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Tony felt like he had just fallen asleep when his alarm went off at 5, and the first thought to cross his mind was, and so it begins.
2/26/13: Just doing some small editing and grammar changes. Nothing major.
Deciding the day was going to be challenging enough as it was Tony didn't want to risk going without coffee and made his way to the kitchen to start a pot. Walking out of his room he ran into Caleb coming from the bathroom running a towel through his hair.
"Going to start the coffee?" Caleb asked following Tony.
"Yep" Tony replied stumbling around behind half opened eyes. Let's just say he wasn't a morning person. At all.
"Already done. Bobby and I have been up for awhile." Caleb said tossing his towel into the washer in the hall closet.
Tony nodded and grabbed himself a mug and poured himself a brimming cup of liquid energy. Finishing his cup he started down the hallway to get himself ready.
"You want us to wake the boys up?" Bobby asked trailing Tony looking at his watch and seeing it was almost 5:30 and they need to leave in an hour to be at the airport by 7.
"Yeah go ahead and make sure Dean gets his medicine." Tony instructed as he walked into the bathroom, "I'll be out in a minute." He answered turning around to close the bathroom door. He turned the shower on and let the water warm up first. Stripping from his warm pajamas and stepping into the steam filled room Tony stopped to look at himself and was barely able to recognize himself in the mirror. He didn't recognize the pale, unshaven man on the other side of the counter because surely it couldn't be him because he was clean shaven, had a healthy tan and never had black bags under his eyes. Stepping under the stream of hot water he effectively put his mind to rest and began to relax for the first time in ages.
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Turning from the bathroom door Bobby walked into the kitchen to get Caleb's help, "We need to get the kids up and going. Which one do you want?" Bobby asked pulling the newspaper from Caleb's hands.
"I'll get Dean if you get Sam." Caleb offered thinking it was a fair deal. He figured since Bobby and Tony had taken care of Dean last night he should take care of him this morning and then this way he wouldn't have to worry about last minute packing.
"Sounds good to me." Bobby answered and walked back down the hallway closely followed by Caleb who stopped at Dean's room.
Bobby continued passed the bathroom he walked into the Sam's bedroom. Walking over to the bed he could make out the mop of brown hair from under the blanket and a leg haphazardly poking out from under the pale blue comforter.
"Sam time to wake up." Bobby said standing a fair distance away from the bed knowing how Winchester's woke up and he didn't want to risk getting hit by flaying limbs.
Sam mumbled something that was hard to make out but Bobby wasn't going to be fooled into leaning closer.
"Come on kid it's time to wake up. We're leaving today." Bobby said with finality and pulled the comforter off the boy exposing him to the cool apartment air and turned to leave the room. "Get up or I will be back and you won't like the results."
That had Sam up in a hurry and running for the bathroom.
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Caleb paused and took a deep breath before walking into Dean's room. Opening the door and walking in he flicked on the lamp beside the bed revealing Dean's somewhat peaceful sleeping face. Bending down he went to grab the trashcan from next to the bed to see if it needed to be cleaned out. As he stood up he came face to face with Dean who was watching him.
"Jesus kid!" Caleb yelled dropping the thankfully empty trash can as he fell backwards.
Dean blinked owlishly back at him but made no move from his bed and remained covered under his black comforter.
"Nearly gave me a heart attack Dean." The older man said getting up from where he had fallen and started towards the dresser where he pulled out some comfortable clothes for Dean to wear.
"How are you feeling? I see you must be feeling a little bit better you didn't puke at all last night that's good. You know me and Bobby got you an Ipod when we went shopping the other day. I put all kinds of music I thought you might like on it for the flight. Figured you might like it so you didn't have to listen to Sam talk the whole flight, I know I'm going to be using mine." Caleb rambled as he laid out a pair of jeans, t-shirt, sweatshirt and socks on the foot of the bed. Looking up he saw that Dean hadn't moved from where he was before.
"Ok kiddo your clothes are laid out here I want you to change and then come out to the kitchen so we can get you your medicine. We have a big day ahead of us."
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"Hurry up in there I gotta get ready." Tony heard Sam yell through the door.
"Give me a minute Sam I'm almost done." Tony yelled back as he wrapped the towel around his waist and went to pull the door open and was met half way by Sam pushing through the door. He was barely out the door before it was slammed shut behind him by the littlest Winchester.
Quickly changing into his clothes he laid out the night before he finished drying his hair and walking down the hallway into the kitchen where the other three members were sitting at the table.
"Hey Dean" Tony said rubbing his brother's head careful of the bruises. "How are you feeling?" Tony asked not expecting an answer.
"The can was clean." Caleb answered referring to the trash can that had been left in Dean's room for him to puke into.
"That's great!" Tony exclaimed as he pulled the cereal down for breakfast and set down the breakfast ingredients on the table and took a seat next to Dean.
Breakfast passed in a blur of bowls of cereal devoured and orange juice drank except for Dean who didn't eat any of his breakfast and only drank enough juice to wash down his medication.
"Come on Dean you need to eat more than that. We are going to be busy today and I don't know when we will be able to eat next." Tony urged pushing the bowl back to the teen but was meet with equal resistance from Dean who was pushing the bowl back at him.
