I'm so sorry I haven't updated in so long! I hit a major writer's block and I couldn't decide how the brothers would tell Jess about the supernatural and how she would react. But after a lot of thinking this is the result! Oh and I also added some brotherly+Jess bickering and showed how Dean is healing mentally as well as physically. Let me know what you think and thanks for reading and reviewing!! I hope you like what I decided to do!
"Well, it seems Dean's back is healing very well. The skin grafts covered the most extensive burns and they shouldn't leave too bad of scars." The doctor told Sam and Jess and then turned to face Dean. "The other burns are healing well too, although you will still have scars Dean, but they won't be nearly as bad as we thought they would. You're lucky that the fire only singed your hair off and didn't really burn your head. Your hair will grow back. I think you will be able to go home as early as tomorrow." He smiled at Dean and turned back around to Sam and Jess "I'll just have to tell you how to treat Dean's burns and what ointment to put on and when to give him his painkillers."
After the doctor was done explaining things to Sam and Jess, Sam walked over to his brother who was sitting in the hospital bed.
"You hear that Dean? You're going to be fine." He smiled
"Of course I heard it, I'm not deaf." Dean replied back which caused Sam to roll his eyes. Sam didn't fail to notice these past few months Dean had been opening up even more and creating his own unique personality. He still had his moments where the memories of his horrible past consume him but he was getting a lot better. He was discovering who he really was and seemed even livelier these last two weeks in the hospital.
"Alright wise guy, you want to act like that I'm not going to give you your food that they bring in, I'll eat it myself." Sam smirked
"Go ahead, eat that junk. It's not even real food, it's disgusting. It made me sick last night; my crap was running out like a faucet."
Jess started cracking up but Sam's mouth dropped in disgust.
"DEAN! That's disgusting!! Ugh, god why do you have to start talking like that? Everything that comes out of your mouth just keeps getting nastier and more sarcastic." Sam moaned but in truth, he was really glad Dean was happy. So far they hadn't heard any news on John nearing them so Sam wasn't going to ruin Dean's good mood by telling him about John. No need upsetting Dean when the cops might catch him and there might be nothing to worry about.
"Would you rather have me lying to you? It's true; it was pouring out like…."
"DEAN! I don't want to hear that!" Sam groaned, walking away.
"I think it's funny." Jess smiled
"Yea Jess!" Dean laughed and he held his hand up. She walked over and gave him a hi-five.
"I never understood why you like those disgusting jokes. Especially his." Sam told her and pointed at Dean.
"Because those jokes are funny and so are Dean's. You need to learn how to have a little fun now and then mister." Jess scolded him
"I do have fun!" Sam whined "Not just in that nasty way!"
"Sammy, just give it up. You're fighting a losing battle here, can't you tell." Dean laughed at him
"Whatever." Sam sighed and stormed off to the bathroom, feigning anger.
"What's wrong Sammy? Do you feel some faucet coming on?"
"DEAN!!"
Next Day
Sam and Jess had gotten yet another apartment set up and ready for Dean. Sam helped Dean out of the car and into the building.
"I wonder how many apartments we'll have to go through. Most of the times we had to move were my fault, sorry Sammy." Dean told him
Sam sighed; Dean was letting his other mood take over. He still liked to think that everything bad that happened was his fault. He was getting much better but he still had to work on that self-loathing.
"Dean none of this is your fault. It all happened because of circumstances out of our control. I don't car if we have to move to a hundred different apartments, as long as you and Jess are safe, that's all that matters to me. Plus Jess would have been dead if it wasn't for you so stop blaming everything on yourself. You're a hero Dean." Sam told him truthfully
Dean smiled and Sam knew Dean had taken his words to heart, yet Dean tried to stay away from these what he now called 'chick-flick moments.' He was embarrassed by how much he needed Sam before and how much he cried. He wanted to stay away from that and now made a joke about it.
"What kind of hero am I? Batman? Superman? No, how about Spiderman? He's pretty awesome." Dean chuckled
"You're Wonder Woman." Sam laughed causing Dean to push him in the shoulder. "If anyone is a woman here it's you Sammy."
"Yea, yea. I know, I know. I have girly hair. Whatever. Let's just get you lying down on the couch alright? I think we're going to have to tell Jess now." Sam told him while easing his brother onto the couch.
"How in the world are we going to get her to believe us?" Dean asked while shaking his head.
Sam sighed and ran a hand through his hair. "I don't know. Just tell her the truth. I mean it's going to sound so unbelievable but it is the truth. Hopefully she doesn't think we're crazy."
