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Sam Winchester |
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It was about 6am and Sam quietly stepped out of the bedroom closing the door silently so has not to wake Sarah. He finished putting on his shirt and was
carrying his shoes. He was gonna start some coffee and head upstairs to take a shower but stopped to check on Dean first. Quietly he slid the door open
expecting Dean would still be asleep at this time of day, especially since there was no smell of brewing coffee yet. He was still caught up in the wonderful
feelings from last night and wasn't prepared to really chat with anyone yet but thought he was still safe considering the early hour.
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Dean Winchester |
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He'd gotten up once or maybe twice and managed to get himself to and from the bathroom without any major difficulties. He hurt like hell but was already
about tired of staying in bed while every one else was up and about.
Dean had heard Bobby's and other voices sometime thru the evening or night. With the room perpetually dark he had no idea of real time. He'd not been able to stay awake long enough then to find out who was with Bobby. He'd also discovered he was hungry and thirsty. The glass of water he'd long ago finished and even drank some of the bitter cold coffee. Now he heard movement and rolled his eyes toward the noise before he even tried to open his eyes. Slowly they opened, he blinked trying to clear the blurriness from them but knew from the height and build it was Sam. "Sammy?" His voice was hoarse, it cracked and he cleared his throat before going on. "Wha-what time is it?"
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Upon hearing Dean call to him, Sam set his shoes on the floor before walking in to talk to his brother. He walked closer to the bed before speaking.
"Hey. It's about 6am. How are you doing?"
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Dean Winchester |
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Dean frowned, 6 a.m.?? Sam always did get up too early. He wiped his mouth with the back of his hand and pushed up in bed. The pain caused him to suck in a
breath, he felt himself blanch against the pain and he held his breath. His words were breathy as he spoke while exhaling slowly.
"Seriously?" "Samm, what the hell are you doing up so early?" "Jeezzz" The movement left him semi panting. "Been better, been worse."
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Sam Winchester |
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"I was getting ready to make some coffee. Do you want some when its ready or are you going back to sleep? It is a little too early for you to be wanting
to get up. Or is there something else you want this morning?"
Sam was usually up around this time in the morning unless they'd just gone to bed. Dean however, wasn't unless he absolutely had to be and this morning there was no reason for him to be. "I was gonna get the coffee started brewing and get my shower. It should be ready by the time I come back down. But if you want something else I can take care of that as well."
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Dean Winchester |
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Ok, he'd missed something with Sam, maybe it was the hour or the pain but as Dean took a better look at his baby brother he thought he'd figured it
out. Slowly a grin started on his face but before it got too far he cleared his throat again and looked anywhere but Sam's face.
"Um.. I could use something to take the edge off Sam, but... um." Damn it was hard not to smile in spite of the pain. "It can wait until you get your shower." "I... well, I think with something for pain I can sleep awhile yet." He waved his hand at him, the grin was trying very hard to burst across his face. "Go on, get your shower, I'll be ok."
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Sam Winchester |
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Now his brother was beginning to act a bit strange. And when he spoke he seemed to hem haw around, definitely not a normal thing for Dean. Sam thought he saw
the beginnings of a grin but only for just the briefest of moments, so he wasn't sure he hadn't imagined it. Taking advantage of the chance given him
to escape, he decided it might be prudent to go now. Feeling the possibility of impending jests if he stuck around much longer.
"If you're sure." He walked only as far as the door and then turned back around. "I'll be back in just a bit with fresh coffee and we'll see about getting you some pain meds too."
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Dean Winchester |
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"Oh yeah Sammy, I'm sure."
He smiled and licked his lips. Dean knew exactly why Sam looked the way he did at this ungodly hour. He'd been there. Sam had finally! Thank god finally!!!!!!! Hooked up with Sarah. It was about damn time too! "That'll be great Sam thanks."
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Now Sam knew why Dean was acting strangely. Dean knew and he was trying, for now at least, to be kind and let it go. Cool, he knew later Dean would be back
to his usual self about it but then Sam wouldn't expect anything less. With his back turned Sam smiled and slipped back through the door. Closing it
silently again, he picked up his shoes and continued into the kitchen.
