AN: And a third update within a night on one story… I'm on a roll here guys…. Give me some encouragement? I love you my lovelies!
Chapter Three
He couldn't resist checking in on Jess after that night. He couldn't help but worry about her, if someone had pissed off a demon enough for it to attack her, then his presence couldn't do much more harm. He didn't trust that she's seen the last of the demon either, especially since he had interrupted it, so he needed to ward her apartment building more.
His glamour wasn't that different from his original appearance, Red hair, lighter eyes. If she saw him she would know, but that was her, and he wasn't so sure that he wanted to stay away any longer. He missed Ms. Lawyer, and Mr. Lawyer for that matter. He came to her apartment everyday for a week after it happened, strengthening the wards, and adding more. It was the last day, when he was finishing everything when Jessie came out of her building and bumped into him. She looked up to apologize for the accident and her eyes widened.
"Rian." She breathed, her arms going around him and holding him tightly. He closed his eyes. "He was wrong. You're not a ghost. Thank Merlin. Oh Goddess, Rian, we thought you were dead." She whispered, her face going to his chest. He wrapped his arms around her. He knew what family Sam came from, what he must have thought if she had told him that he had saved her.
"I couldn't let you two get killed by someone who was trying to kill me. I barely made it out of the building, I was in a coma for two weeks. When I woke my contacts told me I'd been declared dead. I couldn't come back. Merlin Jess, what would have happened if I hadn't gone out that morning? You and Sam would have died." He replied just as low. Her arms tightened around him protectively as she sobbed.
"You stupid man. We didn't care if we were in danger. I know you were protecting us, but don't do that to me again. Don't let me think you are dead. I know Sam has to think it, because there's only one way you got out of that building to somewhere you were in a coma for 2 weeks. You're a wizard aren't you? I know enough from their rants about the ones who made deals for their power to know that they wouldn't accept it. They don't know about born wizards, but I do. It's why even when they were insisting you were a ghost that I didn't believe them that you'd go bad automatically. I'm a squib Rian, haven't had contact with that world except through my parents, but I need to know what you're running from Okay? Now let's go back up to our apartment and you explain this." She whispered. He sighed and kissed her head, feeling relieved that she understood, but she always had.
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Jessie looked at her best friend and sighed. She had never expected him to be the Harry Potter, but she understood why he had run, why he had worried about their safety. She understood, and she wished to Merlin that she wasn't a damned squib right about now. If she had the power to, she would show those idiots that Rian wasn't the one they should worry about, that some people gave a damn about their friends. The Wizards had used him and when they couldn't control him they wanted him dead, so his powers couldn't be used by anyone else. He had continued on with his education after he had to abandon his life as Rian, and was now a doctor interning.
She was proud of him, so proud. It was sad that Sam was as close minded as he was, but he wouldn't be able to believe in born wizards and witches without doubting that the ones he had helped kill might have been part of their world. She could tell him otherwise, but if he found out her past he wouldn't believe her either. And so after fucking the man her best friend was in love with while she thought he was dead, she was now harboring said best friend while convincing her ex that she hadn't seen his ghost since he had saved her. Regardless of what she had said Sam still called, and randomly showed up.
The first time that he showed Jessie had been in J.D.'s bed comforting him after a nightmare, and as she sent him away going to the door she hated Sam a little bit. She treasured every minute that she had with her brother, and even though she had slept with her brother's crush after he 'died' she didn't know how to handle this version of Sam. He was almost demented in his urges to protect her from everything including Rian. The very fact that he would harm her brother living or dead made her think that he hadn't loved him as much as he claimed. She firmly believed that if Sam loved Rian then nothing would stop him from finding him and loving him. Supernatural or not nothing should stop him, because the world was far from black and white. He just needed to learn that.
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"Jess, we haven't found any activity in relation to Rian. I know that you didn't think we would though. Have you seen him again?" Sam asked quietly, his brother still in the car. This was the 7th time this year and she was just tired of it all. She wanted him to go, to not come back and torture her brother. It was enough that this had happened before he became aware of just how Sam would react to him. She resisted any telling signs, because she didn't want to deal with the reaction her ex would have.
