family ties, supernatural [ 1 ]

003. november 2nd

"Sam!" Jess calls. "Get a move on, would you? We were supposed to be there, like, fifteen minutes ago. Sam! You coming or what?"

Sam peeks around the corner.

"Do I have to?" He whines.

"Yes." Jess insists. "It'll be fun." Sam walks over to her. "And where's your costume?"

"You know how I feel about Halloween." Sam says. "Why can't I just stay with Griff and Tabby? They still need... you know, a babysitter."

"Dude, I'm 16. The last thing I need is a babysitter." Griffin says, walking into the room, wearing a costume.

"Where are you going?" Sam asks.

"I have a Halloween party. One I told you about." Griffin says.

"What about Tabitha?" Sam asks.

"She's at her friend's house. She's not coming back till later. You'll probably be here by then. Even if nobody's home, the girl has her own key." Griffin says. "See ya."

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Griffin, who fell asleep on the couch, jolts awake at a loud thud. 

"Whoa, easy, tiger."

"Dean?" Dean laughs. "You scared the shit out of me."

"That's cause you're out of practice."

Sam flips Dean over, pinning him to the floor.

"Or not." Dean says. "Get off me." Sam gets up and Dean follows. Griffin glances between the two with wide eyes, not entirely sure if he's dreaming or not.

"What the hell are you doing here?" Sam questions.

"Well, I was looking for a beer." Dean says.

"What the hell are you doing here?" Sam repeats.

"Okay. All right. We gotta talk."

"Uh, the phone?"

"If I'd have called you, would you have picked up?"

"Sam?" The light turns on, the three looking over at Jess, Tabitha right behind her and tightly gripping onto her arm. Tabitha releases the blonde from her death grip when she sees who all is in the room.

"Jess. Tabby. Hey." Sam sighs. "Dean, this is my girlfriend, Jessica." Dean looks her up and down.

"Wait, your brother Dean?" Jess smiles. Sam nods.

"Oh, I love the Smurfs." Dean smiles, moving closer to Jess. "You know, I gotta tell you. You are completely out of my brother's league."

"No, she isn't." Tabitha frowns.

"Just let me put something on." Jess says, turning to leave.

"No, no, no, I wouldn't dream of it. Seriously." Dean says, moving back over to Sam, glancing at his teen brother who is on the couch. "Anyway, I gotta borrow your boyfriend here, talk about some private family business. But, uh, nice meeting you."

"No." Sam says, walking over to Jess and wrapping an arm around her. "No, whatever you want to say, you can say it in front of her."

"Okay." Dean says. "Um... dad hasn't been home in a few days."

"So he's working overtime on a Miller Time shift. He'll stumble back in sooner or later."

"Dad's on a hunting trip... and he hasn't been home in a few days."

"Sweet. I'll get the tequila." Griffin says, getting up.

"Jess, excuse us. We have to go outside." Sam says.