Chapter 15
"So how's Alfie doin'?" Dean asked as he tore up the lettuce into a bowl.
"Good actually, Tyler has warmed up to him now. I swear I still can't believe he's an angel and a soldier too."
"Yeah, with you on that one. No one would think twice about him, he'd blend right in as a gawky teenager."
"Chop up the onion and tomatoes for me babe and could you set the table?"
"My pleasure. We got Mary moved while you were gone."
"I saw. Thank you." Esmee said blowing him a kiss as she stirred the ground beef. "I'm doing some chicken tacos too for Sam and Tyler and Spanish rice."
"Sounds good to me. You know I like anything you cook. Do we get dessert?"
"Of course, fruit salad and peach pie."
"What would I do without you?" Dean whispered into her ear as he slipped an arm around her waist and pulled her back against him.
"Crash and burn." she teased back leaning into him. "Now stop, before I burn something."
"You know, we'll have the bedroom to ourselves tonight."
"Yes, that did cross my mind." she said in her most sexy voice and waggled her eyebrows at him.
"How much longer 'til dinner?" Sam asked snagging a slice of tomato as he strolled by.
"Twenty minutes." Esmee giggled pushing Dean's hands away from her stomach where he was tickling her.
"Am I interrupting something?" he asked looking from one to the other.
"Not yet, but if you hear strange noises tonight, ignore them."
"I'm going to grab a quick shower before we eat." Sam said rolling his eyes at their antics.
"We're not waiting, so don't take all day Samantha."
"Bite me."
"I got your back Sammy." Esmee assured him.
"Always good to have an ally." he smirked at Dean.
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"Castiel, does Mary need more milk?"
"No, I think she's good, do you want more chicken Mary?"
Mary babbled to him and jumped in her high chair yelling, "Mor!"
"You would think she never gets food." Esmee laughed cutting up a little more chicken taco for her.
"She takes after her father there." Sam smiled. "Table manners are about the same too."
Dean looked up giving Sam a deep frown as he bit into a taco, letting half of it fall onto his plate. Chance and Tyler both started laughing, spitting food out of their mouths.
"Boys, manners, even if your Dad doesn't have any." Esmee chastised them giving Dean the evil eye. "Dean, really? Remember you're a role model here, so set one."
"Sorry Es, I'll do better." Dean apologized wiping his mouth, before taking another more careful bite.
"That's more like it. Finish up guys, you need to get your baths if you want to finish watching Ice Age."
"Yes ma'am." both boys said eating the last of the food on their plates.
"Ok, I'll get your baths ready."
"I'll take care of clean up." Sam told her, as he gathered up the dirty plates.
"Thanks Sammy."
"Uncle Cas, Uncle Alfie, will you watch Ice Age with us?" Chance asked.
"Yes, I would like to see how it ends. Ice Age is a children's movie, not the real event." Cas explained to Alfie.
"They made a movie out of the Ice Age?"
Dean and Sam looked at each other as they listened to their conservation thinking how clueless both of them were. At least being around humans, the angels were getting a better understanding of their charges.
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"Well guys, I'm goin' to bump bodies with my main squeeze, so good night." Dean informed his brother and the angels. "No listenin' in either." he specifically pointed to the angels.
"Sam." Alfie asked after Dean left. "What does bump bodies mean? Is that some type of exercise or something?"
"No, I believe Dean means he's going to procreate with Esmee." Cas explained. "Does that mean Esmee will be having another child?"
"Crap, I need a beer." Sam whined. "Here why don't you guys find something to watch." he said handing the remote to Cas and heading for the kitchen, not even wanting to explain sex to a couple of angels who had no clue.
Sam began to rummage around in the fridge, looking for a beer. He snagged one, popped it open and took a long swallow. He stood in the kitchen looking out the window letting his mind wander. Unusual, seductive music from the living room broke his trance. He headed back in there to find Castiel and Alfie watching an explicit R rated movie on HBO. Both were intently watching scantly clad, exotic dancers stripping and several doing lap dances for customers.
