so, i know, its been a while. if you read All Roads Lead to Rome, you've heard the excuses. for those who dont im in the process of moving out and working two jobs, and poor Persephone, her baby is acting up and had to take it in to get looked out. so shes without a computer for a while. also, we've been working on some side projects.
anyways. heres another chapter.
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Dean raised an eyebrow then noticed that Ace was sitting there in her bra and panties. He then thought about the noises he had heard. He started seeing red. He leaned in the doorway and looked this Ari guy up and down. He didn't like what he saw.
Ace grabbed her shirt and pulled it over herself. Thank god it covered most of her. She raked a hand though her hair as Ari set Jinx down on her feet. He then wrapped his arms around both of their shoulders.
"My Trick and my Lucky. It is so good for all of us to be together again," Ari said kissing each of them.
"Looks like you and Ace were going to have some fun without me," Jinx said.
"Correction we had fun without you."
"Ah, you girls going to introduce us?" Dean asked coming in the room.
"Ari, that's Pinky," Ace said looking for her skirt.
"Looking for this sweetheart?" Dean asked bending down and holding her skirt up.
Ari watched the look that come across Ace's face. He smiled softly. His Lucky had fallen hard. He could tell.
"Thank you."
Sam walked into the room not liking how Jinx was hanging off of this Ari guy. He watched as they whispered in Arabic. He frowned and crossed his arms across his chest.
"And this is Dean's brother Sam," Jinx said smiling at Sam but turning back to Ari.
"Hello, it is a pleasure to meet you both. Thank you for looking after my Lucky and Trick for me," Ari said his voice like liquid chocolate.
"Lucky?" Dean asked glancing at Ace as she yanked her skirt away from him and pulled it on.
"Trick?" Sam asked annoyed by how Jinx was ignoring him.
"It's nicknames geniuses. Which reminds me, Dean did you read the diary yet?" Jinx asked.
"Yeah, I know who we can talk to."
"Good you and Sam go. I need to stay here to translate," Ace said doing her skirt up not even seeing the way Dean was watching her.
"I'll help," Jinx said.
"Girls, there is no need for both of you to stay," Ari said in Arabic. He saw the looks of the two boys. They did not trust or like him one bit.
"Ari-," Ace started.
"No, you go with Dean. I see how he looks at you."
"Told you," Jinx said sticking her tongue out at Ace.
"Plus, we had some alone time, it is only fair that I give the same time to Jinx."
"Good luck with Sam being here."
"Okay, enough! What are you talking about?" Sam demanded.
"Ace will go with you, Dean to talk to this person. I will stay and over see the translation. Jinx can help me."
"And what do you know about this anyway?" Dean asked.
"I am an expert in the occult. Plus, my girls never keep secrets from me."
Sam had heard enough. He looked at Ari one last time and knew he couldn't compete with the Adonis. He sighed.
"I'll be in the next room researching," he muttered walking over to the connecting doors and shutting them softly.
Ace sighed. She grabbed her bag and looked at Dean. He turned and left the room. She gave one last smile to Ari and followed Dean out. She felt calmer now; she was at peace. She could handle anything he threw at her.
Jinx smiled at Ari when the door closed and they were alone. She watched as he pulled away and got dressed. She watched him missing his touch. She sat on the bed. He sat beside her and took her hand in his.
"How are you, Trick?" he asked rubbing his thumb in circles around her palm.
"Better. I still miss him every day," she said.
"You always will but it has gotten better, no?"
"Much better. Now, enough about me, what are you doing here in America? I thought you said Egypt was your home always would be. That you would never leave?" Jinx asked laying back on he bed.
Ari laid beside. He looked up at the yellowed ceiling. He sighed. He turned and looked at Jinx. He took her hand and held it tight. He grew very serious.
"I was worried about you and Ace. Neither of you have called me in weeks and then Steven calls and goes on and on about how you two are with criminals," Ari started.
"They aren't criminals... Well, okay they haven't been charged, err... Nothing was proven."
"Jinx, I told you if you needed help, you could come to me. I know Steven has said the same thing although you and Ace keep in the dark about the hunting."
"Ari, Steven is Ace's problem not mine and... The Winchesters they... They need us."
"Is it that they need you or you need them?"
Jinx was quiet. She curled up beside Ari and ran a hand under his shirt and rested it on his bare chest. Ari kissed her neck and gathered her close to him. He stroked her hair and started to hum to her an old Arabic lullaby.
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Ace sat beside Dean and realized how awkward this had gotten. He stopped at the red light. He wasn't even looking at her legs. She sighed but still didn't get anything. She looked out the window watching as the house of Angela's best friend, Glenn came into view.
Dean parked the car along the curb and shut it off. He didn't look at Ace. He knew that she was hands off now. This Ari guy and her obvious had something going. He climbed out of the car and winced when he heard Ace slam her door. He lifted his head to tell her to not ever think about doing that again but she wasn't there. He saw her half way up he walk already. He sighed and shoved the keys in his pocket. Showtime.
