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When Dean got in the Impala, he slapped his hand on the steering wheel, and started the engine, finally it felt like he was getting somewhere with Sam. He drove to the local store, picked up some beers, snacks and before long was heading back to his brother.

Walking back into the motel room he noticed that the laptop that his brother had been spending so many hours in front was finally closed and he could hear running water from the bathroom.

Dean opened one of the beers and put the rest in the fridge. Picking up a pack of chips, he lay back on his bed and removed his boots. Munching on the chips as he waited for his brother to finish, he began channel surfing, knowing that Rocky would be on in fifteen minutes.

A moment later, Sam emerged from the bathroom towel drying his hair, a cloud of steam following him out. Dean couldn't help but notice that his brother was wearing a long sleeved T-Shirt, which he found odd, as he had thought that the room was too warm.

"Dude, you coming down with something?" He asked as he watched his brother, who was standing with his back to him, momentarily stop drying his hair. Dean could have sworn that Sam's shoulders seemed to stiffen at the question.

But when Sam turned to face him, he was sure that he had imagined it.

"No man, I feel fine." He said as he began drying his hair again.

"Then what's with the long sleeves?"

"I just felt a bit cold that's all."

As he watched his brother, he couldn't help but feel that something wasn't right,that he was missing something, but if that was the case then his brother was doing a very good job at keeping it hidden from him.

"Well, you better finish being such a girl, and grab a beer before Rocky starts. I mean seriously dude I've been with women who spend less time on their hair." He smirked at Sam, waiting for a positive reaction and hoping that his brother would respond to the challenge. He was rewarded when his brother started to smile, and headed towards the fridge.

"Funny Dean, did anyone ever tell you that you're wasting your talent? I hear they are always looking for people in the circus."

Dean sighed and began to laugh.

"Dude since you brought up the circus, I have one word for ya – Coulrophobia!"

He watched as his brother turned to look at him with his beer in his hand.

"Shut up, least I'm not afraid of flying." Sam said, with a smirk coming to his own face.

"Planes can crash Sam, seriously have you ever seen Air Crash Investigation?"

"Whatever, thought you said Rocky was on?"

"Yeah, it's on in a few minutes."

Dean watched as Sam's head turned towards the laptop and he knew what his brother was thinking.

"Don't even think about it Sammy, that laptop is off for the night. We are going to drink a few beers, have some snacks and watch Rocky. Then we are going to go to sleep and in the morning after breakfast we'll head for Bobby's. When you're there you can go back to being geek boy, alright?"

He saw the battle going on in Sam and he hoped that he had kept his little speech light hearted enough that Sam wouldn't think he was been given an order. It was a Winchester trait to be stubborn, Dean knew he had it, but Sam was definitely his father's son when it came to being stubborn, but all he could do was hope that his brother would just give in on this one.

"Fine, but you better have gotten some M&Ms."

Dean reached into the bag in between their beds and pulled out three packets of M&Ms and smiled.

"Oh yeah, I think I have it covered!"

Dean watched as his brother laughed at all the right moments, answered him back and rummaged through the packet of M&Ms, all the while knowing that his brother was putting it on. It was all just a front, Dean wasn't a fool but he was fine with that cause he knew that Sam was trying and the way that Dean saw it, that was better than nothing.

It was hard for Dean to watch his brother try to force himself to stay awake, knowing that he was desperately trying to stay awake in order not to have to face the nightmares that always seemed to be waiting for him.

The more he thought about it, the more he felt that going to Bobby's would be good for Sam, between the two of them they might be able to get his brother to come out of the depression that had taken over him since Jessica's death. He was worried about what would happen if they couldn't get Sam out of this, he also worried what Sam would do if he found out that the real reason for them going to Bobby's was not to help Bobby but to help him.

He watched as Rocky ran up the last of the steps, turned and began jumping up and down with his arms above his head. Knowing that this had always been his brother's favourite part of the movie, he saw a small smile creep onto Sam's face.

As he thought back on it he realised that even Rocky had caused his brother problems when he was younger. When Sam had first watched Rocky with Dean, he must have been only about three years old. After the film was over Dean had put his little brother to bed as he waited for his father to get home. Just as their father entered the motel, Sam began to scream. Dean startled awake by Sam, watched as their father entered the room with his shotgun in his hand, eyes searching the room for whatever was trying to hurt his child.

Realising that there wasn't anything there he watched as Sammy began muttering something as he tossed and turned in the bed. At first they couldn't work out what he was saying but gradually the words became clear.

"Get up Rocky, up."

Till the day he died, Dean would never forget the look on his father's face, as he turned to him and said, "Tell me you didn't let him watch Rocky?"

Well in his defence, how was he meant to know that Sam would have nightmares about Rocky, like seriously, who had nightmares about Rocky? He remembered looking up at his father and was surprised when he saw a smile form, as he tried to wake Sam. Of course he wasn't smiling two weeks later when Sam was still was having nightmares and shouting for Rocky to get up.

When they reached that part of the movie where Apollo sends Rocky to the canvas, he looked at Sam. He was surprised when he saw Sam mouthing the words "Get up Rocky". All Dean could think was that now it was official, his brother really was a girl!!

Tbc...

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