Ben was so happy he talked them into staying one more night so he wouldn't have to leave Maple Syrup just yet. He was more than just attached to the horse. He'd taken to calling her Maple, brushing and washing her every day, and even tried to talk Dean and Cas into letting him bunk in her stall for the night. They'd made a compromise and slept in tents inside the stables but outside of the stalls.

Ben understood that he had to leave her there, but it didn't make him like it. He really hated the idea of being away from her. He missed Spade when he was gone too but it wasn't the same when it was yours and it belonged to you.

"But dad! I have to take care of her she's mine!"

"Bub I know she is and when you're here you can do all the things for her that her momma don't need to do, but Papaw Campbell will have to take care of her while we are at home"

Ben stomped his feet just a little and Dean was slightly unsure of what to do. This very well may have been Ben's first temper tantrum. He knew that most kids had them MUCH earlier.. starting nearly after their first words.. but then he realized he hadn't refused much before. It wasn't that he was spoiling his son necessarily, it's just that Ben never really asked for anything outrageous. When he'd ask for double dessert or to stay home when he didn't want to go somewhere, Dean had said no, and Ben had accepted it. This was the first time that a simple no wasn't enough to satisfy him.

"Don't you want me to be sponsible! I can't be sponsible for her if I'm not with her."

"Look Ben, we know that you want to stay with her but you can't live here, we can't live here. We've got our brand new house and Spade to get home to. You can come back and see her soon."

"Promise?"

"I promise!" Dean reassured him.

Well his dad had never broken a promise before, so he agreed.

Castiel had let Sam drive Mary home in the Charger after they agreed to stay an extra day with Ben. When they got in Mary's van and pulled out of the Campbell's driveway, Ben's heart was visibly breaking in front of them and both of the grown men in the front had small tear rolling down their cheek.

Later that night they'd had a small war behind the closed door of the garage, after Ben was asleep..

"Castiel what do you want me to do about it? I don't like him hurting any more than you do.. But we just bought this house, we can't move four hours away!"

"I know that Dean, but I've seen that look before. This is not something he'll just get over!"

They were whisper yelling. They never really argued, but when they did it was agreed that they would do so quietly. Castiel wrapped his arms around his husband's waist and held him close.

"Dean… I'm sorry it's just...I can't help but feel like that was nearly the same look I had when I'd made it home after you asked me if it was okay for you to date Danielle..I saw that look in his eyes Dean and I don't like it.. I have to fix it, we need to fix it."

Dean held him closer and ran a comforting hand over his back.

"Angel, it's not the same thing but I promise we will try to figure something out.. but we both know that we cannot just pack up and move again, certainly not 300 miles away, just to be closer to a horse..despite how special it is. And a backyard no matter how spacious is not a place to keep a horse."

"Maybe I could find a stable closer by, pay rent for one of their stalls or something."

"We will call tomorrow and see what we can do babe, for now though.. bed. Sleeping in a tent did not do me any favors. I miss that awesome bed you picked out for us."

They leaned into a soft kiss thus ending the argument completely. Once they kissed on it, they decided to never argue about it again. They both had agreed to check into figuring out a way for Ben to be closer to Maple and that was what they were going to do.

The next morning it didn't take long to find out the only person near the suburbs in Lawrence that owned enough land to have stables was none other than the lovely Missouri Moseley. Dean and Cas smiled brightly when that piece of information was passed on. They knew that she might not have a stable set up, but if she had the spare land there was nothing that woman wouldn't do for them.

Castiel picked the phone up and dialed the number given to him.

"Hey Sug, How's that handsome husband and little one of yours?"

"They are doing just fine Miss Missouri. How are you?"

"Doin' pretty good Angel, got a gift for you! .. You boys are gonna love it."

"Um okay? Well the reason I was calling…"

Missouri interrupted him because at the moment she didn't have time to listen to things she already knew.

"I know what you need baby, you boys might need to do some repairs on the old place but with a few hours of hard work it should be plenty of room for that young filly Benjamin's got himself attached to."

"Why… How… Umm Thank You, When can we get started?"

"Saturday's good for me baby, and I like my pie to be Pecan flavored."

She laughed and Castiel's happiness radiated back toward the phone. She was certainly one hell of a woman.

"Thank you Miss Missouri, We will see you Saturday."

"See ya then Angel."

Dean laughed later on that evening when Cas told him the story and replayed the conversation all over again.

