Well here it is, the very last chapter. Thanks to everyone for reading and reviewing. Special thanks to laceym and SciFiNutTX as always.
Chapter 26
Sam spun around ready for a fight. He was surprised to see a rather short woman with blond hair and a startled expression standing there.
"I-I'm sorry." the woman stammered. "I didn't mean to scare you."
Before Sam could answer, Katie and Dean were standing on either side of him and he knew they were ready for a fight.
"Who are you and what do you want with our brother?" Dean growled.
"I-I'm a nurse at the hospital in Dubois." the woman answered. "I recognized him and just wanted to see how he was doing."
"What's your name?" Katie asked.
"Kaitlynn." the nurse replied.
"You're the nurse that kept staring at me while we were there." Katie said.
"I'm sorry about that." Kaitlynn replied. "You looked really familiar to me. It wasn't until the day your brother disappeared from the hospital that I figured out who you were."
"Oh yeah." Dean snapped. "And who's that?"
"Katherine Winchester." Kaitlynn answered. "I took care of you for awhile when I worked at a mental institution in Kansas."
"Holy crap." Katie whispered.
"Lady, you must have her confused with some one else." Dean said angrily. "My sister was never locked up."
"I-I'm sorry for…" Kaitlynn started.
"Yes I was." Katie interrupted.
"What?" Sam and Dean said together.
"When?" Dean asked.
"When I was nine." Katie replied. "Kaitlynn here saved my life."
"It was after Jeremy, wasn't it?" Dean asked. "When I didn't hear from you for about a month?"
Sam watched Katie nod. He could tell she didn't really want to talk about any of this. Whether it was just in general or because he was standing there he wasn't sure, but he decided to try getting the woman to leave.
"Well, Kaitlynn was it, thanks for checking up on us. I'm fine; my sister took real good care of me." Sam said. "If you don't mind we'd like to go back to our fun."
"Of course." Kaitlynn replied. "Glad you're both ok."
Sam watched the woman walk back to a booth by the dance floor and then turned to his sister.
"Are you ok?" Sam asked Katie.
"Yeah" Katie replied. "I swear I always run into the weirdest people."
"You know." Dean said. "Sooner or later we're gonna have to talk about this."
"Not tonight." Sam said. "What do you say you two stop picking on the suckers and we play each other for awhile?"
"Sammy." Dean said. "You suck at pool."
"I made the mistake of saying that once." Katie replied. "He cleaned my clock."
"Ok, but none of these losers better try to make any more moves on you, sis or I'm gonna hit some one." Dean said.
"Go set the table up while we get the drinks Peanut Brain." Katie said with a laugh as she pushed Dean toward the tables.
"Yeah, whatever Brat." Dean mumbled as he walked off.
Sam turned and placed an order for two more beers, to go with the one he'd ordered before Kaitlynn showed up. He was standing there quietly waiting when Katie finally spoke.
"Hey Sam." she said quietly.
"Yeah?" Sam said.
"Thanks for that." Katie replied.
"You're welcome." Sam said. "But Dean's right. You're gonna have to tell us about this eventually."
"I know." Katie replied. "But right now we gotta go kick Dean's ass."
"I agree." Sam said with a smile. "It's about time I showed him up at this game."
Sam grabbed two of the beers while Katie grabbed the third and the two youngest Winchesters headed for the pool tables.