Chapter 3

"We'll bring your car back tomorrow Brody," Krissy told him as she pulled into the driveway and parked.

"You guys okay to get in the house?"

"Yep, we're not that wasted," Brody said stealing a quick kiss from Alex before stumbling into Cole and heading for the door.

"See ya tomorrow," Trace whispered to Claire kissing her cheek ever so gently.

"Can't wait," she smiled shyly at him. He was one of the first guys she seemed to feel a connection with.

"Drive safe Lady Bug," Cole said kissing Krissy good-bye and hurrying after the other two before they stumbled and ended up hurting themselves.

"Always C. I'll wait until you guys get inside so you have some light."

The guys headed for the door using the headlights to guide them as Krissy waited for Cole to get the door opened to let them inside. They waved at the girls before closing the door and lights came on in the house.

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"Brody, you can take Sky's bedroom, she's gone until next week and Trace can use Sam's room, it's across from mine," Cole said showing them the rooms.

"You sure he won't mind?" Trace asked looking into the room.

"Its fine, Krissy said they wouldn't be back in town for three or four days."

"See ya in the morning," Brody called to them heading into the master bedroom ready to sleep off the amount of alcohol he had consumed. He headed for the bathroom catching the door jam as everything began to spin around him. Once the room quieted down and the urge to toss his cookies passed, he brushed his teeth, emptied his bladder and headed toward the bed. He stripped down to his briefs, piling his clothes by the bed and slipped under the covers relaxing into the mattress and letting his mind shut down as sleep overtook him.

"Go ahead you can use the bathroom first," Cole offered turning the light for the bathroom on before heading into his bedroom.

"Thanks, won't be long."

"Take your time."

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"Am I glad to be out of Baby," Dean groaned as he opened the door and pulled himself out to stretch his back.

"We could've got a room and came on in tomorrow," Sam yawned glad to be out of the car too.

"Being this close, it would've been a waste of money," Dean answered. "Come on my bed is calling me, it misses me and I can't wait to cuddle with Sky if she's here."

Dean unlocked the front door and they quietly entered the house so they wouldn't wake Sky or Cole.

"Nite," Dean said heading for his and Sky's bedroom while Sam strolled on down the hall to his bedroom.

Sam didn't bother to turn on the light, using the nightlight from the hall instead as he sat his bag down and stripped out of his clothes before making his way to the bed. He dropped his exhausted body onto the bed and slid under the covers stretching his long body as he settled down. Movement beside him brought him instantly awake when his arm hit another body that was not supposed to be there.

"What the hell!" Sam yelled as he fell out of bed knocking off the lamp and stumbling for his bag and his weapon.

"Wh-what?" a male voice slurred from the bed trying to figure what the noise was.

"Trace, you okay?" Cole asked flipping on the overhead light to see Sam standing in briefs and a tee shirt pointing a gun at the bed that Trace was sitting up in. "Don't shoot Sam!"

"Shoot?" Trace asked seeing the gun and a very tall, buffed guy standing behind it.

"Holy crap!" Cole cried in shock when he realized if Sam was here, so was Dean which meant... "Oh shit, I'm so dead!"

Cole stumbled as he hurried down the hall for the other bedroom with Sam close behind wondering what was wrong. Trace followed being sure to keep a safe distance between him and Sam. He considered himself in good shape until he saw the tall, muscular body of this Sam guy. He was not someone he would want to anger or make an enemy of.

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Dean quietly made his way into the bedroom, trying to be quiet so he wouldn't wake Sky. He headed into the bathroom, relieving himself and stripping his dirty clothes off dropping them in the hamper leaving only his briefs on. Very carefully, Dean pulled the covers back to slip under them and eased up next to Sky. He got an arm over her body sliding closer when whistles and bells went off telling him something was wrong. He was feeling a bare chest with hair and no breasts and way too big to be Sky.

"What the hell?" Dean growled rolling from the bed and coming up with a gun to defend himself.

Bright lights came on and blinding Dean as he looked toward the door to see Cole and Sam standing there with another guy he didn't know. Cole looked at a brief clad Dean holding a gun on Brody who was sitting up in bed trying to figure out what was going on.

