After Dean had talked to his dad he knew that his choice was made, he would meet the kid and talk he wasn't sure what they would talk about but he'd try at least. Dean walked out of the motel room and down towards the Impalla and leaned up against the hood and took out his cell and dialed in Amanda's number and waited as it rang
AMANDA: "Hello?"
DEAN: "Hey, Amanda it's me Dean"
AMANDA: "Hi, dean how are you?"
DEAN: "Good, good." gah this small talk crap was awkward
CHILD IN THE BACK GROUND: "Mom can I have some Pie for desert please"
the voice was so tiny it sounded like a mouse Dean couldn't believe that he was hearing his child's voice
AMANDA: "yes, wait for me to help you with the knife ok?"
CHILDS VOICE IN THE BACK GROUND: "Ok mom."
AMANDA: "Sorry, Dean what can I help you with?"
than broke dean out of his shock and wonderment and back to reality.
DEAN: "I'd like to Meet her Amanda, if your still okay with it?" Dean paused hoping that she hadn't changed her mind.
AMANDA: "Good, um when would you like to come over I get off of work at 4:00 I pick her up from the nannies at 4:30 if you would like we could go to the diner for dinner it might be less awkward for you and her there if you'd like?"
DEAN: "yeah why don't I meet you there around 5:00 ok I'll be talking to the Coroner tomorrow anyway so dinner time is perfect."
AMANDA : "Good that's great we'll see you there Have a good night Dean." then she hung up
Dean closed the phone and stayed leaning against the hood of the Impalla thinking about that Voice and placing it with the picture he saw on Amanda's desk there wasn't much to go on for the 30 seconds he had heard her voice he could tell she was soft spoken, seemed to be polite, she liked Pie which was a bonus it sounded like she was obedient when Amanda asked her to wait for her to help with the knife. seemed to be she was a good kid, with that Dean went back to the room and informed his father that he would be meeting his child tomorrow at the Diner, Dean kind of wished that his dad would go with but it was overwhelming for him to meet his kid he couldn't imagine what it would be like for her to meet him well the thought that the best he could hope for would be that she wouldn't cower behind her mother the whole time and ignore him mentally prepering himself that it might actually turn out to be that way. he couldn't worry about that right now he need sleep so he and John could pick up the investigation tomorrow.
**********the Next day************
John and Dean woke up got dressed and made their way to the diner for breakfast after which they headed over to the coroners office and introduced them selves as the state police and asked if they could look at the autopsy reports and the bodies they were given the copies and shown the bodies.
JOHN:"were the bodies dragged on the ground at any point or were they just dumped afterwards?"
CORONER: "They were never dragged from the kill site I didn't find any dirt or drag marks, there weren't any defensive wounds either it's almost as if they either knew their attacker because of the way the wound is positioned like this on Mrs. Peterson hers is from the front and on this one over here the wound is positioned from the rear like it was possibly stalking her for the initial take down, and it's the same with the others as well."
DEAN:"what about particles on their feet the police report stated that they were found with their shoes missing were their any dirt or particles on their feet that could indicate where they were held for the week they were missing?"
Coroner:"No just a lot of river water"
JOHN: "The bodies they weren't found in the river non of them were right?"
CORONER: "No they were just lying on the bank a few feet away from the river even if the river did rise the bodies were far enough away that they water couldn't have touched them they had just been laid out on the ground most likely for scavengers to come after them."
DEAN:"Well thank you for your time."
John and Dean walked back to the Impalla and took a drive out to the Crime scene to see if they could see anything that the Sheriff could have missed it was about a 45 minute drive there
JOHN: "So what do you think the kid is like?"
dean glanced over at John surprised to be asked because john was never the type of person just drive and talk unless it was about a case so naturally it took him a minute to wrap his head around what was going on.
DEAN: "Uh, honestly I don't know, I heard her in the back ground while I was on the phone with Amanda she's quiet, she likes pie, and she says please so I'm thinking she might be a real good kid" he said honestly."
JOHN: "Good, you always talked quiet when you were younger, you like pie too, besides saying please she might be a lot like you."
Dean was flabbergasted he couldn't remember ever being quiet but there wasn't much he remembered from when he was young from before or even after his mom was killed his child hood stopped then and there and he became more like an adult with John traing him and telling him to take care of sammy he didn't remember what he was like as a kid. once they got to the crime scene they walked around it had rained recently and that was neither helpful or unhelpful any foot prints could have been left behind since the latest body was discovered just over a week ago and the rain could have made the mud soft enough to leave foot prints or it would wash the foot prints away they walked around the area and they had noticed several broken branches and the growth on the ground had been disturbed they followed it to an old water mill up the river about a quarter mile, they walked it and found a large open area with two tower with milling stones attached to them in the middle was a chair with a length of slack rope layed across the chair, they walked over to the area and noticed the blood on the rope and decided to call it in and get the CSI techs to come down and see if they can match the blood to any of the victims once that was all taken care of Dean and John drove back to town just in time for dean to shower and Get ready to meet his child.
