When I woke up the next morning I was alone. Typical. Then I looked over to find a note.

Jade, I was called to work a 'shift' be back soon.
-Dean

I smiled at the note little did I know that would be the last time I'd see him for a long time.

Present

After Dean's disappearance I took the boys with me to California. I couldn't live in Ohio anymore because everywhere I went memories of Dean were everywhere and I couldn't handle it. My heart was broken. I didn't know if he just bailed or someone kidnapped him or worse…dead. I was so hurt and angry that I let myself fall for him knowing one day he would leave. I moved into a nice beach house with the money I had saved from dealing. And I still hat enough to provide for all of us but soon I had to get a real job so I ended up working at a bar, and when the boys were old enough they would work there too.

"HEY DUMBASS, STOP FLIRTING AND GET BACK TO WORK!" I shouted playfully at Aiden who was flirting with a random female customer. Aiden, Ethan, and I work at a bar and today Isaac is turning 21 so he will start today. The owner of the bar knows us very well, and he was good friends with our mom and grandma, so he agreed to give us all a job.

"Why do you always have to mess things up when I'm about to get a girl?" Aiden asked as he walked over to me. "Cause you have better things to worry about." Ethan said as hit snapped Aiden with a small towel in the back of the head.

"Hey beautiful." Some random guy said. "Wanna get outta here after your shift?" he continued. "Nope" I said simply "I don't date customers, bad for business." I said and walked away not allowing him to continue.

After a half an hour, Isaac showed up. "THERE'S THE BIRTHDAY BOY!" Ethan yelled as he went for a bro hug. "This is gonna be the best night of your life baby brother." Aiden said as he pinched Isaac's cheeks. "Yeah whatever, where's JJ?" he asked moving out of the twins grasp and looking around. "Over here kiddo." I said waving him over. He sat at the booth and looked nervous about his first time drinking. "Happy birthday baby boy." I said with a smile. "I'm not a baby boy anymore, you know that right, I'm a man now." He said with confidence, and I just raised my brow with a smirk. "I am!" he said more loudly. "Ok 'man', what will be your first drink, anything you want tonight is on me." I said. When it was any of the boy's birthdays, I was more than happy to spoil them because I believe they deserve it after the shitty lives they had and I did my best to make them happy. "You sure JJ?" he asked. "Yep, anything you want, just obliterate yourself. I'll look out for you in case you do something stupid." I joked. "Ok since you are the alcohol expert, surprise me." He smiled. "I'll take that as a compliment." I poured Isaac a shot of whiskey just to mess with him.

"Here." I handed him the small glass. "What is it?" he asked confused. "Trust me you'll love it." I smirked deviously. He glared at me suspiciously and picked up the glass. "Just throw it back." Aiden said coming up behind him and smirked evilly at me and stared and Isaac throw it back. "Oh my god, eew!" Isaac choked on the shot. Aiden and I cracked up at Isaac's reaction. "Yeah, JJ did that to us too." Ethan said patting Isaacs back. "That's awful." Isaac said still coughing. "Here we will take baby steps." I said in a baby voice. Isaac glared at me as the other two laughed. "You're supposed to be nice to me, its my birthday." He said. "That ruins the purpose of today." Ethan joked. "Here Isaac." I said as I handed him a beer. "Is this gonna make me die too?" he said in a joking way. "You'll be fine, I promise." Ethan said. Isaac gave us a suspicious look and took a sip "Well….." Aiden asked. "Yeah, it's good." He said with an approving nod. "Good but just an F.Y.I because this is your first time, you might be a lightweight." I said. "I'm good with that." He smiled taking another drink.

After a few hours it was closing time and Isaac was shit faced. "We got him." Ethan said as I was cleaning up to close the bar. "Ok, and don't draw on his face." I said sternly. "Yeah, maybe." Aiden said laughing. I just rolled my eyes as they walked out the door.

I cleaned up for 20 more minutes before I put my hoodie on and left locking the door. I walked to the beach just to relax myself. It is always beautiful at night and no one is really there, when it started to rain it just made everything more beautiful. I've always loved the way the full moon reflects off the water and the sight of the lanterns hanging off the dock a few feet away. I sat just in front of the water, and just in the view.

Just then I heard a howl in the distance, which is weird because there are no wolves in California. I didn't think much of it until the howl sounded closer. Then I heard running of paws, and I got up to run, afraid that I was going to get mauled. I ran for all of 2 minutes before I was tackled by a huge force, and pinned on my back. I kept my eyes closed, frightened that if I open my eyes, I was gonna see something I didn't want to. But soon enough my curiosity got the best of me and I opened my eyes to the sight of a huge, white, dog baring its teeth at me. I had never seen a dog this huge, ever. I tried to scream but nothing came out. Just then another massive, black, dog pushed the one on top of me, off. And I started crawling backwards as they started fighting as I stared in horror.

After what seemed like forever the fighting stopped after the black dog ripped the white dog's throat out leaving me frozen and speechless. Even as the black dog came towards me I couldn't move anything. It was now face to face with me and I could've swore it was going to kill me too. I looked into its eyes, eyes that looked so familiar but yet I couldn't figure them out, and the dog seemed to relax after a bit but suddenly it started to get smaller and it got really freaky when the huge dog was replaced with a naked man. When I could finally move I got up to run but the man grabbed my arm.

"Please, you don't know how long I've waited for this…for you." He said in a low voice. His head was hung with his long wet hair over his face. "….Who are you?" I asked looking at his hand on my arm, still afraid. "I'm the man who loves you, JJ" he said, still not looking up. "How do you know my name, who the hell are you!" I said as I was becoming more in patient. "…..It's me Jade," he said looking up, I froze once again….its…it can't be. "…Dean?" tears welted up in my eyes of anger, sadness, and shock all in one. He didn't say anything, just stared into my eyes and smiled a little. "Oh my god, Dean!" I hugged him tight and cried hard, never wanting to let him go ever again. "I thought you were dead!" I sobbed. He held onto me tighter. God, I missed this man and everything about him. I cried on him a bit more before I helped him up and got him to my car (black 2012 Ford Camaro) not wanting anyone to see him naked in public. When I got him in the passenger seat I went around the back of the car and got a blanket out of the trunk and got in the car and gave it to him. "I don't need that, I'm not cold." He said. "No but you are wet and naked." I said handing it to him. He just nodded and accepted the blanket.

After a 10 silent minute ride to my house I helped him out the car, into my house, and up the stairs to my room. "I can hear your heart beating a million miles a second, are you ok?" he asked as he sat down. "Am I ok? The real question is are you ok, and where the hell have you been all this time and…" I stopped and hung my head trying not to cry again. "…why didn't you come back?" I said softly. "Look I know I have a lot of explaining to do but I just wanna hold you right now." He said as he got up to look me in my eyes. I didn't care that I just saw him as a huge dog thing, I just wanted him back so bad it hurt. "Yeah, ok. But first..." I turned to go through my closet until I found a pair of his old basketball shorts that I accidentally packed. "You really need to cover up." I said as I let out a small chuckle, and threw him the shorts. "Oh, right." He said as he dropped the blanket and put his shorts on.

"Come here." He said softly, holding his hand out to me. I accepted and grabbed his hand. He pulled me into an embrace and kissed my head. "I missed you so much…I never thought I'd see you again." I said as I rested my head on his chest. "I know, and I'm sorry for leaving, I'll explain in the morning but for now I could use some sleep." He said as he laid down and pulled me down with him. Dean gently rubbed my head that rested on his arm, and it lulled us both to sleep.