Falling Pt. 2

Chapter 11

Falling pt. 2

DEAN POV

I feel the movement behind me and it's... wrong. Dropping the bag I am (barely) able to catch Dawn as she collapses. Fear rips through me. What the hell is wrong with her? I look up to face a stunned Sammy. He's standing on the landing, keys in hand, mouth open, completely still. He's not the only shocked one. I don't have any idea how I knew something was wrong, or how I caught her.

I sweep her up into my arms into a more comfortable position for both her and myself. She is still clutching that damn duffel bag. This is strangely reminiscent of catching her in the hotel, it's really getting to be a habit. Turning on the stairs I carefully maneuver my way through the clothes that have been strewn over the stairs and hall.

Well one good thing came of all of this. Sammy has to handle the underwear too, no way in hell I am after all that - he can damn well do it himself - after all my hands are full.

I get outside to my baby and am happy to find the back door unlocked. Leaning against the side I hold Dawn closer to my chest, the duffel bag is poking me in odd places while I open the back door enough to be able to nudge it open with my foot.

Once the door is open I place one foot inside and lean across the back seat to place Dawn gently along the seat. Taking the bag from her hands I place it on the floor by her head. I use one of my flannel shirts as a makeshift pillow and my jacket as a blanket.

As I am getting out of the car i notice the flask has fallen out of her pocket. Picking it up, curiosity gets the best of me and I examine it. Its quality silver and although it's well used it still holds it's polish. Its engraved with scroll work and ivy? The flask is curved so as to fit inside a breast pocket, there is an inscription on the inside (the concave side) that reads,

"O Blushing Night, keep safe thine heart. Forever, William".

Awfully romantic for a flask. Well I guess that answers my boyfriend question. Placing the the flask on top of the duffel I take her shoes off and put them on the floor as well. I close the door and turn to find Sammy struggling out of the building with three bags so I decide to help, after all I want to get out of here a.s.a.p. - like now in fact.

Smirking I take a bag out of his hands and open the trunk. Shifting the contents of the trunk so that we can fit one of her bags is in the weapons compartment and the other two are in the main trunk takes some trial and error. Once that was finished we hopped into the car and began the long drive to our first stop in New Jersey.

After a few minutes Sam reaches into his pocket and hands over a lighter to Me. "You dropped this," he says and goes back to change the radio station. Seeing that the lighter is Dawn's I flip it over and read the inscription,

"To Niblet with Love.

- The Big Bad"

Laughing I show Sammy the lighter and inform him that it isn't mine but Dawn's and I fish around the back seat to find the flask which I also hand over for his inspection. I let him know that they were in the second drawer that I cleaned out and that she had them in her pocket.

After a few seconds of silence from Sammy I glance over to see him staring blankly at the flask.

"Sammy?" no answer, "Sammy?" a little louder.

When I still don't get an answer I pull over and jump out. As I pull Sammy from the car and grab a water bottle to try and revive him I think, very eloquently, 'What the fuck is going on?'