Dean was restless, which drove John crazy "Dean, you tapping and rolling your eyes is not going to get us to Sam any faster, He will be okay, and if he is not, then we will deal with it okay" Dean sighed heavily " I know Dad, I am sorry, I just miss him and am worried" John smiled to himself, knowing he had done something right with his boys, he knows that when he is gone, Dean will be able to look after his baby boy without fail, he never told them, but he was proud of his boys and the young men that had become. sure him and Sam butted heads, that was always going to happen, Sam was a stubborn child, much like John was as a kid, so its no wonder Sam was as well.

" Look Dean, Sammy is a stubborn kid, we all know that, he will ride whatever is wrong out and not tell you, so please just go in with baby steps, if you go in all Dean Winchester style he will put his walls up and you won't get anything out of him" Dean smiled, knowing his Dad was right, Sam was stubborn, and he was proud of that, it made Sam so much more than the average 12 year old.

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Sam got home and instantly got in the shower, with his clothes on and broke into tears, all he wanted was a normal life, no hunting, no bullies and a brother and farther who were home all the time, but that would be easy, un dressing himself, Sam showered cleaning the blood off his face, arms and legs and picking the gravel out of the scabs. Once out the shower he took a look at himself in the mirror, bruises covering him head to toe, he had to hide this from Dean or he would be in bubblewrap till he was 18. Putting a hoodie and joggers on Sam repeated the same routine as last night curled up and sobbed himself to sleep, really dreading the day at school tomorrow. He had to go as he already had an after school detention for not doing his homework, he didn't need to draw anymore attention to himself.

The next day was hell for Sam, the Taylor made his life hell in the corridors, tripping him up, locking him in lockers and stealing the last of his lunch money, and what made it worse, he was in the detention with Sam, because he was caught locking another student in a locker because they looked at him. Taylor spent the whole hour kicking the back of Sam's chair, sticking gum in his hair when the teacher wasn't looking "Hey kid, your dead meat, I told you not to come near Bailey, and you did so wait till you walk home kid" Sam sighed mentally giving up, he got up the second detention was over and tired to hide his limp as he fast walked out the classroom, but it wasn't enough.

Taylor followed him home and as they reached the out of area part of the area, he made Sam pay for something he did not do, this time breaking the kids arm, Sam cried out in pain and wished the ground would swallow him up, the low rumble of a car came up the road and Taylor ran away, leaving a bruised broken Sam on the floor, he got up and limped home, but the car got closer and the closer it got the more he recognised it. It was the impala " Sammy!, get in kiddo" He spun round to a beaming Dean, that moment took all the pain away, his big brother was back, finally" Dean!" he gently got into the Impala, carful not to knock his now broken arm " Hi Son, how are you" his dad looked at him though the mirror, eyes suddenly looking concerned as he saw Sam's pain. " I am good, I am so happy you are back!" They both smiled and Dean jumped into the back joining Sam " Sammy, why are you walking back so late?, school finished nearly two hours ago"

Sam had to think about this, did he lie to his brother, it was rare he lied to Dean, or did he tell them the truth ' I umm had after school club, they have a sick after school science class" he went with the lie, but Dean did not buy it "Sammy..." he was cut off by his dad " That's cool Sammy, keep up the hard-work, gunna need you on hunts soon" he shot a not know look at Dean, he too knew Sam was not telling the truth.

" So how was hunt?" "Good Sammy, I killed a wear-wolf, it was fun!, I cannot wait to have you with us for hunts" Dean beamed looked at Sam, the world lighting up in his eyes "Really, I will be able to join you soon?" John chuckled " Yes Sammy, when you're 13 you will get to properly start helping but for now its school and training" Sam rolled his eyes and smiled.

Once home Dean shoved Sam out the way running to the bathroom "Sorry kiddo, I have been waiting too long" Locking the door Dean used the bathroom leaving Sam with their dad, " Sam, look at me" Sam looked up at his dad" Yes sir" " I know your not telling the truth, you don't need to tell me what happened, but I need to know what is hurt, so we can treat it Sam, we never leave injuries, no matter how small, rule 101 of hunting, and yes I know you didn't get it on a hunt, don't get smart but If you are hurt I need to know"

" Please don't be angry, I umm, got a broken arm but that all really, a few bruises and cuts" John's eyes went dark, someone did this to him "Show me Sam, now" Sam lifted his top, showing John the injuries, his torso black and blue " Okay you have a broken rib sam and a broken arm, I will have to take you to hospital so they know where it is broken" Sam looked at the floor " I bet you wont want me to be on hunts now" Sam let tears role down his cheeks

Dean came out and saw Sam crying and his dad stood over him "Sammy!, what's wrong" John looked at Dean " He will be fine Dean, you stay here unpack and clean the weapons and I will take Sam to get checked up, I will fill you in later" He tired guided Sam out the door but he walked to Dean and hugged him" I missed you so much Dean, please never leave me again" Dean pulled him in gently and held him for a while " I will be here when you get back Sammy, please listen to dad" Sam nodded and went to get his arm sorted.

once back from the hospital John left the boys to catch up and went for a few drinks at the local bar, determined to find out what happened to Sam. " Sammy, please can you tell me what happened to you" Sam sighed really not wanting to squeal as Taylor would say "Ummm" Tears welled up in Sam's eyes, " Please, I want to help you" Sam's walls went up "Dean please, leave it, I am fine, I have school tomorrow and feel dizzy so want to go to bed, could you just stay and not leave" Dean sighed " Well lucky for you, Dad has enrolled me into school, so I will be around at breaks for you" Sam's eyes lit up before he fell asleep, that told Dean everything he needed to know, what ever was happening was happening at school. This pissed Dean off to no ends, and he was ready for revenge. He watched Sam fall asleep and waited for John to come home, which was sooner than he expected.

" Your back early dad" " Yes I know, worried bout Sammy" he sat on Sam's bad a brushed his long hair out of his eyes, noticing his broken nose and bruised eye socket " I could deal with him being hurt in a hunt Dean, that's part of the job, I would be worried but this son, I want to rip the son of a bitch who did this to him, this was a human" Dean's eyes filled with anger " Dad I think someone at school did this, you should of seen how happy he was that you enrolled me"

They made a plan to protect Sam, to find out who did this to him and make them pay, little did they know, Sam was only about to get worse from an injury he forgot about