Things to remember:
A) I own all characters who you have never heard of.
B) I do not own the characters from Supernatural
C) This is the first part of a two or three part series
D) This story covers 1 year: August 1999-July 2000.
E) 12 chapters total, with each chapter spanning a month
More relevant info to this chapter: So. Yeah. I did a thing. I wrote this story in five days, give or take. I am currently working on a sequel, but its slow going. Maybe the Teen Wolf story I'm working on will help balance things out? Maybe? We shall see. Tell me what you guys think, ok?
EDIT: My lovely beta, Tazael touched up this chapter for me, so here is the new version ;)
Sincerely wishing you all well,
Kida-Asumi, the Captin of Sirius
"August rushes by like desert rainfall,
A flood of frenzied upheaval,
But still catching me unprepared.
Like a matchflame
Bursting on the scene,
Heat and haze of crimson sunsets.
Of moon and dark barely recalled,
Shadows caught in a blink.
Like a quick kiss;
One wishes for more
But it suddenly turns to leave,
Dragging summer away."
Expected,
Like a dream
A moment"
"Mama!" A little brunette called out happily as he ran towards his mother. The blond smiled, pulling her son on to her lap.
"Did you have fun with your Auntie, Jesse?" She asked. He nodded, grinning at his Aunt Lily as she approached.
"Is everything unloaded?" Lily asked, distractedly brushing her dark hair out of her eyes. Julie nodded, kissing Jesse's face.
"Yes. Everything is finally ready." Julie grinned. Jesse smiled at his mother, cuddling closer to her side. Lily nodded, resting a hand on her sister's shoulder.
"Come on, sis. Meg and Ruby are going to be back soon with Dad." she exclaimed. Julie nodded, standing up.
"Is Tommy finally coming home too?" she asked, a note of wistfullness in her words. Lily shrugged.
"I wish I knew. I hope so. Have you heard from Zeek?" she replied. Julie nodded, cuddling Jesse closer with a grin.
"Oh yeah. He's sending up a housewarming gift." She cooed to her son. Chuckling, Lily wrapped an arm around her sister and the two began to head towards their new home.
Julie hummed a little song to herself as they walked. Her check from Zeek had arrived today, so she decided to do some grocery shopping. A little spending couldn't hurt anyone, and it also allowed her to scout the town, get to see the folks. Somewhat.
Rumor had it that Jesse's father was back in town. As she turned the corner, she spotted an all-too-familiar car.
One that was the reason that her son existed.
When she sighted an same-all-too-familiar face, she grinned and quickly wrote a note on the back of her reciept, before slipping it in to his red Camaro.
Maybe he could start sending checks too.
Julie's walk from the library blessed her with a sight that she was most pleased by.
Noting the address, Julie decided that she would have to bump in to the male in the swimming pool.
From afar, she could tell that he was wellbuilt. And by the fact that he was tossing two young boys in to a pool for their entertainment, she could tell he was good with kids.
Grinning at the potential Daddy material, she quickened her pace home to share with her sisters.
"So how was Camp?" Dean asked as he helped his siblings put their duffle bags in to the trunk of his beloved Impala. Jo grinned.
"Awesome! I wish that Samster could have come with us." She added, glaring at Sam, who was helping Kevin in to his booster-seat.
"Oh hush, Joanna Beth." He teased. Dean closed his trunk with a roll of his eyes and climbed in, ready to get home to their mother's great cooking.
"And then…" Ellen smiled as she half-listened to her younger sons ramble about their time at camp. When the front door open and closed, she chuckled as Kevin and Adam ran off to hug Bobby.
"Dad!" They exclaimed, hugging on to him. Bobby picked them both up, grinning.
"I remember when the older idjits let me do this." Bobby sighed whistfully.
"I still let you, Daddy." Jo said as she entered the kitchen. Bobby put down the boys and hugged Jo.
"Boys, why don't you get Sam and Dean down here for dinner?" Ellen suggested. Kevin and Adam nodded before racing off.
"Welcome home, Jo. How was camp?" He asked as they made their way to the table.
"Great, Daddy. I met this awesome guy too." She teased.
"Joanna Beth, do not tease you father." Ellen said sternly as Bobby choked on his coffee.
"Come on, old man, pull it together." Dean teased as he entered the kitchen, Kevin on his shoulders.
"Idjits." Bobby grumbled. Ellen rested her hands on his shoulders, gently massaging them.
