New, weird chapter up. Warning: Ruby and no Dean lol. As a passionate Ruby hater, I think I was surprisngly nice to her here haha. Sliiiiightly sexual content. No biggie.

Kinda hate not writing Dean, I mean duuuh, whats the best thing beside limp!Sam? Pro!Dean! But ah well. Don't want to get boring.

Again kudos to my lovely beta reader, Ravanne!

M - Mown down

Set: Sometime during Dean's stay in Hell

Ruby followed Sam as quickly as her smaller stature could manage down the quiet road, huffing in annoyance over the Winchester's stubbornness.

"Sam, can you please slow down? You can't go after Lilith now!" Ruby's long black hair flapped over her shoulder as she rushed in front of Sam, forcing him to stop.

"Remember how it went last time?" She crossed her arms over her chest and glared up at him.

"Yeah I finally managed to exorcise a demon with my powers," Sam argued. He was obviously tired, but looked far better than he had in weeks. He had started laying off the alcohol, and found a motel with working showers.

Despite all her best intentions, Ruby was starting to intentionally get physically closer to him. Sure she had already tricked him into sex once, but that was really just to get her on his good side. Now though she was starting to feel something for him. She had refused to admit that herself for a long time and she was going to keep refusing it to anyone who would claim otherwise.

"Uh yeah, but Lilith wasn't there and we both almost got killed because of your recklessness." She physically stopped him when he tried to walk past her again.

"Oh, that's funny. A demon talking to me about recklessness. Why do you care?" Sam took hold of her small shoulders and pushed her lightly to the side.

"Sam! Damn it… Lilith fixed that set up. She knew you were coming. You gotta be smarter about this!" Ruby slipped in front of Sam again when he came to the Impala,

"Come on, Sammy. You thrust me, don't you? You know now that I don't want to hurt you."

Ruby gave Sam a crooked smile and lifted her hand and ran it down the side of his neck. Her smile widened when his stance marginally relaxed. She continued to stroke his jaw with a thumb and carefully leaned closer to kiss him, but then he turned away and coughed. The demon drew back, feeling vaguely insulted.

"Okay, Ruby. Fine. Whatever you say." He looked around and saw a small convenience store on the other side of the road.

"I need some food. Why don't you just go back to the motel... or, whatever." He started walking, but didn't notice until he was inside the store that Ruby had followed him. He glared at her, annoyed that she had followed him.

"What? I want food too," Ruby insisted, shrugging off his annoyance and strolled around. Sam wanted to say something, but decided that it wasn't worth raising an argument in public over. He picked up some bottles of soda and some food out of the refrigerator case to have back at the motel.

"You're gonna rent a chick flick too?" Ruby snickered. She picked the wrapper off a liquorice stick and stuffed it in her mouth. Sam just glared at her again before continuing walking through the stores. "Maybe later we can braid each other's hair."

"You can be a real bitch sometimes, you know," Sam mumbled, but Ruby heard him just fine.

"Poor baby. I'll make it up to you." She leaned up and whispered in his ear, her breath brushing against his skin.

"Oh! French fries," Ruby grinned and picked up a bag of frozen french fries.

"You can't buy them. They're frozen," Sam mumbled and went to the cashier with his purchases in hand.

"I can see that, Einstein." She grinned, but didn't put the bag back.

"I'll find a way." And with that she vanished. Sam looked over his shoulder where she had been standing, but she was gone. He still wasn't used to her just vanishing like that. And t was another uncomfortable reminder of what she really was.

Sam headed out of the store and looked around for Ruby. He knew she was fully capable of getting back to the motel herself. She could steal a car, or just transport herself if she chose. He wouldn't let her into the Impala, though. Sam knew how much Dean would hate that. It was probably just an over sentimental response from him, but he couldn't help it. The Impala was Dean's and it just didn't feel right having Ruby even touch Dean's car. He was already regretting that he had broken his big brother's dying wish and the least he could do was to keep demons out of the Impala.

Sam was very confused when it came to Ruby. When he had first met her she was all smartass and tough, possessing a pretty blond woman. Now she was borrowing the body some brain dead, dark haired girl and way more flirty then he ever remembered her being. She still had the bitchy attitude going on, but the Ruby he first got to know would never be so eager to get him in bed. Her flirting had become much more overt and much less subtle. Sam had made that mistake once already. He wasn't going to make that same error of judgment a second time.

When Ruby didn't immediately return from wherever she vanished to, Sam decided to return to the motel without her.

