Title: A Baby for the Winchesters
Summary: Autumn and Dean tell the triplets they're going to get a new baby, but the girls worry what this means for them.
A/N: I love the Wee!Hunters too much to leave them alone. I'm sorry.
"Would you just sit down?" Teenie begged of her sister. They were all gathered in the cabin's kitchen at the Resort. While Darcy and Teenie were sitting at the table Autumn was pacing the room.
"Your worrying isn't good for the baby. Just relax." Darcy coaxed. "The girls will be over the moon. Dean's already trying to drag Sam into Babies R Us. So sit down and relax. Everyone is happy for you."
"And this isn't like before. So in a few months we're going to be fighting over who gets to hold a very healthy little future hunter." Teenie added on what Darcy would never actually say. She just wasn't close enough to Autumn to reference her past specially not the sections that included Autumn's miscarriages.
"I know, its just with my history and Mom's and then there's that the girls have already lost a mother and brother."
"Nothing will happen to either of you." Darcy promised. Autumn sighed and sat down.
"I still don't know how to tell the girls."
"Want us there?"
"No, I think this is something Dean and I should tell them by ourselves." Autumn shook her head. "But Dad will be in tomorrow if you want to show up for lunch that would be awesome. Having backup when I tell him would be welcome."
"We'll be there." Darcy said without hesitation.
"I've got to check with Will make sure we don't have plans tomorrow." Teenie said.
"John doesn't even like me and I'm making sure I'm there so you have to come." Darcy told her best friend.
"When are you telling the girls?"
"Tonight, when Dean gets home." Autumn lit up her phone to check the time. "I've got to go before I'm late to get the girls at school."
"OK. Be careful."
"I always am." Autumn dismissed her. Teenie grabbed Autumn for a hug then bent down to talk to her stomach.
"Little One this is your Aunt Teenie. You've got a big job taking care of your crazy mother. If you need help just call me. Your daddy has my number."
"It doesn't have ears yet."
"So? " Teenie grinned. Autumn shook her head and headed to pick her girls up at school.
"Kay-Kay!" Dean scooped his daughter up off the floor tossing her in the air before settling her against his chest. Like every day when he came home she was flying to the door to greet him. She pushed off his shoulders so she could see his face. "How's my girl?"
"Good. How's my daddy?"
"Better if I could get a hug." Kayla grinned wrapping her arms around his neck hugging him tightly. "Thank you." She kissed his cheek.
"Mommy says you have a surprise for us? Kendra and Kelly are outside. Should I go get them? Will you give it to us now?"
"You run out and tell them I'm home. OK? I'm going to talk to Mommy see if she thinks we should tell you now or after dinner."
"Is Grandpa Johnny really coming in the morning?" Kayla asked as Dean sat her down.
"Yes, he's going to be here the rest of the week." He wasn't sure how well that would go but John was always great with the girls and they loved him dearly so it would be managed. Kayla took off out back to find her sisters on their swing set, something Jen had declared they had to have as soon as they'd moved into the house. She even bought it for the girls when Autumn had said it was going to have to wait a couple weeks. Gus and Will had spent a whole weekend down here at the house putting it together for them. He'd never say it but it meant a lot to Dean to know that even if they weren't the most conventional family the kids were all well loved and never wanted for anything.
He walked into the kitchen to find Autumn already had dinner started. He walked up behind her at the stove wrapping his arms around her careful to put a hand over the place his child was growing. Already there was a bump he could cup in his hands. He loved the girls without question. There was nothing he wouldn't do for them. But with this one it was a little different. The moment Autumn had showed him the stick he'd love this child. It had taken time to love the girls. Autumn leaned back against his chest with a contented sigh and Dean kissed her neck.
"Ready to tell the little angels they're going to be big sisters?" He asked.
"Yeah, ready as I'll ever be." She'd expressed years before, even before the adoption was final on the girls, that she would never go out in pursuit of having a baby. She'd told him she'd miscarried twice and he understood why she'd not want to go through that again. He hated more than ever to leave her alone. He just wanted to hold her and protect her. He was afraid to admit even to himself that in the trunk of his car was what he needed to summon a crossroads demon. He even had picked out several crossroads. So that the moment things looked like they may go down hill he could rush out and change them for her.
