ST LOUIS, MO
The Impala pulled into the driveway next to the 2 story Victorian and Jo's eyes shifted to Dean, brow raised. "She is okay with you bringing us back here too, right?" Jo asked as Dean nodded and then said "Sam said she was. Oh, yeah.. Just so it doesn't shock you when we're in there. Sam's got a little girl."
"Huh? How the hell did that happen, even, I mean he's the straight as an arrow one." Jo joked a little, ignoring the pout Dean gave her as she leaned in and kissed his cheek, promptly waking up their son who poked around until he found Dean's chest then said "Da!" excitedly. Dean chuckled, feeling the tug in his chest when again the little boy said that, to him. "Yeah, little man. I'm still here." Dean said as he scooped up their son, and slid out of the car, going around to help Jo out, and finishing his explanation, telling Jo how Sam met Brianne when the two were seniors in high school, and they'd been really, really close.
"Ahh, so she's the other one. He told me once that he had two girls he regretted letting go of." Jo said quietly as the three of them walked up the stairs to the porch and Dean knocked. The door opened and Castiel opened it, holding Sam's daughter, who'd been trying to run, dodge her nightly bath.
"I've got the little one, Sam." Castiel called out as Samantha frowned, pouted, but then smiled brightly as she pointed to Dean and Jo's son and said "Baby!"
"He's two, sweetie." Dean explained as he and Jo, their son Jonathan stepped into the house. Brianne emerged from the upper level of the house as Sam peeked out into the den from the kitchen and said "Where did you find her at this time, Cas?"
"She was hiding in the cabinet. Again. Why does your child not like taking baths, Sam?" Castiel asked as Sam spotted his brother with Jo.. And a little boy that looked so much like Dean that Sam coughed and quickly grabbed his older brother by the elbow taking him into the kitchen. "Is he?" Sam asked as Dean nodded, smirked proudly then said "Mhmm. And if I could get my damn hands on Dick Roman again tonight, buddy, I'd probably be able to kill him bare handed. That's who put Crowley up to hiding Jo from me, making me think she was dead. Jo said he was planning on coming here to get Brianne and your kid, Sammy, but luckily, we happened to gank the bastard first."
Sam nodded and then said quietly, "So.. Do we take this as some sort of sign? I mean I am. I'm not letting those two out of my sight again. We might have to go into hiding with them if anything really, really drastic does happen, but there's no way I'll walk away again."
"And you know I'm not, Sammy. So yeah, I say we take this as a sign from above, because hell.. We're owed this much at least, I'd think. And my son's not gonna grow up only seeing me every now and then. I've been thinking and as long as we all stick together.."
"That's the same thing I came up with." Sam admitted, smiling as he looked at his nephew, shook his head. "Poor kid.. Dad marked you, didn't he?" Sam joked as Dean said "And you didn't mark Samantha, Sammy?"
"Samantha, thank God, looks more like her mom." Sam said as Dean chuckled and shook his head then said "Nope.. Poor kid's gonna look like a girl you." The two brothers play fought for a while while in the next room, Brianne and Jo sat down, talking to each other, Jo asking, "So Sam found you two on accident?"
"Mhmm. came to town to solve a shifter thing.. And they stopped at the diner I work in." Brianne smiled as she groaned inwardly, elbowed Jo and asked, "Do they always do that?"
"Only when they're happy."
"Oh. Good. You two, if you're gonna fight, at least get out of the room with all the china in it, please?" Brianne joked as Dean and Sam walked into the living room, Sam holding Samantha and Dean holding Jonathan, who pointed to a model car and said "Vroom."
"Yeah. He's Dean's." Jo laughed as she said to Brianne, "Since it's obvious our men aren't going to, seeing as how they're playing with the kids, I'm Jo. Our son's name is Jonathan." Brianne nodded and said with a smile, "I'm Brianne. Our daughter's name is Samantha." as they turned their attention to the two brothers and their two children, laughing as they watched the four of them playing on the floor of the den.
"I really wish their dad could see this now." Jo and Brianne blurted at the same time as they looked at one another and smiled. It would be good if John could actually see his sons happy, their own children. Especially given everything the two had been through.
"Daddy, that tickles. Stop!" Samantha gasped as Sam laughed and stopped tickling his daughters feet before pointing out, "School.. Did you finish your homework?"
"Mhmm. But I wanna show ya somethin." she said as she took off for her bookbag, came back with her math test. "Ya helped! That thing ya showed me! Now I won't be stuck in first grade forever!" Sam chuckled and then said "I'm guessing the bad at math thing comes from mommy. But don't tell her I said that."
A throw pillow connected with his head and he turned, Brianne shrugged as she said "Tip.. If you're gonna say somethin, stud.. Whisper?" while Jo laughed and watched Dean attempting to teach their son how to say the names of his family members. Castiel took Johnathan for a few moments and the little boy promptly pointed to his slight stubble and said "Fuzz."
Castiel nodded and then smiling said "And you, little person.. Your father is a really good man. Probably one of the best ones I've ever had the fortune of meeting. I'm Cas."
"Cas?"
"Mhmm." Castiel said as he held Johnathan out to Dean again who promptly said "Yeah, umm, Mom? I think the little guy left you a present." while Jo laughed and said "Oh no.. It's daddy's turn now. I changed him on the last rest stop. Maybe if you hadn't tried to give him those mashed up french fries when you thought I wasn't looking? "
"Like french fries mashed up and soaked in a milkshake are gonna hurt. Or make that smell.." Dean stated as he nuzzled his nose against Johnathan's nose, laughing when Johnathan gave him a slightly less than amused look.
Sam chuckled and said calmly, "Actually Dean, take it from someone who's ridden with you when you've eaten fast food for a week straight.. yeah, they kinda do."
"Hey you.. Shut your cake hole." Dean blurted, then groaned as he looked at his son and said "Probably not a good idea to repeat anything Daddy might say, little guy."
"Cake?" Johnathan asked as he reached for his father's ear and smiled.
Eventually, everyone settled in for the night, leaving Dean and Sam to look over the case on the shifter as it stood and wonder what made the damn thing suddenly go dormant..
And downtown, behind the diner, Angelica Moore was clocking out when a man approached her and chatted her up. Three hours later, she woke up, found herself chained to a bed. The shifter hadn't gone dormant, he'd just switched his methods. And soon, he'd make his next move. He'd been eyeing the waitress named Brianne, but she'd taken a week or two off, due to her boyfriend coming into town, according to the owner of the diner, Gus. But tomorrow, she started back to work on her usual shift.
And maybe he'd get his chance then.
