And here is another chapter...as promised.

When Jinx pulled up front of the "Stardust Motel" Ace shook her head. "Oh no I dont think so."

"Think again princess. We had a deal, one of your choice, one of mine and then so on."

"But this place is a dive."

Jinx grabbed her bag off the floor in the back. "Exactly. Cheap, discreet and you can make all the noise you want and no one gives a fuck."

Ace gave her a look. "And what pray-tell young lady will you be doing that makes a lot of noise?"

Jinx raised her eyebrows. "Oh I think you know. And dont worry, i'll go somewhere else this time."

Ace's face twisted in disgust. "If I ever have to wake up to you and someone guy in your bed again, I am going to murder you."

"I remember the threat well." she said as she let Baby out. "I'll call Dean let him know where we're staying. They'll pay you back for their room."

"Dont make me go up there alone. Dude is creepy looking."

"Woman you chase down the supernatural for a living, you can handle one creepy motel guy." Ace sighed in annoyance before she grabbed her purse off the floor and headed to the front desk.

As Ace walked up to the counter, the old man working their looked up at her, his eyes raking over her. 'Gross.' she thought as she gave him a fake welcoming smile nonetheless. "How can I help you pretty lady?" he asked, missing several teeth.

Along with his beer gut, Jinx would have loved it. "I need two rooms please, preferably adjoining ones."

"Adjoining? You here with your friends darlin?"

"With my sister, boyfriend and his brother actually." The mans face fell as he turned around and grabbed two sets of keys.

"That'll be 75 a night." Ace nodded, pulling out cash, sliding it to her.

"Thank you." she said as she took the keys, leaving quickly to find their rooms. Something about that old man was not right.

Just as she was unlocking the door, her phone rang. "You have got to be kidding me?" she muttered as she walked into the room, answering her phone.

"So, where are we staying?"

"You mean Jinx didnt call you?" Ace asked, suddenly getting worried.

"You mean Jinx isnt with you?" Dean asked; Ace instantly knew this was not good. "

No, she took Baby for a walk."

"Son of a bitch." Dean shouted on the other side.

Ace could hear Sam in the background asking what was going on. "Fuck." she muttered as she threw her bag on her bed.

"Her jeep is still here. So she's not going anywhere, trust me."

"You dont get it. This is home to all of us."

"I know she's from Lawerence, i'm not stupid."

"Nevermind priss, we'll be at, where are you?"

"Stardust, its on-"

"Yeah I know. We'll be there in a few minutes." There was a click and then a dial tone. Ace cursed; she knew being here screwed with Jinx, but she didnt think it was something for all of them to panic over.

Jinx tossed the chewed tennis ball, cracking a smile when Baby chased after it as if he was a puppy. She hadn't been to this place in years, not since she was much younger. This was too many homes for her in such a short amount of time.

And with what had happened with Sam, Jinx shook her head from the thought. She was just going to chalk that up to another failed attempt at a relationship and leave it there. She didnt have to justify herself to him, not at all.

Her telling him should have been something that showed him she was being honest with him, that was she trying. But Sam was up on his high horse and she didnt have the energy to knock him off it.

Baby came rushing back with the ball. "Drop it." she commanded and Baby did just that.

Not caring about the extra amount of drool on the ball, she picked it up and threw it again. Baby took off after it, leaving Jinx to her thoughts once again. While she was thinking about what could cause a dead ring around a grave, her cell ring.

Jinx was debating whether to answer it when she looked at the name. Dean would bitch at her for taking off. Bitch at her for letting home get to her all the while she knew it was tearing him up inside. But she knew if she didnt answer, he would come looking for her, and she didnt feel like having that happen. "Thundercats go."

"Where the fuck are you?"

"Well, its nice to hear you too."

"Jinx."

"I'm out with Baby. Poor thing is couped up in Lila all day. He needs to run about."

"So you're telling me that your not at the park about a block from your old house."

"Dean."

"Cause I am pretty sure you were wearing jeans and that cute little hoodie thing today." Jinx looked down the street, swearing when she saw the impala heading for her.

Jinx hung her phone up, calling Baby to her. "What the hell Dean?"

"Come on, we got a case."

"What do we got?"

"Not much."

"Sounds perfect to me." she said, looking inside the car before looking back at Dean.

"I left Sammy at the motel with Ace, since you two seem to be acting extra weird today."

"Please, you know its all Sam. He's the weird one." Jinx opened the back door, Baby jumping in. "Dude, if he fucks up the-"

"Baby does not chew or scratch leather. He knows better." Dean couldnt help but smiled; he loved it when Jinx could read his mind.

"So, you gonna tell me what happened with you two last night? Why you guys didnt come back till almost seven in the morning?"

Jinx buckled up, looking at him. "Told you Dean, I drove and Sam kept his mouth shut for the most part."

