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A/N: Sorry it's just a little short one this time.

Xander unlocked the doors and Em streaked out like a rocket, in a flash she had already run up the lawn and to the door. Xander smiled and stepped out of the car himself, heading to the back to grab his and Em bags from the trunk. He heard Em squeal of delight and knew she had found Sam and Dean again. He chuckled and shut the trunk and made his way up the walk, where he saw Em hugging Sam apparently she had already gotten to Dean. She was back down on the ground by the time Xander reached her.

"Em seems to have missed you guys."

"I really really really did!" she said excitedly running around in circles around them. They made their way into the Winchesters place of residence, Xander sat down on a couch of theirs and Em went zipping up and down the halls talking excited about everything that happened on the trip. Xander waited until Em told all of it, then she ran off again this time pulling Dean with her.

"So...?" Sam said slowly sitting down on another of their couches across from him.

"So what?"

"So how was your trip?"

"All I did was fix things then I came here." Sam was looking like he was trying to avoid saying something Xander, had a good idea what that was and didn't really want to talk about it at the moment.

"I'm going to have to put Em in school next year." he blurted out.

"Yeah you are." he wanted to ask Sam many questions about that. Hunters didn't normally raise their kids to be hunters in fact most hunters didn't have kids, but their father had already had them before he had lost their and started hunting.

"I know you didn't like moving around all the time when you were a kid."

"It sucked always being the new kid but I didn't get it back then."

"Get what?"

"That my father was just trying to do the best he could after having lost...my mom and having to raise two boys alone. That my father was good man and just wanted to save as many people as he could so that their family wouldn't have to go what our family went through." he said it slowly and with quite a bit of emotion.

"I don't want Em to hate me for doing the same thing."

"Then talk to her when she ask you to talk to her about it, I probably would have responded better to my dad if he had just told me why he did what he did, but just barked orders and every time I wanted things explained or complained and he shut me down, it just created distance. "

"So just be honest ?"

"Yeah and don't expect that it will always work but it might make it easier." Sam said with a shrug.

"Thanks." he said quietly...then he had another question but wasn't sure if he should ask it or not.

"Sam can I ask you something else?"

"Sure."

"How and when did you find out about the supernatural."

"I read my Dad's journal and told Dean that and asked him to tell me the truth Dean and he did."

"How old were you?"

"8." Eight? Eight was so young Em was five

"And would you of rather been told or is it better finding out for yourself." Sam looked pensive and didn't speak for several moments.

"I don't know I mean I figured it out from reading my dad's journal and I guess that was good because while I was scared I had found out myself and I had...Dean." Xander smiled the relationship the two of them had was great they would do anything for each other.

"Thanks, so I only have a few years before she knows." he looked down the hall Em and Dean had run down a few minutes ago.

"Yeah."

"Then I'll have to teach her to protect herself, I'm already teaching her hand to hand she thinks it's a game, and it's fun. She also seemed to have ropes down, oh I should warn you, don't leave her with ropes she likes to tie things and sometimes people and with her little fingers she can sure making some tight knots.

"I'll help that in mind." Sam said with a small laugh.

"Daughter of two hunters, it's probably genetic." he said then yawned he hadn't realized how very tired he was driving for all those hours.

"Probably." Sam said with another small laugh.

"Anyway I'm tired, I'm going to take a nap if that's okay?"

"Yeah we'll make sure Em is fine."he made himself comfortable on the couch and closed his eyes. He could hear Em giggling and Sam feet moving past him a little bit later, then nothing as he faded into sleep.

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