That was when the girls came running in. Kendra and Kelly hugged Dean then stepped back with Kayla awaiting their surprise. Autumn suggested they all go to the living room and sit on the couch. Autumn and Dean took up positions on the coffee table across from the girls. Neither knew how to start this conversation. But that was fine the girls weren't going to let it be put off long.
"Are we in trouble?" Kelly asked.
"No, that wouldn't be a surprise." Kendra swatted her sister.
"Don't." Autumn warned. One more beat. "OK girls. You know how I've not been feeling well lately?" They nodded or muttered confirmation. "That's because I'm going to have a baby." She couldn't dance around it. She just spit it straight out and waited. The girls didn't speak for a long moment.
"Will it die?" Kelly asked. Dean and Autumn exchanged looks. They were too young to have known or even understand about their would have been older siblings. This was about Martha and Billy-Jack's son Nicholas.
"No, sweetheart. We're not ever going to let that happen to any of you. Ever." Autumn promised patting Kelly's leg.
"Will it be our brother or sister? Or will it be something else?" Kayla asked. Kendra was just sizing Autumn and Dean up not speaking at all. Her face hadn't changed. She was a rock.
"The baby will be your brother or sister honey. We won't know which for a few months though. " Dean said.
"Kenny you OK?" Autumn asked concerned.
"Yeah," the girl shrugged. "Are we done? I need to clean up before dinner." She indicated to her muddy clothes.
"Yeah. Go ahead. If you girls don't have any more questions. Then go get cleaned up dinner will be ready soon." Autumn sighed. The girls all took off upstairs and she leaned against Dean. "That was easier that I thought it would be." He kissed the top of her head.
"This is how things are supposed to go you know? You get married. You get kids."
"Don't pretend we're normal Dork." He laughed and squeezed her before she got up to go finish dinner.
While Autumn set the table a little while later Dean was sent upstairs to summon the girls. What he found horrified him and broke his heart. All three girls were busy packing their bags. He stopped in Kayla and Kendra's doorway and watched for a moment before walking in. "What are you girls doing?" Hearing him Kelly came over.
"Kendra said you're having a baby all your own so you don't need us anymore." Kelly told him.
"She said you'll send us back now." Kayla sniffled wiping her nose on her sleeve. Dean sat on Kendra's bed and pulled her over sitting her in his lap.
"Kendra, you are my daughter. You three belong here with Mommy and I. It doesn't matter if we never have another kid other that the three of you or if we have 15 more."
"But we're not really yours. I'm not really your daughter. She's not really my mom." Kendra argued. Dean knew she was fighting back tears. Kendra had never been one to cry.
"Do you know what makes you girls my daughters?" Kelly and Kayla shook their heads but Kendra had an answer.
"A piece of paper."
"Sure to the government there is a piece of paper that says that. But there's a very similar piece of paper that says Sam's my brother. What makes you mine is that I love you. You girls are the reason I'm living in a house. You're the reason I know what a Backyardigain is. You're the reason I get up in the morning. I can't wait to see you. Even when you're sick or grumpy. I love you more than anything in the world. If Mommy and I were to stop living together I would still make sure I saw you all the time. You're my daughters because I love you and can't imagine ever letting anything happen to you. Do you understand Kenny?"
"You promise you won't send us back?" Kendra asked.
"I wouldn't send any of you back if my life depended on it." He swore. Kendra hugged him tight and he hugged her right back. He just wanted to hold her then. Kelly and Kayla climbed up on the bed on either side of him. "So now that we have decided you're staying you have any other questions."
"Can I name the baby?" Kelly asked.
"Tell you what. Mommy and I get the final say but you girls can help us pick out names. You can help with all of it. We're going to have to make a room for the baby and buy a bunch of stuff. This is your little brother or sister coming you're a huge part of this."
"What do you want it to be, Daddy?" Kayla asked. Dean thought for a moment. A boy would be really nice. He'd love to have someone to do guy things with but figured Kendra was going to be such a tomboy it'd be about the same. Another girl wouldn't be so bad either. Autumn would be forever buying pink frilly things.
"I want the baby to be happy and healthy. Boy or girl doesn't matter."
"I want a boy." Kendra announced. "There are already too many girls here." Dean laughed.
"OK, well dinner is ready so we need to get down there before our Little Mama worries."
