It was the summer of 2000 and Sam and Aiden were doing homework in the motel room while Dean and John were on a hunt.
"Sammy?" Aiden asked.
"It's Sam, and yes?" Sam replied, looking up from his book.
"Why do you trust me more than Daddy and Dean?" Aiden questioned, spinning her knife on the table.
"You quit that or I'll start acting how they want." Sam snapped, "And I dunno, I guess because I've been the youngest too. Plus I'm around you the most."
"Thanks." Aiden smiled, stopping her knife mid spin.
"Why? You been cutting again? Cause I swear Aiden, if you have…" Sam trailed off, leaving the threat open.
"No! No! No! I was just curious that's all." Aiden said quickly.
"That better be all." Sam sternly spoke.
"Yes sir."
"Don't call me sir, Di, I don't wanna be anything like Dad." Sam sighed.
"Yeah, I know…" Aiden smiled.
"You almost done with your homework?" Sam asked a bit later.
"As done as I care to get." Aiden giggled.
"Finish." Sam ordered, "No failing on my watch, Dad'll kill us both."
"Fine." Aiden snapped, soon after she looked up from her work, "Done!"
"Good, I'll check it over for you; go pick a movie or something."
"Cool, ok!" Aiden turned on the television and began flipping through the channels.
"Di…" Sam slowly said a minute or so later, looking up from Aiden's book report.
"Yeah?"
"Did you actually read Macbeth?" Sam asked.
"No… could you tell?" Aiden said worriedly.
"Yeah. Di, if it's called Macbeth odds are that Macbeth is the main character. Not the witches from the first scene." Sam sighed.
"Then why were they in the first scene?" Aiden asked.
"To tell Macbeth that- wait Macbeth even shows up in the first scene! You didn't even read the whole first scene?" Sam gave a mixture between a sigh and a chuckle.
"I just read the character list… and they were at the top so I assumed that they were the main characters…"
"The character list goes in the order that they show up Di!" Sam groaned.
"Well that's dumb, they should put the main character at the top." Aiden argued.
"Well they don't. Turn the television off and read Macbeth, when is your report due?" Sam asked.
"Sam! I can't read that fast! And it's due tomorrow!" Aiden cried.
"Should have thought of that before putting it off now shouldn't you?" Sam smirked.
"Sammy!"
"It's Sam, and if I were you I'd get reading." Sam noted.
"Can you do it for me?" Aiden asked.
"Hell fucking no. Aiden Anne. I'm not helping you cheat. Hell, if I catch you cheating, ever, I'll turn you over my knee so damn fast…" Sam threatened.
"I thought that you were anti-spanking!" Aiden's eyes grew wide.
"Only when it's for little things, I'm reasonably ok with it for major things. And cheating, major thing." Sam snapped.
"I thought major things could result in death?" Aiden giggled, "Not failing a homework assignment."
"Cheating can affect your later life, Di." Sam reprimanded.
"Sam. I'm in sixth grade." Aiden sighed.
"And I'm a senior. And while if I cheated it would affect my life more than you cheating would affect yours, it would still affect you. And it's still against the rules." Sam explained.
"Sam. Half of what we do is against the rules." Aiden said, rolling her eyes.
"Aiden. Read your book." Sam groaned.
"It's a play, technically…" Aiden mumbled.