Author's note: I do not own anything having to do with Supernatural, only Alexa belongs to me.

Chapter 10

The next few days consisted of all of us trying to get in contact with my father with no luck. I was constantly wearing my jacket or long sleeved shirts so I wouldn't have to look at my arm.

"Pack up, we're heading out in an hour," Dean said as he walked in the motel room with a smile on his face.

Sam and I looked at each other with confused expressions and then packed everything up which didn't take long since we were always ready to leave at a moments notice. Before we knew it we were in the car and on the highway.

"So, where we headed? Did you find a job?" I asked.

"Nope we are going to a cabin I rented for a few days," Dean answered looking back at me in the rear view mirror.

"Why?"

"So we could have a little vacation"

That must have surprised Sam as well, "Vacation? Dean, we have never been on a vacation our whole lives."

"That's kind of the point Sammy, I thought it would be nice to get away from all the supernatural stuff even if it is just for a few days, besides then we can celebrate Lex's birthday the way we should." Dean answered.

"De, we haven't celebrated my birthday since I was like 10," I said confused on his motives but also a little excited that we were going to actually celebrate my birthday for once.

"Exactly my point, we're going and you have lots of surprises waiting for you," he winked at me.

I just sighed and grabbed my Ipod, I hated surprises and everyone in my family knew that. We drove a few more hours and I must have fallen asleep because I woke up when the car stopped in front of a log cabin. It was like out of a picture book. It had a wrap around porch with a swing attached to the tree in the front yard and flowers lining either side of the walkway. The stars in the sky were so easy to see without all the city lights. I was memorized by the pure beauty of it and how normal it was.

"You going to come in or stand there staring at it all night?" Dean yelled from the front door.

I laughed and walked inside. It was huge we all even got our own rooms. I went right to bed excited for that not only did I get a bed all to myself but I got a whole room to myself with my own bathroom, I was in heaven. When I woke up in the morning I noticed that both brothers were still sleeping so I made my self some tea and wondered outside to the swing. I had always loved the swings when we were at the park. I sat on the swing and started rocking myself back and forth.

MEMORY

Dean-14

Sam-9

Alexa-5

"Come on Sammy push me," I yelled over to Sam who had his nose stuck in a book.

"Later Lex I'm studying."

I sat there for a minute before looking for Dean who was talking to some girl.

"De! Push me!" I yelled over to him.

"Lex I'm busy you're old enough do it yourself."

"DE…DE…DE…" I kept yelling to get him to come over.

It worked and he came right to eye level with me, "Alexa, I'm trying to talk to that chick over there now knock it off."

I started to cry, it wasn't until a few years later that I learned that Winchesters don't cry.

"Come on Lex, I really like this girl," he said.

"I thought you liked me," I said still crying.

"I do, hold on one minute ok?"

I saw him walk over and tell the girl something before coming back to push me on the swing.

"Thanks De you are the best brother ever!" I said loud enough for Sam to hear.

PRESENT

I was lost in thought when I heard a car pulling up the driveway.

"Good morning pretty girl," Caleb said getting out of the car.

I raised an eyebrow and looked at the car. "A Dodge Challenger, really?"

"Bobby lent it to me since he is still fixing my truck, seems someone destroyed it," he responded winking at me.

"I said sorry but you know I'm still not sure on how I feel about us."

"That's ok, but I'm not missing seeing you on your birthday," he came over and took my tea from my hand and started pushing me on the swing. I couldn't help but smile.

Dean's P.O.V.

I walked into the kitchen to see Sam sitting at the table drinking his coffee and playing on his laptop.

"Morning"

"Morning, about time you got up," Sam said smirking.

"So you said you called Caleb right?" I asked as I poured myself a cup of coffee and after I made sure Lex wasn't in hearing distance.

"Yeah and gave him directions he should be here soon I'm guessing, I just hope she doesn't send him away or get mad at us, especially on her birthday" Sam said turning to look at me.

"No, she is good," I said while I watcher her out the window talk to Caleb and saw the smile I haven't seen in a long time come across her face as he pushed her on the swing.

Alexa's P.O.V.

It felt so good to smile again. I knew in my heart that I cared for Caleb and that I wanted to be with him. He was the first guy that I wanted to spend more than one night together and both my brothers actually got along with him. He was sweet, compassionate and way to good to be true. After a few more minutes of swinging I decided we should probably go inside and eat some breakfast.

We walked into the kitchen to see both brothers drinking their coffee and smiling at us.

"Happy Birthday!" Sam exclaimed coming over to give me a hug and kissed me on top of the head.

"Thanks Sammy," I smiled and turned to Dean. "Well…"

"What?" Dean asked shrugging his shoulders.

"You're not going to wish me a happy birthday?" I almost yelled at him.

He winked, got up and hugged me so tight, "Happy Birthday squirt."

"Thanks but… I…need…to…breathe…"

"So what do you want to do today?" Sam asked as I went to go make breakfast.

"I don't know," I answered, "honestly I haven't really thought about it."

"Well you aren't going to make yourself breakfast on your birthday, I saw a diner down the road why don't we all go," Caleb said.

