Chapter 1
Twenty year old Dean Winchester frowned as he watched his younger cousin Jennifer push her food around on her plate. He looked beside her to see the empty chair that Sam usually sat in and frowned. He looked down at his watch. Sam was late getting home. Soccer practice had ended over an hour ago.
"You sick, Jen?" Eli, Dean's best friend and roommate asked his baby sister.
Jennifer shook her head. "Just not really hungry," Eli nodded his understanding as the front door opened behind him allowing a very dirty and tired looking Sam into the apartment.
"You're late." Dean said standing up to meet his brother. Sam slung his book bag back over his shoulders.
"Yeah, sorry about that; I forgot I had a study group after practice." Sam told him.
Dean sighed. "Alright, next time just call, okay."
Sam nodded as he rushed down the hall to get cleaned up for dinner.
Unlike some people he brought his appetite when he came to the dinner table. He finished off his plate and Jennifer's. When he was finished, he and Jennifer excused themselves to their room while Dean started on the dishes.
The apartment only had three bedrooms, so Sam and Jennifer had to share a room. Neither of them really minded because there was always a spot in the home that was vacant if either of them wanted privacy.
"I thought you had a date tonight?" Sam asked the girl with a faint smile. Jennifer gave him a look and stuck out her tongue. She knew Sam hated her boyfriend and would take any and every opportunity he could to remind her of that.
"I cancelled it because I need to study for my history test tomorrow." Jennifer informed him.
Sam gave her a concerned look. "Daniel was okay with that? He usually freaks out if you don't call him right back after he pages you. How did he react when you blew off a date?"
Jennifer rolled her eyes at him and took out her history textbook. Sam and Daniel didn't get along. Sam thought that Daniel was too controlling. And Daniel thought that Sam was a nosy nerd. She decided to change the subject. "How was your "study session"?" she made air quotes as she said the words "Study session".
Sam frowned and collapsed backwards onto his bed. "Those guys are crazy, Jen."
Jennifer sat up in her bed and stared at Sam. She knew he had a hard time making friends at school. He usually kept to himself. Sam was a straight arrow most of the time. It was one of the things she admired about him.
"Did you tell them, "no", that you wouldn't do it?" she asked the older teen.
Sam shook his head as he sat back up and reached into his book bag. He pulled out a sheet of paper that said: Chemistry Test 3 Answer Key, on top.
Jennifer looked at Sam eyes wide in surprise. Not trusting her next words, she quickly crossed her bedroom and shut the door to their bedroom and locked it.
"Sam, tell me that's not what I think it is?" Jennifer begged him. Sam frowns and nods his head. "I can't believe you- You have to return it. Did they already pay you?"
"Yeah," Sam said quietly reaching into his pocket and pulling out the money. "Five hundred dollars; a hundred a person."