A/N: Just a short little chapter......

There But For Grace

Chapter 13

Episode 13 – 'Route 666'

Grace stood at the entrance of the motel car park, waiting for the boys to come pick her up. The last she had heard was that an old friend of Dean's had called and asked for their help and Dean had dropped everything to go to her aid. Oh yeah - she was a she.

Sam had immediately picked up on Dean's reluctance to go into any detail of how they met and Grace knew that when Sam thought there was something more going on than Dean was revealing there usually was. The pair of them had spent most of journey trying to get Dean to spill some details but he had been annoyingly uncommunicative.

Since then, Grace didn't know what had been going on. Whether they had been able to help Cassie and the other people of this town or whether Sam had been able to find out what happened between Dean and this girl so long ago. And she was impatient to find out.

The low rumble of the Impala sounded in the still air and Grace turned to see it coming down the road. She stepped back to let the car pull up, bending down slightly to see through the window. Surprisingly Sam was driving and Dean wasn't with him. Grace pulled open the passenger door and slipped in, smiling at Sam in greeting.

"So, what's going on? Where's Dean?" she asked as they pulled away.

"Saying goodbye to Cassie," Sam replied with a significant look. "We're meeting him at the docks."

"Saying goodbye, huh?" Grace asked with a raised eyebrow. She turned in the seat so she was facing Sam, inviting him to reveal more information.

"Yeah, turns out they went out for quite a while back in the day," Sam said, not at all loath to dissect this latest piece of Dean's puzzle. "And he actually told her the big, you-can't-tell-anyone-ever family secret."

"No way!" Grace exclaimed, feeling more than a little bit like she was back in high school discussing salacious rumours. "He actually told her you guys were hunters?"

"Uh huh," Sam replied, giving her look that implied he agreed with her shock full heartedly. "And get this, she was the one who broke it off."

"Wait, she dumped Dean? Seriously?" Sam nodded. "Has that even happened to him before?"

Sam laughed. "I don't think so," he replied, grinning.

"You know, I want to meet her," Grace decided, settling back in her seat and staring out of the windscreen.

"Well, I don't know about meet, but you can see her. We're here." Sam announced, pulling up to the side of the road just past where Dean was standing talking to a girl, Cassie, Grace assumed.

Seeing the Impala pulling up, Dean walked towards them, talking to the girl with him.

Sam and Grace both had their eyes fixed in the rear view mirror, trying to watch as subtly as possible. When the pair reached the car, they paused saying their goodbyes and exchanging a kiss.

At this point, Grace and Sam exchanged looks, wide grins in place. Seeing her own expression mirrored on Sam's face, Grace couldn't help a small giggle. Dean was right, he could be such a girl, and she loved it, she needed someone to gossip with.

Dean heard them and turned around, opening the car door and jerking his head slightly to indicate the back seat. Not trusting herself to speak without laughing more, Grace obeyed, climbing over the front seats, shoving Sam's silently shaking shoulders on the way.

As the car moved off from the curb, Sam waved towards Cassie and, on instinct; Grace did as well, even though she'd never even met the girl. They got going along the road, out of the town, before Sam spoke.

"I liked her." He pronounced, decidedly.

Dean continued to look out of the window. "Yeah," he agreed quietly.

Sam was silent for a moment before he asked, "You meet someone like her, every make you wonder if it's worth it? Putting everything else on hold, doing what we do?"

Grace sat up slightly, interested to know what Dean's response would be. He remained silent, looking at Sam for a moment before smiling enigmatically and taking a pair of sunglasses out of the glove compartment and putting them on.

"Wake me up when it's my turn to drive," he told his brother and slouched down in his seat, smile still in place.

Sam glanced up and looked back at Grace in his rearview mirror. They exchanged glances and she smiled a little, she had a suspicion that Dean's answer wouldn't be the one that any of them really wanted to hear. No matter how much he seemed to be born to this role of saving people and hunting things, no matter how adamant he was that he would do anything for his little brother, for his father and now for Grace as well, deep down she thought he sometimes had a yearning for normal that was just as strong as Sam's.

A/N: When I was thinking about this episode I just didn't see Grace as being jealous - let me know what you think, also really hope it doesn't seem out of character for her.

Also - Grace and Sammy acting like BFFs makes my day :) he is such a girl sometimes......