Family Found

Chapter 9

"Garth needs our help."

Sam stood in Liz's doorway, knowing Dean and Bobby were waiting downstairs.

"With a case?" Liz frowned with Mary on her hip.

It had been a several months since their first date and, during that time, Sam had been able to find ways for Dean to hunt with Bobby or another hunter. He spent his days doing research and answering Bobby's 'law enforcement' phones, watching Mary while Liz worked at the drugstore and did homework - she'd decided to go back to school and found a way to do it online.

He frowned. "It's an all-hands-on-deck situation."

She nodded. "Well, then, I guess you have no choice."

He leaned down and pressed his lips to Mary's head. It hurt him not to take her from her mother as he would normally. He then turned to Liz and cupped her face in his hands, kissing her deeply.

With her free hand, she grasped his shirt while she returned the kiss. When he pulled back, she grabbed his chin in her hand, keeping him from straightening. Looking into his eyes with some intensity, she commanded in whisper. "You come back."

He nodded, despite her hand on his chin. "I will."

"And bring that pain-in-the-ass uncle and grandpa with you."

He smiled. "Yes, ma'am."

She pressed her lips to his again. Then she stepped back and looked at her daughter. "Say 'see you later, Daddy'," she instructed the baby, taking her little hand and waving it.

Sam touched Mary again, then, turned and walked down the stairs. When he got to the bottom, he turned to look back and found the door closing. He nodded and walked out to the waiting Impala.

"How'd she take it?" Dean asked when he closed the door.

Sam nodded. "As one would expect a hunter to take it."

Dean's eyebrows rose. "Really?"

"What? She was raised in The Life like we were."

"But I'm sure she thought you were done with it."

Sam frowned at his brother. "I've never been done with it, Dean. I'm in it everyday." Sam looked forward. "Can you just drive?"

Dean looked at his brother, seeing the muscles in his jaw working, then frowned deeply and put the car in drive.

#Supernatural#

Liz was sitting at Bobby's kitchen table with Mary on her lap, reading a lore book instead of the assignment sitting on her laptop on the other side of the table, when one of the six phones on his wall rang. She picked it up and looked at the card taped above it.

"Federal Bureau of Investigation, Tom Willis' office, this is Lizbeth." She listened and nodded. "Special Agent Willis is out of the office at present. May I take a message?" She paused and smiled. "Oh, I can answer that question, Sheriff. Agent Bonham was instructed to investigate your case at..." she looked up in the air. "Fifteen forty yesterday." Then she looked at her watch. "Must've taken him a while to get there... Absolutely. I'll have Special Agent Willis call you when he returns - though it may not be today. Can I have your number?" She paused, looking for the teething ring in her bag. "3847? Got it. And the Federal Bureau of Investigation appreciates your assistance in this matter. Have a nice day."

She hung up the phone and continued to look for the teething ring. Finding it, she stood and put Mary in the playpen that was set up in Bobby's kitchen. As she straightened and turned, Bobby's front door burst open.