Chapter13
Three months later school was out. Over the next week our makeshift family kinda filtered out to spend the summer with their parents. We said goodbye to them all, hoping they'd make it ok through the summer. By Friday, the only ones left were me, Laura, Racheal, and Caleb's 6 year old daughter Heaven. We were packing up our stuff to spend the summer at the roadhouse when we heard a car pull up out side. I knew it was the Impala as soon as it pulled onto the gravel driveway. Laura knew it too and went running out of our room and down the stairs as fast as she could, right out the front door. I followed her as far as the bottom of the stairs, but turned and went out the back.
I headed for the shop. I knew dad had probably brought Dean with him, but also knew that Sam wasn't with them. I didn't wanna see Laura cry cause I knew I'd end up knocking my dad on his butt again, so I decided I'd hide. I hoped they just leave me alone. If Dean found me that was fine, but I didn't wanna see dad and I didn't wanna see Laura cry.
I was working on the '77 Camero. This was gonna be Racheal's car when she got her license. Caleb's voice came over the intercom, but I ignored it. Dean came in a few minutes later. He didn't say a word, just picked a tool and helped me work on the transmission. We heard dad and Caleb calling for us outside, but ignored it.
After a few minutes of silence, I asked him if he was still having problems in school. He said yeah, but not everyone was a genius. We laughed and started talking bout school and cars. Anything but dad and Sam. I think we were both tired of those subjects.
We finished fixing the transmission and were putting it back in the car when dad, Caleb and Laura walked in. They'd been looking for us everywhere. Caleb asked how long we'd been in there and I told him long enough to fix the transmission on Racheal's car. He just nodded. He knew exactly how I felt bout John Winchester, so he didn't need to say anything else.
Dad started to yell at Dean about not answering when he called for him. Dean just stood there and occasionally answered with a "yes sir" or "no sir." After 5 minutes I told dad to shut up. He stood there with his mouth open. Laura had the same look. She couldn't believe I'd just said that to our dad.
Dad asked me to repeat what I'd said so I did, but I didn't stop there. I told him that he had no right to treat my brother like that. Dean did everything he was ever asked or told to do and just because he wanted an hour or so to himself was no reason to yell at him like that. Dean tried to stop me, but I kept going till I said everything to dad that he wouldn't. When I finished, dad just looked at me, then he turned to Dean and said it was time to go.
I gave my brother a hug and watched them walk out of the shop with Laura. Caleb asked me to finish up what I was doing and go get cleaned up so we could hit the road, then he walked out. Racheal passed him on her way in. She'd been standing outside the whole time and heard everything. She didn't say anything, just sat on a bench and watched me fix her car.
When I finished bolting the transmission back in place, Racheal and I went into the house. We went to my room and found Laura finishing her packing and she was still crying. I asked her what was wrong, but she wouldn't tell me. I just grabbed some clothes so I could go take a shower and walked out. I knew Racheal would get her to talk cause I was pretty sure my sister was mad at me.
I took my shower and then went back to my room to finish packing. Laura was sitting on her bed waiting for me. She asked me not to disappear like that when dad came anymore. She knew I didn't want to see him, but she did and it wasn't fair to her that they had spent the whole time he was here looking for me. I just said I was sorry.
She sat there watching me for a few minutes and when I had finished packing she asked me where all the stuff I'd said to dad had come from. I told her that Dean told me. She said she didn't believe it. That he would have said something to her and I just said no he wouldn't. That there was lots of things he could only tell me cause he knew I would understand. She just said "whatever" and bopped me on my head. She helped me finish packing and we loaded our stuff in the van so we could head off for Nebraska.
On the way there, Caleb told us that we had to stick to our cover stories. He said he would tell Ellen who we were, but that none of the hunters that came through could know. Some of them might try to use us to get dad's attention for some dumb reason. I said it was completely fine with me. I didn't wanna be John Winchester's daughter anyway. Laura protested a bit, but did give in. She just hated lying to people in general.