Epilogue -

A year had passed since the apocalypse was averted by the Winchesters. Presently, both brothers and their baby sister were on a hunt in Maine. An old man who had recently passed away had made an appearance at his own funeral. If that wasn't strange enough, he had wreaked havoc and tried to harm his own family.

'Seriously, I think the old man isn't the one whose in the wrong here. I mean, his son and all of his family treated him so bad whilst he was alive. But now they're okay to pretend to people that they loved him, just because he was rich. I hate hypocrites.' Lara walked between her brothers, with Dean leading and Sam bringing up the rear. She had vehemently argued against the planned salt 'n' burn since she had found out about who the old man was.

Dean shook his head in amusement. 'Lara, we have discussed this before. I don't want to hear anything about it again.' He replied, never leaving his eyes from the graveyard ahead. He smiled when there was a silent pause before his baby sister started showing her disagreement again by huffing loudly.

'But...' Lara started but was cut off by Dean.

'Pay attention. I don't want you to get hurt by any spirit that might decide to show up to the party. Don't forget, this is your first official hunt so you gotta handle it properly or else no more hunting for you in the future. Then, you can start looking for another career.' Dean tried to sound bossy and assertive. However, his efforts were fruitless. The kid didn't seem to be paying any attention to his opinion whatsoever, as she went about marching to her destination in anger.

Lara knew she pretty much had her brothers wrapped around her little finger in most cases. They just didn't listen to her when it came to hunting. She knew they were the experts in the field but she didn't appreciate their dismissal of her hunting opinion. In her annoyance, she decided to embarrass Dean. 'Well, if something happens to me you can always call on Cas to fix me. That is if you both find enough time to do anything other than stare into each others' eyes.' She laughed when he turned red like a ripe tomato.

Dean huffed. 'Lara, you should be paying attention to the hunt, not your non-existent fantasies.' He didn't know where she had gotten the idea that he and Cas were more than friends but she had been throwing hints at them all the time recently. She was relentless in trying to get her ideas across. Especially, regarding her assumptions about them. Although, he would never admit it out loud but it was making him think about it too.

The Winchester soon found the body of the poor man. The gravestone looked pretty new as it hadn't been long since he had passed away.

Lara pouted. The corpse hadn't turned to bones yet and her eldest brother was making her torch the body. It was a good job, she had developed a strong stomach over the past year. Not much fazed her anymore. Her only problem with this hunt was that she truly believed the old man deserved his revenge.

Despite feeling heavy-hearted for the deceased, she decided to drop the subject of saving him. She had tried her best. She could keep arguing with her brothers till sunrise and they would still be here, adamant that the old man should be burned. She was stubborn enough to do it, just to irritate them. However it wasn't worth it as she was aware of her brothers' intentions being good. And, she also knew they wanted her to say that she didn't want to hunt. Which she would never do because she did want to hunt. She liked the idea of saving people, hunting evil things and it was her family business. A family business she was proud of. 'Sammy?'

'Lara, we have talked about this. We go with what Dean says. Okay?' Sam gave his little sister an encouraging smile.

'Okay.' She nodded. For the past year, that had been the most likely answer from Sam when it came to hunting. It was obvious he still felt bad for what had happened in the past. She sighed. She wished Sam could loosen up a little. She was gonna have to do something about him.

One and a half hour later, they were driving back to the motel they were currently staying at. Everyone was quiet which was not usually the case with Lara being a chatter-box. Tonight, she was sulking. The poor man's ghost hadn't even tried to harm anyone of them. He had turned up and watched her silently. He had looked so sad when she had lit the match.

'I hate this job.' She muttered.

'What?' Dean sighed in relief as he asked. He had been hoping to hear something like that. It was the reason why he had told Cas to track down the most lovable ghost in all of US for her first case.

'You wanted me to say that, right? That's why you gave me this easy hunt. Where I get to torch Casper. Damn, he was friendlier than Casper. I can't believe you guys would do this to me. I am never speaking to you again, Dean. I know you picked this case.' She stated, folding her arms over her chest in anger.

Dean felt panic rise in him at her threat. 'Okay. I admit it I did it on purpose. I'm sorry. Please, forgive me. I'll do anything, I swear.'

That's what she liked to hear. She smiled inwardly. 'Fine. I am gonna need you to suffer. Let's see. Yeah, I know. You have to take Cas on a date.'

The car nearly swerved of the road and crashed into the nearest tree. Just barely saving his baby, Dean squeaked. 'What?'

Sam was laughing, clutching his stomach in hysterics. His sister always came up with the best punishments for them, especially Dean. If she wasn't his sister, he would've thought she might've been related to the trickster.

'You promised.' Lara pouted, making an innocent and hurt face. 'Otherwise, I'm never talking to you. Sammy can talk on behalf of me if I have something to say to you.' She knew her brother could never live without her talking to him. So, she knew she had won when she came up with the idea. He never denied her anything.

'Fine.' Dean knew he couldn't refuse. Come to think of it, the punishment wasn't that bad really. He was just going to spend some quality time with his best friend. No big deal.

Lara was studying her brother and she saw the barely-there smiled that formed on his face as he started to think about the punishment. She still had a lot in store for him. He had no idea how creative she could be if she put her mind to it. It was going to be fun watching them. From now on, everything was going to be okay. As long as everything went exactly like she planned.

The End

A/N;

I thank all my readers, reviewers, favers, alerters etc... I love you all... If it wasn't for you, i may have not gotten this finished... I would like to send a cyber-imaginary-hug to all of you... I really hope you liked this story, pls let me know it will mean a lot as it always does... I would like to ask for another favor if you guys have time and if its no bother, go to my profile and pls answer my poll... thanks again xxx

494dwangel