Hello everyone! So this is my first fanfiction on and I haven't been writing in English that long so excuse me for some mistakes! I'm writing this story along with Homesick, as Supernatural fans we decided to do a fanfic about it. I hope you'll like it, let us know what you think! Thank you for reading!
xx Perfection
One – Lies
8 MONTHS AGO
Dearest Katie,
I do not know when you'll get to read this, or if you'll ever get this at all..but if you're reading this now I'm sure you're old and wise enough to understand what I have to tell you. Maybe you've noticed you don't quite fit in with your family, and I'm not aware of what they did or did not tell you. But you're parents are not you're real parents. Six months after you were born your mother died, the life me and your brothers were going to lead was no place for an angel like you. I could hardly let you go but knew it was the right thing to do. I couldn't raise a baby girl in this environment, I can hardly keep your brothers safe. You have two brothers, one of them is your twin brother Sam. I know it was cruel to separate twins like that, but I figured it was best to separate you at a young age before you got in danger. Dean is your big brother, he's six years older than you and more mature than any child should've ever been. You'd like them both and if they knew about you I am sure they'd like you too. Dean thinks you died along with your mother, I never mentioned you survived. I know this may come as a shock to you, but I am sure you're a strong young woman and you'll be able to forgive Noelle for keeping this from you. I told her not to tell you until you were ready for it, so the blame is on me. Some day I hope you will forgive me. I know this letter doesn't quite make up for what I did and how you must feel after all these years. This all was for the best, the world I live in is deadly and dangerous. Noelle was a friend of your mother's and offered her help, she loves you more than anything in the world. I do too. I am so very sorry. You'll always be my little girl and I'll miss you every day you're not with me.
John Winchester,
Your father.
It took a while to sink in. But when it did she couldn't believe it. Her entire life had been a lie. Her single mother had lied to her all this time. So many questions started coming up but she didn't know if she was ready for all the answers. "Mom!" she yelled so loud that her mother came running upstairs worried something was wrong.
"What is it honey?"
"What's this?!" with tears in her eyes Katie held up the old piece of paper. According to the date in the left corner, it was written just seven months after she was born.
"Katie.." Noelle Ford sat down on her 'daughter's' bed and looked at her with sympathetic eyes.
"Is this true?" Katie's voice was scarily calm, as if all the emotions were just seconds from bursting out of her body.
"Katie.." Noelle tried again.
"Tell me, mom, is this true?!" she got up and threw the piece of paper to the ground.
"Yes. It is. I told him not to write that but he insisted on it, in case you needed to know the truth."
"In case?! So you were all planning on lying to me my entire life?!"
"No Katie you don't understand.."
"I understand that I'm not your daughter." She knew it was a little harsh but she couldn't wrap her mind around the idea this wasn't her family.
"And brother's mom? Why couldn't you tell me? I would've loved you anyway."
"I couldn't."
"No, you didn't want to. There's a difference." Katie started to pack her belongings planning to go over to a friends house.
"Katie listen!"
"No. More lies?" Katie wiped away her tears with the sleeve of her shirt.
"What are you going to do?" Noelle sounded heartbroken as Katie kept packing her belongings and threw her backpack over her shoulder.
"I'll just stay at Lena's house for a while…until I figure out what I want..I'm just confused..I don't know what to do anymore.."
"I understand if you need time…"
"I hardly believe that." Katie half-whispered.
It didn't get easier after being away for two weeks. Katie could hardly forgive Noelle for keeping this from her, but somewhere she started to understand that it wasn't Noelle who had wanted to keep this from her. After reading her father's letter over and over she realized he didn't want her to know, this letter was a last resort solution. After three weeks she decided to call her 'mother'.
"Noelle Ford." The voice of Noelle didn't sound motherly to Katie anymore. She didn't know how to think of Noelle at this point, she'd always thought of her like her mother even though they looked nothing alike. Even though they had nothing in common. She had dark hair and eyes, Noelle was blonde with blue eyes. She was curious and studious while Noelle never really cared about studies. And then there were these strange nightmares and eerie feelings when she was by herself, something Noelle never thought much of.
"It's Katie." Her voice was but a whisper.
"Katie thank god, are you alright? Are you still at Lena's?"
"Yes I am. But I won't be for long though."
"What do you mean? I am so sorry Katie I wanted to tell you but I was so scared of losing you and.." the pleading went on for five minutes. Five long minutes of apologies and 'I love you's.
"Noelle!" Katie interrupted her mid-sentence.
"You can't even call me mom anymore?" Noelle sounded upset, angry almost.
"I'm going to look for my father."
"Katie no! He asked me not to let you go search for him. He doesn't want you to. I don't know what his deal is Katherine but he doesn't want you near. He has asked me explicitly."
"Well that sucks for him because I want to find him."
"Katherine.."
"No. I'm going and you cannot stop me. I'll call you when I feel like it."
"Stop it young lady!"
"I'm twenty-three years old, it's about time I find out what my real family is like! I can take care of myself Noelle."
"Please Katie."
"Goodbye mother."
And just like that she hung up the phone, not knowing what was ahead of her.
