Howdy howdy howdy…

Hope you are all having a great week! I'm in a really good mood today… even though I'm surrounded by boxes and boxes of stuff. So much to do before I move…. And I'm going to be computerless AGAIN!!!!

So bare with me and I'll try and update whenever I can. Hope you all like this chapter as much as I liked writing it.

Take care and keep smiling!

Ash

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Recap: Dean smirked; she looked nothing like a boy… she was too… fresh. Like clean sheets. What was he thinking??? Clean sheets? This girl business was turning him into a pansy.

"I'm gunna go see if they've got a pool table around here somewhere" he grabbed his coat, making sure to get just one more glimpse of her smile before he left. "I need a beer" he grumbled as he walked down the hallway.

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When Dean returned to the room, Sam was already asleep. "Night Sammy" he whispered. Dean walked through to the next room where Kristen lay asleep in her bed.

"She just nodded off again." Lee's voice came from a corner by Kristen's bed. "Nightmares, poor thing" Lee's tired face was illuminated by the bedside lamp.

"Dude you need to sleep, you look shattered"

"When she's restful I'll go." He smiled… but it was a pained smile.

"I'm supposed to protect her, you know?" Dean knew all too well the pain of seeing your sibling hurt. Though he'd almost never admit it, and certainly not to some guy he'd just met. As if he knew what was about to happen, Lee turned from Dean's stare and looked at his sister.

"Lee!" Kristen yelled as she sat up quickly in her bed, and then moaned as she lay back down.

"Ouch…" she whispered

Lee was at her side in an instant and dean just watched, he could feel the connection between the two. It was like him and Sam… without the smartass remarks or hostility.

He secretly longed for that kind of relationship as he watched the two.

"Lee can you sing me one of mum's songs?

Suddenly the room was filled with a quiet and calming sound. It took dean a moment to realise that Lee was singing… actually singing. And it sounded amazing.

"Down by the river,

And over the stream,

Lived a little mouse in a house that was clean.

She worked hard all day,

And slept well at night.

And in sleep she had a beautiful dream,

That one day you and I would become king and queen"

Dean couldn't help but stare as he watched Lee stroke his sisters face and lulled her to sleep.

Lee yawned and turned to smile at Dean. "Now I can sleep" he got up and walked past dean patting him on the back. "Between us ok?"

"You got it" Dean smiled.

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In the middle of the night Dean woke to muffled cries, it was Kristen and she was having a bad dream again. Dean walked through to her room to see her turning and tossing in her bed. Sam and Lee were sound asleep and he didn't have the heart to wake them. They were both so shattered from the day.

He walked over to Kristen and sat at her bedside. He reached out a hand carefully stroked the side of her face. She instantly began to calm down. Dean looked around him.

"Creepy" he laughed to himself.

Kristen began to toss again.

He tried to calm her down again but noticed she was getting worse.

Dean thought back to what Lee had done.

"If this is a joke, it isn't funny." Dean glanced around the room "I'm telling you now if you're actually awake I'll kill ya man"

She started getting worse and deans face fell realizing she was genuinely asleep.

"God, I wish you were joking…. You better not tell ANYONE about this ok?" he looked around him again.

"I can't believe I'm gunna do this"

He laughed a bit to himself and then began to quietly sing/mumble.

"Down by the river, or was it a stream?

Um… a little mouse in her house cleaned….

Oh crap… she worked hard and slept

….pansie…. something about dream…

blah, blah, blah, blah, you and I will become queens…"

Lee stood at the door with a smile on his face, and quickly slid away before dean could see him.

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Kristen woke to find Dean sitting in the seat by her bed with his head resting on the side of her bed, his fingers entwined with hers. A smile spread across her face. She vaguely remembered hearing his voice when the nightmares had come again. She felt so close to the two brothers, even though she hadn't even spent a whole day with them. She didn't want to leave them… not yet.

She slowly got out of the bed and laid a blanket over Dean's shoulders.

"Thank you" she whispered as she kissed the top of his head.

Kristen made her way out into the lounge.

"Morning!" Sam chirped from the unit's kitchen.

"Morning Sam, you sleep well?"

Sam flashed a smile at Kris. "Yeah I did actually. The best in ages. Though when I woke up this morning I couldn't find dean."

Lee walked into the room, gave his sister a one armed hug and a kiss on the head. "Dean watched Kristen most of the night. Your brothers a good guy Sam. You both are."

Sam was somewhat surprised at what Lee had said. 'Dean had watched Kristen most of the night? I thought he wanted them gone? Has dean gone… sentimental?'

Sam looked at the other two who were now tucking into breakfast. Could he imagine having two other people around… permanently? At that moment dean walked into the kitchen and started to make himself a very strong coffee.

"Hey"

Dean gave his brother a quick smile "Hey Sam"

He then went and sat down at the table, leaving Sam perplexed at his brother's good mood.