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Chapter 2 - Déjà Vu

Lisa Braeden POV

It was a normal day for Lisa Braeden. She was currently pushing her shopping cart down the produce aisle, browsing the racks for dinner. Her boyfriend Alex, and her son Ben walked behind her.

"Alex, Ben, how do steak and potatoes sound for dinner tonight?" Lisa reached for the packet of meat. No response. She turned around to empty air. They were probably in the video game aisle. Alex, despite his age, was still a kid at heart. Lisa was happy that he had gotten along so well with Ben.

One year ago, after Lisa had gotten out of the hospital, she met Alex. They met in a cafe in the most cliche way possible: he had accidently bumped into her, causing her coffee to spill down the front of her shirt. They started to chat and went out on a date the next night. The rest was history.

There was something niggling at the back of Lisa's mind though. It was odd, really. After the accident, a man had peeked into her room. He was beautiful - dark blonde hair, vibrant green eyes, perfectly chiseled facial features. He said that he accidently hit her car. When she looked into his eyes, there were emotions she couldn't decipher. Something along the lines of sadness and guilt. Lisa wondered where he was now. She couldn't seem to get him off of her mind; he haunted her memories.

Crash! Lisa jolted. "Oh no, I am so sorry!" While lost in her thoughts, she had accidentally rammed her cart into the cart opposite of her's.

"It is no problem," a deep, gravelly voice answered her.

Lisa looked up at him and was drawn to his piercing, blue gaze. He was wearing clothes that one normally wouldn't wear to the grocery store: a long, tan trenchcoat, dress shirt with a blue tie, black slacks, and dress shoes. "I should have watched where was going." Her tone was apologetic.

"There was no harm done," the handsome stranger replied, not unkindly.

"Oh god, now I'm being rude!" Lisa stuck out her hand. "I'm Lisa."

The man looked at her hand for a second and hesitated before placing his hands in her's. "My name is Castiel."

A set of footsteps could be heard an aisle away. "Cas? Cas, man, where are you?"

"Over here, Dean," the man intoned.

The footsteps started to get closer, until they turned around the corner. "There you are Cas!" He strode over with a box in his hand.

The man, Castiel, or Cas, released Lisa's hand and turned towards Dean. "Dean, no. We have left-over pie from yesterday."

Dean shrugged. "So what? What we have is cherry pie. This is apple pie."

"Dean," Cas stated.

Dean let out an exaggerated sigh and rolled his eyes. "Fine." He stuck the pie back onto a random shelf.

What the two men didn't notice was that Lisa had frozen. Her eyes were glued to Dean. The same green eyes, the same hair, the same facial features. It was him. It was the guy who had apologized to her in the hospital and left.

Dean glanced behind Cas's shoulder and finally noticed her. "L-Lisa?" His eyes were wide, shock evident. In a split second, his eyes contained wariness, as if he was guarded.

"Hi...Dean, right? The guy from the hospital?" She feigned ignorance, despite the fact that she had been thinking of him only moments earlier. Lisa's heart was beating really fast and she didn't know why.

Dean lifted his hand and nervously scratched the back of his head. "Uh, yeah. How are you? What are you doing here?"

"I'm doing well. I'm grocery shopping with my boyfriend and son." She glanced behind her back. "Well, I was shopping with them. Until they ditched me." She let out a little laugh.

"Boyfriend, huh? Is he a nice guy?" Dean inquired curiously.

"Yeah, he's amazing. I've never been happier. And, uh, how have you been, Dean?" Lisa studied him carefully; she knew that he was treading around her, putting up a defense. But why was he?

Dean pursed his lips for a second before responding. "I'm better than I have been in a long time actually." A ghost of smile flit across his face. He stole a peek at Cas, then shyly ducked his head down.

Lisa saw Cas return a tiny, affectionate smile. She felt as if she was intruding on a deeply personal moment.

"Mom?" Ben ran up to his mother, clutching the newest Call of Duty video game. "Can I get this? Alex said I could if you said yes! Please?"

Lisa playfully glared at Alex. He shrugged innocently, his hands in the front pockets of his jeans. "Alright, we can get it, kiddo." She ruffled his hair.

Ben pulled away from his mother's touch. "Mom, I'm not a little kid."

He fixed his gaze onto Dean. "Who's that?"

Lisa opened her mouth to, thinking of something to say, but Dean cut her off. "I'm just an old friend. Nice to see you again, Lisa."

Alex gave Dean and Cas a friendly smile before intercepting. "Ben and I are going to go check out this stuff, okay?" He steered the cart away from Lisa and walked away with Ben.

Dean, Cas, and Lisa dawdled awkwardly in the aisle for a moment, until Dean's cellphone went off.

Dean pulled his phone out of his pocket and briefly glanced at the I.D. before answering. "Sammy?" There was a pause. "No, we're not messing around. Yeah, yeah, we're heading back right now. See you later."

He ended the call. "Sam's whining about how hungry he is. Let's just go buy him his rabbit food."

Dean looked at Lisa once more, his eyes filled with emotion and confliction. "I'm really glad that you're happy Lisa. I'm glad that your life is okay again."

Lisa was puzzled. "It was nothing. You accidently bumped me with your car."

Dean looked at the ground. "Yeah, yeah. Well, have a good life, Lisa." He flashed her a sad smile before turning to Cas.

"Goodbye, Lisa Braeden," Cas stated seriously before turning around and placing his hand on the small of Dean's back.

They walked away together, Dean pushing the cart, Cas' hand on his back, as Lisa watched them from behind.

Wait. What? How did Cas know Lisa's full name? She'd never told him. And why was he touching Dean in such an intimate way? She knew because that was the way that Dean was with her.

Wait, no. Not Dean. Alex, she meant. It was the way Alex was with her.

Lisa was left with more questions than answers, but a small smile broke out across her face as she watched the two figures grow smaller in the distance. Dean lightly bumped Cas' side and kissed him on the cheek. It was a quick, sneaky kiss, but it happened.

As she left to find Alex and Ben, she felt relieved. She didn't know why, but she felt lighter, as if a heavy burden had suddenly been lifted off of her shoulders. Even though Dean was mystery to her and she would never be able to understand why exactly she was so drawn to him, she was glad that she had run into him. He really seemed to care about how she was, and she was glad that he had something good in his life too.

Lisa never did run into Dean again.


A/N: I think this turned out to be more of a study of Lisa too. I intended for this to be more Destiel-centric, but I think my subconscious just really wanted Lisa to get her happy ending as well.

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