Protective Love

Ch. 28 - The Road Trip

        I woke up Dean and Sam from my screaming, they jerked awake and had their guns in their hands in a millisecond, searching for any intruders. When they did not find any, they turned towards me and rushed to see what had caused my screaming. Well, if you were woken up by a sharp stabbing pain in your wrist and saw blood all over in the middle of the night wouldn't you scream? I thought so. Anyways, they noticed my bloody wrist and quickly took me to the bathroom to clean it up and inspect it. I guess my stitches I got from my cut on my hand had broke and now it is bleeding. After Dean stitched it back up and wrapped my hand, he picked me up and whispered to me to go back to sleep. I tried to, I really did, but once I'm awake I cannot fall back asleep. During the next hour, it went like this: Dean would pass out, I would stay laying awake, then I would move positions over and over and over again to try to fall asleep, Dean would get irritated and then finally he trapped me in his arms so I would stop moving. I still moved around, from facing him to facing the other direction. I guess I was really upsetting him since he all of a sudden threw the covers off of us and stood up irritably. He picked me up and stomped his way over to the kitchen. I felt so bad I started to cry, he set me down on the counter and took out some milk, heating it up in the microwave in a freaking bottle!!
"I do not want to drink a bottle of milk, brother! I am 12 years old, not 3!" I kicked my legs hard, hitting the wooden counter and making a lot of noise to try to grab his attention since Dean was waiting for the milk to warm up with his hand on the handle of the microwave.
        When I started to kick my legs though, he quickly turned around, placed his hand over my legs and looked me straight in the eyes. I could tell how tired he was by the look he gave me, he had black bags underneath as well.
"You kick one more time and I will not hesitate on giving you a midnight spanking! This is the only way to make you fall asleep, I don't care how old you are, if it helps you, that's whats going to happen."
        I nod my head, not wanting to argue or get into trouble tonight. I feel so bad, keeping Dean awake like this just because I cannot fall asleep. Dean grabs my bottle when the microwave beeps and then he picks me up, walking back to his room. He lays the both of us down on his bed and I cuddle into his side as he wraps his arm around me, handing me the bottle. He falls asleep as I sip the stupid thing and end up falling asleep when I finish it all.

        I wake up to Dean picking me up, gently shaking me awake. I groan and bury my head in his shoulder to try to go back to sleep. Dean walks into the family room/dinning room/kitchen and I hear all my brothers talking and laughing. It sounds as if William is in the kitchen finishing up making breakfast, Cody is playing some board game with Damon and Sam is laughing alongside with William about something I don't even know about. Dean shakes me again, and tries to lift my head from his shoulder,
"Sweetie? Babe, please, what is going on with you? Why are you acting this way?"
        I shrug my shoulders and bury my face deeper into his shirt. William and Sam stopped laughing and started to ask Dean what was going on since they heard what Dean had said to me. Dean started to explain everything that happened since last night and William quickly lifted me off of Dean's arms and into his.
"What's wrong, linda? Que te pasa? Porque estas actuando asi? Hmm?" ("What's wrong, beautiful? What happened? Why are you acting this way?")
I lift my head up to look at my eldest brother, then I start to cry a little bit. I don't know why I am acting this way, I just don't understand myself, but I am tired and cranky today, I know that for sure. William gives me a worried look and sets me down on a chair at the dinning table as Sam hands me and everyone else their breakfast. Cody sits next to me and gives me a side ways hug, kissing my cheek to try to calm me a bit. I eat half of my food and push the plate towards Dean, not wanting anymore of my food.
"You only ate a small bit, Vi. Eat all your eggs and bacon please."
        He pushes the plate towards me again and points towards the food, giving me a stern and angry look. I push the food around with my fork and take one bite. After twenty minutes, everyone is still talking and laughing around the table, while I try to get out of eating one last time by pushing the plate towards Dean once more, pouting at him. He grabs the little piece of my bacon and pops it in his mouth, then he turns towards me and asks,
"Did you eat it?"
        I give him a quizzical look and shake my head 'no'.
"Why don't you EVER listen to me?! hmm?" Dean gives me an upset look and turns towards Sam who was finishing up his story.
        I grab the plate and start to eat the rest of my food, feeling guilty about everything that I had did to him in the past 24 hours. When I was done, I tugged on Dean's sleeve and whispered, "I finished." Showing him my empty plate. He nods his head and replies, "Well done." Then goes back to the conversation at hand. I get up and wash my plate at the sink, then sit down next to Cody in the sofa to watch some tv while our older brothers talked about what to do today. I hope we don't just stay here in the suite again, it's boring.
"Viviana, kitchen. Now." yells William
        I make my way to the kitchen and see William with my medication. I quickly take them and then start to head back into the family room when Damon stops me. He picks me up and sets me on the counter; Cody slowly makes his way to the kitchen to see what is going on and William quickly claps his hands together loudly, startling us all.