Thanks for the reviews. I might be going on vacation till next Thursday ( or maybe not if we get the ice storm that's predicted ) …if I do go, I'll post the final chapter when I get back. Sorry to leave you with a little cliffie….. Nah, not really. ;-)

Living Day to Day

Chapter fourteen

Later

Dean didn't know how long he had been sitting there when he noticed that his brother had finally woken up.

"Sammy!" He jumped out of his chair and stood by his brother's bedside. "Damn it's good to see you awake." He then noticed the strange look on Sam's face. "What's wrong? What's the matter Sam?"

"Dean…I…I…"

"Sam what is it?"

"I…I can't see! Dean I can't see!...I can't see anything!" Sam started blindly reaching out for his brother who quickly grabbed his arms and held them tight.

Dean swallowed the lump in his throat; he remembered the doctor had warned him that there might be complications.

"Sam I'm sure it's only temporary. They had to operate on your brain and the swelling is probably putting pressure on your optic nerve. Once it goes down you should be fine." Dean prayed that was true, he didn't want to believe his brother was going to be permanently blind. But what scared him even more was the sheer terror that now showed on his brother's face. "Sammy?"

"Oh God Dean I can't move my legs either! … Dean I'm scared! I can't see and I can't move my legs! Oh God Dean do something!...You gotta do something!" Sam began to panic as he realized he wasn't only blind, but was paralyzed also.

By now tears were running down both brothers' eyes.

"Sam….I'll talk to the doctor…He'll be able to do something, you'll see. He'll be able to fix you up good as new… I promise."

"Don't lie to me Dean!"

"Sam…."

"When I died Dean you should have left me dead! You never should have brought me back! I can't live like this Dean…I should be dead!"

"I'm sorry Sammy….I'm so sorry…." Tears ran down Dean's face as he was overwhelmed with guilt. "I couldn't live without you Sam…I just couldn't do it."

"Damn it Dean you should have left me die!"

Dean leaned down and pulled his brother into his arms and held him close. He no longer cared about trying to hide his emotions.

"It'll be okay Sammy you'll see….It'll be okay…" He tried to reassure his brother as he put his cheek against the top of Sam's head…. He never felt his brother take his gun out of his shoulder harness.

When Sam pulled back he had the gun pointed at his head.

"Sammy! What the hell are you doing?"

"I should be dead Dean!….You never should have made that deal! I should be dead!" Tears filled Sam's eyes. "Dean I can't live like this!...I'm sorry…."

"Sam no!"

Dean reached for the gun but he was too late. He watched in horror as Sam pulled the trigger. He was immediately covered in blood and brain matter as Sam's limp lifeless body fell back to the bed.

"Noooooooo!" Dean screamed as he watched the life fade from his brother's eyes and quickly turn dull with death. "Sammy!" Dean reached down and pulled his baby brother into his arms. His heart broke as he once more held Sam close to him as he died.

TBC