[ Jesse wants to feel smug about it . . . except even before Sam and Dean knocked on his door, he always managed to do just fine. He was able to take care of himself, walking back to school and fixing his own meals and staying at home by himself. There's no freedom in it, because the lies his parents told him kept him from going out on his own for sure.

And he can't help but feel a little envy for the boy responding. He has someone with him, someone he will never have to leave a note behind and just go, to avoid dangers that no one can ever believe. ]

I really don't have anybody. It's just me.