth to Dean. Did you hear anything I just said to you?" asked Sam.

"Huh? Yeah. Of all the people." he said.

"Listen man, I know that things between you two weren't left on the best note, but she seems to have gotten past it and moved on. Have you?" said Sam.

"What kind of question is that? Of course I have, it was a long time ago." he said.

"Dude, I want to make sure because your head needs to be in the hunt, not in the past." Sam said.

"Dude, I'm fine, really." he said.

"Okay man." said Sam, but Dean hadn't convinced him and Sam was certain he hadn't convinced himself.

"I'm gonna take a shower." said Dean and he walked in the bathroom and shut the door behind him.

"I'm going to go to the store up the road, you want anything?" Sam yelled through the closed door.

"Just some coffee." said Dean.

"Okay, be back soon." said Sam.

He put the motel key in his pocket and opened the door, only to find himself face to face with Ivy.

"Hey there Sam." said Ivy. "Where are you going?"

"Store, you want to come with me?" he asked.

"I came to talk to Dean." she said

"Hmm, well, he's in the shower. You know him and showers, he'll be in there an hour." Sam said.

Ivy laughed. "Yeah, I remember. I suppose I can walk with you while he's in there. Give us another chance to catch up."

"Great." said Sam, turning and shutting the motel door.

"Ivy, I need to ask, what exactly happened with you and Dean the last time we were together. He never wanted to talk about it so I didn't pry." said Sam.

"Long story short? After my encounter with that very angry poltergeist, he got extremely protective." she said.

"I remember. Can't say as I blame him though Ivy, we almost lost you, he almost lost you. I know better than anyone how protective he can be after something like that happens." Sam said.

"I know you do Sam. He told me he didn't want me hunting anymore, said it wasn't safe. He didn't like that he couldn't be around to protect me all the time. We had a huge fight and I told him that he wasn't going to keep me from hunting. After that things basically went from bad to worse. We were constantly fighting and I had to lie to him about going on hunts. Well, you know how well lying goes over with Dean. He found out and that was it. He ended it." she said.

"Figures. His overprotectiveness tends to be his downfall sometimes." Sam said.

"You know Sam. I never stopped thinking about him. I wonder sometimes how things would have been if I hadn't dealt with that poltergeist or if he hadn't given me an ultimatum, or if I'd stopped hunting. It was so hard the first few months. It was all I could do not to call him and tell him I would quit. But I couldn't do that because then I think I would have ended up resenting him and that wouldn't have been any better than it had been." she said, tears starting to form in her eyes.

Sam put his arm around her to comfort her. She was surprised when she felt a tingle run down her back where his hand rested. 'No.' she thought.'This is Sam, he's like a little brother and he's Dean's little brother. No, stop it right now Ivy.'

She felt the blush rise in her cheeks as she looked up at him. She knew she had to pull away but for some reason her body wasn't listening to the screaming commands in her head.

Sam looked down at her and gently wiped away the one stray tear that had made it's way down her cheek. He felt her hold her breath at his touch and he leaned down to kiss her. He was just an inch from her lips when his brain snapped him back to reality. He pulled back and released his hold on her back.

"Um, well, uh, we should, uh get back to the motel. I need to do some, uh research, yeah, research." he said, flustered.

"Yeah, I suppose we should." she said avoiding his gaze.

They walked back to the motel in complete silence, each avoiding looking at the other.