Boarding House
Rose had been downstairs for quite some time. She was feeling a bit weak and tired, it had been a long several days, and she'd witnessed both Damon and Dean nearly die in front of her. She had already downed two cups of coffee when Damon came in the kitchen.
"You okay there?" Damon asked.
"Funny, I should be asking you that yeah?"
"I'm good, better than good actually."
"Elena? You talk to her?"
"Mm yeah."
"She cares for you."
He nodded, still unsure.
"So, you never answered me. How'd you get him to heal me?" Damon asked her.
"Why is that important?"
He just gave her a mock glare, but then smiled.
"Alright...I asked him to, he agreed."
"Liar. What'd you do?"
"Nothing, I don't make deals anymore..." Rose said.
"Rose..." Damon warned. She was important to him, he'd hoped she didn't do anything stupid.
"No big deal Damon. I told him he didn't have to turn me back if he saved you."
"Whoa, hang on...why would you do that? Rose, I'm not worth you giving up what you want the most?"
"Damon what I wanted the most was for you to live, it was worth it. You told me when I was dying that I had a life here just like you do...you're my friend, and while I've never once settled into a place for too long I finally have here. You're a part of that life, and if I'm going to stay then I want you in it. I can handle being a vampire forever."
No one had ever given up anything for him, he was surprised.
"Well I'm not sure if I agree with you that I'm worth it, but okay."
Rose laughed. The most cocky guy she knew, besides Dean, and he was insecure about his worth. It was strange.
"For a vampire you look like you need some sleep." Damon said. "Or some blood."
"Probably. It's been a while."
"I guess I need to thank your friend too for getting the angel here?"
"They're leaving...maybe I should go say goodbye and thank you."
"Say thanks from me too." Damon said. She nodded.
Stefan then walked in. "Hey, you look better. Can I talk to you?"
"Yeah." Damon agreed, and followed Stefan out of the room.
Rose watched them leave. She didn't try to listen, but was a bit surprised she didn't hear them talking. She got up from the counter and grabbed her keys, then headed for the door. As she walked out she still felt a bit tired.
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Motel
Rose pulled into the dark parking lot, the sun had gone down several minutes before. She got out of the car and went to Dean and Sam's room, and knocked on the door.
It opened slowly.
"Bela, hey."
"You got Castiel there in time, so I wanted to come by."
"Hmm...did you bring us some money?" Dean teased.
She laughed. "No, shall I go to the bank and then return?"
"I'll let it slide this time."
"Well in that case my payment is in the form of two words. Thank you."
"I could have gotten Cas to do it, you didn't have to give up your chance at being human."
"I couldn't be certain...I needed to do it."
Sam walked out of the bathroom.
"Oh..Bela, hey."
"Hi Sam."
Sam looked at them...he didn't hate her, but he didn't really want to be in the middle of a conversation between her and Dean.
"Look I'm not tired at all, going to go out to get some coffee. You guys need anything?"
Dean shook his head, Rose as well.
"Okay." Sam said, and headed out the door.
"Is he avoiding me?" Rose asked.
"I don't know, he's Sam."
She slowly nodded. "Right. Look I didn't come to stay, I'm sure you want sleep before you leave...but I just came to say thank you from myself and Damon. I'm sure you guys need to get back on the road. You know how to reach me when you need a contact."
"Bela, are you okay?"
"Yeah, why?"
"You just look...I don't know, tired."
"Yeah, Damon said that already. I'm fine, I'm sure I just need some rest and blood. I'm sure Damon won't mind if I crash there...I'm thinking of finding my own home though."
"Yeah...being around humans when you're like this isn't tempting?" he asked.
"No, I don't know I'm not really craving human blood right now."
"Look, Sam isn't coming back for a while and you look exhausted...and there was a time I didn't want you anywhere near the same room as us, but why don't you just stay here?"
"It's fine really..."
"Bela...seriously just stay, relax a bit. I'm sure Damon can survive for a night without you."
She sighed. Why would he want her to stay? She was about to refuse again, but he gave her a hard look. He really was stubborn.
"Fine."
She slipped off her jacket and sat down on the empty bed. Instead of hopping into the other bed, Dean sat down next to her. She gave him a confused look
"What?" he asked.
"What are you doing?"
He just shrugged. "So, anything you want to say?"
"I though we agreed to no more heartfelt conversations?"
"No, just no more emotional crap. I'm totally up for chatting."
"Didn't you ask me to stay to rest?" she asked.
"Well aren't you a happy one." he teased.
