Two years later

Dean's POV

"Sam, Dean, you have 15 minutes to get over to Lara's. You promised her parents you would watch her tonight so they could go out for their anniversary. Get a move on it!" I hear Bobby yelling up the stairs at us.

I look around Sam's room and laugh. He keeps his room so freaking clean it's creepy. He has a bunch of sports and music posters on the walls and all of his books and lined up in alphabetical order and his bed is perfectly made. I'm just waiting on him to finish up in the bathroom.

Graduation was last night and the principal let me walk. I really didn't want or need to but I did it for dad. I know he's really proud of me and wanted me to walk. When they called my name I could hear Sammy and Lara screaming their heads off in the bleachers. They know what a miracle it was that I actually graduated. I looked back and dad was giving me a big grin. He looked so happy and proud.

The last two years haven't been that bad. I would do my work while I was hunting with dad and Sammy would help me on the phone at night. It's kind of embarrassing needing your little brother to help you with your homework but there are things I help him with, like asking his first girl out. I'd come back once a month turn in my work and take some tests. Got to hang out with some of the local girls, well I guess do more than hang out.

It wasn't has hard as I thought it would be without Sammy either. We talked every night and saw each other a few days a month. Every other month or so dad would pick him up and we would take him on a hunt nearby. He didn't complain about them he just did them. He and dad have been getting along so well it's almost hard to believe they are the same people that were at each other's throat. The first summer we took him with us all summer but last summer we only went with us for the first half.

Last night Lara insisted on throwing me a graduation party at Bobby's. Her parents, my dad, Sammy, Karen, Bobby, and some of the kids I meet at school came over. It was more for Lara than for me but I actually had fun. Hooked up with Sarah finally. It took my entire senior year but she finally agreed to hang out in the back of the impala with me.

Sam is finally ready and we head out to the impala. Dad gave it to me has birthday/ graduation present. I couldn't believe it when he gave me the keys. He also said I could try a few hunts on my own now if I really want to. I am going to try it out but I like hunting with him we are great team. We work in unison with each other and don't need to talk much. We just know what the other is going to do.

When we pull in at Lara's her parents are already at the door. I know they don't like me much but no one can say no to Lara so they tolerate me. They seem to like Sammy a lot more now that they have spent the last two years with him. Bobby says that Lara and Sammy are practically inseparable and hang out all the time. They stay over at each other houses, which apparently took Frank, her dad, months to agree too. He thought it was weird that his daughter's best friend would be a boy who is four years older than her but he's adjusted. Bobby insisted that Sam was a good kid and Lara gave him the silent treatment until she was allowed to hang out with him. I guess I can't blame them. They know what we are and what we do. I don't know if I'd want my little girl to hang with two older hunters. Frank and Betsy gives Sam a big hug when we come in, so I guess they are getting along a lot better than I thought.

"Money is on the table for pizza later." She says more to Sam than to me. She looks up and yells. "Lara the boys are here come down and say good night."

Lara comes jumping down the stairs and gives her mom and dad a big hug and kiss. "I love you both! Have fun tonight!" They are a very happy family and the love they feel for each other is obvious in the easy way they give each other hugs and kisses. We all stand at the door and watch them leave then we head back inside. Lara gives me a devious look. "Did you get the goods?" She asks me while she runs over to the TV.

I hold up the tapes. "Of course I did. But I swear to god if you tell your parents I let you watch this they will hate me more than they do now and will probably ban you from ever seeing again. And no amount of water works on your part will fix that." She gives me a smile and I hand her the tape.

Sam gives me an anxious smile. "What did you do Dean?" I smile and plop down on the couch and Lara comes back and snuggles in between us. When the opening credits start Sam moans loudly. "Texas Chainsaw Massacre. Really Dean? Like her nightmares aren't bad enough already?"

Lara elbows him in the stomach. "I will be fine Sam. I want to see it and I promise I won't get scared or cry. And I don't have nightmares." She says quietly at the end with a pout. We try not to mention it too much but she still does have them, almost every night. They are one of the few things that actually scare me. Demons, vampires, shape shifters all have nothing on a 10 year old girl who wakes up screaming in her sleep. Sometimes if you don't wake her up enough she talks in these menacing voices saying horrible things. I have eight more years till she tells me what's going on with her.

Half way through the movie I call for pizza. They bring us two large pizza's one veggie for Sam and a meat loves for me. Lara takes a bit of both. She's true to her word and she doesn't get scared or cry in the movie. To my amazement she actually yells at the characters not to be stupid and laughs when they do something so obviously stupid that they get themselves killed.

When the movie and its sequel are done I look down at my watch and it's about 12. She was supposed to be in bed 30 minutes ago; her parents don't need any other reason to hate me. "Ok squirt time for bed." She rolls her eyes at me and I follow her upstairs.

"I'm not five anymore Dean, you don't have to call me squirt." She says slightly disgruntled at me. Sam laughs, "He still calls me Sammy and I'm taller than him now so don't even bother trying to change his mind."

I give him a playful hit. "You're only taller than me because you must have taken steroids. Now get your ass in bed." I notice that she has the dream journal next to her bed. I've been true to my word and never read it but it kills me every time I see it. Every question I have about what she sees is in that book.

