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"I'll go get us a room." Dean said walking away.
Sam looked back at Paige and sighed. 'Now what?' he thought. He saw Dean coming back and got out of the car to help get the bags. Paige followed him. Sam handed Paige her bag with no eye contact. The boys followed her to the door. Dean let everyone in. Sam set down his bag on a bed and Dean ser his down on the other. Paige dropped hers in the middle and grabbed the remote. The whole sleeping arrangement thing was still a little confusing to her. She went to the end of the bed and sat down leaning her head against the bed. She began to watch TV.
Dean went into the bathroom and closed the door. Paige heard him turn the shower on.
"Paige, come outside." Sam said going out the door. He left it open for her to follow. Outside Sam was leaning against the car. Paige walked slowly over to him. Finally she was there. She starred down at her feet and didn't open her mouth.
"Paige what the hell was all that?" Sam asked annoyed.
"All what?" she asked quietly. Sam could barely hear her.
"Back at the Roadhouse. Since when is your family's death you fault?" Sam was done being annoyed, he was mad.
"I don't know…"
"Well you seemed pretty sure of it back there."
"I…It just…It just is. Okay?" She stammered.
"No. Not okay. Cause it isn't you fault?"
"Well, it is to me. So just leave it."
"No. I won't"
"To bad. Cause you don't get to choose."
"Paige—"
"No!" she cut him off. "No! Just leave me alone."
She ran back into the room. Sam watched her leave but decided to stay outside for a while.'What the hell just happened?' he thought. Sam slowly walked into the room. He saw Paige sitting on the floor watching TV. She wouldn't look at him. Sam grabbed her bag and put it on his bed. 'Guess I know where I'm sleeping, now.' Paige thought. Sam got out his computer and turned it on. Then Dean came out of the bathroom. He immediately noticed the awkwardness.
"So what'd I miss?" he asked.
"Nothing." Paige quickly said.
"Okay then. Paige, let's go grab some lunch while Sam does some research on the case." Dean suggested.
"Kay." Paige really wanted to get the hell away from Sam right now. She followed Dean out the door. Things got really quiet in the car. Dean wanted to talk about what had happened back at the Roadhouse but didn't know what to say.
"Paige, um…when you said--"
"No." she said calmly.
"What?"
"Please. I already got the talk from Sam."
"So that's what that was back there."
"Yeah." Paige kept starring out the window.
"Alright, for now." Dean said.
For the rest of the car ride things were quiet. Dean glanced at Paige a couple of times. But every time all he saw was her back.
"Arby's?" Dean asked.
"What?"
"Do you like Arby's?"
"Yeah, sure. Sounds good."
Dean parked the car and they walked into Arby's. At the counter Dean turned to Paige and asked, "What do you want?"
"Any things with meat."
Dean smiled. "Easy enough." Dean ordered the food while Paige looked around.
"Here." Dean said handing her an empty paper cup. "This is yours. Fill these up with coke." He said handing her two more cups.
Paige walked over to fill the cups up with drinks. 'Dr. Pepper sounds food.' She thought as she pressed the button and it poured into her cup.
"That your brother?" the guy next to her asked.
"Huh?" Paige hadn't noticed him before. He had blonde hair and brown eyes. 'Weird mix.' Paige thought. And he was tall.
"That guy," He nodded to Dean. "Is he your brother?"
"Oh. Yeah. Um… he is." Paige wasn't quite use to calling Dean her brother just yet.
"Mine's here, too. You ever notice how they can never get their own drinks?" he grumbled.
Paige laughed. "Yeah, like even when the fridge is two feet away." She was remembering all the times her brother had bossed her around and yet some how he usually got his way.
"Exactly. Oh, and parents. They never seem to care."
"Right, like your just suppose to naturally do this stuff for your brother."
They both laughed.
"I'm Eric."
"Paige."
"Paige. Nice name."
"It's growing on me."
Eric was a little confused by her last comment, but decided to ignore it. Paige silently cursed herself for letting that slip.
"So, you from around here?"
"Nope. Just passing by."
"Oh." Paige noticed his face drop. "Where are you from?"
Paige had no idea what to say to that. She was sure Dean had gone over that, but how could never remember the little facts like that when this hot guy was in front of her.
"Um…around."
Eric gave her a questioning look.
"What'd about you?" Paige had to change the subject. Now!
"I'm from Arizona originally. I moved here about a year ago, though."
"Arizona? Never been. Do you like it there?"
"Yeah, I guess. If your in to a burning hot sun and a never ending desert."
"That bad, huh?"
