A month had passed since Castiel had dropped the sibling bomb. The boys had actually taken a liking to Bec once they had gotten over the initial shock of having a sister. They had even taken her on and Nick on a hunt with them just to test her out, just a poltergeist; very low key. Bec had blown them away on how good a hunter she actually was, this was where she won Sam's respect. Dean however took a little longer, but he immediately claimed her as his sister when she expressed how impressed she was with his cassette tape collection.

Castiel had been gone the entire month, he practically dropped the bomb and then left claiming,
"They would work better as a team once they became better acquainted with each other."

The four of them returned to a motel after finishing their latest hunt and needless to say they were all exhausted. Sam and Dean however still had questions for Bec that she had been avoiding, questions she obviously didn't want to answer, but being family Dean decided it was time she filled them in.

"Okay guys I'm going to have a quick shower, I have blood in my hair; yuck." Bec began to walk towards the bathroom as Nick sprawled out on the bed.

"Wait Bec, can we ah…talk?" Sam tried to sound gentle yet confident.

"Um sure…I guess." Bec slowly moved towards the bed Nick was now sitting on, she sat next to him.

Nick had always been her comfort, the over protective best friend, big brother she never had (or never knew she had).

"Well we know that you are ultimately here to help us, but don't you have any family waiting for you?"

Bec immediately began to feel uncomfortable and Nick sensed it, instinctively he moved closer to her, reassuring her he was there.

"Ah no" Bec smiled faintly.

"No family? No cousins that are going to be looking for you? Friends? Relatives?" Dean found it hard to believe this girl had no one that would be concerned for her whereabouts right now.

"Nope, can I go shower now?"

Nick was starting to get annoyed at how the boys were interrogating HIS Rebecca; she really wasn't a talker so he knew how much this would have been killing her.

"Come on kid why are you lying to us?" Dean didn't want to admit it, but he had done the research he knew she had a stepfather, but he didn't know why she wasn't telling them.

"I'm not lying" Bec snapped defensively.

"Yes you are and don't yell at me like that I'm your older brother." Bec jumped up to her feet now standing face to face with Dean. Nick was right behind her ready to jump in if she needed him to.

"I barely know you so don't you dare pull the older brother card on me!"

"You know me well enough to know we are family!"

"Oh please I already told you I HAVE NO FAMILY! For goodness sake Castiel, where THE HELL ARE YOU. TAKE ME HOME!"

"He's not going to show kiddo." Sam tried to calm the situation, but it seemed that Bec had a temper like Deans.

"DON'T call me kiddo! I've been looking after myself for as long as I can remember!"

"Sorry I didn't mean to upset-"

"Well you did, so stop it."

Dean was getting pissed; he hated being lied to especially by family members and as far as he was concerned Bec was family now.

"Stop changing the topic, stop lying to us and tell us about your family so we can at least call them and let them know you are okay."

"Nick IS my family!"

"Okay so your stepfather just doesn't exist?"

At those words Bec froze. She realized he knew, he had researched her. Stepfather, no she wouldn't go back to him, she couldn't go back to him. Bec fought all sorts of creatures normal people would be terrified of and none of them scared her like stepfather did.

Becs head dropped and she quietly stated, "I'm going to have a shower."

Bec walked to the bathroom without lifting her head once.

"Bec, hey Bec…. peanut." Nick followed after her as she walked away. She didn't even acknowledge that he was talking to her.

Nick grabbed her arm and pulled her into a hug. He was quite a bit taller than her so his chin rested on top of her head, which was leaning on his chest.

Nick whispered to Bec so her brothers could not hear him "don't worry peanut, I promised I would protect you. I wont let them send you back to him"

Nick kissed Bec on to the top of her head and she simply smiled at him and said "don't call me peanut."

Sam and Dean watched quietly knowing that Dean had hit a nerve. They had only spent one month with Bec, but in that time they had come to realize she was a true Winchester. Didn't let her emotions control her; she was all business and put on a strong front 100 percent of the time. This was the first time they had seen her act, well like a girl. Nick was holding their sister that made Dean a lot madder than he had expected. It was like his older brother protective instincts were kicking in already.

Eventually Bec went into the bathroom, as soon as the shower started Nick started at Dean.

"Dude what the Hell, leave the poor girl alone!"

"Hey, back off she's our sister not yours." Dean spat back.

"Bull shit, you may be blood related, but I'm the one who has taken care of her and has been there for her the past six years. You don't know what she has been through so leave her the hell alone!"

Dean was ready to take a swing at this kid, it was time he learnt about how the Winchesters dealt with people who mess with the family.

Sam knowing how Dean was going to react jumped in the middle and tried to defuse the situation. They had just met Bec and he didn't want to lose her already.

"Look man, we're sorry we didn't mean to upset her, but we just want to do the best we can to look out for our family."

"That's the thing, you're NOT her family, I AM! Don't interrogate her like some child! If she wants to talk to you then she will! Besides if you knew the first thing about Bec you would know she doesn't like to talk about these sorts of things. She deals in her own way on her own. She doesn't need some fake brother jack asses pretending to give a shit about her."

Nick, Sam and Dean were all so caught up in their little fight they hadn't noticed Bec open the door and step out of the bathroom.

Dean pushed passed Sam and BAM his fist collided with Nick's face. Before Nick had a chance to react Bec and Sam had managed to get in between the two rivals.

"Wow, wow, Nick calm down." Bec tried to sooth Nick, he wasn't a hot tempered type of guy, unless someone messed with Bec.

"Oh come on Bec, you don't actually buy this crap about these guys caring about you do you?"

"Nick, I…They…They're family."

"No, Bec, I'M your family."

"I know and you will always be, no one could replace you, but that doesn't chance the fact that they are my brothers. Please can just you try to get along?" Bec was at a loss, it was EXTREMELY rare for Nick to ever get mad at Bec or argue with her.

NO! They are two dicks that NEED you for THEIR problems. As soon as they're done with you they will just toss you to the side or send you back to your stepfather. You remember him right or did you just magically forget? Do you want to go back to him, because I sure as hell don't want to have to patch you up again after he-"

SLAP

Nick was cut off by Becs hand colliding with his face. Never EVER had she hit Nick and never had Nick ever felt threatened by any other people in her life before.

Instantly Bec felt guilty.

"Nick I'm so sor-"

"So that's how it is now? You have a family now so you don't need me anymore?"

"Nick it's not like that, you know it's not like that."

"You know what screw this, I'm out." Nick began walking towards the door.

Bec followed him and reached for his hand trying to get him to stay, but he pulled away and kept walking.

"Nick, please….Nick….don't go."

It was about 10 pm and it was freezing. Nick didn't seem to notice, he packed his bag and left the motel. Bec chased after him yelling.

"Nick…please…don't go…. I'm sorry…. I need you….Nick…..Nick!"

Dean went to follow after her, but Sam pulled him back.

"Dude let her handle it."

The brothers stood there helpless as they listened to their baby sister chase after her only friend.

"Nick please…NICK!" Then everything went silent.

AN: well I hope you enjoyed the chapter. I'm really enjoying writing this story and I have the next chapter mapped out in my head. Please R&R it would mean the world to me