Author's Note: Please listen to "Poison and Wine" by The Civil Wars over and over again while reading this chapter. Thanks! Warning: Updates may be slow for a while because life is about to get super busy for the next couple of days. I will try my best to update. I promise.
Also, the Ruby flashback takes place the beginning of episode 4 in season 4 "Metamorphosis"
May 29, 2015
"I hope I'm not bothering you," a voice said, followed by a knock on the door frame of my open door to my class room. I looked up from my papers that I was grading and smiled as soon as I saw Sam in the door way. I had been staying later because I'd be going on maternity leave soon and I wanted to tie up all of the loose ends before I left for maternity leave. I'd be coming back for my students' exams and a couple of review sessions, but other than that, I was done for the year.
"Not at all. Come in," I said, warmly.
"Dean says you've been working a lot lately," he said back.
"Yeah, I just want to make sure my students are going to be fine after I leave. I feel awful that I'm leaving them with a substitute only a week before exams but the substitute has been sitting in on my classes and we've made sure that she knows what we're doing. She's great so I know they're in good hands," I replied.
"You're a good teacher," Sam complimented.
"Thanks," I chuckled a little. "So what about you? How are you doing? How's the social working going?"
"Good. Once again, I'm still answering phones and working the crisis center, but I'm working up to a degree, you know?" Sam asked.
"You know, I knew all of that pre-law degree would pay off. Social Work sounds like it'll be good for you," I replied.
"I like it a lot. But you know, the most unexpected thing out of all of this was Dean as a teacher. I mean, it's auto shop but still, he's a teacher!" Sam chuckled.
"Yeah, he's good at it too," I smiled. "He's actually picking up a couple of shifts over at the garage. Ever since he fixed up my car again, he's been working there a bit. I don't know. I guess it gives him time to unwind or something. He's actually over there now."
"Oh, huh," Sam sounded.
"So how's Sawyer, Cole, and the new baby?" I asked, a smile spreading across my face at the thought of my sister's new family.
"Good… seeing as they gang up on me to get what they want," Sam laughed.
"Oh God. Of course. You know, I bet your children inherited that adorable, little, puppy dog look from you," I joked.
"Oh they did! It came from me so I thought I'd be immune or something, but nope. They all have their mom's eyes too so… well, one look and I'm done for," Sam joked.
"Oh God. Well, good luck with that," I said, with a small laugh. "Hey, I'm going to get out of here though. Thanks for stopping by, Sam."
"No problem. I'll walk you out," Sam said.
"Thanks," I said, getting up and then holding my stomach as I felt a sharp contraction. "Oh no."
"What? Are you okay?" Sam asked.
"Um… Sam… I think I'm- I think I'm going to have the babies… like soon," I said.
"What?" Sam asked.
"Well, I've kind of been in labor for a while but you're supposed to relax and stay home before you go to the hospital and uh… I think it's time to go to the hospital, Sam," I replied, taking deep breaths.
"Uh… okay, uh, deep breaths, Mer. You know, the whole breathing thing they teach you in school. Come on. Let's go to the car. I've got you," Sam said, going over to me, and balancing me as we rushed out of the school.
"We've got to call Dean!" I exclaimed.
"We'll call him from the car. Come on, Meredith. We've got to get you to the hospital," Sam coaxed.
~3rd Person POV~
"Winchester, go ahead and take the Honda over there," said the general manager of the garage.
"Yeah, sure," Dean replied, walking over to the car that was parked at the opposite end of the garage.
"Hey, crank up the tunes. Nice," another one of the guys said, as they turned the classic rock station up even louder.
While Dean began to work on the other car, he couldn't hear his cell phone ringing, that he had left on the counter all the way on the opposite side of the garage. It was on vibrate and the music was loud enough that Dean couldn't hear it. There was a drill going off, making hearing anything but low sounds of the music impossible.
~End 3rd Person POV~
"Dean's not picking up his phone. Do you think he's alright?" I asked. "Ow, damn it."
