Hello again dear readers.

So what could be more normal than a kid winning an award in school? Nothing right. Wrong. At least if you're a Winchester. Poor Kaden has a little trouble dealing with his achievement. Good thing for him he has an awesome family.

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Kaden sighed as he watched the time tick on. This had to be by far the longest day ever. His teacher stood at the front of the classroom droning on about some random thing that happened in history. Who cares about history? All Kaden cared about right now was this day to be over. Sighing, he started doodling on the paper in front of him. He was startled when a shadow fell over the paper. When he looked up, he found his teacher Mrs. Palmer smiling at him. She knelt down, which Kaden was a little surprised she could do since her dress was so tight.

"Nervous?"

"About what?"

Mrs. Paler smiled even bigger. "Don't worry, everything will be just fine. I'm sure your parents are so proud of you, I know I am."

Kaden forced himself not to roll his eyes. Instead he just nodded.

"So when will your parents arrive. Some of the other parents are already here."

"I don't think my parents are going to be able to make it." Kaden said then quickly added. "They both couldn't get away from work."

Mrs. Palmer's smile fell. "Oh that's too bad." And just as quick as it left the smile was back. "Well you can tell them all about it tonight. Now how about you try and focus just a little on your history assignment. The assembly isn't for another fifteen minutes."

"Yes ma'am." Kaden pulled out a fresh piece of paper then pulled his book forward. Convinced he was now doing his work, Mrs. Palmer stood and walked back up to sit at her desk. Kaden kept his head down but couldn't force his brain to focus. Instead his mind replayed two days ago when his mother and father had headed out on a hunt. Why hadn't he told them what was happening? When his Mom had called that night or last night why hadn't he said anything? Kaden closed his eyes fighting back tears. He knew why. No matter how much he fought it, he sometimes still slipped into his old upbringing. Don't say anything. No one really cares.

"Kaden." Kaden jumped and looked up at his teacher. "It's time for you to head on down."

"Yes ma'am."

As Kaden stood and headed toward the door to the class he could feel all his fellow students watching him. Kaden truly hated being the center of attention. Logan was the one that should always be in the spot light, not him. Walking slowly he still got there way too quickly. Six other students were already sitting in their seats. The Principal Mrs. Gardner turned and smiled at Kaden.

"Ah there is our third grade winner. And if I'm not mistaken grand prize winner."

"Yes ma'am." Kaden whispered keeping his head down. He walked over and sat down in the empty seat.

"Well now that you are all here I will explain what's going to happen." Mrs. Gardner smiled warmly. "And there is no reason to be nervous. Your family and fellow students are all here for you."

After that Kaden pretty much blocked the woman out. He looked out at the soon to be filled room. At least two members of his family would definitely be there. Kaden looked to where Ethan would probably be sitting then scanned over to where his brother would be. Logan was going to be so mad at him. He should have told him last night. Logan had even mentioned the assembly during diner. But again Kaden had chickened out. Kaden jumped when the curtain started closing. Just great lets really put them in the spot light.

Almost as soon as the curtain closed the sound of voices slipped through. Kaden looked up and down the line of fellow winners. He was amazed at how calm they all looked. Was he the only one whose insides felt like they were full of butterflies?

The voice of the Principal silenced the voices. Again Kaden didn't bother to listen to what she was saying. He was too busy thinking of the best way to escape. When the curtain started to open, he knew he'd waited too long. The sound of applause was slightly deafening. Kaden's eyes searched the faces and found Ethan. The boy wasn't clapping, his head was slightly tilted and he looked very confused. But he smiled at Kaden which helped calm his nerves slightly. Next Kaden searched for his brother. He had a moment of panic when he didn't see Logan right away. He wasn't able to take in a breath until he saw Logan sitting a little away from his class. Kaden guessed his older brother must have done something and gotten in trouble. Logan looked at him but didn't smile, but he did nod slightly.

Knowing his brother and cousin was at least there helped calm Kaden. But he still kept his focus totally on his lap while the Principal started calling names. He wasn't really surprised when she skipped over him. After all he'd won the grand prize. Soon Kaden heard.

