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"Here, you get me for two reasons--one because it's researching, two because it's you I'm maybe helping to protect," she told him.

"If anyone can help me, it'll either be you or Dean. Most likely both of you," Sam said.

"Not like you couldn't figure it out on your own, though."

"Maybe," Sam said, shrugging before smiling broadly at Dawn. "But it'll be easier and faster with someone else who's as smart as me looking."

"You're asking Rory and Hermione?" Dawn teased, "I'll feel very left out."

"Ha ha ha," Sam said dryly. "You know I'm talking about you."

"Just checking." She grinned at him, happy that they could still do this, with the researching and the bantering and the being friends thing in addition to the dating thing. "What kind of amulet were you thinking?"

Sam was equally aware of how awesome it was to be able to have this sort of relationship with Dawn, and he knew he was lucky in that respect. "Something as simple as possible," Sam said. "Maybe something I can wear pretty much every day? The things the amulet would be warding against aren't exactly expected, so consistent protection would be a plus."

"Well, if you're going to be wearing it every day, it'll have to be out of a durable material," Dawn said, already thinking about the logistics, "and it should probably be blessed, just as a general precaution..."

"Definitely. Possibly in more than one way," Sam replied. "And it should be something that I can make more than once, in case you or Dean wants one too."

"If we're making them, it's just as easy to make three as to make one," she glanced at him, gauging his reaction, "Or four, or even seven."

"I don't know if we'd need to make that many. Who would we give them to?" Sam asked.

"You, me, Dean, Alec, your Dad, Principal Washburn, and your sister," Dawn counted off on her fingers.

"I'm pretty sure Alec can survive without one, but you have a point about the rest."

Dawn gave him a Look.

"...or we can make one for Alec too," he said.

"Uh huh."

Sam grumbled softly under his breath. "You're so much nicer than me."

"It's your family, so that makes it easier," Dawn said, smiling at him, "I'm not as nice with mine."

"Alec is not part of my family!" Sam said, sounding kind of horrified at that thought.

Sam got another look. "He's all but dating your brother! He's like his...clone, or something, or whatever. How much closer do you need him to be?"

"He's...he's not...look, I've just started getting used to the idea that Alec is a decent person. And he is dating Dean, whether he wants to admit it or not, but...he's not family. Zoe's close to being family, and that's only because she's pregnant. Alec's still a long ways away from getting anywhere close."

"Sam..." Dawn was getting aggravated, "Principal Washburn's giving birth to your sister in a couple of months. That's like...family squared! She's giving you new family, and she obviously plans on sticking with your dad in the long-term. Family's not what you're born into--it's who acts like family, and Alec does, whether you like it or not."

"Alec will never be part of my family, no matter how he acts," Sam insisted, trying not to get angry at the thought. "Family is me, and my dad, and Dean. In the very near future, Zoe and Grace will be part of that too. But that's it. The other people we get close to are in a whole separate category."

Dawn couldn't help but notice she wasn't on the list either. "What category is that?"

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