"Dean is fine. He's probably just at the garage and you know how loud it gets in there," Sam said, comfortingly.
"Yeah. He probably just hasn't checked his phone," Sawyer added.
"Look, I know you need Dean here right now. How about I got get him and-," Sam started.
"No, Sam you have to stay here with me. I-, you've been here ever since I went into labor and I just need you to stay here with me," I said grabbing Sam's hand to stop him from leaving. He could tell that I was really panicking. Of course I had been through this two times before, but not twins and I still hadn't this whole process. "I can't do all the needles and all of the painful prep work alone. Please stay, Sam."
Sam nodded, "Okay."
"You know what, how about I go get Dean?" Sawyer asked, soothingly.
"That would be great," I replied.
"Alright. Thank you for being here for Mereidth. I love you, babe," Sawyer said, kissing Sam on the cheek.
"I love you," Sam said back. Sawyer got up and left and I looked at Sam.
"Sorry, I just-, you're Dean's brother and you're the closest I have to Dean right now," I said.
"It's not a problem at all," Sam replied.
~3rdPerson POV~
"Is Dean Winchester here?" Sawyer asked, looking around the garage and feeling terribly out of place.
"Yeah. He's uh, fixing up the Honda over there," the man replied.
"Great," Sawyer said, going over to the Honda and seeing Dean, looking at the engine under the hood. "Dean, hi."
"Sawyer, what are you doing here?" Dean asked, smiling as he saw his sister in law.
"Uh, is there any way you could give the job to someone else?" Sawyer asked.
"What? Why?" Dean asked, confused.
"Well, you're wife's in labor, Dean. She's having the babies soon," Sawyer said.
"What? Mer's having the babies?" Dean asked.
"Yeah, come on!" Sawyer replied.
Dean's heart was pounding his chest. He was going to be a father again. God, you're such a lucky bastard, Dean thought to himself. He was already lucky enough to get out the life for now and have two amazing songs and a beautiful life. And now, he and Meredith were having twins. Dean followed Sawyer towards the exit of the garage, taking his cell phone from the counter. He looked at it and saw the many missed calls. He cursed himself for leaving his phone all the way over there but it didn't matter. Right then, all he needed to do was get to the hospital.
"Winchester, where you do you think you're going?" the boss asked.
"Sorry, boss. My wife's having the babies! Any chance someone else can take the Honda?" Dean asked, eager to just book it out of there. There were a couple of cat calls and whistles coming from the other workers – even a couple of congratulatory responses.
"Damn, man. Yeah, you go. I'll take over," the boss replied, smiling back.
"Thanks," Dean replied, a huge grin on his face.
"Alright, we've got to hurry, Dean. Sam's there with Meredith so we'll call him on the way there," Sawyer said quickly.
"I'll have to think him for that later," Dean said.
"Yeah, come on," Sawyer urged, as the two raced towards Sawyer's car, eager to get to the hospital.
After dropping Dean off at the hospital, Sawyer parked and let Dean sprint up the maternity ward to see Meredith. Sawyer was really happy for the two of them. She parked the car and then walked into the hospital, taking the elevator up to the maternity ward.
"Hey, I just got off the phone with the nanny and she said that the kids are doing well," Sam said, greeting his wife with one, sweet kiss.
"Great. By the way, thank you for being there for my sister. You must've done something particularly wonderful for her to ask you to stay by her side while someone went to go tell Dean," Sawyer said.
"Thanks, babe, but I don't think I did anything miraculous. I think she just needed someone there that was close to Dean," Sam said.
"Well, if you'd ever let me give you a compliment…" Sawyer teased.
"Oh, right. We were working on that and I was doing so well!" Sam exclaimed, playfully.
"Uncle Sammy! Aunt Sawyer!" Sam and Sawyer both heard two little voices exclaim. They were almost immediately attacked by John and Jude, running towards the two of them. Sam caught John in his arms and picked him up while Jude gave Sawyer a hug.
"Hey, you guys. Where did you two come from?" Sawyer asked.
