Author's notes: Here is the next chapter and I would like to thank 'OTHlover04' for reading as well as 'sammyluvr83' ! thankyou! And glad you like it.
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Chapter Two: Distance brings us closer
'Mum?' Aiden's voice woke Rachel the next morning. She yawned and opened her eyes, seeing his concerned face looking down at her.
'What is it sweetie?' she asked, sitting up.
'Are you okay?' he asked and bit his lip.
'Oh Aiden' she said sadly and felt very guilty. He crawled onto the bed and she embraced him. 'I'm sorry about last night'
'It's okay, why were you so sad?' he wondered, hugging her back. After getting no reply, he parted and looked at her face, wanting the truth and also trying to let her know he was okay with it. 'Mum?'
'There's something else I haven't told you' Rachel sighed. 'Your father…he has a younger brother. Which means, you have an uncle'
'Really?' Aiden grinned. 'Awesome! But…?'
'I spoke to him last night' Rachel admitted but instantly had to hold back Aiden's excitement before he got his hopes too high. 'But! I didn't really tell him much, only who I was and such. I told him to ask your father who I was'
'Why? To see if he remembers you?' Aiden guessed.
'Yes' Rachel nodded. 'We have to take things slow and cautiously alright?'
'Why? Can't we just tell them?'
'How do you think he's going to react Aiden?' Rachel was now a bit annoyed…stressed. 'He is going to be in shock and Dean won't know how to react, we have to be cautious…do things right and give him time'
'Dean?' Aiden asked. 'That my dad's name?'
Rachel cursed to herself then, it had just slipped out! 'Yes' he sighed. 'It is'
'And my uncle?' Aiden questioned eagerly.
'Sam' Rachel told him and got out of bed. 'I'm going to have a shower and then we're going to hit the roads again'
'Do you know where they are?' Aiden grabbed his stuff and shoved them into his backpack.
'No' Rachel said honestly. 'But I know someone who might. We're going to have a few days rest somewhere nearby and then call in okay? But you have to trust me and do exactly as you're told, no matter what I say because I have a good reason for it no mater how it sounds…okay?'
'Okay mum' Aiden nodded.
'We've got to be a team on this Aiden, for our own sakes'
'I get it' Aiden sighed and shrugged. He grabbed a comic book to read while Rachel had a shower.
He sighed again and the jumped as he heard his mother's phone ring. He glanced at it and then at the closed bathroom door. Aiden rushed over and answered it.
'Hello?' he asked.
'Ah' Sam frowned and thought what to say as Dean watched him expectantly. 'Who is this?'
'Aiden' the boy replied. 'Who is this?'
'Sam…I'm ah, a friend of your mum's. Is she there?'
'Sam?' Aiden repeated in excitement but remembered what his mother had said. 'She in the-' he stopped as she came out.
'Who's on the phone?' Rachel asked nervously, unaware that Sam had placed his phone on speaker and Dean was listening in loud and clear as well.
'Some weird guy named Sam' Aiden shrugged, handing it to her with a wink.
'Thanks' she smiled. 'Hello?'
'Ah hi, Rachel Barring?' Sam asked and Dean bit his lip.
'Yes' Rachel nodded. 'I wasn't expecting you to call though…what time is it?' she then wondered and Dean sniggered, making her pause and aware of his presence. Rachel shook it off and realized the time, giving an annoyed groan.
'Okay, may I ask why you called at friggin 7am?' she frowned, now not happy and gave Aiden a "you're in trouble" look since he was the one that had woken her up.
Sam was about to explain when Dean just couldn't help himself anymore. He cleared his throat and moved closer to the phone.
'Hey, Rachel?' he spoke and both boys heard her gasp.
'Dean?' Rachel sat on her bed suddenly, Aiden looking up from his comic book.
'Yeah, it's me' Dean sighed, grabbing the phone and frowning at it. 'Sam, take this damn thing off speaker!'
Sam rolled his eyes and fixed it, letting Dean walk off to talk to Rachel in private.
'Aiden' Rachel said. 'Lock the door…if anyone tries to break in…shoot first, ask questions later'
'Okay' Aiden shrugged and did as he was told while Rachel went into the bathroom to make the conversation more private.