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Sam kept looking over at the door, only two scenarios were playing in his mind; Jinx walking through that door, then getting into a yelling match with him. Or Jinx and Ari having sex. He really wasn't too fond of either scenarios.
He couldn't hear anything coming from the room next door, so that was good, he guessed. Sam was so mad, and he didn't even know how to deal with it, so he did the only thing he could; he researched where he had left off before Jinx- he couldn't even think about her, not without feeling a stab in his heart. It was like high school all over again.
Once Jinx had fallen asleep, Ari slowly moved away from her and off the bed. He grabbed his bag off the floor. He smiled when he saw Ace's legal pad on the floor as well and picked it up. Ace had only translated a line or two, now it was his turn. Not that his Lucky wasn't brilliant, he simply could get it done faster; Greek was his second language after all.
Ari looked over to Jinx and pulled a bold and brightly colored weaved blanket out and placed it over her. He knew she had wanted a new one for some time now and was more then happy to bring one over for her. Ari had brought presents for both girls and could not wait to see their faces when he presented the two necklaces that were in the velvet boxes in his bag.
Baby had woken up from a deep sleep; he perked up when he saw Ari and trotted over to him. "Hello Baby." Ari petted him softly, smiling when Baby nudged him. "You have grown very large." Baby let out a small bark and Ari placed a finger over his lips. "Shh. Mama is sleeping." Baby, whom he had always thought was a very smart dog looked at him as if he understood and laid down at Ari's feet. "Good boy."
Some time went by, and Sam was finally getting tired of not knowing what was going on in the next room. When he opened the door, Ari looked up from the legal pad, glasses resting on the bridge of his nose.
He saw Jinx sleeping next to him, covered in a very bright blanket. "I just wanted to see-"
"What we were doing? I was not born yesterday." Ari said as he took off his glasses, setting them on the bed side table. "You are in love with her, no?" Sam looked at the older man a bit shocked, then nodded slowly.
"I just don't know how she feels about me." Ari gave him a knowing smile.
"I remember you. She told me of you, and your brother, Dean." Sam nodded. "She holds great love for your family."
"How much did she tell you?" Ari smiled slightly. "There are no secrets between myself and Trick, Lucky for that matter as well."
"So you know about Billy then?"
Ari nodded, shocking Sam for a moment. "I do, but Lucky knows not. Just as there are things I am very sure Lucky has told me, but not Trick."
"Who the hell are you?"
"I worked with Lucky's father."
"On digs?"
"Yes, you can say it is where I began my fascination with the supernatural." Ari's cell rang. "Excuse me."
Ari answered his phone, shaking his head at the caller. "Sholom Steven." He listened. "No, I have not found Lucky or Trick, although, Trick answered her phone earlier, quite intoxicated. Yes, they are both married now. No, she was not lying, a Mr. Winchester I believe. Both of them yes. Well, if I get either of them on the phone, I will let them know. Sholom."
Ari hung up. "Steven can be, a drag as the girls would say."
"Why are you here?"
"To check on them."
Jinx started to stir next to him. "Is she still not sleeping?"
Sam nodded. "I can get her to sleep sometimes."
"She is always doing this to herself. Pushing. Stubborn Trick." Sam didn't like the way Ari brushed the hair out of Jinx's face, or his loving tone when he whispered to her.
"I do not trust you and your brother. Then again, I cannot help but feel grateful, watching over them."
"They can take care of themselves pretty well."
"I know, I know that very well, but it is a comfort to know they are not hunting alone. Especially with the omens coming up all around."
"What omens?"
"Bad ones. I have a folder a will be giving Trick later." Ari looked down at her. "You know, if I was you, I would not let her go so easily."
"What makes you think that I am?"
"The fact that I am the one sitting on this bed and not you."
"She kissed you. Its pretty clear-"
"You silly boy. We all have a long history, it is our greeting."
Sam really wanted to punch him. "Then do you mind getting off the damn bed."
"That is more like it." Ari smirked as he stood from the bed. "And do not worry, I will not tell Lucky or your Dean. It is quite clear you do not want them knowing yet."
"Thank you I guess."
Ari only smiled as he sat at the table, finishing off the translation. "This will be ready when Lucky and your brother get back." Sam nodded as he sat next to Jinx. She instantly curled herself against him and he couldn't help but smile.
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"Grief counsellors?" the guy asked looking at Dean and Ace.
"Yeah," Ace said standing next to Dean. She looked at him but he never glanced her way.
"The university offers grief counselling?"
"Oh yeah, you talk we listen. Maybe a little healing lodge. Anything to jump start the healing process," Dean said trying not to inhale Ace's scent. She was standing way too close to him.
"Well, I'm feeling okay though so, thanks," he went to shut the door.
"You heard about what happened to her boyfriend right?" Ace asked.
"Yeah, I did."
"We just wanted to make sure you were alright. Grief can make people do crazy and insane things," Ace said thinking about the things she had done after losing her dad. One had almost cost her her own life; it had cost her something more dear though.