"Now that doesnt sound like too much fun."

Jinx groaned. "Can we please just get back to the motel. I wanna find out what we're dealing with so we can fucking kill it and get the hell out of here."

"Sammy thinks I made this up, so I dont have to deal with the whole mom's grave."

"Hey, then we both made it up."

Dean smiled at her. "And thats why I love having you around. You got my back."

"Likewise babe. Now drive."

"Yes ma'am."

"Good boys." Jinx patted his head, smiling when he tried to swat her hand away.

Ace paced the motel room. She looked at her watch. She then turned and looked at the clock in the room. She cursed and started pacing again. She turned and looked at Sam as he sat at the dinette set laptop set up looking into the death of the young woman whose grave had been void of grass. She watched him for a moment. She huffed. He finally looked up and met her eyes.

"What?" he asked his hair in his eyes.

"Where are they?" she asked.

"Probably looking into the case. Although, I don't think this is a hunt."

"I didn't ask for your opinion. I just... What the hell did you do to her last night?"

"Nothing!"

"I call bullshit. Something happened to put her in this mood. And why the hell was it that you two only got back this morning?"

"We were driving around. Jinx barely said-."

"Save it. I don't believe you. I won't ask you what the hell happened, but I will give you some piece of advice. If you want her as much as I think you do, you better fix this mess you made or you're going to lose her. The door is closing, Sam, and once it closes, she is never going to open it again."

Sam watched as Ace grabbed her purse and walked out of the room. He was alone. He looked at the laptop screen. He slammed it down and rested his face in his hands. Ace had a point, if he wanted to be with Jinx he had to figure out a way to fix this. He didn't want to lose her. Not again.

Ace walked across the parking lot to a small store on the corner. She walked in the store and immediately walked to the counter. She looked at the cigarettes. She knew she had promised Jinx to quit, and she had. For two whole years she had been smoke free. Now though, smoking seemed like the perfect stress reliever.

"What can I get you?" the young guy behind the counter asked her. She noticed how he blushed when she smiled at him.

"Three packs of Marlboro please," she said digging in her purse for her wallet.

"Anything else?"

"Hmmm... Oh, chocolate."

Ace grabbed a handful of chocolate bars. She then added some minty fresh gum hoping it would cover the smell of smoke on her breath. She smiled as the guy rang up her purchases. Breaking the rules was so fun and liberating.

Jinx followed Dean as they walked onto the campus of the university. Dean looked around feeling completely lost and that he didn't belong. Jinx walked up beside him as he looked at the campus map to try and find Dr. Mason's office. She sighed.

"What? Tired already? Shouldn't have partied so hard last night," Dean said looking up and meeting her eyes.

"It's not that. Dean, you... You ever think about what could have been? You know what our lives would have been like if your mom hadn't have died and my mom... Well, you know," Jinx suggested.

"I try not to. Shit like that will just bring you down. And I already have Sam who I think majored in how to be a buzzkill, so I try to avoid all other forms of downage."

"Downage? Is that even a word?"

"Is now. Found it. Let's go."

Dean walked down the street of the university and found the department of Arts. He jogged up the steps and glanced back to make sure Jinx was following him. They walked through the doors and went over to the stairs.

"You know, maybe we should have brought Ace with us," Jinx said as the climbed to the second floor.

"Why?"

"She knows how to talk to these academic types. She was going to be one you know."

"Yeah, well, sorry but I feel more comfortable with you."

"What's a matter, Dean? Can't deal with your feelings for little Miss Priss?" Jinx teased.

"Jinx, I will hurt you."

"Oh, I know. Why do you think I do it?"

Dean rolled his eyes as Jinx winked at him. They made it to the third floor. They walked down the hall till they found Dr. Mason's office. Dean looked at Jinx. She nodded. He knocked on the door. It opened a moment later.

"Dr. Mason?" Dean asked.

"Yes?"

"We were friends of Angela's. I'm Jinx, this is Dean. We wanted to come tell you how sorry we are for your loss," Jinx said softly.

"Thank you, please come in," the doctor said.

Jinx and Dean followed him as he went back into the office. Jinx smiled at him and walked over and sat on the couch in the room. Opened on the coffee table was a family album. Dr. Mason sat in the chair and picked it up again flipping through it. Dean busied himself by looking around the room. He stopped when he found an odd looking book. He picked it up and started to flip through it.

"She was very beautiful," Jinx said telling the truth as she glanced at a few of the pictures.

"Yes, she was," Dr. Mason whispered his voice filled with pain.

"This is an interesting book," Dean said getting their attention and holding it in front of him so they could see the cover. Jinx frowned a little. She gave Dean a look. He could have waited a little bit longer to start with the questions.

"It's Ancient Greek. I teach a course," the doctor answered.

