A Hunters Heart

Decoding

Dean sat down across from Sam in the Men of Letters study. Sam had been working practically non-stop on translating the rest of the spell. Castiel had only decoded a few symbols before his trip to Babylon knocked him out.
"How's it coming along?" Dean asked.
"Good, actually,"Sam sighed, "I think I've figured out another ingredient to the spell. I'm not sure though..." Sam looked cautiously at his brother, "It would really help if Cas would check it."
"No!" Dean yelled, "He just woke up! I'm not gonna have him doing your dirty work while he's healing." Dean's stern look quickly faded as he realized what he just said. "Um, I mean, it's not like, he can't just..."
"He's been awake for almost two days! He'll be fine. It's not like I'm asking him to dig a grave!"
"But, he's still tired. I don't want him to work too hard." Dean said, obviously not thinking before letting the words out of his mouth.
"And you say you're over him," Sam muttered.
"Shut up!" Dean's voice rose to a scream.
"Why do I need to shut up?" Lexi joked, entering the room.
"You don't!" Sam said turning to her. Lexi smiled and walked over to the table. She sat next to Dean, avoiding Sam's eyes. They still hadn't talked about the other night, but it was a topic that lingered between them.
"Sam was just saying that he figured out another ingredient for the spell."
"Awesome! You can tell me all about it as soon as I get something to eat."
Sam watched her intently as she left to the kitchen.
"What the hell was that?" Dean asked.
"What do you mean?"
"Sam, I'm your brother. Do you honestly think I can't tell when something is going on?"
Sam sighed heavily, "I thought I covered it up well."
"You didn't. But, in your defense, seeing you two go all snuggle buddies a few days ago was a major hint."
"You saw that!?" Sam slammed his hands onto the table, raising his voice. Within an instant though, he realized how loud he had been. He looked over his shoulder, expecting to see Lexi enter the room questioning about the noise, but, when he saw no sign of her, he continued, but was interrupted by his now laughing brother.
"Look, you like her, right?", Sam chose not to respond, "Denial. Classic. What did she say the morning after?"
"Nothing! It's not like we had sex!"
"So you guys haven't talked since then? Sammy, that was two days ago!"
"No! We've talked! Just... not about that."
"Wow, you are royally screwed."
"Do you think so?" Sam asked, afraid of what the answer might be.
"You'll have to ask her."
"Ask me what?" Lexi entered the room carrying a bowl of cereal.
"Nothing!" The boys say simultaneously.
Lexi's stares could have drilled holes in their heads. Dean quickly recovered.
"Sam was just about to tell me the next ingredient."
"Alright," Lexi sat down sighing, "What's this weeks nightmare?"
"The translation I got was kind of... weird. We need 'The tooth of a sinner nun'"
Dean was lost, but Lexi perked up. "Oh! I know where we can find one!" the only responses she got were strange looks, "What! My cousins and I hiked out to Milwaukie at one point. There was a vamp nest in the area. It's the Head vamp took the form of a Reverend at a church. I looked into it's history, and the nun's were converted. Most of them used to be prostitutes. The nun's there had a reputation for, shall we say, using the lord's name in vain." Neither of the boys got it, so blank looks were exchanged until Lexi continued, "Okay... moaning the Lord's name in vain."
"Ooohhh..." the boys finally understood.
"Wait," Sad said, "Milwaukie? Milwaukee Wisconsin?
"No! Oregon."
"Okay," Dean interrupted, "You guys better get packed. It's a good 2 days there and back, not to mention a day or two on the case."
"Why just us?" Sam questioned.
"I have some much needed R&R to get to. And there's no way you're going alone, Sam. Someone has to be there to save your ass!" Lexi giggled at this while Sam stared at his brother. Dean was fully aware of this, but refused to back down.
"Go get packed up! You two crazy kids have some hunting to do!"