Joanna "Jo" Beth Harvelle (arealspitfire) wrote,
@ 2011-05-15 19:17:00

Not going to let you drown in your own self-loathing.
Jo had been tailing Sam for a little over a week now. A couple of times, he had caught on to her, and she almost lost him in that town back in Oklahoma, but she had finally managed to track him down to a small town outside of Omaha, Nebraska. Jo had driven around, looking at all the small cheap motels for the Impala, parking her car a good distance away from it, so he wouldn't catch on to her being in town.

She was worried about him. Ever since Dean died a couple of months ago, he'd been distancing himself from people. From Bobby, from her mom, and from her. He never responded to any of her calls, and when she called Bobby a couple of weeks ago, he couldn't recall the last time he'd heard from Sam. He had informed Jo that he tried tracking him down several times, but Sam always seemed to catch on and lose him. Her mother tried the exact same thing as Bobby, only for Sam to shake her off his tail.

So now, it was Jo's turn. And she wasn't giving up until she found him and talked some sense into him. She knew that Dean wouldn't want him shutting people out like this.

So Jo waited until he was out of the hotel room for the day. She fed the maid a story about her boyfriend taking both sets of room keys with him, and made her way into the room. Jo turned off the light, sitting at the desk and waiting for Sam.

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wayward_son
2011-05-15 09:14 pm UTC (link)

Sam's training was going well enough. Ruby was helping him a lot, despite the lengths he had to go to in order to obtain said help. Even better, he no longer had to drink himself to sleep, and he no longer needed a beer to get out of bed in the morning.

He still missed Dean, and he still had nightmares, but Ruby's presence was comforting to him. He tried not to think about what that meant.

Ruby left to gather some information, or whatever demons did when they weren't messing with the minds of humans, so Sam walks up the steps to his motel room, unlocks the door with his set of keys, and steps inside.

The hair stood up on the back of his neck, though he didn't know why.

"Ruby? Why do you have the lights off?" he asks.

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	arealspitfire 2011-05-15 09:19 pm UTC (link)
	Ruby? Jo raised an eyebrow. ...The same Ruby that Bobby had told her and her mom about? Probably. "No, not Ruby," a familiar voice would say, before Jo flicked on the lights, revealing herself. "Though I'm really curious as to why you're spending so much time with a demon lately, Sam." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	wayward_son 2011-05-15 09:23 pm UTC (link)
	Sam groaned. He did not need this. Not right now. "I suppose this had to happen sooner or later, Jo, but let's skip past the part where you tell me I don't have to do this and everything will be okay. Because, yes, I do and no, it won't." Sam says sharply. "How did you even find me?" he asks. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	arealspitfire 2011-05-15 09:30 pm UTC (link)
	"I have my ways," Jo said. "GPS on cellphones really comes in handy." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	wayward_son 2011-05-15 09:38 pm UTC (link)
	"Damn." Sam says, realizing that even having his cellphone made it easy for anyone who looked to find him. His instincts were shot and he was making stupid mistakes. It was a wonder he wasn't dead already. "I don't suppose there's any way you'll leave without saying your piece, is there?" he asks. "If not, do you at least want a beer?" he asks. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	arealspitfire 2011-05-15 09:41 pm UTC (link)
	"You have to listen to me," Jo said. "Sorry, but that's what you get when you cut everyone in your life out. And I'll take that beer." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	wayward_son 2011-05-15 09:48 pm UTC (link)
	"All right. It's a free country. Talk." Sam says, resigning himself to this. He goes to the mini-fridge and pulls out a beer for Jo and two for himself. Then he sits down on the bed and waits for her to let him have it. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	arealspitfire 2011-05-15 10:03 pm UTC (link)
	Jo will take a few sips of her beer before going to speak. "I know you lost Dean," she said. "And I'm sorry, I really am, and you don't know how much I wish that I was there to help. ...But you can't keep sitting here feeling sorry for yourself. Or whatever the hell it is you've been doing. People are worried about you, Sam." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	wayward_son 2011-05-15 10:07 pm UTC (link)
	"Well, now you can go and report back that I'm just fine, Jo. Not only that, but I'm working on fixing everything." Sam says, popping the top of his beer and starting to drink. "I'm done feeling sorry for myself. I've got a goal and a plan to get there, like Dead would have." he says. "So there's no need to worry anymore." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	arealspitfire 2011-05-15 10:10 pm UTC (link)
	"What's the plan, then?" Jo asked, leaning forward. "Because I would just love to hear it." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	wayward_son 2011-05-15 10:19 pm UTC (link)
	"Oh, no you don't. I tell you my plan and you have the cavalry show up and try to stop me? I don't think so." Sam says, taking another swig of his beer. "Only thing you need to know is that I've got a plan, it'll work, and we'll all be fine after." Sam says. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	arealspitfire 2011-05-15 10:21 pm UTC (link)
	"So in other words, you have a really stupid plan that's likely going to end up with you dead, then?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	wayward_son 2011-05-15 10:29 pm UTC (link)
	"The plan will work. My life or death after isn't assured and I'm not sad about that." Sam says. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	arealspitfire 2011-05-15 10:41 pm UTC (link)
	"What if it doesn't? Then what?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	wayward_son 2011-05-15 10:44 pm UTC (link)
	"It'll work." Sam repeats doggedly. It had to, because he didn't have any other plans after this. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	arealspitfire 2011-05-15 10:47 pm UTC (link)
	"Sam, you haven't been thinking straight. You can't just march in after whatever killed Dean, if that's what you're planning." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	wayward_son 2011-05-15 11:06 pm UTC (link)
	"I'm not just 'marching in'. I'm going to deal with Lilith, put an end to her, and then deal with the next demon after her." he says. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	arealspitfire 2011-05-15 11:19 pm UTC (link)
	"It seems to me like you haven't thought this out past 'going to deal with her'. How are you planning on doing that?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	wayward_son 2011-05-15 11:39 pm UTC (link)
	"I've got a plan." Sam says, declining to elaborate. He knows that telling Jo he's drinking demon-blood to increase his power so that he can kill Lilith will /probably/ not go over well. "Why do you care, anyway? Dean's not here, so you don't have to pretend you give a damn what happens to me." Sam says. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	arealspitfire 2011-05-15 11:48 pm UTC (link)
	Jo looked like Sam slapped her across the face. "That's a load of total bullshit, Sam," Jo said. "You're family. Dean was family. I'm not going to let you just go off and do soemthing stupid because I care about what happens to you, Sam." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

