Chapter 16

Happy Birthday Blade!

Blade's POV

It scares me how little time you can be with someone and love them so much. I hardly know anything about Dean and I know that I'm in love with him, but he can't know. I don't have the guts to tell him how I feel and I know he's got feeling for me, but I know he would never tell me his feelings. A part of me hoped that he wouldn't so we both wouldn't have to deal with the pain of loosing each other, but another part hope he would. But I can't let that happen, I can't get hurt again.

For the next few days, I didn't come out of my room. I knew the guys were leaving me food, but I couldn't eat. I wasn't hungry for food, I was craving blood. I would wait until the guys went to bed and then I would grab a few jars and bring them to my room and live off those for a few days. I could hear the guys walking around and arguing about Dean's deal for most of the days. I knew they were worried about me as I could hear Dean and Sam asking Bobby if this was normal for me and the fact that I wasn't eating the food they were leaving me. Bobby would assure them that I would go through times like this when I was feeling down, but I would be fine after a while.

I couldn't help but feel more love to Bobby for acting like a dad towards me. I knew he didn't have any children, as his wife died before they could try, but I knew that I was like the daughter he and his wife always wanted.

I was deep in thought when a knock on my door brought me back to reality. I turned my head just in time to see Bobby poking his head in the room."Hey kid. I haven't seen you in a few days. How ya doin'?"

"I could be better." I said turning back towards the window. "Bobby?"

"Yeah kid?"

"You are one of the few people that can understand what I'm going through. Tell me will the pain ever go away?"

"Honestly Blade, no. The pain will always be there but it will dull over time. I still miss my wife and wish I could change what I did but I can't. For the first few years I was fueled by revenge, anger and alcohol, and it kept me going. I felt like I was invincible, but the pain grew worse until I let my guard down and I got hurt. After that I slowed down on the hunting and met Rufus. Damn fool nearly got me killed more time then I can remember but he did help me." Bobby said as he walked up next to me.

"Good ol' Uncle Rufus huh?" I said trying to hold back a smile.

"I still don't see why you call him that. Ungrateful Bastard." Bobby muttered while rolling his eyes.

"He's like an Uncle to me, just like you're my father Bobby." I said giving him a small smile.

"You don't know what that means to me kid." He said returning the smile. "You're the daughter Karen always wanted, Blade. She would be so proud of you, and that's why I came up here. I wanted to give you this."

Bobby reached into his jacket pocket and pulled out a medium black box. "I know it isn't much but if Karen were still here she would love you as if you were her own. I know she would want you to have this."

I took the box from Bobby and lifted the lid. I gasped, inside was Karen's sliver charm bracelet. I looked up at Bobby and saw tears welling up in his eyes, and I knew they were brimming mine. I couldn't believe he would give something so precious of his, to me. I didn't deserve it.

"Bobby I-" He cut me off before I could finish.

"Blade, you are the greatest daughter I could ever have, even if not by blood. I would rather you wear the bracelet than have it collecting dust. It deserves to worn by someone who can take better care of it." He said as he sniffled. I knew this was hard for him. This was one of the few pieces of Karen's jewelry he had left.

"Thank you, Bobby. I will cherish this forever." I said before getting up and hugging him.

As soon as we let go he wiped his face from the tears that had fallen and clear his throat. "Ahem, now enough of this sappy stuff, I need you to come down stairs."

I laughed at how he tried to cover up his feelings. Same old Bobby, he'll never change and I wouldn't want him to. "Okay Bobby."

We made our way downstairs only to ambushed. "HAPPY BIRTHDAY!" Several people yelled.

I let out a small scream from being startled, but I then started laughing. I couldn't believe that I forgot about my own birthday. I looked around Bobby's to see that pretty much everyone were hunter's minus the sheriff, Jodi Mills, from our town. I couldn't believe they would throw me a party. I looked over at Bobby to find him smirking at me.

"Bobby, how did you pull all this off?" I asked still a little shocked.

"It wasn't easy Blade but we did it." He said pulling me into a side hug.

"Thanks everyone. You really got me." I said smiling.

"You're welcome sweetie. You deserve it." Shane said as he raised his glass. "Happy Birthday Blade."

A chorus for 'happy birthday's' rang through the room making me smile even more. I walked over to Shane and pulled him into a hug.