Dean didn't say anything as he put the book down. He did see the small smile on Jinx's face. He knew the minute they left here he was going to get razed for not brining priss. He knew by Jinx's smile that Greek was probably one of the languages Ace knew. Why couldn't everyone just stick to English?

"A car accident, that's... That's horrible," Dean said trying to ignore Jinx's smile.

"Angie was only a mile away from home when..." Dr. Mason trailed off. Jinx knew how he felt. Talking about the loss after it happened was the hardest part.

"It's gotta be hard, losing someone like that. Sometimes it's like they are still around. Like you can still sense their presence. You ever feel anything like that?"

"I do as a matter of fact."

Dean looked at Jinx and felt justified. She shook her head a little. Sometimes he was too cocky for his own good.

"That's normal, Dr. Mason. Especially after... Well, it was so sudden," Jinx said.

"You know, I still phone her. The phone's ringing before I remember that...you know. Family is everything. She was the most important thing in my life and now... I am lost without her."

Jinx nodded. She reached out and took his hand. A small gesture of comfort she could offer him. She looked up at Dean to see if what Mason had said was getting to him. Dean turned and looked out the window. Jinx saw the hard set of his jaw. She sighed softly. Nope, he was still hiding behind his walls. She knew one day they were going to come tumbling down and he was going to have to talk about it.

"We are very sorry," she told the doctor.

"Thank you. Talking to her friends and people who cared about her helps but... I am sorry but excuse me. I just need to be alone."

"We understand. Thank you for your time."

Jinx got up after squeezing the doctor's hand one more time. She walked to the door with Dean following her. He shut the door and she smacked him on the chest.

"Guess we don't have a hunt after all," she said as they walked to the stairs.

"I don't know. I gotta look at Dad's journal. Something is going on here."

"Alright. I will reserve judgement until there is solid evidence that this is nothing."

"Reserve judgement? Dude, you have been with priss far too long."

"Shut up, Dean."

"Make me."

"Oh, I will."

"I'm looking forward to it."

Ace sat on a picnic table smoking her third cigarette. She looked up and saw Sam walking her way. She didn't bother hiding her smoke or putting it out. She saw him raise an eyebrow as he sat beside her.

"Smoking?" he asked.

"Very good stress reliever. And you should be happy, I gave up the pot," she answered smiling.

"You were right," Sam answered choosing to get right to the point.

"I am right about a lot of things, Sam. Be specific please."

"I need to fix this with Jinx."

"I knew it! You DID do something!"

"I just said the wrong thing at the wrong time."

"Uh huh. The curse of men; idiocy."

"Thanks."

"No problem. Wanna a smoke? They help you think."

"No thanks, Dean would kill me."

"And you think Jinx is going to let me live. HA! Why do you think I am taking such pleasure in it; the minute Jinx gets back I am a dead woman."

Sam nodded. He smiled at the pile of chocolate bar wrappers beside Ace. Apparently she was living it up before Jinx came to kill her. He looked up when he heard the impala coming down the road. He turned to Ace. She let out a puff of smoke in the shape of a circle.

"That takes skill," she said smiling.

"Ace at the cemetery, what Dean said I just wanted to-."

"It's okay, Sam. I can be way too sensitive. Growing up an only child does that. No one to pick on you and toughen your skin," Ace said taking another puff.

"You sure?"

"Yeah."

She looked up when the impala pulled into the parking lot. She watched as Jinx climbed out of the passenger seat. She turned and looked at Ace. She then looked at the cigarette in her hand. Ace saw the frown.

"It was nice knowing you, Sam. Do me a favour," she said.

"What?"

"Make sure you bug the hell out of Dean for me by calling him Pinky."

"I think I can do that."

Ace took one last long puff from the cigarette. She then butted it out and sighed. Jinx was marching towards her. Time to face the music.

Jinx dropped her bag on the ground and marched right over to Ace. She took the cigarette from her mouth and put it out right in the table. Jinx looked at Sam. "We'll be gone a while." Jinx then grabbed Ace by the gruff of her neck and dragged her out silently.

Dean looked at the two girls; he had only seen Jinx that made a hadnful of times and he was lucky enough that it was only directed at him once. "What the hell?"

"Ace was smoking."

Dean sniffed the air, making a face. "She smokes?"

"Well, not all the time. I think Jinx is going to kill her."

"Let's hope not," Sam looked at him shocked as Dean smiled. "I would miss that cute little ass."

"Sure you would, Pinky."

"Oh no, you dont gets to call me that."

"But I promised Ace I would if she died."

"She aint dead yet."

Normally Ace would have fought back, but at the moment, she knew she was in trouble. That what she had done was something that would piss an already pissed off Jinx. Jinx shoved her against the jeep. "What the fuck is wrong with you?"

