Warnings-contains a little Winchester sister. Also contains parental spanking. Don't like-don't read! You have been warned.

Ok so we are going on day 5 of being stuck home with the blizzard. I am going to go crazy and this story has been rolling around in my head for a while.

I promise to finish my other story "I Want a Twinkie" but right now I am mourning the death of Hostess Twinkies! Never again when I am drunk can I eat a Twinkie-that is too sad!

It seemed like the Winchesters have been driving for hours, which in fact they had. They were headed for a new location and temporary home until after the the end of the school year. Jilly and Sam were not happy about not being able to spend the holidays at Uncle Bobby's. Instead they were headed for some little Podunk mill town in New England. The town was full of old mills that were no longer being used and had been left to rot. It cost the town more to tare down the buildings then to just leave them to rot and become hang outs for the local teens.

Of course with old abandoned buildings comes ghost stories. John had gotten a lead that something in this town was picking off the locals.

Dean was driving behind his father's truck. Sam and Jilly had opted to ride with Dean. Sam and dad would just fight the entire way. And Jilly liked being with her smartass brothers, besides if she complained that she was bored John was give her research to do.

Jilly was sitting in the backseat when she noticed signs for Connecticut.

"Dean where did dad say we were going again"

Dean looked in the rearview mirror at his sister. "We are headed to Milltown Connecticut. The town was full of Mills that have since closed down. Rumor has it there are lots of restless ghosts in the town. They tried to turn some of the mills into apartments but once construction started strange things have been happening.

Sam has his bitchface on. "So my last freaking year of high school and dad hauls us off to some god forsaken haunted town in the middle of some tiny state that you can drive from one end to another in 2 hours. "

Jilly sat up resting her head on back of the front seat. "Yeah but dad said we were staying her until the end of the school year so in 6 months you will be the proud graduate of Milltown class of 2000."

Sam rolled his eyes "Yippee freaking doo". He wanted to say he couldn't wait to go away to college and get the hell away from dad and his obsession with the demon-but considering none of his family knew he was accepted to Stanford on a full ride he just looked out the window and counted the days until he could live a normal life.

About 2 in the afternoon they passed a sign-Now entering Milltown established 1854.

The first thing you noticed in Milltown was all the abandoned Mills with broken windows followed by gigantic houses.

John pulled his truck into the driveway of a huge building that the kids assumed was some type of inn due to its size.

John motioned for Dean to pull in behind the truck. The Winchesters got out of their respective vehicles.

"Dad what is this place?" asked Jilly.

Before John had a chance to answer a woman who looked to be in her 60's came out of the door.

She ran over and hugged John "John-welcome".

Then she hugged each of the Winchester children.

Dean and Sam exchanged a WTF look.

"Welcome-I am Joan Mulvany but please call me Ms. Joan. I am so glad you are here. Please you must be tired and hungry after your drive. Come in and have some apple pie and lemonade."

Dean didn't know who this lady was but she said the magic word-pie-so he didn't care who she was-if she was offering pie Dean was following.

The Winchesters trudge up the steps to the big building.

Once everyone had a glass of lemonade and pie Ms. Joan began to introduce herself "Welcome to my home."

Jilly was amazed that this giant place was someone's home "Holy Sh…. Cow-you live here?"

John had shot his youngest a warning look when it sounded as though cow wasn't what was going to come out of her mouth.

Ms. Joan smiled-well I lived in this house with my 2 boys Ed and Bill and my husband Frank. My boys are now grown and one lives in Texas and the other in New Mexico. And my dear Frank well he was killed by a drunken driver.

Ms. Joan had a sad faraway look when she spoke of her late husband. She continued on "My Frank was a hunter like your father. Sad to think it was just a regular human being who made a stupid decision who killed my Frank".

John decided now was as good a time as any to tell the kids they would be staying in the main house. "Frank was a friend of Jefferson's. Well Jefferson got wind of Ms. Joan who needed some help around the house so she could sell it, plus there are some strange happening at the old abandoned mills in town. Ms. Joan is letting us live in the main house as long as in our free time we make repairs so she can sell it when school is over and we leave."

Even though they didn't know this woman, she did feed them pie so in Dean's book he liked her and felt bad for her. "Ms. Joan where will you live?"

Ms. Joan put a comforting hand on Deans shoulder "There is a guest house out back. It was hard enough when the boys moved away but when Frank died I couldn't bear to stay in the house alone so I moved into the guest house. This house is just too big for one person. It needs a family."

