Weekend off (likely_evil, reporter_chloe, horsewoman_lana)

[winchesterjerk]

Dean had been pondering how to get around to talking about a weekend off - not that he deserved time for himself, at any rate, but nothing else was quite pressing, so he might just as well - when Sam tried to angle the conversation towards going somewhere that didn't involve a case. Which got Dean's attention right up, enough to ask where

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[likely_evil]

Sam, meanwhile, was with his laptop checking his e-mail, and in particular his online blog. He found the e-mail that notified him of the anonymous comment and hit reply.

How about today?

He then took a sip of his coffee as he checked out the local news. "You know, this town seems to be a source for a lot of activity in the last 7 years..."

[winchesterjerk]

Dean smiled blandly back at Sam's look. He'd been right, too, the Winchester curiosity embodied by Sam was unstoppable and already rearing up its head.

But he thought Lana could handle it, for now, and if Sam had problems, well, he was close by. To laugh.

His attention, however, returned to the blonde by his side. "Cherry it will be, then. Thank you very much, ah, Chloe Ann. ... I actually like that."

Good thing his choice was made, as the waitress got to them to take their order.

[likely_evil]

Sam let his grin grow. "Then I guess I will have to borrow Chloe for a few minutes. I'm sure she won't mind giving me your whole life story." He winked at Chloe, being playful.

"Though we could do the random person... maybe the waitress can tell me something about you."

[reporter_chloe]

"Why thank you, Dean." Chloe said, with a smile and another giddy giggle. "And to think, my father wanted to call me Chloe Joanne. I think Anne sounds much better."

She looked over at Sam then. "I wouldn't mind one bit, actually. But you know... fair exchange. I tell you everything about my adopted sister, you have to tell me everything about your brother."

[feltalone]

Lana was a little nervous about this life story idea. For one thing, bringing up your previous relationships was a big NO in this kind of situation, and it was hard not to bring up the fact that she already had an ex-husband. For another...well, this was Smallville.

"Are you sure about this?" she asked Sam. "This isn't exactly a normal town. Wouldn't want to scare you off."

[winchesterjerk]

"Well, if it had ended up something you didn't like, Chloe, then I'd have suggested you start bribing your friends not to reveal it." It was a light tease, of course. Since he did like both versions, but hey, not his name.

Dean was far from the persuasion that actually exchanging life stories was a good idea at all... but he was also pretty damn certain that his brother had plenty enough common sense not to mention some things.
As for the rest... well, it wouldn't be the first time they made each other look ridiculous. Nor the last. And Sam knew well enough that if he was bad, the retaliation would be adequate.
And they all needed a good laugh, really.

"Nah, I doubt either of us gets scared off too easily. You know, two boys on a road trip, we couldn't afford to be frightened of our own shadows." Putting it mildly. On the other hand... "We did notice that the news around here are occasionally kind of - concentrated. A lot happening for a small... ville. It kinda makes more sense now, Chloe, the bit with you writing stories about

[likely_evil]

Well, see, that's the problem. Telling Chloe everything about Dean would gaurentee a lot of whining about what he might and might not have said, and Sam avoided Dean's whining at all times. Plus Lana looked a bit nervous at what Chloe might say, so another reason not too. He just shook his head and smiled. "Nah, I'm just kidding. I'll just have to find out on my own. It can be more fun that way sometimes."

He turned to Lana, flashing his grin. "And I don't scare easy. Dean does, depends on the circumstances." Sam smirked at his brother.

And he'd be curious to hear the girls' answers to Dean's last question.

[reporter_chloe]

Chloe laughed and looked down. "Yeah, this town is... weird, to put it simply. When I was in high school, I had what I called The Wall of Weird on the wall inside my school newspaper's office. It was just... this big compiled wall of weird stuff that's happened here. I eventually took it down, but... I spent so much time studying it, it ended up being kinda plastered in my head." She shook her head. "Funny? Yeah, not much of it was funny. Mainly... kind of scary." She frowned suddenly. "Although there was this one time I drank some spiked punch and... well, I... I tried to get physical with my best friend, which he did not want, and I attacked my cousin. Not pretty." She blushed slightly and shook her head, glancing over at Lana. The brunette had at least been told about that one time.

