"You know I really don't understand you sometimes, Dean. It's okay for you to jump in front of me when Big Bad is baring down, but it's not when I try to do the same thing for you!", Sam said through clenthed teeth. "That's right, Sam, it's not! It is my job to watch out for you….no matter if you are 10 or 110! Nobody is going to die saving my ass, especially my pain in the ass little brother!", yelled Dean, pacing back and forth. They had just come from a Casper hunt supposed to be a simple salt and burn, but it seemed someone forgot to send Casper the memo. They were both running on fumes and their nerves were frayed and snapping at each other seemed like a good diversion. Besides Sam had been trying to get Dean to open up about why he was so upset when he found out a few weeks ago that Sam had called Bobby's, about the run in with the Rawhead and Dean's subsequent electrocution, asking for help. Bobby wasn't the only one he had called; he called Caleb and Joshua and he even tried dad's number, too. It had been Joshua who had called back with a solution and they were still struggling with that solution. Sam didn't understand…was Dean on the outs with Bobby? He thought that Dean had always been close to Bobby…kinda like a second dad thing…they had stayed with the grizzled old hunter and his daughter, Jay, on several occasions growing up…sometimes for weeks at a time. He took this as his opportunity to find out.

"Dean, tell me why you were so pissed when you heard I called Bobby a few weeks ago?", Sam said giving him his best 'puppy eyes'. "Argh, Sam why does it matter?", Dean said finally sitting down on the chair at the little table in the room. "Because I want to know…are you and Bobby on the outs or something?" "No, it's not what you think…this is all on me", Dean said looking down at the table. "What do you mean…all on you?", said Sam with concern. "Jay…I got Jay hurt…okay? It was my fault and nobody else's!" "What are you talking about? Got Jay hurt? I thought she was at college, too. Dean, what did you do?", Sam said accusingly, he had always felt a bond with the girl they were the same age and she was so easy to talk to and she didn't judge and when things were going wrong between him and his dad, she was often the one he turned to for advice and for hugs and a good right hook when he was in the wrong. Yeah, she was a pistol! Brown hair and big blue eyes and a smile that could light up a room and the last time he had seen her, she was getting taller so he didn't have to hurt his neck looking down at her…she might be around 5'9"…she was hot, very hot, but they were just friends…no, strike that, they were family! She was the only one from the 'life' that he had kept in contact with when he left for Stanford…so what did Dean mean when he said he got her hurt….surely, she would have told Sam about it and try as he might….he couldn't come up with anything. "Hey, Sasquatch, I hear you thinking all the way over here! You going to let me tell you or are you going to come up with your own facts, in that ginormous brain of yours?" Dean said interrupting Sam's train of thought. "Tell me." "I got hurt on a hunt and I was close to Penn State… Sam interrupted him, "You …don't tell me…you went to her hurt…looking for help?"…as I was saying, I was close to Penn State and yes, I went to see her for help…interrupting yet again, Sam said "What happened?"…if you stop interrupting me maybe I could finish the story and then you would know!" Dean shouted at him. "Okay, I promise to keep quite until you are done." "Good" Dean said "anyway…it didn't take me long to find her…and you should have seen the look on her face when I came through her window"…Dean now grinning devilishly went on with his story oblivious to Sam's disapproving looks…"priceless! Sam, she handled it like a pro…asked me what happened and pulled out a fully stocked first aid kit, just like Bobby's, and she patched me up and that was that…..Dean dropping his voice down to a murmur….and I stayed for about 2 months." "What was that last part? I didn't quite make it out" Sam said though he was well versed in Dean speak so he already knew what he said. "I stayed with her for 2 months…. "What do you mean STAYED?"….we had a 'thing' okay and it was good until dad showed up. He had tracked me down and he was pissed! He tore into her and accused her of trying to take both his sons away from him…that she egged you into going to Stanford and that she was seducing me and he told me to get my stuff and leave with him, that that was an order…."And you did, didn't you?" Sam said fuming! …I tried to tell him that I had been hurt when I came to her and that it was me who was doing the seducing, but he wouldn't listen….she was hurt and she told me to go with him….so you see I hurt her…you shouldn't have called Bobby cause now she's gonna be worried on top of being hurt!" Dean said with his own set of puppy eyes. "Dean, you didn't hurt her…dad did….DAD'S AN ASS!" Sam said shaking slightly with anger…."She didn't egg me to go to Stanford…she told me NOT TO GO! She told me to explain everything to you and dad before I did anything and I didn't listen to her…that was my first mistake! If I had listened to her maybe Jess…maybe Jess wouldn't have…." "Sam, stop." Dean said putting his hand on Sam's shoulder and squeezing gently ….you don't know that…" "Well, I know what we are doing now. I am going to get you out of this funk you are in….. Dean interrupting with a goofy grin on his face "Why Sam, are you taking me to a bar?" …no, we're going to Bobby's!" Sam said bringing out the dimples!

The drive to Bobby's was uneventful and that was saying something right there…it seemed like everything had been thrown at them since Dean had showed up at Stanford. Normal was good. When they pulled into the salvage yard it was kind of like coming home, they parked and walked up to the porch before they could knock on the door there was a low pitched growl and they turned to see an old Rotty staring them down…teeth bared and ears pinned back…boy, he looked pissed! Just then, Bobby came out from behind a stack of cars wiping his hands on an old rag…"Well, I will be damned! Look what the cat drug up…Hello, boys! Long time no see!" big grin spreading across his face. "Down, Rummy….git on back in the yard to yer sleepin spot…ya good fer nothing!" moving to give both of the boys a hug. "Come on in the house…if ya can?" Bobby said with a wink. They followed him in and passed the first test then, he told them to wait there and he went and got them 2 beers from the kitchen…"Here, drink these down…bet you're thirsty" they drank them…no problem they passed the second test, now for the silver…he took a small knife and laid it on the table and looked at Dean, "You know what to do, boy"…so he did and then he passed the knife to Sam who also cut into his arm. Bobby visibly relaxed "It's good to see you boys again." "Now, what brings you here?" Dean, fumbling around for words…"Um" Sam taking the up the slack…"We just needed some down time and thought of you…I wanted to visit…haven't seen you in a couple of years." Dean thanking God for Sam…he is so good to have around in a tight spot…."Is Jay here?" …okay maybe he is not so good in a tight spot after all! Bobby looks pointedly at Dean like he knows some of what happened and Dean shifts from foot to foot under his gaze. "Blue-Jay, can you come down here? We've got company" They hear light steps on the stairs and then, she comes in to view and Dean can't breathe…God, she is beautiful….can they get back what they had? Or did dad mess it up forever? But he knows how he feels in that split second…he is a goner…he is in love!

Tbc

_What is going to happen in the next chapter? Does Jay feel the same way? Can they work things out? Reviews are love and they make me update faster….