Lover's Lane

Chapter 1. Awkward Surroundings

Sam sat in the passenger seat of the Impala, being dragged along on some crappy case Dean had supposedly put together. He remembered Dean being reluctant about telling him anything except that they were going to Flint, Michigan. Sam could think of better places to go since Flint was known for it’s high crime rate, so much so that it was in the top ten crime rated cities in the United States. Sometimes Sam got shot while working the job so the last thing he needed was to get shot for just being in the wrong place at the wrong time.

Finally Dean pulled into the parking lot of a strip mall that had a spa included and an Outback Steakhouse next door. Sam thought this location was a little busy for them since there was a regular mall down the road and several businesses on this particular street. He tried to shake off this instinct he got when Dean had parked in front of an adult sex store called Lover’s Lane. He just knew Dean was going to that store.

“What exactly are we doing in Flint and why are we parked in front of an adult sex store?” Sam asked in annoyance.

“I told you there is a case here. Five women have gone missing in the past month and were last seen leaving a store called Lover’s Lane. The problem is they were not seen again.” Dean explained before stepping out of his car.

Sam stepped out but his heart pounded in fear. “We can’t go in there!” He exclaimed with a high-pitched voice.

Dean had a perverted grin on his face. “We’re going to talk to the woman who worked here when the women left. Actually, I’ll be talking to her and hitting on her. You can go check out lubes since your not getting love elsewhere.” He chuckled before heading towards the entrance.

“Why can’t I just stay in the car then?” Sam asked, trying to get out of not going in.

“Because I might need back up if something attacks.” He said before entering the store.

Sam grumbled to himself and headed towards the entrance. He glanced at the lingerie on mannequins that were displayed in the front window. He read the store’s logo, “Couples who play together, stay together.” Sam groaned in disgust before entering the store.

Sam could see Dean was already hitting up the employee so he wondered if Dean had made up the case. Looking away from his brother, Sam gave the store a once over. He saw costumes for role-play, lingerie, toys, fetish supplies, games, and other things for couples to share or for individuals alone. He noticed a couple of other people in the store, both women, who were browsing. He figured he could just stay in one spot and pretend to look busy until Dean was ready to leave. Unfortunately, he didn’t know how long that would be considering Dean would probably take his sweet time in a place like this.

Sam headed towards the back of the store and stood there, pretending to look busy. A woman, one of the other workers, came over to Sam. She was genuinely good looking, brown hair, medium length, with a bit of wave to it. Her face was rounded in a way that didn’t make her look chubby cheeked. Her lips were average, not too plump but not so thin that they were impossible to kiss. Her nose also rounded to match the contour of her face and her eyes were brown like her hair. Her waist was slender but not so thin that she looked anorexic and her hips curved outward perfectly from her waist.

“Are you shopping for your girlfriend?” The woman asked.

Sam jumped slightly and looked at her. He definitely didn’t think she was an eyesore. “No.” He replied simply.

“Boyfriend?” She questioned.

“No. I’m not seeing anyone right now.” He answered before realizing what section he had been in and that was probably why she had asked about shopping for a girlfriend. He noticed vibrators of all different sizes and colors before turning back to her. “My brother dragged me in here.” He explained truthfully as his cheeks turned a bright shade of red.

“That’s alright. You can still shop for yourself.” The woman said with a sweet smile on her face as if she really wanted to help him. “Do you mind if I show you something?”

Sam hesitated for a moment and glanced at her nametag to see that her name was Josephine. “Uhh. Sure.” He replied uneasily.

Josephine walked over to a table that had some bottles of different shapes and sizes. “I just need to see your hand.” She stated before taking a q-tip and dipping it into what appeared to be some type of oil.

Sam hesitated and didn’t know what she was doing but he raise his arm so she could touch his hand.

“Don’t worry. I won’t hurt you.” She took his hand and pushed back the sleeve of his jacket. She turned his arm around so that the inside of his hand was facing her. She took the q-tip and rubbed the oil on the back of his wrist. “This is a part of a kit we have. It’s warming oil. If you kind of blow on it with your mouth you’ll be able to feel it.”

Sam raised his wrist to his mouth and blew on it gently. He could feel heat rise where the oil had been placed. He grinned and lowered his wrist. “That’s cool.” He admitted to her.

“It’s even better if you put this powder on over it.” She mentioned and grabbed his wrist again. “It has an almond flavor to it and it makes the oil edible if you put it on overtop of the oil.” She took this big brush and dipped it into this container of powder. Then she brushed it over the oil that was on his wrist. “Go ahead and kind of kiss your wrist so you can taste it.”

Sam pressed his lips to his wrist, allowing the powder and oil to cover his lips. He rubbed his lips together and could taste the sweet almond flavor she had mentioned. He was grateful for the oil and powder since his lips had started to get chapped recently. “Wow. That tastes kind of good.” He said with surprise.

