Song is by Free and its called All Right now. Sorry for the delay btw had to help my sis w/ her drivers ed. haha-joy :S

There she stood in the street
Smiling from her head to her feet
I said "Hey, what is this"
Now baby, maybe she's in need of a kiss

All right now baby, it's all right now
All right now baby, it's all right now

Three trains and two hitchhikes totaling 48 hours of boredom later I made it to the doorstep of my cousin in good old Wichita Iowa.

I knocked on the door and waited.

"What the hell is taking so long?" I thought impatiently after standing there for a minute.

Faintly inside the house someone was shuffling around, I went to knock again when suddenly the door opened. A 20 something tall skinny pale woman stood there. A strand of dark brown hair fell across her light green eyes. She looked me up and down, her attitude demanding an explanation of me darkening her doorstep.

"Hey there, cuz." I said.

"Oh my god...Julia!" she squealed, green eyes lighting up in joy.

"Amy!" I laughed half heartedly suddenly thinking this probably was a bad idea as she hugged me tightly. Taking a step back she held me at arms length looking me up and down. The joy faded from her eyes as she saw how messy I looked.

"Ugh, you've let yourself go J. Is that blood on your jacket?" She went silent and I felt a feather light touch inside my mind.

"Get the hell out of my head!" I snapped.

Amy glared at me, green eyes flashing. "I just want to-"

"I know you do. But you promised. Remember last time?" I said walking past her into her small house.

"Please come in," she mumbled closing the door then loudly said "It was hard on me to."

Letting my gaze wander around her house she brushed past me into the kitchen.

"Tea? Beer?"

"Uh in a moment. I spent two days trying to get here and I really need a shower." Something brushed my legs, looking down I smiled.

"Hey there Duck." kneeling down I scratched the smoky grey cat's head. "Long time eh boy?"

Amy's head came up from the refrigerator, "Two days? Good grief, and I'm guessing you did it illegally?"

Flashing her a smile she rolled her eyes and said, "Okay, the showers down the hall to your right, I'll be there in a minute to get your clothes."

Opening the door to the small white bathroom, I set down my bag on the counter and started to peel my clothes off. The jackets back was caked in blood, turning in the mirror I peered at my back and winced. Even if the cuts were long healed my back looked as if it had been mauled by an angry bear, it was caked in dried blood.

Turning the showers faucet on, I peeled off the rest of my blood soaked clothing and stepped in the warm shower. It felt so good. While washing the dirt and gore from my body I couldn't help but think of Dean and Sam, and wonder if they were okay. I missed them, their constant squabbling and the music Dean blared in the Impala. God I missed him so much.

"Hey! Hey! HELLO! Who's that? What the hell have you been doing this past year?"

"AMY!" I yelled shielding my thoughts from her. As she was laughing I got an idea, she stopped abruptly as I let my shields down.

"Don't call me that!" she yelled at me.

"That's what you get for peering into my head!" I said, smiling.

"Well it ain't my fault you were broadcasting your thoughts to the world! You were practically screaming it."

I groaned in the shower as she laughed some more. "Ew, Julia god. What have you been doing? Do I even want to know?"

Ignoring her, I continued to shower. Softly she said; "So what are you doing here?"

"Money. Now get out."

An hour later I was clean, as were my clothes. Walking into the living room, I watched Amy read her book, scratching Duck's head absentmindedly who lay on her lap.

"You know I have bills to pay."

"Yea, well thats your problem." I said, sitting next to her.

She sighed loudly at me, shooting me a dark look before saying "Want the drink now?"

"Please."

She picked the cat up and set him where she had been sitting, he glowered at her before curling up on my lap. I heard Amy rustling around in the kitchen and a moment later she was back with two cold beers. Handing me one she settled herself on the couch facing me.

"Okay! Besides stealing all my hot water, why are you here Jules? And I know not all of the problem is money. Where have you been this past year?"

"You know what I've been doing." I said, taking a swig of the cold beer.

"Uh, I don't."

"Searching."

"Ah, right and hows that going for you?" Amy asked taking a sip of beer.

"Horrid; I lost Meg and the brothers."

"Meg? You found Meg? Brothers? What happened to John?"

Sighing softly I stared at Amy, perspiration ran down the bottle and hit the cat who started kneading my leg.

"I left John for awhile to find Meg; Long story short found her, John caught up with me and told me to find his sons. Said they would help me find her again and figure out what she was doing. Found her yet again, and lost her after fighting with her." I said quickly.

Silence, I took another gulp of beer. Amy fingered her bottle of beer, watching me. I knew she was dying to get into my head to find out what I had cut out of my shortened version.

"Okay, thats nice but um why did you come to me? Cause I haven't a clue what you want and I'm strapped for cash J."

"Thats the great part." I said, looking away from her.

"God Julia! Don't drag me into this. You know what John said."

I gave her a smile, "I know. But I do need your help; can you still track people? Also I have to eat so I can either get cash or stay here for awhile."

"FINE! I can get you some cash. As for tracing I don't know, I haven't really done anything since the last time you where here. Been to scared."

"I'm sorry. I-I never meant to-"

"Save it Julia. It's okay. I'll help you. A few friends are coming over tonight to talk, play a few games, the usual." she said standing up.

"Poker?" I asked.

"Poker." she laughed.