A/N: This has been ready, but FanFic was giving problems and I'm just lazy. HaHa.
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The last days of school were supposed to be fun for Dean but they weren't—in fact neither Winchester was having a good last few days of school. For Milly and Dean the year would end sooner than it would for Lacey and Sam, but still Sam was being bullied a little even though he had a rather popular girlfriend, and Dean felt like Lance was stealing Milly away from him. Lately Sam had just been hanging out with Lacey and Matty which was fun enough, but he was starting to wonder how things were going to work once Lacey graduated the year after. A year to wait, sure, but honestly…how long could the two really go without talking about what Lacey wanted to do after High School was over?
"So you're not with Gwen anymore?" Lacey asked Matty slowly, trying to make sure she'd gotten that right.
Matty shook his head. "Nope. We broke up after prom. It's kind of sad too…she had it going on."
Lacey laughed. "Well if it's sad then why did you let her go?"
Matty shrugged. "She wasn't willing to share me—I need to be shared."
"Well aren't you easy?" Sam asked Matty with a laugh, running his fingers through Lacey's hair and kissing her temple.
Matty nodded and shrugged, grinning and then biting into his sandwich as Lacey laughed a little and then kissed Sam's cheek. The days were counting down and Lacey was having a lot of fun, especially since she had been waiting for a letter from Harvard, and her father had informed her that one had been sent in the mail that morning via a voicemail on her cell phone. She hadn't told anyone except her family about her plans for Harvard and what she wanted to do with her life, but as soon as she figured out what Harvard had to say, she'd tell Sam. Sam, who was looking a little nervous about something and Lacey didn't know what, but she knew it wasn't a good idea to bring it up in front of Matty.
"I'm thinking about attending Milly's Graduation Party instead of Dean's." Matty mused with a sigh. "Gwen is going to Dean's and I don't really wanna deal with her."
"I thought that Dean and Milly decided to throw theirs together." Sam piped in, confused.
Lacey nodded and sighed. "Yeah, well…that was before he thought she and Lance were copping some feels without him around."
"Oh my God, does Dean still think Lance is encroaching? How many times does Mill have to tell him she loves him before he's going to feel secure in their relationship?" Sam asked with a sigh. "My brother is stupid."
Matty shrugged. "Actually, your brother is just protective of what he thinks is his. Your girlfriend and her sister are incredibly attractive and Dean hates that Lance is hitting on Milly, and Milly is too sweet and receptive of the attention to put Lance in his place."
"I still think Dean should trust her more." Sam replied with a shrug.
"Agreed." Lacey admitted, kissing Sam's cheek again.
Milly actually whole-heartedly wished that Dean would just trust her too because she was that close to spilling her whole graduation gift plan to him. The only reason she was even spending so much time with Lance was because they were pretty much done with the car, and he should have been done with it three days before. The graduation ceremony was that night and Milly really needed the Impala to be complete so that she and John could present it to Dean. It was the only thing she had planned for them that night besides a diner that Dean may or may not cancel at that point.
"Do you promise me that it's done? You're not lying to me again, are you?" Milly asked Lance sternly.
Lance chuckled. "You're rather adorable when you're upset."
Milly laughed and rolled her eyes. "You think my sister is more attractive so stop trying to get on my good side through flattery—I need to squash this whole us flirting thing anyway."
Lance nodded and stood up from the ground, checking the Impala over. "Yeah…Dean is starting to get testy with me."
"It's because you keep grabbing my ass." Milly pointed out.
Lance knew that was the problem, but it hadn't stopped him. Lacey was still completely fending off his flirting and since Milly never did that, he had gotten rather used to just hitting on her instead. Still, he thought of Dean as a friend, and if he was actually getting jealous of the two of them, then he knew he had to stop, and Milly knew she had to make it up to him. She was already hurt and upset enough that Dean had pulled out of their joint graduation party that weekend. Milly had been looking forward to it, and Dean had just taken it away the last time Lance swatted her ass and she just laughed and rolled her eyes at him.
