REUNITED AND IT FEELS AWKWARD
SCENE TWO:
A Whiskey bottle, with just a few drops left, sits on the bar counter in front of Dean, catching a ray from the descending Sun that penetrates through one of the high windows on the side wall. With a spinning motion Dean puts down the empty shot glass and wipes his lips. "Why not, it isn't like any of us here hasn't cheated death at least once… why not Ellen?" Dean leans on the back of his bar stool while twirling the empty glass on the counter. His stern face overwhelmed with questions and concerns, wondering who brought Ellen back and why.
Hearing Dean's dilemma from the other end of the bar where she was placing a drink in front of a young man Ellen responds, "I didn't die." She walked over to the three who were interested in hearing more. "The moment I pushed that button an Angel appeared." She heard a holler from a table and gave a nod. "I need to take care of business."
Ellen filled a pitcher of beer and walked to a table in the back while Dean and Bobby spoke to themselves. Sam was busy going over information on his laptop when he finally stopped and looked to Dean. "Hey, we need to get going, another teenager has gone missing. That makes six in as many days. And who knows if there are others." Closing the laptop he gets up to leave.
Returning to the bar Ellen went to grab the empty glasses but Bobby held to his. "I think I am staying. You said you added a motel to the back." Bobby looked at the boys who were standing and then to Ellen. "I could use a room for a few days. The boys can handle this job on their own and I have had enough to last me three life times and into my eternal rest." He tapped his glass which Ellen refilled.
Dean raised his eyebrows toward Ellen. He wanted to ask about Joe. But just the thought brought flashbacks of her lying on the hardware store floor. Her insides barely held in and blood everywhere, so he couldn't ask. The lump in his throat left him standing silent to watch Ellen approach from behind the bar and give him a hug and then watch as she walked up to Sam and did the same.
She gave the boys each a look then smiled like a mother watching her sons go off to war. "You two go do what you do and when you get back we can roast marshmallows and swap stories during share time." Giving Dean one light kiss on the cheek she walked back to her duties.
: END SCENE TWO
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