"Ugh, I miss my car." Katie whined to Sam. They were sitting in a rental car watching the house of one of the potential werewolves.
Sam laughed, "I don't even have a car."
"That's what you get for running away." Kate pointed out. John got her the car to start fixing it up when she turned 15. When John and Dean were on a hunt without her she would stop by Bobby's after school and work on it. When Dean finally let her join them on the road she had stowed the car in Bobby's garage.
"I didn't run 'away' until I was your age. " Sam argued, "You got the car at 15."
Katie looked wistful, "I got the house because you left, Dad gave me the car so he could continue his crusade to gank yellow eyes." She swallowed, "I'd give both of those things up to have known him like you and Dean did."
Sam shook his head , "We didn't know him, Kate." He took her hand. "Not any more than you did. We just got to deal with his drill sergeantness more often." Sam said with a reminiscent laugh. "You and Dean are the ones who got to see him as a loving father."
Katie looked at her hand so small in Sam's, "I guess your right."
Every rose has it's thorn
Just like every night-
Kate flipped open her phone before the music could keep playing.
"Poison? Really?" Sam asked skeptically.
"Shut up." She hissed before placing the phone to her ear. "Hey Seb."
"Oh I get it." Sam said with a smirk.
She smacked at him while he laughed at her embarrassed expression. "Could you repeat that Sam is distracting me."
"Sorry, we can't be much help. We are currently tracking werewolves." She said apologetically. "I can call Bobby for you though."
Kate frowned in concern. "You sure? Sounds like you could use a hand."
"You don't need hunting help at all do you?" She questioned with a grin.
"You are such a liar!" She laughed, "You miss me."
Her eyes softened as she listened to him, "Well I miss you too."
He said something else and she laughed, "Thanksgiving is next weekend... I'm having Bobby and the Harvells over at my place for dinner. You and your dad are welcome to stop by." She offered with a hopeful expression.
"Good! I can't wait." She said happily. "Alright see you then."
She hung up the phone with a faint smile.
"Aww. Katie's got a date." Sam sang teasingly.
She punched him once then froze, her eyes widening. "Uh Sam?"
He followed the line of her gaze. "Shit!" He threw open the door of the car and pulled out his gun. Kate followed his lead and did the same. They ran across the lawn hoping over the fence to the backyard. They could see the beast clinging to the back wall of the yard. It was snarling in their direction, claws twitching threateningly. Sam fired once and hit the creature in the shoulder. It howled in pain and fell from the wall. It shuffled away from them quickly and the siblings fired at the same time, one of the bullets hitting the heart. They walked over to the dying animal cautiously guns still raised.
The creature was beginning to shift back into human form. It was choking on blood and gasping for air. Kate knelt down next to it and took the man's hand. He stared up at her with eyes full of pain and questions. She looked back at him sadly, "I'm sorry." She murmured. She held his hand until he was dead.
She and Sam had to hop over the back wall and through the next yard. They called Dean to come pick them up, thankful for the fake credit cards they'd used on the rental car.
"Poor bastard." Dean commented when they told him what had happened.
Sam and Kate agreed. "Well who wants pie?" Dean asked.
Kate shook her head. "I think we should get out of town first, pie later."
Dean pouted, "Fine." He turned and stalked out of the motel room.
Kate glanced at Sam and they both rolled their eyes and followed.
"Dean..." Kate said warningly, "No! We are not stopping here!" Kate swatted at Dean's shoulder from the backseat Sunday morning.
"I want pie!" Dean whined the impala slowing down.
Kate rolled her eyes, "We're on our way home for Thanksgiving! I'm baking pie!" She said exasperatedly, "If we keep driving now I will make a pie for just you in any flavor you want."
The car sped up noticeably and Sam laughed, "Dude you are so addicted!"
By monday night they made it back into Tennessee and Kate was dying to be back in her own bed. "Almost home." She sighed.
"Yeah," Dean said and rubbed at his eyes. "It'll be nice to get some down time."
Kate was excited to be able to spend a Holiday with Sam since he'd been at college for four of the last five years. She could still remember how good it felt to see him again after all that time.
Dean had called her a couple of weeks after Dad disappeared and he knew she'd be pissed if he didn't take her with him to go get Sam. They broke into the window of Sam's house on campus. Kate hung behind Dean as just strolled through the apartment without turning on the lights. Sam had come out of nowhere and attacked Dean, thinking he was a thief. They tussled a bit until Dean pinned Sam down laughing, "Easy Tiger." She chose that moment to flip on the lights.
"Dean? Kate? You scared the hell outta me."
Dean had laughed "That's because you're out of practice." At that comment Sam flipped them over so he had Dean pinned.
Kate rolled her eyes, "Enough children we can spar later."
What the hell are you guys doing here?" Sam asked as he hugged her.
"Well I was looking for a beer!" Dean replied cheekily.
"What the Hell are you guys doing here?" Sam asked again almost angrily this time.
"Relax, We have to talk." Dean said leaning against the counter. Kate had crossed her arms with a serious expression.
"Uh, The Phone!"
Kate scoffed from the corner and Dean countered, "If I'd called, would you have picked up?"
"Sam?" Jess asked rubbing her eyes and squinting at the light.
"Jess, hey. This is Dean and this is Kate." He gestured to them each.
"You're brother and sister?" Jess smiled in recognition.
"Yeah." He grinned uncomfortably, "Guys this is my girlfriend Jess."
Dean put on his I'm hitting on you face, "I love the smurfs."
"That's enough." Kate sighed from her spot in the corner. "It's nice to finally meet you Jess, Sam's told me a lot."
"What'd I say?" Dean asked indignantly.
Kate pushed off the wall and poked him in the chest, "The smurfs Dean? Really!" She pushed him with the finger she had on his chest. "Stop hitting on her!"
"I-Uh-Wha-?" Dean spluttered like he was offended.
"You just got told off by a 16 year old, how's it feel?" Sam taunted.
Dean stuck his tongue out, "Seriously now, we need your help."
And the rest was history. Sam got suckered into searching for Dad, Jess was killed and Kate got dumped back at her place to finish high school.
Her smiled faded at the thought of everything that had happened since that night. Her thoughts were interrupted by Dean pulling the Impala into the driveway. Dean yawned and opened his door. Kate tossed him her keys and he opened the front door letting them all in. She turned down the hallway and stopped halfway down. "Hey, one of you has to drop me off at Bobby's to pick up my car in the morning. Unless you want me to take the Impala grocery shopping."
"I'll do it." Sam offered knowing Dean wouldn't want to wake up early the next day.
"Kay." She went inside her room and stuck her head out of the door. "Night guys."