Chapter Two
Dean stumbled out of the emergency room. This wasn't real, this couldn't happen to him, Dean Winchester. God had taken everything that was important to him except Sammy. His mother, his father, now his wife were gone and there was nothing he could do for any of them.
"Dean?" asked Sam worriedley," Dean what's going on, is Jennifer okay? Dean?"
Dean just stared at him blankly as the doctor came out of the room and explained to Sam that there was nothing they could have done for Jennifer, but they were able to save her baby. Sam tried to talk to Dean, tried to let Dean know he was there for him, but Dean gave no response, nothing to even hint that he knew his brother was there. Dean stumbled over to one of the chairs in the waiting room and missed it completely. Sam hurried over and picked his brother up off the floor. Dean couldn't believe what people kept telling him. There was nothing they could do to help his wife, nothing to help the woman who had given his life significant meaning.
"Dean?" repeated Sam, "Dean, man, say something!"
"She's gone." said Dean plainly, even calmly. Suddenly he collapsed into Sam arms, breaking down and crying for the first time in twenty years. Sam stood there for ten minutes, waiting for Dean to pull himself together.
"Dean?" asked Sam, no longer able to bear the weight of a 36 year old man.
Dean immediately stood up straight, no longer relying on Sam to hold him up.
"Ya, sorry man." said Dean, quickly wiping the tears from his eyes.
"Dean, I'm so sorry but dude, you have a son that needs you in there." replied Sam, sympathetically.
"A son?" asked Dean.
"Ya, go see him." urged Sam.
Dean went into the room and asked to see his son. The doctor went to get him and Dean looked back towards the door. He came back into the waiting room.
"Hey Sam?" asked Dean.
"Ya?" asked Sam.
"Come with me?" asked Dean, a look of total loss in his eyes. Sam didn't say anything, he didn't need to, and followed Dean.
The hospital let Sam, Dean, and the baby have their own waiting room to stay in. The doctor explained that they needed to keep the baby at the hospital for 48 hours, just to make sure that there were no complications. After that Dean could take his son home.
"Dean, you two can stay with me, Stacey, and the girls for a while. We'll help you for the first while, we're experienced with kids." offered Sam.
"Thanks, Sammy."
"Mr. Winchester?" asked the doctor.
"Dean."
"Dean, would you like a moment to say good-bye to your wife?" asked the doctor.
"Oh, uh, yes." replied Dean, handing the baby to Sam.
The doctor exited the room and Dean started to follow him.
"Hey, Dean?" asked Sam.
"Huh?"
"What are you going to name him?" asked Sam.
"Jen and I picked it out a long time ago," said Dean fondly, "It's Lucas."