Chloe raised a brow. "Dean scares easy? Well, now... that's... interesting." She smirked, suddenly fully prepared to tease her "date".

[feltalone]

Lana could only smile at Sam, just the slightest hint of mischief in her eyes. This was looking more and more promising. As much as she loved her pseudo-sister, she hoped they'd be splitting up soon.

She turned up her nose a little at Chloe's little memory. "Oh, the "love molecule". The cheerleaders managed to create a love potion to turn the football players into their love slaves. Unfortunately it also made anyone affected insanely jealous of anyone who so much as looked at the object of their obsessive affection." She grinned a little at Chloe, thinking of her horrible excuse of cheerleading. "I managed to escape that one, but senior year wasn't so kind to me either." Evil slut possession. Not pretty.

[winchesterjerk]

"Huh." Weird.
... and not exactly their kind of weird either. Which somehow made it even weirder.

On the other hand, Chloe's blush? Was pretty.

Dean half-smiled at her, then tilted his chin sideways and up. "Nope, I don't scare easily - that was, um, something that lasted about forty-eight hours and is done with. Now I'm all courageous and ready for anything y'can throw at me!" And that was honest truth too. He even managed to not glare at his brother.
Much.

"Well, just in case anybody's interested in changin' the topic, this might be a good time to bring this up. Chloe and I were discussing walks on the beach and she mentioned she's not done that for a while, and I said we could do somethin' about that. It's a good long drive still, but anybody interested in that?"

If the town was weird, and they had their full of it, the suggestion might still fly, too.

[likely_evil]

And Sam thought his high school years were bad.

As for the wanting to split up...bad things tended to happen when Sam and Dean did that. Though sometimes it was necessary. They'd have to play that one by ear.

"How long of a drive we talking about? Not that I have any objections to long walks on the beach, but we spend most of our time in the car so the more time out, the better."

[reporter_chloe]

"Nice to know... I like a big, brave man." Chloe said with a grin, only a faint hint of her blush still on her cheeks.

Her grin broadened when he mentioned the walk on the beach. "You haven't forgotten. Color me impressed. And you know, I am totally still up for that."

[feltalone]

A walk on the beach sounded great to her, but Sam was right; the seaside version was a good way from Smallville, Kansas. "Well if you'd like the beach without the drive, there's always Crater Lake." Years ago, the lake had been full of meteor rock, which she now knew as Kryptonite, and a few people had gained powers there. Thankfully, the site was now meteor free, and not a bad location for a romantic walk.

[winchesterjerk]

"Some people would take it for" ten "eight hours. I'd be down for checkin' how much less I could take it in." And he was really willing to. Driving, getting things done while the wheels are turning. That kind of made sense to him always.

"If the lake shore walk is too accustomed-to to be taken as a substitute, of course. Or maybe there's another lake nearby that you didn't know the sight of by heart when you were eight."

[likely_evil]

8 hour trip meant they would need a motel to stay in. Girls room and guys room. Unless Dean and Chloe were going to do more, which meant Sam and Lana would be left to awkwardness because Sam really wasn't one of those guys that just had sex with random people for no reason than to just have it.

He bit his lip a bit, but shrugged. "I'm good for whatever." He didn't want to be the one to make the choice in the end.

[reporter_chloe]

Little did Sam know, Chloe fully intended to do more with Dean. A lot more, if he was up for it, too. After all, he had promised her some "fire".

The grin on her face grew a bit bigger. "I might have had my heart set on the beach, but, uh... whatever you boys would like to do is fine by me. I mean, you did travel all this way to see us. I think we should leave it up to you."