wayward_son
2011-05-16 12:02 am UTC (link)

"And I'm telling you /not/ to!" Sam says. "Dean is dead. My father is dead. My mother, is dead. My girlfriend is dead. Everyone who comes in contact with me ends up /dead/. I am trying to use that to make sure Lilith ends up that way!

You, Ellen and Bobby need just need to let me handle this on my own, okay? I do not want or need your help." he says, leaning in close to her.

"Just walk away, for the love of God." he says.

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	arealspitfire 2011-05-16 12:19 am UTC (link)
	"No. No, I am not going to just walk away. I am not just going to let you get yourself killed, Sam. Because that's what'll happen if you go up against Lilith yourself." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	wayward_son 2011-05-16 12:58 am UTC (link)
	Sam gets up and sets his beer down. He knew it was going to come to this, and he couldn't let Jo stop him. "This conversation is over, Jo. I'm going to do what I need to do and no one is going to stop me, short of killing me." Sam says. "I'm leaving. Don't follow me." he says, going to grab his things. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	arealspitfire 2011-05-16 01:03 am UTC (link)
	"Sam please," Jo said, getting up and grabbing his hand. "Let me help you. Let us help you. Please." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	wayward_son 2011-05-16 01:14 am UTC (link)
	He stops as she grabs his hand, feeling his resolve beginning to crumble. "Dean wouldn't want me endangering anyone...especially you." Sam says, wanting to pull away, but unable to. "Please don't do this, Jo." he whispers. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	arealspitfire 2011-05-16 01:30 am UTC (link)
	"And he wouldn't want you to do this alone, Sam," Jo said. "Please...please let me help you." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	wayward_son 2011-05-16 01:43 am UTC (link)
	Sam pulls Jo into an embrace, holding her close for a moment in silence. "No, Jo. I can't." he says, and turns to go. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	arealspitfire 2011-05-16 01:52 am UTC (link)
	"Sam..." Jo tried to move, to grab him, knock him out, and drag him to Bobby's so they could take turns talking sense into him, but herself frozen in one place. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

wayward_son
2011-05-16 12:00 pm UTC (link)

Sam stops again, involuntarily, at the sound of Jo's voice. He didn't like hurting her. Dean wouldn't want that and he didn't either, but he didn't see another way.

"Please don't come after me. Tell Ellen and Bobby I'll be fine, but not to come after me. I...I have to avenge Dean." Sam says.

If she doesn't stop him, he'll walk out the door and head down to his car.

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arealspitfire
2011-05-16 10:17 pm UTC (link)

She didn't know why she couldn't stop him. Her Mom would have. Bobby too. Hell, her own father would have dragged his ass back to the Roadhouse and made him explain what the hell was going on if he was still alive.

Maybe it was because she felt like if it was her mom that had gotten mauled by hellhounds, she'd be doing the exact same thing Sam was doing.

But it still didn't stop her from feeling she failed, as Jo sank to the ground and just let herself sob.

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