Dean was the first one to start bitching when they got to the jeep. "Dude, Baby is a tank, why do we gotta share the back with him?"

"Cause he would crush Ace."

"I don't have a problem with that." Dean muttered under his breath as Jinx glared at him. "You play nicely or i'll make you take Baby for a walk."

From the tone of her voice, Dean knew that was something he didnt want to be doing. "I am still shocked you can get all of us in here." Sam said as Jinx looked at Ace and they laughed.

"Well, I had some time to make Lila better."

"You douched her up."

"You take that back right now Dean Winchester." Dean rolled his eyes.

Then noticed they were only a few blocks from the roadhouse. Dean didnt notice Sam and Ace grabbing onto the roll bars as Jinx swung her jeep into a spot. "What the hell?"

"Thats how she parks. Get used to it." Ace said as she opened her door, rolling her shoulder as leaned against the jeep.

"To hell with that. I'm fixin the impala the moment we get back to Bobby's."

"I'll help ya." Jinx said as he nodded in her direction; he would honestly be happy for the help.

When they walked into the roadhouse there were a few men, a few hunters still hanging around, cleaning their weapons as Ellen and Jo cleaned up from the night before.

"Excuse me, bar wench, we need four beers, now." Jinx said as she sat at the bar, Ace sitting next to her. "And ice if you don't mind."

"How's your shoulder?" Jinx asked as Ace pulled her shirt back a bit, letting her see the damage; it was a deep purple and black. "Awww." Jinx gently kissed and smiled. "All better now."

"Gee thanks. Now I have your drool all over my shoulder." she said sarcastically as Jinx pushed her. Ace psuhed back.

The boys shook their heads; they really did act like sisters. Jo glared at Jinx, not grabbing their beers as Ellen didn it. Instead Jo was leaning against the part of the bar that was the closets to Dean.

"Your daddy would be proud of you boys. You too Jinx, im sure of it."

Ace made a face. "I'm proud of you toots." Jinx said as Ace smiled at her.

"The fact you're still standing, i'm proud of you." Ellen said as Jo looked at her own mother shocked.

"Thank you Ellen."

"Yeah, you are the coolest female ever." Jinx said as Ace elbowed her. Ellen merely smiled at the girls.

Jo started looking at Sam, and just staring. "Jesus Sammy, can't you tell she wants to try and bang him right now. Come talk with us."

"Yes, come join us." Ace said as Sam looked at Dean and Jo, then to the girls.

"Yeah, i'm just gonna, I have to, i'm going over there." he said as he grabbed his beer and moved down a couple of stools.

Ellen came back a moment later with ice for Ace. "Thanks Ellen."

"No problem sweetheart." she said as Ace smiled at her. Dean who had been listening was waiting for Ace to say something, or make a face, but she only smiled. This cause Dean to smirk; so calling her sweetheart got under his skin, and only when he did it. Oh the fun he was going to have with that.

Finally he turned his attention to Jo, who had been watching him for a few seconds.

"So." she started as he cleared his throat.

"So."

"Am I ever going to see you again?"

"Do you want to?" he asked as she smiled at him.

"I wouldnt hate it."

"Can I be honest with you? Normally I would be hitting on you so fast, it would make your head spin, but these days, I don't know." Jo's eyes drifted over to Jinx for a moment; she saw the way Sam was looking at her.

Then she looked at Ace; there was no way that was happening. She saw neither girls as competition.

"Wrong place, wrong time?" she offered as he nodded.

"Yeah."

"Its okay, I get it."

Jinx nearly screamed in thanks when Ash walked through the door. It all meant that she didnt have to watch Jo and her pathetic attempts to hit on Dean. The girl really should change her tact up a bit.

"Where the hell have you been?" he asked as he looked over at Jinx and Ace.

"Ladies."

"Ash." they said in unison as Sam answered his question. "We were workin a job. Clowns."

"Clowns? What the fuck?"

"You got something?"

"Yeah." he said as he grabbed his equipement and set it on the bar. Jinx smiled and walked over, dropping herself down in Dean's lap.

"So, do I still need to be punished?" she asked as he smirked.

"Maybe after we get under the hood a bit."

