Dakota Elizabeth Winchester

Chapter 11: Skin Part 1

The Impala pulled up to a gas station and came to a stop while it's passengers discussed their plans.

"Alright. I'm thinking we hit Tucumcari by lunch, then head south and hit Bisbee by midnight." Dean said.

"Sounds good to me." Dakota said, they looked at Sam for his conformation, but he was staring at him phone.

"Sam wears woman's underwear." Dean said trying to snap Sam out of his daze.

"I'm the older twin." Dakota said giggling.

"No you're not. I've been listening, I'm just busy." Sam said, still not looking up from the phone.

"Whatcha doing?" Dakota asked.

"Reading e-mails." Sam answered as Dean climbed out of the car to fill it with gas.

"E-mails from who?" Dean asked.

"From my friends at Stanford." Sam told him.

"You're still in touch with them?" Dakota asked, surprised.

"Yeah, why not?" Sam said.

"So, what exactly do you tell them? Ya know about where you been whatcha been doing." Dean asked him.

"I tell them I'm on a road trip with my big brother and twin sister. I tell them that I needed some time off." Sam answered. Dean was leaning on the back door of the car so he could talk to his siblings better and Dakota had draped herself over the back of the front seats.

"So you lie to them?" Dean asked.

"Dean, knock it off." Dakota said glaring at him.

"No, I just don't tell them everything." Sam answered Dean.

"Yeah, that's called lying. I get it, telling them the truth is far worse." Dean said with a small humorless laugh.

"Are you two morons trying to start a fight?" Dakota asked and she slumped back down in her seat not wanting to be near the two idiots she had the unfortunate luck of calling brothers.

"What am I supposed to do cut everyone out of my life?" Sam asked Dean.

"Look it sucks, but a job like this, you can't get close to people." Dean said.

"You're kinda anti-social, you know that?" Sam said.

"Boys, if you keep antagonizing each other I'm going to spend the car ride pulling your hair and giving you wetwillies like a five-year-old." Dakota threatened.

"Yes ma'am." Dean said.

Sam went back to his phone and got a surprised look on his face as he read his latest e-mail.

"What?" Dakota asked.

"This e-mail from a girl, Rebecca Warren, she's a friend of mine." Sam explained.

"Is she hot?" Dean asked. Dakota rolled her eyes and Sam ignored him and continued explaining.

"I went to school with her and her brother Zack. She says Zack has been charged with murder. They say he killed his girlfriend. Rebecca says he didn't do it, but it sounds like the cops have a pretty good case." Sam told them.

"Dude, what kinda people are you hanging out with?" Dean asked.

"I know Zack! He's no killer." Sam defended.