"Oh no, no! Not something suitable for naive angels." Sam cried grabbing the remote to change the channel.
"How do those women get in those positions?" Cas asked. "It looks like it could be painful."
"They sure were flexible." Alfie commented. "Why were they taking off their clothes and men were putting money in their underwear?"
"Not doing this guys. Any questions you have, you can ask Dean in the morning. I'm going to enjoy a good book in my bedroom. Why don't you guys watch this program on Cute Puppies, it's more your speed." Sam said stopping on Animal Planet. He figured that was a safe channel and tomorrow he needed to block those channels that weren't suitable for angels and kids.
"Good night Sam."
"Good night Sam."
"Night you two, now behave, no R rated programs." he cautioned sternly before leaving.
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Dean headed for his bedroom to have some alone time with Esmee. He had been back nearly two weeks, but with all that had happened, his nightmares he was trying to hide, and the boy's nightmares where they ended up in bed with them, they had not really been together sexually. She was coming out of the bathroom as he walked into the room and closed the door behind him leaning against it and taking her in.
"Hey." she said in a husky voice eyeing the man she loved.
"Hey, yourself." Dean said moving very slowly toward her. "You know this is the first night we've actually been alone."
"I know."
"I missed you so much Es. Thinking of you...It's the only thing..." Dean started but couldn't finish as he looked away.
"I know babe, just a sec." she said before he could take her in his arms. Esmee picked up her IPod and turned it on, thumbing to a collection of music she had put together. She plugged it into the IPod dock turning it on.
"What ya doing?"
"I put together some make out music before you died and we never got to use it." she said softly, looking over at him. "Wanted to try it out."
A soulful sounding sax began to play through the dock, music he wasn't familiar with until the words started to fill the room:
"Little girl, tonight baby don't be blue
Dig those pretty lights along the avenue
You're out there on your own,
Spending all your time alone
So come on girl, tonight I want to be with you"
Dean tilted his head knowing he had heard those words before. He had watched an old movie about a guy and his band, that was one of his songs. He listened to it for a second longer until Esmee got his full attention. She was swaying her hips to the rhythm of the music as she strolled toward him, unbuttoning her shirt with each step.
"The world has let you down and it broke your heart
But tonight's the night for a brand new start
We'll leave the world behind
We'll go walking on down the line
Come on girl, let's make our dream come true"
Dean's lustful eyes watched her every move while trying to control himself. He wanted so much to grab her up and throw her on the bed. The shirt dropped to the floor, leaving Esmee in a skimpy tank top and short pj bottoms. As the beat of the music changed so did her body movements until she stood in front of him. Dean started to reach out a hand and she stopped him shaking her head no.
"Meet me out on the boardwalk tonight
Meet me down by the sea
We can dance in the carnival lights
On the shores of Jersey
We'll fall in love on a carousel
Little boardwalk angel"
Esmee started to unbutton the buttons on his long sleeved shirt, taking her time. She stepped behind him and reached up to pull the shirt off his shoulders and down his arms letting her fingers trail down his bare skin. She felt him tense under her touch, trembling slightly and smiled to herself.
"Boardwalk angel, boardwalk angel
Boardwalk angel
I want you to stay by me
You're my boardwalk angel"
Before Esmee could continue a cell phone began to ring on the nightstand. Dean growled, but looked at the display seeing the name Wells. He reached over and picked it up to answer.
"Hello."
"Help us, he's hurting my mom bad." a frightened kid cried.
"Tim, give me your address."
"2598 Crescent Moon Road, hurry please, I'm scared."
"I'm on my way, hide somewhere." Dean assured him hanging up. "That was the kid we were telling you about, Tim. His father's beatin' up his wife. I've got to go."
"Not without me." Esmee said scrambling to grab her clothes, putting them on as she followed Dean.
