Chapter 10: The Bond

It was two in the morning and I couldn't sleep. Neither could Dean. Well, he was pretending to be asleep and I didn't blame him. All I could do was talk about Gabi or Mia or something totally irrelevant and it made me so steamed that I couldn't even pretend to be tired. So, I made magic chocolate frosting. Ok, so the frosting itself wasn't magical, but since I just had to twitch my finger and it appeared.

I sat at the table with a spoon in my hand, just downing the chocolate and drinking a cup of coffee. I had the baby monitor sitting right next to me, just in case something happened to Mia. By now Dean was probably really asleep. I sighed and sat back in my chair, staring at the mountain of chocolate before me. I wanted to eat it, it sounded really good right now. But it wasn't going to help me help my daughter. I set the spoon down and walked into the office to get my spell book and started looking for the binding spell. When I found it, I read it, and studied it over and over again.

There were no loopholes, no hidden side-effects. Just a simple binding spell that could be broken and adjusted whenever I needed it to. There wasn't a ritual that had to go along with it. I just sat next to her and said it. So why not do it now? I picked up the book and went into the twins room.

Ty was awake.

"Hey munchkin, what are you doing?" I asked him. "Mia has been fine ever since you got home. You need to get back to sleep."

"Monster." Was all he said. Most moms would have told him there was no such thing. But I wasn't normal, and neither was my life.

"Where?" I asked, keeping a cool tone.

He pointed to Mia's head.

"In there… I make sure they don't get out." He explained. I laughed and picked him up off of the chair and held him.

"Daddy and I told you what a good big brother you are right?" He nodded. "But you know how you and Mia are the same?"

He nodded again.

"Well did you know that you are older then her?" I asked him. His eyes got big and he shook his head. I laughed a little. "You are, by four whole minutes. Now I know that's not a lot, but still, it makes you her big brother doesn't it?"

He had to think. But once he got it, he nodded furiously.

"I'm the big one?" He asked. I laughed more.

"You sure are, and so you are a big brother, a really really great big brother. Just like your dad was to Uncle Sammy…. But I bet your dad had to sleep, even though he always wanted to keep an eye on his little brother, he knew he had to get his rest. So do you know what that means?" I had found it was better to ask them questions then to just tell them, it made them think, and hopefully would make them smart young adults.

"That I need sleepy?" He replied after a few seconds. I nodded.

"Exactly, so…" I carried him over to his bed and tucked him in. "Why don't you do that? And then in the morning, you can get back to being a great big brother." He nodded, but didn't close his eyes.

"Mommy, did you be a good big sister to Aunt Gabi?" Of course his curious little brain would ask that. I sighed.

"Aunt Gabi… well… yeah, I used to be. But now she doesn't need a big sister anymore." Gabi and I weren't really sisters. We might as well have been. But we weren't.

"Then why you yell at her?" Once again, curiosity.

"Because, well you know how you and Mia will fight over toys? Well when you get bigger, you will fight over other things. But that doesn't mean you won't still love each other." I explained, it was good enough for him.

"Mommy.. sing…" He asked, well almost demanded. I sighed and gave in.

"If it will help you sleep." I said. I thought about it for a moment and then started to just sing words off the top of my head.

"This is yours… hold it close.

This is yours, to chase away your fears.

To hold your dreams and let them be,

To make you smile and sing…

So this is yours, these words I sing, to whisper in your dreams.

Just let it be, your lullaby…"

I needed to work on my children song writing skills. But it put him to sleep. I sighed and kissed his forehead.

"Night Ty…" I whispered. I looked over at Mia, but something at the door caught my eye instead. Dean was standing there, leaning against the frame. I smiled some.

"How long have you been there?" I asked quietly.

"Long enough… how are they doing?" He asked.

"I think Ty might have some kind of connection to Mia's dreams. Like a psychic twin thing… look." We looked over at Mia and saw her squirming and almost crying in her sleep. Dean started to walk over to her but I stopped him. "Wait…"

After a few seconds, Ty was awake again.

