Consequences

Think before you act

Chapter 25

Three weeks later, Saturday, 1:32 pm

In the middle of nowhere

Dean's POV

Dean: I'm not mad at you anymore. I just wanna find Ella, so that this whole thing can be over.

Sam: I don't see how it can just be over, Dean. She left to find me. And I was back home within a day. The poor kid probably got lost.

Dean: That would explain why we're in the middle of fucking nowhere. God, she better be here. Please be here. I say while approaching a bush.

We tracked Ella's phone to this exact spot. I move some leaves and sure enough, I find her. I find my baby sister, sleeping in a bush.

Sam: Oh, my God. He says with a sigh of relief.

Dean: She's ok. She's just asleep.

I pick her up and take her to the car. We take her home and I bring her to my room. I lay down with her, and she snuggles into me. I've missed this. I've missed her. I thought something absolutely fucking horrible happened to her. Just to find her sleeping in a bush. I'm happy that she's ok. But I'm beyond pissed at her. She's my baby sister, and I love her. But I'm so mad at her right now. She ran away to go looking for Sam, after our fight, and she didn't come home. I know that she probably just got lost. But she shouldn't have left in the first place. I told her that Sam always comes back, and he did, within a day. He wasn't even gone for a full 24 hours. Ella was gone for three weeks and 2 days. I don't know why it took so long for us to find her. Maybe because she was in the middle of nowhere. The poor kid was probably so scared. She was all by herself and God knows how much she's eaten in the passed few weeks. She looks so thin. This is all my fault. I should've handled that fight way better than I did. Then neither of my siblings would've run off that night. I could've been less of a dick. That would've prevented all of this.

Sam: Hey. He quietly calls while softly knocking on my bedroom door.

Dean: Hey.

Sam: I just finished clearing out her room. I put her stuff in the dungeon, for when we put everything back. And the padlocks are on the doors and windows, the way you wanted.

I didn't wanna do this, but it counts as sneaking out, and she needs to be taught that that's not ok. We cleared out her room, only leaving her bed. The bed, pillows, blankets, whatever stuffed animals that help her sleep, those are all still there. But everything else has been cleared out. She doesn't know it yet, but she's grounded for the next 3 months. She's gonna learn to listen, one way or another. I'm not doing this to be a dick. I'm doing this to keep my baby sister safe. What she did was very dangerous and I don't want it to happen again. I'm pulled out of my thoughts when I feel Ella cling to me and start breathing really fast. I look down and see that she's awake. And terrified.