Kayla mulled over her thoughts in the back seat. "It's kind of hard to tell if someone really wants you dead or really wants you alive huh?"
"Yeah thanks for that, very comforting."
"Just trying to cheer you up."
Dean glanced in the rearview mirror at her. "You know," he hesitated. "You were a lot of help in this. We um…" He tried to decide what his excuse was going to be. This thing showed him that if any of them went it alone they could easily be toast. He wouldn't throw her to the curb to hunt alone, he had to keep her from being another casualty to this job.
She looked at him expectantly.
"Well it's just, uh…"
"The words you're looking for are 'thank you'." Sam stated.
Dean grimaced at him. "Yeah."
"And we wouldn't mind if you stuck around for awhile."
"That's what I said."
She tried not to get too excited about the offer. "Well, hey sounds like a plan. Just one thing…" Just one thing she didn't want Dean knowing.
"What?"
"I can pay for the hotels and things, or supplies that we need…I really don't want my family hearing I got busted for fraud."
Dean seemed insulted. "We won't get caught, we're professionals."
"It's really no big deal, I never spend my parents money…but they want me to."
"They loaded or something?" Dean realized over the past month or so he didn't take the time to ask about her personal life. She never even mentioned her parents before now.
Sam looked back at her, his crazy genius mind worked faster than Kayla could speak. "Are you Daniel Michelson's daughter?"
"Yeah." She glanced to her hands. It wasn't shame; she loved her parents. It was the reputation that came with money she tried to avoid.
"Holy shit you're more than loaded. I saw the house in a magazine one time."
"Hey geek-tastic. What are you talking about?"
Kayla tried to downplay. "My dad owns a computer company, it's no big deal."
"No big deal," Sam added. "She's worth millions."
"Really." It was a flat statement, void of emotion. This girl wasn't a hunter, she was an heiress. Like Paris Hilton…he'd like to see that bitch take out a demon.
"Don't 'really' me like you lost your respect for me, you already said I was good at this as you guys."
"Yeah, but…" You're not like us.
She already heard where his tone was going and stopped him. "I didn't have to struggle in my upbringing? Sorry, not my choice. I'm here to do a job."
"Ok." He was unconvinced and started to regret the invite he just laid on the table.
"Fine, forget I said anything. I can live with fraud." She shouldn't have told him, she knew he'd act like this.
"No, you're absolutely right. We wouldn't want daddy to disown you and cut you off."
She scoffed at him in disgust, Sam actually took up for her.
"Dean." He glanced back at Kayla, then out the windshield again. "I think it's awesome. I'm not a big fan of the fake credit cards either. I don't see a problem with it."
Sam would think it's awesome that she's the daughter of a rich computer geek. He wishes he was the daughter of a rich computer geek, pussy.
"Is the temperature of the car ok in here? Need a couple degrees adjustment or anything princess? I wouldn't want to…"
She kicked the back of his seat.
"Watch the interior!" He didn't joke about his car. "Oh wait, your daddy can just buy me a new one. In fact, while we're discussing the generosity thing, if he could…"
"You better drop that condescending tone with me Dean Winchester." She snapped at him. "I'll pull you out of this car and kick your ass."
He laughed at the idea of it, Sam tried not to.
"Not very proper of you."
"Obviously money doesn't make you proper. It doesn't make you anything if you have a strong character so shut up."
His sudden distaste for her faded, she was alright by him. "Ok." He held his hands up in surrender. "Sorry."
Kayla crossed her arms in agitation but thought she saw the change in his attitude when she threatened to drag him out of the car. He was so hard to read sometimes. Oh well, she didn't have to prove anything to his smart-ass. Let him make one Paris Hilton comment, just one.
In the next episode…Dean got stopped from putting the moves on Kayla, but what will happen when an ex-girlfriend calls for help? Route 666 coming soon!
