Summary: Delaney Mannings is dropped off with the Winchesters a few months after her father's death. She stays with them for two years and they become close. What happens when she has to go? What happens when she comes back?

Chapter 10: Confrontation

Part 1

"Has your dad enrolled you guys in a school yet?" Delaney was brushing her teeth in front of the cracked mirror in the dirty bathroom. It was time for bed.

"Not yet. We're going to move on from here as soon as he gets back. If he finds another job we go there and enroll there. If he doesn't we go to Bobby's. There we just rest." Sam was preparing the sofa for himself. It seemed hard and uncomfortable. Delaney felt bad for taking the bed that was supposed to be his.

"You don't have to sleep on the couch, Sam. If you want we can share." Delaney proposed.

There was silence then Dean spoke up.

"Yeah, Sammy!" Dean said in his annoying voice.

"Shut up, Dean." Sam said and Delaney knew he was probably blushing.

Delaney rinsed her mouth and walked out of the restroom.

I didn't mean to make you uncomfortable." Delaney told Sam.

"Uncomfortable never felt so good. Right, Sam?" Dean called from the small kitchen.

"Just shut up!" Sam told Dean. "I'll sleep on the sofa."

"You sure? I can switch you." Delaney said.

It's okay." Sam gave her a small smile. "It's not like I haven't done it before."

"Thank you." Delaney sighed in relief. The Impala hadn't felt good on her back after awhile.

She began to pull back the covers from her bed. Then she slipped under them and closed her eyes.

When she was asleep Dean sat next to Sam in the sofa.

"Do you think she's okay?" Dean whispered to him.

"Who?" Sam turned to him.

"Delaney. Who else?" Dean peered over the sofa to make sure she was still asleep.

"Yeah. Why?" Sam turned down the T.V.

"I don't know. Just asking." Dean shrugged.

"Are you still mad that she left?" Sam asked, observing him.

"I'm over that. That was a while back. Why are you staring at me like that?" Dean hissed.

"Just looking you in the eye, gosh."Sam turned away. "Are you glad she's back?"

"Yeah. Why wouldn't I be?" Dean answered.

"I thought you would still be mad." Sam shrugged.

"Will you let that go? Since when are you so good with any type of touchy-feely crap? I just told you I'm over that. Anyway, I wasn't that mad in the first place." Dean defended.

"Uh, yeah you were." Sam flipped the channels.

"No, I wasn't." Dean persisted.

"Yeah, you were." Sam continued.

"Whatever!" Dean stood up to go to his bed.

"Hey, Sam?" Dean whispered as he removed his clothes.

"What?"Sam sighed.

"She got hot." Sam couldn't help but roll his eyes.

"I don't ever remember her like that. I mean, she got to be a full on-"

"Just shut up." Sam pulled the pillow over his head.

…

"Wake up, Delaney!" Dean was kneeling by her bed his mouth right to her ear.

She woke up with a little jump and groaned putting her hand over her eyes.

"You haven't changed." Delaney sat up.

"Glad you feel that way. I didn't want to let the good life corrupt me." Dean stood up.

"Yeah, wel-"

A phone rang loudly interrupting Delaney's comeback. It took her awhile to notice it was her phone. When she did she got off the bed and walked to her pack. She zipped it open and took out her phone.

It was her mom.

Delaney instantly tensed up.

"Who is it?" Dean asked.

She didn't think that saying who it was was such a good idea. They had fought over her mom once before. She didn't want to bring up that subject again.

But, Dean was staring at her closely waiting for her answer.

Delaney breathed in deeply and muttered, "My mom."

Instantly, Dean's face lost its normal expression as it went cold and neutral.

Delaney felt a pang of fear. Not again.

She flipped the phone open and proceeded towards the motel room door.

She opened it to the cold morning air and stepped out in her pajama shorts and tank top.

"Hello?" Delaney spoke into her cell phone.

"Get home now." Her mom ordered angrily. No "Are you okay", or "Where are you?".

"How are you so sure that I can?" I could've been kidnapped." Delaney asked.

"You took your stuff." Her mom reminded. "Tell me where you are and I'll be there in thirty minutes."

"I doubt it. Where I am it'll take you at least eight hours." Delaney watched as a family loaded up their suitcases in their suburban. They looked like they hadn't had a good night.

"Are you with John?"Her mom's voice fuzzed for a bit then readjusted.

"Correct." Delaney sighed. "I'm not going home, okay?"

"Those boys, Sam and Dean, don't respect you. They don't treat you like they should. Remember how Dean treated you last time?" Her mom spoke reminding her of the pain she had felt. Of course, that was the whole point. For it to sting and make her angry so she could run on back home.

"He was mad. He was hurt." Delaney defended him but she wasn't so sure that was a good enough excuse or that she believed it as much as she made it seem like she did. It still hurt when she thought back on it. And sadly, she wasn't so sure she had forgiven Dean for hurting her. But, she felt guilty for hurting him. He had lashed out, in the hurt heart-broken state he had been in, just to make her hurt too.

"He hurt you, Delaney. I remember how much you cried after that. You had me so worried." Her mom put on a sad tone.

"You worried me too, Mom!" She shouted out with a burst of anger. The busy family looked up to see what was wrong but Delaney ignored them. "Those two years you left me with Sam and Dean and John! Without a single word from you! Do you know how I felt?"

"It's Dean, right? He's telling you things about me! He's turning you against me!" Her mom said furious.

"What? Delaney laughed. "That's just plain… ughh! The only time he's said anything about you was when you came for me those four years ago! He wouldn't talk behind your back. He'd tell you to your face like last time!"