"Uncle Ethan dropped us off but he had to go to a surgery," John replied, matter of factly.
"And Aunt Molly is in New York again but she called to tell us to tell Mom that she wishes she could be there and that she says good luck," Jude added.
"You know, I think it's pretty cool that Uncle Ethan fixing people. I mean, I like that Daddy fixes cars too but I think I want to fix people too," Jude said.
"Looks like we've got a doctor on our hands, huh?" Sam asked his wife.
"Looks like it. Okay, how about we all go to the waiting room and just sit down while we wait for some news from your mom and dad," Sawyer proposed.
"Okay. Hey, we're getting a new brother," John said, his eyes lighting up.
"And a sister!" Jude added.
"Yeah, but now I'm not the little brother. This brother is little brother now," John said, smiling evily.
"Uh oh," Sam teased.
They all got settled in and Sam went to go get a coffee for Sawyer. John was playing with a puzzle while Jude was sitting at the table coloring and writing some things with a pack of colored pencils and several sheets of blank, white printer paper. Sawyer sat across from Jude at the small table, reading a new manuscript that she had just got sent to the office. She and Tara, her business partner, had split them up in half and decided the best way to tackle this was to divide and conquer.
"Hey, you," Sam said, sitting next to Sawyer and handing her a Styrofoam cup of coffee.
"Hey," Sawyer smiled back.
"Oh no, John don't go over there!" Sawyer exclaimed, running over to catch John before he wandered out of the waiting room and around the hospital. "Why don't you come sit over here with me, your brother and your Uncle Sam?"
"No! Let's go for a walk, please!" John begged, restlessly squirming around in Sawyer's hold.
"Alright, alright. We'll go for a short walk. How about that?" Sawyer asked.
"Okay," Jude agreed, taking his Aunt's hand and pulling her out of the waiting room. Sawyer only planned on going down the hall until she coaxed John into going back to the waiting room.
"Hey, Jude, what're you making?" Sam asked, curiously to his nephew.
"I'm making a book that's illustrated and everything for the new members of our family. They're twins so I hope they will share because I'm only make one of these," Jude replied, diligently working on his project.
"What kind of book?" Sam asked.
"Well, it's just a book about our family and Mom and Dad. See? I have a page about me and a page about Jude. I wrote a page about you and Aunt Sawyer and then Uncle Ethan and Aunt Molly. This is my page about Andrea. I've been working on it for a while because I wanted them to have it when they were born," Jude said.
"Huh. That's really cool, dude. I bet they're really going to like it. Which page are you working on now?" Sam asked, curiously.
"I'm working on the page about Mom and Dad. Uncle Sammy, how did Mom and Dad fall in love?" Jude asked.
"That's a good question and a very long story. I'm pretty sure you're going to need about a thousand pages to capture all of that," Sam chuckled.
"Hm… how about just one thing then," Jude asked.
"Hm… well, the night your Mom and Dad told each other they loved each other was a big one. I can remember Dean that night. It was Thanksgiving and we had it at your Grandma Andrea's but when we got back, and Dean told me what had happened…" Sam replied.
~Flashback~
"Hey, Dean, do you want to go play some video games?" Sam asked, as soon as they got home. Meredith had run up to her room to change into something comfortable while Sam and Dean were still in the living room. John and Bobby had gone off into the kitchen to get a beer.
"Uh… can't. Sorry, kiddo," Dean replied.
Sam looked at his brother, almost hurt, "Well I can't play by myself." It felt like Dean never had the time for Sam and anymore and Sam just wanted to spend some time with his big brother every once in a while.
"Look, normally I'd say 'yes' but not right now, Sam. I've got to go talk to Meredith," Dean said, anxiously.
"What happened? What did you do?" Sam asked.
"Why is it me that's always the one screwing up?" Dean asked back. "Sorry, nothing. I didn't do anything bad. I-, I told her I loved her tonight, at dinner, okay? But don't tell Dad. He'd freak out and tell me that it would mess with me as a hunter and stuff."
"Well do you?" Sam asked, softly.