Jilly couldn't believe they were going to live in this huge house. This was bigger than some of the crappy motel complexes they stayed in. "How many rooms does this house have Ms. Joan?"

"Well sweetie there are 5 bedrooms including the master bedroom, 5 and ½ bathrooms, living room, library, dining room, and kitchen. You will each have your own room and own bathroom. I will come over and do the cooking and cleaning each day which brings me to the rules."

John could see Sam was getting ready to open his mouth and knowing Sam and his recent attitude of the injustice of his life, he decided to head off any objections from his youngest son. "Ms. Joan and I have already talked about what is expected from everyone while you are here. You will follow her rules and show her the utmost respect. Just so we are all clear Ms. Joan has my permission to punish anyone who disobeys on her watch and you know the rule that if someone else has to punish you while I am gone you will get your butt warmed when I return."

"Dad I am 21 you…."

"Dean save it. I don't care if you are 21, hell I don't care if you are 41. You are my son, I am your father and if you screw up I am gonna call you on it. You WILL take any punishment Ms. Joan hands out are we clear? "

"Yes sir"

"Besides Dean didn't dad just whup your butt last month when you drove home drunk".

Dean kicked Sam under the table. "Shut Up Bi…"

Was as far as Dean got before his father slapped his thigh, and it was not a gentle love tap.

"OW Dad"

"Don't you dare finish that sentence if you know what is good for you Dean! You are in the presence of a lady. Now apologize."

"Sorry Ma'am"

Ms. Joan had a smile on her face. "Well it will be nice to see life in this house again and from what I have seen so far I am guessing you children will keep me busy for the next 6 months. Now as I was saying-rules. I will do the laundry but everyone had better make sure their laundry gets to the laundry room. You will eat three healthy meals a day and that goes for everyone" she made a pointed look right at John.

Jilly was amused to see her father intimidated by a woman who was at best 5ft3 and 130 pounds.

John blushed "Yes Ma'am"

"There will be no fast food and take out on my watch. You all need healthy meals and I can bet you are not getting that on the road. I will do the cleaning-but you will pick up after yourselves-I am not a maid. Sam and Jillian your homework will get done before you are allowed to watch TV.

"Oh come on. Dad you never care when our homework gets done just that it gets done"

John shot his youngest a warning look "Jilly we are in Ms. Joan's house and they are her rules, she is not asking you to do anything that is unreasonable. If she wants homework done before TV, well so be it."

Jilly pushed her plate of half eaten pie away "This sucks" she mumbled.

John swatted her leg under the table. "Apologize now"

With arms folded across her chest Jilly uttered an "I'm sorry" with as much attitude as she dared.

John was not having it. He raised his kids better than this an he'd be damned if they were going to act like brats in front of a woman who was kind enough to let them live in her house for the next 6 months rent free in exchange for doing repairs.

"Jillian Marie Winchester sit up and apologize the correct way or you and I are going to go into the other room and have a "talk" and you will find sitting down very uncomfortable."

As embarrassed as she was she knew dad didn't make idle threats, in fact she couldn't remember one time he had ever not carried through on a promised threat.

She uncrossed her arms and tried to look contrite "Ms. Joan I am sorry for my attitude and it is your home and your rules and I will abide by them."

Ms. Joan smiled "I accept your apology." Then she turned to John "I raised two boys of my own and believe me John they were a handful. When they were in their teens that poor willow tree out front was nothing more than a tree trunk because all the branches has been used to switch naughty behinds. You have 3 great kids, just relax."

Sam who has been quiet as he was still pissed over the fact that he was going to be Milltown Class of 2000 and be a Milltown Meer Kat for the rest of high school decided he liked this lady. She had guts to tell the great John Winchester to relax.

"Yeah dad you heard Ms. Joan-relax a little."

John raised an eyebrow in Sam's direction. "You hear Ms. Joan-she has a willow tree out front that is full of switches to use on smart mouthed teenagers."

Dean laughed out loud at the look on his little brother's face. "Oh dad's got you there Sammy."

John now aimed his look in the direction of his oldest. "I'm sorry not just teenagers-smart mouthed 21 year olds who think they are too old to find themselves over their father's knee-but are sadly mistaken."

Dean smiled the way only Dean can "Ok point taken".

John reached over and ruffled Deans hair "Yeah I though you would see it my way son."

TBC