Chapter three
A day off
Grace walked to the living room and saw Dean, Sam, Rocky, and Bobby all doing research. Grace just put Teddy down for her nap so during this time the group would catch up on research. Grace walked to the sofa and sat down grabbing a book to start research for the new hunt. Grace started to read but her eyes could barely stay open. Ever since Teddy has moved in Grace hasn't been sleeping well because she would help Castiel with Teddy or she would just sleep with Teddy which would end up with bruised ribs. Grace leaned her head in her hand and tried to read some more but she slowly felt her eyes close.
Rocky looked up from her book when she heard a weird noise coming from the sofa. What Rocky saw surprised her, she saw Grace sleeping with drool coming out of her mouth and snoring. Rocky elbowed Dean in the side and nodded towards Grace.
"Ow, what was that for?" Dean asked rubbing his side. Rocky just nodded again to Grace. Dean looked over to Grace and smirked.
"I guess it finally caught up to her." Dean said. The whole group have known about Grace not being able to sleep since Teddy has arrived.
"Yeah should we wake her." Rocky asked.
"No let her sleep." Dean answered.
All of them started to get nose deep in research again till they heard the sound of angel wings. Rocky looked up and saw Castiel standing there. At the sound of the angel Grace woke up.
"UGH!" Grace groaned falling on her side on the sofa.
"Aw is the poor baby tired?" Rocky asked.
"Ugh." Was all Grace responded with.
"Grace, when was the last time you slept good?" Sam asked.
"Um I lost track." Grace said through her hair which she was too lazy to move from her face.
"Grace love, you need sleep. I don't think I've ever seen you like this." Rocky said.
"Ugh but Teddy will need me. Wait what time is it?" Grace asked as she shot up off the sofa. Knowing she would need to wake Teddy up from her nap because if she didn't she wouldn't sleep that night.
"Grace how about Cas and you go somewhere and you take a day off?" Sam offered.
"But Teddy." Grace said.
"Rocky and Dean will watch her." Sam said.
"Wait when did I say yes to this?" Dean said.
"Yeah but what about the research?" Grace asked unsure about this.
"Me and Sam will take care of the research. Now get your feathered boyfriend and yourself out of here." Bobby said.
"Do I have a choice in this?" Grace asked.
"NO!" All of them said at the same time.
"Grace some good sleep would be good for your health." Cas said worried about his girlfriend.
"Fine. Where are you taking me?" Grace said standing up.
"How about a beach resort?" Cas asked.
"Oh ok!" Grace said as Cas grabbed Grace around the waist and they were gone in a wink.
Not even five minutes after Cas and Grace left Teddy started crying.
"Guys that's on you." Sam said talking to Rocky and Dean while pointing to the stairs.
"I never signed up for this. I signed up to chop vamp's heads off, kill demons, and burn bones not to take care of a toddler." Rocky said.
"Just do it." Bobby said.
"Why can't you do it?" Dean asked.
"Because I said you would so you will." Bobby said taking Dean's and Rocky's books from them.
"Ugh fine." Rocky said dragging her boyfriend upstairs with her.
Once they made it to Teddy's room they were met with Teddy crying in her bed. Teddy's face was covered in tears and her red hair was a mess
"You do it." Rocky said pushing Dean in front of her.
"No you do it." Dean pushed Rocky back in front of him.
"GRACIE!" Teddy yelled holding on to Frankie.
"It's getting worse." Dean said backing up.
"The great Dean is scared to take care of a little girl but not scared of the monsters of the night." Rocky said laughing.
"I'm not scared." Dean said.
"Then go take care of her." Rocky said pointing to Teddy who still sat there crying.
"I got this." Dean said.
Dean walked up to the toddler who just looked up at him. Dean reached down and picked up Teddy and held her in arm's length. Teddy still cried and started to wiggle around.
"Dean you're doing it wrong." Rocky said.
"You think you can do better?" Dean said as Teddy wiggled her way out of his tight grip and started to fall to the floor. Rocky quickly ran and fall to her knees catching Teddy in her arms just in time.
"Yeah I think I can do better." Rocky said making sure that Teddy was ok. Rocky stood back up with a crying Teddy in her arms.
"How do we get her to stop crying?" Dean asked.
"I don't know."
"I think I remember Grace saying that rocking helps." Dean said. Rocky walked over to the rocking chair and sat down with Teddy snuggling close. After a few minutes Teddy started to calm down.
"Well look who's good with kids." Dean said.
"Shut up." Rocky said.
"Doesn't Grace normally feed Teddy a snack after her nap?" Dean asked.
"Yeah I think." Rocky said.
"Snacky!" Teddy said crawling out of Rocky's lap. Teddy ran out of the room and down the stairs where she saw Bobby and Sam doing research.
"Uncle Bobby!" Teddy said as she ran to Bobby and wrapped her small arms around his legs.
"What? Aren't Rocky and Dean watching you?" Bobby asked looking down at the little girl.
"Snack time!" Teddy said at this time Rocky and Dean came in the room.
"She wants a snack." Sam said still doing research.
