A/N: I know this chapter is short, but I promise that the following chapters will not be short. Dean will be back in the next one.

Chapter Eleven: Sacrifice

It was a week later and Mike was at Sam's apartment spending some time with him and Tristan. He had the day off and wanted to help Sam cheer up. Bobby had left earlier that day and Sam was pretty upset to see his friend go.

Sam was on the couch feeding Tristan. Mike was next to him watching them. He smiled sadly, he decided that today he was going to talk to Sam about their relationship. He was nervous, but they had to talk about it.

Tristan had fallen asleep as soon as Sam had changed his diaper and rocked him a little. He laid him in his crib then joined Mike again in the living room.

When Sam settled next to Mike, there were a few minutes of silence. Mike was going through the conversation in his head. After a while he took a deep breath and spoke.

"Sam we need to talk." He looked at Sam.

"About what?" Sam didn't like how Mike sounded.

"About us…Look I know you're not in love with me, but that you've been trying…I…I don't think that we're gonna work out. I think that we should just be friends." As he said that his heart was breaking.

"Mike…" Sam was shocked.

"I kinda overheard ya' in the hospital when I went to check up on ya'. You're still in love with Dean and you miss him. Don't worry I'm not mad. You told me the truth from the very beginning…Because I love you, that's why I'm stepping aside. I want you to be happy and this Dean guy is the one that makes you happy, even though he was an asshole. Maybe he learned from his mistake and might wanna be with you now. I think you two should try and talk it out, especially with Tristan being born." Mike was keeping his tears in check.

"That's never gonna happen. He made his choice and that choice was Jo and the Roadhouse. He left me hanging on the sidelines…Thanks for being honest with me about this. I'm glad you told me what you were feeling instead of keeping it to yourself." Sam smiled.

"We couldn't keep lyin' to ourselves, it would've hurt us in the future. Either way I'll still be here whenever you feel scared or alone. You can always call me and I'll come over and watch over ya'." Mike smiled.

"Yea' I understand what you're saying and I agree…At least we can still be friends like we used to be or even better than before." Sam returned the smile.

"No doubt about that dude. I'll always be here for ya'." He put an arm around Sam's shoulders.

After Mike left Sam's apartment he went over to Elias' place. He needed to talk to someone and he knew Elias would listen. He couldn't help but let the tears fall when he got into his car.

When he got to Elias' he wiped his eyes. As soon as Elias saw him, he knew something was wrong. Elias led Mike to the living room.

"What's wrong dude?" Elias wondered what had happened.

"It's…it's over between me and Sam…" He looked at his hands.

"What?! Why?!" Elias couldn't believe it.

"Sam's still in love with Tristan's Father. He will never see me as more than a friend. He tried and he was honest with me about it. He told me right from the very beginning, that's why we were taking things slow…Then at the hospital I overheard him saying that he needed Dean and that he loved him. Right there I realized that we couldn't be together." Tears started forming again.

"I'm so sorry man, that really sucks. You'll find the one for ya' someday." Elias tried to cheer up his friend.

"I know. I wish it would've been Sam though. He's everything I've been lookin' for, but we're just not meant to be." Mike looked down.

"You'll be alright dude. I'm here for ya' if ya' need to talk." He pat him on the shoulder.

"Thanks man."

After Mike left, Sam was left alone in his thoughts. He couldn't believe that Mike had sacrificed his love for him so he could be happy. Sam did try to love Mike, but Dean was the only owner of his heart other than Tristan.

'What am I gonna do? I know that I have to talk to Dean, but…he's still with Jo and I'm afraid he'll treat me like shit again. Also there's Tristan and I don't think that would go well with Ellen or Jo. Dean would probably go into denial, even with Tristan looking like him.' Sam thought.

He went to watch his son sleep, that calmed him down for some reason. He looked at a picture of his parents that he had placed on Tristan's dresser.

"Mom. Dad. I wish you were alive so you could see your Grandson…I know what me and Dean did was immoral, but Tristan isn't a mistake and I don't regret it ever happening. We didn't hurt anybody, I was the only one hurt in all of this…I am happy with the outcome. Don't worry, Tristan will know about you two. Especially you Dad, you died a hero. You saved my Dean." Sam whispered.

Tristan made a cute little snuffling noise. Sam smiled, he knew his little angel was most likely going to be stubborn like him and Dean and a little heartbreaker on top of that. Sam chuckled, 'Just like Dean.'

Thinking about Dean made him sad and he wouldn't want to talk about it. Ash would let him be, but would try to encourage him sometimes.

The only time a thought about Dean wouldn't upset him was when it came to Tristan. He didn't know why, but that's how it would be. Tristan made him forget the drama of what had happened and he would only think about all the good times they had ever since they were little.

He left the nursery and went to his room to take a nap. He was still recovering and Tristan would wake up every three hours. He planned on calling Ash later to let him know what had happened with his relationship with Mike and to update him with anything new about his nephew.

TBC...