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A very cute chapter here, the little angel's Day Out ...I really hope you like this one!

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The aquarium entrance was buzzing with excited children and smiling adults desperately trying to keep a hold on their offspring. Rows of people were stood against the white walls, a blue strip running through the middle; either side of this was stencilled fish, starfish and octopuses.

'Wow' Cas breathed, turning around in small circle. He had grown slightly during the past few days, now resembling more of a 3-4 year old rather than two; he looked a bit more grown up anyway.

'Can we go in yet?' Gabriel asked, eyes wide, a huge smile on his face. Dean grinned and ruffled his hair; he seemed to be a little older too today, maybe passing off as a 7-8 year old. He stood back and looked at the two angels; a feeling of pride swelling up within him.

He moved forwards and smiled at the young man behind the counter. The man, blonde with a brilliant white smile, peered down at the children, before winking at Dean.

'Missus left you with the kids today?' he grinned, printing off their tickets.

Dean smiled. 'Something like that' he said, imagining Sam as a housewife, buried in ironing and cleaning. Wiping the image from his mind, Dean paid the man and grabbed the children's hands, walking into the darkened aquarium.

'Stay close' he whispered; he remembered his first time in an aquarium; John had taken him and Sam to one during a rainy afternoon; it was probably the best day of his childhood he could remember. They seemed normal, for once.

They walked through the tunnel, the air inside cool, the sound of dripping water filling their ears. To their right was a glass tank, reaching halfway up to Dean's waist, children pressed against it.

'Oooh' whispered Cas, his blue eye shining in the gloom. Gabriel was bobbing up and down on the balls of his feet, excitement evident. He turned to his brother and held out his hand, smiling.

'Wanna go see?' he grinned, waggling his fingers. Cas looked uncertainly up at Dean, who grinned down at him.

'Go on' he urged.

Castiel grinned, grabbing his big brother's hand and pushing forwards, towards the see through glass. Dean walked behind them, as eager to see as they were; what can he say- he's a big kid at heart.

'Look, Gabe' Cas giggled and a shiny rainbow fish danced in front of his face, bright colours reflecting on his pale skin. 'It's a pwetty fishy!'

'Look at that one!' Gabriel pointed at yellow fish that swam their way, it's long dorsal fin trailing behind it. 'That ones swimming slowly!' he giggled and looked at Castiel, who was watching the fish float by, enthralled.

'Come on, guys' Dean put his hands on their shoulders, two enthusiastic faces looking up at him eagerly. 'There's bigger fish around here!'

'Yay!' squealed Castiel, having such a good time he forgot his shyness. He grabbed Dean' hand, dragging him through the next entrance, Gabriel giggling and running after them.

The next room was darker, the source of the dripping sound. In the middle of the room there was a large, deep tank, a little walkway above it. Around the walls were smaller fish tanks, built into the walls.

Cas let go of Dean's hand, taking small steps towards the middle tank. Gabriel hung back, moving to look at the wall tanks.

Dean followed Cas, who had pressed his hands on the glass. He was watching, in total silence, the rays swim gracefully in the water, long wings floating either side of it, long tail flicking in all directions. With an open mouth, the angel pressed both his hands on the glass, pushing his face up to the glass.

'Look, Dean!' he cried, jumping up and down. 'The fishys are dancing!'

Dean grinned down at the four year old. 'Come here' he said, opening his arms.

Cas jumped straight into them, Dean turning him around. Holding the angel around the waist, one arm supporting him underneath, Dean gently leaned him over the edge, Cas grinning.

'How comes the fishys don't drown?' Cas asked, watching the rays swim by.

'Because they breathe the water' Dean told him.

'Oh' Cas extended his finger, just putting the tip under the water. Suddenly a ray came swimming up, it's body coming out of the water, pushing the angel's finger up. Castiel shouted in surprise, jumping back into Dean's arms, burying his face in his shoulder.

'Bless him' a woman stood next to Dean, clutching her daughter's hand looked fondly at Cas, who had peeped around again.

The angel leaned back down, his face very close to the water. Dean watched the water carefully; he didn't want Cas to get too wet.