"Ok what do we give her?" Rocky asked.
"I don't know I'm not watching her." Sam said. Dean took Teddy from Bobby and walked her to the kitchen with Rocky following.
"So what do you want princess?" Dean asked Teddy.
"Gummy bears!" Teddy danced around.
"You had gummy bears with breakfast, what else do you want?" Rocky asked.
"Gummy bears!" Teddy sang.
"How about some gold fish instead?" Rocky offered. She didn't want to give this toddler sugar. Teddy on sugar is like a giving a bear a cup of coffee.
"Gummy bears!" Teddy said.
"Ok you can't have gummy bears!" Dean said getting annoyed. Teddy looked up with her brown eyes at Dean's green ones and gave her best puppy eyes.
"That's not going to work." Dean said. But Teddy didn't give up she stayed strong with her puppy eyes.
"Please." Teddy asked in the cutest voice she could make.
"Dean don't give in, you got this." Rocky cheered Dean on. Dean looked in to Teddy's eyes and felt his battle starting to fail. How can a two-year-old have control over a grown man? Dean thought as he lost the battle.
"Fine." Dean said as Teddy started her dance again and cheered.
"Gummy bears Gummy bears Gummy bears!" Teddy sang.
"You just let a toddler beat the great Dean Winchester. I need to learn some of her tricks. But Dean I said no so you shouldn't give her that bag." Rocky said.
"Um." Dean said as he looked at Teddy then to Rocky. After a few seconds Teddy had the bag of gummy bears in her small hands.
"Dean did you hear me wrong?"
"No my love." Dean said trying to save himself.
"Now you're trying to kiss up?"
"No I would never sweet cheeks."
"Dean you're walking on thin ice." Soon Teddy has finished the bag of gummy bears and ran to the living room where Sam and Bobby were still doing research. She ran up to the desk and lifted one of the big books and dropped it on the floor.
"Yay pictures!" Teddy said as she grabbed another book to look at more pictures.
"Dean!" Sam yelled.
"I'll deal with you later." Rocky said through gritted teeth as her and Dean walked to the living room.
"Take her." Sam said.
"Where?" Dean asked.
"Take her outside and let her run around." Bobby said.
"Alright." Rocky said as she lifted Teddy who was about to grab another book.
"No I want pictures!" Teddy said as she fought against Rocky.
"We'll going to go outside." Rocky said as Dean opened the front door and followed them outside.
"So what do you want to play?" Dean asked as they walked in the junk yard. Teddy didn't answer she just shrugged her shoulders.
"How about hide and seek?" Dean asked.
"Yay!" Teddy yelled.
"Ok we'll count and you hide." Dean said. Rocky and Dean turned around and closed their eyes and started counting to sixty. Once they reached sixty they both opened they eyes and spit up to look for the little girl. Dean went to the left and Rocky went to the right.
After fifteen minutes, they met back up but both had no child. "Did you find her?" Dean asked.
"Yes I found her but she's invisible. No I didn't find her!" Rocky said.
"Great we lost Teddy." Dean said.
"How could you do this?" Rocky asked.
"I didn't do anything. She's the one who ran away."
"You let her! Which means you go tell Sam and Bobby to come and help while I look."
"Fine." Dean said as he ran to the house to get Sam and Bobby.
"You lost her!" Sam yelled after Dean told Sam and Bobby what happened.
"I didn't lose her she ran away!" Dean yelled back.
"You idjits it doesn't matter who lost her. What matters is that she's gone and we need to find her." Bobby said. All three boys walked back outside where they heard Rocky yelling Teddy's name.
Rocky was thinking of the worst things that could happen to Teddy as she was looking for her. Maybe she fell and she's hurt? No, she's not Grace. Maybe a monster got her? No, no monsters are near here. Maybe she's stuck in one of these old junk cars? No, we would have seen her. Maybe she's perfectly fine and she's watching us panic from a hiding place. No, Teddy wouldn't do that.
Dean, Sam, Rocky, and Bobby have been looking for Teddy for an hour and still no sign of her.
"Guys where did you last see her?" Sam asked when the group met back up.
"In front of the house." Rocky responded.
"Did you see her run off before you closed your eyes?" Sam asked.
"I saw her run toward the cars, but she could be in any of them." Rocky said.
"Ok let's start looking in the cars." Sam said. The group headed towards the cars and looked in all the old cars. After two hours of searching they met back up.
"Guys how could you lose Teddy?" Sam asked angry.
"It was Dean's fault." Rocky said.
"Hey no it wasn't. She ran off so it was both of our faults!" Dean said.
"How is it my fault? You gave her the candy after I said no and now look where we are!" Rocky lifted her arms.
While Dean and Rocky were fighting, Teddy crawled out from under an old car and ran to Bobby.
"Uncle Bobby!" Teddy said running up to Bobby.
"Teddy you're ok!" Sam said feeling calm once again.
"Thank God she's ok." Rocky said. Bobby lifted Teddy up and looked at her. She was covered in dust and dirt and her red hair had flowers and grass stuck in it.