"Sister…" He whispered, almost out of breath. "Monsters…"

He was having a connection to her dreams and they were scaring him just as much as her.

"Dean… you get Ty and take him to our room. I think its time to do that binding spell." He nodded and went to get him.

"Hey buddy its ok…" Dean told him. Ty latched onto him. Dean gave me one last look before walking out of the room.

"It will all be over soon." I told him. He nodded and went across the hall. I sighed and picked up my book before walking over to Mia.

"Shh…. Shh baby its ok…" I said trying to sooth her. I moved the stray blonde hair that had gotten in her face away and kept my hand on her cheek. I opened the book and found the page and started reading. It was in Latin, so it wasn't that easy.

"Absentis inficio trauma , Aufero barba quod nox noctis mares. Planto is parvulus insons insontis quod putus. Permissum suus licentia suus poena quod permissum suus ago. Absentis vox insquequo ego reperio opportunus"

Mia's shaking that had started in the middle of the spell stopped and her little body became limp. She was still breathing and was fine. I let out a sigh of relief and picked her sleeping body up into my arms and carried her into our room. Dean was still trying to sooth Ty.

"It's done, she's going to be fine." I told him. Ty had stopped to and quickly fell back asleep in Dean's arms. I sat down next to him, still holding Mia.

"Should we put them back in their room or let them stay with us?" He asked.

I shrugged. "I don't know… they are knocked out for the night… but which one do you think would help us sleep better?" I asked. And with just one look it was understood that the twins were going to be sleeping in our room tonight. Otherwise we would worry about them for the entire night.

We tucked them in underneath our blankets and got in on either side of them. Mia was next to me and Ty was next to Dean. I looked over and saw him staring at me. I smiled a little and he did the same.

"I love you Annie…" He whispered. I smiled more.

"Back at ya Winchester." I replied. He laughed some before gently reaching over to kiss me. It was short and sweet, but enough to put both of our worries behind us. And within moments we were asleep.

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(Sam's POV)

Gabi and I didn't sleep much. But it wasn't my fault. She couldn't quit talking about Annie and how mad she was. Ok, see I don't think Annie should have gotten that angry either, but I knew that it was probably just a matter of minutes until she came barreling into our apartment to apologize. It was her temper, and Gabi knew that better then me. So why was she so steamed?

"I just don't get it! I mean, yeah, Mia has something wrong with her… but I didn't cause it! Hell if anyone caused it Annie did, she is the witch here… and now she is a bitch. A bitchy witch. That's what she is. And ugh! I mean, I never did anything to her. But no… with Annie it always has to be her way, she gets to over power anything I say or do because she is so much more important…." She rambled on but somewhere along the line of watching her pace back and forth and listening, I lost track and my mind started to wander.

I didn't really know what I was thinking about, other then I wished this whole thing with the girls was over. But I didn't have much time to think…

"Sam are you listening to me?" Gabi almost yelled.

"Yeah Gabs, sorry…" Yeah, that nickname totally applied right now.

"And she's just so damn selfish!" She exclaimed. I sighed and stood up to walk over to her. I grabbed her shoulders to make her stop pacing and look at me.

"Talk to her. You can't keep fighting. Its not right, you guys work together. We all work together in more ways then one. You both have to fix this." I told her.

"She started it! Why should I make the effort to apologize when I did nothing!" Ok, I was about to get in the way of her war path and that would put me on her bad side. But once she and Annie made up, I would be back on her good side. So it was ok.

"But Gabi, if she doesn't, you have to. She has a lot going on right now…" I was cut off.

"And I don't? Oh hell Sam I guess you're right, I mean I only have a highly demanding job, a four year old, a cousin with magical powers who has a daughter who may have them as well, parents who barely talk to me, and now on top of all that I may be…" But she stopped. Her anger had risen so much that her face was red. But she stopped, took deep breaths and calmed down.

"Maybe what?" I asked. I wasn't angry… I had expected it. But this was weird. When she was angry she stayed that way. She didn't intentionally make herself calm.

