Ch. 13
"Any thoughts on names yet?" Castiel asked placing a hand on Meg's baby bump while they laid in bed.
"I got one in mind, what about you?"
"I've got a few names I want us to consider,"
"None of them are Isaac are they?"
"No, I know you hate that name."
"Just wish I knew why,"
"Dean said Cammy told him & Sam about your human life. Isaac was the person you sold your soul for."
"Why did I sell my soul for him? Was he my brother or father?
"All Dean told me is that he was your fiancé, you sold your soul to save him from a terminal illness & then he left you at the alter some time later."
"So it's like I sold my soul for nothing…anything else I should know?"
"That's all Dean told me, he said if you really wanna know then we should ask Cammy."
"We'll ask later, what were some of those names you liked? I've already decided on Dexter, we can call him Dex for short."
Castiel raised an eyebrow, "Dexter?"
"I like it, besides, Dex sounds so badass to me."
Castiel thought the name over. "I don't know,"
Meg gave him a look, "Do you really want to argue with me?"
"Dexter it is then."
"Good, so what names do you like?"
"Gideon,"
Meg shook her head. "No way,"
"Hannan,"
"No, it sounds too much like Hannah."
"Joses,"
"Clarence, why do you hate our baby?"
"I also liked Matthew." Meg's eyes filled with tears. "What's wrong?"
"I don't know…that name makes me sad…"
"I can pick a different name,"
"No, I like it. It's a happy kind of sad."
"So we're decided on Dexter Matthew?"
"Yeah, that's his name." Meg said rubbing her small bump. "Dexter Matthew Colt,"
Castiel smiled. "You're going to be a good mother,"
"I sure hope so, I've been a pretty lousy demon the last few years, helping you & the moron twins after all."
"I haven't exactly been a worthy angel either, working with you & rebelling against heaven."
"We're a lousy pair,"
"We balance each other though. I make you good & clean,"
"I make you bad & dirty," Meg rolled on top of Castiel & straddled him. "How about you show me how dirty you can be?" She leaned down kissing him passionately.
The next day everyone was back at Shane's house cleaning up what was left of the wedding. "So are you guys gonna go on a honeymoon?" Adam asked the newlyweds.
"Cas thinks we should,"
"You should go, take as long as you need to be together because once your son is born he'll take up all your time." Shane advised feeding Sarah her bottle.
"Dexter,"
"What?"
"Dexter, that's our son's name."
"I'm surprised you didn't pick Clarence," Sam said.
Meg shook her head. "No, that's Cas' pet name. We agreed on Dexter Matthew Colt,"
"How'd you pick those names?" Jenny asked.
"Meg liked Dexter,"
"Dexter, really? You agreed to that name Cas?"
"I learned from experience that I can't win an argument against her so I don't bother."
"Already sounding like a husband," Jenny laughed.
"So how did you agree on Matthew?"
"It was the only name on my list that Meg approved of,"
Cammy, Sam & Dean looked at each other. "Meg, why did you like that name?"
Meg shrugged. "I don't know,"
"When I suggested the name Meg actually cried."
"Maybe it was just pregnancy hormones," Sam suggested.
"No, the name made me a sad kind of happy."
"Meg, you knew someone by that name when you were human." Cam said.
"Who?"
"Your brother,"
"I had a brother?"
"Yeah, a little brother."
"What else do you know about my human life?"
"I know everything, you're better off not knowing but if you really wanna know I'll tell you."
Meg thought it over silently. "I wanna know,"
"Are you sure? It wasn't a happy life."
"I'm sure,"
"Alright," A long story later, Meg & Castiel were silent.
"My father was a bastard…"
Castiel wrapped an arm around Meg & pulled her close. "I'm sorry you had to go through that Meg,"
"The only good thing he did was love my brother."
"It wasn't your fault that your father wanted a son. All men hope for sons to carry on their family name & to bond. Not many men have much in common with their daughters, especially during those times."
"I guess."
"You were still a good person. You did at least one good deed every day for the next ten years."
"I did? Why?"
"Because you knew they'd turn you into a demon & you'd do horrible things. You wanted to make up for those things before you even did them. Not all people from broken homes are monsters."
"They're turned into them like I was."
"That doesn't matter, you've redeemed yourself."
"If you say so."
"Look, that's all in the past. Right now you have the life you wanted when you were human."
"I do?"
"Of course, you wanted a husband, children, happiness. You have all of that right now."
"But this would be my only baby wouldn't it?"
"Not necessarily, if you got pregnant once you can get pregnant again."
"But I can never have a daughter."
"There is a way, besides adoption I mean but I don't think either of you would like it."
"How?"
"You'd have to be human, or at least Castiel will have to be human."
"What if we switched bodies?" Meg asked. "My vessel's dead so Cas wouldn't have to ask permission to use her."
Cammy shook her head. "You're a female demon & he's a male angel. Doesn't matter what body you use."
"Meg, at some point we'll have to become human."
"Why?"
"Because we'll never age but Dexter will."
"How do you know that? He'll be half angel & half demon."
"He knows because of Cammy." Shane said.
Cammy nodded in agreement. "I age as a normal human & your son will too. You won't want to outlive your child or any children Dexter will have."
"She's right Meg, I've seen how hard it is to lose a child."
"So it's inevitable, one day we'll be humans."
"You've got years before you have to be. Meg, your vessel was 28 when you possessed her, you could probably wait until he's ten to become human if you want."
"How old was Jimmy?" Dean asked.
"He was two months shy of his 36th birthday."
"I thought he was older," Sam said. "How old was his daughter?"
"She was twelve at the time."
"Was she Jimmy's only kid?" Dean asked.
"Claire was a difficult birth. They thought it was best not to push it with a second child."
"Cammy, do you know everything about them?" Sam asked.
"I figured they'd have questions, I had to do my research on you guys over the years. I've even looked into your futures too."
"You have? Tell us,"
"You really wanna know?"
Sam & Dean both nodded. "Well, you find love. At least you do Dean."
"What about me?"
"You have a daughter out of wedlock, Dean gets married & has kids."
"I do?"
"Yeah, twin boys actually."
Deans eyes bulged out. "Twins?"
"Hold it, so between the two of us Dean gets married & settles down?"
"You sound surprised with a dash of angry."
"I am, I've always been the one that wanted to settle down & get away from the life."
"Well let's be honest Sammy, I've lived the civilian life more than you have."
"I didn't say he gets away from the life."
"You saying my wife & kids will be hunters too?"
"That doesn't matter, it's not for several years."
"When?"
"I can't tell you. If you knew it'd change too much of the destined future but we're getting off track. Right now the only thing I care about is keeping Dexter safe. Crowley may be dead but there's still a demon army that will do whatever it takes to use Dexter if they found out about him. Heaven too,"
"What exactly is he supposed to do when he's older?" Castiel asked.
"The hybrid child will have the strength & power to close the gates of heaven & hell."
"Forever?"
"Unfortunately no, they'll reopen during the next millennium."
"So they'll be closed for the next two thousand years?"
"Close to it yeah, by then Meg & Cas will have to be human otherwise they'll be dragged back home."
"But there would still be things to hunt right?"
"Of course, there's always going to be things to hunt until the world ends there's just not going to be any demons to get in the way or angels to screw you over."
"That's good,"
"We just have to make sure to keep the knowledge of them alive so future hunters know how to handle them because by the time they come back we'll be long gone."
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I can't believe how hard it was desiding on a name for the baby, I usually don't have that trouble in my other stories...