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NOTE#1: I was remembering a conversation with my dear 'across the pond friend' Chessi and how she wasn't sure if she was going to be able to see tonight's episode of Season 7. So this is her pick me up from me… just in case! So, dudes… it's like a sandbox raid and chocolate… enjoy! As always I adore the reviews, favs and alerts! See ya Sunday!

Chapter 4

"Have you seen Boo?" Dean asked as he sat down at the table to wait for his food to be slapped on his plate by Bobby.

Sammy stared at him like he'd suddenly grown an extra head.

"What?" Dean asked as he smiled when the heaping spoonful of food slopped onto his plate.

"You hate that cat." Sammy stated finally as he held his plate up for Bobby to fill while he watched his older brother.

"I do not. We have an understanding." Dean stated as he shoved a forkful of gravy covered biscuit in his mouth.

"An understanding?" Sammy questioned as he ignored his food for the moment.

"Yep." Dean said around another mouthful of food.

"Ewh… dude… really?" Sammy commented with a tiny grin.

"What?" Dean asked innocently, his mouth widening at the look of disgust on Sammy's face. Such a classic bitch face that it had him instantly tear up. Damn, when was he going to stop acting like a chick? Out loud Dean popped off, "When did you slip me a chick Mickey, dude?"

Bobby looked shocked to see Dean was looking straight at him before he shot back, "Sorry Dean, that's the real you coming out, I forgot to slip you your manly Mickey this morning." and then he shoved a partial biscuit in his mouth to avoid the smirk trying to form at the scowl racing onto Dean's face.

Sammy threw back his head as he laughed out loud at Dean's expression.

Dean shared a surprised look with Bobby before they both wore matching smiles. It was nice to hear Sammy laugh.

Boo chose that moment to jump onto Sammy's lap and let him pet her a moment before she jumped onto Bobby's lap and then to the empty chair beside him to stand on her hind legs to look at the plate of scrambled eggs that no one had seemed to notice before. They were even more shocked when she stood like that and ate her eggs.

"Huh, Bobby?" Dean asked as Sammy stared from Boo to Bobby to Dean and then made the rounds again, "What the hell?"

"What? She likes them and they make her coat shiny." Bobby growled defensively.

"But… you gave her a plate at the table…" Dean clarified as he watched Boo wolf down her eggs as if she was afraid Dean would take them, cause he was the one she was watching.

Bobby raised an eyebrow but said nothing.

"That's so not sanitary." Dean added in a huff.

Boo meowed at Dean while Bobby snorted then stated dryly, "Sanitary, huh? She saved Sammy more than once, that calls for an exception, besides it's only once in awhile and normally you boys aren't even around to know about it."

Dean frowned like he'd ate something nasty but stopped talking to resume eating.

Sammy asked quietly, "Why do you feed her eggs?"

Bobby told him with a smile, leave it to Sammy to want the why and how's of it all, "The vet in town is a friend of mine and Jodie's. He's aware of… things. He saw Boo last time he was here and told me plain scrambled eggs is a treat she would love so I tried it. It's made her coat even more shiny, don't you think?" He asked as he ran a hand fondly down her back.

Dean finished off his plate and stood as he mumbled about senile old men and crazy ass little brothers and headed for the door.

"Dean?" Sammy called out in a panic.

Dean turned quickly as he told Sammy with a smile, "Tuning up my baby remember?"

Sammy smiled as he relaxed visibly in his chair.

"When you're done… follow me out?" He tried to act like it was no big deal, but he really wanted to just hover over his brother and watch his every blink.

Sammy immediately stood as he told him, "I'm done now."

Dean looked at Sammy's almost full plate and shook his head, "No Sammy. Eat the food on the plate at least."

"Dean." Sammy whined as he looked at the plate and back to his big brother, then softly admitted, "I just want to be with you."

"Well hell kid. Why didn't you say so?" Dean said with a huge smile, classic heart stopper Dean all the way smile. Dean gently pushed Sammy back into his seat and sat down beside him once again.

He looked over at Bobby as he asked, "What do you have planned for the rest of the day?" as he tried to play down Sammy's comment so Sam wouldn't feel embarrassed. He watched out of the corner of his eyes as Sammy started to eat. He grinned.

"I'm helping out Rufus on a new case he's researching." Bobby said as he shoveled food into his mouth.

"Just research?" Dean asked as he arched an eyebrow.

"We're retired, aren't we?" Bobby questioned back.

"Yeah, supposedly." Dean snarked in return.

"We are boy. I'm just doing the research for him… remember we discussed me and Sammy researching while you work on cars and research when you have time?"

Dean gave a small grin as he said, "I'm not the old man here, my memory is perfect."

Bobby mumbled, "idgit" as he threw a hand towel at him.

Sammy dropped his fork as he mumbled, "I'm done now, Dean."

Dean turned and stared at Sammy before he said softly, "Let's get her done then, bro."

Sammy grinned before he looked at Bobby and asked, "Do you mind if I help D first and then you?" as he waited for Bobby's reply he fidgeted.

Bobby shook his head as he replied, "You can do whatever you want boy, Boo and I will be in the library, huh girl." Bobby said as he rubbed the top of Boo's head.

Dean stared at Bobby before shaking his head in wonder at a grizzled old hunter baby talking a cat.

Sammy grinned as he told Bobby, "K, if she wants out just let her out, would you?"

"Why? She can open her own doors." Bobby commented as he stood and started gathering plates of the table and putting away leftovers.

Dean called out from the living room, "By the way… letting the cat eat off the table… so not sanitary."

"Yeah, well… it's my table ya idgit." Bobby yelled back as he cleared the last of the dishes off the table. "Besides, " He added, "She wasn't eating off the table, she was eating off the plate."

Sammy asked, "Do you want me to help you wash those?"

"Naw." Bobby stated, "I'll just wash them when I'm cooking next… I gotta get on that research."

"You want me to help you first?" Sammy asked again as he hesitated at the doorway.

"Come on, Sammy. Get the lead out!" Dean yelled as the screen door slammed.

"Ya better hurry before he comes back to haul your ass out with him." Bobby grinned as he shooed Sammy out of the room.

After the screen door slammed for the second time Bobby looked down at the black cat staring back at him and stated, "You are no normal cat." He leaned down and looked in her golden eyes as he asked, "Are you?"

Bob stared a few seconds before she gave a single meow and licked her paw as she began to loudly purr.

TBC