Chapter 10

Dean was patient for the first 5 or so minutes of the waiting game but as in previous times, he'd never had the patience to play that damn stupid game. He quickly rose from the chair and walked over to the nurse who was sitting behind her desk. She looked up questioningly at him.

"Any news on my brother yet?" Dean asked impatiently.

"I'm sorry sir you'll just have to wait until the doctor comes out to see you." She replied.

Dean sucked in a long breath, he could feel the anger beginning to rise again. Right now, all he wanted to do was grab the nurse by her scrawny neck and throttle her. Was he asking too much? All he wanted to do was see his brother Sam and know that he was okay.

Once more, Ginny came up beside him and gently placed her hand on his arm. "Is there somewhere we can get some coffee?" She asked politely.

"Of course. The cafeteria is just up the end of that hallway over there." The nurse gave Ginny the I understand look.

With a little more force, she managed to guide Dean away from the nurse and towards the hallway before Dean shook off her guiding hands.

"Lemme alone will ya? I don't want any damn coffee!" He growled. "I jus' wanna see my brother!" He stomped back to the waiting room and slouched down in a chair.

Ginny sighed, ran a hand over her tired eyes and then continued up the hallway towards the cafeteria. She returned a short time later holding Styrofoam cup. She stood in front of Dean and held the cup towards here. "Here have some coffee."

Dean looked up at her and without a word took the cup. Ginny sat down beside him, not saying anything. The silence stretched out to several minutes.

"I'm sorry about before." Dean said quietly.

"No don't apologize. If it were me in your shoes, I would be tearing my hair out by now. Either that or I would have been looking for something very big to hit someone with very hard!" Ginny said.

Dean looked sideways at Ginny, a small smile playing on his lips. "Thanks for the coffee."

"Anytime." She said. They lapsed into silence again.

Dean had to wait another 20 minutes before someone emerged from triage. Doctor Menzies sighting Dean and Ginny made a b-line for them. Upon his approach, Dean quickly got to his feet and looked expectantly at the doctor.

"Well now Mr….." The doctor began but gave Dean a questioning look.

"Uh, Winton – Dean Winton."

"Yes Mr Winton, I've done my initial examination of your brother's injuries and things are quite serious. His internal injuries are very extensive; in fact we're preparing him for surgery as we speak. He also has multiple external injuries and fractures. What the hell happened to him?" Dr Menzies frowned at Dean.

Dean had to think quickly. "He was attacked by some thugs." Dean offered.

"Hm, well, I can honestly say they did a very thorough job on him. If you'd like to follow me I'll take you to see him before he goes into surgery."

Dean turned to Ginny but before he could say anything, she spoke first. "Go see your brother. I'll wait here."

He gently cupped her face in his hand and then raced to catch up with the doctor.

Dr Menzies led Dean through to the triage room where Sam was lying on an examination table. Various wires were attached to him monitoring his condition. Dean looked at all the machinery, suddenly feeling very afraid for Sam.

"I'll give you a couple of minutes with him." Dr Menzies said before turning away.

Dean walked up beside Sam, noting how pale and drawn his features looked in amongst all the bruising that was covering his face. He gently reached out and pushed some stray hair from his face. Sam stirred slightly, a low moan escaping him.

"Sam? Sammy? Can you hear me?" Dean whispered. Sam's eyes fluttered open and tried to focus on his brother. "Hey there!" Dean smiled at him.

Sam's hand found his brother's hand. Sam tried to speak but couldn't seem to get the words to come out.

"It's okay Sam. Don't try to speak, everything's gonna be okay, I promise. You just take it easy. They're gonna take you to surgery but I'll be here when you wake up, okay?" Dean smiled a smile that he didn't think he had the energy to do but he had to let his brother know that everything would be okay.

Dr Menzies appeared at the foot of the bed. "They're ready for him now."

Dean tried to release his hand from Sam's but Sam's grip tightened. "D-De…"

"It's okay Sammy. No-ones gonna hurt you – they're gonna help. Okay? I'll be here next time you open your eyes, I promise." Dean looked down at his brother, the lump in his throat almost constricting his breathing.

Sam released Dean's hand and closed his eyes. Without waiting, Dean left the room and made his way back out to where Ginny was still waiting for him. He slumped down in the seat beside her as she anxiously looked at him.

"Well?" She asked.

"Huh?" Dean turned to look at her.

"Hello? Earth to Dean! How is your brother?" She asked again.

"He's going into surgery." He let out a long slow breath. "This is going to be a long night."

"I know what your answer is going to be but I'm still going to ask it…. Why don't you come back to my place and get some rest for a couple of hours? We can leave my phone number with them and get them to give you a call when he comes out of surgery." Ginny sat there waiting for the violent explosion but none came.

"Nah. I'll wait it out here. But thanks for the offer. Why don't you head on home though?"

"Nope. But I'm gonna head on outside to catch some air though. Come with me." Ginny said, reaching for Dean's hand.

Without a word, Dean let Ginny lead him outside to where her car was still parked haphazardly in the emergency parking bay.

"Guess I should move my car." Ginny said.

She made to move towards the open door of the car, when Dean grabbed her arm. "Wait a sec. I just wanna say thanks." She looked at Dean and could see he was close to being an emotional wreck. "Back there in the cave….."

Ginny held up a hand. "Please, stop that right now. I did what I had to do. If the tables were turned, I'm sure you'd have done the same thing. So let's just leave it at that shall we?"

Dean couldn't help but let out a small chuckle. "Still wanna say thanks though." He pulled Ginny into his arms and kissed her. As he drew away from her, Dean left her speechless. "You go move the car, I'm gonna head back inside."

Ginny made her way to her car and sank down in the driver's seat. Her heart was racing as she relived that simple, wonderful, outstanding, awesome, magnificent, perfect kiss that had just been given to her. She sat staring out the windshield trying to regain control of her senses.

"Oh get a grip girl. It was just a darn kiss!" She mumbled to herself. She got the car moved into a parking space and slowly made her way back into the waiting area to join Dean.

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