Wherever I May Roam

Disclaimer: Sadly, I do not own any of these characters and claim no right to copyright material, which is a shame because I think Buffy would make an awesome Winchester. Buffy and co belong to Joss Whedon, and the Winchesters belong to Eric Kripke. The title of my story is taken from the song by the same name, and is owned by Metallica, and not me.

Timeline: My timeline is a bit screwed up and confusing. Basically, it's set early in Supernatural season 1 and for Buffy it's around AU season 7 but nothing out of season 5 onwards happened in respect to Dawn being there or the potential Slayers, and Tara dying, but Joyce still died from an aneurism and Giles still owns the Magic Box. It'll be clearer over the course of the story.

A/N: This is a totally new area for me so please be nice. And for people who have already read my older (incomplete) stories, this is very different to what I've written in the past.

Buffy and the gang were sat at the dining room table in Buffy's house, trying to research the latest bad. Buffy slammed her book shut with an annoyed grunt "Giles! How much longer are we gonna have to do this?"

Giles patiently raised his head from his own tome, "Until we find out what demon you killed", before going back to his research.

Buffy rolled her eyes, selecting another book from the non-diminishing pile of books in the center of the table, all the while mumbling to herself, "Still don't see what the big deal is. Was just a stupid mindless demon"

After several minutes of silence, the gang were startled by the ringing of the phone. Buffy's eyes flicked to the clock and upon realizing the time, leapt for the phone attempting to get it before anyone else could. Sadly it wasn't to be. Buffy was beaten to the phone by Xander who was just as bored with the whole situation as she, if that was possible.

"Hello?...Who is this?...This is Xander…Buffy? Uh, hold on," Xander pulled the phone away from his mouth, covering the mouthpiece, "Buff, do you know some guy called Dean?"

Buffy's eyes widen as many pairs of eyes turn to her, and she jumps up and yanks the phone away from Xander, "Uh, yeah. Excuse me, I need to take this…elsewhere." And with that, Buffy darted out of the room into the kitchen away from prying eyes. Or ears in this case.

"Dean?"

"Hey squirt."

Buffy rolled her eyes, "Why do you insist on still calling me that?"

Dean smirked on the other end of the line, "Because, you are still shorter than me, and you're still my baby sister. And as big brother I have the right to tease my baby sister, and little brother for that matter."

Buffy stifled a laugh, pretending to be annoyed at him, "Sure, sure, whatever you say big brother." Getting serious now, "Is everything okay? Is Sammy okay?"

Dean chuckled, "Everything's fine, princess. Sammy's a pain in my ass, but he's fine. I'm just calling to check up on you."

Buffy rolled her eyes, "You don't need to worry so much, you know. I'm the Slayer."

"And I'm your big brother. And besides…Slayer or not, Dad would kill me if something happened to you"

Buffy laughed, "Oh yeah…"

Buffy could hear Sam talking in the backround, but she can't make out his words. A moment later Dean speaks again, "Say Buff. How would you feel about a visit from your big brothers?"

Buffy is stunned, but then a huge smile breaks across her face, "You mean it??"

Dean laughs, "Yeah. We'll actually be in California soon. Although at the rate Sammy's going we'll be there next week."

Buffy could tell by Dean's accusatory tone that that was Dean's way of telling Sammy to pick up the speed and she smiled to herself. Dean would never change, "You actually let Sammy drive?"

Dean was quiet for a moment before finally answering, "We get places faster with two drivers."

Buffy pouts even though she knows Dean can't see, "You never let me drive the Impala. How come Sammy gets to?"

"Because Sammy can actually drive!"

Buffy frowns, "I can't believe you're still holding that little accident against me."

"It took me a week to fix the results of your 'little accident'!"

Buffy resumed pouting and used her 'baby sister' voice, that she knew neither Sam or Dean could ever resist, "I'm sorry, Dean."

Dean sighed, knowing he could never stay mad at her when she used that voice, "Forget it. Anyway, Sammy and I'll be in Sunnydale tomorrow. Stay safe"

"You too." And with that Dean hung up.

Buffy hung up with a big smile, excited that she would finally see her big brothers again. It had been too long since their last visit. They rarely ever visited Sunnydale, and she missed the days when Sam, Dean and Dad used to visit her regularly in L.A.

Buffy put the phone back on its hook and went back into the dining room, still smiling. At least until she saw all of the others staring at her curiously. Buffy frowned at them all, "What?"

The gang exchanged looks with each other before Willow finally asked, "Who's Dean?"

Buffy's eyes widened. She should have known they would ask about him. Damn. Now how was she going to explain this, preferably minus hurt feelings. "Uh…" She had nothing.

The others were still looking at her. Xander raised an eyebrow at Buffy's weird behavior, "Is he your boyfriend?"

Buffy's eyes practically bugged out of her head. Dean, her boyfriend?? "NO! No! Dean is not my boyfriend!"

Unfortunately, Anya chose this time to speak up in her usual tactless way, "So he's just an orgasm friend?"

Buffy looked ill. Fortunately Xander stepped in, "An, what did we talk about just last week about the phrase 'orgasm friend'?"

Anya just looked bored, "You said people don't like it, but come on, I was just saying what everyone else was thinking."

Giles, looking slightly disturbed, looked to Buffy, "Let me assure you, I was not."

Willow giggled a little, before turning back to Buffy, "Come on, Buffy. I'm your best friend. You can tell me anything."

Buffy still looked pretty anxious, but sighed quietly and decided to come out with it, "Dean is…well…he's my big brother."

The gang just stared at Buffy in shock. Xander got his voice back first, "You have a brother?!"

Buffy gave him an uneasy smile, "Well…actually, I have two brothers."

The others just stared. Giles cleared his throat after a moment, "I wasn't aware you had any siblings, Buffy."

Buffy shrugged nervously, "It never came up?" On seeing the looks the others were giving her, Buffy sighed, "Look guys, the reason I never told you about my brothers is because they're never around. I almost never see them anymore. I just…didn't see the point in telling you. Plus, you know, my family isn't exactly the Bradys. It was better you didn't know."

Willow was still stunned, but was slowly getting used to the idea of Buffy with brothers, "Wow…so, um. I'm glad you told us, Buffy. So, uh…where do they live?"

Buffy grimaced. Here came the questions, "Well, they don't really live anywhere. They spend most of their time on the road. They only stay in places for a few days." Seeing the barrage of questions coming, Buffy raised a hand to fend them off, "Please, you guys, could we not do this now? They're coming to visit in a couple days and you can meet them then." She looked to Giles pleadingly, "Are we done for the day?"

Giles sees Buffy doesn't want to have to answer anymore questions and nods with a soothing smile, "Yes of course. Come along everyone. Help me take some of these books back to the shop, and Buffy will explain about her brothers at another time."

Buffy could tell Xander was dying to ask her more, but they all did as told and picked up several books each and slowly departed, Anya complaining the entire time.

Buffy sighed, knowing she had a lot of explaining to do. But for now that wasn't a pressing issue. Her brothers would be there in the morning and she had some preparing to do.