"Yeah, actually. It is." He laughed. Paige decided she liked his laugh. It didn't sound forced. She couldn't believe that this was the most normal conversation she had had in two weeks.
"Well, at least it's near California."
"Oh, so you like the beach?"
"Yes." Paige has a huge smile on her face. " I love the beach."
"Nice. My family—"
"Paige." Deans said seriously.
"Oh. Hey Dean, this is Eric."
"Hi." Eric said to Dean. Dean chose not to respond.
"Paige you ready?" Dean's eyes never left Eric.
"Uh, yeah." Dean gently grabbed her elbow and led her away.
"Bye." Eric called out.
"Uh…Bye." Paige said back. 'What the hell?' she thought.
Outside Paige yanked her arm away.
"Dean, what the hell just happened?"
"We left."
"I realize that. But, why are you acting like this?"
"Because." Dean didn't turn around.
"Because, why?" Paige was still so confused.
"Because, you shouldn't be talking to strangers."
"Dean, I'm not four."
"I don't care. Get in the car." Dean was on the verge of yelling.
The car ride back was even more awkward than the drive to Arby's. 'This is not my day.' Paige thought. Dean parked in front of the motel. They both got out and walked to the room. Sam was on his bed reading a book. Paige grabbed the remote and sat on the end of the bed. Dean handed Sam his food and gave Paige hers. Sam noticed how quiet it was, but figured it was because Paige was still ignoring him.
"Sam, what'd you find out?" Dean said.
"Uh…Karen Baker died a week ago. No idea why, she just died."
Dean wasn't satisfied. "Any thing else?"
"Not really. She has a sister in town, though."
"Okay good. Let's go then."
"Now?"
"Yeah, right now."
"Um…okay. Paige stay here. We'll be back later." Sam said as he headed to the door.
"What?" she exclaimed. Sam and Dean turned around. They both looked at her confused.
"There is no way I'm staying here all day." Paige continued.
"Yes, you are." Dean said simply.
"No!" she said
"Paige, it would just be easier if you—" Sam attempted to say but Paige cut him off.
"No!" There was no way she was changing her mind.
"Paige Winchester you're staying here so just deal with it." Dean yelled at her.
Paige didn't scare easily, though, so she stood her ground. "No, I'm not. So you just deal with it." Paige stomped over to the door and opened it. She turned around and hissed, "And, my name is Jen." as she walked away.
Sam and Dean just stood there for awhile. "What do we do now?" Dean asked.
"I don't know. Why don't you go talk to the sister and I'll go find Paige." Sam replied.
"Yeah, okay." Dean said and left.
Sam sighed as he walked out the door.
'Where could Paige be?'
Sam had been searching for half an hour until he finally found her. Paige was sitting under a big old tree in an empty park just thinking. "Hey Jen." He said quietly. Sam sat next to her.
"You called me Jen." She said softly not looking up.
"Yeah, I guess I did." Paige didn't respond. "Listen, I get that this hard for you. But Paige," he put a lot of empathies on 'Paige'. "There is no going back, now."
"I know." She mumbled.
"Then what's the problem, Paige?"
"The problem is…The problem is their gone and there never coming back!" Paige broke out in tears.
Sam put his arm around her and held her tight. "Paige, it's okay." He tried to calm her down.
"No, it's not. There dead because of me."
"What!" Sam wasn't expecting that. "Paige, their deaths aren't your fault."
"Yes they are. I saw that ghost in the hallway. I should of gotten my mom out of the bathroom.
Sam noticed that it began to rain. He wanted to get back to the room before they were soaked. But then, he noticed that a few meters away it wasn't raining. 'What the …?'
"Paige. She would have gotten her, anyway.
"Would about my brother?"
"Same thing. Nothing you could have done."
"No! I should have convinced him to leave the house."
"Paige, it wasn't your fault." He said sternly. "Now, stop this."
"No." Paige stood up. "And you," Paige pointed. "Made me leave him there. I just left him to burn."
"Paige, he was already dead." Sam yelled back.
"You don't know that!"
Suddenly Sam saw a flame of fire erupt next to him. Paige was so angry that she didn't notice.
"You had no right! I begged you to put me down."
More flames erupted around them.
"Paige, you would have died."
"I don't care." Paige began to walk away.
Sam went after her but before he could reach her, Paige snapped her body to face him. "Don't follow me." She growled.
Sam watched her leave. Once she was out of sight he turned around just in time to see the tree explode in fire. Sam ran away from the fire. He then turned around and watched the tree burn. But he knew something was going on.