"She said she had something for us ? Wonder what that could be?"

"Heck if I know, with Missouri it could be anything from a rock to unicorn… lord only knows what that woman's got waiting." Dean replied.

Dean talked to Samuel about when Maple would be ready to be taken from her mother. He suggested that they either wait another four to five months before weaning her, or given the room, he could take Duchess as well, until it was time to separate the two.

Dean was shocked that his grandfather was willing to let him keep one of his favorite mare's just so Ben would be happier. To be honest, Dean never really felt like the man liked him too much. Samuel doted on little Sam as a child and he was fine with that. Dean figured it was the whole namesake thing and that his younger brother took more after his mother, and Dean himself taking after John and the Winchesters. They weren't really close, so it was reasonable that he'd been shocked at the generosity. He figured it had more to do with Ben and less to do with himself, someone would have to be downright soulless to not fall in love with his son.

With that said, and the consent to take Maple as well, Dean decided they'd have to fix up and maybe even add on to the stables at Missouri's. He mentioned doing it to a couple of the guys he worked with and asked Sam and Bobby to come give a hand and they agreed.

Dean and Cas drove by on Thursday so they could see what all they would need, and they were surprised to find a huge barn with plenty of room for half a dozen horses. Missouri was right it needed some work but they were confident with enough wood, nails, paint, and the extra hands they'd get it done.

Mary took Ben to the Campbell's again that Friday. They wanted to keep it all a secret but didn't want him tearing his heart out all weekend missing Maple as they made it happen. They thought he'd ask more questions but the minute they'd mentioned he was going to see Maple he was content.

Saturday morning around 8 am they all met at Moseley Farm. Bobby, and Benny both had their trucks full of Lumber and supplies. Dean was a little shocked when he saw that Benny, Ash, Ryan, Michael, and even Garth showed up to help. He was expecting Sam and Bobby but that was it. Castiel was even surprised to see Ryan and Michael, which obviously confused Dean even more considering he wasn't the one who invited them.

"Gabriel!" Castiel realized. He remembers mentioning the project to Gabriel, he must have asked for the help or said something to the others. Which goes to question just where the short man was.

Ryan had brought actual carpentry tools and plenty of ladders, which came in handy. With nine of them working on it, things got accomplished pretty fast. Garth was the one who surprised them the most, the man was a nailing fool. His accuracy and speed with a nail gun was better than Ryan's, which was the standard they'd been holding themselves to all day.

About three hours later they all turned to see a sports car speeding up the dirt road. It came to a stop right in front of the barn.

"REFRESHMENTS BOYS! COME AND GET EM!" Gabriel shouted.

Dean had handed out bottled water all day considering it was nearly July and they were working in the dry Kansas heat, but that was all they'd had over the last three hours. So the men were anxious to see what Gabriel had brought.

They found a large cooler full of sweet tea, lemonade, and soda. He had a box full of labeled sandwiches and assorted pasta dishes, and Dean's favorite of course was the box full of sweets and slices of pie with a whole Pecan Pie wrapped up especially for Miss Missouri.

"Wow!" was all Dean could say.

Castiel hugged him tightly and said Thank You. Gabe went out of his way to help, and his younger brother certainly was going to appreciate it. It wasn't long before the men were all groaning and whining about how good the food was. All Novak siblings were grinning with pride. It was so good to see Gabriel finally doing something he was passionate about, being so great at it, and knowing it wouldn't be harmful to others.

Dean saw that after all the hands had grabbed at the food, Sam and Gabriel were standing conspiratorially close to one another. Cas had noticed too because he was standing next to Dean eyeing them suspiciously, accidentally pointing it out to him in the first place. They were definitely up to something and both of the other Winchester men were sure that they were not going to be pleased about whatever it was.

"I've had nightmares that start like this…" Cas whispered.

"It will be fine Angel, Sammy may be freakishly tall but I can still kick his ass if I need to. If you can't take that imp of a brother of yours.. I think we may need to make some serious gym time."

Dean smiled hopefully reassuring Cas, but he couldn't deny the own twisting in his gut. He knew it wouldn't be life altering bad, but the two of their idiot brothers teaming up had bad omens written all over it anyway you looked at it.

"This is going to be GREAT!" said Sam.

"Patience young Winchester, the force is strong in them..if we are not careful, they will sense betrayal." Gabriel teased in his best Star Wars voice.