Chapter two
Late Nights
It was three o clock in the morning and Castiel was caring for Teddy. Teddy had been having problems sleeping because of the loss of her parents. Teddy snuggled deeper into Cas's chest, hiding her face in his trench coat as he rocked her in the rocking chair they have set up in her room. It's been two months since they have taken her in and no one had said what they were going to do with her so for now she's with them. Cas always watched Teddy at night because he didn't need sleep so he would let the group sleep. But tonight, he couldn't get her to calm down.
"Gracie!" Teddy screamed for Grace but Cas didn't want to wake her knowing she needed her sleep. Teddy and Grace have gotten close over the two months they have had her and if Teddy was upset Grace could get her to calm down the fastest. Castiel tried all the tricks that Grace has showed him but nothing was working.
"Cas is everything ok?" Cas looked up to see his tired girlfriend, Grace, standing in the doorway of Teddy's room.
"She is very unhappy." Cas said over Teddy's crying.
"Let me see her." Grace walked over to Cas and when Teddy saw her she reached out for Grace. Grace took her in her arms and calmed her down. After Grace read Teddy a few books Teddy was back to sleep. Grace put her back to bed and sat Frankie, Teddy's favorite stuffed monster, next to Teddy and walked out her room with Cas following.
The couple walked down to Bobby's kitchen and Grace poured herself a bowl of cereal. The group have been living with Bobby for the two months that they've had Teddy. Sometimes the group would leave for a hunt and Bobby would watch Teddy which Teddy was always happy to play with her uncle Bobby as she called him.
"Sorry that we waked you Grace." Castiel said sitting next to Grace who now sat at the table.
"It's fine Cas I didn't mind helping."
"Grace, how are you so good with children?" Cas was wondering how the hype girl who acts like a child herself sometimes could easily take care of a kid.
"Um I don't know. When I was a teenager I was always good with kids. My whole church called me the kid whisper. I basically babysat for the whole church. I guess I've just always been this way." Grace said.
"Do you still think God is alive?" Cas asked.
"Of course! God wouldn't leave us. He loves us to much!" Grace answered with no doubt." But Cas it's ok to doubt sometimes I sometimes do but when I do I always remember you wouldn't doubt if air was real just because you can't see it so why is God different? And that normally reminds me that my father is God."
"Grace you are amazing." Cas said smiling. Grace loved seeing him smiling, it was rare when he did so when he did smile she tried to memorize every detail. Cas looked in to Grace's hazel eyes and lost himself. He leaned in for a kiss but just before their lips could touch they both heard footsteps coming in the kitchen.
"Just so you two know as you two were kissing down here Teddy was screaming for someone for ten minutes." Dean said as he walked in the room with Teddy in his arms. Grace could feel the heat in her cheeks as she looked down.
"Is Teddy ok?" Asked Cas.
"Now, but she needed to be changed. Cas, you said you were going to take care her at night."
"Sorry Grace helped me put her back to bed when she woke up the first time and after we came down here." Cas explained.
"Well next time you two want alone time stay in hearing distance." Dean said angry.
"Yes sir." Grace said saluting Dean in a mocking manner.
"Yeah ok I'm going back to bed. You two put her to bed as punishment." Dean said as he handed Grace Teddy and headed for his room which he shared with Rocky. Bobby only had three extra rooms so Dean and Rocky shared one room while Sam and Grace shared the other. Sam had always been a brother to Grace so she didn't care and either did Sam.
I guess we should get this one to bed." Grace said putting her now dirty bowl in the sink to clean later.
"Yes I guess you are right." Cas responded. Grace and Castiel walked up stairs and walked to Teddy's room.
"Is someone sleepy?" Grace asked Teddy as she laid her head on Grace's shoulder.
"No!" Teddy quickly lifted her head likes she's been busted.
"Aw come on your bed is comfy. See?" Grace said as she crawled in the toddler bed. This wasn't the first time she's had to do this. Some nights Teddy would fight sleep till Grace would crawl in to the bed with her and sleep with Teddy in her arms.
"Yay!" The toddler smiled as she cuddled closer to Grace." Cassie sleep here to!" Teddy looked at the angel with her big brown eyes and her messy red hair in her face.
"I don't think so Teddy Cas doesn't need sleep remember." Grace said fixing Teddy's hair.
"Then Cassie cuddle here." She said pointing to the bed.
"Do you mind? I think it would help her sleep better." Grace asked Cas.
"No, I do not mind." Cas said.
"Ok then I have an idea. How about we go to my room and sleep there. That way we all have room." Grace explained.
"Yay sleepover in Gracie's room!" Teddy stood up on the bed with Frankie in hand and jumped in the surprised angel's arms. Grace stood up and guided all of them to her room down the hall. Once she opened the door she turned to look at Teddy.
"You have to be quite because Sammy's sleeping ok." Grace said.
"Ok." Teddy nodded her head making her hair fall in her face which she tried to blow away.
