[h2]Esme Stirling[/h2]

As talk went on Esme dropped her head again and closed her eyes, feeling that everything had pretty much calmed down and she didn’t have to worry about too much happening while she sat there with Sarah. She couldn’t help but let herself sink more into Sarah as she curled around her more and nuzzled her head into Esme’s stomach. Esme gave Sarah’s head a rub before she crossed her arms over her chest once again and sighed softly. When Cason brought up Annabeth, she almost opened her eyes but heard the warning tap and Cason added more to what he said. She could hear the sarcasm in his words, but apparently Sam didn’t catch it as he responded, which she saw as a good thing. 

They didn’t need anymore trouble tonight, they had all been through enough. She listened quietly as the pillows were given, a small smile coming to her lips at how fatherly Bobby was to Sam and Natalia. It almost made her sad at that moment, because she missed that for herself. She pushed the emotion down, she didn’t need to dwell on that. She had already done enough of that over the years, though she still wasn’t over the loss. When Cason came and sat next to her and Sarah, she kept her eyes closed, then a smirk came to her lips at Bobby’s comment about the hellhounds in his house. 

It was very clear Bobby didn’t like them being there, she didn’t need to be an empath to know that. At Cason’s next words, she began to have thoughts run through her mind. If he didn’t sleep and was going to go for a walk, then there was probably going to be a point where he’d want to pop in on her if he got bored. She was thankful that Sarah was going to be with her in the motel room. She knew that Sarah would keep him at a safe distance if he popped in while she was sleeping. Being in thought, she almost missed the sound of Dean’s footsteps coming down the stairs, but she didn’t look up like she had before, not even at Bobby’s words. 

She would wait until him and Mika were in the room with everyone and she knew that all was fine before she lifted her head to look at them both to see how everything was between them.