Dumped

AN: Here is another chapter, almost done with school and we'll go back to normal updates! New story coming up pretty soon too! Keep an eye open for the title :) Enjoy and let me know what you think!

Ashley was awake in the dark while her brothers filled the silence with their snores and deep breaths. She had slept for an hour, but then a dream woke her up and kept her awake. Dean was obviously exhausted because he had slept through her thrashing.

Ashley's mind was still replaying what Ruby had said-she wasn't here to throw Ashley into the pit, but that doesn't explain how Cas knew she would be in that bar at that time. But like a movie, her brain hit fast-forward and played the part where Ashley started to hack apart the possessed brunette's body; Ashley didn't even hesitate before she swung the machete to slice off her head. "Dammit, I'm a disaster" Ashley muttered to herself as she pulled her new boots and jacket on.

She tried to keep herself together until she got a room key and closed the front door. Ashley felt so alone in this world, even with her brother's sleeping three feet away from where she stood. "Maybe it would have been better to just go to Hell" Ashley whispered to herself.

"You don't mean that" a gravelly voice said behind her.

"Cas!" she exclaimed from shock "What are you doing here?"

"I came to pick up the demon's limbs. I went inside first, but Dean was resting."

"So what? Just wait for us to wake up?" Ashley questioned trying to better understand the angel's thought process.

"Yes. But you were awake, so I came out to you."

Ashley could tell by the way the angel tilted his head he was trying to show compassion.

"Thanks Cas, let's go get those boxes" Ashley chuckled.

"No, not yet" Cas grabbed Ashley's cold hand "the sun is coming up soon, it's going to be a great sunrise."

Ashley was surprised to see Castiel, the clueless angel showing patience and marvel for some human emotion. With a smile, Ashley sat down on the Chevy's frozen hood and was joined by the trench coated angel.

Cas was right, it was a great sunrise. Ashley has seen only a handful of sunrises in her lifetime, but this one made her smile and think of all the good memories.

"The boys are stirring, we should go wait for them" Cas interrupted.

"Sure thing bud, let's go" Ashley chuckled as she jumped down from the car hood. She had barely stepped foot in the door before Dead jumped on her and pressed a knife to her neck. "Whoa, De!" she said throwing up her arms. "It's just me and Cas."

"Where'd you go?" Dean barked, lowering the knife, but not stepping away from her.

"I-I couldn't sleep, so I stepped outside!" Ashley yelled upset that she had to explain herself. "De, the hell!"

Sam was starting to step towards his pissed brother, but was suddenly thrown to the wall, snapping Dean and Ashley from their intense stare off.

"Cas?" Ashley called out to get the angel to help, but he was gone.

"Sammy" Dean barked as he ran to where his little brother was pinned to a wall.

"Ruby" Sam chocked out, trying to warn his siblings about the problem.

"Ash, check the boxes" Dean ordered as he made a run towards the knife he stashed under his pillow.

"One's open" she reported back "and the possession lock thingy is burned off this…arm" she cringed.

"Dammit, get it back on!" Dean said tossing the demon blade over to Ashley. AS soon as Ashley carved the mark back into the arm, Sam was released from the wall.

"We need to get those things out" Sam panted.

"I'll take them" Cas said grabbing an armful and disappearing.

"We need to go, back to Texas" Ashley said plopping down on the bed, finally feeling the adrenaline leave her body.

Dean and Sam both agreed, so they quickly piled into the car. Dean took the first driving shift and Ashley had agreed to take the next. Ashley was sitting in front playing with her bottom lip and completely lost in thought. Sam and Dean were talking about guy stuff around her, when Dean asked Ashley a question.

"Ash?" Sam said a little louder.

"What?" she said softly, still deep in thought.

"What's going on in there?" Dean said sneaking a quick glance at the girl next to him.

"How could Ruby throw Sam against a wall just cuz someone sabotaged a cursed item?" she said, still staring at nothing.

"What does it matter?" Sam said leaning back in the seat.

"Don't you care? Vampires attacking in the daylight, demons coming back to life. It's like the weird is having their own swine flu."

"Screw it Ash, I'm done trying to figure what's out with the freaks" Dean admitted, putting a foot on the door "I'm good to just fix what is thrown at me."

Ashley agreed with Dean, but deep down she wanted to be the one to figure out what the hell was going on with the world. "I'm just tired of feeling useless" she mumbled. Ashley knew both her brothers heard what she said, but neither wanted to tell her she was wrong.

After Dean got to Alabama, he was too sore and cramped to move his ass from the seat. Ashley was out walking around, waiting for Dean to pry himself away from the driver's seat.

"Come on Old Man, get moving" Sam chuckled at Dean trying to swing his right leg out of the car. Sam eventually took pity and helped his brother into a standing position.

"What's the matter, Dean? 35 starting to catch up to you?" Sam laughed, once Ashley started driving.

Damn, was Dean really 35 already! Ashley could have sworn Dean had just turned 21 yesterday and only she was ageing past that in this family. "You're 35, Sam and I are 31 and 30, how long are we going to keep hunting?" Ashley asked, only speaking what was on her mind.

"As long as we can" Dean said after thinking the question over.

"I do wanna have kids, you know" Ashley spat, but all Dean did was acknowledge what was said with a nod.