"Sam!" As Sam headed across the road he heard Ruby call for him and looked back over his shoulder. He saw her following him with a proud smile on her face.

"I got fried french fries!" she laughed and Sam couldn't help but smile at her. She seemed so genuinely happy standing there, clutching her steaming bag of treats. She was about to lock arm with him when both were interrupted by the sound of screeching tires coming towards them.

Sam reacted on instinct and grabbed Ruby around the waist just as he felt the front of a car hit the back of his legs. The force knocked him off his feet and onto the hood of the car where he smashed into the windshield rolling to the ground. The whole time he held onto Ruby, protecting her from the impact. He hit the asphalt hard, Ruby falling out of his arms and landed on her side while Sam tried to curl in on himself to lessen the injury. His head hit the asphalt, scraping the side of his face.

"Hey!" Ruby stood up and shouted after the car that raced off again. There wasn't anyone around either to stop him or see what happened, but she was able to get a good look at his license plate. She would deal with the driver of that car later.

"Sam!" She knelt by Sam and tapped his cheeks trying to get his attention focused on her. He was awake, but didn't seem aware of her. She quickly checked him over for injury and by the time she was done, the immediate shock seemed to have worn off and he was looking at her.

"Hey, Sam. I think I might need to call for ambulance," Ruby explained, leaning over him and stroke his cheek.

"You seem to have avoided any broken bones, but you don't look too good..." She didn't know how much Sam was understanding of what she was saying, but he seemed to get enough to shake his head slowly.

"N…No. I'm fine," He tried to sit up, but gasped at the sharp pain that shot up through his chest. It caused him to fall back, his eyes rolling back in his head.

"That does it," Ruby wasn't used to situations like this, but Sam was her responsibility and if it was hospital he needed then it was hospital he would get. She couldn't risk trying to heal him herself and call attention to them. All she needed was for the doctors to check him out and get whatever urgent treatment he required, then she could sneak him out. She could take care of Sam.

Decision made, she reached into her pocket for her phone and called for ambulance.

"Hey, Sam. They're on their way," Ruby whispered and sat down by Sam's head and moved it onto her lap. She stoked his hair, her fingers tracing gently around the deep scrapes on his face.

"What happened here?" A man came out of the store they had just been in, rushing over to them.

Took him long enough, Ruby thought silently as the stranger knelt over Sam to check him out.

"You better call ambulance," the man looked up at Ruby as if he was in charge and she just managed to keep herself from snorting.

"You know what, short bus?" she snapped, tightening her hold on Sam when he leaned too close. The sight of someone else trying to touch him dragged every protective instinct she had in her to the fore. "If you weren't too busy minding your own business, you would have noticed the hit and run five minutes earlier and that I already called the ambulance." The man just stared at her, surprised by her outburst.

"Geez, I'm sorry. I was just trying to help!" He sat back a bit, making sure to keep a bit of distance between himself and Sam. The injured man was trying hard to keep his attention focused on what was going on around him.

"Well he don't nee…"

"Ruby!" Sam groaned, when she continued bickering. It was all it took though. She glared dangerously at the man, but kept her mouth shut.

"Here, keep this against the head wounds." The man offered Ruby a wad of paper towels and she took it with a curt nod.

"I think I hear the sirens," he reassured Sam before standing up and backing away.

"I'll go and make sure they see you."

Ruby rolled her eyes, but thanked silently to whoever was listening that he left them. She turned her attention back to Sam and carefully pressed the paper towel to the ugly, bleeding wounds on the side of his face.

"It's going to be fine, Sam," she reassured him as he closed his eyes; pained lines furrowing his forehead and his breath wheezing harshly.

They were lucky that Sam had escaped without serious injury, Ruby knew. She should probably not have moved him from the hospital just a day after the accident, but she knew she could care for him during the rest of his recovery. Sam had suffered a few broken ribs, a busted arm and a concussion. His face was heavily bruised and scabbed, but the injuries there were all superficial. He was still pretty groggy from the drugs the hospital had pumped into him before she managed to sneak him out.

While Sam had been i the hospital Ruby had sought out the driver of the car and taken care of him. She left his body where he would be found for months, leaning over steering wheel with a slit throat. She didn't need to keep up appearances quite so much when Sam wasn't around, but she wouldn't let some random hillbilly ruin everything she had worked for. Besides, Sam would never find out anyway.