"Can I trust y'all to give her a bath, give her dinner, and get her to bed?"
"Yes we will not take our eyes off her." Deans said as he took Teddy from Bobby.
"Good." Bobby said as the group walked back inside.
"Bath first or dinner?" Dean asked Rocky as Sam and Bobby went back to the living room to get back to research.
"Bath. She smells like a mud pie. How about you give her a bath while I make some dinner?" Rocky said.
"Ok." Deans said.
"What do you want for dinner Teddy?" Rocky asked.
"Buttery noodles!" Teddy said. Teddy loved noodles with just butter. She didn't really like sauce.
"Ok easy enough." Rocky said as she started to fill a pot with water.
Dean walked upstairs to the bathroom and sat Teddy on a closed toilet. He turned the water on and waited for it to heat up. Once the tub was filled with warm water Dean helped Teddy out of her dirty clothes and lifted her up and in the water. Dean started to pour water on her long red hair when he felt water on his stomach. Dean looked down and saw a giggling Teddy.
"You think this is funny?" Dean asked smiling at the giggling girl. Teddy didn't answer she just splashed more water on Dean's shirt.
"Oh it is on." Dean said and started to splash the toddler. Teddy and Dean splashed each other till they were both dripping wet.
"Alright now let me clean your hair." Dean said through his laughs. He cleaned her hair and then her body.
"You ready to come out?" Dean asked.
"Yay food!" Teddy said as Dean wrapped her in a towel and carried her to her room where Rocky was placing one of Teddy's night gowns on her bed.
What happened to you?" Rocky asked seeing Dean soaking wet.
"Um we got in a water fight."
"What am I going to do with you?" Rocky asked as she took Teddy.
"Love me, feed me, and never let me go." Dean said with a smile.
"Go get changed we'll met you downstairs for dinner." Rocky said with a smile. She sat Teddy on the floor and started to dry the toddler's hair.
"Alright." Dean said as he walked to his room to change in to his pajamas.
"Ok let me brush your hair." Rocky said after she finished dressing Teddy. Rocky moved the brush through Teddy's long hair and untangled her locks.
"Rocky where's Gracie?"
"She's gone but she'll be back tonight." Rocky said.
"Will she tuck me in?"
"Maybe." Rocky didn't know when Castiel will bring her back. He said that Grace needed rest and that he would not answer if we called because Bobby told him not to.
"If not will you?"
"Of course." Rocky said as she finished her hair.
Rocky and Teddy walked downstairs where Dean had already set the table. Teddy ran to the table where Sam and Bobby were eating. Teddy climbed up on Sam's lap and started to eat her food to.
"Here's your plate." Dean said handing Rocky a plate of food.
"thanks." Rocky and Dean joined the other at the table and ate their dinner. Near the end of dinner Teddy leaned her head on Sammy shoulder and closed her brown eyes.
"I think someone's passed out." Dean said pointing to Teddy.
"We should take her up to her bed." Rocky said standing up and taking Teddy from Sam.
Dean followed Rocky up to the toddler's room. Once they made it to the room Rocky laid Teddy down on her small bed and Dean covered her up with a flowery blanket. The couple walked out of the room once they were sure she was asleep.
"You know you're not bad with her when you're not losing her." Rocky said.
"Thanks babe. You're not too bad yourself." Dean said wrapping his arms around Rocky's waist.
"Just because you can give a bath to Teddy and set a table doesn't mean that I'm not upset still." Rocky said.
"Oh come on baby please forgive me." Dean said as he leaned in to give her a kiss which Rocky blocked with a finger.
"It's not going be that easy."
"Fine what do you want?"
"Maybe a slice of pie."
"Oh you wouldn't dare."
"You know I would."
"Fine you can have my pie. Can I have a kiss now?"
"I guess." Rocky said standing on her toes to reach him and wrapping her arms around his neck. He leaned in and their lips met in a perfect kiss. It spoke the words that the two could not find the right words to say. Once the two pulled apart Dean draw circles in Rocky's hand which he was holding.
"I want my pie." Rocky whispered.
"Fine." Dean said holding her hand while they walked downstairs.
Once they made it downstairs they saw Grace and Castiel appear. Rocky ran up to Grace and wrapped her in a hug.
"Promise me you will never leave again." Rocky said.
"Um ok. How was your day? How's Teddy?"
"Um it was ok and she's fine." Rocky said.
"Good I worried that you guys would lose her or something." Grace laughed.
"What? That would never happen." Dean said.
"Dean why are you lying?" Cas asked.
"What?" Grace asked.
"Dean is lying about losing Teddy never happening."
"Did you guys lose her?" Grace asked.
"Um maybe, but she's fine she is in bed." Rocky quickly answered.
"Ugh see this is why I can't leave." Grace said.
"She's fine really Grace." Dean said.
"Whatever I'll deal with this tomorrow. I'm going to go get a shower." Grace said as she walked off.
"I will come back tomorrow." Cas said as he disappeared.
"Pie?" Rocky asked
"Pie." Dean said as he smiled and pulled the pie out.