“We also have this cooling lubricant. It’s also edible and is really minty.” She took another q-tip and put a bit of the cooling lubricant on it before handing it to him. “You can kind of put that on your tongue or lips if you want. It tingles a bit.”

Sam placed a bit of the lube onto his lips and pressed them together, feeling the tingle and tasting the mint. “It really does tingle.” He said before throwing the q-tip into a small trashcan that was next to all the bottles.

“A lot of couples buy this kit and women really like the cooling lubricant for clitoral stimulation.” She explained before straightening some of the bottles.

“Oh. Well, I don’t really have anyone to use that stuff on so I don’t know why you showed me.” He said as his cheeks turned red again from embarrassment, mainly because she had mentioned clitoral stimulation.

She smiled sweetly at him. “I know. You just seemed really embarrassed when you came in here. I was trying to make you feel comfortable by giving you a demonstration.”

Sam smiled because he thought she was being very sweet and polite about the whole situation. He felt like she actually cared about him on some level.

“We should probably look at lubricants since you are here by yourself.” She explained before leading him over to some shelves that had various bottles filled with different colored liquids.

He became even more embarrassed, figuring that she was implying that he masturbated. He scratched his head awkwardly as he stood next to her.

“Don’t be embarrassed. Everyone masturbates and those who say they don’t, are either lying or don’t know what they’re missing. It’s quite natural.”

Sam realized she must masturbate so he pictured her touching herself for a moment. He forced the image from his mind and tried to pay attention so he didn’t come off as a pervert. “Well, I don’t really know what would be good.” He confessed.

“We have all types,” she explained. “There are water based, oil based, scented, flavored, heating, cooling, and even ones that are for anal sex or clitoral stimulation.”

Sam managed to become even more embarrassed mainly because of her mentioning clitoral stimulation. Her mentioning the anal sex didn’t bother him as much because he knew lots of couples tried it. He had tried it in his life but it wasn’t particularly something he cared for unless the woman wanted to try it. There was just something wrong, in his opinion, about being in that part of a woman. “So what do you recommend?” He asked curiously while glimpsing at some of the different bottles.

“If you wanted to try something different, I would go with the heating one.” She explained before grabbing the bottle that just had a Lover’s Lane brand name on it. She opened it up before placing a drop or two onto his finger.

Sam rubbed his pointer finger and thumb together, feeling the consistency of the lubricant. He could feel his fingers heat up slightly. “That’s interesting.” He stated with a bit of surprise in his voice as if he had expected it not to work.

Josephine grabbed a tissue and wiped the lubricant off of his fingers. Sam smiled at her and thought that was really sweet.

“I’ll let you look around now. If you need any help, just let me know.” She said before going over to the main counter and standing behind it.

Sam looked around for a couple of minutes before going up to the cash register and setting a bottle of the heating lubricant onto the counter. He figured it couldn’t hurt to try something new, and Josephine had went out of her way to be nice to him so the least he could do was buy something. It was also small enough that he could hide it in his pocket so Dean wouldn’t see.

Josephine rang up the purchase and told him his total. Sam pulled out his wallet and handed her a twenty. She gave him back some change before putting his item in a little plastic bag that had the store’s name on it. “By the way, I think your brother left already.”

“What?!” Sam exclaimed before running to the front door. Sure enough the Impala was missing so he pulled out his cell phone and called Dean.

Dean picked up. “Hey Sammy!” He exclaimed into the phone.

“Why the hell did you leave me here?!” Sam shouted into the phone.

“Oh come on. That woman was going through too much effort to not be interested in you. I thought if I left you there you might get laid. She has to be pretty easy since she works in a place like that.”

“That is messed up. I don’t even know her. Now come back and pick me up or tell me what hotel you’re planning on staying at so I can go there.”

“I don’t know yet. I’m still doing some more investigating. I’ll call you back and let you know later.” Dean said before hanging up his phone and having a grin on his face even though Sam couldn’t see it.

“Damn it.” Sam uttered before putting his phone back in his pocket. He sighed and walked back up to the counter. “Would you happen to know the number to a taxi service?”

“I actually am leaving here in like ten minutes. I could give you a ride if you need one.” Josephine offered generously.

“I wouldn’t want to impose.” He stated before grabbing his purchase and putting it into his pocket.

“It’s no problem at all.” She said with a smile.

Ten minutes later, Josephine was done with her shift and grabbed her purse. She fished through her purse to find her keys while walking out the front door. Sam followed behind her, feeling like he was taking advantage of her even though she had offered.

