Just because I'm weird, I'm posting 2 chapters today. Mostly cause my buddy Wendy hasn't read anything from this point on. Another big THANK YOU to everyone following this and for the awesome reviews.

Chapter 12

Laura and I fell into a pretty easy rhythm at Caleb's. We got along with all the other kids really well. We all looked out for each other. Like we were real brothers and sisters. It used to make me sad sometimes cause I always wished Dean was there with us. I thought he would've really liked it better than moving around with dad. I even told him so, but he said he had to take care of dad, just like he did Sammy and us girls. He really enjoyed our letters though. He was glad we were finally safe and happy.

We'd been there 3 months when dad showed up again. Laura and I came home from school and there he was, sitting in what we called the garden room cause all the furniture was covered in flowers. He must've parked the car out back by the garage, cause we didn't see it when the bus dropped us off out front. The others just stood staring for a sec while Laura ran up to him and gave him a hug. They asked who that was and I told them it was our dad. They just shrugged and we started to turn to go outside to start our daily training routines. Just then I heard a voice I didn't recognize asking where I was.

I stopped dead in my tracks. The others just moved past me outside. I heard Laura say that I was probably on my way out the back door with the others. She called out my name and by the time she could say the words "Dean's here" I had run at full sprint right into my big brother's arms. I gave him the biggest bear hug I could and he lifted me up off the floor.

We stood that way for a second, till I heard Laura ask where Sam was. I knew the answer before dad ever opened his mouth. They had left him at Pastor Jim's. Dad had tried to leave Dean there too, but Dean wasn't going for it. He knew dad was coming to see us and he thought it was about time he got to as well. He gave dad 2 choices. He could take Dean with him, or Dean would tell Sammy all about us and he'd have to deal with that when he got back.

Laura asked the question again, looking at Dean this time. Dean just shook his head. When I saw that she was gonna start crying, I walked over to her and put my hand on her shoulder. She just stared at dad for a second and then did the last thing I ever expected her to do. She hit him, twice.

Her first punch landed in his stomach and he doubled over. Her second punch landed right in his left eye. He fell backwards and landed in the middle of the coffee table. It snapped under his weight and he hit the floor with a loud thud. Laura just looked from her closed fist to dad and then ran upstairs to our room.

Dean's expression mirrored dad's, Caleb's, and my own. We were all completely shocked. Dad looked at me for a second to make sure it was really Laura that had hit him. Caleb helped him up and he turned to Dean and me. He asked me if I was gonna hit him too and I said no. I walked out of the room and up to my room to check on Laura. Dean followed me.

We found Laura sitting in the middle of her bed. She was white as a ghost and her face was completely expressionless. I sat down next to her and pulled her into a hug. She wrapped her arms around me, put her head on my shoulder, and started crying again. Dean just sat down behind us and wrapped his arms around both his sisters. I almost started to cry then, but stopped myself.

We stayed that way for almost an hour. Dean finally sat up and kinda shook his head. I asked him what was wrong and his answer made us all kinda laugh. He said he never thought he'd see dad get knocked on his butt by a twelve year old girl. Laura stopped crying and we started playing catch up. We were sitting on her bed talking for another hour when dad finally came upstairs and told Dean it was time to go.

He almost didn't. He told dad he wasn't going anywhere until Laura said he had to cause Sammy would be all alone if he didn't. Dean stood up from the bed and gave her a hug. Then he and I walked out of the room so she could say good bye to dad by herself. We heard her ask him when he was gonna tell Sam about us and his only reply was "Soon."

Dean and I walked downstairs and out of the house to dad's car. We didn't say a word. Didn't have too. I knew he didn't want to leave us here and he knew I wanted him to stay, but Laura had reminded him about Sam. I was surprised that he'd actually forgotten about our baby brother for a second. I also knew he felt guilty for doing so.

Dad came down a few minutes later. He didn't even try to hug me this time; he just got into his car. I gave Dean a hug and told him that everything would be fine. I told him I would take care of her. He said to tell her he was doing the same with Sam. He got into the car and I watched them drive away. I could help but get scared all of a sudden. It was like watching them leave that first time all over again.