A Demon's Daughter

A Sort of Sensitive Topic

Sarah left the Winchesters in her living room to go pack a bag. She only grabbed essentials, stuffing them into a large duffle bag then making her way back to the living room. There, she saw Dean examining the same picture Balaam had that first night he showed up. He stared at a picture of Sarah kissing another girl on the cheek, his eyes narrowed in wonder.  

Sarah saw Dean's expression, causing irritation to bubble in the pit of her stomach. She dropped the duffle bag and marched over to Dean, ripping the framed picture out of his hands. "Is there a problem?" she spat, hugging the picture to her chest.

Dean blinked, his eyes wide with surprise. "Wha-uh," he stuttered, his cheeks flushing. "N-no. There's no problem." He rubbed his neck and looked anywhere but Sarah's eyes, her death glare making his nerves quiver. "Ah-I was just wondering who that was in the picture with you?"

Sarah held her gaze as she pulled the picture from her chest. She looked down, her eyes softening at the memories the picture brought up. "Judith," she answered in a loving tone. The warm feeling slowly dissipated into an empty one, however. "She, uh, used to be my girlfriend," she explained, her voice laced with sorrow.

"So, she's your ex then?" Dean asked carefully, trying to hide his disappointment.

"No," Sarah said sternly, her head snapping up to meet Dean's eyes. "She was kidnapped; she's been missing for almost three years now." Sarah looked down at Dean's shoes, setting the picture back in its rightful place on the mantel.

There was an awkward silence before Dean spoke up. "I'm sorry." Sincerity was present in his voice as he reached out to lay a comforting hand in Sarah's shoulder.

Sarah moved out of reach, heading for her bag. "Can we just go?"

She grabbed her bag and keys and pulled on her grey wool trench coat, not waiting for an answer. "Where's Sam?" she asked impatiently as she looked around for the tall, kind-faced man. 

"Uh, warming up the car," Dean answered as if it was the most obvious thing in the world.

Sarah narrowed her eyes at his tone, moving towards the door. "What'd ya need those for?" Dean asked, nodding at the set of car keys in Sarah's hand. 

"Well, for one thing, I need to lock the door," she stated, annoyance tangled in her voice. "And secondly, I'm not leaving my car here."

With that she swung the door open and stepped through. "Let's. Go."

Dean obeyed, moving out of the darkened apartment. He made his way down the hallway as Sarah locked up. 

As she closed the door, Sarah saw that the note Balaam had left her was no longer sitting on the table she had set it on. Her breath hitched. Shit. They probably found it. How could I have been so stupid to leave it sitting out in the open?

"Come on, Sarah," Dean called from down the hall. "I thought you where in a big hurry to get outta here."

Sarah didn't even need to look to know that that Dean was smiling. She wanted to be annoyed by it, but she just couldn't.

After quietly shut the door and locking it, Sarah turned to see, sure enough, Dean sporting a white-toothed, shit-eating grin. Sarah blew out a puff of air and offered a small smile of her own. "Shhh. You're gonna wake these poor people up," she reasoned in a hushed tone, her stomach knotting as Dean's grin only widened. 

Prior to a few playful punches and an almost-awkward but not quite-awkward silence, the two made their way to the front door. "I'm pansexual, by the way," Sarah spit out as Dean walked through the door and into the crisp early-morning air of winter. 

"What?" Dean stopped in his tracks, halfway out the door. 

"Oh, don't give me that," Sarah scolded, brushing past him. "I've seen that look before." Dean's eyebrows furrowed in mock confusion. "Ya know, the one you were giving that picture back there?" Dean still showed no sign of recognition. 

Sarah dropped her bag on the snow-dusted sidewalk to put her hands on her hips. "Avoiding the subject doesn't mean it'll go away, ya know." 

Dean sighed and stepped all the way out of the door, allowing it to close behind him. "I was just curious about-"

"My sexuality; I know," Sarah butt in. 

Dean cleared his throat, cutting into a short silence that had settled between te two. "So, what does that mean, exactly?"

"Being pansexual?" Sarah asked for clarification. Dean nodded, so she continued: "It's like being bi, only I'm not limited to just male and female genders, but I also take a liking to transgenders and such."

Dean grunted in understanding, trying to show little interest, however Sarah caught a glimmer of relief in his green orbs. "Alright, then. I'm parked just down here," he directed.

Dean started to walk down the sidewalk, but Sarah stopped him. "Where are you two staying? 'Cause I can just meet you there." 

Dean hesitated for a moment, not sure if he wanted to let this girl/demon out of his sight. "Okay," he breathed, giving in.

Sarah received the motel's name and directions to get there (although she didn't need them), then the two of them went their separate ways to their cars. 

Once comfortably situated in the tan leather seat, Sarah waited for the Winchesters to pass, planing on following them. You should just ditch them. She shook the idea out of her head, knowing that from what she heard from the two hunters, they could just track her down if she happened to make a run for it. 

Sarah rubbed her face. What have I gotten myself into? She looked at her phone, checking the time. "Two forty-five. Just perfect."

A/N: you learn something new every day, right? pansexuality: add that to your list of vocab words. something random here, but completely relevant to the story: i just realized that dean and sarah don't know eachother's names yet (at least dean doesn't know sarah's (that she knows of)). ah well. i'll tie that in somewhere. probably the next chapter. any who, i hope you liked this one, cause i think i did a pretty crappy job. also, if you see any mistakes (grammar/spelling/punctuation), feel free to let me know :). also, i saw into the woods today and annie yesterday! irrelevant, but just thought i'd share! :)