"I think you did a rather good job of fixing her up." John told Lance with a smile. "I think Dean will appreciate it, Milly."
Milly shrugged a little. "I really hope so…maybe he'll forgive me for all the crap I've been putting him through."
"You can always hope." John told her, resting his hand on her shoulder. "I'm sure when we give it to him tonight he'll be in a better mood."
Milly smirked and looked at John's hand and then up at John. "I could just always take you as a consolation prize in case he isn't."
John rolled his eyes and pulled his hand away. "Someone should lock you up."
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"Lauren…" Bobby grunted as he tried to make food and she nibbled on his ear.
Lauren grinned as she stood next to him. "What? I thought you liked that?"
Bobby blushed a little. "It's the afternoon and we haven't eaten yet, and the girls will be home soon, and I'm trying to cook."
Lauren nodded. "Yeah, but I don't wanna eat anything yet…I was perfectly happy laying around in bed with you all day…well laying around in bed some of that time with you."
"That's just the kind of talk that gets walked in on." Bobby told her, licking his lips and then clearing his throat. "Shouldn't the girls have a snack to come home to?"
Lauren sighed and nodded, shrugging her nightgown strap off and wiggling her eyebrows when Bobby glanced over. She was seriously killing him right then because he was only human—he was only male—and if he honestly had his way, they'd just go straight back up to the room and talk and have sex and talk and have more sex. Still, he knew it was about the time that Lacey and Milly would be getting home from school and since it was Milly's last day of school and Lacey had two more days that would focus on Yearbook signing, he knew they had to pause what they had been up to. Even if he wanted to take Lauren up on her offers, he knew he had to resist the temptation and focus.
"You aren't even hungry in the slightest?" Bobby asked her.
Lauren shrugged. "I'm a little hungry, I suppose."
"See? It's not just for the girls, it's for us." Bobby responded.
"You know what else is for us?" Lauren asked in a soft, low voice, batting her eyelashes at Bobby.
Bobby swallowed as Lauren shrugged off the other strap but managed a soft, "What?"
"Oh God! Please stop!" Milly exclaimed.
Lacey covered her face with her hands as Lauren pulled her straps back up. "AHHH!"
Bobby cleared his throat and went back to making food as Lauren ushered the girls into the living room to talk about their days, and squealed a little when Lacey held up the letter from Harvard. Milly clapped her hands together excitedly and Lacey called for her father because she knew that even if it wasn't the news she wanted, he was proud of everything she did school wise. So when the four were all huddled together, Lauren's hand resting on her six month pregnant stomach, Lacey ripped open the envelope and pulled the letter out.
"What does it say? What does it say?" Milly asked excitedly, Lauren reaching over and smacking her arm lightly.
"Will you let your sister open up the letter and read it, please?" Lauren asked her.
Lacey laughed and then opened the letter and read it out loud. "Dear Lacey Auburn, Harvard is pleased to report that after looking over all of the information that you sent, we would be happy to give you a full ride after you graduate if you keep up with your grades and extracurricular activities. You will have to write the essay and pass it by our Dean, but if your writing stays the way it is or even improves from the samples you sent, that should not be an issue."
"Does this mean that…my baby's going to college?!" Bobby asked excitedly.
Lauren beamed. "It means more than that, Bobby! It means our baby's going to Harvard!"
Bobby, Lauren, Milly and Lacey started bouncing up and down excitedly, and hugging each other and congratulating Lacey. Lacey was rather excited to be accepted to the school that she had wanted to go to, but it suddenly dawned on her that she didn't know how to tell Sam. She and Sam had been planning Stanford together, even though Lacey knew where John stood on college, and she didn't know how to tell him that she wanted to go to Harvard. It was just that Harvard was Lacey's dream…no matter how much Sam meant to her—no matter how much she loved him—Lacey owed it to herself to go to the college she wanted to go to.
"So…what about you, Mill?" Bobby asked her, Lauren smacking his arm.
