Chapter 3 Findings
Six Years Later
"What are you up to?" Shae asked as she went into the back yard. Sam glanced up at her and smiled. "Why are you out here by yourself?" She asked as she sat in the dirt next to him.
"No ones around. They all went on vacation for the summer." Shae nodded her head and grabbed one of his trucks. "You're going to play with me?"
"Why wouldn't I little brother?" She asked as she rubbed his hair. Sam just laughed as the two played in the dirt. Mary was standing in the doorway, just watching the two and smiled at how cute they looked. "You wanna go to the movies with me? Heard that new Harry Potter movie came out and I was wondering..." She drew out her sentence and looked down at him.
"You'll take me!?" He yelled with a smile. She just shrugged and stood up.
"Now I'm not to sure. I mean look at how dirty you are." He looked down at himself and then at her. "People might think you're one of the living dead if I took you looking like that. Then what would they say?"
"I'll just go take a bath! Not a big deal if you still want to take me!" She smiled at him and nodded before he went running into the house. Shae just shook her head and laughed before following.
"You know how to bribe him. I give you that." Mary said with a smile as Shae sat at the table.
"What can I say, boy loves Harry Potter." She answered with a shrug. Mary laughed and went to wash the dishes. Dean came in not to long after that and sat down next to his sister, just staring at her. "I know I'm pretty Dean, but do you really need to stare?"
"Did I ever tell you how cool of a sister you are?" She glanced over at him and rolled her eyes. "Cause you know you are
Shae. You really, really are."
"What do you want Dean?" He smiled and ran out of the room. "Uh, ok." He came back in a second later and pushed a paper in front of her. "And this is?"
"The new Die Hard movie." Shae looked over at him and then back at the paper. "Was just wondering if you wanted to go see it?" Mary stopped doing the dishes and listened to them. "So what do you say?"
"I can't Dean. I'm sorry, but I already told Sam I would take him to go see Harry Potter with him tonight." Dean just nodded and looked at the table. "Feel free to tag along though. I know mr. Potter isn't up your alley, but it might be fun."
"Naw. It's alright. Maybe some other time." Shae and Mary watched as he left the room, passing a rather happy Sam. "Watch it Sam!" He screamed just before stomping up the stairs. Sam watched him go and turned to Shae.
"What's the matter with him?" She just shook her head and got up. "We going now!?" She grinned and nodded. "SWEET!!! I'll meet you in the car!!! Just hurry cause Harry doesn't wait!" And Sam was out. Shae and Mary just laughed.
"You think Dean will be alright?" Mary smiled and handed Shae some money and the keys. "I mean he seemed kinda mad."
"He'll be fine. I just think he's a little upset about not being able to go anywhere tonight." Shae nodded and left the house just as John was coming home.
"You going somewhere?"
"COME ON SHAE!!!!" She glanced over at Sam and then at her father. John also looked over at him and laughed as he shook his head. "We're going to see Harry Potter dad!! Wanna come!?"
"I think I'm going to pass on that, but thanks for the offer. Have fun though." Sam grinned before rolling up the window.
"You be careful. Just because you have your license doesn't mean that you're the greatest driver." Shae smiled and rolled her eyes. "Isn't Dean going with you?"
"No. He's mad at me cause I'm going with Sam. He wanted to see Die Hard." John nodded and gave her a kiss on the head before going into the house. After Shae made sure Sam was strapped in, they were off to the movies. Shae had her licence for a little over a month now and she was willing to drive anywhere.
"When can I drive Shae?" She glanced over at Sam and smiled.
"When you're sixteen Sammy. Till then, you're riding shotgun." He just laughed and looked out the window. "Really wish Dean would of came though. I think it would of been fun to do something together like we always did."
"He doesn't like Harry Potter anyways so he just would of been bored out of his mind. Hey Shae."
"Yeah."
"Is Dean going to be driving soon?"