She grinned, then scooted back to the headboard and leaned back as Dean had been doing.
She didn't know what to make of Dean wanting to make small talk, it was a little awkward.
"So you're really going to stay in this crazy town, I figured you more for the city."
"I've gotten used to it. I don't mind traveling around, but I think I want to have a place to go home to, and might as well be here."
He nodded.
"So, any more apocalyptic plans to stop?" she asked.
"No, I'm going to be glad to go back to normal weekly cases. It'll be nice to get back to basics with Sam. It's been a hell of a couple years."
"I was so scared of running into Sam or other hunters, I actually prayed none of you would find me. Funny how if you hadn't I'd be dead...again. So would Damon."
Dean didn't say anything back for a minute.
"You know if you could've just stayed the thief I knew when you worked with us getting the hand, I don't think I'd ever have hated you that much."
"Oh please Dean, you wanted to hate me the moment you thought I murdered someone in my family."
"Family's important to me, it's a weakness of ours sometimes...but that's how it is, guess that's why I took it so bad when I found out what you did. Never thought about what you might've went through to get here."
"Doesn't matter anymore. You were right about me. What I'm like now, that may have been inside me all this time, but I didn't let it show, I purposely put up a wall, and there wasn't much you could've done to see the real me, I wouldn't allow it."
"I guess so. Still, if I would've known..."
"No, don't say that." Rose told him. "It wouldn't have changed anything, I did what I did, I made those decisions. I've come to terms with my past, no looking back anymore. I'm not afraid of it."
"Hey you didn't let me finish...I was just going to say if I would've known maybe I'd taken you up on that angry sex offer." Dean teased, he of course was lying.
She opened her mouth and then shut it. She decided shoving him off the bed was a better option.
"Hey!"
"Sorry but you deserved that."
He got back up and sat back down on the bed, giving her a mock glare.
She smirked. "You can ruin any moment can't you?" she asked.
"Well yeah, what'd you expect? I did say no more mushy shit didn't I?"
She laughed again.
They both sat there quietly after that.
"By the way...I hadn't said this yet, but I forgive you, for the Colt, for Sam...all of it." he told her.
She looked at him, and didn't need to reply.
He stared back at her for a moment. And her being a vampire or not, he decided to do something he'd felt like doing since she stayed with him after Klaus nearly killed him. He slowly leaned over to her and kissed her. It certainly wasn't angry either. She didn't respond at first, what the hell was he doing? This was Dean after all. But she couldn't help but kiss him back. His hands came up to her now short hair and brushed it out of her face as he kept his lips on hers. Finally he pulled away, not saying anything.
"What was..." Rose started.
"You talk to much." Dean said, grinning.
She was confused, hell so was he. He had no idea what he'd just done actually. God it didn't feel that wrong though, and really she felt warm and alive.
"Dean...you know what I am and..."
"No really Bela, can't you just stop talking? Yeah, I know, vampire, got it. Honestly that doesn't bother me nearly as much as it should...but for some reason, you're still you."
She fell silent. Why was she complaining that Dean Winchester had kissed her? Right, because it was Dean and she really didn't want to get herself into another situation like she had with Damon. She didn't need another purely sexual relationship...but she just couldn't help but admit she really liked it.
So this time, she kissed him, and neither one of them stopped for what seemed like forever. It was different for her than she'd had before, she expected it to be hot, but what she hadn't expected was the gentleness. It seemed polar opposite of what she'd expected would ever between her and Dean. It's like he'd asked permission with his lips to slip his tounge in, and when theirs met it was passionate, sweet, but still firey.
She pulled back and caught her breath, her tiredness catching up to her. He leaned back further and she laid her head down on his chest. Dean was feeling pretty good about it.
He then looked at her strangely when he heard a growling sound low in her stomach.
"What was that, you need blood so badly you're stomach's starting to make noises?" Dean laughed.
"What? That's not even possible...I don't get hungry like that."
She was confused.
"You're hungry, tired, and look like crap...you sure you feel okay?"
"Come on Dean, we both know that sounds far too human..." she paused, he just looked at her, then grabbed her wrist. He held it for a minute...then looked up to her in surprise.
"What is..." she started. She then brought her own hand to her chest, and felt her heart pounding. "That's not possible. I can't be human...I mean Castiel, he didn't..."
Dean remembered Cas walking past her after he healed Damon. Cas had put his hand on her shoulder before he left...of course he did. Dean smiled.
"Well I'll be damned...all that crap about not doing favors for people and he fixed both of you."
Rose just stared at him. She was human afterall?
End Chapter.
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