"And last, but certainly not least. Our final winner. This young man won the grand prize for his age group." Applause erupted. Kaden felt a horrible knot start to form in the pit of his stomach. He suddenly wasn't sure if he was going to be able to walk over and get his award. Not that he really wanted it. "Quiet please." Principal Gardner again silenced everyone. "Not only did Mr. Winchester win here in our school, and then for his age group, but he won over all." Again applause erupted.

Kaden couldn't help wandering how many people that was clapping, actually cared. Raising his head slightly he saw Ethan was now clapping a huge smile on his face. Logan still wasn't clapping, in fact he wasn't even looking at him. He was looking toward the back. Kaden deflated slightly. He knew it, his brother was mad at him.

"Kaden, can you step forward please." Principal Gardner said.

Taking a deep breath Kaden stood. His legs felt like Jell-O but thankfully they kept him upright. Just as he reached the principal and held his hand out, Kaden heard a very familiar loud whistle. Jerking his head up, Kaden's eyes went directly to the back of the room. Standing against the wall was his father, mother, grandfather, who was holding Noah, aunt, and uncle, who was holding Emma. His entire family was there.

"Congratulations Kaden." Principal Gardner said shaking his hand and handing him a plague and a large envelope.

"Thank you ma'am." The rest was a blur to Kaden. The next thing he remembered hearing was the principal saying everyone was dismissed early and that the busses were already waiting outside. Kaden didn't move from his chair as kids pushed and shoved their way toward the doors.

"Why?"

Kaden slowly looked up at his brother. Logan stood beside him, holding Ethan's hand. Kaden could only shrug.

"We need to get our bags." Logan said turning toward the door. "I'll meet you at your classroom." He didn't wait to see if Kaden agreed or not.

Sighing Kaden stood and headed toward his classroom. He was beyond thankful when he found it empty. Grabbing his bag, he shoved the plague and envelope in then his homework. Sitting down at his desk he waited. The door finally opened and he heard.

"Come on."

Wordlessly he followed his brother and cousin through the halls and out the door. He wasn't really surprised to find the Impala and his Papa's truck parked together.

"KaKa." Emma called toddling toward her cousin. Kaden smiled and picked the girl up. Emma had a way of always knowing exactly who needed a hug.

"Load up." John ordered as he opened the driver door.

Kaden watched as his family split into the two vehicles. Emma still in his arms leaned toward the Impala. "Im."

"Sorry princess." Dean said. "The car seats are on the truck."

Which meant Kaden would have to ride in the Impala. This usually didn't bother him, in fact he usually wanted to. Today though he almost would rather just walk home. He didn't care that it was about twenty miles to their house. Getting into the backseat of the Impala, Kaden wished he could just merge with the seat and disappear. The ride home was strangely silent, especially because Ethan was also there.

Once they reached the house, Kaden was out of the car and running into the house. He ran into the room he shared with his brother, dropping his bag by the door. Looking around he decided the best place would be the closet. Thankfully it was mostly empty so Kaden easily folded himself into the corner after closing the door. He just couldn't handle one more minute of his family being mad at him. Wrapping his arms around his legs Kaden buried his head in his knees and prayed for the day to be over.

A light taping on the door caused him to jump. When it happened again he said softly. "Who is it?"

"A concerned father." Dean's voice cut through Kaden, he wasn't sure he could face his father right now. "Can I come in?"

Before Kaden could stop himself the words. "I guess." Slipped from his mouth.

Dean opened the door. Kaden was surprised when his father indeed came in closed the door then sat down across from him. The only light was the little bit coming from under the door. Kaden kept his head down not looking at his father. He truly didn't want to see the look that must be on Dean's face right now.

"So."

Kaden's heart skipped.

"Your mother got a strange call from your teacher."

Kaden held his breath.

"She told her that you were getting an award today. I called Logan at lunch, he didn't know a thing about it. Oh he knew about the contest. He also knew about the assembly today. But he didn't have a clue that you'd won something."

"I'm sorry." Kaden whispered fighting back tears. "I didn't really want to enter. My teacher did it. When I won for the school, I thought that was it. Then she told me I won district wide for my age group." Tears slipped from Kaden's eyes. "I am so sorry. I know we're not supposed to call attention to ourselves. We're supposed to stay in the shadows. Don't do anything special."

"Hold on, back up a second." Dean sat forward. "How about you start by telling me what you won the award for."

Kaden shrugged. "Just a story I wrote."

"What kind of story?"