"In a few years, yeah. Why?" She asked as she looked at him. He just shrugged and looked out the window again. "You wanna know something?" He turned back and looked at her with a smile on his face. "You wanna know what I got Dean for his birthday?"
"You got him a present already? His birthday isn't for another week."
"I know, but when I saw it, I had to get it. You wanna see it or no?" He grinned and nodded and she pulled over. "I'll be right back then. Don't you move from there, ok?" Sam just nodded happily and she got out of the car and went to the trunk. She came back not to long after that and handed Sam a box. "Open it and look. Tell me what you think." He nodded and took the lid off the box and looked inside.
"You got him this?" He asked as he looked over at her. Shae smiled and nodded. "He'll love it!"
"Good. I thought he would." Sam's smile fell and he looked at the floor. "What's wrong?"
"I can't get anything this cool for him." She just smiled and grabbed his little hand.
"Don't worry about that. Look at the card." She handed him the card and he opened and read it before smiling more. "See. You did get him something that cool."
"You're awesome Shae."
"Tell me something I don't know. Now let's get a move on or we're going to miss the movie." Sam smiled even more as she pulled the car back onto the road. What neither of them knew about was the driver heading towards them that just left the bar.
At home
"Where's Dean at? Haven't seen him since I got home." John asked as Mary handed him a beer.
"In his room. He's still a little mad that Shae took Sam and not him. Although she did offer to take him to, but you know how Dean is."
"Yeah. He hates Harry Potter." Mary laughed and nodded in agreement. "Did he even eat anything?"
"I brough him up a plate, but I'm not sure if he ate it. I'll go check on him now to make sure he's not dead." John smiled and turned on the tv as she went upstairs. She knocked on his door and waited for him to answer before going in.
"What's up mom?" He asked as she sat on his bed.
"You still upset?" He shook his head and rested his head against the wall. "You're a bad lyer Dean."
"No I'm not." Mary just laughed and placed her hand on his knee. "Why does she do everything with Sam? No matter what it is, it's always with him." She looked over at him and he just looked away. "Why doesn't she want to do anything with me?"
"I don't know sweety. Maybe she thinks that because you're thirteen now that you just want to do things with your own friends and not your sister. That doesn't sound to crazy if you ask me."
"I guess not, but just because I'm a teenager now doesn't mean that I don't wanna spend time with my big sister." Mary nodded and got up.
"You're honestly just going to have to talk to her about that then. I know she doesn't love Sam more than you, but she might just not know how you feel. Shaes not a mind reader you know." Dean smiled and got up also. "Now what do you say we go get something to eat? That is if you're not to cool to spend time with your parents."
"I think I can do that this one time. I mean it would do anything to my cool status you know." Mary just laughed and the two went downstairs. "You think she'll take me tomorrow?"
"I don't know Dean. You're going to have to ask her. Just make sure you get to her before Sam does. You know she can't say no to that puppy dog face." Dean laughed as he, John and Mary sat on the couch watching some old horror movie and eating popcorn till the phone rang.
"I'll get it. Have to use the bathroom anyways." John told them as he got up.
"What? Movie almost make you wet yourself dad?" John just gave Dean a playful glare and answered the phone. "You know that is possible, right?" Mary just nodded and smiled.
"Hello."
"Dad."
"Shae? What's up? I thought the movie didn't get out till nine." He waited a good minute of two till he got a answer. "Shae?"
"Dad. Uh, something happened." John sat at the table and waited for her to continue. "And I sware that it wasn't my fault. It came out of nowhere and I couldn't avoid it and hit it."
"Hit what? Are you and Sam alright?" He asked as he stood up and started to pace around the kitchen. "Shae!?"
"I'm fine dad. The doctors are checking out Sam now, but he didn't look so good dad. Can you come to the hospital now? I don't really want to be here by myself."
"I'll be right there. What room is he in?"
"Uh, two twenty. It's on the second floor. Just please hurry."
