Chapter 3 – Getting the Scoop

The car ride to Sanger, California was probably one of the worst in Becca's life. Dean and Sam had a little spat not far on the road and Dean had been blasting his music as loud as possible since then. She couldn't even think let alone hear anything if she tried to talk to Sam. Dean finally pulled the car to stop in front of the Sheriff's Department. This was the part she always hated. Mainly because no one ever believe she was a fed. Ever.

When Sam and Dean got out of the car, she just spread out across the backseat, figuring she'd take a little nap while she had some peace and quiet. Dean poked his head back in the open window as Sam headed back around to the trunk.

"Aren't ya comin' Becs?"

"I'm not dealing with the whole 'There's no way in hell you're a fed' thing today. Not in the mood after that headache causing drive."

Dean rolled his eyes. "Whatever. Could use you though. Sam's out of practice and it might not go over so well."

"Sam will be fine. After all, he still managed to kick your ass like old times the last time I checked."

"Shut up."

"Love you Deano."

"Whatever sweetheart."

Rebecca closed her eyes and made herself as comfortable as she possibly could in the backseat of the Impala. She heard mumblings of the conversation between the two brothers and was debating getting out of the car just to hit Dean for being an ass. That would just cause her to end up going inside and right now she didn't want to play fed. She quickly dozed off, not realizing how tired she was.

Rebecca woke up to the slamming of a car door. She jumped, almost forgetting where she was.

"Scare ya, Becs?"

"Oh hush. So what did you boys figure out?" She asked as she sat up straight.

"There was another victim last night. High school kid." Sam said solemnly.

Becca began to frown. It was horrible when a person died, but it was always worse for her whenever anything involved kids. She caught Dean looking at her through the rear view mirror. He gave her a slight smile, which she returned. They'd both been there for each other so much these past few years that she couldn't help but think it was kinda weird to have Sam here for this.

"So what's the brilliant plan Deano?" She smiled using a mocking tone that actually caused Sam to smile slightly.

"Go to the high school. Riffle through the library. Interview the other kids at the party."

"Wow. You thought it through that fast?"

"It was, Sam's idea actually." Becca couldn't help but giggle. "If you don't stop laughing I'm going to drop you off at the nearest motel and you can stay there for the rest of this case."

She silenced immediately. Normally, she might have liked that, but a kid died because no one had stopped this thing fast enough. The rest of the trip to the high school was silent aside from Dean's music playing at a reasonable level on the radio.

The only thing they found useful in the library was a picture of some of Troy's friends. They spotted them outside in front of a car, smoking. If those were her kids, Becca would have slapped them upside their head for doing something so stupid. Then again, what she did for a living was even more stupid.

"You must be Amy. And Bill." Dean said as the trio walked over to the group. "Troy told us all about you. We're his uncles. I'm Dean, that's Sammy. And this is Troy's Aunt Becca."

Becca didn't miss the glare on Sam's face when Dean called him Sammy. The elder Winchester was never going to stop using that name though so Sam needed to get his head out of his ass.

"I'm so sorry." Amy said looking the trio over.

"Yeah. Thanks." Becca decided she needed to teach Dean to fake sorrow a little bit better. He really sucked at it.

"So…we're kinda asking around, as a favor to Troy's Mom. Was he acting…weird to you at all?" Sam asked trying to get to the point quickly.

"What do you mean?" Becca had to give it to Amy. She seemed pretty calm for everything that had happened.

"What my brother means is was he acting weird at the party? Was he nervous or scared about anything?" Becca said trying to help things along as much as possible.

"What, you think he was driving high?" Bill asked clearly irritated.

"No. We just think the cops got their heads up their ass. I mean, a carjacking? Gimme a break. But something happened out there. So if you guys know anything…" Becca had to give it to Dean. This time he sounded a little more like he seriously thought something was wrong. "What?" Dean had clearly caught the looks the two girls were giving each other.

"Guys. It's just a story," Bill interjected.

"What story? Don't worry about it sounding crazy. We're all ears." Becca gave the girls a reassuring smile so that they would spill their guts.

The girls eventually gave up what they were oh so hesitant to share. Becca had this gut feeling that this so called hitchhiker might have something to do with this. Dean seemed to have a similar idea.

"I don't know guys. Hitchhiking girl, pretty classic urban legend. Gotta be a hundred different versions of the story."

"Think about it Sam. A lot of these stories have to come from somewhere, mostly from the truth."

"Remember that whole Bloody Mary, mirror thing? That was supposed to be an urban legand too," Dean added on to Rebecca's argument.

"I guess you two are right."

"Oh I know I'm right Sam." Becca winked causing Sam to chuckle. She smiled, glad to have her best friend back.

"We'll at least scope out the girls' story, see what shakes loose." Becca couldn't help but notice the slight frown on Dean's face. It faded quickly as the elder Winchester spoke again. "Hey. So those girls – how old do you think they were?"

"Not old enough," Sam said as Becca gave Dean a look of discuss.

"Yeah, you're right."

Becca and Sam climbed in the car. Dean kept staring back off where they'd left the high school kids. "Get in the car, Dean."

As Dean climbed in, Rebecca slapped the back of his head lightly. "Perve." She mumbled as she leaned back.


Again, I tried to stick pretty close to the real dialogue. I promise things will pick up eventually. I'm just trying to build relationships that were already supposed to be there and such. So yeah. Reviews are always welcome.