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Part 18:

"How's she doing?"

Dean glanced toward the door that separated his and Kae's rooms. She'd still insisted on separate rooms, and he didn't want to upset her, so he'd obliged.

"How do you think, Sammy? Her mom was murdered in front of her."

He heard Sam sigh on the other side of the line. "God..."

"Tell me about it."

"Did Cas...?"

"Yeah." There was a soft knock on the adjoining door and he hurried to open it. Kae stood before him, her hair wet and dripping, a large navy t-shirt practically hanging on her shoulders. "Hey lemme call you back tomorrow, alright?"

"She's there isn't she." Sam said with a knowing tone. "Tell her I said hey, and that I'm sorry 'bout her mom."

"Will do. Later." Dean hung up and pocketed his phone before turning his attention back to Kae. "C'mon in."

Kae walked slowly into Dean's room, crossed to the bed and sat down slowly on the mattess. Dean shifted his weight awkwardly and then moved to sit next to her. "I uh...ordered a pizza."

"Dean?" she said after a long momennt.

"Yeah?"

Kae bit her lip and looked around the room before staring at the floor. She didn't know what to say or do, and all she wanted was to break into tears again.

He sat down next to her and took her hand in his.

"I'm right here." he murmured, his tone gentle, understanding...and a little awkward. "I'm...I'm here okay?" She nodded and let him wrap his arm around her shoulders. "What'd you do, jump in a lake?"

She rolled her eyes. "It's called a shower. I...needed to clear my head. Room's too big and empty over there...and..if Sam's..."

"He won't be here til late morning, sometime in the afternoon at latest," Dean tightened his grip just a little. "He says he's sorry about what happened."

"Oh."

"Did you want to stay here?" She thought he was an idiot for asking; it was clear she didn't want to stay in her room alone. Still, it was also considerate. "If you want...you can have the other bed." he nodded at the empty twin next to the one he'd claimed for himself.

She leaned her head on his shoulder and smiled. "Thank you."

Later, when the pizza was more than half consumed and some chick flick was playing on pay per view (he'd let her pick), Kae was curled up between Dean's legs, her cheek pressed against his chest. She didn't cry - she felt too exhausted for that - but it didn't mean that everything still didn't hurt.

The movie was mostly to blame - predictably it had been some chick flick where the mom died - but Kae hadn't seen it in ages, so she hadn't remembered that tiny fact.

"It's - It's gonna be okay," she heard him murmur. "It's gonna be okay."

She wished she could believe him.

Kae didn't sleep well that night - if at all. Too many nightmares, too much guilt, too much everything.

Two hours was the most she was able to get, and that was only after Dean, sensing her distress, crawled into her bed and held her. It wasn't much, but she appreciated it all the same.

Sam arrived the next day around one, and he didn't look happy. He hugged Kae and told her he was sorry for her loss.

She had nothing to say - even when he told her he'd found two hunters - some guys named Bo and Ray - who'd taken her mother's body and driven it out of the city, burying it in some dense forrestry a few miles away from the highway.

They left Arlington within the hour.

"I'm telling you, it was weird - we were outside Cincinnati and Cas had a headache - well I guess it was more like a migraine - and then he just zapped out." Sam kept his voice low as Dean drove, not wanting to disturb Kae, who'd finally fallen asleep when they drove through Lexington.

"He say why?" Dean asked.

Sam shrugged. "All he said was 'Something's happening', then nothing." he sighed. "You think it has something to do with Lucifer?"

"I'd be surprised if it didn't." Dean let out a long sigh and glanced at Kae briefly before returning his attention to the road.

Sam's cell rang. "Hello?" his brow furrowed and he ran a hand through his hair. "Cas? Wait man, slow down. What happened?" he groaned. "Son of a bitch. Okay. No take him to Bobby's. We'll be there as soon as we can. Bye."

Dean looked at him confused. "What happened?"

Sam sighed.

"The angels - they resurrected Adam."

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