Previously on Chapter 2: Welcome to The Future

… "Thanks Cas." "We owe you one." Sam and Dean said while Cas nodded and left.

Chapter 3
I Don't Regret This, Sam

"Cas'll find the counter-spell right? To send me back?" Sam asked uneasily after Castiel left.

"Yea, of course he will. It may not look like it, but he's pretty reliable. He'll find it for sure," Sam assured his younger self.

"Dad and Dean are gonna freak if I'd gone missing like that…" Sam muttered to himself.

"You're not wrong. But Cas already said, he'll be able to put you back exactly where and when you came from. Dad and I will never realise you went missing because you never did. Hell, you won't even remember this yourself," Dean reassured him.

Sam nodded at Dean's words, though he does not fully agree with everything that Dean had said – specifically the part where they will not realise he was missing...

"Anyway, since you won't remember any of this, I guess we're free to tell you everything without messing up the whole space-time crap," Dean said to distract Sam from his worries. "Alright, Sammy, what'ya wanna know?"

"Well first of all, it's Sam, Dean. I'm 14. When will you stop addressing me like I'm an 8-year-old?" Sam posted his first question as Dean successfully distracted him.

"Huh. Don't bother. S'not gonna change," Sam was the one who answered, a piece of advice from his years of experience.

"Hey Sammy, remember this," Dean put an arm across his shoulders. "Even when you grow up, I still kick your ass," Dean looked up and smirked at the adult Sam.

"Ya, right. And you know what, Sam, even when you grow up, your brother's still an ass," Sam retaliated.

"Shut up, I'm awesome!" Dean jokingly replied.

Sam grinned at the little banter between adult Sam and Dean. Although he can see that both adult him and Dean had changed - became more mature and…adultish, it still seems clear to him that their relationship hasn't changed much.

"Oh, by the way, where's Dad? Does he live here too?" Sam asked.

Sam and Dean exchange an uneasy look as their smiles fade.

"Er… Dad, he…" Sam faltered as he tries to break it to Sam.

"He's out of town. Visiting an old friend," Dean lied smoothly.

Sam glanced at Dean and he understands - why Dean lied, even though Sam won't remember any of this. Dean doesn't want him to prematurely feel the pain for having lost their father, albeit it being temporary.

"Oh. And anyway, what is this place? Dad couldn't have bought this…" Sam accepted the lie unsuspectingly, moving on to the next of his endless curiosity.

Sam and Dean sat with young Sam for a long time, answering all his questions. Did they ever find the monster that killed mum?... When did he overgrow his older brother?... The kind of creatures that they had hunted over the years…

The conversation got dragged when it comes back to modern technology, for which Sam had introduced to Sam - the modern day computer. The intelligent eyes of young Sam light up with fascination and amazement at all the things that can be done with that one single machine. Sam had shown him how they can hack into the traffic cameras; the local police files; and he is currently demonstrating the way to go about their usual hunting research online. It is also then that Dean decides to leave the two Sams alone for a while, engross in their geeky obsession with research and technology. He got up from his seat, mumbling something about getting some food and wanders away towards the kitchen.

"…and just press enter and…there you have it. All the news articles related to the history of this abandoned asylum since the 80s," Sam said.

"Cool…" Sam remarked again.

"You'll know all this soon enough. I started picking it up while in college."

Sam is startled for a bit by this new information.

"Hey…can I, er, ask you something?" Sam lowered his voice as he said this. It is something that he wanted to ask for a while now, but it is only meant for Sam to hear.

"Sure," Sam agreed easily, somehow already knowing what Sam is about to say.

"So…you…I'm going to college, right?"

"Yup."

"But… Were you telling the truth when I asked if you and Dean are hunters?"

"Yes. Somehow, things happened…and I got back into hunting after college."

"Oh… It's just… I thought I wanted to be normal… Guess that didn't work out. I'd still become a hunter, like Dad…" Sam said forlornly. There's no way to escape this life after all…

Sam peers at his younger self understandingly and placed a hand on his shoulder as he said: "I know, Sam. Really. I know how you…how we – wanted, and tried so hard to be normal… But I realised that…that is just not our life. I don't regret this, Sam. I don't regret choosing hunting; …and saving people; and family, over that normal life that was never meant for me. Never meant for us…"

Sam stared at the older Sam, his eyes filled with uncertainty.

"It's hard for you to understand right now, but you will…because I did." Sam smiled at his younger self. "And whatever happens, we can still count on that jerk brother of ours to have our back," Sam added and Sam cracks a smile at this.

Suddenly, Sam's phone on the table went off. "Just a moment," Sam told himself and he walks away to answer the call.

Sam sat at the table for a few seconds, thinking about what Sam had just said - thinking about hunting with Dean and Dad. He then remembers something - something that had been troubling him even before he came here. Taking a deep breath, Sam stands up and goes towards the kitchen.

This chapter focuses more on Sam/Sam interaction (as you might have notice XD) while next chapter we'll have Dean/Sam:)
Fun Fact: The Dean/Sam interaction in the next chapter is the one scene that popped into my head 3 weeks or so ago, which triggered me to write this story~

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Coming soon… Chapter 4: You Are Awesome