Here's the next chapter! Thanks to all who've read/reviewed/alerted/favored the story! This is a warning that this chapter is VERY short. Sorry about that, but I felt it was a scene that should be totally isolated. Enjoy!
The Impala, still driving itself, stopped again in a cemetery nearby. Dean refused to make eye contact with the angel. "Dean…" Castiel addressed, but Dean still looked out the window. "Your life was important. And… well… You really had a wonderful life."
"Wonderful?" Dean incredulously mocked.
"They say, 'The Kingdom of Heaven is spread upon the Earth, but men do not see it.' You didn't see it, Dean. I hope after this you do," Castiel warned. That statement made Dean look at Castiel with a face of insecurity that maybe Castiel was right.
Castiel lead Dean into the graves, stopping at one angel-shaped headstone made of marble that read:
SAMUEL JOHNATHAN WINCHESTER
1983-1984
BELOVED SON
"What?" Dean dropped to his knees, staring uncomprehendingly at the grave. "No! No, that's not true! Sam's alive! He has to be! He got into Stanford… He…"
"No," Castiel refuted. "Sam died in a fire at six months of age. Don't you see? Sam isn't alive today because you weren't there to save Sam."
"We, we saved all those people!" Dean insisted. "He, he turned out to be one hell of a guy… Sam… Sammy…"
"Every single one of those people that you, Sam, and your father saved is dead," informed Castiel. "After the fire, John couldn't handle losing his wife and only son and just… gave up."
"No!" Dean repeated again, tracing the printing on the headstone with his hand. "It can't be." He shook his head and squeezed his eyes hut, trying to make this nightmare go away. With a shaking hand, Dean swiped away at a lone tear that trailed down his cheek.
"It is," Castiel sighed.
"Oh, God. Sammy!" Dean turned to Castiel, a fierce, wild look in his eyes. "Please, Castiel. I… I want to live again! Can you do it?!"
"That's the spirit, Dean!" Castiel smiled. "Did you learn anything?"
"Oh, yes," Dean quickly responded. "Yes. Please, I want to live again! Please, please let me live again…"
Seems like the breaking point for Dean, ehh? Did you like it? Leave me a review, please!! Only one more chapter left!
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