Broken and Lost

Chapter 4: Not Again

I sighed to myself, placing the books back gently into the shelf. People took things out and hated to put it back. I flattened out my dress as I picked up the books off the trolley, walking around the shelf to the other side. I bumped into somebody and everything went flying.

"oh, sugar!" I blurted out in frustration, something I did when I was at work, lots of children came around here. I crouched down and begun to pick them up, noticing that it was the girl I ran into yesterday. She laughed, and so did I.

"I'm so sorry" she breathed "I can't believe I did this again" she scratched her head nervously, standing up and handing me the books she picked up. She played with her hands a lot.

"No worries uh, Tayler right?" I smiled softly, hoping that was her name. I turned to the shelf putting the books back slowly. "So can I help you with anything?" I asked sweetly tilting my head to the side as I looked at her again. "Wait did Dean send you?" She shook her head.

"Just looking for some books I guess, ease my nerves" I chuckled and looked down at her Star Wars shirt.

"Hey you like Star Wars?" I smiled, she lit up and nodded very fast. I grabbed her wrist and lead her to the sci fi section of the store. There was this cardboard cut out of Ren and she looked around, beaming.

"OH MY GOD IS THAT A STUFFED WOOKIE?!" She ran to it, grabbed it and hugged it. "LITTLE EWOKS TOO?!" I walked to the back and grabbed one of the special edition books, like an encyclopedia basically. I brought it to her and showed her. She stared at it for a minute and began flipping through it, eyes scanning every page.

I began to examine her, I've never seen her around before. Her dark brown hair was pushed over one side, her black t-shirt hid under her thick sweater. Her face was angular, but nicely structured and she had these blue eyes...

'woah, Katelynn' I thought to myself 'Just another one of Dean's crazy set ups' but I found myself staring at her.

"This is amazing. I Fuck-"

"OH SHHSHHSHSHSHHSH" I shushed her quickly. "There's children!" She blushed a little.

"Sorry, I meant I love Star Wars!" I laughed a little.

"Me too.." I mumbled as I held my wrists behind my back. She smiled at me from the book. She began shaking and she put the book down. "Hey you alright?" I asked. She looked around, like she was scared, paranoid.

"Mhm" she mumbled, sitting down in one of the wooden chairs. My eyebrows furrowed in confusion.

"You look pale... Do you need some water?" She looked terrified! I didn't know what to do.

"TAYLER?!" I heard a familiar voice call followed by heavy footsteps, that could only be made by one pair of boots. She ran up to me when she spotted me, her wavy black hair bouncing before she skidded to a stop. She crouched down next to Tayler. "Hey, kid you doin alright?" She nodded but Dean pulled a bottle out of her pocket and handed it to her. Tayler let out a sigh of relief. I craned my neck over to see what it was, some sort of medication? "Your brothers going apeshit, he took a few of your meds I think"

She took two, swallowed them dry and rubbed her head. "Is Adam counting again?" Dean nodded, helping Tayler stand up.

"And he's talking really fast, do you have his meds?" She asked, then turned around to look at me. "Oh hey, Kate, see you've met Tayler" she winked at me and I rolled my eyes.

"They're back at the house, I can pick them up"

"Ok I'll drive you" Dean spoke, grabbing Tayler's wrist and taking her "she'll be back in a bit Kate sorry!" I chuckled and watched Dean run off with the first person I could have a conversation with in a while.

I walked around aimlessly after that, helping out a few kids when they asked me for the books they wanted. I adored children, they made me so happy. I couldn't get Tayler out of my mind, she kept popping up every now and and I didn't understand why she was a mystery. I wondered what meds she was taking, I wondered where she came from, or how Dean knew her. Maybe I'd ask Dean later, she always sent people to me but Tayler felt different, not like any normal Pittsburgh person.