"I will. See you when we get there." He hung up the phone and went into the living room where Dean and Mary were making fun of the movie. "Mary, theres a problem." The two stopped laughing and looked at John. "Shae was in a accident and is at the hospital. We have to get there now." Mary and Dean stood up and it was almost like a race to the door.
"Are they alright!?" Mary asked as they got into the car. John just glanced at her, but said nothing. "John! Are they ok?"
"Shae said she was fine, but Sam didn't look so good. We'll just have to wait till we get there to see." Mary nodded and the car ride was silent until they pulled into the hospital parking lot. "I'll park the car. You two go in and see them."
"Alright." Dean and Mary got out and ran into the hospital. She saw Shae sitting in one of the chairs with her head down. "Shae!" She looked over at them and ran to her mother. "Oh god baby. Are you alright?" Mary asked as she hugged her daughter.
"I'm fine, but Sam." She let go and looked at her just as John came in. "He looked horrible mom and they won't tell me how he is."
"It's alright. I'll go find a doctor." She looked up at her father and nodded before turning to Dean. He just looked at her for a second before wrapping his arms around her. She smiled and hugged him back. "Guess I don't have to find one." The two siblings let go and turned to see the doctor walking towards them.
"Mr and Mrs Winchester?" He asked as he stopped in front of them. Both Mary and John nodded. "My name is Dr. Shutter. I was working on your son, Sam. Can you please sit down."
"Wait. What do you mean, you were working on him?" Dr. Shutters looked over at John and then at Shae. "He's alright, isn't he?"
"Sam's going to be just fine. Just a few minor scrapes. The blood made it look a lot worse than it was." They all let out a relieved breath. "But Sam's not the one I wanted to talk about." John and Mary gave him a confused look. "Can we talk in private?"
"Uh, sure. Can you two go and get something to drink?" Dean and Shae nodded before leaving. "So what's this about?" John asked as he looked back at the doctor. "Doctor."
"Right. Your daughter had some scrapes as well, but I don't think they were caused by the accident."
"What are you talking about?"
"To be honest, they look self-inflicted. I don't want to alarm you, but I really think you need to talk to her about it." John and Mary were just sitting in stunned silence. "You two alright?"
"Uh, yeah. What makes you think she's harming herself?" The doctor flipped through his file and handed them a sheet of paper. "What's this?"
"Her medical report. The cuts that we found on her while we were checking her out point to a problem known as cutting. There are a lot of teens that suffer from this and they learn to hide it well. Tell me, have you noticed her wearing long sleeve shirts and pants more that normal?"
"Come to think of it, she has." Mary said as she grabbed Johns hand. "I told her to changed into shorts cause of the summer heat, but she always said she was fine and that time we went to the beach." She stopped and placed her hand over her mouth. "Oh god John. She's been hurting herself and we didn't know." John just pulled his wife close to him and hugged her. "Is there anything you can do for her?"
"Yes. I do know a woman she can talk to who has delt with this type of thing before, but you need to talk to your daughter and let her know that you know what she's doing and that you're going to be there for you. You have to let her know that you're not mad at her for this cause if she thinks that she disappointed you, she might do it more." The two nodded and he handed them a card. "There's her number. I can call her and let her know you'll be calling her shortly if you want."
"Thanks doctor, but uh, can we see Sam?"
"Oh yeah. Sure. He's right in that room." He answered as he pointed to the room across the hall. After thanking him, the two sat in more silence for a few minutes till Mary thought to break it.
"What are we going to do John?"
"I don't know Mary, but I do know we're going to help our baby girl through this and as soon as possible."
A/N Just to let you all know, Dean is 13, Sam is 7, and Shae is 16 in this chapter. I know in some states, you only have to be 16 to get a licence so I wanted to let her drive. Just let me know what you think. Please. That pretty purple button down in the corner looks lonley and I think it needs someone to click it. Go ahead. You know you want to. Just do it. Promise I won't tell. Thanks!!!