Stronger Than Ever Δ SPN [3]

007. ROCK CONCERT

Dean is driving to L.A. where Cas and Crowley are and that Lucifer is possessing Vince Vicente. Nathan and Ophelia are both asleep, her head on his shoulder and his head is on top of hers. Libby put a blanket over them, knowing Ophelia gets cold in sometimes. Libby is attempting to fall asleep, but not successful as Dean rambles.

"All right. 450 miles to L.A. Land of gridlock, Botox, overtaxing, underachieving, smell of sweaty desperation. I mean, you can't breathe. The beaches are toxic. You got dudes in skinny jeans wearing sunglasses inside."

"Image obsessed narcissists. I do like the yoga pants, though." Dean says. "When was the last time we were in L.A.? About 10 years ago, doing a vengeful spirit? Man, that seems like forever ago. Doesn't it?" Dean looks over, seeing Sam has headphones in. "Hey." He hits his arm. "Tryin' to talk to you here."

"What?" Sam yanks the earbuds out.

"You... what are you listen' to?" Dean asks.

"Uh, podcast. Why?" Sam asks.

"All right, well... I need something to keep me awake, so crank it up." Dean says.

"I mean, it's a history podcast." Sam says.

"Well, I like history, you know? Gladiators and outlaws, pirates. Hell, we're driving a piece of history right here." Dean smiles.

"N-Not that kind of history. This is a, uh... it's a podcast on the history of the Protestant Reformation. A multipart exploration of each of Martin Luther's 95 theses." Sam explains.

"Oh." Dean mumbles.

"Yeah, that's what I thought." Sam says, putting the earbuds back in. Dean reaches over and unplugs the headphones from the phone, "The Bloody Messiah" playing.

"Oh, Sam." Dean groans.

"Dude." Sam yanks his earbuds out.

"Hair rock? Really?"

"It's not hair--"

"Come on."

"It's not hair rock, Dean. It's hard rock. It's legitimate hard rock."

"Wow."

"Don't judge a book by its cover."

"Yeah, or a dude by his, uh, rainbow wig and leopard prints."

"Rainbow wig? What? You know what? I'm done apologizing. Lucifer possessed Vince Vicente. This is Vince Vicente's music, so listening to it is research."

"No. No."

"As a matter of fact." Sam raises the volume and puts the phone on the dashboard. "Study up, Dean."

"No, no. No. I don't wanna listen to it."

"You like it."

"No. No. No, no. No. Turn it off."

"It'll grow on ya."

"Can you two and that phone just shut up? I'm trying to sleep!" Libby whines.

"You have headphones. Listen to your own music." Sam says.

Libby rolls her eyes, but goes in her bag and retrieves her headphones. She connects them to her phone and puts them in. She gets her blanket and wraps it around herself, trying to sleep.

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The five are waiting in the lobby for Crowley and Cas. Sam gets some water from the water dispenser next to them, Dean giving him a disgusted look.

"What? It's good." Sam shrugs.

"It's vegetable water." Dean says.

"Sam, Dean." Cas walks over. "Girls, hi, Nathan."