The car came to a sudden stop and jolted Dean forward, he boosted himself up to look out his side window and seen a model family house with a white picket fence and the grass evenly trimmed, Dean knew exactly what was happening.
"You going away again Dad?" Dean asked
Sam and Dean were getting used to being moved from place to place and staying with "family friends" when John went hunting, Dean at the age of five was used to being moved but for Sam he didn't adapt to change as easily, he got agitated around new people and strange places. Dean being the big brother became very protective and always kept a watchful eye on his "Sammy".
John began favouring this house in the suburbs; the home of Emily and Shannan, these girls would regularly mind the boys and a few other children in an attempt to give them a normal childhood.
Dean looked up again and he seen the front door opening, a woman walked out with brown hair tied backs wearing jeans and a t- shirt and looked to be carrying another child, she placed him down and the brown hair boy ran inside side and hid behind the door frame.
Dean waved at his friend Cas and knew that it meant Gabriel was there too, the car door opened and Dean was looking up at his father. The woman approached the car and went round the other side to take out a now alert Sam making sure to take his moose teddy with him. Another woman slightly shorter than the first talked to John while he removed the small bag of the boys' belongings out of the trunk of the car.
"How long will this trip be John?" Emily the first woman asked
John looked up at her and gave her a disconcerting look
Dean looked up at his father in awe as John kneeled down to his height, "Take care of your brother"
The two women brought the boys inside as John drove away in the impala, Dean turned around and watched his father drive away and looked up at Shannan "Dad never says goodbye"
"C'mon boys, I think it's time for a nap." Emily said quietly not wanting to grab the attention of the drowsy infant in the corner. Gabriel crawled out of his Lego fort and made his way up the stairs without a word stumbling up every second step, his head was still sore from the whack Dean gave him. Emily watched the eldest boy leave the room slightly concerned at the lack of smart comments. She was pulled from her concerned thoughts by a tug on her t-shirt. It was Cas index finger in his mouth and he was doing his regular need to pee dance, balancing his weight from on leg to the other. The child-minder crouched down to Cas' level and smiled.
"What's wrong, sweetheart?" Cas went up on his tippy toes and whispered in Emily's ear "I gots to go potty" A soft giggle forced it way out of the woman's lips
"Alright but come up stairs as soon as you're finished" Emily stood up and allowed the toddler by, Cas disappeared out of the room and down the hall, the pitter patter of his tiny feet getting fainter and fainter followed by the slam of a door and silence.
Dean, surprised by the sudden departure of his friend was curious to see where he went. He pushed himself up off the floor letting out a small grunt at the difficulty of the task. He toddled his way over to his new babysitter.
"Where did Cas go?" He questioned.
"He went to the toilet, chicken." Emily replied.
"Oh." The dirty blonde looked around the room lost without Cas.
"Do you want to go upstairs to take a nap?"
"No."
"Why not?"
"Men don't take naps." Dean stated looking around the room for something to do.
"They do when they're tired." Emily smiled at Dean.
"Now go on up or I'll have to get the tickle monster." Dean began to laugh, he ran out of the playroom and up the stairs.
"No! Not the tickle monstore!" Dean whispered remembering his brother was asleep in the other room. Emily roared quietly chasing Dean up the stairs leaving Shannan to get the sleeping baby.
Sam was curled up snuggling his new companion. Shannan lifted the small child into her arms; she smiled at the fact even in a deep slumber Sam refused to loosen his grip on his new teddy. The shorter of the two women brought Sam upstairs, past the taller one, into a baby blue room containing a cot and three beds two of which were inhabited by a sleeping Gabriel wraped up in his own wings and a giggly Dean. The baby was placed in the white framed kiddie cage to sleep peacefully.
Dean watched over his sleeping brother for a moment then turned his attention back to the door where he noticed Cas the door frame hidden partially behind Emily, a devilish smile spread across his face. Dean noticed his new friend and was about to greet him when Cas placed his finger over his lips. Dean smiled and pretended the small angel was invisible. Cas pulled at his cheeks, stuck out his tongue and crossed his eyes. Dean couldn't help it Cas looked so funny he had to laugh. Emily noticed the direction Dean was looking in and laughing, at first she thought it was her until she turned around and noticed the toddler who was pulling the silliest face she had ever seen.
"Get into bed you little hooligan or I'll get the tickle monster!" Emily said watching Cas run to the bed and hide under the covers laughing. Shannan joined her friend by the door and turned out the light.
"See you later boys" the women left the room closing the door behind them. As soon as the Dean couldn't hear the two women he pulled the covers of and began playing with his toy impala once more making vroom noises as he went.
"Dean, why are you still awake?" The sudden brake in the silence startled Dean which in turn caused him to fall off the bed. Luckily the bang wasn't loud enough for the two women to hear.
"Dean, are you okay!" The dark haired boy climbed out of his bed, which was a struggle considering it was a height from the floor, he dangled his feet off until he could just feel the floor with his toes then slowly lowered himself down but still held a fierce grip on the bed cover, with his feet firmly on the ground he stood up straight and made his way over to his new friend. He was met by the sight of Dean in a fetal position holding the left side of his head.
"Dean? Dean, are you okay?" Big blue eyes filled with worry, Cas began shaking Dean's shoulder waiting for a response.
"Dean?" Cas began to tear up. Dean's eyes shot open only to see his friend crying over him.
"Cas?"
"Dean! You're okay!"
"Why are you crying?"
"I thought you were dead!"
"Nah, I just hit my head off the stupid locker."
"Does it hurt?"
"A little"
"Do you want me to get Emily or Shannan?"
"No! Why would I need them?"
"Cuz you got hurted"
"I'm okay."
"Then why didn't you answer me?"
"I was busy being in pain."
"Oh. Sorry." Cas looked down at the floor.
"It's okay" Dean smiled slapping his friend on the back.
"You should go take your nap."
"Are you not going to take a nap?" Cas asked
"Men don't need naps."
"Well, if you're not taking a nap I won't either." Cas said trying to impress Dean
"Okay what do you want to do?" Dean sat up on his bed
"Uummm, I don't know." Cas joined him on the bed
"How about we talk, but no girly stuff"
"Okay. Why did you come here?" Cas asked curious about the reason Dean was brought here.
"My dad is a hunter and he says I'm too young to go hunting so he brought me here." Dean looked down at the cover.
"Are you okay?"
"Yeah, why are you here?" Dean just wanted to change the subject.
"I don't know, Gabriel says it's because Daddy is too busy with my other brothers and sisters."
"Wow that sucks"
"Yeah" The boys continued to talk for a while both slowly getting drowsy. Dean was first to fall asleep.
"Dean?" When Cas got no reply he realised Dean had fallen asleep. The toddler tried to pull Dean's blanket out from under him but the task proved physically impossible. The blue eyes scanned the room for a spare blanket. He locked onto a beige blanket peering out the bottom compartment of a large chest of drawers. Cas tip- toed over to the draw pulled out the blanket, tip-toed back to Dean, climbed back on to the bed and draped the blanket over the sleeping Dean. In the process of doing so Cas covered himself, he was too tired to pull the blanket off himself but it was too late he had got to comfy and he was to tired to move so he laid beside Dean and drifted off to sleep.
20 minutes later Emily popped her head in the door to check on the boys. She was confronted by the cutest sight; Dean and Cas were both fast asleep under one of the girl's trench coat. Emily had to get Shannan up here to see this. The girls took a picture of the two boys fast asleep on the floor, they were going to hold it against them forever.