"Yeah, I do. I'm in love with her, Sammy. God, who would've ever thought that I'd fall in love?" Dean said, smiling to himself. Meredith had said it back tonight too. Dean felt on top of the world. As of now, this had been the best night of his life. He was in love with her and she loved him back. He didn't know if it got any better than this.
"Definitely not me. I thought you'd be hanging out with that loser Stephen forever," Sam chuckled.
"Not that clown!" Dean groaned.
"Don't say clown!" Sam exclaimed.
"Haha, aw, Sammy. You still afraid of clowns?" Dean teased.
"Shut up," Sam grumbled.
"Yeah, I'm in love with her, Sammy. Shit…" Dean sighed.
Sam looked up at his older brother in admiration. His big brother was in love and he could see it. Sam cared a lot about Meredith. She was like his big sister and he knew that his brother wouldn't hurt her. He could see how much he loved her. Sam saw the way that Dean looked at Meredith. He wanted to look at someone like that one day, too…
~End Flashback~
"Uncle Sammy, you're afraid of clowns?" Jude asked, giving his uncle a funny look.
"Yeah, they're… creepy," Sam shuddered.
Jude laughed, "Whatever you say. So Dad and Mom said they loved each other that night? That was all the way in high school!"
"Yeah. Well, we all had this ongoing joke that they've been I love with each other ever since they were seven. You see, when they first saw each other, we could all tell that they were going to have crushes on each other but they never acted on it until they were sixteen," Sam continued.
"Why not?" Jude asked.
"I guess they were scared," Sam shrugged.
"But why? Daddy says that we're Winchesters and Winchesters are ladies' men," Jude asked again.
Sam chuckled, "Of course your dad said that. Well, Jude, to answer your question, your dad is a ladies' man and with any other woman he easily smooth talks her and uses all of his tricks, but when you really love someone it's scary and you know you don't have to use all of those tricks."
"Got it," Jude said, returning to his book. Jude began to scribble away and then draw some pictures on his paper. "Uncle Sam?"
"Hey, the only way we could get this one back is if I bribed him with some cafeteria ice cream so we brought some back for everyone," Sawyer said, coming back with John who was eating some ice cream from a cup.
"Thanks," Jude said, taking his and setting it off the to the side.
"You're not going to eat yours?" Sawyer asked, concerned.
"Not yet," Jude replied, determined.
"Jude is making a book about everything that the twins will need to know," Sam replied.
"Ah, I see," Sawyer said. Sawyer reached under the table, grabbing her husband's hand and giving it a small squeeze. Sam looked back at his beautiful wife, happy that she was here. This was a good day. His brother was going to be a dad again and life just felt good.
"Is there anything else that my brother and sister might want to know?" Jude asked.
"Your dad is goof ball. That's a given," Sam joked.
Jude laughed, "Yeah, he is."
"Your mom and dad are great hunters. I mean, you know that about your dad but, you know, your mom is really tough," Sam started.
"Mom's not tough," Jude disagreed.
"Oh, yes she is!" Sawyer said.
"How so?" Jude asked, skeptically.
"Well, you remember your mom kicking some major demon butt when you guys were attacked?" Sam asked back.
"Yeah… that was Mom," Jude said.
"Yeah. She and our dad used to go at it all the time. They used to get so mad at each other…" Sawyer started.
~Flashback~
"So Dean took care of you last night?" Dad asked.
"Yeah," I replied.
"Good," Dad said.
Oh my God. He didn't even know about Dean and me. I honestly didn't want to tell him about us right now.
"You slept in different beds?" Dad asked.
"Yeah," I mumbled. I hoped he couldn't tell that I was lying.
"Are you still good friends with him or has that changed? I would think that high school would really influence him," Dad started.
"Actually, Dean's a really good guy, Dad," I corrected, tense.
"And what makes you say that?" he asked. I didn't answer him. I just stood there and stared at him. Oh God, he was catching on. "You're seeing him, aren't you?"
There was a long pause before I finally answered, "Yes."