"I'm going to the University of Hunting." Milly told her father with a sigh.
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John sighed loudly when Sam and Dean both came in the door and neither of them looked very happy. Dean was trying to mask the pain but he wanted to complain, and John was definitely going to let him. He understood what jealousy was like when you were in love with a girl who was sought after, and he could tell from Sam's face, that the kid was doubting himself again. So he turned the television off and looked at them as they put their book bags down…or as Sam put his down and Dean plopped down on the couch by his father.
"All right, we're going to take turns." John announced.
Dean groaned. "Damn-it Dad! I am not sharing and caring!"
John rolled his eyes. "Oh yes you are! I am not letting you go to your graduation in a bad mood!"
Dean sighed loudly. "Fine! But Sammy's going first!"
"Why do I have to go first, Dean?" Sam asked in a huff. "I normally have to go last because you can't keep your problems to yourself!"
Dean rolled his eyes even though he knew that as strong as he tried to be for his father, he always wanted his father's advice. Still, Dean was pretty sure that his father was going to laugh in his face when he realized that Dean was having girl problems he wasn't entirely having, and Sam looked down to. Since Sam meant so much to Dean, Dean honestly did want to try and help his brother out, and so why shouldn't Sam go first? Then John and Dean could both help and maybe in helping Sam, Dean wouldn't even have a problem anymore.
"Will someone please just tell me why they're so disgruntled?" John asked with an impatient sigh.
Sam sighed loudly. "I don't know what I'm going to do when Lacey graduates next year. She's heading off to college and no matter where she goes I'm not going to see her for a whole year. What if she wants to break up? What if she wants to date other people and before I can get to the college with her she has already fallen in love with someone else?"
John looked at Sam for a moment before he found his words simply coming out. "You and Lacey can handle some long distance and what are you talking about? You and Dean aren't going to college. As soon as you two graduate you're hunting with me. Dean is already about to venture off on his own, and when you're ready, you're going to join. Our battle isn't done and you know it, Sam."
Sam hated that his father wasn't on board with the whole education thing. He understood what a High School diploma could get you, but he didn't understand that Sam didn't want to hunt—Sam wanted out. Sam wanted to grow up, become a lawyer, get married, settle down, have kids…he didn't want to go out and search for demons and ghosts and kill the supernatural for the rest of his life. He really couldn't care less if John and Dean did that, but it wasn't the life that Sam wanted and he wanted his dad to understand that.
"Dad, I want to further my education, and I don't want to lose Lace." Sam tried desperately.
John shrugged. "If you lose her, then it just wasn't meant to be. Hold onto her for now and deal with the rest of it when you come to it. Now, Dean…is this about Lance and Milly? Because Milly loves you—strange, I know, but she does—and if you loved her you wouldn't push her away like this. How are you going to handle hunting with her if you can't trust she won't stray? There are plenty of dirt bags out there that will want a piece of your girlfriend."
"Then perhaps Milly and I will break-up after graduation and simply hunt as partners." Dean told his father with a shrug. "I mean I'd rather not but…I hate this jealous feeling."
"You don't think that feeling will get worse if you can't actually claim she's yours?" Sam asked his brother slowly.
Dean furrowed his brow. "Why do you have to be like that, Sam?"
"It's not my fault I'm the smart one." Sam replied with a shrug as John laughed.
"I think we should all just get ready for graduation—which by the way, congratulations Dean." John told his eldest, clapping him on the back. "I'm proud you could do it."
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"I have terrific news!" Milly exclaimed, bursting into the Winchester house excitedly.
Lacey laughed and followed close behind her, John out back working on things in the garage and Dean and Sam in their rooms. Sam was more excited than Dean to see the girls, and he smiled at Lacey when she came into his room with a smile on her face. She was excited and yet she was rather nervous, and she knew it was best to just tell him. He'd understand, and he'd love her enough to be happy for her, so she sat down next to him as he looked over some of his essays and he wrapped his arm around her automatically.
"You look like you have some news." He told her, kissing her softly.