'Oh gosh' Rachel sighed, sitting on the tiled floor. 'It's been so long'
'Yeah' Dean nodded, locking himself in the Impala. 'Listen ah…Sam told me that you called last night'
'I did' Rachel nodded.
'Why him? I mean-'
Rachel cut him off. 'I was too scared to talk to you, it has been ten years and I didn't know how you'd react or what'
'Yeah, that's what Sam said…react to what?' Dean wondered. 'I last saw you ten years ago…you have a ten-year-old son…well, Sam seems to think those two are connected' He said, his way of asking if Aiden was his.
Rachel just stared at the floor for a moment and sighed heavily, trying to hold back tears. She felt guilty. Dean had every right to know about Aiden but the only real reason he hadn't was because she'd put off having a test in case, and she'd left it too late. But also because she knew it might hold him back from leaving, stop him from doing his job. She could never force him to do that.
'Rach?' Dean's voice reached her ears, using her nickname, which he was the only person in the world allowed to call her that.
'I feel so stupid!' she said and sniffed loudly, trying to stop her tears that were already flowing down her cheeks. 'You…you have a life Dean. You go out there and hunt down those evil things and save peoples lives while doing so. I don't want to be the one to force you to give it up or whatever' She regained herself a bit but inside she was shattering. 'Yes, Aiden is your son'
'And you didn't tell me because…of my job?' Dean asked, not letting the truth of having a son sink in but rather that she never told him. He felt a bit betrayed right now.
'It's not like that!' Rachel said. 'I had a feeling and some morning sickness, so I knew I had to get a test...but I put it off because I didn't want you to be forced to leave your job or your family since you said they needed you but if you stayed then they would be on their own'
'When did you find out?' Dean asked slightly bitterly.
'The afternoon you left' Rachel admitted. 'I had an appointment and I didn't know you were leaving that day'
'Which you didn't tell me about' Dean stated, now a bit angry. Sam was right, he had cared deeply for Rachel, and even after ten years he guessed in some way he still did. But now he finds out he has a son that has missed out on a father for ten years simply because Rachel was worried about his job?
'I used to understand you Rachel' Dean sighed. 'Now it feels like I don't know you at all! And why now? Why after all this time you're finally making contact?'
'Aiden wanted to meet his father' Rachel replied honestly.
'Oh, so had he of not…you would never have contacted us at all?' Dean needed to cool off before he said something he would regret.
'Dean, please!' Rachel pleaded for him to listen.
'No, I need time to think. Don't call us again'
'I was scared Dean! I…' Rachel heard that Dean had hung up and threw her phone angrily. She covered her face with her hands and sobbed uncontrollably.
Aiden leaned back away from the door in shock. He'd overheard everything and didn't know what to make of it. He wanted to help his mother but then he'd have to let her know he'd overheard. So Aiden just sat back on his bed and waited for her to come back out.
Sam closed his laptop as Dean came back inside, slamming the door as he did so.
'Dean?' Sam asked; his brother's face was clearly mad but even through that Sam noticed his eyes were redder and whilst no tears were evident…Dean was clearly very upset. 'You okay man?'
'Super' Dean replied angrily and in an extremely harsh tone of sarcasm.
The bathroom door slammed again and the shower was heard a few minutes later.
Sam sighed and re-opened his laptop. 'We're going to be paying extra for all this hot water' he muttered.
Aiden looked up as the bathroom door opened and his mother came out, grabbing her stuff.
'Does she know?' Aiden asked her.
'Oh…he knows' Rachel snapped: mad at Dean, not Aiden.
'He's not happy…is he?' Aiden sighed sadly and grabbed his own bag.
'Nope' Rachel replied and headed for the car.
'So…what now?' Aiden got in beside her.
'We stick with the plan: find Bobby Singer and track down your father' Rachel nodded. 'I don't care what it takes…we're going to find him and when we do…I am going to knock some sense into him' she frowned, starting the engine.
It was roughly a week later when Rachel pulled up at Bobby's auto garage. She got out and spotted a man nearby, pulling things from his truck. Aiden got out of the car and followed his mother while reading a comic book still.
'Bobby Singer?' Rachel asked loudly as she approached the man.
'Depends who's asking' Bobby replied, watching her suspiciously.
'I am' Rachel said, no longer being nice…she meant business now.
