I was relieved to wake up to silence instead of crying this time. I rolled over to look at my alarm clock.

"7:30…" I muttered to myself, my alarm wasn't set for another hour. Unfortunately I was awake now, and so that was the end of that.

I sighed, and leant down to pick up my phone off the charger on the floor. I flicked through my emails for a few minutes, then gave up entirely on staying in bed.

The fact that no one had come and woken me up already was a good sign, but I still couldn't relax knowing that there was a good chance someone else had died while I was sleeping.

I got up and dressed for the day, wishing that I could have at least slept for another half an hour. I was hungry.

At least I knew I could have company until breakfast started. I wasn't an early riser, but Emily was. She was usually out for a run at this hour of the morning, so she was probably pacing restlessly around her room by now.

I put my phone in my pocket and grabbed my keys before leaving the room and walking down the hall to knock on her door.

"Who is it?" Emily called through the door and I smiled sadly. I was glad she was being careful, but it wasn't something she'd ever felt the need to do before.

"It's Taylor." I called back.

Emily opened the door, looking a little surprised to see me so early in the morning. "You're up early." She commented as I came in. "Everything okay?"

I nodded, "Yeah, just woke up early and couldn't get back to sleep."

She locked the door behind me. "Know what you mean. Have you heard from the guys?"

"No, not yet. I'm taking that as a good sign." I flopped down onto her bed, looking out the window.

She flopped down next to me. "I guess so."

I sighed, "Tell me…does it make me a bad person to hope that it takes a little longer to solve this case. You know, so they stay a little longer?"

Emily chuckled, "Maybe…but I know what you mean. I'd definitely be happy for them to hang around a little after they finish the case…" She nudged me with her elbow, "I reckon Dean would stay a while if you asked."

I chuckled, "I wish. One night with that boy…mmm"

She laughed, "No kidding."

"Sam's no bad catch either." I elbowed her back.

She laughed again. "Yeah, but I saw the way Dean looked at you…"

I sighed, "I know…but I'd hate to get turned down again."

She rolled over to stare at me, "What do mean again?" I stared out the window. "I think I want to hear the rest of that long story now."

I turned to grin at her, "Honestly I'm surprised you were able to wait till now."

She shrugged. "You know I'm not one to push."

I smiled, "I know." I rolled over onto my back. "Well, you know some of it."

She rolled over too, "Yeah, you were on your way back from visiting your parents about 6 years ago and got abducted by a couple of psychos. Guessing they were psychos of the supernatural variety?"

I chuckled, "Well…not exactly. They didn't abduct me, as such. And they were human, hunters actually."

She turned her head to study me, "Hunters? Like Sam and Dean hunters?" I nodded. "You're human…right?"

I laughed, "Yes Emily, I'm human."

"So, why were hunter's after you?" She asked, confused.

"They weren't." I told her, "They were after Sam. I was just a means to an end." I sighed, letting my mind drift back to things that I hadn't talked about for years now.

Emily was silent, waiting patiently for me to collect my thoughts.

"They knew they couldn't attack Sam directly, especially not with Dean around too. So they used a spell to separate him. I was staying at the same hotel as them, and I was caught in the spell." I paused and Emily took my hand and gave it a gentle squeeze. Reminding me that she had had her own run in with the supernatural, and that she would believe whatever I told her. "It was a switching spell. Sam wound up in my body, which allowed them to capture him. I was in Sam's body."

She raised her eyebrows at me. "You…were Sam?"

I nodded, "And it was very…very weird."

I saw amused understanding cross her face, "Things got weird between you and Dean, didn't they?"

I nodded, "Yeah."

"But you got back into your own bodies…obviously." She commented.

I rolled my eyes, "Obviously. But…not until after Sam had been tortured."

"That's where you got the scars." It wasn't a question, but I nodded anyway. "That must have been hard."

We both went silent. I was taking a moment to process the fact that I finally had someone I could talk to about what I went through.

The silence was broken by a knock on the door. We looked at each other.

"Who's there?" Emily called out.

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