Lacey smiled into the kiss and nodded. "Yeah…I really and honestly do."
Sam put his essays to the side. "All right…spill."
Lacey took a deep breath. "All right…a few months back I sent some papers and transcripts and things out to…to Harvard—I mean I also sent some out to Princeton and Yale and Stanford."
"Yeah?" Sam asked her, trying to be happy for her but dreading what she was going to say to him.
Lacey took another deep breath and wished that she could get it out in a way that wouldn't crush him, but she knew he had his heart set on Stanford. She honestly believed in their love enough to make a long distance relationship work, but she was also a realist and if they had to break up for just a little bit, then that was just the way that it would have to be. Mostly she just wanted to share her happiness with her boyfriend and since she was so happy and he was so understanding and loving, he would be there for her even if it wasn't entirely what he wanted.
"Well…If I keep up my grades and reapply…I'll be going to Harvard!" Lacey told him, not able to completely contain her excitement.
There it was—it was all out in the open and Sam realized that there was absolutely no way that he and Lacey would be together after her graduation. She was going to go off to Harvard and pay the book and tuition fees and he didn't have that kind of money. Stanford was the only one who had expressed any interest in him, and without his father's help, Sam was going to be on his own and now he wouldn't even have Lacey. Wow…his and Lacey's relationship was on its final legs and he had to be happy? He was supposed to just accept that his brother was heading off to hunt for good and he had two more years of school left and Lacey was leaving him for Harvard? How?
"Lace…that's fantastic!" Sam told her with faked enthusiasm.
Lacey was too excited to notice that he wasn't entirely truthful about it, and kissed him passionately as Milly sighed and leaned on Dean's doorframe. He hadn't been happy to see her and she knew it, and now he was ignoring her instead of doing his usual thing and making some cheeky remark. Knowing she had to make Dean understand where she stood with them, she crossed into his room and took his book from her that he was holding upside down, and dropped it onto the floor. When he looked up at her and started to protest she rolled her eyes.
"Shut-up, Dean." She said in a bored voice and sat on his lap. "You're being ridiculous and for some reason I'm still attracted to you."
Dena started to say something but Milly covered his mouth and shook her head, pushing on his chest and straddling him as he laid back on the bed, her hand still over his mouth. He couldn't help but smirk a little when she rocked a little, pressing against him and then leaned down and moved her hand, pressing her lips to his. She knew he was rather upset with her and she knew why, and if there was one thing she needed for her graduation night, it was to have Dean happy with her. It wasn't too much to ask and she knew it, and now all she had to do was convince Dean that he still loved and trusted her.
"You know after graduation…" Milly told Dean, kissing him in quick kisses.
"Yeah?" Dean asked her.
Milly smiled since he seemed happier with her already. "Imagine what we can do without parents."
"I can't wait until we graduate then." Dean told her with a wink, and then he stroked her hair and pulled away a little and she gave him a look. "I'm sorry."
Milly waved it off. "Its fine, Dean. I know you love me…and I love you too."
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Graduation took place in the gym, the bleachers all out with extra rows of chairs and it was hot—it was seriously hot and Lauren was having some issues. There were so many people packed into the gym, and Lauren was already having heat flashes and Lacey and Sam seemed restless next to John. Everyone was a little uncomfortable, Milly and Dean too in their hats and gowns. All they wanted was for the speeches to get over and done with so they could get their diplomas and then mingle. Besides, Milly really wanted to see the look on Dean's face when John presented him with the Impala and then casually slipped in that Milly helped with it.
"I need a fan or something." Lacey protested, fanning herself with the program. "Is Milly gonna get her ass up on stage and talk or what?"
Lauren laughed a little. "Let the principal talk, Lace."
"I'm still surprised Milly even got picked to give a speech." Bobby said with a laugh. "She's not a valedictorian or anything."
"The valedictorians each get a speech—one boy, one girl—and then the graduating class gets to vote on another boy and another girl to give a speech. Since the teachers have somewhat of a say in that, Dean didn't get to—the teachers don't want him up there telling the graduating class anything." Lacey explained and Sam laughed.
