More of the story… Hope you all are still liking.

Chapter Three

Kansas City—

Cassie was in Dean's arms before the sun set the next night. Traffic had been no big deal and she had floored it to get to the meeting place as soon as she could. Dean wasn't much for small talk but after not seeing him for a year she wanted to chat.

"Hey, um, how are things with your father, Dean?" she asked this question though she knew the answer. She had heard that John had died and wondered how Dean was dealing with it.

He was quiet for long moments as he looked in her eyes. He didn't want to talk about his father when he was in the car with Sam let alone when he was in the bed with Cassie. On the other hand he realized she tended to want to bond after sex.

"Hey um…he ...passed away a while back, Cass. I don't really want to talk about it you know. "

She nodded as she bit her lip. "I'm sorry to hear that Dean," she said as she traced her fingers over his stomach.

He looked up at her and wondered how he would feel if something happened to Cassie, he thought he would be even more devastated then he already felt. He leaned up, "Cassie you can work from anywhere…

"Yeah?"

He stopped, he couldn't do it, he couldn't ask her to go on the road with them it was crazy and selfish. "Nothing……."he said as he pulled her close to his side. He wanted her safe from his life choices yet he wanted her in his life. He was a bastard he decided. He should just turn away from her and not look back so she could have a nice happy life with a normal guy.

"Dean, you okay?"

He pulled her face down to meet his, "I'm fine, Baby, I'm with you," he said in all seriousness.

Cassie wasn't fooled again she considered telling him her secret. On one hand how would he feel if someone else told him. She saw hunters all the time Sam and Dean probably knew or ran into on hunts. She straddled his body; she had to focus on something else before she made a bad mistake. It was timing that was important with the announcement she had to make; timing was what would make all the difference she decided.

--

The next morning Cassie asked Dean if they could hang out a few more days. She asked if he could take a break. He looked her in the eyes with a smile, "Yeah that sounds good let me call Sam."

Cassie was surprised that he wanted to hang out for a while; she had to find a way to call Cash. If Cash called her she would have to explain. She hated lying it always caused so many problems.

The last time they were together she hadn't asked him to hang around because she had been so afraid of telling him the truth of her life. She bit her lip, maybe was getting better at the lying part. If only it didn't hurt so much when he wasn't around, he was her Achilles heel and she had a feeling she was his.

"Great," she said but she was not sure if the excitement sounded in her voice.

Dean looked at her strangely as he waited for Sam to answer the phone.

"You okay?" he asked.

"I'm wonderful I'm going to go in and take a shower so we can see some of this town," she said before she went in the bathroom with her purse, "Have to have the makeup," she added.

She sighed after she was behind the door. She turned on the water then locked the door. She thought Dean would find it odd but if she was fast in the shower he would think she locked it from habit.

She dialed Cash's cell as the water ran in the background.

"Yeah where are you?"

"I'm going to stay with him a couple days," Cassie whispered.

"Okay, we can just meet up whenever you are done …come on now Cass use this time to tell him okay? Promise?"

"I'll try Cash, I will I won't promise. I have to go I didn't want you to worry," she said before they said their good byes.

Cassie jumped in the shower to do a quick wash before she dried off and put on a bit of make up since she had mentioned it to Dean. She opened the door to see he was pulling up his jeans.

"What did I miss?" she asked with a grin.

"Nothing, just talked to Sam and told him I was staying around if he wanted to take off and do whatever he does when I'm not with him," Dean said with a smile as he pulled her into his arms.

"Okay, you ready to get some food then?"

Dean nodded after he kissed her.

--

The two days with Dean flew by and Cassie never did mention hunting not to ask about his hunts or to tell him of hers. They stood outside in front of the hotel room where Sam had been staying as he waited for Dean. He held her close for as long as he felt comfortable.

"Cass...."

She stopped him from making any pronouncements.

"We will see each other again soon, right?" she asked as she looked in his eyes.

Dean nodded because he couldn't speak. The time with Cassie showed him how much he was missing by being on the road. He did want the life with her. He wanted it more than ever. He pushed his lips against hers and prayed they would spend time together and if God was in heaven he would have a life with her when the hunting was done.

"Yeah, Cass, this time it won't be a year okay. We will make time," Dean insisted.

Cassie agreed before she got in her car and drove away.

--

Sam watched from the window. He knew Dean was getting in deeper with Cassie deeper than was realistic. He sighed as he turned away from the window and he cursed the fate that would have them on the road instead of with wives and children. It wasn't fair. How could a life worth living not have real connections; People to love and to protect, children to care for and teach, Sam thought.

Dean moped the first day after they left Kansas City he didn't want to hunt he was angry and upset. He was also careless so Sam had to call him on it. Dean sat at the table while Sam sewed up a cut in his arm.

"Damn it Dean snap out it. If you want to see her again then you need to be careful. You can't put us both in danger because you want to be with Cassie. Maybe you should ask her to come with us, why didn't you do that?"

Dean shook his head, "No if we are apart she might move on, she might forget me and find a normal guy……."

Sam shook his head, "Do you want that? You love her yet you treat her like a whore by calling her for sex yet your heart belongs to her and don't lie to me. You are an idiot for treating her this way."

Dean screamed out like he was in pain, "NO," he said as he got up and walked out out the hotel room door.

He got drunk that night Sam had to drag him back to the room before someone got hurt. Sam had never seen his brother in so much pain, he was depressed. Sam had to say something to get his brother back.

When Dean was asleep Sam called Bobby.

"I don't know what to do with him Bobby, he is really down. He loves Cassie but he has dedicated his self to this life."

"Cassie?"

"Yeah the girl he fell for in Ohio and we helped her with a problem in Cape Girardeau."

"Why does that all sound familiar," Bobby asked.

Sam shook his head maybe they hadn't mentioned Cassie to Bobby he wasn't sure anymore. He just wanted to help his brother.

"Any ideas, Bobby?" Sam asked impatiently.

"Well boy, he has to work through it himself. I never known Dean to be down over a girl. She must be special. Hey if he spent a few months with her maybe he would change his mind," Bobby said with a laugh.

Sam wasn't laughing. He didn't' think Bobby was helping either. Sam wanted Dean to be okay. He wanted Dean to be okay as soon as possible.

--Several months passed.

Dean and Sam had come to Chicago because they heard about a vengeful spirit in one of the older buildings. Sam was behind Dean with the emf when it went off they both looked to the left and right but didn't see anything. Dean put his hand up to his mouth as they reached for the first door. Sam had the sawed off filled with rock salt in his hand luckily the first room was empty. The second and third rooms were all empty so they kept walking as the sound of their boots could be heard on the marble floors.

Dean turned to Sam and shook his head, "Quietly," he said just before they heard a blood curdling scream from up ahead.

TBC