In the kitchen, Sam got the coffeemaker set up and started. Then he headed quietly upstairs to his room. He grabbed what he needed and headed to the bathroom to get his shower. He be finished not too long after the coffeemaker would finish the coffee.
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Dean Winchester |
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As soon as Sam had gone Dean's face pinched tight with pain. He took short breaths in and puffed them out. He could feel the first signs of sweat beading
along the back of his neck, at his temples and down the center of his back and to top it all off. He had to pee. Of course, naturally, it couldn't wait
until his pain had eased of.
Dean groaned and struggled to get out of his blankets while not falling on his face or peeing down his leg or passing out. He had a little 'talk' with his bladder on the way to the bathroom, not that his bladder ever listened to him. It was its own country and didn't think Dean Winchester had a say in how it ran itself. Dean was convinced it was right. It took him longer to get out of the bathroom and get back to bed than it had to get there. God he hurt! Damn Meg! He cursed as he sat on the edge of his bed trying to decide how to get back into it before just sucking it up and going for it. At least if he passed out now, he was in bed already.
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Having finished in the bathroom, Sam walked back into his room to finish dressing and putting his shoes on. Then he headed back downstairs to the kitchen, the
coffee smelled wonderful this morning. He opened the cabinet and got two mugs out. He filled one for himself and filled the other 3/4 of the way for Dean.
Then he got a juice glass and filled it with water so that Dean would have something to take his pain pills with. Picking up the coffee mugs with one hand and
the juice glass in the other he headed down the hallway back to Dean's room.
He slid the door open with the toe of his shoe. Setting the mugs on the dresser, he picked up Dean's again leaving his there. Then he walked over to the night table next to the bed and set down the glass of water. "Here's the coffee I promised you. Hang on while I look at Sarah's notes about what she's been giving you for pain. It'll just take me a minute and I'll get you some pain meds." Sam knew that as a nurse Sarah was keeping meticulous notes and since the medicines were in the box on the dresser, he hoped some of her notes were there also. Surely, it wouldn't be too hard to find what dose of pain medicine she'd been giving Dean. He was hoping to not have to go disturb her to find out, he wanted to let her sleep as long as she wanted. But if it came down to it, he'd go ask her and hope he could keep her from getting up out of some sense of responsibility. He found her notes and tried to make heads and tails out of her shorthand, as he took sips from his coffee.
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Dean Winchester |
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He'd managed to stay propped up some on pillows and had pulled a pillow for under his arms. It seemed to help and made holding the coffee that much easier.
Dean took the cup from Sam with a nod.
"Thanks Sam and I don't know what it is. A freakin horse pill by the size of it it seems." The coffee smelled good and tasted better as he took a sip of the hot brew. Dean watched Sam with humor in his eyes. "Rest well last night?" The smile twitched his lips, he took another sip of coffee to hide it. "Thought I heard Bobby and somebody else last night, who was here?"
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Having found the notes that named the medication, Sam looked in the box for the bottle. On the bottle it had the dose, which was good since the dosage
information had been noted in some sort of nurse short hand. While he was doing this he heard his brother's question and noticed the amused tone to his
voice. Since he was still turned away from Dean he smiled and then nonchalantly answered. His brother could keep working at it, he wasn't going to make
it easy for him this morning.
"Yes, I did. Thanks." Then he kept on to answer Dean's final question with very little pause. He turned around to move closer to Dean again. "The Cheechoo's came back with Bobby for a home cooked meal before they headed out. That's probably who you heard." He reached out his hand with a single large pill sitting in his palm. He also picked up the glass of water in his other hand. "Here's your pain pill and some water to take it with."
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"Good, I'm sure you needed it." Dean grinned quickly again. Talking was a little easier, his throat still sore and felt raw but swallowing was
better. "Oh, yeah. I'd forgotten about them. Hunters right? Bobby knew them?" The pill looked like it was the size of his pillow. Dean made a
face and reluctantly took the pill. "This thing is a bitch Sam." He put the coffee on the table and took the glass of water. A grimace crossed his
face. "You know, a bottle of whiskey would work just as well and not hurt near as bad."
