Charlie and Sam get down to business while Dean's on a milk run. Again I own nothing, just playing with the beautiful creatures.


"Do you have any brothers or sisters?" -Dean Winchester
"I have two. Their names are Xbox and PS3." - Charlie Bradbury


"So, you didn't finish the trials, keeping the gates of hell open, but saving your life; the angels got kicked out of heaven, and you have a prophet hiding in your secret bunker." Charlie recapped as she typed away on her keyboard, editing what she had already found on witches with what they had both found in the many books in front of them. When Charlie asked for the low down she expected maybe a new big bad that they found at the most, but instead there was almost dying; trials; and prophets reading tablets, not to mention the new big bad she had expected on top of it all; things in the Winchester's lives seemed to move faster than the plot on those daytime soaps. That was nothing new though, you think that Charlie would expect it by now after knowing the brothers for the short time she has, not to mention reading all about the boys history in that series of books, Supernatural.

"Pretty much." Sam answered as he leafed through the book in front of him; he was being a trooper helping her read the pile of book in front of them, making little jot notes. Honestly with him here it probably cut the research time in half. "That's us though, what about you; anything new in the life of Charlie?" He asked, closing the book that was in front of him and looking up at her; as he rubbed at his eyes with the heels of his hands, clearly in need of a research break as bad as she was at this moment.

"Well I got a new job, tech support at this retail corporation; thinking of going out hunting again; preparing for the battle of kingdoms. Most of the crew seems to be coming back again for next year, which is surprising all things considered. Not that I'm complaining of course." Charlie rambled, saying the hunting part quickly, hoping that he would not notice the bit about looking for a case of her own. Ever since that brush in with the jin she had been even more curious about the supernatural than ever. She was not going to lie though, the whole new world where the monsters under your bed are real... well it was terrifying. Then there is the almost dying every time she ran into something supernatural in nature; but they saved lives by killing those jin's in that town. In the end is that not what it is all about; like the Supernatural books said 'saving people, hunting things; the family business.' Charlie knew that Sam was not going to miss what she said though, there was no pulling the wool over his eyes; it's not like he would not have found out one way or another.

They just sat there is silence for a moment before Sam finally spoke up. "You want to hunt?" Sam asked her as she looked up from her computer screen and saw his frowning at her. Then again Sam always seemed to have a frown on his face. She was not sure what to tell Sam though; on one hand she would be making a difference in the world fighting monsters that are normally reserved for your nightmares; on the other hand, she knew exactly how dangerous these monsters were and had no urge to charge into her death; which according to the Supernatural books, would very likely lead to a gory awful death or worse.

"I haven't done anything yet, and I'm particularly fond of living right now; so I'm not running towards things that want to kill me." Charlie explained, her attention moving back to her laptop as she finished fitting in the last of the jot notes that Sam had made for her into the wiki page. "So, if I look at this screen any longer my eyes are going to go crossed. I think we could both use a break don't you?" She asked Sam, taking off her glasses and placing them on the table, effectively ending the topic of her hunting for now.

"Yeah, I could definitely use a break right now." Sam said as he pinched the bridge of his nose before watching her for a moment. "Hopefully Dean is back soon with the food." He added, standing up from his spot, walking around the table and over to the kitchen. It looked like Charlie avoided the lecture from Sam about hunting, for now. Not that she did not fully expect the topic to come back up again after their break when they were hunched over that stack of books again. For now Charlie was just going to be thankful for what she got as she put her computer to sleep before quickly following Sam into the kitchen.

Charlie shrugged as she leaned against the counter and sighed. "Well going for a milk run shouldn't take much longer. How many things can the kid possibly need." She said softly as the bunker door opened and Charlie and Sam both looked over at the same time to see Dean coming down the stairs with a arm full of groceries. "Speak of the devil." She said, earning a confused look from Dean as he walked down the stairs, peeking through the bags to see where he was walking.

"You two gossiping about me now?" Dean asked as more of a statement as he walked into the kitchen and placed the bags on the counter. There was no way in hell that the food currently taking up the space in front of Dean was all for the kid who briefly made his appearance earlier. "We shouldn't need food for a while now." He added as Charlie made her way over to the bags and curiously peeked into one of them, quickly spotting the large takeout boxes stacked on top of each other in the bag. "That's your food that you texted for by the way."

She just smiled at Dean, digging her hands into the bag and pulling the contents onto the counter and stealing one of the boxed salads. "Extra cheese?" Charlie asked as she looked at Dean, smiling as he gave her a thumbs up, his head already in the fridge restocking the shelves. "Awesome, I'll buy you guys breakfast to pay you back." She explained, already making her way back to the table with her box of food in her hand.

"Don't worry about it." Sam said as he came back into the room, quickly followed by Dean. "Here, you'll need this." He added, handing her a plastic fork on his way back to his spot across the table from Charlie, moving all the books carefully to the side first.
"Wow, you two really hit the books while I was out." Dean commented as Charlie looked over at him and saw him looking at all the books with a disbelieving look on his face. They had to have gone through a good twenty books in the last hour the Dean was on his 'milk run'.

Charlie just chuckled as she put the dressing on her salad. "Well we finished off my vampire page with what Sam could tell me, and completed what we could of the witches and spells section. You came back in time for a break." She explained, taking a big fork full of her salad and pointing her fork at Sam as an idea hit her. "You know, I have my Xbox in the car. We could always kick it and I could show you boys how games are supposed to be played." Charlie offered as she finished what was in her mouth and looked over at Dean to see if he approved of the plan.

"I think we could use a night off for once." Dean answered as he leaned back in his chair and gave Charlie a smile that she smiled back at. Seeing the crinkle in the corners of Dean's eyes, or the dimples in Sam's cheeks... there was something so genuine about the smiles that she just could not help but smile back at, almost like an involuntary response. It is funny that something as simple as a redhead with a Xbox can make these two smile like this, but to be fair Charlie was not your average person. "Plus watching you kick Sam's ass will be a reward in itself." Dean added as he smirked at Sam earning a eye roll from the youngest Winchester.

"I wouldn't get too cocky there Winchester, I can take either of you two on any day." Charlie reminded Dean as she leaned back in her chair for a moment and looked between the both of them. "To level the playing field we can play the new Left 4 Dead game that I got. I haven't even opened the cellophane on it yet." She explained, turning her attention back to the food. This was going to be fun, Charlie could practically hear the frustration and laughs already.