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A/N: Sorry for the long length between updates I've had a bit of writer's block lately.
A/N: Thanks again my lovely beta d767468
The two of them heard footsteps from behind them and turned around to see Dean looking
at them expectantly. They both nodded at him telling him that they got the message, the three of
them made their way back into the car. Sam this time was in the drivers seat and Dean beat him to
the passengers seat, which part of him wanted to argue about but he figured in the large scheme of
things it probably wasn't important. However, if they kept pushing him around in his own car then
he would definitely have something to say about that, but he also understood Dean's need to get his
angel friend back. Xander slid into the back seat on Dean's side because Sam had pushed the seat
back as far as it could go to accommodate his long legs. Sam pulled out of the parking lot just as
the avalanche of kids started going back into the blue minivan.
They wasn't much talk as Sam got back onto the freeway. But Sam broke the silence a
few minutes later.
"What your favorite color?" he asked glancing at him through the rear view mirror.
Xander smiled, finding the question funny. He knew so much about the Winchesters already and
their first question, well Sam's first question to him was his favorite color. Then again he supposed
that they had to start somewhere.
"Green." he said not that he really cared that much about the color, it had just been his
response to that question ever since he was a kid. Sam nodded "Mines navy blue." he looked over
at Dean who looked at him incredulously but didn't offer his own favorite color up. Sam shrugged
slightly and asked another one.
"What's your favorite food?"
"Lasagna." Xander replied.
"Salad." Dean said and then pointed at Sam with his thumb "This one loves salads." Sam
opened his mouth to ask another question only to have Dean beat him to the punch.
"What's your favorite weapon?" Dean asked and that made Xander smile again but for a
different reason, that was more the kind of question he had been expecting.
"Crossbow you?" he asked back. Dean fiddled around for a moment and produced a gun a
very nice looking .45 with an engrave slide and ivory grips.
"Can I see it?" came out of his mouth before he really thought about it. Dean looked at
him hesitantly for a few moment before handing it over to him. Xander took the gun carefully
making sure not to drop it or scuff it up since it was obvious that Dean cared about his weapon a
lot. He handed it back to Dean a moment later because the whole time he was holding it Dean
looked like he was about to snatch it back from him.
"It's very nice." was all Xander said as Dean put it back away.
"Why a crossbow?" Sam asked.
"It was the weapon of choice back when I was in Sunnydale. Plus you don't get the cop
called on you the way you do when you use a gun in the middle of a city. Not that the cops were
that much of a problem, since most of them seemed to have Sunnydale syndrome." he said and at
Sam's and Dean's blank expression he explained "It's what me and my friends called it. Everyone
else despite how many times they ran into the supernatural seemed to live in a permanent state of
denial and they refused to believe that anything went bump in the night." Sam nodded his
understanding.
"So what is the coolest thing that you've taken out?" Dean asked with a slight smile.
Xander pondered that for a moment, he knew that Dean had a bit of a reputation for being gung ho
about hunting but Xander didn't. He hunted to save people, not because he enjoyed killing the
creatures. However there were a few things he hadn't minded taking out.
"The Mayor." he said, Dean looked at him confused and he had a feeling that Sam would
too if he wasn't driving. Xander supposed he probably should explain that comment before they
started thinking that he was a serial killer or something. "He ascended into a really really big snake
and he was planning to eat everyone at graduation, so we blew him up." he explained. Dean looked
at him incredulously for a moment and he heard him mutter.
"Giant snake?" Xander nodded even though he was pretty sure Dean wasn't actually
asking him a question. Dean looked at him with a hint more of admiration.
"And here I thought purgatory was full of the biggest and baddest monsters, however I
never ran into any giant snakes." Xander looked at Dean but didn't say anything. He had wondered
what Purgatory was like, however he was pretty sure it hadn't been very pleasant. However it
wasn't him who actually asked the question although he had been thinking about it.
"Dean what was purgatory like?" Sam asked softly. Dean's eyes connected with Sam's and
Sam pulled Xander's car off to the side of the road. Xander had the strangest feeling like at the
moment he was invisible and all Sam and Dean were paying attention to right now were each
"Sam it was the strangest thing, I mean it should have terrifying and I guess parts of it
were but it was also...pure."
"Pure?" Sam asked confused and Xander also didn't get it, but he was glad Sam asked
rather than him because he was pretty sure if he spoke he would make the two remember he was
there and they would clam up.
"Always fighting but you never had to wonder about black and white anymore...which I
kind of liked." Dean admitted a little hesitantly.
"Then again it was also scary, you could never really rest, you always had to be on the
move." Dean blinked and looked at him, Xander supposed that was the moment that he realized
again that Xander was back in the car. Xander could practically see the gates and walls roll back
"But that's enough about Purgatory for one day." Dean said and then faced the front like
they had never talked to begin with. Xander knew then any questions about Purgatory would be unwelcome at least at that moment. There was an awkward few minutes of silence before Xander
decided to break it. Well, he didn't consciously decided to break it, he just did it because he wasn't
a fan of awkward silences and this one was very awkward.
"So billboard games anyone?"
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