"Oh I love it when you talk dirty to me."

"Ash, could you please continue, before those two make us sick."

"You love us Sammy and you know it." Jinx said as Ace patted his shoudler, shrugging as if saying, ' Just wait. Your time will come.' Sam nodded.

Ash laid out some papers for them. "The demon is gone, at least, no where I can find. But if he pops up again, i'll know. I will be on him like divine on dog dookie."

"What do you mean?" Sam asked as Ash smiled.

"I mean, I figured a pattern. If any of the warning signs go off, anywhere in the world, and my radar goes off." Dean looked at the computer, about to grab at it when Jinx swatted his hand.

"Do you mind?" she asked as Ash shook his head. "Anything you want baby."

"You don't want to say that to her, cause she'll take you up on it." Ace said as Ash only smiled; he could live with that.

Jinx looked over the programming. "Babe, where did you learn to do all of this?"

"MIT, before I got bounced for," he paused, looking at Jinx and Ace. "For fighting."

"MIT?" asked Sam with a smirk, not beliving him.

"Its a school in Boston."

"Okay, you'll give us a call as soon as you know something?" asked as Ash nodded. He spoke some spanish and Dean smirked as he knocked back the rest of his beer.

He grabbed Jinx around the waist, set her on her feet and stood. Ace chuckled as Ash grabbed Dean's beer bottle to get the last of the beer out. She put money down for the beers, plus a tip as she stood and followed Jinx and Dean out, Sam following her out.

Ellen called out to them just as they reached the door. "If you guys need a place to stay, we have a couple of bed out back."

"Thanks but no, theres something I gotta finish." he said as she nodded.

"Well okay." she said as they walked out.

That was the last thing Ace really remembered before she woke up a couple of hours later. She looked around the room; Jinx was not in the room. She groaned and stretched out before slipping off the bed. Ace should have known better, a couple of hours of sleep did not help battle the tiredness.

Hazzily she made her way down to the kitchen; shocked she remembered where it was from earlier this morning; she had been so tired. She found Sam in the kitchen, drinking a cup of coffee as he looked out the window.

"Jinx out there?" she asked as he nodded, not once looking at her.

"Dean too. They've been out there for hours now."

"You should talk to him."

"You've met my brother right? He's not the talking type."

Ace nodded; she knew the type, Jinx was exactly the same way. "But you can't keep it in either Sam. It'll kill both of you."

Sam nodded again and set his coffee mug down on the counter. "I'll be right back." Ace watched as he walked over to Dean and Jinx.

Jinx looked at the brothers and grabbed the wrench from Dean's hands and headed towards the front of the car. She could listen to the boys from where she was, break them up if it got necessary. Jinx looked up for a moment, and saw Ace standing on the porch. Sam looked at Dean. "You were right."

"About what?"

"About me and dad." he paused for a moment; Jinx looked at them. She knew this was not going to end well.

Dean was not ready to talk.

"I'm sorry that the last time with him I tried to pick a fight. Im sorry that I spend most of my life angry at him. For all I know, he died thinking I hated him. So you're right, what i'm doing right now, it is too little, too late. I miss him man, and I feel guilty as hell. And i'm not alright, not at all." Jinx started to round the car as Sam took a deep breath.

"But neither are you. That much I know. I'll let you get back to work." Sam looked at Dean then to Jinx as he walked passed her; she patted his shoulder, and he nodded as he walked back towatds the house. He gave Ace a look before heading back into the house.

Ace watched as Jinx walked closed to Dean, her movements very slow and careful. What happened next made her jump, but Jinx never faultered. Dean smashed the window of a car next to him, then started hitting the trunk of the impala with the crow bar.

"Dean, baby, Dean stop." Jinx pleaded with him as she grabbed his arms, standing in front of him so he would have to go through her to keep hitting the car.

He looked at her, shaking his head. Jinx slowly moved her hands down to his, taking the crow bar from his hands, dropping it to the ground. They stood there, staring at each other.

Jinx had silent tears rolling down her cheeks; Dean leaned forward and brushed them away. A moment later she wrapped her arms around him and held him tight as his shoulders started to shake uncontrollably.

