2005...Sam Winchester snuggled next to his beautiful girlfriend, Jessica. She was perfect... everything he could ever want... There was still, of course, a part of him that wished he had a normal family he could just take her to, to meet her. He wanted to introduce her to Dean and Alex, his big brother and baby sister, at least. He missed the two of them like crazy. Dad even... if they were speaking. Which, he really, really hated. The two of them butted heads, but, that didn't mean he didn't love the man. Suddenly, his cellphone started going off, and he frowned at the unrecognizable number.

"Hello?"

"Sammy?" a small voice asked on the other end of the line.

"Alex?" he answered, worriedly. "What's the matter? Where are you?"

"Palo Alto bus station." she said cheerfully. "Daddy dropped me off at a station in Utah, and I made it here by myself!"

Sam groaned. "By yourself? Does Dean know?"

Jess, meanwhile, was looking at him with immense concern, but he held up a hand to stop her from asking any questions.

"No, I wasn't with Dean, I was with Daddy. Dean doesn't like me to ride the bus, you know that."

"Yeah, neither do I." Sam muttered. "Look, you wait there at the pay phone--- don't move--- and I'm coming to get you. Right now."

"Okay." she said, hanging up.

Sam looked at Jessica, standing up quickly. "Come on, we've gotta go."

"Sam, what's going on?" she demanded, following him out, perplexed.

"My baby sister, Alex; she's like, 11, and my Dad put her on a bus to come here!"

"So, she's alone?" Jess asked, wide eyed.

"Yeah, which is why we're going to get her." Sam said a bit impatiently.

"Right, of course..." Jess nodded. "Wonder why he would drop her off like that?" she asked innocently.

"Doesn't really matter." Sam said shortly. "Fact is, I just don't want her alone at a bus station; she's a baby." Sam said, growing more aggravated by the minute.

If John had a dangerous hunt, he could've gotten her to Dean, or, if Dean was going with him--- which, he kind of doubted if the kid had been dropped off at the bus station--- he could've gotten off of his high-horse and just brought her to him. Something, anything other than that... But, he must've broken every driving law possible on the way to the station, and Jessica had kept her mouth shut the entire time. Normally she would've fussed about it, but, she could tell there was not a point.

When they got in there, Alex raced up to him, and he scooped her up into his arms.

"Hey, Cupcake." he said. "I missed you..."

"I missed you, too!" she said happily. "Is this your girlfriend? She's pretty. Definately prettier than Dean's."

Jess laughed. "I like her." she said, falling in step beside them as they went back to the car.

"Yeah, this is Jess... and, since when does Dean have a girlfriend?"

"Well, doesn't now. But they dated three whole weeks!"

Sam's eyebrows raised. "Seriously?"

"Yeah, I didn't like her though. She wasn't nice."

Sam nodded, guessing if she'd yelled at Alex or something that would've been "it" for Dean. "Well, fortunately, Jess is awesome, and she even can bake. We got brownies at home."

"Brownies?" she smiled, eyes lighting up.

"Yup." he said, sitting her in the middle seat, between him and Jess as he started up the car. "Did Dad say when he was coming to get you?"

Alex shook her head. "No... he'll probably either call or send Dean."

Sam nodded, smothering a sigh. Something... was definately feeling off here...