"How could… John, why did he let you share a room? You should've been in different rooms last night. I can't believe he would've ok-ed this. Actually, I'm not surprised. John is reckless he-, Dean didn't do anything to you, did he?" Dad asked, starting to panic.
"No, everything's fine!" I exclaimed.
"That boy is just like his father! The two of them are reckless, careless, and heartbreakers. I don't trust him," Dad said.
"That boy has a name!" I shouted. I couldn't even believe that my dad was going down this path.
"Dad, he loves me and I love him. I just hope that you can accept it and be happy for me because Bobby, John, and Andrea all are."
"Meredith, you have to be careful around him. He-," Dad started.
"You know what? You can ask Bobby, John, or Andrea, adults that have actually been around me the past year. Hell, most of my life. More than you ever have! Dean cares about me. He's not just screwing around," I said. "I can't believe you think that all Dean would care about, all he'd want from me… Jesus, I'm done fighting with you, Dad. I really am."
"Meredith, where are you going?" Dad asked, as I stormed out of my room.
"Out," I snapped, not bothering to even look back.
~End Flashback~
"Woah. I don't think I've ever seen Mom that mad before," Jude said, surprised.
"Mama doesn't get mad," John protested.
"Oh yes she does. And if the demon but kicking isn't enough, you should've seen her kick Ruby's butt," Sam said.
"Who's Ruby?" Jude asked.
Sawyer shifted uncomfortably as Sam said, "A demon that we trusted a little too much."
~Flashback~
"Dean, let me explain," Sam begged. Dean and Meredith had just caught Sam exorcising a demon from someone with his mind. There was a woman standing in the room, pleased. Meredith had a feeling that she knew exactly who that was and I wasn't happy with it.
"Let you explain? You can explain this? You can start with explain who she is!" Dean said through gritted teeth, trying to keep from exploding.
"Hi, Dean," the woman smirked, a cruel smile on her face. Oh no. Sam. He wouldn't have. How could he have done this? They both already knew before he had given us an answer.
"Ruby?" Dean asked, practically spitting at the sound of her name. She just smiled in returned but Meredith was determined to wipe that smile off of her face. She charged at Ruby, through punches left and right, kicking and hitting. Ruby put up a good fight but Meredith was way too pissed to even be a match for her.
"Woah, Mer!" Dean exclaimed, pulling his wife off of Ruby. Ruby lunged back at Meredith but Sam grabbed hold of her.
"Dean, I'm not finished yet. Let me finish!" Meredith screamed, kicking and trying to squirm out of Dean's arms to keep hitting Ruby.
"She's not worth it," Dean said, trying to calm Meredith down. "Come on. Let's just go." Meredith obliged, knowing it was what Dean needed but she was still fuming.
~End Flashback~
"Woah. Mom's kinda crazy," Jude said, eyes wide.
"In her defense, Ruby deserved it," Sam said back.
"Go, Mom!" John cheered, ice cream all over his face.
"John!" Sawyer laughed, getting a napkin to wipe John's face with. "You know, I think she would've even kicked Lydia's butt, even with the Amazonian super strength."
"I think she would've too," Sam chuckled.
"Hey, Uncle Sam, did Mom ever attack you?" Jude asked, amused.
"Yeah," Sam sighed. "But it was with her words," Sam answered.
~Flashback~
"Hi," I said, awkwardly.
Sam smiled weakly, "Hi." I didn't have anything to say to Sam, especially after learning that he just watched Dean get turned, that he didn't stop him. "You're mad at me."
"No, no, I'm not," I said back, trying to keep it under control.
"You are. I can tell," Sam said back.
"Alright, fine, you know what? I am mad at you. I don't know who the hell you are anymore," I replied. I could feel my control slipping and that I was probably about to blow up. Sorry, Sam…
"I don't know what you're talking about," Sam started, defensively.
"I've seen you with Jude and with Dean and-, you were amazing with Jude when he was first born. You were there at all of my appointments, at his birth. And then when he was born, God he loved you, Sam. But this time, you're back and… it's like you don't know how to be around him anymore. And Dean! Dean's hurting and all he wants is his brother back but he and I can both tell that something's different," I said.