"You defend him like if he's your family!" Her mom snapped.

"He is! He became my family when you were gone! He took care of me like John and Sam!" Delaney shouted frustrated. "That long time that you were gone!"

"You don't know what I had to do! You don't know why I was gone!' Jane shouted on the other line.

"Why were you gone then? Huh? You've never told me before! You avoid the question like if it could kill you! What were you doing?" The other line went silent. "How do you expect me to know if you won't tell me?" Delaney paused for an answer.

"Huh. You won't answer. Big surprise." Delaney gave a bitter chuckle.

"I can't tell you… because… if I had ever answered to you when you asked me, Delaney… I… just couldn't let you see me so broken. I can't tell you what happened those two years because… I just can't."Her mother's voice was soft.

"Why not?" Delaney scram resembling a little girl

"Because I promised your dad!" Her mom blurted out.

Delaney stiffened. "What do you mean my dad?" There was silence on the other end. "Mom? What do you mean dad told you? Mom? Is dad alive?" Delaney's mind was racing with memories and thoughts, Ideas, theories. She remembered her dad's smile.

"Mom?" Delaney cried desperately.

"I'm sorry, honey. For treating you so badly. I couldn't let you see me broken." Her mom's voice broke.

"Mom!" Delaney said at the same time searching Jane's voice for any clue.

"No,no,no,no,no! Don't hang up! Mom!" The line went dead.

Delaney threw the phone against the hard cement ground and leaned back against the motel wall. She ran her fingers through her long hair desperately and slid down the wall. She sat there for a moment then kicked an empty soda can, angrily.

Immediately afterwards the room door opened and Sam and Dean stepped out.

"What's wrong?" Sam walked over to her.

Delaney placed her head on her folded up legs, her knees.

"Her mom called. Figures why she would react this wa-"

"I just defended you, Dean. Don't make me regret it!" Delaney hissed interrupting him.

"What! She was talking about me!" Dean flared angrily.

"Quit your shit!" Delaney snapped."Forget it. Obviously people won't leave me alone." Delaney stood up and started to leave.

"Don't leave, Delaney. I'm sorry. I shouldn't have… I'm sorry." Dean grabbed her softly by the arm.

"No, I'm sorry. My mom… I can't take her anymore." Delaney didn't struggle when Dean took her into a hug. She placed her arms around his waist and buried her head in his chest. "I'm sorry I flared out on you."

"It's okay." Dean let go of her and she sighed rubbing at her eyes.

"What did she tell you?" Sam walked over to her and put his arm around her shoulders.

"She wants me to go home. She didn't even ask me, you know? To figure out if I wanted to. She just… ordered me to. I spent four years following her shitty rules. I dare anyone to tell me to go back and I'll…" Delaney put herself in check then. She breathed deeply relaxing herself.

"Wow, Laney. Never seen this side of you. What happened to the little girl who would never hurt another soul?" Dean teased.

"What are you talking about, Dean? I never knew no one like that! Delaney was nice but she could kick both of our asses at the same time!" Sam also teased. Delaney gave a small distracted smile. Leave it to them to try and cheer me up, she thought.

"She can kick your ass but she sure as hell can't kick mine." Dean leaned back against the wall.

"Don't make her angry, Dean." Sam warned.

"Damn straight." Delaney muttered but she was too busy thinking about the fact that her dad might still be alive. She had to be honest with herself, though. She could've just heard her mom wrong but her mom had hung up so quickly after that question. And besides, she was just trying to make that a possibility. She hadn't seen her father in six years. Where could he have been during that whole time? Also, how could have mom communicated with him? She had been with her for the past four years. She hadn't ever been suspicious. Unless… that was what her mother had been doing those two years?

Oh, how she missed him! Her dad. She rememberd some things but not a lot. She wished she remembered everything about him, to remember him so clearly that it was almost like if he was there and had always been.

"I think my dad's alive." Delaney muttered her eyes closed.

"What?" Dean's tone sounded like if he didn't believe a word he had heard.

"I thought… he died a few months before you came to stay with us the first time?" Sam rubbed her arm comfortingly.

"He did or at least that's what I thought. But my mom made it sound like if he wasn't dead. And I think that might have had something to do with why she dropped me off with you guys and where she was those two years." Delaney shivered.

"Let's go inside." Sam noticed her uncomfort.

"Yeah." Dean led the way opening the door for Delaney.

"I… just don't know what she meant. It's so confusing." Delaney walked straight to her bed and curled up under the covers

"Just… forget about it." Sam sat next to her.

"I can't. There's a chance my dad's alive." She sat up.

"Maybe you just wanted to hear that." Dean said honestly.

"I… I heard… maybe you're right. I just miss him." Delaney fell back into bed.

"Of course I'm right." Dean smirked.

"Do me a favor and shut up." Delaney said but she was smiling.

"Do me a favor and go to sleep." Dean stood in front of her bed with his hands in his pants pockets.

Oh, thank you so much you guys! I've gotten six reviews already and that's the biggest amount I've gotten at one time! You make me so happy!

Anyway, this is only the first part of the confrontation... section? Chapter? You get what I mean. This chapter was just way too long to be only one part!;)

So I was thinking of deleting my other story named Ruined because it hasn't gotten that good of a reaction. My fault entirely! It was my first fanfic so I was not entirely sure how to handle it and I have to say... it's boring. I want to focus on this story more actually. When I feel like I can take the other on and I am ready for it I will make it better and post it.

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