"Castiel I need you to take me to Tim's house, his Dad is beatin' up his Mom." Dean requested when he got in the living room. "The address is 2598 Crescent Moon Road."
"Alfie keep an eye on the kids." Esmee instructed him as she pulled a tee shirt over her head before grabbing Dean's arm.
"Alright, I can do that."
"Go tell Sam to call Jody and give her that address and to have the rescue squad respond too. Lets go Cas." Dean said putting a hand on his shoulder.
Alfie watched the three vanish before heading to Sam's bedroom to relay the information.
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"Holy crap!" Esmee complained as she clung to Dean's arm trying to get her balance back. "I may throw up." she gagged.
The three stood on an un-kept lawn that was in dire need of mowing. Dean could just see enough by the moonlight to know the house was in need of some repair too. Dean guided Esmee over to Castiel so she could hold his arm as she swayed.
"Look you two stay here, I'm going inside."
"Dream on buster." Esmee stated sternly drawing in a deep breath and shaking her head to clear it.
Before Dean could protest, the front door was pulled open and a young boy slipped outside holding something in his arms. As he drew closer, Dean saw Tim was holding a baby around eight months old. An explosion of memories flooded his mind and he could of sworn he smelled smoke.
"Dean take your brother outside now and don't look back." John yelled at him as he thrust a crying Sam into four year old Dean's arms.
Dean did as he was told and quickly made his way down the steps and to the front door. He fumbled with the knob until he got it open and ran outside.
"I got you Sammy." he whispered to his baby brother trying to comfort him.
"Please, you gotta help my Mom." Tim cried bringing Dean back to the present.
"You stay with Esmee and Castiel, I'll get your Mom." Dean told Tim steering him to Esmee.
"I can take your brother, sweetie." Esmee said gently.
"I got him, it's my job to take care of him." Tim responded shifting his brother in his arms protectively.
"You know, it's ok if you let someone help now and then. I promise I'll stand right here beside you."
"Well, ok, but he's a little heavy." Tim explained after thinking about it for a moment.
"I'm pretty strong, I have a baby girl that's nearly two." she replied accepting the blanket wrapped baby. "Hey there sweetie, what's your name?"
"His name is Joseph, but I call him Joey, I'm Tim."
"My name is Esmee and this is Castiel."
"I remember you, you grabbed me at school."
"Only because you were injuring Chance and I had to stop you. It's my job to protect him."
"You made my arm stop hurting when Daddy threw me into the truck."
"Yes, I an an..."
"Castiel, why don't you take Joey, I'm going to help Dean." Esmee interrupted shaking her head at him letting him know not to tell Tim he was an angel.
A shot ran out from inside the house.
"Tim you stay here with Castiel." Esmee cried shoving Joey into Castiel's arm before heading for the door in a run.
Castiel juggled Joey for a moment and watched her run for the front door. He looked down into the unhappy face of the small child, sensing his discomfort.
"Joey wouldn't stop crying and Daddy slapped him." Tim informed him. "Momma stopped Daddy from hitting him again and told me to take Joey and hide. Daddy threw her into a wall and she was bleeding. I was really scared and called Chance's Dad."
"Maybe I can help." Castiel said laying a hand on the child's head taking away his pain. The child looked up at him with big blue eyes before rewarding him with a toothless smile.
"Did you help him too Cast...Cat..."
"You can call me Cas, that's what Chance calls me."
"Ok Cas, thank you for helping us. Is my Momma gonna be alright?" he asked in a tiny voice.
"I'm sure Dean will help her. He's good at helping people." Cas tried to assure him as Tim leaned closer to him. Castiel put an arm on his shoulder trying to give him some comfort. He knew humans liked to be touched when they were upset.
A/N: As they say on the program, sometimes humans are worse than monsters. Hope you are enjoying the twist I threw in here. I thought this song Boardwalk Angel, by Eddie and the Cruisers had the perfect beat and tone for my purposes. Please leave me a review, I do like to hear from you.
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