"Settle down, all of you, or no pie." Ellen teased. All of her children growned, while Dean gaped in horror.
"Ma, you wouldn't!" He groaned. Ellen chuckled, pressing a kiss to Bobby's cheek before pulling away to resume her cooking of dinner.
"Alright kids, before I bring out the pie, lets talk about this coming school year." Ellen said as they finished up their meal.
"Pie." Dean said happily, grinning like a fool. Rolling his eyes, Bobby sat forward.
"This coming year means big changes. Our Jo is entering high school and Kevin is starting
school in general." Bobby began.
"Which means that things are going to get crazy. Now, is there anything I should know up front?" Ellen asked.
"I want a job." Jo said immediately.
"I plan on continuing to work with you, Mom." Sam spoke up.
"Can I join a sport?" Adam asked.
"I am working with Dad, of course. LU has also offered me another year's contract." Dean spoke up. Ellen nodded, taking notes on all of this.
"Okay, this is a good start. So, now lets discuss birthdays that are coming up soon." She said.
"Well, Adam's 9th birthday is next month." Jo spoke up.
"On a Thursday." Sam provided. Ellen nodded.
"Let's all plan that party for that following Saturday." Ellen said.
"Then we have your birthday." Bobby spoke up. Ellen chuckled, shaking her head.
"Another year older. I don't want a party. Let's just do mine that night." She said. Bobby and Dean shared a look that Ellen didn't catch, as did Sam and Jo.
"And then way in December we have baby Kev's. Let's put off planning a party for him because it's so far in advance." Ellen concluded.
"So what happens now, Momma?" Kevin asked. Ellen smiled, ruffling his hair.
"We eat pie, and then sometime before school starts, I let everyone know what days are our days." She said, cupping his little, round face. He grinned, a missing teeth grin that melted her heart.
"Pie!" Dean cheered, eagerly standing to retrieve it, cause his family to laugh at his excitement.
"We did good with these idjits, didn't we?" Ellen asked her husband as they watched their family play in their swimming pool. Bobby took a swig of his beer, sighing in contentment.
"Yeah we did, El, yeah we did." He said.
Their life together had only started a decade ago. Almost everyone in their family had lost someone.
Dean and Sam were taken in by Bobby when their mother, Mary, died of a serious illness and their father John was not sure how to cope. Sam had only been six months old, and Dean was almost 5. Bobby's own wife had passed a year before.
Ellen and Bobby had been friends with the Winchesters for years. Back when Ellen had her husband and Bobby had his wife. The six had gone to school together.
Ellen's husband, Bill, had died when Jo was just a year old. Ellen was devastated. However, by focusing on her daughter, her business, and ranting to Bobby after work, she began to deal with it and move on.
The two had began to date two years after Bill passed. Jo had began calling Bobby 'Daddy' when she began to talk. Sam had called Ellen 'Mommy' a few months after Bill died, around the time she began to hang out with when Bobby proposed two years later, a shy, nine year old Dean asked if he could call
her 'Mom' too.
After coming home from their honeymoon, and before picking up their three children from their neighbor Missouri, the two went home to drop off their suitcases to find a baby boy sitting on their doorstep, a letter and folder full of official paperwork sitting on their doorstep. Both were
instantly enraged. As Bobby tried to contact John Winchester, as the letter had revealed him to be the father, Ellen
had called Missouri and explained the situation, then asked her to keep the children for another night.
After both phone calls were done, Ellen cuddled a now awake baby as the two sat down to
discuss this.
"Well, Bobby, he is Dean and Sam's little brother." Ellen pointed out when the possibility of keeping him came up. Bobby sighed, looking at the boy.
"Yeah. Fucking Winchester." He grumbled.
It turned out the John had gotten involved with a woman, Kate Milligan, and that had resulted in the baby. Kate died in childbirth, and unwilling to raise the child alone, John waited until the day they were to come back from their honeymoon to drop the baby on them instead.
And that was how Adam Singer joined their family.
When Adam was three, the two decided that while they loved their four children, it would be nice to have a child all of their own.
And so they tried, for six months. When it didn't work out, a doctor revealed that they biologically would have a lot of trouble conceiving, and that they should look in to adoption.
Both accepted it with a bottle of vodka and agreed to look in to it.
And so, on January of 1994, they brought home a month old Kevin.
And now here they were, at the end of August 1999, sitting on their porch swing, watching their children play together in the pool.
