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Chapter Two
Dean stormed into the doctor's office.
"What seems to be the problem?" the doctor asked him.
"My brother doesn't remember that our dad's dead," Dean answered.
The doctor looked alarmed. "We'll run some tests again, but he may just be in denial," he explained.
"What are you talking about," Dean asked.
"When someone close to them dies, some people will refuse to believe it. They go into denial. They come out of it eventually. It's one of the five stages of grief. They are denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance. Your brother may go through one, such as denial, or he may go through them all. It's hard to tell."
The doctor went into Sam and Dean's shared room.
"How are you feeling," the doctor asked Sam.
"My head hurts a little," Sam explained.
"That's normal with a concussion, Mr. McGillicuddy. We're going to run a few tests on you."
"How are you feeling," Dean asked Sam.
"I already told the doctor," Sam whined.
"Quit whining, Samuel," Dean warned, although he still felt numb from his father's death. He wasn't about to take a whining Sammy.
Being called Samuel by his older brother quickly shut Sam up. He went in for the test results.
The results came back several hours later.
"There's nothing wrong with him except for the concussion," the doctor explained to Dean.
"When can we leave," Dean asked.
"You and Sam are both fine, so I don't see no reason why you can't be discharged now."
Dean and Sam checked out of the hospital about an hour later, after Bobby came and picked them up.
"I'm sorry about your loss," Bobby said.
"What loss," asked Sam.
"Your daddy," Bobby answered.
"Dad's fine, Sam said snippily. He ran out on us again after Dean woke up."
Bobby exchanged a look with Dean and Dean mouthed "denial".
Nothing was said for the rest of the car ride home.
Things were going to get tough for the Winchesters later on. Dean needed to take care of Sam, but he didn't know how to grieve at the same time.
TBC