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Sam decided not to respond to Dean's comment, probably better left alone. If his brother wanted to continue that direction, Sam was sure he could do it
with no help from him. So instead he went ahead and answered the questions about the Cheechoo brothers.
"Yeah, from the way Bobby talks, damn good ones too. They came down from Canada to help out. Don't seem too bothered by all this snow either." He watched as his older brother made a face at the pill. Then smiled at the suggestion that whiskey would work better. "Sorry. Haven't got any. I took a chance on the beer. Besides, if you think a pill hurts your throat I'm sure the burning from the whiskey would make that seem like child's play. Do you want me to break it in half so it'll be easier to swallow. Or maybe some of that throat spray Sarah keeps trying to use. . ."
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Dean Winchester |
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"What did you tell me they found?"
Dean couldn't remember, but he knew that was no freakin troll. No, it had been Meg, damn her ass and Sam was tip-toeing around the not so obvious. While he really wanted to keep on his brother about it Dean just didn't have the strength and let Sam have his moment. Bottom line was, Dean wanted this to work for Sam and Sarah. Besides, the thought of swallowing that pill was making him worry more about his stomach that was revolting. He groaned, made a face and leaned back against the pillows. Maybe he could live with the pain. "No, don't break it. " "I'll manage." His throat felt like it was in shreds, he'd swallowed them before but Sarah still gave him something by injection or IV too. He knew Sam couldn't do that and he wouldn't ask because if Sarah hadn't come in yet that meant she was still in bed. She needed her rest too, not just because she'd been with Sam but because her life had been turned upside down from the minute the Winchesters hit the hospital. The thought of the spray, which helped against the pain but the taste was awful. Dean thought he might throw up. "No, no spray Sam, not this morning. I can't."
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Sam Winchester |
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"The troll at Troll Bridge isn't a troll its a ghoul or family of ghouls. And we decided to let it live in peace. If it attacked you at all it was
probably because it felt threatened. We figured the major attack was probably just Meg."
Sam answered Dean's question about what the Cheechoo's had found out by the bridge. Then he watched as Dean tried to decide what he was going to do about the pain pill. He didn't think his brother looked thrilled about swallowing that pill at all, but the thought of the spray made up his mind quickly. Thinking that maybe Dean was also worried about what the pill was going to do once it reached his stomach, Sam offered to fix him something for breakfast. "I can probably fix you some eggs if you want, to go along with your pain pill. If you think that might help."
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"Ghouls?" "Seriously?"
Dean looked incredulously at his brother. You let them live? Which shouldn't have surprised him he supposed. Sam had this thing sometimes about killing. He shook his head, he'd been hungry until he'd gotten up and was now faced with the pill from hell. "Don't even mention food right now. It's hard enough trying to talk myself into that damn pill."
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"Yep, ghouls. The clothes you were wearing that night were a dead giveaway. Oh by the way, those clothes are dead and burned too. They were past
salvaging."
"No one had ever been attacked by the thing at the bridge, until you did. And you were acting somewhat threatening towards it. But I'm not convinced the ghoul actually attacked you at all. I have a feeling Meg did the actual attacking. No ghoul threw you into a tree that way - only a demon could've accomplished that." Sam thought Dean probably needed breakfast but if Dean didn't think he'd be able to keep it down, then so be it. He only hoped that the pain pill didn't upset his stomach any more than it already was. He walked back over to the dresser, picked up his coffee and leaned against the dresser.
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Dean had vague memories of the smell, something dead and he'd wanted to check it out. The rest was a blur of images, voices and pain. So the fact Sam said
his clothes were toast didn't surprise him.
What he didn't get was Meg, unless it was pure revenge and he still had some memories of her being in his head but most of those were fading. Dean figured it was probably a good thing. "I dunno, makes sense Sam I guess." He put the glass down on the table and curled the pill lightly into his hand. "The bitch is in hell right?" "You told me that."
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"Yes, she's back in hell. Hope she stays there this time."
As he watched Dean, he thought it looked like Dean wasn't going to take the pain pill after all. At least not now. Which was probably good if he's really naseous, he certainly didn't need to puke his guts up right now. Sam took a drink from his coffee cup.
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