"L—Late… Oh yeah I'm late for this appointment with a client and Annie was supposed to come with me and now I don't know if she is and… oh Sam I have to go.. now. I'll be home later. Kiss Ellie goodbye for me." She grabbed her bag and walked out the door. Not even giving me time to think.

I really needed my brother right now. Badly.

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(Gabi's POV)

I almost dropped a huge bomb in there. I didn't really have an appointment… well I did but not with a client, and not for two hours.

And I needed Annie. I needed her badly.

So I walked up to their apartment. I was going to knock but Dean was coming out as I was about to.

"Gabi, hey… look about yesterday, I'm sure Annie just needs… hey wait, Sam said you had an appointment with a client… why are you here?" Damn it. How fast could those two call each other?

"Look, I just really need to talk to Annie. And if your going to see Sam, please don't tell him I'm here." I asked. He gave me one of those Dean looks. The one where you weren't sure if you could trust him or not.

"Dean please… its important…" I asked. The look faded and he nodded.

Once again, a silent agreement. He walked down the stairs and I walked into the apartment. Annie was in her room, sleeping. I walked over to the bed and woke her up. She grumbled some and rolled over.

"What do you want?" She said gruffly.

"Annie, please yesterday was bad and it wasn't a time for me to be sarcastic… but please. I need you! Its crazy but I do. You are my best friend and just please…" I begged. Her face softened.

"Yeah I need you to. I shouldn't have snapped. All wrong place in the wrong time." She told me. And just like that, we were fine.

"Good… now I have to tell you something…" I said.

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(Dean's POV)

Gabi and I had a silent agreement. Don't tell. It was simple. Sam had called me right after she left and said he needed to talk. I really didn't like the sound of that but hey, he was my brother. Plus Annie and the twins were all sleeping and I was wired on all the sugar and coffee Annie had magically made. So I went.

"Dude, something's wrong with Gabi." Sam said as soon as I walked through the door.

"No hello?" I joked. He was pacing… just like Gabi did. Learned habit.

"I knew she would get mad when I pressured her about talking to Annie… but that was the point. But she didn't stay mad… she started to say something and then just calmed herself down intentionally…" He started.

Gabi never intentionally calmed herself down.

"She doesn't do that. When she's mad, she stays mad until she doesn't want to be mad anymore. But then, she just left and said something about a client. But… ok, so I checked her book thing, she doesn't have a client. But there is some other kind of appointment in there. And I guess it could be a client.." Whoa… ok I had to stop him.

"You went through her book? Sammy have you learned nothing from these two? Number one thing never to do is look at something personal." I told him.

"I know I shouldn't have… but normally, when she would show me her book, the way she had a client meeting marked, it would have their name on it so she wouldn't forget it. This just has initials and the word 'appointment' on it. Plus, she isn't working today, none of us are!" Ok, he had hit bingo right there.

"Look I'm sure she will tell you…" But this time he cut me off.

"But she calmed herself down Dean… Gabi doesn't do that." He was really dead set on that fact wasn't he?

"Dude, she loves you. You love her. It will work. Capiche?" I said. He just took a deep breath and nodded. Then my phone rang. It was Annie.

"Hey, what's up?" I asked.

"Look, Gabi and I forgot about this client we had to meet with today and its really important so can you and Sam watch all three of the kids for a couple hours? Its really important and I know we weren't going to work but this is a lot of money we are talking about here..." She was talking so fast and I knew she was lying. But I went along with it.

"Yeah, when are you leaving?" I asked.

"Right now… ok like ten minutes. So I can just bring the munchkins to you guys down there k?" She asked

"Yeah, see you in a minute." I told her.

I explained what was going on to Sam.

"You think they are really going to see a client?" He asked. I laughed.

"Those two? Are you kidding me?" I replied. He laughed to.

A couple minutes later, Annie came bursting through the door with Mia and Ty. She told them bye and then hugged me quickly.

"Love you see you later bye…" Was all she said before bursting out of the door even faster then she came in.

Sam and I looked at each other and then back at the door.

"Annie…" We both muttered. After that we just looked at each other and laughed.