*****5:00*****
Dean was waiting in the Diner when he heard to bell cling he looked over his shoulder and saw that it was Amanda and beside her was a little girl the same little girl may be a year older then what he had seen in the picture on Amanda's desk they walked over and Amanda Slid in first so that the little Girl could sit right across from Dean they looked at each other for a little while not talking just squaring each other up and when Dean glanced over to Amanda she nudged her head in their child's direction as if to say "well say something !"
DEAN: "well I guess I should tell you what my name is, I'm Dean Winchester."
LITTLE GIRL: "My names Lydia Marie , but mommy call's me little Liddy."
DEAN: "It's nice to meet you little Liddy."
Lydia: "Mommy just told me you were my daddy."she stated her tone was not asking if its true but wanting his conformation that he has excepted the title.
DEAN: "Yes your mommy just told me I was your daddy, I didn't know before now." stating the facts just as she had asked him
LYDI: "Ok, good. do you like pie?"
Dean was stunned that she had readily accepted the answer with out any fight was she so desperate to have a father that she would take the word of any man, he looked back to Amanda with his stunned expression and she shrugged in approval of her daughters answer.
DEAN: "Yeah I like pie it's my favorite."
Lydia: "She smiled a big smile and said "Mine too."
the evening went on much the same the two discovering more about each other Lydia telling dean that she would rather play with toy cars then Dolls even if she has a favorite stuffy, her favorite color was green and her favorite cartoon was hotel transylvania, she told him about her favorite book which was a compilation of Fairytales, she told him about how she learned to do a cartwheel just two weeks ago.
Dean told Lydia that she had an uncle Sam How he was in College and that he was now traveling with his dad her Grandpa John he told her about The Impalla and told her about the places they had been across the country he didn't tell her what they did Ganking Monstor's and all that because he didn't want to scare her.
DEAN: "So grandpa and I, we travel across the country doing pest control."
Lydia looked at him for a second then turned to her mom lifting her eyebrow
LYDIA: "You mean pests like the scary monsters that hide in the closet and under the bed?."
Dean again was stunned had Amanda told her everything. geesh he looked back at Amanda with a questioning look
AMANDA: "I'm a reporter Dean I tell my daughter the truth about the world he has to learn that it's not all rainbows and Lollypop's out there that bad things happen and when they do there are people out there trying to make it better even if bad things still happen."
DEAN: "yes, I kill monsters that hurt people."
LYDIA: "So, that makes you the hero, the good guy right!."
DEAN: "yes, I'm the good guy; saving people hunting things it's our family business."
LYDIA: "I like that my dad's a hero, do you wanna come home and check and see if my room is safe, so I can sleep good just like you do with other people?"
Dean new that she was essentially asking him to come home and tuck her in and he was finding that he wanted to, he was finding that he wanted to spend as much time with her as he could before the job was done and they had to leave for another job. They all got up from the booth and dean laid down money for their meal and then just as they walked out of the diner Lydi grabbed Deans hand and squeezed it tight as they walked down the main street three blocks then up a little avenue they walked three houses up to a moderately sized cottage style home they walked in and just as her office was it was very neat and well put togather there were peices of art on the wall along with family photos Lydi led Dean up the stairs and into her bed room she walked over to her dresser and pulled out her Pajama's and walked to the bathroom and closed the door and changed and when she came out she was in Sully slippers from Monsters inc and the wizard of oz Pajamas she walked back over to Dean and looked up at him with a gaze full of trust and said.
LYDIA: "Ok what do we do first to make sure my room is monster safe?"
Dean smiled at her matter of fact tone and grabbed her hand and led her over to the bed and they both knelt down and searched under the bed then they went over to the closet and pulled on the sting for the light in the closet space and searched high and low and found that it was empty he told Lydi to ask her mom for a container of salt; so Lydia ran down and asked telling her mother that daddy was making sure no monsters could come in and turned and ran back up the stairs and handed it to Dean he spread the salt along the edges of the windows and along the floor of the bathroom making sure everything was salted and secured they then walked over to her bed and she climbed it and snuggled her self under the covers and pointed to the book on her night stand as if this is the routine they have always been doing and since Dean had been doing this his whole life the routine fell back into his muscle memory like he used to do with Sammy, he looked over at lydia considering her for a minute then decided to ask the question that had been on his mind since the restraunt
DEAN: "Lydia, can you tell me why you trust me so much since we just met?"
LYDIA: "Mom says that the only people I am allowed to trust 100% is family, and your my daddy so If I can't trust you who else can I trust?"
Dean was again stunned at her innocents and trust in him so completely after just spending a few hours of knowing him it was heart warming, is this what he was like when he was younger did he have knowledge that his father would keep him safe, yes his father didn't always tell him everything for his safety but he always knew that if it was hidden it was for a purpose, he turned back to his daughter and leaned in to kiss her on the for head and he lingered there a bit and pulled back
DEAN: "I will always be honest with you Lydia even if I can't tell you everything I won't ever lie to you ok?"
Lydia: "Ok daddy."
she snuggled down again and then he opened the book to read the story where it was marked Titled the Robber brideGroom
Once upon a time there was a miller who had a beautiful Daughter. when she came of age he wished that she was provided for and well married. He thought that "if a respectable suitor comes and asks for her hand in marriage, I will give her to him."...
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