A.N.: It's been a while since I thanked everyone for all the kind reviews, so... THANKS!

But holy jeeze. I put up 2 chapters within 12 hours of each other and still I get demands to hurry up and get new ones up! Crap, you people are demanding! lol But don't worry, I'm trying to be obliging...

OK, and please be reminded that I have very little knowledge of how police procedures really work, so just pretend along with me, won't you? :p

Dani could hear a stranger's voice from somewhere that seemed very far away.

"Dalton? What the hell are you doing? He needs medical attention!"

She thought maybe she was dreaming since she was pretty sure she didn't know anyone named Dalton.

She was super tired, but at least she was feeling much warmer now and her shivers were coming less frequently. And then she felt a large, warm hand wrapped around hers... She decided to just open her eyes and see where she and Dean had ended up.

"Dean?"

She looked up at the person attached to the hand that was holding hers and was momentarily confused to see Jack looking down at her with concern. "Jack? What...?"

She was distracted by more of the argument she'd been overhearing a moment ago.

"He hasn't done anything wrong! In fact, she might not even be here, alive and well, if it wasn't for him!"

Dani's eyes sought out the source of the voice and then her eyes widened in shock. She was certain she was dreaming now. The dark-haired young man from her visions was staring back at her, looking almost as bewildered as she was. She heard Jack saying her name at her side, but she couldn't seem to look away from the stranger.

Dean had been trying to keep an eye on Dani in between haggling with the cop over his arrest, and now he watched the unspoken exchange between her and his brother. He felt his hackles going up instantly- What the hell was this?They were looking at each other like soul mates and Dean didn't like it one bit.

All three of them were so distracted, it wasn't until Officer Dalton started to yank Dean towards his squad car that they snapped out of it. Sam moved after his brother, starting to argue with the cop again, but the older man didn't seem interested in stopping until he heard Dani's plaintitive cry from behind him:

"Wait! Stop! Where are you taking him?"

Dalton turned around and looked at the poor, worn out looking young woman, and he clearly felt uncomfortable with the situation. He looked back at Dean and sighed.

"Dean Corbett, I'm arresting you on suspicion of kidnapping. You have-"

"Kidnapping?" Dani's voice was incredulous. "Are you insane? He's as much a victim here as I am. Let him go!"

The cop hesitated, his eyes moving to those of Drew Archer before returning to Dani. "I'm sorry ma'am. There's been some indication from your family that the man that brought you in should be-"

"My family?" She looked at her sister with surprise. "Drew? Is this your doing?"

Drew looked more impatient than sheepish. "Dani, we have to be sure these men aren't accomplices to-"

"Let him go." Drew began to sit up straighter. The doctor beside her stood back when she waved his restraining hand away. "Let him go or I will press charges against everyone involved."

Three voice intermingled as they tried to ostensibly talk some sense into her: Dalton, Jack and Drew. "Ms. Archer, I don't think-" "Dani, I think you should let-" "We don't even know these-"

"Let him go." She was clearly getting more agitated, as exhausted as she was. She was trying to get off the gurney now and Dean watched her with concern. He knew he had to do something before she hurt herself.

"Look, feel free to arrest me later if you still want to, but let's just do what she says right now or else you're never going to get her inside for some medical attention, alright?"

Dani stopped her movements and looked back at him. A smile spread across her face and he grinned back.

Dalton looked at Drew again and she finally shrugged. "Fine. Whatever."

Dean felt the cuffs being released and he rubbed his wrists unconsciously. Sam grabbed his shoulder.

"Come on. You need some medical help yourself."

Drew was finally letting them take her inside, but she watched him until she was out of sight. Then Sam lead Dean towards the doors. He stumbled a bit and Sam urged him upright again.

Man, what a freakin' week this has been.

After her doctor had told her what she already knew- that she was fine and just needed rest- and after Drew had confirmed that Dean was not only safe from being arrested again, but was also receiving the best medical attention available, she'd finally been able to consider getting some sleep.

But then Jack had reappeared.

Drew had stood beside her bed insisting that her "fiance" was making his way eagerly back to her room, and while Dani had been asserting that the two of them were by no means engaged, he'd stood in the doorway holding a small velvet box.

His deep voice broke into the awkward silence: "Well maybe we should remedy that right now."

Dani swallowed heavily in her already sore throat.

Dean ate the small chocolate pudding greedily and then looked at his brother hopefully from his hospital bed. "Dude... sneak down the hall and see if you can see any more of these puddings. Somebody else must have a tray waiting for them."

Sam just shook his head, smirking. "I'm glad you're feeling OK, man."

"Yeah, well I'd be even better if you scored me some more pudding."

Sam chose to ignore him. "So... now what? You'll be out of here tomorrow and then what's our next course of action."

