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A Little Advice

“We need a doctor!”  A woman cried as she rushed into the lobby.

“What happened?”  Claire was out from behind the desk and standing in front of the woman just a moment after she had come through the door.

“My husband Earl, he fell down the mountain, on the novice slope, and his leg’s all twisted up!”  The woman was trembling, tears pouring down her face and people were trying to console her as Claire called her uncle. 

“Emergency, hill number 1!”  The girl said as soon as the call connected.

“On my way.”  Castiel said before hanging up.

“Doctor’s on his way right now.”  She said as she pocketed the phone and started back towards the desk.  She needed to call in a medicopter and let Gabe know what was happening.  She had barely gotten the call through to the hospital when Castiel came racing into the lobby.  He was pulling his coat on as he went.  Claire nodded towards the woman and he immediately went to her.  A moment later she was leading him out to the slopes.

“Wow, that was intense!”  Sam Winchester had been sitting by the fireplace with Garth and Jo and the entire thing had left him a little shaken.

“If the guy isn’t badly hurt they’ll be bringing him back here.”  A man with dirty blonde hair and the ugliest sweater Sam had ever seen in his life said as he sat down across from them.

“I hope he’s ok.”  Jo worried her bottom lip as she continued staring towards the doors.  Other people were rushing around outside and the snow was starting to come down again. 

“I’ll know in about 2 minutes if he is.  Someone at the bottom of the slow will notify me.”  Mr. Ugly Sweater said.  Sam eyed the man for a moment.

“I’m guessing from the sweater that you’re one of the Novak’s?”

The man seemed a little nervous as he sat forward and offered his hand.

“I’m Gabe.  This is my place.”

Sam’s eyes widened and even Garth and Jo turned to look at him.

“Oh, uh, I guess I should be saying thank you.  My name’s Sam, this here’s Garth and Jo.”  He shook the other man’s hand and watched as he did the same with Garth and Jo.

“I know who you are.  You’re here with Charlie.  I just ran into her in the game room.  She’s teaching her friend Dorothy how to play pool in a very…unconventional way.”  The man smirked, his amber eyes twinkling.  Sam barked out a surprised laugh as he realized what the man was implying.

“Oh.  Oh!”  Jo gasped and then burst out laughing.  Garth just chuckled and shook his head.

“I knew she was into Dorothy.”  He said.

“We all knew she was into Dorothy.”  Jo pointed out.  Sam nodded in agreement.

“So, are you all enjoying your time here at the lodge?”  Gabe asked. 

“Oh, definitely.  This is the most I’ve gotten to relax all year.”  Jo said.  Sam chuckled and nodded in agreement.

“I have seen you before, Sam, though I didn’t get to introduce myself.  You accompanied Charlie to one of our company parties a couple years back.”  Gabe’s cheeks reddened slightly when Sam arched an eyebrow.

“You must have really good memory or something.” 

“Or something.”  Gabe rubbed his hands together and laughed nervously.  Sam looked at Jo who shrugged.