The second meeting.

[toughlittlesis]

Alex was surprised when John called her after she had finished up with her last class of the day. It had been a few weeks since she had heard from him. The way he talked, John Winchester seemed like a pretty busy guy. She didn't sweat it though, a distant father was better than none at all. She was willing to take whatever contact was convenient

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[winchester_sam]

It had gotten better after Dean had gone off and had his weekend away with Nicole. There was a little less tension around the two of us. Not like it was completely gone but at least we were back to me listening to less emo music and staring out the window at the rain (as Dean like to put it) and a little less the two of us either not talking or taking turns being pissed off at each other

[deanwinchester]

Wasn't sure where Nicole took off too, but she didn't show up all night. It could be slayer or family business and it wasn't like we didn't bail sometimes on each other. That was just the way things went with us. We both had complicated and busy lives and didn't give each other shit when something came up. Probably one of the big reasons I wasn't feeling the itch to bolt from the relationship. Fuck I hated the term relationship

[toughlittlesis]

I felt my stomach sink when I heard the guy call John "Dad" and froze right where I was standing. These are my brothers. He's either Sam or Dean, and the other one is standing right beside him

[winchester_john]

My stomach dropped out the moment I heard the voice...not out of any sort of aprehension: the boys were going to find out about Alex eventually

[winchester_sam]

Ok, that jarred me the hell out of the confusion because here was Dad starting it up again two seconds after we saw him. Did he always have to fucking do this?

"I put a notice up as soon as we got back Dad, shits' been happening. Not like you seem to know how to use a phone yourself." It was as close as I could get to saying what I really wanted right now and it was probably still enough to piss him off and make Dean tell me to knock it the fuck off.

"You could try saying hi glad to see you're alive and tell me who this is and why I...." Shit I can't just start talking about visions on the street without knowing who she is. "Why I know her from somewhere."

[deanwinchester]

I stared at Dad for a minute when he started lecturing us about being out of touch. Um. Huh? Fucking phone companies. Because I hadn't gotten any of Dad's messages, and I had left a bunch of my own.

"Sam, knock it off. He probably hasn't check his journal. Dad, I didn't get your messages, and I've left you a few too."

Was something fucking with our communication? I supposed that wasn't out of the question. It wasn't like things hadn't happened to keep us apart before. But having the two of them go at each other's throats wasn't what I felt like watching today.

"Look, we're all here and in one piece. Who is the girl?" I finally asked because Sam looked freaked out. Wait he knew her from some place?

I looked at Sam and then back at the girl. Arching an eyebrow I frowned and looked back at Sam. "She isn't exactly your type, bro." Well. She wasn't. Wait why was Dad and the girl giving me weird looks?

[toughlittlesis]

Dean's comment about me being Sam's type made me glad that my stomach was strong enough to handle it. Throwing up in front of them would have been embarrassing, not to mention a little insulting to Sam.

"I have a boyfriend." I explained, trying to shake off the bad feeling. Dean doesn't know what he's saying, I can let it go. We should have stuck to the original plan and had a cup of coffee at the diner.

"I'm Alex, but...I don't think we've met." I could say that I would have remembered him, but that would sound more like flirting than making a statement. I'm not going to make this any worse than it already is.

"Are you sure you guys don't need to talk?" They all look a little pissed at each other now. I don't feel like I belong here with all of the shit that they're talking about.

They're one hell of a family, that's for sure.

[winchester_john]

Alex had a point...but this was something that needed to be addressed. The reason I was so angry was only because I'd been scared...I was man enough to admit that.

And relieved...I was hollow and shaky and light with relief, seeing them in front of me and bickering like they hadn't just dropped off the face of the planet without so much as a phone call or an email.

"We do need to talk...but this here can wait." I replied, ushering Alex back over to my side as I faced the boys. "Dean...Sammy...we gotta talk. Boys...this is Alexandria."

I paused, eyeing Sam curiously before I stole another look at Alex. "And don't think I didn't catch that, Sammy...do I gotta continue? Or do you two already know each other?"

[winchester_sam]

I shook my head, wow between Dean and Alexandria they'd moved Dad out of angry territory so I decided I'd better behave and not take it back there. Dean wasn't above punching me right now after the month we had just had.

Besides it would just lead to having to tell him I'd just been possessed and there was pretty much a world of not wanting to do that in my head right now.

"I swear to God I need a code word." This whole having visions thing was annoying when there were strangers around and I didn't want to just say hi saw you in a vision how you doing?

"No, Dad, we don't know each other." There was just a hint of exasperation there. "I saw her in a vision ok?" I looked over at the girl hoping she was a client or something since suddenly apparently we had to talk. And my visions a lot of times have something to do with people the demon would give a damn about so I wonder who she is.

[deanwinchester]

Vision. Oh well, say something next time dumbass. Like I'm supposed to be able to read his mind? At least Dad was alright and didn't look ready to kick our asses anymore

[toughlittlesis]

Hearing Sam talk about having a 'vision' of me was a little weird. I didn't have the slightest clue what he meant by that, and guessing about it wouldn't have explained anything unless he was willing to talk about it. He didn't seem to be, so I just stood beside John and smiled when Dean made the introduction

[winchester_john]

This was getting a little out of hand, and a little too personal for a public forum...especially with all the vision talk being thrown around. Still, the mention of Sammy's visions, and Alex being in one of them...it was enough to give me serious pause.

And scare me all over again.

"I don't know." I finally admitted to Alex after a moment before turning to the boys again. "But that's something we can talk about in a few minutes...prefferably, somewhere that *ain't* in the open."

Here came the part I was dreading...the moment of truth. Taking a deep, hopefully discreet breath, I bit the bullet and got it done.

"Dean, Sammy...like I said, this is Alex. She's...your sister."

[winchester_sam]

Well that was pretty much the last sentence in the world I was expecting to hear. I mean yeah look at her and those are Dad's eyes so I can see it's true but the whole Dad and another kid just so out of left field it's not even funny.

"Oh." Way to sound welcoming Sam. We so should not be doing this on the street because now even if I don't want to tell Dad about what happened I have to soon because she could be the next target.

"Sorry, I didn't mean to sound weird Alex. Kind of a surprise but a nice one if you know what I mean." It was definitely time to make the atmosphere lighter here before one or more of us combusted so I leaned a little closer like I was telling her a secret.

"Just remember I'm the good brother and you'll be fine."