After finding her keys, Josephine started walking towards her car, which was a little red PT Cruiser. Sam grinned slightly as she unlocked the car and sat down inside. Sam sat in the passenger seat and felt cramped, but since he was so tall, he had always felt cramped inside of most cars, even the Impala. “Listen Josephine. You should at least let me buy you dinner for giving me a ride.” He stated, glancing over at her from the passenger seat.

“Please call me Joey. Most people do and I guess I am kind of hungry.” She admitted before sticking the key into the ignition and turning on the car. “There is a Pizza Hut just down the road.”

Sam grinned. “A guy offers to buy you dinner and you suggest Pizza Hut?” He questioned, being surprised that a woman would actually choose to eat there instead of picking some place more expensive.

“What’s wrong with Pizza Hut?” She asked in a borderline offended tone.

“Nothing. Pizza Hut sounds great.” He smiled, knowing it was better than half of the stuff Dean and him ate on the road. He would rather take a sit down pizza place over half of the mini-marts or roadside diners they ate at. Sometimes the diners weren’t all that bad, but they had the problem of having to leave due to a case or running into weird local people. Plus at diners, Dean always wanted his pie.

Josephine pulled out of the parking lot and headed to the Pizza Hut down the road. It was nothing fancy, just a typical Pizza Hut shaped restaurant with the red color to it. She parked in an empty spot when they arrived and turned the car off before stepping out. The two walked inside the building, waiting in the front to be seated.

A waitress greeted them that had on a typical Pizza Hut t-shirt. She had them sit at a booth and gave them menus. “Do you know what you want to drink?” She asked with the first typical thing a waitress asks.

“I’ll have Mountain Dew.” Josephine answered.

“Bud light in a bottle.” Sam stated.

The waitress then left to go get their drinks.

“So what do you like on your pizza?” Sam asked her curiously, realizing he wouldn’t know the answer to that. If he had been with Dean, there would have definitely been extra onions involved.

“A stuffed crust pizza is a must have and I hate peppers. They’re nasty. I usually just get ham, pepperoni, black olives, and mushrooms.” She answered without even looking at the menu.

“I can live with that.” Sam smiled.

She smiled back at him as the waitress brought their drinks. “Are you ready to order?”

Sam told the waitress what they wanted before she left again. He took a sip of his beer and thought it was nice to be drinking a beer in front of someone who wasn’t his brother. He loved his brother a lot, but sometimes he just needed a break. Eating dinner with someone different actually helped. “I don’t mean to be nosey,” Sam started, “but why do you work in a place like that?”

“I like to help people. You would be surprised at the amount of people who want to spice up their relationships in the bedroom or even have fun by themselves.” She explained. “What’s the point in having a job if you’re not helping someone?”

Sam nodded and understood her question. The whole point of his job was to help people and that was mainly what kept him going everyday. “It just seems weird to think that people need help with that or would go to a store and practically admit their problems.”

“Everyone is looking for something different or something they want and some people want variety.” She explained before taking a sip of her Mountain Dew.

“And what is it that you want?” Sam asked curiously. He had lost track of what he had wanted ages ago since he had started hunting again. He thought he wanted to have a perfect life with Jessica, but nothing in life ever is perfect.

“To have an orgasm during sex.” She answered truthfully and bluntly.

Sam’s eyes went wide for a second and then his cheeks turned red. He couldn’t believe she had just said that, but then again, it didn’t surprise him because she worked in that store. “Sorry.” He apologized for something that wasn’t his fault.

“Don’t be. Most of the guys who come in there are perverts or only care about getting what they want. In most cases, both.”

“How do you know that I’m not like that?” He asked even though he knew he tried to have more respect for women then Dean so he knew he didn’t come off that way, or if he did, it was by accident.

“I can just tell.”

Sam thought that was really sweet so he gave her one of those really toothy grins, the one that made his dimples show. “You sure have a way of embarrassing me.”

“That’s how I can tell you’re not like that. You were embarrassed to be in there. Most guys, who are like that, wouldn’t be embarrassed. If I had offered a ride to a guy like that, he would have assumed we were going back to my place to have sex. You actually offered to buy me dinner.”

“My brother is more of the perverted one.” Sam explained with a grin.

“I kind of got that, but I just find it weird that you would come into the store I work. I just figured you wouldn’t need to.”

“What do you mean?” He asked curiously.

“Well, you’re really good looking.” She complimented him.

Sam wasn’t used to women saying things like that to him outright so a huge grin spread across his lips. “So are you, and I mean it.”

Her cheeks turned red slightly, the first time she had blushed instead of Sam. He really liked her and he just thought she was sweet, caring, and even had a slight sense of humor. She really did look good to him and Sam hadn’t thought much about liking anyone lately. He thought it was kind of weird to have actually met someone decent in an adult sex store. He just grinned at her as their pizza finally arrived and they enjoyed their dinner.