"You don't want to eat fine." Tony said losing the last of his patience and grabbed the bowl and threw it into the sink sending shards of glass flying in all directions accompanied by milk and marshmallows. Turning around he realized he had the attention of everyone trained on him.
"Sorry" Tony mumbled as he started to pick up the glass shards and tossing them into the garbage and then quickly went to work on the milk and cereal that was decorating the sink, counter and surrounding areas.
"Sammy why don't you go get dressed?" Bobby suggested trying to make the situation less awkward but his eyes never left the older Winchester.
"Ok Bobby" Sam answered confused as to why Tony would suddenly lose his patience; Tony never lost his patience with anyone not him and certainly not Dean. That's what made him such a good brother.
Bobby and Caleb shared unsure looks; they didn't know what to do.
"You can quit staring at me. I'm not going to explode." Tony said cleaning up the last of his mess and turned back to the others.
Turning back to face the table he noticed only Bobby and Caleb were still there where did the boys go? They were just here. "Where did Sam and Dean go? They were just here." Tony asked moving to look down the hallway.
"Sam went to go get changed." Bobby answered puzzled because he couldn't remember Dean even moving from his spot. Last he remembered was Dean fighting about eating breakfast.
"What about Dean?" Tony sighed God he didn't have time for this they had to be at the airport in … a half an hour! They had to be leaving like right now.
"Dean get your ass out here! We need to leave now or we are going to be missing our flight." Tony yelled unaware of the stares he was getting from Bobby and Caleb.
"Calm down Tony! You are going to scare him more then he already is." Caleb yelled astounded that his friend would act this way he knew Dean was hard to handle when he was sick.
"We don't have time for this we have to leave now so we aren't late." Tony tried to reason as he ran through all the rooms looking for his brother.
"Go calm yourself down! Get the car loaded we'll meet you downstairs." Bobby ordered. Tony began to argue his point but was interrupted by Bobby, "That's an order. Don't make me ask again."
Tony turned and grabbed all of the bags by the door and slammed the apartment door behind him. Only in the quiet of the apartment did they hear the quiet whimpering coming from under the kitchen table. Bending down Caleb saw Dean curled in a ball rocking and whimpering and crying under the table.
"Hey Buddy come on out. It's ok we aren't going to hurt you Tony is just a little stressed out right now." Caleb coaxed trying to get the teen to come out, "It's ok come on." Caleb said opening his arms in a non threatening manner and was surprised when Dean rushed into them. "Shh it's ok. Come on let's get out from under here."
Caleb rolled back on his calves moving them from under the table and leaned against the back of the couch. He pulled Dean into his lap and started to try and calm the distressed boy.
"We need to get going or we really will miss the flight." Bobby said walking down the hallway closely followed by Sam who clinging to the older hunter's jacket. Looking down he noticed Dean had calmed a little bit but was still buried in the jacket he had put on earlier.
"Ready to go Dean?" Caleb asked trying to get up but soon realized Dean wasn't willing to let go of him. Seeing no other option Caleb hefted Dean into an easier position to carry and picked the teen up. Checking to make sure nothing was left on or out on the tables they were soon on their way to the airport.
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When they finally arrived at the airport it was 7:15 and they were running towards the entrance of Dulles International Airport. Entering the lobby Tony quickly spotted Gibbs and the rest of the team.
"Sorry we're late. Dean had some problems this morning." Tony quickly answered to his boss and was surprised when Dean rushed out of Caleb's arms and into Gibbs's and Sam into Kate's.
"I got the tickets already all we have to do is get through security." McGee answered pulling out the tickets and handing five to Tony.
"Let's get going. Don't want to miss our flight." Gibbs directed motioning for everyone else to lead the way as he held tightly onto Dean's hand afraid that the teen would wander away from their group.
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As it turns out going through security and waiting in their terminal wasn't the worst part of the trip. No that title went hands down to the actual flight.
Walking down the tunnel that led to the plane itself started Dean's fear of flying. When it was his turn to step from the tunnel to the plane the wind decided to kick up some causing the tunnel to sway a little bit and some snow to fall in the slight gap between the plane and the tunnel.
Seeing Dean freeze up and feel for something to grab Gibbs offered his hand and whispered into his ear, "Its ok kid ain't nothing going to happen." After hearing that Dean seemed to ease up a little bit and gingerly stepped into the plane.
The next disaster was when the plane took off and they hit turbulence causing Dean to turn a sickly shade of green and cling to the chair arms for dear life. On one side was Gibbs trying to release the white knuckles clenching the chair and on the other was a middle aged business man who to make matters worse muttered to Dean, "What's the worst that can happen? The plane crashes and we die?" Then turned back to the newspaper he was reading. This caused Dean to lose all of what he had in his stomach.
As the plane was coming to the runway in Sioux Falls Regional Airport the passenger opposite Dean and Gibbs turned to say something but was cut off by Gibbs's stare. Gibbs was not going to let anything wake up Dean before they landed because he sure as hell knew the kid didn't need the extra stress.
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Finally the plane landed and they were greeted by Pastor Jim.
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