It was 6 months since Dean heard or saw Jared, Dean felt terribley guilty and whenever he looked at his daughter he fell entirely worse. What worried Dean is that Hailie had stopped talking to him and at night he could hear her talking to herself. Dean has tried multiple times to talk to Hailie about what has been going on. Hailie had refused all together and it was bugging him. Dean was waiting out front of the school for Hailie, soon he saw her dark red hair bobbing as she walked and talk to other children. He whistled and she scampered toward him with a smile.
"Hey princess, how was your day?" Dean asked opening his car door and placing her in the seat that he got special for her. It had princess stickers and hearts on it. It was bright pink and Dean buckled her in, sure not to be too tight.
"Me and Ashlee had a very good day." Hailie said kicking her little legs. "I'm also excited for my birthday! So is Ashlee, she wants to help me blow out my candles and I'm gonna let her."
Dean chuckled. "Ashlee a friend of yours?" He asked putting her backpack in beside her. He walked around to his side of the car and got in waiting for his answer from the bubbly child.
"We're more then friends daddy, we're like sisters." Hailie told him and looked out the window as the roar of the impala started and they drove away from the school, it was quite a cold day so Hailie wrapped herself tighter in her coat.
"That's good. She in your class?" Dean asked looking at her through the rearview.
Hailie nodded. "Yup, and she calls out a lot, but she never gets yelled at because Ms. Lilly never hears her. I hear Ashlee but no one else ever does. Its like a secret friendship we have."
"Oh?" Dean asked now a little confused. "I'd love to have her and her parents over for dinner sweetie, you want to ask her?"
"Ashlee doesn't have a mommy and daddy." Hailie whispered.
Dean stopped at a stop light and turned around. "So she lives in an orphange?"
"No she lives in my bedroom, daddy." Hailie smiled and turned to look out the window again. Humming a nursery rhyme that sounded a lot like twinkle twinkle little star.
Dean slammed on the breaks and turned back to Hailie grabbing her chin lightly. "Baby, what do you mean she lives in your room?"
"Daddy.." Hailie smiled. "She's sitting right here, don't you see her? I do." She looked toward the seat next to her and smiled. "Ashlee daddy can't see you either, thats okay though, because he'll still protect you."
Dean's eyebrows furrowed and concern filled his green eyes as he stared at his child talking to thin air. She saw something he didn't and it worried him to no end. Sure kids did have imaginary friends, but Dean was thinking that Hailie was seeing someone for real, with his line of work anything is possible. "Sweetie, when did Hailie get here?"
"When Jared left." Hailie said quietly playing with her fingers. She sure missed Jared, and she wanted to call him, but she was afraid he would tell her that he didn't love her anymore.
"Oh." Dean nodded, understanding. Maybe she had imagined Ashlee up in place of Jared because of how much she missed him. Dean tried to get a hold of him to apologize and maybe ask for him to come back, but he couldn't get Jared to even call him back. Dean pulled up outside their house and turned to look at Hailie again. "You don't need to have an imginary friend. Jared may come home."
"I'm not imagining her! She's real!" Hailie yelled at her father.
"Whoa! Who do you think you are Hailie Anabelle Winchester? You don't yell at your father." He said sternly, while unbuckling her seatbelt and putting her on the ground outside the car. "Get in the house and go to your room! Right now!" He yelled and slammed the car door.
Hailie ran in the house, not once looking back, she didn't like it when her dad yelled at her. "I wish Jared were here." Hailie whispered when she got back to her room. "Why did he have to leave?"
Silence answered her and soon her fathers footsteps thudded across the floor. She heard him sigh and come walking to the door. He opened the door and she backed up. He glared at her and walked over to her bed. "Get over here."
"Why?" She asked crossing her arms.
"Because I am your father and you and I need to have a chat." He said waiting for her to walk over.
She walked over slowly and looked up at him. "Okay, daddy."
He picked her up and held her gently on his lap with a sigh he ran a hand over his face. "Hailie I know you miss Jared and you want him to come back, but acting out and disobeying me won't make him come home any faster, it will just make me angry, and soon you will get a spanking from me. You don't want that, do you?"
"No." She whispered leaning against him. "I'm sorry dad." She looked up and frowned. "But, daddy Ashlee is real. She told me she used to live here before we did, and she went to my elementry school."
Dean began to worry again. "Come with me." He said going out of her bedroom to the car and while there he dumped some salt around Hailie's seat. He dumped some all over his car though, it killed him to do so, and then he sat her in her seat.
"Daddy? Why did you do that? Ashlee said she wanted to come with us." She said with a sad voice.
"Not right now honey." Dean said climbing into his seat and driving to an apartment, Hailie was silent the whole way there.
"Where are we?" She asked, making Dean jump.
"You'll see." There was a hint of sadness in Dean's voice as he carried her up to the door. "Go on, knock."
Hailie knocked and a man answered the door with a grunt. "Yeah?" Hailie huddled into her fathers embrace, this man smelled of smoke and beer. He was half naked and pretty heavy, who ever it was, he scared her.
Dean frowned and hugged his daughter tighter. "I'm here to see Jared."
"Jared!" Hailie jumped down and ran into the house screaming. "JARED! JARED!"
The man looked at Dean. "What the hell man, get your kid out of me and my boyfriends house."
Dean rolled his eyes walking in and pushing past the guy. He saw that familiar black hair come into sight, it was wet and dripping and a towel was drapped around him showing off his well toned chest. He had a six pack and a tattoo written on his abdomend. So much like Dean remembered. Hailie ran into Jared not caring that he wasn't dressed or that he was wet, she hugged him and held on. "Jared!" She shouted joyfully.
"Hey angel." He murmured picking her up and holding her. "What are you doing here?"
"Daddy brought me." Hailie said sweetly. "He's the best."
Jared raised his eyebrow and hugged the child, he smiled as she started to drift off to sleep. When she fell asleep Jared tucked her into his bed, looking back at Dean he growled. "Why the fuck are you here?"
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