She brushes her teeth and gets into bed. Sam has a sleeping bag set up on her floor and he goes to bed without fighting me. He knows if he doesn't Lara will throw a fit and we'll both loose and she'll stay up. When her parents come back I'll get him up and we'll head home.

I sit on the couch watching late night TV waiting for them to come home. They were just going out for their anniversary I am kind of surprised it's taking them this long, it's already 2 and they don't strike me has the lets go to the bar and dance all night kind of couple.

Knock, Knock I hear at the door. I jump up and answer it. Why are they knocking they have keys? I open the door and there is a cop at the door. "Is this the home of Betsy and Frank Maywin?"

I shake my head yes. "Yea I'm Dean I'm watching Lara while her parents are out." The cop gives me a nervous frown and looks down at his clipboard. "I'm sorry to tell you this but they both passed away tonight around 11pm. They were in a car crash and died instantly."

The air is knocked out of my lungs. Her parents are dead. They were just here a few hours ago. "Are you sure officer?" He shakes his head yes. "My partner is good friends with them and indentified the bodies. She has an aunt and uncle she can stay with right?"

I shake my head yes. He leaves and I shut the door and I'm in a daze. How is this possible? I look up stairs. What do I do? I go over to the phone and dial Bobby's number. On the second ring Karen picks up. "Karen I need to talk to Bobby it's an emergency." She quickly hands the phone over. "Bobby it's Dean. The cops were here and Lara's parents were killed in a car crash. I need you guys to come over right now."

"Mommy? Daddy?" I hear at the door to the kitchen. I look over and Lara is standing there in her pajamas with tears in her eyes. I run over to her and knell in front of her. "I'm really sorry Lara." She looks at me and instead of bursting into tears she passes out.

Lara's POV

It's been a month since my parents died. I can't speak, I can't eat, I can't sleep. I can't do anything. I just sit in my room at Uncle Bobby's and Aunt Karen's holding on to Suzy. I thought I had retired her but since that night she has been in my arms.

I sat through the funeral. The priest kept trying to talk to me but I refused to look at him. What does he know about heaven? I have two angels that can tell me anything I need to know. It was a rainy day when they put them in the ground. I'm glad they are together at least. It would have been too hard on them if they were separated. Dean helped me put a note and a picture into each other their coffins. I wanted them to have pictures of us with them and I wanted them to know how much I miss them and love them.

Dean and Sam take turns sitting with me but I don't talk. Uncle Cassie and Uncle Gabe have both stayed with me every moment since that night. They stand over my bed and wake me up before the nightmares get to be too much. They let me sit in their laps and cry whenever I want too.

I've heard them all talking. Uncle Bobby and Aunt Karen have adopted me and I am going to live here from now on. They packed up my stuff from my room at home and moved it in here. I put it all back in their boxes. I can't see it right now. Aunt Karen let out a little shriek when she came back into the room and everything was packed up. Dean gave her a hug and helped her out of the room and thankfully explained that I had done.

How can they be gone? They were only gone for a few hours. How did they just die? I want them back so badly it makes me sick to my stomach. Sammy is sound asleep at the end of my bed and Uncle Gabe and Cassie are standing next to me. I look at Uncle Gabe. "Why didn't you save them Uncle Gabe?" It's the first I've spoken in a month.

He frowns at me and gives me a hug. "I can't change their paths sweet heart. I promise you that they are in heaven and looking down at you. They miss and love you very much darling." I cry into his shoulder and I hear my door open. I look over and Dean is standing there. He feels guilty because he's the one who told me about it. He didn't know I was standing there, but I'm glad it was him. I wouldn't have wanted anyone else to tell me.

He walks over to me bed and kisses my forehead. "How are you doing squirt?" He asks me not expecting an answer. "I'm sad Dean." He gives me a shocked look; I haven't spoken in a long time.

"I know you are squirt. It's hard to lose your parents. My mom died in a house fire when I was four and I still miss her. I know what it's like." He puts his hand on my heart. "It hurts right here doesn't it. You know you can talk to me about it anytime you need too."

I start to cry again. "But I can't! You are going to be leaving soon just like your daddy." I want to be strong and not cry but I can't. I lean into him and cry. Uncle Gabe and Uncle Cassie step back, I still haven't told the Winchesters about them and they made me promise not to.

He pets my head. "How about this, I won't leave until you tell me I can." I look up at him not quite believing him. "When you're ready I'll leave but not before then. I promise." I relax, he promised that means he'll do it.

"Do you think your mommy is with my parents right now?" I hope she is. Dean's mom seems like she would a sweet lady and I want my parents to have someone nice talking to them around right now.

He smiles. "I bet she is. She's showing them all the good spots to hang out and making sure they are adjusting."

That's good. I want them all to be together. I push back and pull my covers back. "Will you stay with me till I fall asleep? Make sure I'm safe?" I ask him hopefully.

He picks Sam up and puts him in the bed next to me and pulls the covers back over me and sits at the end of the bed on my side because Sam is so tall now there is no room for him at the end on his side. "Of course I will. You go to sleep I'll make sure safe."

I fall asleep easily for the first time in a month. I know he won't let anything happen and will wake me up if the angels forget too. I snuggle into Sam's side and clutch Suzy. "I miss you mommy and daddy." I whisper to them has I close my eyes.