[b]NATALIA[/b]

Natalia was under no illusions that Dean would no doubt at some point, do what he could to get her to come back to the bunker and see him and Sam. Despite her telling him countless times that until they made the bunker more safe for Cason, it was not going to happen. She was happy on the road, she was finally seeing more of the country living life on the road with Cason than if she stayed in Kansas, and she didn't have to walk around with the echoes of Mika following her.  Cason's surprise at hearing that Dean wanted his help was hard to ignore, she was surprised herself. Sure, they had gotten on better in more recent years but it was still a surprise when Dean or Sam asked for Cason's help. 

With Dean answering and replying, she heard the exact tone of his voice and knew what he was doing. She was almost tempted to put Dean on speaker so Cason could hear Dean for himself, but she also knew Cason would probably try to convince her to not accept to help Dean. As he huffed down the phone, she sighed to herself, he sounded so fed up that a job fell into his lap and he didn't want to deal with it. Then came the question she was waiting to hear..can she come stay for a few days under the guise of figuring out this demon deal. She tried to tell herself to not give into Dean's emotional manipulation, but she was still worried about him and like Cason, was convinced he would just starve in his room if she didn't visit. Putting the phone on speaker finally, lowering it to between herself and Cason she gave her answer… “okay, we'll come help you and Sam out. But only to help this girl with her demon deal situation.” She replied, finally giving in and knowing she would no doubt get called out for it by Cason when the call ends. 

“As for Denver? Yeah, Anna called a couple of days ago for a chat and to catch up. They're all doing okay over there. Duke has named a horse after Mika apparently now and Anna is missing us all but she's happy where she is.” She explained honestly. “Anyway…” she tried to change the subject so she couldn't get emotional in her tired state, “from where we are it's gonna take like a whole day at least to get to you. I'll see if we can do a pit stop in Denver on the way as I'll need it” she told Dean, not quite ready to look at Cason in case he was giving her judging eyes for caving into her brother's requests. Not only that, she knew how much Cason still hated traveling by car, despite her having convinced him numerous times to take the wheel so she could take breaks over the years. 

[b]LEXI[/b]

 
Dean saying he needed to do a little bit of manipulation on his sister made her raise an eyebrow at him. She couldn't help but wonder why he couldn't be just honest with the girl, but who was she to judge? It wasn't like she had siblings she could have this kind of experience with. As he replied to Natalia on the phone, she couldn't help but listen in to what he was saying and taking in the tone of his voice. He was actually pretending he was still in an utter grief ridden funk just to get Nat to agree to come. She had to admit, Dean was good at playing the part as he didn't lay it on too thick to be unbelievable, but thick enough that if Lexi was Natalia? She would have believed it and agreed to his request. Then he mentioned Denver and her interest got piqued. She knew of Denver and that Sam would never go there for a hunt, she remembered when one evening they had off and in a bar together to just relax, she asked him about why he wouldn't go to Denver. 

It took some convincing of the alcoholic kind for him to confide in her, but she did eventually get some kind of answer. There was a girl there who clearly meant a lot to him but he had to leave her with friends so she was safe. Lexi put it as a ‘the one who got away’ kind of situation even though Sam, by the sounds of it, enforced it onto the girl in question. Sam at the time admitted he was glad she got him to talk about it as he realized that she did get the situation to some extent. It was why she kept her ex out of the hunting life, kept him in the dark as much as possible to try and keep him safe. Why she took so many different routes home just to make sure nothing could follow her and learn her favored route home. Of course, eventually it was all for nothing and she lost her fiancé but she at least tried at the time. Sam never did tell her what Anna's name was or what she looked like. Just that there was a lot of history there he wasn't ready to share. 

Lexi made herself stay quiet as much as possible so Natalia wouldn't hear her in the background of the call, not wanting to put Dean under any kind of interrogation by his baby sister. 

[b]SAM[/b]

The way Anya had clearly forgotten about handing the room key back made Sam smile. She really was naive at times and it just added to her charm. As he waited for her by the car, he couldn't help but look towards the reception and inside the window, seeing her signing a full conversation with the guy behind the counter. It was clear that while she was staying here, she had obviously gotten on with the guy and he did look out for her. Something he didn't see very often in these kinds of motels. He may not have caught really anything that was being spoken as Anya's back was to him, but judging by the way the motel owner looked, they were discussing what happened to him. It got him curious and his quizzical mind was rather intrigued and needed to know what was going on. However he remained outside and kept out of it, knowing that when Anya was good to exit the reception she would. Whilst he waited, he pulled out his phone to see if there were any messages or missed calls from either of his siblings, but there wasn't and he couldn't help but wonder if Dean did actually call Natalia. So many thoughts ran through his mind intermittently about the case and how they could all help Anya, just wanting her safe. 

As he put his phone back in his jeans pocket, he looked up and saw her walking back towards him and she didn't seem to be as peppy as she was before she went in. With an eyebrow raised, he wondered what was discussed to make her have such a change of attitude. He didn't exactly believe her that all was good, but he let her get in the car and got in himself, without saying another word initially. Sam pulled out of the parking lot of the motel when they were both in and headed towards the tattoo shop mostly in silence, even though the need to know what had her slightly upset or freaked out was eating away at him. She just didn't seem like herself right now and he felt the need to make things okay or cheer her up, but not knowing what has her stressed out, made things rather difficult. So he waited until they reached the tattoo shop, pulled into a parking spot outside of it on the main road and then turned his body to face her a bit. “I know you said everything is good but I get the feeling it's not. What's wrong Anya? You can talk to me” he spoke calmly and softly, but there was still that hint of concern for her in his tone. “If it's something I can help with I'd like to” he added, reaching out for her hand and held it. 

Part of him knew he probably should have not said anything, but the bigger part of him just couldn't pretend something wasn't said to her that clearly got under her skin. If it had something to do with being able to help her and get answers she so desperately needed then he had to know everything. He had spent far too many years keeping secrets from people and it never ended well. The latest consequence of his own secret keeping was spending her life in Denver with friends and living a pretty normal life, whilst he was still a hunter.