"How ya doin' buddy?" I whispered, knowing what he had just been through.

"I'll be alright sweetie. Don't worry about me. It's your birthday, so have fun." He whispered back then kissed my cheek.

Through out the day people would wish me happy birthday and tell me how beautiful I've gotten. Once Jodi left, she had to get to work, all us hunters began to swap stories of the past year. There was laughing and trading information on how to help make things easier. Everyone was having a great time. Bobby fired up the grill and then after we had cake and ice cream, my favorite combo of sweets on my birthday. Then I opened presents. Jodi had left her present before she went to work so I opened her's first. She had gotten me a new leather jacket, and a pair of silver butterfly earrings. I got a lot of new knives for my collection a new flask with my name on it, that was Shane's gift. The last present I opened was a bottle of Johnnie Walker Blue label scotch courtesy of Rufus. He and Bobby may not be friends anymore, but Rufus was like an uncle to me. I made a mental note to go see him and to bring the bottle with me, to thank him properly.

Soon people started to make their way back onto the road. They wished me a happy birthday before they went and some would give a bit of advice before leaving.

I made way into the kitchen to get a drink once the last hunter left. I was tired, but it was a good tired. I heard footsteps behind me and turned to see Bobby and Sam standing in the doorway of the kitchen.

"Thank you guys so much. I really enjoyed seeing everyone." I smiled as I thought back to all that happened today.

"You're welcome Blade." Sam said returning the smile as he held out a medium size box. "By the way here's my present."

I took the box and opened to reveal a black leather bound journal. I pulled it out of the box only to see that 'Blade' was engraved in silver letters. "Sam, this is beautiful. Thank you so much."

"You're welcome Blade. I hope you like it." He said as I hugged him.

"No Sam I don't like it." His face became confused. "I love it."

"Great." He said relaxing.

"Here ya go Blade." Bobby said handing me another small rectangular box.

"Bobby I thought you already got a present from you." I questioned.

"You did but, this one is different from the other one." He said.

I opened the box to find a butterfly knife. I looked right at him with wide eyes. "Bobby you shouldn't have."

"Hush girl, I wanted to. I know you lost your other one a few months ago and so I got you another one."

"Thanks Bobby. I can't wait to try it out along with the other 8 new blades I got." I said as I took the knife out of the box. I opened it up to see it was already silver plated. I couldn't help but admire the way it reflected the lights from the kitchen. It was a felt light and powerful within my hands. I couldn't keep the smile off my face at the thought of using this. Yep, I definite couldn't wait.

"Is this why everyone calls you Blade, because of the number of blades you have and the creepy look you get when you get a new one?" Sam asked amused.

"I do not get a creepy look when I get a new one, and it's partially the reason. The other reason is how quick I am with one." I said not even looking up at him.

"Makes sense and yes you do get a creepy look. You have this sinister smile on your face like your ready to go and hunt something down just for the fun of it."

"No Sam, I just can't wait to use it. I just love getting all different kinds of knives and weapons. I prefer them to guns, too noisy for my taste. Now a blade is swift and silent and hardly makes any noise at all. I like having the element of surprise." I closed up my new knife and put it in my pocket to keep with me at all times. It was then I noticed that someone was missing.

"Hey where's Dean?" I asked looking around.

"He said he had something to do and then left. So I have no clue where he is." Sam said shaking his head before walking back into the living room.

"Oh okay. Well I'm going to head to bed guys. I'm beat." I said as I made my way pass the living room. They told me 'goodnight' and I headed to bed. I changed into my pj's of a gray tank top and black soffe shorts and brushed my my teeth. I noticed my door was open on my way back from the bathroom. I know I had closed it, so it made me suspicious of who was in my room. I walked in to find a box on my bed. I looked around to find no one there. I smelled the air to find the familiar scent of leather, old spice and gun powder, Dean. I sat on my bed and opened the box, only to find a single note in it.

I picked up the note only for it to read, in Dean's messy handwriting, 'Come to the field.' I was confused, but I went and put on my black sneakers and grabbed my black hoodie. I locked my door to insure no one would come in and then slipped out the window.

I jumped from the second story, landing gracefully as always and made my way to to field behind Bobby's house. I had just reached the of the field and was looking for Dean when I heard a branch snap behind me. I whipped around to find...