Grace walked in and saw Sam on one of the queen beds in the room. Grace walked over to hers which had a lot of toss blankets on it since Grace loved to snuggle. It also held a pink, blue, green, and yellow quilt. Grace took Teddy from Cas so he could take his trench coat and tie off. Grace sat Teddy in the middle of the bed and lied down next to her. Teddy snuggled in to Grace's chest as Cas climbed in to the bed with them. Grace could feel something soft wrap around her and Teddy as her eyes grew heavy. The last thing she saw was Cas's wings wrap around her and Teddy as a shield to all the thing that went bump in the night.
Sam slowly opened his eyes and groaned. It was morning. He turned over and what he saw surprised him. He saw Castiel, Grace and Teddy all cuddling on Grace's bed. Teddy was wedged between Cas and Grace protectively. He smiled as he got out of bed. Teddy has stolen everyone's hearts in just two short months. Sam's walking must have woken up Teddy because she quickly untangled herself from Cas and Grace and jumped out of bed holding Frankie in one hand, somehow Cas and Grace didn't wake up from their deep sleep but instead they snuggled closer to each other. Teddy ran to Sam running in to his legs and lifting her arms. Sam smiled while he picked the girl up and walked downstairs.
Once they made it to the kitchen they saw Rocky cooking breakfast, Dean sitting at the table reading a newspaper and drinking coffee and Bobby nose deep in some research.
"Pancakes!" Teddy happily said as she wiggled her way out of Sam's grip. Teddy ran to Rocky saying she wanted to cook to.
"I want to help!" Teddy begged.
"You could burn yourself again." Rocky said as she flipped a pancake.
"No I will not I'll be perfect!" Teddy said as she put her hands on her hips dropping Frankie in the process.
"Hey Princess come here I have something for you." Dean said saving his girlfriend. Rocky had let Teddy cook before and Teddy ended up with burns on both her hands, that Cas of course healed. Teddy turned around to see Dean holding a pack of gummy bears, her favorite.
"Gummies!" Teddy ran to Dean and jumped in his lap after she got comfortable Dean handed her the bag. Bobby who was sitting next to Dean saw that Teddy couldn't open the bag.
"Sweetie do you need help?" Bobby asked with a smile as he took the gummies and opened them.
"Thanks Uncle Bobby!" Teddy said as she popped a gummy bear in her mouth.
"Anything for you sweetheart." Bobby said as he continued his research.
"Whatcha doing?" Teddy asked Dean.
"Looking for a job." Dean responded taking a drink of his coffee. Teddy didn't know about monsters but she did know that the group would leave when they got a 'job'.
"Can I come?" Teddy asked.
"No, you know that." Dean said.
"But I'm two years old. I wear pull ups now so I'm a big kid." Teddy said as Sam joined them at the table with a cup of coffee himself.
"Yeah well maybe when you get in underwear." Dean said.
"But that's so far." At this point Grace and Cas both walked in the kitchen.
"Good morning Grace, Cas." Sam said.
"Ugh." Grace said making her way to the coffee maker or in Grace's case heaven.
"Aw did someone not sleep well?" Rocky asked.
"It's kinda hard to sleep when a two-year-old keeps kicking you in the rips." Grace said.
"Sleeping with Teddy again?" Asked Rocky.
"Yeah she wouldn't sleep so I took her in my room because she didn't just want me she also wanted Cas." Grace yawned as she grabbed her warm coffee in both her hands.
"Cassie!" Teddy wiggled out of Dean's lap and ran to the angel.
"Look what Dean got me!" She proudly showed Cas her bag of gummies.
"That is great Teddy." Cas said looking down at Teddy.
Grace started walking over to the table to only slip on Frankie who was still laying on the floor. Grace's coffee cup fall on the floor with a crash and shattered in to pieces.
"Ow!" Grace said as she held her hand where glass cut her hand covering it in blood. Sam took Teddy to the table and sat her on top of it so she wouldn't step on the glass while Rocky helped Grace stand back up.
"Way to go Grace." Rocky said after Grace was standing again.
"it's too early for this." Was all that Grace said.
"You idjit!" Bobby said as he grabbed a broom and started to clean the kitchen.
"I'm sorry Bobby." Grace said.
"Your fine just an idjit." Bobby responded. Castiel walked over to Grace and looked at her hand worried.
"Can I heal you?" Cas asked.
"Yeah." Grace said placing her hand in Cas's. After a few seconds Grace's hand was free of the cut.
"Do you ever get tired of healing her?" Rocky asked Cas. Grace was the clumsiest one in the group. When all of them would go on a hunt Grace would fall at least once and of course Cas would heal her after ever fall.
"No, Why would I?" Cas asked.
"Because you heal her like every day." Rocky said placing the pancakes on the table next to Teddy.
"Not every day just every other day." Grace said taking a seat at the table.
Sense there wasn't a lot of room at the table, even with an extra chair for Sam, Teddy always sat on one of their laps. This morning she decided on Rocky. She crawled to Rocky on the table and sat in her lap.
"Ugh, why me?" Rocky asked.
"Rocky!" Teddy happily said as she poked Rocky's nose. Bobby walked over to the table and handed Teddy Frankie as he sat down.
"Thanks for breakfast Rocky!" Grace said as she grabbed a pancake from the pile.
"No big deal." Rocky responded. Sam, Dean, Teddy, Rocky, Grace, and Bobby all digged in to the amazing pancakes as Cas waited for them to finish so they could all start they days.