"Hamster Heaven"

"I first met the reaper when she came for my hamster."

Sam wrinkled up nose and looked over his shoulder to Tori in the back seat. "Reapers take…hamsters?"

Tori nodded, "Apparently. Pretty sure it was just part of my training to know a Reaper when I see one, so yeah…Reaper came for Snickers."

"You named him Snickers?" Dean interjected, "You named a mouse wanna-be after food?"

"Really, Dean? That's all you're getting from this? A Reaper took her hamster!"

"I heard."

"So, she came for…a…rodent…Where did she take him? I mean, animals don't have souls, so…"

Tori feigned hurt on the spot. "Don't have souls? Sam!"

"What?"

"You must be the guy that goes around telling little kids there is no Santa! I've finally gotten over Snickers and you feel the need to rip my heart out?"

Dean glanced in the rear-view mirror and saw Tori looking out her window, apparently starting to cry. But Tori caught his eye and winked, barely holding back tears – of laughter. Sam, on the other hand, only heard her hurt words and saw her curled up in the seat sniffling. Dean kept his smile to himself as Sam went on. "Gosh Tori, no! I didn't mean…I just…well, people go to heaven, right? So,"

"So Snickers isn't there waiting for me, that's what you mean?" Tori croaked, seemingly holding back a sob, "He's not in a giant, sunny, all you-can-eat, wide open field, in a hamster ball, rolling around free with a smile on his tiny little face?" Her pitched high as she finished and Dean knew she was barely holding back her laughter.

Sam took a breath, trying desperately to put the conversation back on track. "Tori, look. I really only meant to say, if a human Reaper, came for a…very special animal, and animals don't normally go where people go, well then, I don't know, is there really a place for pets? Not that there shouldn't be of course; Snickers sounds like a great little dude! Then maybe there really is a special heaven for road kill, like Dean used to tell me, and –,"

He was interrupted by both Tori and Dean bursting out laughing.

"Oh gosh, Sam!" Tori gasped, "Please stop! Good grief, you're panicking over a rodent heaven!"

Sam looked between Tori and Dean and suddenly the light came on. He grumbled something and slid further towards the window.

"Dude, you should have seen the fear in your face!" Dean laughed.

"Dean used to tell you there's a heaven for road kill?" Tori giggled.

Sam only glared at them both then turned to look back out the window. "They're legitimate questions," he grumbled.