"Nothing really real." Kaden wiped at his eyes. "It was about knights and things. Only the knight was a girl and she rescued the prince."

"Nice."

"I swear I didn't put anything real in it. I mean sure there was a dragon, I mean there had to be a dragon. But it was green and scaly and could fly even though its wings were really small." Kaden took in a slightly ragged breath. "And there was fairies but they didn't really do much."

"I would love to read it."

Kaden looked up to see his father smiling. "Really?"

"Of course." Dean scooted forward so his knees hit Kaden's. "Now how about we talk about that other stuff you were saying."

And down went Kaden's head. "I'm sorry."

"Yep that would be it." Dean reached out and pulled his younger son onto his lap. "The one and only thing you have to be sorry about right now, is not telling anyone that you won an award. I almost missed my first opportunity to watch my youngest boy get an award. Not just any prize but the grand prize. Your Papa broke at least three laws just to get here in time."

"But I…" Kaden closed his mouth and buried himself into his father's arms.

"You did nothing wrong." Dean said kissing the top of his son's head. "Except made your family even more proud of you."

"Logan's mad at me."

"No I'm not." Logan's voice erupted from the other side of the door.

Dean reached up and opened the door. Logan sat on the other side.

"I wasn't listening in. I mean I heard, but I wasn't listening." Logan stammered. He then focused on Kaden. "And I am not mad at you. I was hurt that you didn't tell me."

"I'm sorry."

"Stop saying that." Dean and Logan said together.

Kaden giggled.

Dean shifted slightly and held out his arm. Logan climbed onto his father's lap. "Now I want you both to listen to me. I always want to know what is happening in your life. Nothing is more important to me than you two."

"Uncle." Logan and Kaden said looking up at their father.

"Fine. There is nothing more important to me then my family. Better?"

"Better." The two boys said.

Dean focused on Kaden. "And you young man I'm pretty sure I've said this many times before, and I will keep saying it, until it's sunk in. The only rules you have to live by are the rules of this family. The Winchester rules. Got it."

"It's hard sometimes." Kaden whispered.

"Just always remember that I want to know what's going on. I always want to talk to you both. I will always make time for either of you."

"And Noah and Ethan and Emma." Kaden said smiling.

"Mostly Emma." Logan added.

"Unless Uncle needs him." Kaden pointed out.

"Where does Mom fit in?" Logan asked.

"Oh don't worry about her." Kathy said stepping into the room. "He always makes time for her."

"So very true." Dean said smiling up at the woman he loved. "You want to join your guys in the closet."

"It looks a little crowded." Kathy said trying to cover her smile. "I actually came to try and get a look at the award my son got today."

"It's in my bag." Kaden said pointing toward the door.

Kathy opened the bag and pulled out the plague and the envelope. She ran her hand over the engraving of her son's name. Pride like she never thought she could feel swelled inside her. Dean had untangled himself from his sons and was now hovering over her shoulder.

"Looks good. We'll add that to our 'one day soon we'll have a real house' storage unit. What's in the envelope?"

Kathy let Dean take the plague as she opened the envelope and pulled out a thin book. Typed across the cover was again Kaden's name and a title, Who's going to save the Prince? "I think we just found the story for tonight."

"I already read it once to Emma and Noah." Kaden said shuffling his feet. "I guess they liked it."

"I'm sure they loved it." Kathy leaned over and kissed her son's forehead. "So is everything taken care of in Mini Dean world? Because Dad is talking about us loading up and heading to that buffet place for dinner."

"But that's like a four hour drive." Kaden said.

"Special occasions call for special celebrations." Kathy held the book close to her chest. "Now grab your bags, because since there is no school tomorrow we are going to stay over."

"You mean…" Logan started bouncing.

"You can't mean…" Kaden mirrored his brother.

Kathy smiled. "Yep buffet tonight. Pancakes in the morning. Then a day or two spent at the fair."

Both boys whooped and instantly grabbed their bags and started shoving clothes in. Dean pulled Kathy out closing the door behind them. Pulling her close he kissed her.

"Not that I'm complaining, but what was that for?"

"That my lovely wife was for giving me two wonderful sons."

Kathy looked back at the closed door. "Kaden's going to be okay, isn't he?"

Dean held her close. "Of course he is. After all he is our son."