"Dean, he's my friend, you can put the gun away," Cole finally got out.

"Where's Sky?" he growled out madly.

"Had a job, won't be back until next week."

"Who is this?" he asked madly waving his gun at Brody who was easing out of the bed slowly wondering who this was and why he was waving a gun at him.

"Dean, Sam this is Brody and that's Trace, their friends of mine from the Marines. They're visiting for the weekend."

"Got the same surprise," Sam huffed looking back at Trace who was eyeing Dean with wide eyes. This was another guy he would not want to make angry that was for sure. It dawned on him these were the brothers that they had been talking about.

"These are the girl's brothers?" Brody asked cautiously holding up his hands since Dean still had a gun on him.

"Put your hands down, I'm not gonna shoot ya," Dean sighed stowing his gun back in his bag.

"You can have your bed back," Brody told him deciding the floor would be a better place to sleep.

"Naw, that's okay, I'll sleep on the couch," he grumbled pulling some light sweats from his bag and slipping them on.

"I'll get us some pillows and blankets," Sam said heading out of the bedroom now that the excitement was over.

"Everyone go back to bed, I'm too tired to talk about this now," Dean added following his brother from the room.

"Sorry guys, I had no idea they would be back this soon," Cole tried to apologize to them.

"It's alright, hunt was a bust, decided to drive straight through."

"Now I know what Krissy was talking about, man, I wouldn't want to meet either one of them in a dark alley," Brody commented as he got his breathing under control.

"I'm with you on that," Trace agreed once the brothers had headed back for the living room. "I think they would shoot first and ask questions later."

"They're really okay guys once you get to know them," Cole said. "Look, go on back to bed; I'll see ya in the morning."

"Yeah, if I can get back to sleep, not sure I feel comfortable sleeping in their bed now."

"They said it's okay, so don't worry about it. It's not the first time they've slept on the couch," Cole shrugged heading back to his bedroom followed by Trace.

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It was the wee hours of the morning, to early for anyone to be awake when Sky slipped in the kitchen door and made her way to her bedroom. She saw the outline of a prone body in bed and smiled happy to see Dean had made it back sooner than he expected. Sky inspected the side of her face where a nice purple, greenish bruise stood out on her cheek. She knew Dean was going to have questions she couldn't answer especially when he saw the other injury on her arm that was bandaged. She fingered the bullet wound and sighed hoping to put off the confrontation until after she got some sleep. She slipped into the bathroom to brush her teeth before getting in bed.

Sky got under the covers and wiggled over next to the warm body pressing herself into his back. She felt the body move and kissed his neck and moving up to capture his lips. Something didn't feel right, she thought when it dawned on her this body was not big enough to be Dean's. She reached behind her and tapped on the light to look into the face of a guy Cole's age who was starting wide eyed at her. He tried to speak, but words wouldn't come out of his mouth as he slipped from the bed once again holding his hands out in surrender.

"Cole Winston!" Sky screamed as she jumped out of bed. "Cole! Get your ass in here!" she yelled again backing toward the door not taking her eyes off the stranger standing beside her bed.

"Sky?" Dean questioned as she backed into him tripping. He grabbed her before she fell and frowned when he saw her scantly clad body dressed in only a skimpy tank top and panties, not leaving much to the imagination. He looked toward the bed at Brody who had stopped moving and back at Sky putting two and two together.

"What the hell happened to you?" he questioned when he saw her face, looking back at Brody and started to step toward him threateningly. "Did you do this?" he growled out clenching his hands into fists.

Brody froze in terror realizing how this looked and swallowed hard when he saw Dean's eyes turn cold and deadly as he stared him down. He so didn't want to die today but wasn't sure what to say to defuse the situation.

"Wasn't me," he squeaked out.

"Oh God not again," Cole whined seeing his sister barely clothed standing beside an enraged Dean.

"He's right, Dee stand down," Sky told him laying a hand on his arm and looking up into his angry face. Dean looked back at her and let out a deep breath.