"Well, right now I was thinking... maybe you could go check on Dani for me?" Dean braced himself for the inevitable teasing comments from Sam but none came.

"I already did, dude. Or at least I tried to- she was OK but her sister and her fiance were in there with her so I didn't want to interrupt."

Fiance? What the...?

Dean tried to hide his shock, but Sam spotted it anyway.

"Dean, what's up with you two? Did you get... close in the cave or something?"

He was ready to deny everything and he opened his mouth to do just that... and then he let out a heavy sigh.

"Yeah, I guess we did. Sort of. I mean, nothing happened... not really..."

"It's alright- I don't need the details." He shook his head in wonder again. "But leave it to you to pick up in a cave in the desert. You never cease to amaze me."

Dean laughed. "Yeah, well... when you got it, you got it." Then he looked wistful. "But it wasn't like that this time. Seriously. This girl... this girl is... she's different."

Sam smirked. "Aren't they all, as far as you're concerned?"

"Dude, I'm not talking about sexual contortionist moves here. Dani's... well, she's special. I don't think I've ever met anyone quite like her... She's obviously easy on the eyes, but it's more than that. She's smart, she's funny... and she's incredibly... awesome. I just don't know any other way to say it."

"Alright, I get it: You've got it bad. But she's got a fiance. And maybe more importantly, she's incredibly high profile. You know she's loaded, right? Like multi-millionaire type loaded? And you're on police bulletins. Not exactly a perfect match there."

Dean looked downcast. "Trust me, bro, you're not telling me anything I didn't already know." And then he looked even more downcast. "And anyway... The way she looked at you... It was like she couldn't look away. I mean, judging by her "fiance", you are more her type maybe. That whole tall, dark and annoying deal." He knew he sounded bitter but he couldn't seem to help himself.

"Or there's the other more probable option: You're an idiot.."

Dean's brows went up and he faked an insulted look. "Nice. I'm lying in a hospital and you're calling me names."

Sam laughed. "Dean, when aren't you lying in a hospital?"

Dean had to give him that one. Sam stood up and paced beside his brother's hospital bed.

"Look, I think you're missing the obvious answer here. When I saw her, it was like I was staring into one of my visions. I'm sure she's the one I saw. At least the first visions- the ones that drew us here. So I'm betting she sees things too- she was looking at me the same way, like she recognized me. And you know I only have the visions when it involves the yellow-eyed demon or the other kids like me. She must have seen me."

Sam watched the comprehension roll across his brother's face and he almost laughed. This was probably the first time Dean had ever looked relieved at the idea that someone had "special" abilities. He smiled at his older brother knowingly.

Oh yeah, Dean. You've got it bad.

Dani tossed and turned in her bed.

Despite all of her yawning and fluttering of her eyelids, it had finally taken a stern nurse telling Jack and Drew to hit the road before she'd gotten a quiet moment alone so she could sleep. And sleep she had for a solid couple of hours. But something had woken her up, and now she couldn't get back to sleep.

It was bright in her room since it was mid-afternoon, but she didn't think that was what was keeping her from sleep. She rolled on her side and stared at the wall. This was getting her nowhere fast.

She pulled back her sheets and lowered herself to the floor. Her legs were a little stiff, and she was lightheaded for a second, but then she was fine. She made her way to the door, modestly clutching the open back of her hospital gown. She gave a small woop as she suddenly encountered a security man outside her door.

"Oh... Hi there. I, uh... I wanted to find the man that I came in with. Do you know where he's located?"

The security guard looked at her with bemusement. "Yeah. But I'm not supposed to tell you."

"According to whom? My sister?"

He didn't respond and so she moved past him to the nurses' station. She heard him scrambling to follow her. "Miss Archer-"

She held up a hand and cut him off, leaning forward to politely ask the nurse for Dean's whereabouts. The nurse gave her the room number and directions. "Just down the hall and to the left. But you probably shouldn't be out of bed, honey."

She smiled kindly at the nurse. "I'm sure you've seen my chart. I think I'll live."

The nurse smiled as she started off down the hallway.

Sam had finished his side of the story, finally, and now he and Dean were trying to figure out their next move. And then Sam remembered something important he'd been trying to tell Dean earlier, just before they'd reached the hospital.

"Dean, there's something I need to tell you. The vision I had... it wasn't about you and Dani being at those ruins this morning. I was actually camping out there because I thought something was going to be going down there in the evening. The fact that you guys appeared when you did? Well, let's just say that was an amazing bonus."

"What? What are you talking about?"

"What I saw... You weren't even there, Dean. All I saw was one of the twins and... well, it doesn't end well."

Dean stared hard at his brother. "What do you mean it doesn't end well?"