"Look I'm sorry about what happened to him, I am. But if Bret killed himself it wasn't over grief," he said.
"Really? Then why?" Dean asked.
"It was guilt. Angie's death was his fault and he knew it."
Ace snuck a peek at Dean. She knew that he blamed himself for his dad's death. She didn't need to know the details to know that; it was normal. She had blamed herself for her father's death and he had died from cancer. She looked back at the guy deciding to leave the situation with Dean alone for right now.
"How was it his fault?" she asked.
"Angie really loved that guy but the night of the accident, she walked in on him with another girl. She was totally distraught over it that's why she crashed the car. I got to get ready for work but... Thanks for the concern."
Dean watched as he went back in the house. Dean turned and walked down the steps. He heard Ace following him. They walked back to the impala. He walked around to the driver's side. He looked up and saw Ace standing on the sidewalk. She was looking at the ground.
"Sweetheart?" he asked hoping he'd get a glare out of her.
"I'm going to go for a walk. I'll meet you back at the motel," she said turning and walking down the sidewalk.
Ace looked up ahead of her as she walked down the sidewalk. Truth was she didn't want to sit in the car in the silence with Dean. It was awkward, and she didn't want to deal with it. She heard footsteps as someone came up beside her. She turned and saw Dean. He shoved his hands in his pockets and fell into step beside her.
"So... I'm thinking vengeful spirit," he said as they walked further down the street.
"I don't think so, I think it's something else," Ace said looking at the ground.
"Like what?"
"Zombie."
"Hmm, zombie. Sounds like fun. As long as she doesn't eat my brain."
"There wouldn't be much for her to feast on."
"Unlike your large enormous one, huh?"
"Exactly."
"Well, there is one way to know for sure."
"Use you as bait?"
"Haha, no. Dig up the bones."
Ace shook her head and stopped when the sidewalk reached an intersection. She waited while cars sped by. She turned and looked at Dean.
"One problem with your plan," she said.
"Yeah, you're wearing flip-flops, not really good for digging up bones."
"No, it won't be bones. She was buried a week ago. It won't be bones but a fresh decomposing body."
"Scared to get dirty?"
Dean smiled when Ace didn't answer. They crossed the street and walked in silence. Dean looked up and smiled. There a few feet ahead of them was an ice cream stand. He looked at Ace. She was still looking at the ground. He took her hand in his. She looked up at him.
"What are you doing?" she asked cursing when he held her hand tight as she tried to pull it away.
"I want ice cream. Come on, come have ice cream with me," Dean said giving her a smile.
"We should be getting-."
"Hot fudge sundae, my treat."
Ace nodded. She pulled her hand away and went and sat at one of the picnic tables as Dean went off to get the ice cream. Her cell phone rang. She sighed and dug in her purse. She grabbed it and cursed when she saw who it was.
"Steven, I don't have-," she said.
"Tell me Ari is crazy or lying to me," Steven said.
"Ari is not crazy and he would never lie to you."
"So, it's true then."
"What's true?"
"You... You choose him over me."
Ace frowned. She listened to Steven's breathing. She heard the sound of a bottle hitting a table. She was shocked. Steven was drinking.
"Steve, are you drinking?" she asked.
"You told me you never wanted to get married that... You couldn't be a wife and mother, that you didn't know how and now you go and... What the hell does that asshole have that I don't?"
"I have no idea what you are talking about."
"What does Winchester have that I didn't? Other then the criminal record and no money to his name."
"He is a good man," Ace said wondering why she was defending Dean to a drunken Steven.
"Good man? He doesn't have anything to his name? He's a homeless bum who is probably only with you cause he knows who you are! He wants your money, not you!"
"Right, cause who could ever want me?"
"Ace, I didn't-."
"I don't need this."
Dean walked over to the table carrying the large sundae. He sat beside Ace and waited till she was done on the phone. She slammed it shut and tossed it back in her bag. He looked at her and saw tears forming in her eyes.
"You okay?" he asked passing her the sundae.
"It doesn't matter," she whispered taking the spoon and eating a little of the ice cream treat.
"Yeah, it does."
"No, it doesn't. Not to you. This is just some game, remember?"
Ace ate the ice cream string at the table. She felt Dean move closer to her. His arm snaked around her waist and she felt his breath on her cheek. She didn't turn to look at him though. She did lean against him though. She needed comfort and would take it from anyone at the moment, who was willing to offer it.
"This isn't a game anymore. Not to me," he whispered in her ear.
"Don't, Dean. Please just... Don't," she whispered turning and meeting his eyes.
"Don't what? Want you? Sorry, sweetheart, that ship has sailed."
Dean cupped her face in his hand and brought it closer to his. He kissed her. She tasted like chocolate and ice cream. He kissed her hard wanting her to react to him. She moaned and kissed him back. He smirked and yanked her closer. He didn't answer his phone when it rang or let Ace get hers. He wanted to get lost in this feeling and the rest of the world be damned.
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and there you go. much more where this came from. let us know what you think, and we'll try and put out as fast as possible. )