Sam stood behind him quickly taking in the scene to be sure there was no danger before relaxing. Trace had joined the party peeking around Sam to see what the commotion was about. He saw what had to be Cole's sister standing beside Dean with skimpy clothes on and saw Brody standing at the end of the bed a look of terror on his face.

"What's going on Cole?" she fussed at him jerking one of Dean's button ups out of his bag and slipping it on wincing when she moved her arm wrong.

"Look, all of you were gone and as far as I knew and you weren't going to be back until next week, I let them use the bedrooms," Cole explained. "They're friends from the Marines, I told you about them, don't you remember?"

"Yeah, yeah I do now," she whined as the information came back to her.

"Look, you guys can have the bedroom; I'll sleep on the couch," Brody decided grabbing up his clothes. "Is there anyone else that you're not expecting coming tonight?"

"No, we should be good," Cole replied. "Sorry about all the mix up guys."

"Thanks," Dean nodded to Brody. "Okay everyone out, I need some sleep."

"Nite," Sam snickered when it dawned on him how funny this really was. Maybe after everyone got some sleep they could all have a good laugh about all this and then again maybe not.

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After everyone finally left the bedroom, Dean turned slowly to Sky and pursed his lips before speaking.

"Wanna tell me what happened?"

"Nothing, I got in bed and cuddled up next to him before..."

"Not that, I got that, your face and arm...And leg?" he asked holding her away from him to look over her body seeing the large bruise starting about mid thigh and running down to mid calf. It was an ugly black/purple fading to a yellow/green around the edges. He had seen enough bruises like this to know it wasn't accidental.

"It's nothing, looks worse than it is," she said trying to brush it off.

"You're not getting off that easy," he said capturing her arm before she could get in bed and pulling her toward him.

"Dangers of the job."

"I've had enough punches to know what one looks like," he confronted her. "And if I take off that bandage what will I find?"

"Fine, it's a gunshot wound, through and through, nothing to worry about," she huffed jerking her arm from his grasp and walking to the bed. "I'm exhausted and would like to get some sleep," she said through gritted teeth. "Care to join me?"

"This is not over," he said sternly slipping into bed beside her and pulling her into his arm.

She cuddled into his strong body and let sleep drag her under, too tired to continue this fight now. Dean smoothed her hair down and kissed her head feeling her breathing slow and her body relaxing. It drove Dean crazy not knowing what Sky did when she left. He had questioned Cole, but he didn't know, she had not told him anything about her work either. He was almost to the point of contacting this uncle of their's and seeing what he would tell him.

Dean sighed and settled, trying to shut his mind down so he could sleep. He was exhausted from their long drive and the few hours of sleep he previously got just made him feel worse. Their conservation could wait until later today after they got some rest and things settled down. Maybe he would take her for a drive to be alone and question her further.

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"Can you ring the bell?" Krissy asked juggling bags in her arms.

"Got it," Claire said.

They waited at the door for someone to answer. All were surprised when Dean opened the door to stare at them.

"Well, ya comin' in or not?" he finally asked pulling the door wider open.

"Hey big brother didn't think ya were in town," Krissy started letting him take a couple of bags from her and giving him a one armed hug.

"Evidently neither did anyone else," he growled unhappily.

"I'm sure there's a story behind that statement," Alex commented following them inside.

"There's some other things in the car," Claire added seeing Sam walking out of the kitchen.

"Alright," he told her strolling outside to see what was left.

"So you met Brody and Trace?" Alex asked sitting her bags on the table.

"You could say that."

"Is Sky here too?"

"Yeah, she's still sleeping, got in early this mornin'."

"Great, we've got the fixings for a cookout, glad we picked up extra."

"Where do ya want this stuff?" Sam asked coming in with the rest of the bags.

"Just set them over there. Okay guys, let's get this cookout going. I'm guessing since you're here, you'll wanna cook?"

"Damn straight," Dean nodded. "You know that's my job."

"Hey big brother that's fine by me," Krissy laughed tossing him his apron. "And you can fill us in on why you seem so grumpy."

A/N: Not the way you want to meet someone's brothers. This was so much fun to write. Reviews are great. NC