'And who are you?' Bobby questioned, but spotted Aiden for the first time, which gave him a shock because he looked like a younger version of Dean.
'Rachel' she told him. 'And this is Aiden, my son. I know that you can help us find Dean and Sam Winchester'
'Well you're not wasting any time are ye?' Bobby asked since she was straight to the point. 'But why the hell would I tell you where they are? What are you gonna do eh?'
'Because Aiden is Dean's son' Rachel placed her hands on Aiden's shoulders.
'Hi' Aiden looked up and gave a brief wave before going back to his comic book.
'His son?' Bobby gave a bit of a nervous laugh. 'Dean doesn't have a son'
'Yeah, so he thought…well, until last week' Rachel sighed and changed tactics, being mad wasn't helping anyone. 'Look, you're our only chance here Bobby' Rachel sighed.
Aiden closed his comic book and looked up at the man.
'Are you a hunter too? Like my dad?' Aiden asked curiously.
Bobby raised an eyebrow.
'Yeah' he shrugged. 'Are you?' he questioned Rachel more than Aiden.
'No, but Dean taught me a few things when we went out…for two months'
'Two months?' Bobby genuinely laughed then.
'Why does everyone find that so funny?' Rachel snapped, sick of people laughing every time she mentioned that. She noticed the look on Bobby's face though. 'Aiden, go wait in the car okay?'
'Whatever' Aiden rolled his eyes and wandered back to the car, freaking Bobby out though because he really was like a min-Dean.
'Well?' Rachel pressed for answers.
'Dean…sleeps around a lot' Bobby sighed, feeling as if he had to explain to this woman why the idea of Dean dating someone for two months was laughable.
'So?' Rachel asked, although she was a bit surprised.
'So' Bobby frowned. 'A long relationship for Dean is measures in days, a week if lucky. He doesn't fall in love, that's not Dean' he said but hadn't really worded his explanation properly
Rachel was confused then. It was almost as if they were talking about someone else, someone she had never met…never known in her entire life.
'Doesn't fall in love?' Rachel repeated and Bobby felt guilty as a single tear slid down her face.
'Well, I guess this is just a stupid, waste of time' she sighed and turned to leave.
Bobby watched her but frowned. 'Wait' he sighed and caught up to her. 'Look, I know where they are…but you didn't hear it from me'
'Ha!' Dean yelled at the TV screen and laughed. 'Told ya Sammy!'
'Yeah, yeah' Sam rolled his eyes at the game. 'Dude' he said and Dean noticed his cell phone was ringing.
'Yeah?' Dean answered it while still paying attention to the game. 'Oh hey Bobby'
'This girl came by before, looking for you' Bobby told him.
'Woah! Score!' Dean cheered at the TV again.
'Hey! You Idgit!' Bobby snapped Dean into attention.
Dean turned the TV off and sighed.
'What's up?' he sighed again, giving in.
'Some woman named Rachel dropped by with a kid before and was asking about you boys' Bobby said, now annoyed.
'What? You didn't tell her anything, did you?' Dean panicked and Sam looked up.
'Of course I didn't tell her anything!' Bobby lied, effectively. 'I just thought you ought to be warned, is all'
'Right, well thanks' Dean nodded but then thought for a moment. 'Wait, you said a kid? What did he look like?'
Bobby knew he had done the right thing by telling Rachel where they were then because maybe there was some hope.
'Bobby?'
'Ah' Bobby cleared his throat. 'He was a lot like you actually…damn freaky' he said.
'Right' Dean nodded. 'Well ah…thanks for the warning' Dean said and hung up.
'Rachel?' Sam asked.
'Yeah, she's looking for us' Dean sighed and ran his hands through his hair.
'Ah…you wanna go someplace else? Put her off the trail?' Sam wondered.
'Nah' Dean replied. 'Let her find us, I don't care'
'You won't be saying that if she showed up on our doorstep' Sam told him knowledgably.
'Damn straight, but I guess it doesn't really matter' Dean shrugged and turned the game back on. 'Because she's never going to find us'
Author's notes: To varify...Dean's very wrong. Rachel and Aiden will stop at nothing until they find the boys and when they do...things are gonna go off! Romance...possibly, but more angust...fighting, learning to cope...accepting the truth, amongt more drama is just around the corner! But I would really love to hear what you all think, so please...review!