"Sam? You awake?" Ruby poked the side of Sam's face carefully. She had brought Sam back to the motel almost a day ago, but Sam had been sleeping for most of it.

"Hm?" Sam moaned when he grimaced, stretching the wounds on his face. He opened his eyes more to take in his surroundings.

"How... how did we get here?" He sat up carefully, mindful of the protective bandage around his ribs.

"I drove, hot shot." Ruby stood up and stretched her borrowed body.

"Don't worry. Not the Impala," she assured at the look of horror on Sam's face. She knew very well why Sam didn't want her near his brother's car.

"How are you feeling?" she asked seriously while stripping off her pants, leaving her black tank top and a tight sitting shorts.

"Been better," Sam sighed and laid down again as Ruby climbed in beside him in the bed. He tried to ignore how close she was to him. "What happened?"

"That's like the third time you've asked what happened," Ruby snickered and laid down sideways, resting her head in her hand.

"Some idiot mowed us down and drove off. Another idiot called Sam Winchester threw himself in front of it to save me, who - by the way would have gotten out of that accident far better then you." Ruby wasn't angry, not at Sam. Far from actually. She smirked and stroke his cheek.

Sam closed his eyes and tried to enjoy the soothing sensation. Although Ruby was being careful, for a demon anyway, it never felt right. It was one thing having a girl taking care of you, Jessica was like the kindest,. and sexiest, nurse ever when he got sick back at Stanford. But she was human. No matter how much he trusted Ruby, she would never be human and the body she was in wasn't hers. It didn't really help that the soul of the girl that used to be there was gone. He was ashamed of himself for letting Ruby take advantage of him, but he couldn't just blame her. He hadn't stopped her. It shouldn't have happened the first time, but he wouldn't let it happen again. She tried, but never got any further than she was right now and she actually seemed fine with it.

He remember waking up some hours prior with Ruby taking care of some wounds on his head and she had been gentle. But she wasn't Jess and she certainly wasn't Dean. Ruby would mutter some random smartass lines about the hit and run driver and what she was going to do when she got her hands on him. Dean would always mumble about memories they shared to calm him down. With Dean, Sam knew that he could always let his guard down completely, knowing that his brother was there to keep him safe. No matter how careful Ruby was, she would never take Dean's place.

"I know you're not a huge fan of drinking demon blood, but..."

"No," Sam interrupted Ruby's quiet voice.

"It'll make you feel better, Sam," she insisted, running two fingers over his forehead. He opened his eyes and stared her in the eyes.

"No."

Sam ended the conversation with that and closed his eyes again.

Some minutes passed quietly before he felt a soft kiss on his cheek, followed by another one on corner of his lips. He made a sound of protest, but Ruby just turned his head towards her with one hand on his scratched up cheek, kissing his lips.

"Don't worry, hotshot. I'm not an idiot. I'm not going to do anything that'll hurt you." she smiled against his lips and patted his bandaged chest softly. She had no intention on having sex with him right then and stayed on her side beside him. She pulled all her hair over one shoulder before looking Sam in the eye.

"Thank you," she said honestly.

"For what?" he automatically closed his eyes when she leaned over to kiss him again. He kissed her slowly back, but let his hands rest on his chest. She smiled again for the obvious answer to the question he asked. She was very thankful for what he had done for her. He had proved the other night no matter how he might protest otherwise, he trusted her and had been willing to jump in front of a car for her. Sure he will be angry when he learns that she was using him, but Ruby was more sure then ever that by the time they're ready to check Lucifer out of Hell, Sam will be firmly on her side. Once the final seal was broken, Sam would forget about any misgivings he may have had and embrace what he was meant to be. And she would happily remain at his side.

She ran her hand through his dark hair and tugged his head back over the pillow to kiss his neck. He sighed contentedly as he leaned his head to the side into Ruby's hand. Ruby felt encouraged and kissed more eagerly up his neck, lightly biting his ear lobe before running her lips over his cheek. It wasn't before she kissed his lips again that she realized he had fallen asleep, his head heavy in her hand.

"Oh Sam," she snickered and planted a final kiss on his lips before settling down beside him. She didn't really need to sleep, but he wasn't going anywhere so right now there was no better place to be.

How was that? So I was playing off the idea Genevieve came with that Ruby might actually be falling in love with Sam. I hated Ruby with passion, but it's a little more fun writing a bad character with a weakspot for the good guy. Hope she was still somewhat in character with the s4 Ruby.