Chapter 6

Sam drove at top speed to Mark's office, but he had to park a few blocks away since it was only employee parking in front of the building. He jumped out of the car and started to run. He needed to find Jackie.

He was running down the sidewalk when he ran into someone. He looked down and saw that the person he had knocked down was, "Jackie?" He didn't know whether to believe it was her or the shifter.

"Sam!" She leapt up and wrapped her arms around him. He pushed her back and looked her over. Her hair and clothes were a wreck and there was a cut on her arm. "Omigod, you have no idea how glad I am to see you! Sam it was so bad. The shifter, it was a person in Mark's office and when I went back inside, it attacked me."

"Your arm," he said, noticing the cut. "How'd you get that? It looks just like the one the..." He stood up slowly, not taking his eyes off her.

"I told you, the shifter attacked me. It must've scratched me. Why are you looking at me like that?"
"You're not Jackie."
"What?"
"You're the shifter."

"What are you talking about? It's me. Jackie. It's really me. I escaped from where the shifter was hiding me."

"I don't believe you." With that he forcefully picked her up and carried her back to the car and put what was claiming to be Jackie in the trunk.

"Sam! Let me out!" she cried, banging on the trunk. She felt the car start moving but she didn't let up. After what seemed like an eternity, the car finally stopped and she heard Sam come around. He opened the trunk and lifted her out. By now, tears were falling down her face. He put her over his shoulder and grabbed some supplies out of the trunk, then walked into the farm house. Dean and Carly weren't there yet. Jackie kept hitting him on the back for him to put her down, that it was really her. He ignored her.

He found a chair inside and roughly tied her into it. He grabbed onto the arms of the chair and was centimeters away from her face.

"Where's Jackie? What have you done to her?" he asked through clenched teeth.

"I AM Jackie, Sam!" she pleaded with him.

"Stop lying!" He slapped her across the face. She cried out, crying even harder now. He walked a little farther away from her, but still glaring at her.

She pulled at her restraints, trying to free herself.

"Sam, please," she sobbed out. "I'm not what you think I am. It's me. Please believe me."

"I'm not falling for that crap anymore." He held up his hand, holding a gun with it aimed right at her.

She gasped and sobbed even harder. "Sam don't do it! Please!" He cocked the gun. "I love you," she whispered. Not even blinking, he went to pull the trigger. Still crying, she shut her eyes tight, preparing for it.

But before he could shoot, the door to the farm house crashed open. Both turned their heads to see Dean and Carly carrying something in.

"Dean, is that..." he trailed off.

"It's the shifter. We caught it in the sewers." The pair came closer. Sam could see it was still disguised as Jackie.

Sam looked over to where, now he knew, the real Jackie was tied. He rushed to her and undid her ties. She threw herself at him, sobbing into his shoulder. He held her as tight as he could without breaking her.

"Jackie, omigod, I'm so so sorry. I don't even know what to...how to..."

"You don't have to," she told him, pulling away from him, but keeping her arms around his neck. "I get what you were doing. You were just trying to protect me, even though it was me."

"But if I had hurt you or...I don't know what I would've done. I can't be without you. I love you so much."

"I know you do. And I love you." Sam pressed his mouth to her's and they stayed like this until they heard a thud. They pulled apart and saw that Dean and Carly had dropped the motionless body of the shifter.

"Sorry to interrupt but..." Carly said.

"Is it dead?" Jackie asked.

"Yep," Dean answered. "Slit its throat with a silver knife."

Jackie stood up and walked to it. "Give me your knife," she said to Dean, not taking her eyes off it. He handed it to her and before she could ask what she was doing, she plunged the knife into its chest. "That's for screwing with my friends." She pulled the knife out, wiped it on the shifter, then handed it back to Dean. She stood back up and took her place next to Sam.

"We need to get rid of the body before someone finds it," Dean stated. They agreed and Sam got a shovel out of the trunk. They buried it behind the farm house. They decided to go back to the motel and decide what to do next.

The car ride was quiet with an occasional conversation. But it wasn't awkward like some would think it would be. Even with everything that had happened, it was comfortable. Carly sat in the passenger seat with her hand on Dean's leg, and Sam and Jackie were as close as they could be in the backseat. If people had heard what had happened, I'm sure they would be surprised that Jackie was so easily forgiving towards Sam. But she understood that he truly thought she was the shifter and was doing bad things to his girlfriend somewhere. She knew that he would never hurt her, and he only did what he did because he loved her.

They got back to the motel and they decided to clean up. Once they were all dressed in their regular clothes again, Sam and Dean offered to go get food. Carly gave Dean a long kiss before he closed the door behind them.

"What was that?" Jackie asked Carly.

"What was what?" she wondered innocently.

"I have never seen you so affectionate with Dean before."

"Well, we maybe, sorta, kinda...had sex."

"WHAT?! AND YOU WAIT UNTIL NOW TO TELL ME?!"
"Well, we were a little busy earlier."

"Spill. Give me all the details." And they talked all about it until the boys came back. Jackie took one look at Dean and pushed him up against the wall, poking at his chest. "Listen you. You now have all of my best friend. And if you hurt her, I will destroy you."

"I take it she told you the news," Dean said cleverly.

"I'm serious Dean Winchester. One wrong move and you are dead. You hear me?"

"Crystal clear."

"Good." He let him go, then sat back next to Carly.

"Your friend is a little scary," Dean said to his girlfriend.

"I know. But that's why I love her." And she hugged her.

"That's why I love her too," Sam joined and hugged her on the opposite side.

"Too much love! Too much love!" Jackie exclaimed, laughing and pushing them away.

After the food was passed out, Carly asked, "So, where do we go next?"

"Providence, Rhode Island," Sam said. "String of murders, victims left with no hearts."

"I'm calling werewolf," Dean said with a happy smirk.

"Could you be any more of a nerd?"

"Oh, look who's talking Mr. College."

Watching their boys bicker back and forth, Jackie and Carly knew they were in for quite a summer.

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