Dean took a deep breath and wiped away the tears that had fallen from his eyes. He stood there for another moment, before resting his hand on the cold doorknob. He opened the door, slightly smiling at the face he missed. But the smile disappeared as quickly as it had appeared. Alex looked sicker than she had been before she left.
He walked beside her bed, gently stroking a hand through her soft curls. "Hey."
Alex opened her mouth to speak, but nothing came out. She gazed into his eyes, before all barriers broke lose and tears began to stream down her face. Dean wrapped his arms around her tight as she rested her head against his chest. His fingers danced through her hair as she sobbed. "Shh…it's okay."
"Please don't let me go back."
"No, Alex. You're never going there again. I'm not leaving you." He whispered soothingly, before leaving a kiss on her head.
"I love you."
"I love you too." He whispered. "But why did you do this?"
"Dean, it was terrible there."
"Why didn't you call and tell us?"
"We're only allowed one phone call on Sundays and my bitchy roommate made up some stupid lie and took it from me so she could call her friend." Alex said. "It was like jail, Dean. And they didn't understand me. They all just told me it was going to be okay. But it's not Dean! Nothing is okay! Everything I had is gone!"
"Alex, what are you talking about? I'm still here. You're family is still here."
"Dean, he took everything from me." Alex cried. "He put me through Hell."
"But he's gone now."
"It doesn't matter! The damage he left isn't! You know what happened before you came into my room that day? He did exactly what he did to me the night of the party." Alex felt tears gushing out of her eyes.
Dean stared at Alex, searching for something to say. Did those words really just come out of her mouth? Was this really happening? His head began to pound as he fought himself to hold back the tears from falling. "He…he raped you?"
"Please don't tell anyone." Alex choked out through her sobs. "Or everyone will find out that I'm a worthless slut."
Dean shook his head, shaken by the words which has just fled from Alex's lips. "You're not at all. Did he tell you that?"
Alex nodded, as her vision became clouded with her tears. "I just want this all to end, Dean."
"It will. It's over now. He's gone. You can start to…recover."
"I can't."
"Well…maybe you should start by eating again." Dean hesitated, knowing she was sensitive.
"I can't."
Dean sighed, attempting to stay calm. "Remember when you woke up from the coma? What happened to what you said? You said you were going to eat. That you weren't ready to die. What happened?"
"That was when I thought it couldn't get any worse."
"But it can't now."
"That's what you told me last time! And he came and tried to burn me to death and after that he…he…raped me! Again!"
"But he's dead now." Dean said.
"And how do you know he doesn't have someone else after me? Nothing stops him." Alex felt more tears trickle down her cheeks, even though it felt as if she had no more tears left. "I just can't deal with this any more. I don't think I'm meant to be here anymore."
"Alex, are you kidding me? If you weren't meant to be here, you would have died when this all started."
"That would have been so much better. I thought it was bad then." Alex said. "Dean, I just want to die."
Dean couldn't hold his tears back any longer. They slowly fell from his eyes, forming a trail down his cheeks. "I guess I can't change that anymore. But I just want to know that I love you so much. More than anything. And I just want you to be happy."
Alex remained silent, with the exception of her sobs. She glimpsed into Dean's eyes and slightly sniffled. "I…I don't want to leave you. Maybe…maybe I don't want to die. I just want to get past this and forget it all."
"And you will eventually. And I will be there for you the entire time and so will your family."
Alex nodded, erasing the tears on her face. "I'm so lucky I have you."
"I know." Dean smirked. "I'm lucky I have you too. I can see our future together. You and me with four kids. Emma, Alison, Charlotte, and Anthony. Two dogs and two cats in a beautiful house. Happily and healthy."
Alex giggled, an action that Dean thought he'd never see her do again. "It's good to see you laugh again."
"I'm not going to let him bother me anymore. That's what he wants. He wants me to be miserable and I'm not going to let him win."
"That's my girl." Dean smiled, leaning in and gently pressing his lips against hers. "Does this mean you're going to eat?"
"I'm going to try." Alex nodded.
"Good." Dean smiled again. "You're beautiful and I don't know why you can't see that. You don't need to change. Well…you have to get to a healthy weight, but you didn't need to change. I love you just the way you are. Nothing is going to make me stop loving you."
Alex smiled, glancing into Dean's eyes. He smiled back, before crashing his lips against her and falling into a passionate kiss.
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