Behave Yourself

Soup

Chapter 20

Saturday, 2:41 pm

In the bunker

Katie's POV

I'm in the living room, still making Dad hold me. He probably thinks I'm still asleep. I've been awake for like 2 minutes, but I haven't opened my eyes yet. He's talking to Uncle Dean about his date. Apparently, he plans on having another one. So I'm probably gonna have another night of Dad not being home. I hated that. Last night sucked, and I couldn't sleep. I fell asleep for a little while, then I woke up in Dad's room. Then I couldn't go back to sleep, and I was awake for pretty much the whole night. I couldn't sleep, because Dad wasn't home. Dad's always home. I've never had to spend much time away from him. The last time I had to spend more than just a few hours away from Dad, was when Mom died. I was 4. He and Uncle Dean were looking for the demon that killed Mom, while I stayed with Bobby. That means that this was the first time in 12 years, that I've spent a whole night away from Dad. I didn't like it, and I really don't wanna do it again.

Dad: I get why she was so anxious. I just don't understand why I didn't think about that. I'm her father. I'm supposed to think about stuff like that. I'm supposed to think about how she's gonna feel or how she's gonna react to certain things. I feel bad, because I was so eager to go on that date, that I didn't even think about my child.

Uncle Dean: We've been over this, Sammy. It's ok. These things happen. She knows you didn't mean anything by not checking with her. She just doesn't understand why you were gone all night. You didn't tell her that you'd be gone for the whole night, so she doesn't understand why you were. She was expecting you to be home some time in the night. That's all. She's not mad at you. She's just tired, because she didn't get much sleep, last night.

Dad: She hasn't eaten yet, has she? He changes the subject.

Bitch, how are you gonna change the subject that you started? You can't do that.

Uncle Dean: No. She hasn't. She's been asleep all day.

Dad: You think I should wake her up? Just to get her to eat something?

Uncle Dean: Yeah. She might get a little upset, but she needs to eat something.

The next thing I know, Dad's gently shaking me, trying to wake me up. I'm already awake, but that doesn't mean that I wanna be. I'd very much like to be asleep right now.

Dad: Katie.

Katie: No.

Dad: Come on, Baby. You gotta eat something.

Katie: No.

Dad: Sweetheart-

Katie: I'm not hungry.

Dad: You haven't eaten anything since last night. You gotta eat something. You don't have to eat a lot. Just enough to say that you ate.

Katie: No.