We all rode to the diner together and had a good time. Sam even laughed at me for getting pie for breakfast but Dean just smiled knowing it was something he would have done too. The rest of the day was pretty uneventful and that was exactly what I wanted. We played a few hands of cards, until I beat Dean and he said he had enough. We watched some 'scary' movies and made fun of the people walking into haunted houses. I had actually fallen asleep on Caleb's shoulder during one of the movies and I started to dream.

I was in an apartment building and could see a blonde girl with short hair eating breakfast with a guy with brown hair that looked a little older than Dean. I could hear the fire alarm going off and they just sat and ate their breakfast as if they couldn't hear it. I tried to scream to them to move.

"Fire!" I yelled in my sleep.

Dean and Sam jumped and Caleb rubbed my cheek. "Come on pretty girl, wake up."

I finally was awake and I tried to catch my breath.

"Lex, what happened?" Dean asked coming over to where we were sitting.

"Just a dream," I said getting up from the couch and headed towards the kitchen, "So we ready for cake?"

They all followed me into the kitchen. The only reason I could think of as to why they weren't pressing the subject was that it was my birthday and I was grateful for that. They sang happy birthday to me, well attempted to, I blew out the candles and made the same wish I always made, please keep us safe. Sam cut the cake and of course Dean and I had seconds.

"Present time," Sam said grabbing a box from on top of the refrigerator that was wrapped in black paper with a pink bow and handing it to me.

I opened it to find my very own laptop. "Thanks, Sammy!"

"No problem peanut and it is already set-up and ready to go, so that means you don't need to touch mine anymore."

I rolled my eyes as Dean handed me a brown paper bag.

"Wow De couldn't even wrap it?" I joked.

"Well I figured knowing you that you would want to use it right away," he answered.

I looked in the bag and pulled out a bottle of Patron and started laughing. "You are very right De, where are the glasses?"

They all laughed and Caleb pulled out four glasses from the cabinet and put them on the table.

"I have to share my present?" I asked sarcastically before pouring some in each glass. "Bottoms up!"

Every one took it as a shot and Dean poured more for me and himself while it looked like Sam was trying to hold in some tears from the burning and Caleb shook his head as if to say no more. Then Caleb's phone rang and he excused himself to the other room. I didn't even notice Sam leave the room until Dean started talking.

"Now that we are alone, I have another present for you"

I looked at him confused, "You do? De, this was all more than enough."

He pulled out a box wrapped in shiny silver paper and handed it to me without saying anything. I carefully took the paper off the box before opening it. I was stunned, inside there was a silver bracelet with the engraving Angels are watching over you and so am I and on the back it was engraved with Love, De.

I was speechless; I never got gifts like these and especially not from my macho older brother.

I let a tear roll down my cheek before going over and giving him a huge hug.

"So this means you like it right?" he joked as I pulled away from the hug.

I punched him in the arm and then grabbed the bracelet, "Help me put it on."

He did and I turned to see Sam and Caleb standing in the doorway.

"Let's go take a walk," Caleb said.

I looked to each of my brothers hoping one of them would object but neither did.

"Sure, but not too far."

We ended up walking down the driveway in silence and sat on a bench at the end. I leaned my head on his shoulder and we just watched the stars for a few minutes before I spoke.

"Cowboy what are we doing…"

"Looking at the stars together," he answered.

"That's not what I meant."

He shifted the way he was sitting and pulled a small box out of his pocket and handed it to me.

"What's this?"

"Just open it."

I opened it to see a beautiful silver ring. "Caleb I don't think I can accept this."

"It's a claddagh ring; it means friendship, love and loyalty."

"This is too much," I started before he cut me off.

"You have to let me inside even though it hurts; don't hide the broken parts I need to see"

"What does this ring signify to you," I asked as I held it in my hand.

"It's my promise to you that after all this is over with that I will do everything in my power to give you the life you deserve. You fill me with so much happiness and desire and I don't want to be anywhere without you."

I was quiet for a minute before admitting, "I don't want you to get hurt because of me."

"I can take anything the world has to throw at us, even if I had no arms I would still find a way to hold you. I love you."

"You too," I answered before I put the ring on.

"And look," he said pulling the collar of his shirt down, "I can never be possessed again."

"Smart thinking getting a tattoo of the symbol that wards off possession, too bad you waited so long to get it," I said smiling at him so he knew I was joking.

We started walking back up the driveway. We made it to where his car was and I subconsciously rubbed my shoulder because it was still sore.

"Let me get that for you," he said as he started massaging my shoulders.

I sighed as his hands touched me, it felt so good. I turned around to face him and pulled him down so I could kiss him. He kissed me back passionately and I only pulled away because it had started raining.

"Come here," he said as he pulled me into the backseat of his car.

I climbed on top of him and we started taking each others clothes off. Have you ever seen the movie 'Titanic', because that is how steamy the car was when we finished. We laid there for a few minutes before getting redressed and heading back to the cabin. It was raining so hard that we were both soaked before we got to the door.

We got inside to find Sam and Dean watching a movie. I ran over and jumped on Dean's lap.

"Lex, what the hell you're getting me all wet!"

Sam started laughing until I got up and jumped on him next. "Didn't think I forgot about you did you Sammy?"

"Go change," he said pushing me off of him.

Caleb and I went into my room and changed into dry clothes when we came out I noticed Dean had a serious look on his face.

"What is it De, did I mess up your clothes?"

"Dad called."