With baited breath they waited, and sure enough, the ray came bobbing back out the water, it's wing brushing the angel's face gently. Cas yelled out, again taken by surprise.

'He gave you a kiss' smiled Dean, putting him down, Cas wiping his face, grinning.

'Look over here!' Gabriel yelled at them, pointing at a tank on the wall.

Approaching the older angel, Dean saw the tank was concave, like a round tank embedded in the wall.

Gabriel walked behind Cas and picked him bodily up, huffing as he lifted him up enough to see. 'Look closely!' he hissed, Dean peering closely.

A little thing moved in the corner and Cas let out a breath. The little creature came closer and Gabriel giggled.

'Look- it's a horsey!' he cried, jumping up and down, Cas giggling in his arms. 'It's a water horsey!'

Dean grinned, watching the Sea Horse move gracefully within the tank. 'What a pretty horsey!' he cooed, grinning at the two smiley faces, who were watching the Sea Horse with awe.

'Let's go have lunch before we get to the other fishys'

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'I wanna cheese one!'

'There's only one left!'

'I want that one!'

'Cas is eating that one!'

'But I wanted that one!'

'Have a ham one'

'I don't want a ham one, I want a cheese one!'

Gabriel huffed and pouted, glaring at his brother, who was chewing on his cheese sandwich. 'Sowwy Gabwiel' he muttered, grinning. Dean tried not to laugh; Cas was a cheeky little devil sometimes.

'You wanna go see the sharks now?' asked Dean, packing away the lunch things. The sharks were the last stop before the gift shop; Dean's wallet was already crying.

'Yipee!' yelled Cas, jumping off the picnic bench and grabbing Gabriel's hand, dragging him over to the next corridor.

In order to get to the shark tanks, a walk through a whole room tank was required; floor to ceiling tanks, overhead tanks brimming with fish of all shapes and sizes.

'Wow!' breathed Gabriel, stopping at the entrance, mouth open as he looked up at the floating beauties swimming around him.

Dean took Cas under his arm and drew him close, grinning upwards. 'It's like we're walking under the water' he breathed, taking Gabriel's hand and walking them through, the two children looking around them in total and utter amazement.

Soon, they were in the shark room. In a huge tank in the middle of the room were 3 gliding monsters. 2 bull sharks and a nurse shark swam near the glass, small eyes piercing those of the angels, who stood a long way back from the glass.

Dean walked forwards, but was shouted back by the children.

'Dean, no!'

'The sharky will eat you!'

Cas walked tentatively forwards, eyes terrified and filling with tears. All the fun of the day seemed to dissipate.

'Come back, Dean!' he whispered, grabbing Dean's legs, peering at the sharks behind Dean's jacket.

'They swim slowly' he breathed, looking up as Gabriel stood the other side of Dean.

Together, the human and the two small angels, stood watching the sharks swim in front of them, the monsters gliding lazily around in circles.

'Come on' said Dean.

'Let's go'

-x-

'Did you have a good day?' asked Dean, as they moved into the Gift Shop.

'Yes!' yelled both the children, looking excitedly at all the toys.

'Go on then' smiled Dean. 'One toy each'

'Woo!'Gabriel grabbed Castiel's hand and the two children scurried between the aisles, picking off plush toys, looking at the water globes, squeaky sharks. Gabriel grabbed a plush sea horse and Castiel took a squeaky ray from the shelf.

Dean took them and paid for them, wincing when the prices came up.

'I guess their worth it' he winked at the lady behind the counter, nodding to the angel's who were watching him.

As he bagged the toys, his phone rang and he fished it out his pocket.

'Bobby?' he listened for a few seconds before a big grin spread across his face. 'See you later'

He looked down at the two angels, passing them their toys.

'Good news' he said.

'Sammy and Bobby are back.'

The whole family back together!

Hope you enjoyed that...my trip to the aquarium came in handy it seems : )

Dean's memory at the start comes from a wee!Chesters fic...A Rainy Afternoon, by my twin, happyday girl...check that one out if you like cute Sam and Dean :D

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