Finally his knees gave out, Jinx dropped to the ground with him, and kept her hold on him. Neither of them said anything. They didnt think they were capable of words at the moment.

No, there was no possible way either of them could speak with what they were feeling right now. The breaking and tearing at their hearts with the loss of John. They couldn't.

Ace wiped a fallen tear off her cheek before turning back into the house; she didnt want to leave Jinx when she was so upset, but she knew it was better then trying to help. She knew Jinx well enough to know how she deals, and Ace stepping in would help nothing.

When she walked back into the kitchen, Sam was standing at the sink again, splashing cold water on his face. Ace knew he had been crying as well. She walked over to him, letting him know he wasnt alone. And then the entire house was silent.

Ace sat at the desk reading all the info Steven had sent her about the Winchesters. She had avoided the outside and Dean and Jinx while they worked on the impala. She knew that Dean didn't like her and well, Jinx knew him better than she did. She could help them while all Ace would do was get in the way. She felt like a third wheel.

She blinked her eyes and swore. Contacts needed to come out which meant time for her glasses. She closed her laptop not at all surprised with what she had read. She heard the back door open and slam shut. She ignored it probably Sam coming back from bringing Dean or Jinx food or something. She sipped some more of her cold coffee. She made a face.

"So, sweetheart, what are you up to?" Dean asked causing her to jump.

"Shit! You scared the crap out of me!" Ace said.

"Sorry, weren't expecting me?"

"I thought you were Sam."

"Sam went with Jinx to get some food. I think they said Chinese."

"Oh."

Dean watched as she put the coffee cup down. She got up and went over to the stairs. He suddenly didn't want to be alone. He knew what happened when he was alone. He mind would start thinking about the what ifs. What if he had saved his dad? What if the car crash had never happened? What if... Then it would never stop. He felt better since his break down with Jinx earlier but... There was still a pain in his chest that he wasn't sure would ever go away. He needed a distraction and Ace was as good as any.

"Where are you heading off to?" he asked sitting on the couch.

"To take out my contacts. My eyes are getting dry."

"Wait, you wear glasses?"

"Yes, Pinky I wear glasses. Go ahead, call me four eyes. I heard it enough growing up."

"Nah, I think I'll stick to sweetheart. Suits you better."

Ace shook her head. She sat on the bottom step and looked at him. She could hear Bobby's soft snores from upstairs. She pulled her knees close to her body and rested her chin on them.

"How long has he been gone?" she whispered.

"What?"

"Your dad. How long has he been gone?"

"A few days."

"Those are always the hardest. Gets better. You don't believe me now, but it does. Not that you'll listen to what I have to say anyway."

Dean was quiet. He got up and got two beers from the kitchen. He hoped Ace would still be on the bottom step when he got back. He walked into the room; she hadn't disappointed him. He handed her a beer and sat next to her. She moved over pressing herself against the railing.

"How long for you?"

"I was eighteen. He had lung cancer. All those years digging around in God knows what I guess. I watched him wither away and become a shell of the man I once knew. That I would not wish on my worst enemy. He... I lost my mother when I was three days old. Her heart... It wasn't strong and she died. So, my dad was all I had. And then when he was gone I was alone. Until I met Jinx."

"How did you meet Jinx?"

"Werewolf wanted to make me his snake one night. I run as fast as my feet could take me. Ran right into Jinx who had a gun with silver bullets. Bye bye wolfy."

"And then what? She just took you hunting with her?"

"No, she trained me then she took me hunting with her. Look, I get that when you look at me you think that I'm not good enough to be a hunter."

"It's not that. I... Why the hell would you choose this life?"

"Why would you?"

"This is my life. It's what I grew up doing."

"And you never wanted to walk away and do something different? Find meaning for your life?"

"No."

"Then you can't even begin to understand why I am doing this. Which is fine. I don't except you to."

Ace drank some more of the beer. She stood up and walked up the stairs. She went into the bathroom. She set the beer on the counter and closed her eyes. Dean would never understand her. She had walked away from millions of dollars and a safe life for this one. He would call her crazy. She shook her head. She shouldn't care what he thought anyway.

A/N: Review and we'll put out another one by Wednesday. ;)