"God damn, this town is so small!" Dean said. They'd already walked all the way around it. There was nothing to it. "What would happen in a town this freakin' small?"
Even Sam had to admit the town was tiny. He must have seen the same jogger about five times now. And counting. And that was bothering him.
"Oh, no, Gypsy! That one goes over there! Gypsy!" A shorter, older, balding man stood in the gazebo in the center of the town. He was directing a younger woman around the town square, and she had an oversize pumpkin balanced precariously in her arms.
'Taylor, I am going to run into something if we keep this up," Gypsy said, finally putting down the pumkin in a spot Taylor approved of.
"Thank you," Taylor said, still sounding a bit disappointed. "Now could you move... Gypsy?" Gyspy had already taken off, obviously not wanting to do any more manual labor. Taylor looked up, saw the Winchesters, and his eye's sparked. "Dean!" he said and Dean looked up, an eyebrow raised rather comically in shock. He looked over his shoulder once. "Come help me move this."
Dean hesitantly took a step forward. Taylor sighed. "You can help too, I guess," he said, looking at Dean.
"What?" Dean asked Taylor.
"I was asking Dean, but you work, too."
"I am Dean," Dean replied. This was getting confusing.
"He's Dean," Taylor said, pointing at Sam.
"No, I'm Sam," Sam said.
"No, you're Dean," Taylor insisted.
"He's Dean," Sam insisted.
"You can't both be Dean, can you?"
"We're not!" Sam and Dean said at the same time.
"You must be mistaking me for someone else," Sam assured.
Same guy that Rory girl thought I was, probably. Wow, how much do I look like him?
"My name is Sam, that's my brother, Dean."
Taylor, obviously still confused, shook his head. "Either way, Can one of you help me move this?"
"Note to self: stear clear of Taylor," Sam said, rubbing his left shoulder. They'd spent the last half hour lugging props for the annual Stars Hollow Halloween Festival Extravaganza. They had managed to escape into Luke's Diner when a guy named Kirk came up to talk to Taylor.
"Come in. Sit," A waitress greeted them by the door. It was the same Asian girl who'd directed them to the dragonfly yesterday. Her nametag read "Lane". She handed them menus and whisked away to refill the girl named Rory's coffee mug. Rory was seated over by the window with another woman, who shared some of her same features. But still, she looked a bit too young to be her mom. Well, you never knew.
Dean looked over the menu, and Sam looked over at the bustling pair of middle aged women who had just come in. They were gossiping. "But Lulu didn't know. I mean, it was all the Kirk's fault for not telling her he had night terrors. "
"Poor Kirk. Ah, yes, Lane, can we have two coffees?" Sam looked over Dean's head as the two women continued to gossip.
Sam leaned down to whisper to Dean. "Think they'd know if something was wrong?" At that point the two women erupted into laughter, and continued to gossip.
"You think?" Dean said, as two other people walked past them on their way out the door. The diner was becoming more and more deserted. The only people left inside were Rory, the woman she was eating with, and the two gossipers. Plus Sam and Dean. Lane had given the two women their coffee and gone into the back. The other man had gone upstairs. It was quieter and the two women were now whispering so low no one could hear them except for each other.
Rory waved at Sam as they got up to leave, but the other woman shot him a look and walked out.
"People in this town don't like you much do they?" Dean asked. "You're one step away from being shunned, and two from being burned at the stake."
"We haven't seen you two around!" It took Sam and Dean a minute to figure out the two women were talking to them. Dean spun around in his seat.
"No ma'am, were not from here," he said, smiling.
"So what are you boys doing in Star's Hollow?" one of them said.
Dean, aparently, already had a cover story. "Our dad is looking for houses in smaller towns. I'm Dean, by the way, this is my brother Sam." He held out his hand to shake.
"Oh, how polite," the older woman swooned. "I'm Patti."
"And I'm Babette," the shorter one said. "So your father is looking to buy a home?" She had an accent from somewhere northern. Dean couldn't quite name it, though.
"Yeah, he sent us to look at some towns, make sure its good living." Even Sam had to admit, it was a well-thought alibi. They could find out all they needed about the town.
"Oh, yes, Stars Hollow is amazing," Babette said.
"Such a quiet town. But such characters!" Patti exclaimed. "Everyone has their own personality."
"We met Taylor earlier," Dean said and both women laughed.
'So the town is good?" Sam asked, now wanting to get down to the real business. "No weird business going on?"
"Of course not!" Babette said.
"Well, Babette, we can't say that now can we." Babette gave Patti a blank look. "The Collins house, Gypy's store..." Obviously Babette got it. Sam and Dean, unfortunately, didn't.
"Nothing major, just some things have been moved around," Patti said. "Things are being taken, things disappear into thin air, almost."
Poltergeist, Sam thought and shot a glance at Dean, who was still looking at the two women.
"Like what?" Dean asked, still trying to keep the tone lighthearted.
"Gypsy's had her tools stolen out of her locked shed."
"Taylor's store window disappeared with no trace of it ever being there."
"Luke has had his baseball cap taken without a trace."
"No one knows what happened to Ms. Kim's Antique Store sign."
"Probably just some teenager playing tricks," Patti finished up the list.
"Wow, I mean-" Dean started to say.
"But it is a good town." Babette interupted. "Is your father coming to look at it himself? I know the Mark's house is up for sale."
"He doesn't know quite yet," Sam said, and noticed Lane had come back out and the man had come down from upstairs. They both turned around in their seats and ordered food.
A/N: Wow, its been a long time! Ive been pretty busy writing 2 non fanfic stories and then ive got the sequel to Bullets, my other story, churning in my mind. Its alot to think about! Hope u guys liked this chapter and the next one will come as soon as possible, meaning i cant promise it'll be tomorrow and i cant say itll be next year. Hold tight, the ride gets better! Luvs!
AND! what Star's Hollow 'Character' do u want in next chapter.