"I'm not entirely sure, man. I just saw one of them- I don't even know which one- and there were flashes of those ruins, and then, uh... she looked bloodied and I got the feeling she was dead."

Dean's heart sank. "Dead?!! How?"

"I really couldn't tell. She was just laying on the ground. That's all I saw."

"There must be something more. Anything."

"I'm sorry, Dean. That's all I got, I swear to you."

"Jesus."

Sam stood up slowly and leaned towards his brother, looking him hard in the eyes. "Listen, I'm starving and you're beat. I'm going to go get something to eat and let you get some sleep and we're going to go back at this tonight with fresh eyes, alright? Between the two of us, we can figure this out. It's what we do. We can make sure nothing happens to Dani."

Dean nodded at his brother, trying to draw confidence from the younger man's positive attitude. "Yeah... yeah, OK. You're right." He leaned back against his pillows, trying to squelch his lingering panic. "OK... Go get something to eat. I'll see you later."

Sam gave him another encouraging glance before he slipped out the door and Dean closed his eyes and tried to force any remaining worries away. He didn't usually dwell on things and he would be damned if he was going to let this affect him now. He needed to stay sharp and ready, as always. And he would. Dani needed him.

He rolled onto his side and looked at the empty bed next to him and closed his eyes again. And slowly, the Winchester confidence returned. He started to believe they'd get the job done right, like they always did. Sam had been right- they would sort this out, same as always.

And yet still he couldn't sleep.

He rolled onto his back again and tried to let himself drift off, but it still wasn't working. And he was starting to get annoyed. Nevermind the fact that he was completely wiped out; he never had trouble sleeping.

What the hell is going on here?

And then there was a gentle tap on his door and it opened slightly. A familiar face appeared in the opening.

"Hiya. Can I come in?" Dani smiled nervously and Dean fell his chest getting tight. He sat straighter in his bed.

"Absolutely."

He laughed lightly as she walked towards him, barefoot and holding on to the back of her gown. She blushed as she read his mind. "It's a little drafty back there."

She sat in the chair beside his bed and he was relieved to see that, while she still looked tired, she had a little more colour in her cheeks than the last time he'd seen her. She moved her chair a little closer to his bed and leaned on his mattress. "So... How are you doing?"

"The doctor said you did a bang up job on my stitches. He re-did a couple that I tore out at the end there, but otherwise I'm ship shape. I'm out of here tomorrow. You?"

"Same. I just need rest and I'm able to leave tomorrow."

"So why aren't you?

"Resting? I don't know. I'm beat, but I can't seem to sleep." She looked at him in question. "Why aren't you sleeping?"

"Same."

An awkward silence fell and Dani looked at her bare feet.

"So, that guy earlier... that was your fiance?"

Dani's head came up quickly. "Why does everyone keep saying that? He wasn't my fiance. Isn't my fiance."

"Right. Sorry." He cleared his throat softly. "Um, so... what is he then, if you don't mind me asking?"

She bit her lip, smiling awkwardly. "He's...uh... my ex-boyfriend."

Dean tilted his head to the side. "Ex?"

She laughed lightly and looked at her feet again. "Yep."

He rolled to his side and stared at her, smiling. If nothing else, he couldn't be more thankful that he'd met this woman. She moved him more than he had ever thought possible. He was just about to take her hand when she spoke up.

"Well, I guess we should both try to get some sleep, huh?" She smiled at him again as she stood, and he felt immediately bummed that she was leaving again already.

He was about to protest her departure... and then she lifted the sheet that covered him and crawled in beside him. He laughed out loud in amazement when she scootched into his side and tucked her face into his neck, sighing contentedly. She wrapped an arm over his side and gave him a slight squeeze before saying a breathy "good night" into his neck. Dean kissed the top of her head and hugged her closer to him.

"Dean?"

"Yeah?" He leaned back to try to look down at her.

"Is your last name really 'Winchester' or is it actually 'Corbett'?"

He smirked. He'd been wondering if she'd caught that earlier. "It's really Winchester, I promise. But..." He took a deep breath. "Dani, do you trust me?"

He could feel her nodding into his chest. "Yeah, Dean, I do. I'm not sure why exactly, but I really do."

He smiled and stroked her back gently. "Thank you. That actually means a lot to me." He moved his mouth a little closer to her ear. "Dani?"

She yawned her reply. "Yeah?"

"For the time being, do you think you could do me a favour and act like it's Corbett?"

He felt a shiver as she kissed his neck tenderly. "Yeah, Dean. I can do that." She yawned and snuggled against him again. "One day, you can explain it all to me."

"I will. I promise." He caressed her back once more. "Sleep tight, Dani."

They were both asleep in under a minute.