Family on discount.

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The next morning , Dean woke up earlier than usual which was honestly by a whole lot , he had barely slept . He looked over to his sister's end of the bed where she lay curled in a little ball and stripped bare of bed coverings , like she usually was five minutes after every time that he covered her up . He was sure that he had folded the blanket into two to make it thicker and heavier and placed it on her sometimes during last night . The blanket was now nowhere to be visually noted . After they had arrived home , it had taken them a while to go to sleep because the landlady had apparently waited somewhere for them . She had come knocking and yelling as soon as they entered the apartment . Dean had ignored her at first . When she had just kept on knocking and ranting , he had gone out and promised to have the money to her by the next day . They had then heated the remnants of an apple pie and eaten it before they retired for the day . He left the bed and went to the other end of their house where all of their clothes , books and general keepsakes were stored. On a box atop all of the bags , he pulled out his dad's suit that he had folded into a box and just thrown up . It was a three piece , a four piece really if you included the matching bow tie that Dean threw back into the box, he had always hated bow ties . He lifted the suit into the light , it was rumpled but still beautiful . His dad had married his mum in this suit and it was probably the most expensive thing they had in their house . Dean fingered the creases on the white shirt , ironing was a no , electricity bill would increase . He looked at the suit and sighed , he had always imagined himself wearing the suit for the first time when he got his first proper employment . He had decided to wear it today because it was the closest thing to classy that he could wear today . " Why are you leering at Dad's suit ? ", Jay's groggy voice came from behind him . Dean lost his balance and almost fell , he wrapped his hand around the suit to protect it . Fool move , he realized after a moment but took note that there was no damage to the suit . " Make a noise when you wake up or before talking to someone that is deep in thought ", he told her In exasperation . He turned to her , she was sitting up , the previously missing blanket now around her legs . " Sure , I will remember to notify you first as soon as I open my eyes .What is with the suit ?" , She asked again , her eyes on the suit , she looked suspicious of him . She was not going to be backing down until he told her something that she could work with , so he went with the first thing that came to mind . " I have an interview ", He lied through his teeth. Not the truth but not exactly a lie , that would help his purpose of derailing his too perceptive baby sister whose cogs were currently turning as she looked from him to the suit that he was still holding . " A job interview , huh? What kind of place hires College sophomores in suits ?" , She asked innocently . Dean blinked , he had not thought that through , he had to do better if he intended to lie to Jay and get away with it . " It is actually a company , they want to recruit and work with fresh minds,they do not care about schooling and the usual , they are about being innovative ", He explained , hoping the explanation would take . Dean mentally applauded himself , she could never find a dip in that story . Jaymie chuckled darkly and pushed her hair out of her face . " The United States is number one on the list of countries that practice Capitalism. Come up with a better lie Dee , something that does not include fresh , innovative , recruit or schooling in the same sentence ". Dean watched his sister. Was it the books or the news ? Had he let her watch too much TV? He turned back to the box and placed the jacket and waist coat in it , he would make do with just the pants and the white shirt . He placed them on a chair and headed to the kitchen corner and began to go through cupboards, all the while with his sister's eyes glued on him . " Where are you going , Dean ? Are you going to where I think you are going to ? Are you going to them ? You can not, Dean ". Dean stilled , her words piercing him . She sounded just like their mum , what would his mum have done in this situation ? Dean bowed his head as his eyes began to cloud , he did not want Jaymie to see any of what he felt . He lifted his head and continued about his business like he had not heard her. " Do you hear me, James Dean Virgo ? ", she yelled as she stared wildly at him . She was pulling the full name card now , Dean turned to her . " As weird as this is to say , I am the adult here. And I am responsible for making the decisions, I will do what I think is right , so leave yhe decisions to me ". She blinked , pondering it for a moment and suddenly shrugged . " You are right " , She said . Dean sighed as she finally agreed , thankful that it had not taken a lot . " You are right about it being weird to hear you try to use the adult line on me ". " Jaymie , would you just leave this ..." She cut him off by raising a finger . " You are the adult , but we are a team . I won't let you go there alone ". She shut her eyes and folded her arms on her chest , she was not going to budge . " Fine , be ready by the time I'm done throwing together whatever I find ". She whooped loudly and jumped off the bed , Dean's blood pressure spiked as he watched her run to the bathroom , he had to physically pinch himself to refrain from telling her to be careful . Jaymie knew to be careful . She had not been ready by the time he was done making breakfast. That was because he had found an almost empty bag of also almost stale Star shaped cereals . She had ended up eating before going to get ready . They had taken the train and then a bus after which they had walked the rest of the way to where they now stood . They were staring at a very high gate that looked almost like it had been carved out of ice , the whole of the area looked like it had been generally sculpted . The houses had been so far apart that Dean had been sure that they had probably lost their way when he hadn't seen any houses after walking for almost fifteen minutes, but they were finally here . " It's too big , it's a waste of space that could have been made into a resort for animals endangered by the possibility of extinction ". Jaymie's spiteful remark was enough to ground Dean . " Come on ". He pulled her along as they got closer to the gate ,where they supposed to knock . Since the gate was basically transparent , Dean could see that there was nothing in sight . Not the beginnings of the house ,or even people . " There's a camera watching us ". He turned to his sister . " Where? " She pointed over his head to a corner of the large gate , there was indeed a camera whose lens was trained on them. Dean had to admit that it was good . They could filter their guests easily , it was now only a matter of seconds for them to know if they would also be chaffed out . When several seconds had passed , Dean changed his mind,it seemed like it might take minutes for them to discover if their fate lay with the rest of the chaff. " Do you think they know what we look like ?" His sister's voice was tinier and calmer than usual , Dean squeezed her hand and held her closer . " I'm pretty sure they even know about our visit to the hospital and what we had for breakfast. Wealthy people like them tend to follow the lives of people around them , they hate to be surprised ". Even as he said this , Dean hoped it wasn't true and they had not been watching Jaymie and he try to live their lives. " Then, we should leave. If they are aware of why we are here and are still ignoring us , they are just gauche and uncouth assholes ". Dean was about to correct her when the large gates opened up . He had expected one of those mechanized creaking but it had been so quiet, almost as if the gate weighed nothing . They exchanged a look before taking a step forward . A man was approaching them , he was dressed like all of those butlers in old movies except , he was young . Mid to late thirties perhaps. He was also well groomed and the Winchester's personal everything man . After the accident five years ago , Dean had arrived at the hospital to find out that his parents had both died. And since the hospital required a full examination to make sure that the baby had no concussions or broken bones , he had also found out about his two years old sister's heart condition . It had also been the day he turned seventeen , so when a strange man had approached him and told him that he was sent by the family , a family Dean had only heard whispers about , Dean had been somewhat relieved with his presence . Up until the minute that the man told him he was only there to deliver funeral flowers and inform him of the discount the hospital gave to family . Apparently , even though his father was no longer a member of the Winchester family , they would do him this last favour and let him take advantage of the family discount but , his mum and Jaymie's bills were not included. Dean believed he had already experienced his own worst day , no other day could surpass that day . The man looked the same , completely the same , almost like that had just been yesterday . "Mr Virgo and Miss Virgo". He looked closely at each of them as he called out to them, his gaze scrutinizing. " Please come with me ". He turned around abruptly and began to walk the same way he had come . " We could still go back ". Jaymie whispered softly. He looked down at her and was about to make a boring joke when the gate slammed shut behind them , a very loud non-mechanical creak following it. " Too late for that now ". Jaymie nodded in agreement .
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