Chapter 8
When Dean woke up he found himself in another strange bedroom with yet another woman he didn't recognize, when the haze of late morning sleeping wore off Dean realized that the woman he was lying next to wasn't some stranger but in fact Anna. Dean smiled and laid back down and pulled her close to him, she rustled then flipped over so she faced him but didn't open her green eyes. He looked over her face from her plump smooth pink lips, to her small nose and perfectly sculpted eye brows, her hair curled around her heart shaped face giving her a look of innocence. Dean knew that if she woke up to him staring at her she was become a fiery virago, he smiled as she tried to nestle more firmly in his grip. He thought of Brian and a shot of jealousy ripped through him, who is he? Is he Anna's boyfriend? Is he a threat? The thought came out of no where and Dean frowned in confusion, Why had he thought that? He was frowning when Anna woke up in the arms of a strange man, her first thought was What the hell is going on? Then she remembered it was Dean and another slip of lust blew through her. She looked into his face and saw him frowning.
"What do I get that look for?"
"No reason."
They were silent for a few moments then Dean leaned over and placed a kiss on her forehead and left the bed. Anna got up as well watching his slow movements, she walked him out and watched him walk downstairs then began her daily ritual of showering and dressing for the day. She would be late for work if she didn't hurry, she languidly walked to the bathroom with her clothes and started the shower. As for Dean he was currently downstairs, helping Alex with breakfast when Brian walked in the house carrying a couple of newspapers. Dean shot a look of envy at him and continued to help with the eggs and bacon, luckily Brian hadn't seen the look and was now giving Sam the newspapers to look through. Sam sat at the table looking angry, but did not speak as he was handed a newspaper.
Dean looked at him but decided it was best not to make a scene, especially since they were guests. Anna came down just as breakfast was being served, Alex looked at her and grinned.
"You're gonna be late to work, tsk tsk tsk." Alex said
"Haha, very funny." She said
Alex grinned at Anna and Anna sat down at the table, right next to Dean, Dean looked over and gave her a bright smile, Anna then turned to Sam and smiled and nodded. Dean felt the same jealousy as before pass over him and he was entertaining ideas of killing his brother. He laughed inwardly at himself.
"Good Morning, Dean and Sam." Alex said
"Good Morning." Sam grumbled
"Good Morning." Dean said brightly
"Okay no more Good morning, you're giving me a headache." Brian said
All laughed
"So what are we doing today?" Dean said
"Work." Alex and Anna said at the same time
"I'm watching Greg." Brian said
Dean and Sam looked at each other.
"What are we doing?"
"There's a computer in the study down that way." Alex gestured "You could do some research."
"Yea I guess." Sam mumbled into his coffee
"Okay." Dean said
Breakfast went fairly fast with everyone chatting amiably and being polite, it was easier for Sam and Dean here because everyone at the table knew exactly what they did and understood because they did it as well.
"Hey Sam, did you call Helen back from last night?" Anna asked
"Can't get any reception, which is odd."
"That is kind of weird, we always get reception, well, your welcome to use the house phone."
"That's nice of you, thanks." Dean said
"It's no problem."
It seemed that the stress from yesterday had faded and now was a companionable friendship, Dean wanted nothing to get in the way of that, atleast for now. He had plans involving Anna and he wasn't going to take no for an answer, he smiled at her as she was eating. She looked at him and frowned, not sure what to say or do. He would call some friends in Vegas, let them know what was going on then in four days he would put his plan into action.
"Is there something wrong?" Anna said breaking him from his revere.
"No," he said a little to quickly "why do you ask?"
"You've been staring at me weird since we… I mean, I woke up."
Everyone stared at the two sitting next to each other with avid interest, no one said anything as they spoke.
"I have not been staring at you." Dean denied
"Yes you have."
"No way."
"Yes way."
Dean looked at Anna and smiled then looked away from her, Anna shook her head and stood up and headed for her purse.
"Well, I have to go to work now."
She waved to the crowd and walked to the door, grabbing her keys on the way out, moments later Dean heard her start her car and pull out. He relaxed in the chair and looked at the others who were peering at him with curious eyes, he grinned at them and stood up. Sam watched him closely, wondering what was wrong with his brother and why he was smiling like an idiot. Anger trickled down his spine and he had no clue where it was coming from, it made every tendon tight and every nerve tingle. Sam was confused by the anger that built up inside him, he felt like he was being suffocated, like the anger was putting a choke hold on him. No one had given him a reason to be angry, he just was.
At work, Anna was currently doing the last run through on the town paper, Phoenix Gazette for one of the smaller counties in Phoenix, and giving last minute orders. The office was chaos but Anna was so used to it that she didn't notice all the younger reporters bumping into her and the men talking to her rapidly. She smiled at each boy and man, chatted with the women, worked out problems with the frazzled older reporters and still found time to eat lunch when it came time.
"You look happy." said Vera Miller
"I know." she said dreamily, imagining Dean in bed with her, she stopped that thought midway but grinned at her, sometimes, grumpy secretary.