"I needed to relax."

Jinx smacked her. "You wanna die of lung cancer like your dad? Cause you know it was more then just all of the digs he went on."

"You know whats, you have no right to talk about him."

"And you have no right to act like a spoiled little bitch and disrespect his memory by lightin up again when you swore you would never touch another cigarette." Ace looked down; Jinx was right, of course she was.

Jinx smacked her again. "You wanna die slow and painful? You want to put me through what you went through when he died?" Ace looked up at her, watching the tears form. "Do you know what you dying would do to me Ace? I dont think I could get through losing another person I cared and come out sane. I couldnt."

Ace ignored the pain in her cheek and she hugged her; Jinx always did let her emotions slip when she was tired. "God Jinxy i'm so sorry. God, everything is just stressing me out, and, I swear to god i'm not ever going to smoke another cigarette."

"You better not, cause if you die, i'm bringing your ass back." she said as she wiped at the few fallen tears.

Then something hit her. "I'd bring you back."

"Right, you said that-" The same realization hit her. "The dad studied Greek right?" Ace nodded. Something about all of this seemed familiar, she just couldn't place it.

"Come on, lets go back to the room. See what we can find."

"Sounds like a brilliant idea." Ace said as she walked next to Jinx.

She turned to her. "I swear to god if all of those cigarettes arent gone so help me god-"

"I know, I know. Ya-ya." "Exactly." Jinx said with a smirk.

When they got closer to the room, they could hear the boys yelling. "Never a dull moment with them." Muttered Ace as they opened the door.

"If you wanna take a swing at me, go ahead, if it'll make you feel better."

"I dont need this crap." Dean grabbed his keys.

"Where are you going?"

"To get a drink, alone."

The door opened and the girls stood there. "I could use a drink." Ace looked at Sam, nodding slightly; this was his chance to fix whatever the hell was going on with him and Jinx.

"Come on then sweetheart. We're wasting happy hour." Ace couldnt help but smile when she followed Dean out.

"Use a condom!" Jinx shouted after them; Ace turned and flipped her off. Jinx only smiled.

Then she realized she was alone with Sam, something she didnt partically want at the time. So Jinx focused on locating all of the cartons she knew Ace had bought and destroying them.

As she started to look around, she couldnt find them. "I already tossed them." She looked up at Sam.

"Ace mentioned something about you hating her smoking." Jinx nodded as she sat where Ace had been sitting, running her hair threw her hands.

"Yeah, and I know she didnt do it to piss me off, but she knew it would."

"Why?"

Jinx shook her head. "I already learned my lesson about telling you painful things about me Sam. I think i'll pass."

"You dumped that on me, how the hell was I suppose to react? 'Oh gee thats great Jinx.'"

"Dont talk to me like that. You have no idea how hard it was for me to tell you."

"Then why did you?"

Jinx shook her head and stood. She started walking out as she patted down her pants, making sure she had her keys when Sam grabbed her arm. "Let me go."

"No, cause i've learned my lesson about letting you walk away from me."

Sam tugged on her till she was flush to him. "Why did you tell me?" he asked softly as she looked up at him.

"Because being honest is how we make this work. I wanted you to know so I didnt have to keep it from you. I didnt want to."

Sam hugged her tightly. "I'm sorry."

"I know you are."

"No Jinx, its just, you confuse the hell out of me, you always have. This morning, when you told me about him, I didnt know if you were trying to push me away or not."

Jinx laughed at him. "You know, for being the boy genius, you're pretty stupid sometimes." Sam cracked a smile. He was going to say something, but Jinx yawned.

Sam's brows furled. "When was the last time you got some sleep?"

"Oh no, I do not need two mother hens."

Sam poked her stomach, causing her to laugh. "I am not a mother hen."

"You worry like one."

"Because I care about you."

"You better."

"i do." he said, kissing her. "And because I care about you,"

"Oh I knew this was coming."

"You're going to bed."

"We have research."

Sam shook his head. "This isnt a case."

Jinx pulled back a little. "I'm giving Dean the benefit of the doubt. Plus," Jinx yawned again. "Me and Ace," Yawn.

"Okay, thats its." Sam swung her up in his arms and carried her over to the bed. "You're getting some sleep."

Jinx smiled. "So bossy."

"And you know you love it." he said as she turned on her stomach, burrying her face in the pillow.

"Mmmhmm."

In less then a minute she was out like a light. Sam smiled; they had more or less made up. Now he felt better. If now he could only get through to Dean, his day would be perfect.

But he knew that was never going to happen. Sam yawned, just realizing how tired her was. He laid down next to her, wrapping his arm across her back before also drifting into sleep.

He knew that when he woke up, Dean was never going to let them live this down; they'd both come up with something when that happened, right now, he was going to enjoy sleeping next to Jinx.

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