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A/N: Now there was no way that I could leave it and have Sam afraid of the water. We all know that on at least two occasions Sam has had to jump in the water to save someone. So here is a little piece of Sam overcoming his fear of the water. ENJOY! :)

True Lessons

Epilogue

It's been a year since the incident at the Community Center. It's a beautiful summer afternoon and John decides that they should take a break and just enjoy the day. They stop at a rest stop that has a lake on it. Dean looks at Sam and has an idea.

Sam and Dean stood on the edge of the bank.

"I'm scared, Dean." Sam whispered.

"It's going to be okay, Sam." Dean looked at his brother. "Do you trust me?"

Sam looked up at his brother. He nodded his head without hesitation.

"You have got to learn to swim." Dean jumped into the lake leaving Sam standing on the pier. Dean turned around and saw Sam still out the water.

"Come on, baby brother. I got'cha." Sam looked at the water then looked at his brother. "You'll be fine."

Sam walked over to the edge of the pier. Dean was in the water with his arms out, waiting to catch Sam as soon as he jumped in. Sam knew that there was nothing that Dean did would hurt him. He wanted to be just like Dean. Not to be afraid of the water.

"You gonna catch me?" Sam asked stand on the edge.

"I'll be right here, little brother. All you have to do is jump."

Sam looked at the water and then at his brother. He took a deep breath. Sam turned and looked back at their dad who was sitting on his cooler leaning against the Impala.

"Sammy," Dean calmly said. "It's going to be alright, Sam."

Sam turned back to his brother, who was still in the water with his arms extended. Sam took a step back, closed his eyes and took another breath. Then with his eyes on his brother, Sam ran off the pier, jumps in the air and lands in the water.

Bad memories floods Sam's mind when he lands in the water. He can still remembers that woman dunking his head in the water. She was prying his hands off the sides of the pool. Sam's heart begins to race. His arms start flailing in the water.

John opens his eyes when he hears the commotion in the water. Sam starts to cry when he feels hands grab his wrists.

"Sammy," Sam hears a calming voice beside him. "Sammy, open your eyes."

Sam opens his eyes and sees his brother right next to him. Sam begins to calm down. So does John who made his way towards the pier when he heard Sam's distress.

"You're okay." Dean said. Sam looked at his brother. The stress lines that were on his face, smooth out. "Now, are you ready?"

Sam nodded his head and Dean pushed away from Sam, just enough so that Sam could do what he needed to do but still close enough so that Sam could touch him.

"Okay," Dean said. "I'm going to count to three. And I want you to lower yourself under the water and make a ball, okay."

Sam, still a little frightened and not using his voice, nodded again.

"Alright." Dean said. "One, two, three."

Sam lowered himself under the water and formed a ball. He could still feel Dean's hand on his shoulder when he went down and then less than one second Sam emerged from the lake. Dean smiled. Sam looked at Dean. He saw pride in his brother.

"You did great."

Sam had a smile on his face.

"I put my head under water!" Sam laughed.

"Yes you did little brother," laughed Dean.

John looked at his son and smiled. He walked back over to the car and sat down.

"Hey Dean, do you really think I could learn to swim?"

"Oh yeah, we just had to do this first." Dean moved closer to Sam. "I can't have my baby brother afraid of the water."

"Thanks Dean."

John pulled a drink out of his cooler and sat down on it. Listening to his boys having fun in the water. Sam not scared. Today was a good day.

THE END

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