Puppy Love (DeanLee)

Chapter 8

IM BACK

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AJ woke up to nothing beside her. She woke up to an empty room and dried tears on her face. She sat up and realized she was two hours late to school. AJ sighed and rubbed her face. There was no point in going to school at thistles so she decided on just catching up on all her late work. AJ walked downstairs and was startled to see Roman and Dean talking in the living room. She walked in and immediately attention was on her.

"AJ, you're finally up," Roman said.

"Yeah. What's going on?" AJ asked plopping herself beside Dean.

"We were just talking," Roman replied. Dean nodded rubbing his nose.

"Oh, well Dean now that you're here and hopefully willing to talk to me, are we still on for Halloween?" AJ asked smiling.

"I'm going to a party so unless you want to go I'm sorry but no," Dean felt his heart break as he saw AJ's smile fade into a sad smile.

"It's fine don't worry," AJ got up and walked back up to her room. She immediately jumped back into her bed to sulk. AJ had nothing planned on Halloween and was probably just going to stay home like every other night.

AJ couldn't understand how last year she was invited to 3 different parties and now she was being ditched for a party. AJ walked over to her desk after laying in bed for a few minutes. For hours she just worked on her missing assignments. It felt good to finally do something productive. She finished about half of her assignments when she finally went to bed. As AJ slowly began to drift off to sleep she felt arms wrap around her and the side of her bed dip down. A familiar scent filled her nose and it was Dean's.

A mix of cigarette smoke and cologne.

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AJ woke up and this time early. She decided to have a full breakfast since she had way more time than usual. It was then that she noticed that Dean was still cuddling her. AJ debated on making breakfast or just lay with him until he wakes up. AJ decides staying in bed with Dean was much better until he woke up.

It wasn't long before she felt him shift awake. She turned to face him and decided in that moment that she wanted to spend her Halloween with him even if it meant going to that stupid party so as soon as he seemed awake enough she spoke.

"I'll go to the Halloween party with you."

"Huh?" Dean rubbed his eyes trying to process what he heard.

"The party you're going to on Halloween. I'll go," AJ repeated as he sat up.

"What made you decide that?" Dean asked. In the back of his head he knew it was because AJ liked him and he liked her but he had realized the other night that her being with him wouldn't be the best. At least for her. She deserved a good, less dangerous guy. Not to mention his addiction had him spiraling into a dark place but he liked it that way. Kept people away before they would inevitably leave him.

"Hello? Dean are you even listening to me?" AJ said waving her hand in front of his face. Dean gave an apologetic look while AJ sighed and repeated herself, "well I said that I decided to go because it beats doing what I have been doing for the past two weeks. Plus I have a costume already that would go to waste."

"I don't know if you should go though. I'm gonna get pretty blasted and I don't know if you'd like me that way," Dean struggled to think of a reason not to let her go. Mostly because he did want her to go but he knew that she would be attached to him and he wouldn't be able to protect her the entire time.

"What blasted on fucking coke? I don't care if you do but it'd be irritating plus you'll need a babysitter," AJ replied. Although her words were sharp they were filled with sadness. It hurt her because she knew it was an addiction. She wanted so desperately to help him but also knew that no one could help him but himself.