"I was in Hell, Meredith. I doubt you know what that's like at all," Sam rebutted.
"Yeah, and so was Dean for a hell of a lot longer than you," I snapped.
"What's that supposed to mean?" Sam asked.
"When we found you, you had been back for a year. You went to hell, or so we thought, about a year ago," I replied. Sam didn't reply. He just sat there, staring at the wall. "God, the old Sam that we know and love wouldn't just sit here. He'd- he'd, yell and get mad and-, it's like you can't even feel anymore!" Sam just glared at me. "Fine, you know what? I'm going to bed. But, I don't know where the hell that amazing guy that chased Dean when he left after I told him was pregnant and yelled at him for being an ass. You know, sometimes I think that you're the reason he came back and apologized. And what about the Sam that came to every single one of my doctor's appointment and held me hand during all the needles because you know how much I hate needles? Or the Sam that had the biggest heart I've ever seen...? We want that Sam back."
~End Flashback~
"Now that I think about it, you don't want to mess with Mom!" Jude exclaimed.
"No, sir!" John added, happily.
Sam chuckled but they were all interrupted by Dean coming out into the waiting room. Sawyer and Sam looked up, hoping for good news, "Well?"
A huge grin spread across Dean's face, "They're beautiful. She's just… sitting there and holding them. And… you can come in, if you'd like."
"Oh my God," Sawyer gasped, happily.
Sam, Sawyer, Jude, and John followed Dean into the delivery room. Meredith lay there on the hospital bed, smiling like the proud mother that she was.
~End 3rd Person POV~
"Hi, baby," I smiled, seeing Dean and the rest of my family come in.
"Hi, you. She was so great in here. God, you're beautiful," Dean smiled, kissing me on the forehead. I was all warm and fuzzy inside that it was almost overwhelming.
"Oh my God," Sam and Sawyer both said in turn, seeing the twins. I gave our daughter to Sawyer to hold.
"That's Victoria Mary Winchester. Say hi to your Aunt Sawyer, Victoria," I said.
"She's beautiful, Meredith," Sawyer said in awe, looking down at the small tiny baby. Sawyer cradled the baby in her arms and I smiled, looking at my sister.
"And this, this is Flynn Samuel Winchester," I said, handing the baby to Sam
"Samuel?" Sam asked, surprised. Was that an almost tear in his eye?
"Yeah," I said, as Dean and I exchanged glances.
"You're my brother and my best friend, Sammy," Dean started.
"And you've always been here for me. You were her for me today, when Dean and I are having trouble… so yeah, his middle name is Samuel," I replied.
"Hey, Flynn," Sam said, smiling down at the little baby boy.
"That's your Uncle Sam, Flynn. Your named after him," I said.
"Mama! Can we meet our new brother and sister too?" Jude asked as both Jude and John hopped up on the hospital bed with me.
"Woah, kids! Your mom's recovering right now. Be careful," Dean warned, lightly.
"It's okay, Dean," I giggled. He was always looking out for me.
"Yeah, of course. In a minute when your Aunt and Uncle are done," I replied.
"We missed you, Mama," John said.
"Yeah. Hey, I made a book for Victoria and Flynn. It's not finished yet, but it will be soon," Jude said.
"You made a book, huh?" I asked.
"Yeah, it's so that they can know some stuff that they should," Jude replied.
"Look at you, already being a good brother," Dean added. I smiled, happily looking around the waiting room. "Hey, you should you get some rest. You've had quite a day, Mrs. Winchester," Dean said to me.
"I'm okay. I'm liking the family time," I said back, softly. He leaned down, kissing me a couple of times, making my heart flutter.
"I love you," he said.
"I love you," I said back.
Author's Note: Alright, so I wanted to try something new. Instead of the chapter being all about the babies and Meredith and Dean, I thought I'd make it about them in a different kind of way. Let me know what you think! This is a LONG chapter. DANG.