"I already know you two are crazy." Jess said while walking into the room and sitting on the loveseat across from Dean. "But you two know I'll always believe anything you tell me. I have no reason to doubt either of you, no matter how crazy it sounds."
"Trust me; this will sound like we need to be put in a mental institution." Dean informed her.
"Like I said, I don't care how crazy it sounds, I know you both and I know you guys wouldn't lie to me. So come on, tell me, what was that thing?"
"A demon." Dean stated and watched Jess's eyes go wide
"What?" She asked "A demon?"
"Yea. They come out of Hell and possess the bodies of humans." Dean tried again
"Dean, I don't think this is the best way to tell her." Sam glared at his brother
"What? She wanted to know so I told her. Might as well just get to the point."
Sam just shook his head and looked as his fiancé. "Jess? Remember how you said that you believed in ghosts?"
"Uhh yea. It's not like I ever saw one but there's so much evidence out there and it just seems so cool." She answered
"Well, you're right about the evidence thing. There is a lot out there, and ghosts are real. But I wouldn't be too sure about the 'cool' part, they are pretty dangerous. At least most of them are." Sam explained
"You saw a ghost before?" Jess asked him
"Yea, Dean and I have seen many ghosts before. And not only ghosts but many other things as well. There are vampires and werewolves and demons as well as many other supernatural creatures." Sam said and braced himself from the explosion that he knew was going to come. There was no way Jess would believe him. He saw Dean brace himself as well from the corner of his eye.
Instead came something Sam would have never expected.
"Is that why you have all of those books about supernatural creatures?" Jess questioned.
"What?" Sam said caught off guard but then he recomposed himself "Oh yea, I didn't know you saw those I put them way up high so only I could reach them.
"Well…." She smirked "One day I was bored when you went off to class and I wanted to read but I had no good books left. So I checked out your ginormous bookshelf but nothing caught my interest. I climbed onto a chair to check out the books on the way top and they seemed really interesting. I started reading them; actually I finished most of them." She blushed
"You believe us?!" Dean asked incredulously
"Well that thing that I saw was definitely not a human; no human has glowing yellow eyes like that. And those powers it had! It must have been that thing that pushed me into the wall without laying a hand on me! I read about it in the books! It all makes sense now! And then what it did to Dean…." She shuddered and closed her eyes.
"Hey, I'm right here remembering? I'm fine." Dean smiled from his place on the couch.
Jess nodded and went to sit on the ground next to the couch Dean was on, she ran a hand over the short stubble that was starting to grow on his head. "Was that the only one? Or are there more? I don't want them to hurt Dean again." She whispered
"No. There are many more demons. Thousands even. But that was had been bothering our family for years. It's actually the thing that killed our mother." Sam told her.
"Oh my god….Sam, Dean, I'm so sorry…" She said gently
"It's okay; it was a long time ago. Plus the things dead now." Dean told her
"How do you kill a demon?" She asked curiously "I read in the book that you can exorcise it in Latin and send it back to Hell but I never read anything about killing it."
"Heh, you're already getting the hang of it!" Dean laughed
The rest of the night was spent with Sam and Dean informing Jess on how to kill a demon, telling her about other supernatural creatures and telling her about their life as hunters. The discussion only ended when Dean started snoring and that's when Sam and Jess realized that he had fallen asleep.
"I guess we should continue this tomorrow. I can't believe you took this all so well. If we tried to tell this to anyone else they would have called the cops." Sam told her as they walked to bed.
"I know you wouldn't lie to me. And it helped that I read those books. Sorry for snooping by the way." She giggled
"No problem." Sam laughed
"Do you think you can show me how to defend myself from some of these things incase I ever run into one?" She asked
"Sure. But we're not going to go out hunting them, that's why I moved to Stanford in the first place, to get away from hunting. I didn't even want you to know unless absolutely necessary. But yea, I'll show you how to protect yourself and maybe even teach you a little Latin."
"Oh joy, that should be tons of fun." She rolled her eyes as she got into bed next to Sam and kissed him goodnight.
Sam could finally sleep an almost peaceful sleep knowing his soon-to-be wife accepted his former lifestyle. The only thing that was bothering him right now was why he had these strange powers and his father's jail escape. But he pushed those thoughts to the back of his mind and realized all of the good things that were happening in his life. His brother survived and was healing well, the demon was dead, and he was getting married next summer. Yea, life was actually pretty good at the moment for Sam Winchester.
