Nighttime Delights

Three: And Baby Makes Three

Wednesday, November 24, 2004

A reluctant and frightened Dean followed Lanai to her house. Once there, Dean sat in the Impala for a few minutes thinking about what Lanai had just told him. He had met her one night over en months ago and had just told him that she, that they had a kid.

It didn't make sense. He didn't just get kids. That's not how it worked. There was no way that that was his kid. No way that he could be a…a…God! He couldn't even think it! How could he be one if he couldn't even think it?

"Are you sure? Me? I'm…I'm the kid's the kid's father?" he had asked her. Tears were streaming down her face. He was facing her now and had a firm hold on her shoulders. In return, she held on to his arms.

"I'm sure." She said. She explained that she hadn't been with anyone for two months before him and then they both hadn't been careful. Dean could just kick himself, but she seemed so happy with the kid.

"Did, did you mean to?" he asked suddenly. He remembered some crappy movie that Sam had made him watch. Sam thought that he 'went out' to much and tried to 'protect' his brother from all the dangers out there. It had really freaked Dean out that a twelve year old Sam had gotten his hands on those kinds of videos more than the actual content of them. He really didn't want to think badly of Lanai, but what if?

"Heaven's no," she said with a smile and a sigh. "Trust me, the last thing I needed at the time was nine, well six with him, months of nauseous and getting fat and all those cravings. It was hell at the worst of times. But,"

"What?" he asked her softly and when she began to grin, he couldn't help grin back.

"The first time he kicked, and when I heard his little heartbeat, it was all worth it. Kid had me eat pickles, and I've hated pickles since I was two! But, it was all for him."

They sat silently for a few minutes before Dean said it was getting to cold. Not that he really cared about the cold, but he really needed to say or do something.

"Come see him!" she said. He looked at her weirdly but she pulled on his arm and here he was.

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Dean got out of the car and headed towards the door. She had left it unlocked for him and he entered, shrugging off the now snow covered jacket and wiping the snow off his shoes on the mat.

He could hear her talking to someone in the third room down the hall. Then, a short plump woman came out the room and headed over to a red coat, shrugged it on and headed out to the door. She smiled at him and bid him a good night, which he returned before she left.

Dean entered the room. There, Lanai sat in a rocking chair holding a tiny blue bundle. He went and crunched down in front of her.

"Want to hold him?" she asked him and Dean nodded. He picked up the bundle and secured him in his arms.

Dean looked down at the bundle. He could barely make out the baby in the tight wrapping so he took a hand and began to open it up some. He felt as if he was opening some sort of prize, one that would change his life. A little fist came out and a soft moan emitted from him. Dean looked down and locked eyes with his own green eyes. He grabbed at the little fist and the baby took it in a firm hold.

"Hey there little guy," Dean said. The baby cooed and Dean knew he was hooked. That little bundle just became his whole world, and he didn't even know his name.

tbc...Thursday