Watching as 20 year old Dean tossed 5 year old Kevin in to the pool and 16 Sam dunked 14 year old Jo under the water, and 8 year old Adam cackled from the sidelines, the two knew that their kids were alright.
That they would always be alright.
As Castiel watched the plains roll by, he bit back a sigh. His sister Anna was in the front seat giving directions to their brother Michael on how to get to her house. Beside Castiel sat his little sister Claire, who was sleeping. Raphael sat on the other side of her, reading a book. In the seat in front of them sat Gabriel and Balthazar, with Lucifer between them. The three were chatting about the latest TV show.
They were moving to Lawrence, Kansas because that was where most of the family was. Their parents were going to remain in Chicago for a few more weeks to wrap up things.
"I think that's the last box." Gabriel sighed with relief. Claire let out an excited squeal and ran to her room to begin unpacking. Michael trailed after her to help put together her furniture.
Castiel wandered in to the kitchen where Anna and Balthazar were unpacking the dishes and began to help them.
He sincerely hoped that this move would be a good thing.
"Mommy, Daddy!" Claire giggled, racing down from the front porch to her parents that were climbing out of the car. Amelia Novak scooped up her youngest child, kissing her cheek. Jimmy wrapped an arm around his wife, smiling at the two.
On the front porch stood their seven other children. Anna gently place her arm around Castiel's
shoulders.
"Dinner is ready, Father." Michael said as soon as their parents reached the porch. Jimmy grinned, patting Michael's shoulder and led the way in to the dinning room. The family trailed after him, and together, the ten of them took their place at the table.
While they bowed their heads in prayer, Castiel thought about his family.
Jimmy and Amelia were high school sweethearts from a very religious town in southern Illinois. They married immediately after high school graduation.
And a year later, their first child was born. Anna, their lovely little girl. Such a sweet child, with a very caring nature. When Anna was nearly 4, the Novaks added a set of twins to the family – Michael and Lucifer. While Jimmy was at first appaled by the name, Amelia had pointed out that Lucifer, despite his misgivings, was an angel and Michael's brother.
Almost immediately after giving birth to the twins, Amelia found herself pregnant once again. The pregnancy forced the family to move to Chicago. Amelia was in the hospital for the majority of it. Despite the constant care, Raphael was born pre-maturely. He spent two months in the hospital before finally coming home.
That summer, Amelia became pregnant once again. This time, she was terrified that something would happen to the baby, and was put on bedrest for the majority of the pregnancy. This left Anna in charge of little brothers. With yet another baby on the way, Jimmy began to
work longer hours. Little 5 year old Anna became very good at changing diapers and feeding babies. The family lived on pre-made meals because of it.
Little Castiel was born the following March, healthy and with no complications. Relieved, Amelia began to take a more active role in parenting.
In the fall of 1982, with a 7 year old Anna, 3 year olds Michael and Lucifer, 2 year old Raphael, and a year old Castiel, Amelia became pregnant once more.
In June of 1983, Gabriel Novak was born. By this point, Jimmy and Amelia began to attend church regularly once more.
In the late winter of 1984, Amelia became pregnant once again. The doctors put her on bed rest once more, fearing that, as this would be her sixth pregnancy in under a decade, there could be unfortunate complications. Thankfully, at 9, Anna was much more capable of caring for her siblings and mother, and was
able to make simple meals for them. Jimmy took a promotion that caused him to travel often. 5 year old twins Michael and Lucifer were now in school, with Lucifer being bullied about his name. The only people who knew were Anna and Michael, who stuck up for him. 4 year old Raphael and 3 year old Castiel attended a pre-school, leaving only year old Gabriel at home with Amelia, to help relieve her stress level.
August of 85 brought about their last son, and last child for nearly a decade, Balthazar.
During Anna's senior year of high school, Amelia found out that she was pregnant once more. Because she had nearly raised her brothers by herself, she decided that it was time for her to put distance between herself and her family.
Which is how Anna attended Lawrence University.
Claire Novak was born in November of 1993.
Her brothers, Michael and Lucifer, joined Anna in Lawrence in 1997. Raphael just a year later.
And now, when Castiel had tried to escape as well, his family had followed.
By the tight grip that Anna had on his hand, Castiel could guess that she understood how he felt.
A/N: So, what do you think? Questions, comments, etc? Next chapter Dean and Cas meet ;) See you next week!
- Kida-Asumi