Sam's Reality: Cape Canaveral, Florida - Kennedy Space Center

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Leeroy wasn't too sure how the night guard at the Kennedy Space Center had acquired Sam's name. He assumed it was the Internet - everything's the Internet's fault these days - but he couldn't be too sure, as the guy looked to be about sixty and the type who wouldn't touch a computer to save his life.

"They're freakin' out the dogs," he said in a Southern accent. "And we ain't been able to photograph 'em, either." He pointed to the large behemoth of metal that could be seen a few miles in the distance. "They're always there."

It was, Leeroy recognized, launch pad 39-B. Jeimu had launched from there not even a year ago.

Why freaks were hanging out around launchpads, Leeroy wasn't certain. He turned to Sam and asked quietly, "What d'you make of all this, eh?"

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[i_salted_dean]

Her voice was small as her cheeks heated, feeling for some reason as though she had no right to say it.

"I love you."

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He picked up on her mood and turned toward her sharply, looking at her as though to say what is wrong with you?

"I love you too," he said. "Nothing's changed that."

[i_salted_dean]

"Just... no matter what happens." She bit her lip and looked down. "Yeah, what you said."

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He nodded, and then turned his attention back to the car, pulling out of the parking lot.

"Where are we going to go?"

[i_salted_dean]

"Do you know where Rob is?" She slumped slightly in the seat, wondering how her body could feel so normal.

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"Not too sure," he said. "But he's got his cell. Give him a call if you'd like. He sent me a text earlier, says he's fine."

[i_salted_dean]

-I guess I'd better. This is a family thing, and he'll feel bad if we leave him out.- She sighed and pulled out her own cell, hitting the speeddial and putting it to her ear.

"Dad?" She blinked. "Where's Rob? What?"

Her face went dark. "That was my job. I'm fine! I could have cleaned them out just fine without you interfering!"

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"Sam, all things considered, you were kind of busy." Leeroy spoke softly. "Let's just be thankful that they're gone now."

And we can move on.

[i_salted_dean]

She turned and stared out the window, trying to get her anger in check as she swung from towering rage to bottomless despair and disappointment.

"Sam?" asked John's voice from the phone.

She snapped it shut and put it away.

Leeroy's phone rang.

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Of course, he was sitting on the thing when it rang and had to do some pretty impressive acrobatics in a moving car to fish the phone out of his pocket.

"Yeah?" he said, flipping it open.