Some Girl

Date

-JENSEN'S POV-

I was ready at 9:30 on the dot in the lobby of the hotel. Jared had helped me pick out one of my nicer pairs of slacks and a red button down. Scarlett had mentioned once that she had loved seeing me in red as the Deanmon at the beginning of Season 10 and so Jared had insisted I wear the color on our date tonight. I had to admit, when Tom had said we needed to have a serious talk and then Jared and Misha came in to back him up, I wasn't expecting it to end with me and Scarlett going out.

We technically hadn't faced up to our feelings for each other like the three friends had told us, but then Tom said that we would have to talk about it on our date before giving me instructions on when to be ready. I checked my watch, still waiting for Scarlett to make her appearance.

"Waiting for someone?" her voice sounded behind me.

I whirled around to face her, my eyes widening and my mouth falling open when I saw her. Tom had done really good with her. Her hair was curled in soft ringlets like they had been on the first day of filming and she was wearing a thigh length dark green dress that brought out the green in her hazel eyes. Black strappy sandals adorned her feet. She also had put on a touch of makeup, keeping it all natural for everything except her eyes, that had been dusted with a sparkly green eyeshadow.

"Wow," I breathed. "You look... wow."

"Thanks," she blushed. "Shall we go?"

I held my arm out to her and she looped hers through it. Cliff was escorting us, but he was planning on just staying in the car unless I texted him otherwise. I held the back door open for her while she climbed in before going around to the other side and climbing onto the seat beside her. As Cliff pulled away from the hotel, Scarlett scooted closer to my side, and she laid her head on my shoulder. I was slightly taken aback by her boldness, but didn't move away or say anything about it. Pretty soon, we pulled up to a restaurant and I climbed out before heading over to get Scarlett's door for her.

"M'lady," I smirked at her.

"Why thank you, kind sir," she grinned back, taking my arm once more.

We entered the restaurant and I approached the host standing by the waiting area.

"Reservation for Ackles."

He grabbed two menus, leading the two of us through the restaurant to a small table near the back. I pulled out Scarlett's chair before taking a seat across from her. A few minutes later, a waiter approached the table.

"Can I get you started with anything to drink tonight?" the waiter asked.

"I think we're just going to do a couple of cokes," I said, looking to Scarlett to make sure it was okay.

I wanted everything to be perfect tonight, and even if it wasn't traditional, I knew she couldn't handle having alcohol well enough for her to stay clearheaded throughout the entire night. She nodded assent, and the waiter disappeared to get our drinks a moment later.

"You really managed to put all of this together since this afternoon?" Scarlett asked me.

"Yeah, well, I had a little help from Jared," I shrugged. "And Misha. Apparently they really can't stand the way we've been acting lately."

"Yeah, well, I think this is the longest conversation we've had since the kiss, so..."

I swallowed at the statement, Scarlett burying her nose in her menu immediately after as if she had said something casual about the weather instead of being the first one to mention our kiss since it happened. The writers hadn't put in any more overtly romantic scenes between Faith and Dean since, and it was like both hunters were pretending the kiss hadn't happened ever since. It sometimes scared me how much Scarlett and my relationship was paralleled by our on-screen couple.

"Why is that?" I found myself asking her.

"What?"

"Why haven't we talked since that scene?"

"I don't know, Jensen. But with the exception of our panel, this is the most we've said to each other since we filmed it."

I busied myself with my own menu, glancing over the options.

"Do you know what you want?"

"I'm eyeing the salmon, but I'm not sure," she shrugged.

"Sounds good," I nodded.

The waiter, Aiden, returned with our drinks then.

"Here you go. Do we know what we want to eat tonight?"

"You ready?" I asked Scarlett.

"Yeah, can I have the smoked salmon with asparagus and mashed potatoes?"

"Certainly, and for you, sir?"

"I'll have the prime rib with a loaded baked potato."

"Alright, and how would you like the cook on that?"

"Medium."

"Sounds good. I'll have those right out," Aiden informed us, taking away our menus.

"Thank you," Scarlett smiled at him as he left.

"So..." I trailed off, unsure of what to say next.

"So," Scarlett repeated, taking a sip from her coke.

"We're apparently supposed to face up to our feelings for each other..."

"According to the three idiots who confronted us earlier, yes."

"I don't know what I'm doing," I admitted.

"Yeah, me either," she stared back at me.

"I really like you, Scarlett. I haven't been able to stop thinking about you since you came in for that audition. You keep me on my toes, and I never know what's the next thing that will come out of your mouth. And I know you think that you don't have a chance with me because of Dani and JJ, but I want you to know that that is the furthest thing from the truth. Yes, I have JJ and I have to deal with Dani because she's still JJ's mother, but I never felt the way I feel with you when I was with her. When I came back earlier than I thought, we had had a fight because she got back in the middle of our phone call.

"She heard the way I was talking to you, and told me I had no right to be with you. She thought I was trying to replace her as a mother figure in JJ's life. I told her that not only did she have no right to say that since not only are we not together any more, but I know no one can really replace her in that way. She's JJ's mom, and that's never going to change, no matter what other girl is in my life. The point I'm trying to make, is that that was how she and I were like the entire time we were together. The fighting never stopped, and I didn't care enough to do something about it. But with you..."

I paused to catch my breath, Scarlett's eyes never leaving mine.

"With you I want to try. I want to do what I can to fix things when we fight over something. When I kissed you during that scene, I've never felt something like that in my life. It felt like we were supposed to be together. And all I could think about when it was over was getting you alone so I could kiss you properly without all the cameras and people watching us the entire time. I've made some mistakes since meeting you, I know I have, but I want to try. I want to make it up to you. Because I like you, Scarlett. More than I know how to express, and if I'm going to be totally honest right now, that terrifies me."