John and Bobby chuckled at the same time and nodded, Billy—the male valedictorian—finishing up his speech and smiling at the applause he received and the cat-calling from Milly. Dean leaned over to Lance to comment about it, and Milly tried really hard to ignore Brandi since she had to sit next to her. Brandi had been rather upset to lose yet another 'contest' to Milly, and huffed when Milly's name was called to do her speech. Milly smiled at the applause she got and the rather loud comment from Dean, and ran her fingers through her hair as she set the paper on the podium and then looked out over the crowd—God did Milly Auburn love getting attention.
"That's my baby." Lauren leaned over and whispered to John, who smiled at her as Bobby and Lauren got proud looks on their faces, Lacey and Sam holding hands as they sat next to each other and tried to focus on Milly and not the heat.
"How good does it feel to be getting out of here finally, huh—and I don't just mean this sauna of a gym." Milly said smiling at the chuckles she got. "Most of us have been going to this school for four years—some of us longer than that and some of us are new—but we all have the same goals in mind, right? Getting our diplomas and getting out of these halls to lead our own lives. All we have to do now is get through this ceremony."
There was laughter from the students as Bobby shook his head and said, "That's my daughter."
"You guys picked me to impart some kind of wisdom on you though and I racked my brain for ages trying to think of some and what I came up with is going to sound lame and cliché, but I think it's true. You see everything that we did here in High School? Most of it isn't even going to matter out there—especially not the cliques. All that matters is the knowledge that we took from here and the way we apply it out in the real world. Hold onto the relationships you've formed and you'll be able to do anything." Milly told them with a shrug. "And since we all want to get out of here, my speech is done—good luck class of 1999." Milly told them all with a bright smile.
Dean whistled loudly and Milly did a tiny curtsy, going back to her seat and clapping for Miles Porter, the pick for the next speech. It was a lot funnier than hers had been, but better than Dean could have ever come up with and after some of the teachers had their say and awards were given out, it was time for the diplomas to be handed out and once that was all done, everyone mingled outside to congratulate the graduates and take pictures and escape the heat of the gym. Milly and Dean were hanging out in the same area, his fingers were in her hair when John, Sam, Lauren, Bobby, and Lacey came to see them and fawn over them.
"My little girl graduated! And without giving birth!" Lauren cooed.
Milly laughed and hugged her mother fiercely. "I think it's amazing you got through High School pregnant and then still kept going even after I was born."
Dean shook his father's hand. "So…do I get anything for graduating?"
"It's funny you should ask that." Lacey told Dean with a chuckle.
John nodded. "Follow me you two."
Milly got rather excited as Sam and Lacey held hands and walked behind everyone, aware of what it was that John was going to show Dean. Lauren and Bobby were chatting away to each other and then John pointed to the Impala and Dean got this look on his face. He hadn't said anything yet but his eyes were asking his father all sorts of questions and John just smiled at the happy look on his son's face and then Milly jumped in. She was far too excited to just let it all go, especially when Dean finally had the words to say.
"The Impala? Are you serious, Dad?" Dean asked him.
John nodded. "I think it's time since you'll be hunting with Milly. Speaking of Milly, she helped me fix it up for you."
"That's why I've been hanging out with Lance so much, Dean—I wanted you to have a really special graduation gift and so I was going to buy you a car but your father wanted to give you the Impala so we decided to get it fixed up and nice and new and—" She tried, but Dean silenced her with kisses and Milly wrapped her arms around him with a grin on her face as she returned them.
"I am seriously testing this new backseat out with you, Mill." Dean laughed as he kissed her.
"That had better be a promise, Winchester." Milly told him with a giggle as he kissed her some more.
Dean chuckled and nodded. "That is a promise."
"Hey—can you at least pretend that you know we're all still standing here where we can hear you?" Bobby asked Dean angrily, Dean shrugging and laughing it off.
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