Ramble On(Season One)

Phantom Traveler

INT. MOTEL ROOM – DAY

Dean is asleep on his stomach.

As the door opens, Dean awakens and slips a hand under his pillow for a weapon.

The girls are asleep on the other queen bed.

As he turns to look, he sees Sam entering, carrying coffee and pastries, of course there's hot chocolate for Harley since she's too young to have coffee.

"Morning, sunshines." Sam said.

"What time is it?" Dean asked.

"Uh, it's about five forty-five." Sam replied

"In the morning?" Tilly groaned

"Yep." Sam replied

"Where does the day go?" Betsy asked.

Dean sits up.

"Did you get any sleep last night?" Dean asked

"Yeah, I grabbed a couple hours." Sam said.

"Liar liar mommy on fire" Harley says while giggling, Tilly giggled too, they both had a dark sense of humor.

"Don't joke about that Harls" Betsy scolded.

"I can't help it," Harley said, still laughing.

Dean and Sam completely ignored their sister's conversation, for Dean it was mainly not wanting to yell at Harley, for Sam it was he was too tired to fight her on her jokes so they continued their conversation from before the girls started talking. Besides, they knew she wouldn't stop even if they yelled at her.

"Liar. 'Cause I was up at three, and you were watching a George Foreman infomercial."

"Hey, what can I say? It's riveting TV." Sam said.

"When was the last time you got a good night's sleep?" Harley asked.

"I don't know, a little while, I guess. It's not a big deal." Sam replied.

"Yeah, it is." Dean said.

"Look, I appreciate your concern—" Sam started but was cut off by Betsy

"Oh, I'm not concerned about you. It's your job to keep our asses alive, so we need you sharp." Betsy said.

Sam shrugs.

"Seriously, are you still having nightmares about Jess?" Tilly asked.

Sam crosses the room, sits on the other bed, and hands a coffee out to everyone. Except Harley

"Yeah. But it's not just her. It's everything. I just forgot, you know? This job. Man, it gets to you."

"You can't let it. You can't bring it home like that." Dean said.

"So, what? All this...never keeps you up at night?" Sam asked

Dean shakes his head.

"Never? You're never afraid?" Sam asked

"No, not really." Dean said

"I'm always afraid but then I see y'all and it's okay again" Harley said

Sam reaches under Dean's pillow to pull out a large hunting knife and holds it up as evidence.

Dean takes the knife back.

"That's not fear. That is precaution, gotta keep my siblings and adopted sister safe," Dean said.

Tilly smiles at Dean calling her his adopted sister.