Everything Has Changed

Four

"Let me call Rob." he said and I almost exploded. Me, onstage with Rob Benedict! This is insane! "Hey Rob! Yeah. So I might have found you a replacement for Kim. She's amazing. Yeah she can play. I actually have her right here." He said and I looked at him. "No. No." I mouthed to him and he nodded his head. "She would love to." He said and handed the phone to me.

"Claire Snow. What can I do for ya?" I said as calmly as possible. "Claire? Awesome. Hi, this is Rob Benedict. I was wondering if you could maybe be my fill in for a sick partner of mine. She was supposed to sing a duet with me. Would you be down with that?" He asked and I looked to Jensen who was giving me a goofy grin. 

"Just give me the time and place. But Mr. Benedict, know that I have yet to perform in front of a live audience and I might suck." I said and I could swear I was going to pass out. "Vegas, Nevada. Saturday night. Do you know the chords to 'Free Fallin'?" He asked and I smiled. Do I know those chords? Of course I know those chords. "Yes, as a matter of fact, I do. I'll see you in Nevada." I said before handing the phone back to Jensen.

"Don't sweat it man. Yeah, I sort of have to be there. You'd kill me if I wasn't. See you then Rob. Okay, I will." He said then hung up the phone. "Orientation here we come." Jensen said and he led me through the brewery giving me details and telling me about the crew. "So Jensen. What do you do other than run the brewery?" I asked my curiosity got the best of me this time. He looked at me as we were getting closer to the door.

"I am a film actor." He said and I looked at him and smiled. "No way really?" I asked and he nodded his head and smiled. "Yeah. I'm currently on the TV show Supernatural. I play Dean." He said and I nodded showing that I was paying attention. A film actor and a business owner?! That's insane.

It fell silent as we walked out of the door. Everyone had gone home since Jensen sent them home because there was a Dallas game on soon and he didn't want them to miss it. "How many boyfriends have you had?" He asked and I stopped in my tracks. I haven't had much luck in the boyfriend department. All of the relationships I've been in turn out shitty. 

"Um about 7 in total." I said and he looked at me. "You currently in a relationship?" He asked and I shook my head. "No. No I don't have I boyfriend." I said remembering the last one I had sending shivers down my spine. "What about you?" I asked and he shook his head. "Nope. I was married once but it didn't work out." He said and I nodded. "Well, this is me. See you Thursday Jensen." I said and kissed his cheek.

I got on my bike and road off to my apartment to change and then I grabbed my acoustic and started to play 'Free Falling' trying to get the chords back. I played that song freely every time. Ignoring the strum and chord pattern. But this time, I had to do it right. Get it down before Saturday. After I got the chord and strumming pattern down, I decided to add the lyrics so I could sing and play.

For the past two days, I've been busting my ass at work and at home. Practicing when I'm not at work and working when I'm not practicing. I've run into Jensen a few times this week actually. Mostly at the gym and around the complex. But today, we would be going to the park and learning more about each other. I don't share feelings well, anyone who knows me can tell you that.

But I guess today was all about that so yay for me. I drove down to the brewery where I found that is where I spend most of my time but, I don't really care. Today I had a five hour shift and I was going to love every second of it. "Morning Amanda!" I said and she smiled up at me as I went to clock in. "Good morning Claire!" She responded and went back to what she was doing.

"So, I see Mr. Ackles has taken an interest in you." She said and I looked at her. "I'm sorry?" I asked and she smiled. "Oh, nothing. I've just seen the way he looks at you. I haven't seen him look at anyone like that. Not even Daneel." She said and I smiled at her. "Well, if he does have an interest with me, I wouldn't know anything about it. Nor do I mind it. I mean have you seen that man?!" I said and she laughed. 

"He is a very handsome man. He introduced me to my husband actually." She said and I looked up from my phone. "Really?" I asked and she nodded. "That's awesome! Well, I've gotta go get to work. See ya later Amanda." I said and walked out of the office and down to my favorite place in the whole building. Where the beer is actually brewed. I love the smell and the sounds of it. 

My job was to make some tests for Jensen to try. Mixtures of different ingredients and if he liked them, he used them for his next line of beer. I put in my earbuds that were hooked to my phone and pressed play on my screen. My playlist of classic rock started to play. I nodded my head along to the music and started mixing and making my experiments. 

My phone went off and I only had about three minutes to get this finished up. So I grabbed the rest of my ingredients and started brewing my beer. Just as my timer went off, my beer was done. "That the Lord." I said aloud to myself. I grabbed out the beer and poured it into three different glasses. Jensen was bringing his friends, Jared and Misha to also taste the beer.

Was I nervous? Hell yeah! My anxiety was through the roof! But just as I put the glasses on the table in front of me, there was a knock on the door. "Come in!" I shouted and in walked Jensen with a very tall man with longer brown hair with hazel eyes and  a shorter man also with brown hair but with blue eyes.

"Claire, this is Jared Padalecki." He said pointing towards the taller man and I waved. "And Misha Collins." He said and the shorter one smiled. "I'm Claire Snow. The brewery scientist." I said shaking both of their hands. Misha and Jared gave each other a knowing look which made me confused but whatever. This is time for me to prove myself to Jensen.

"Here you go." I said handing each of them a glass of beer. They all took a sip and Jensen smiled. "So, what do you think?" I asked nervously. "Well, Jared. You can go first." Jensen said and I smiled at Jared. "I think that this is fucking amazing Claire! I don't know the process of making beer or whatever. But, Jensen made a right choice in choosing you." He said taking another sip of the beer. Damn straight he did. Then, I looked to Misha.

"I agree with Jared! I think this is fucking amazing. I would buy this for a party every time." He said and I smiled. Fuck yeah! This is amazing! "Uh, yeah. It wasn't fucking amazing like my friends said." He said and my face went from a smile to a frown. "I can do better." I said going to take his glass but he pulled it away from me. "It was fucking incredible! I'm glad I chose you for this job Claire. Now lets get out of here and go get dinner." He said and I instantly wanted to punch him in his stupid perfect face.