I do not own Sam or Dean, but I do own Natalie and Officer Manning

The next morning:

Dean awoke to the sweet aroma that he recognized so well.

"Want some coffee?" Natalie asked as she poured herself a cup.

She looked like a wreck. She hadn't even taken a shower since the guys arrived, but to Dean, she was still beautiful.

"Sure, I always need a pick me up in the morning," Dean replied. "And hey, don't worry. We'll find your parents. I promise."

She gave a little smile and nod, and then sat down at the table. Sam walked in not soon after.

"So, Natalie, how are you feeling?" Sam asked.

"Ok. I could be better. I just wish I knew where my parents were," she replied.

"Well, Dean is going to go down to the police station today and talk to the cops who found their car. We are going to do everything we can to find them, ok?"

She nodded her reply.

"Ok, well, I'm off," said Dean a few minutes later. "And Sam…take care of her."

Sam glared at him, and then shook his head after Dean left, knowing full well what he meant.

"So…I think we should go check out the place where your parents' car was found," said Sam.

Natalie agreed.

At the scene of the wreck:

Sam and Natalie arrived a little after noon at the spot where her parents' car was found.

They parked her car behind some bushes and walked down the ditch. They could see the tree the car had hit. It was bent where the bumper hit it.

It didn't look like much. Trees were blocking the view of the road, so they weren't worried about being seen. But other than that, the ditch was just dead grass and weeds until it met up with the forest 20 yards away. He figured they would start there.

"Do you think they would have gone into the forest?" asked Sam.

"No. I'm sure they would have gone up the road for help. Plus, why would they go into the forest? There isn't anything in there."

"Well, let's check there anyway. You never know. Plus, if someth-one took them," Sam caught himself, "it might have brought them in there."

Sam liked her, but he was skeptical. He didn't want her to know about him and what he does, but he knew there would come a point in their search where he might have to tell her. But he would wait until then.

"Ok. We'll check, but just to be sure," Natalie agreed. It's exactly what she wanted, to get Sam alone. (A/N: creepy music plays in the background)