Listen, Kid

Phone calls

Chapter 38

Tuesday, 7:21 pm

In the bunker

Sam's POV

Sam: Kid, you can't put this off forever. He's gonna find out, eventually, like when he comes home, and he's gonna be pissed. Not because of what happened, but because you took so long to tell him. You were supposed to call him, yesterday. And you weren't gonna call him today, until I said something about it.

Claire: I don't have my phone. How do you expect me to call him, without my phone?

I hand her my phone, and she gives me a frustrated look. She very obviously doesn't wanna tell Dean what happened at school, but he needs to know. He's not gonna be mad about it, because we're gonna tell him that it wasn't Claire's fault. He'd only be mad if we didn't tell him at all, and he had to find out on his own.

Sam: We're gonna go into the living room, and you're gonna call Dean.

Claire: But Sam-

Sam: No buts. You're doing it. Come on.

I grab her hand and take her to the living room. I make her sit, on the couch, and watch as she dials Dean's number. The phone rings a few times before he picks up. I can see it in Claire's face, that she hopes he won't pick up.

Dean: Hello?

Claire: Hi, Dean.

Dean: Hi. You ok?

Claire: Yeah. But I have to tell you something, and I don't want you to get mad.

Dean: Why would I get mad? What did you do?

Claire: It was something at school.

Sam: Quit beating around the bush. I whisper to her.

Dean: What happened?

Claire: I got in to a fight.

Dean: Why? Why were you fighting at school, Claire? The school year's almost over, and you're fighting? You couldn't hold it in until Summer?

Claire: I didn't wanna fight. And I wouldn't have, if the other girl would've just kept her mouth shut.

Dean: I'm gonna give you a chance to tell me your side. Don't even think about lying to me. Tell me exactly what happened.

Claire: A girl was spreading rumors about me, and-

Dean: Don't tell me you fought because of a rumor.

Claire: I can't tell you exactly what happened, if you won't listen.

Dean: Fine. Continue.

Claire: She was going around school, telling people that she was gonna beat me up. She told one of my friends, who told me, and I was kinda upset about it. But I wasn't gonna do anything unless she did. I wasn't gonna fight with her, unless she started it with me. And she did. Yesterday, in class, she swung on me, so I swung back, and it was a whole fight. I even knocked her out for a few seconds, because she threw a desk at my head. That's my favorite part of the whole fight, but it's not important right now. I was probably gonna get suspended, but Sam took me out of the school and now I'm gonna be home schooled.