Vera smiled and started to file again, watching as her boss sit down at her small corner glass desk.
"I still hate this thing. It's a human death trap. One day, I'm gonna get under this desk and it's gonna snap and hit me in the face or something."
"Always the optimist." Vera said, laughing
Anna smiled and sat down, pulled her chair closer to the desk and began working, looking over a paper from an aspiring reporter she just hired. His writing was clear and to the point, not leaving much to doubt, but was much too forward for her liking. She flipped through the stories she had to finish before closing, there were five she would put in this issue, the six for the next. She made corrections and passed them off to the printer, she looked through the photos for each report and choose her favorite and sent them to the printer as well, she didn't notice what time it was until Dean walked through the door with a bag in his hand.
"Hey, you left your lunch on the counter." he said to her
"Hey, Alex send you down here?"
"Uh, yea." he said looking at Vera who was staring at him with come hither eyes
"Thanks." she said, loving his discomfiture
"Okay, I'm gonna go."
She smiled at him and said "okay see you at home."
"Yea." Dean said then left
"I can see why you were looking so bright."
Anna blushed. "Nothing happened."
"Is that, that Dean boy from a while back?"
"Yes."
"Oh geez."
"What?"
"Never thought you'd make the same mistake twice."
Sometime later at the house, Dean and Sam were looking up demons on Sam's laptop when Alex came to the house wearing dusty jeans and tank. Sam looked her over and nodded.
"You boys found anything yet?"
"Nothing, not one bit. Seems like our demon friend doesn't have a name."
"Hmm."
"What?"
"Nothing."
Alex walked into the stairs and went to one of the bedrooms.
"Hey I think I got something?"
"What?"
"It's called a Harapshire(AN: not a real demon I made it up). They're of western European descent, don't use corporeal form and use the sins to kill."
"Damn."
"You can say that again."
"What can we go about it?"
"There's a ritual, a summoning, candle lighting, the usual."
"When will be able to do it?"
"Next New Moon."
"That's in three days."
Dean sighed and leaned back in the chair he was sitting in. The door creaked again and in came Anna, more refined then when Alex had come in. Her denim skirt was dusty but otherwise clean and her short sleeve button up blouse was wrinkled from heat and stuck to her damp skin. His throat went dry as she walked by and leaned over Sam to look at his laptop.
"A Harapshire?"
"Yea, ever heard of one?"
"No."
Anna walked away from the two and also went upstairs, next Brian came in with little Greg. He looked at Dean, nodded and went upstairs as well. He felt another spurt of jealousy as Brian and followed the crew upstairs, when he got to Anna's door he heard voices.
"Brian, I am so confused."
"I know, hun."
"What are we going to do?"
"I don't know yet."
"Is there anyway to stop them?"
"Don't know yet."
Dean looked in the room through the crack in the door and saw Brian holding Anna, hugging her close. Dean strode away from the door, jealousy and anger blasting through him, he felt like he'd been shot, or hit. He stumbled to his room and laid on the bed.
At dinnertime when they all met at the table, Anna next to Dean, Dean across from Sam, Brian was across from Anna and was in the middle of Alex and Sam. Greg was across from Alex and sitting on the other side of Anna. Dean made it a point to touch Anna when ever he could, holding her hand to say grace, brushing it to get something, brushing his leg against hers. And Anna's heart was doing back lips, not to mention her stomach, with had butterflies fluttering about. Anna could feel her body awakening and felt angry at herself for feeling such foolish things at the dinner table, but she couldn't ignore the lustful feelings that bubbled up inside her whenever Dean touched her, no matter how lightly.
The table was stretched with a tense silence and no one knew.
"Where do babies come from mommy?"
Everyone stared at the youngest at the table, little Greg, and were surprised.
"Um, maybe this is a discussion better left for another day." Alex said awkwardly
Greg nodded and went back to his bubbly gurgling and eating. Alex sighed in relief, everyone finished their dinners in silence, not sure what to do or say. It seemed strange, this silence, when nothing had happened.
"I'm going up to my room." she could feel Dean's anger rolling off him
"Me too." Dean said
Everyone looked to each other and allowed them to go, sure there was going to be a fight about something. As soon as Dean got Anna to her room and shut the door he rounded on her, opening his mouth he started but she reached it before he did.
"What the hell is the matter with you? Ever since I got home you've been moody and weird, you've been upset at me for no reason, when I'm the one who should be upset!"
"Why?"
"What, do you suddenly have memory loss? YOU LEFT ME!"
"THREE YEARS AGO!"
"Doesn't make a difference how long ago it was."
"You shouldn't sound like the angel of innocence!"
"What do you mean?"
"You've been leading me on, since I got here. You kissed me, you freaked out. I've been here 2 days now and you're already pushing me away."
"What the hell does that mean?"
"You can't have me and someone else."
"There's no you and me, and there's no me and anyone else. So what the hell?"
"I saw you with Brian, you were all over him, hugging him, touching him."
"What..?"
"Don't deny it."
"Brian is Alex's husband!"
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