"No I haven't. But even if I did I wouldn't tell you right? I mean your brother told me not to expect help after I kicked you out after all." She responded tightly. Sam frowned at her, and went to touch her shoulder. She flinched away and looked into his eyes. "I want you to do something. Look up born wizards." She muttered, scowling. He looked confused and she almost laughed. Almost being the key word. She didn't have any sympathy for him in relation to Rian. He had fucked that up on his own, and she didn't want him near her brother.
"Born Wizards? I haven't heard anything about them. Why?" He asked. She snorted.
"Look it up before you come or call again Winchester, and then I might answer you questions. On the Hadrian Front? You deserve every misery that comes to you. He trusted you, and you threw all of that in his face when you were willing to kill him." She muttered before locking him out. She heard his knocking, but didn't care.
As soon as he left D.J. would be able to come home and she would be able to protect him. He was what was important right now in the larger scheme of things, not Sam who had a brother to protect him. When there was a moment of silence she shut the door loudly. There was no reason for her to baby her ex. It wasn't like she was responsible for him anymore.
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Sam stared at the book in front of him. There were people born with the powers that he and his brother killed when they found out. How many innocent people, that hadn't traded their souls for their powers had they and other hunter's killed? And how in the world had Jessica known about them when they hadn't? When he called his ex this time it wasn't to check on her, but to get answers. She sounded tired and cranky when she answered though.
"What the fuck do you want Sam?" She snapped. He resisted a flinch, because before she had been saved by Rian's ghost and they had told her that they would 'kill' him she hadn't snapped. He closed his eyes.
"How did you know?" He asked. She sighed, sounding a hundred times more tired.
"I wasn't born with that magic, but my parents were. It's why I didn't think Rian's ghost would be bad automatically, because ghosts there are powerful, they keep the positive emotions. Only I got the answers you wanted Sam. He ran to protect us, because if he'd been in the apartment we would have died, and they had found him. He's alive, not a ghost and he saved me. I haven't heard from him since that first week, but he's staying away to protect us, and because he's afraid of you. Hunters kill and ask questions later, and he knows that." She replied. Sam closed his eyes tight, processing it all. It made sense with what he read, and he was almost sure of who Rian had been before he ran. He didn't blame the younger man, not at all. The kid had done what was necessary to stay alive when everyone turned on him for nothing at all.
He hated himself though, because Jessie was right, if he had found out about Rian's magic before, then he would have killed first and tried to understand why later, even though he loved him. It was ingrained in his very being to destroy the supernatural before it could destroy him and his family. Jessie sighed over the phone, as his silence continued. She sounded so very tired, and he felt a tinge of worry.
"What's going on Jess?" He asked quietly, avoiding the topic he called her to talk about. He couldn't make her promises that he couldn't convince her of. She wouldn't tell him if she had contact with Rian either, for fear that he would set up a trap. It was… painful to know that Rian feared him, and Jess could very well hate him for his erroneous beliefs. Perhaps she thought that she would become a target since her parents were magical too. In her eyes she had as much reason to fear him as Rian did. She shouldn't have to worry if he would kill her, her family or Rian just because of their natural abilities. He would find Rian, and protect him from everything. He's have to introduce the fact of born wizards to Dean carefully, and hope they stumbled on Rian during a job though.
"Nothing, just busy. If I see you or your brother around me or my family though I won't be responsible for what I do." She replied bitterly, warning him away from coming around, and cementing the fact that she didn't trust him. He sighed and closed his eyes, he needed to think of a way to make her feel safe, because if he hung up after that then he would never have a chance to explain himself and he knew it.
"I won't hurt you, your family or Rian over this Jess. I get why he didn't tell us, why he didn't let us know he was alive after the attack and I don't blame him for any of it. I want to find him though, not to hurt him but to make sure he's okay, to make sure that those people haven't caught up to him again and to keep him safe." He replied softly. She actually laughed, but it was dull, full of disbelief.
"I'm not going to chance that Sam. I saw, I heard you when you thought he was a ghost. Your brother jumped on the idea of killing him again and you only nodded. You didn't defend him, or anything. Well Rian is my brother Sam, and if you either of you try anything with my brother then I will kill you myself. This isn't college anymore, you can't make it up, and you can't act like you care now." She spat out. He flinched, she did hate him, and he had no doubt that she had told Rian all about their reactions. Even if he found him the Med-Student would probably bolt rather than listen to him and his explanations. The phone went dead before he could respond.