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A/N: Here is chapter 11. I hope that you enjoy it. I know it's short, but it's necessary.

Chapter 11: Here Comes Bobby

After John left out of the house, Bobby sat at his desk for the remainder of the evening. He didn't like that something had happened with the younger Winchester. He had been keeping tabs on the boy since Sam had left for college. Bobby knew the reason Sam wanted to stay in that high school for one year. He didn't always know, but Bobby did find out when the Winchesters stayed for Christmas break.

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The boys had just shown up at Bobby's. They were getting their things out of the Impala when Bobby stepped out on the back porch.

"Boys," Bobby called out.

"Hey Bobby," Dean answered, not looking at their 'uncle.' He handed his brother a duffel, Sam walked up to Bobby, who was still standing on the porch, and gave the man a one arm hug.

"How are things at school?" Bobby asked Sam.

"Okay," Sam replied vaguely.

"Just okay?" Bobby wheedled as they walked into the house. Dean followed them in, heading straight upstairs to put their things away.

Bobby walked into the kitchen and poured himself a cup of coffee and sat down at the table.

"I would think that you getting your wish of staying in one school to be more than okay."

Sam stood in the middle of the kitchen and looked at Bobby. He wondered what could weigh so heavy on the child.

One thing he knew, Bobby mused, was that the youngest Winchester carried the world on his shoulders and his emotions on his sleeves. The boy had a caring, trusting heart. He really hated to see that child hurt.

"What's on your mind, Sam?" Bobby asked, taking a sip of his coffee.

"I just hope everything works out," Sam said finally.

"Sit," Bobby ordered. Sam walked over to the table and sat down across from his uncle. "Now what are you talking about?"

"I didn't really tell Dad why I wanted to stay in one school and I don't know how he will react when he finds out."

"Why did you want to stay in one school?"

"Junior year is a very important year," Sam stated.

"Okay."

"If I want colleges to notice my grades, then I need to stay in one school so they don't get a boatload of transcripts. It will look good on a college..." Sam began to trail off from the look he was getting from Bobby.

"Let me get this straight," Bobby turned and fully faced Sam. "You want to go to college?"

Sam slowly nodded. He didn't like the look he was getting.

"Please don't tell Dad," Sam begged in a rush, his expression nervous.

A small smile started to form on Bobby's lips. "Why don't you want to tell your Dad? You want to go to college. That ain't something to be ashamed of, son," Bobby told Sam, his voice full of pride. This small boy sitting across from him, that he had a hand in his raising wanted to go to college. Bobby couldn't help the pride and happiness that was swelling up in him.

Dean came back downstairs when he heard Bobby and Sam talking about college.

"Yeah," Dean said walking up to Sam and ruffling his hair. "Baby brother wants to go to college."

"I'm proud of you, Sam," Bobby said.

He saw the tension just melt of the young Winchester's shoulders after hearing that.

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That was a proud day. Bobby remembered. They had fun that afternoon. Bobby made his famous chili, which the boys loved, in honor of Sam wanting to go to college. But that wonderful feeling that came in on the heels of Sam's announcement didn't last long. They didn't tell their father until the end of Sam's senior year that he had been planning his future and had been accepted to a very prestigious college.

Bobby remembered that conversation on the phone with a very angry father Winchester.

"He's just going to college, John, not the Moon."

"He lied to me," John claimed and Bobby could almost see the man's face turning red as he spoke.

"I don't think he lied, John."

"What else would you call it?!"

"John, now both you and Dean said that this wasn't the life that you wanted for Sammy. He's making something of himself. Why can't you be proud of him?"

Bobby heard John sigh over the phone.

"I am proud of Sam." John's voice was no longer angry but that meant nothing to Bobby, his fellow hunter could become enraged again if he said the wrong thing.

"Then what is the problem?" Bobby asked, throwing caution to the wind.

"He got accepted into Stanford. Full ride," John informed him slowly.

"That's wonderful, isn't it?" Bobby asked, feeling as happy for Sam as though the boy was his own flesh and blood, but hearing the voice on the other end he knew John wasn't pleased. "What's really going on with you?"

"He's going to be alone," John confessed. "And you didn't see the look of pure fear in his eyes when he told me."

"Why would he be afraid to tell you? You...you didn't... John, you didn't. You yelled at him. You yelled at him, didn't you?" When Bobby didn't receive an answer, "Dammit, John. What did you say to him?"

When John told Bobby what he said to his sons before leaving the motel room, Bobby's anger was so great that he felt like throwing the phone across the room. He couldn't believe what he just heard.

"JOHN, YOU IDJIT! When did this happen?"

"Just now," John answered, sounding amazingly contrite. He knew when he left his boys his temper outweighed his common sense. "They should be on their way to you. I know how this works."

"Yeah, I know. You're a fool, you know that? You better hope you can fix this."

Bobby hung up the phone. He knew, just like John, that after an ultimatum like that, Dean would bring Sam here and they sit for a while until one or both parties calmed down. Bobby knew that he would be getting a call from Dean telling him that they were on their way. Twenty minutes later, Bobby received the call. He told them that their room would be waiting for them and the back door will be left unlocked.

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Bobby always thought that John was an idiot sometimes when it came to his sons. Yes, he knew that John loved his boys more than life itself, but he just didn't know how to show it.

Bobby got up from behind his desk and walked into the kitchen and pulled a can of beer from the fridge. He wished he had insisted that he go with John. No one liked it when the baby was hurt or in trouble. Now, somewhere out there, Sam was hurt or in trouble and he was stuck at his house waiting for the phone to ring. Hoping that the next ring would be from John or Dean or, better yet, Sam himself. He just wanted to hear the child's (yes, he knows that Sam is now a 6'4" and 19 years old, but he was still a child to him) voice.

After sitting for another hour stewing in his own juices, waiting for the phone to ring, it does. Bobby rushed to the phone to answer.

"Singer."

"Bobby," John's voice came through the receiver.

"Johnny," Bobby was able to breathe easy. "How's Sam? What happened?"

"Bobby," John stopped the barrage of questions.

Hearing the stress in John's voice brought a whole new level of panic to rise in Bobby's gut. "What's happened?"

"How fast can you get to Norfolk, Nebraska?"

"Johnny."

"I'll explain everything when you get here. The General Hospital in Norfolk."

"Tell me what's happened?"

"They shot Dean." there was a pause, then, "They attacked my baby."

Bobby didn't like the sound of that. "I'm on my way. I'll be there as soon as I can."

Bobby hung up the phone and gathered up his things for the trip to Norfolk. After locking up the house, Bobby got into his pick-up and headed out of town. While driving, the only thing that was going through Bobby's mind was someone attacked Sam and shot Dean. The next thing that went through Bobby's mind was the question of the current state of the culprits, were they dead? Bobby couldn't help but hope so, for hurting those boys. Trying to calm himself down, Bobby took some deep breaths and carefully drove out of town and headed to his surrogate family.

TBC

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