For two months she searched all parts of America to try and find her father. Nobody ever heard of him, and the few who did were strangely mysterious and didn't want to tell her anything. Some men grinned dangerously when she told them she was looking for her father John Winchester, some women were startled. She didn't understand, how could she have guessed who her father really was? It wasn't until she found them, until she found out what they were meant to do..
NOW
"Katie I know you're a girl and stuff but you're really wasting our time." Dean Winchester half-screamed at the bathroom door of a cheap motel in Nebraska.
"Who knew brothers could be such a pain in the ass." Katie came out of the bathroom and slammed the door shut.
"I knew." Sam raised his hand from off the bed grinning as Dean threw a pillow at his head.
"Very funny smarty-pants."
It had been six strange months since she found Sam and Dean. And because of the circumstances they bonded quite quickly. Finding out the brothers you never knew were hunting supernatural scum was something she still had to get used to, but going through several near death experiences, ghosts, demons, and vampires made her pretty fond of her well trained brothers. She had felt more safe than she'd ever felt in her entire life.
"Are you going to pack your belongings or do I have to call Noelle to come and get you?" Dean was impatient as Katie tried to irritate him by packing her stuff as slowly as she could. Last night Sam read a strange article in the news paper on a mysterious homicide in Auburn Nebraska.
"That's so not funny." Katie gave him a death glare.
"Did you even talk to her since you found us?" Sam sat up on the bed zipping up his bag.
"I called her last month." Katie felt a slight sense of guilt.
"You shouldn't be so hard on her, she only tried to protect you from all of this you know." Katie couldn't appreciate Sam's all too nice character sometimes, mostly when it conflicted with what she thought.
"She lied to me for 23 years, I can be mad at her for at least one year." She could hear Dean laugh while he was looking for the keys of his car in the pockets of his leather jacket.
"Are we ready Olsen twins?" Dean grabbed his green army bag and gestured Sam and Katie to follow him.
"You go ahead and wait for me in the car while I check out alright?" he said.
"I really do think you should call your mom." Sam said looking back from the passenger seat. Katie was on the backseat staring out of the window.
"She's not my mother."
"Katie listen, I'm really glad you found us and that we're getting to know you and all, but I really do think you should call Noelle more often, she raised you and cares about you..it's not fair to leave her in doubt all the time."
"I'll call her tonight, time zones."
"Alrighties kids, all set to go?" Dean opened the door and sat down behind the wheel, Katie couldn't blame him for the fact that no one was allowed to drive his car but Dean himself. The car was amazing. While he started the roaring engine he put on typical Dean-music. Katie could get used to road trips like this, the only thing that upset her was that her brothers left her in motel rooms to hunt supernatural 'things'. It wasn't exactly like she wanted to go with them –yet- but it freaked her out that she might lose them, the only real family she had. Sam enlightened Dean on all the ins and outs concerning the homicide in Auburn, sometimes they paused knowing it was slightly awkward with Katie in the back. But they had accepted that she wasn't going anywhere, that she would follow them anyway. If they wanted or not. She would go where they would go.
"Welcome to Auburn, Nebreska." When Katie woke up she noticed she had missed half of the road trip to Auburn. Dean's face was hanging over hers, apparently he had tried to wake her up.
"You have a serious sleeping problem young lady." He mumbled as she slowly got out of the car still half asleep. She had not told Dean about the nightmares that kept her awake most of the night.
"Whatever Dean, so..can I come with you while you're scouting for information tomorrow?" Katie tried her puppy eye look but Dean didn't react on that.
"No way Katie, you stay put if we can find a damn hotel around here."
"According to the map there's one a few blocks away." Sam interrupted them.
"Not so quick Sammy, we're going to eat first." Dean pointed out a small diner across the street. It looked nice, with a few local people having dinner.
"What, we're doing family dinners now?" Sam grinned and Katie couldn't help but grin too. It was still strange to her to see how much the two of them looked alike.
Katie was studying Dean's face while he was focussing on the menu, he looked really funny when he was trying to concentrate.
"Good evening, can I take your order?" a pretty girl in her early twenties stood next to the table holding a little notepad and a pen. Dean looked up at the sound of her voice, a smirk forming on his face. Sam shook his head.
"Oh yes you can." He said and the tone of his voice made Katie laugh, Dean would flirt shamelessly with any girl he met. The girl didn't smile back at him, apparently she wasn't impressed.
"A veggie burger with French fries please." Katie decided to order first to keep the attention away from Dean's failure at flirting.
"Steak with French fries. Thank you." Sam smiled politely, something the waitress could appreciate more than Dean's smirk.
"I'll take the same." Dean tried to stay low. The girl wrote it all down and turned around, she seemed strangely unhappy in her surroundings. While the three of them waited on their dinner Katie decided to observe the people around her, she figured it might help her brother's with their case. Who knew? She could hear plates fall in the kitchen and someone screaming.
"Damn it! You can't do anything right now can you?!" her eyes focussed on the door that connected the kitchen to the bar. She saw the girl who took their order rush out of the kitchen, she looked weary. Katie figured she was the one who let the plates fall.
"Your steaks." She half-sighed when she put down Sam and Dean's plates. She seemed out of breath.
"Are you alright?" Katie couldn't help but ask, the girl looked at her mildly irritated but touched at the same time.
