We decided that when I got home we would discuss this more as a family and make that decision together.

Ten days later and I was fit enough to be released from hospital and sent home to my boys. Will was coming to the end of his sabbatical time, his boss at NCIS had been understanding whilst I was in the hospital, but he now needed to get back to work at the end of the month. Bobby told us that he needed to get back to the scrap yard as he had been gone now for 2 months and this was his business and he couldn't afford to let it go under.I had expected Dean and Sam to leave and get back on the road as well hunting done the rest of the demons that had escaped from the Devils gate a little over a year ago. I felt ashamed that I had missed 10 days of my son's lives; they seemed to have changed so much in such a short amount of time. Aidan it seemed was even more attuned to how his brother was feeling and would reach out towards him just before Cole started to cry. Cole's powers also seemed to have grown and he was moving things towards him in the nursery. Will said that on several occasions he had removed the stuffed whales; that the boys had received from one of his colleagues, from their cribs to come back into the room later on that same day and find them wrapped around them again. Will told me that on occasion the stereo in their room and switched on and started playing '' which was one of my favourite songs.

A couple of days before Bobby was due to leave for South Dakota, Bobby was sitting in the study watching the boys who were happily laying on their backs happily playing with their feet and the soft balls he had given them. Bobby was taking the opportunity to do some more research on the Winchester clan and the prophesy. He wanted to ensure that with Lilith gone, the prophesy had come true and that for the immediate future we would be safe. Will and I walked into the study and he was lost in watching the boys, he had a smile on his face that I can't remember seeing since we brought the boys home. It was nice to see him this happy, after everything we had all been through it was great to start to see the happiness returning to the house. Will coughed gently and Bobby looked up slightly surprised and said "Hey Will, the boys are fine. If you and Toni want to take off for a couple of hours, then I'm happy to stay here and watch them as I may not get the opportunity again for a while." Will turned to me and said "We may well do that but before we go we have an important question we want to ask you." Bobby looked back at us with concern on his face; the old hunter's instinct kicking into overdrive. Will looked back at him and said, "No Bobby, it's nothing bad. We wanted to know if it would be alright if we refer to you as Grandpa Bobby around the boys. You are the closest thing that I have to a father and I would be honoured if you would be my boys' grandpa."

Bobby got up from his seat came over and hugged Will and then myself. He said "I would be honoured if Aidan and Cole called me grandpa. Will, I've told you before that I think of you like a son and I now think of the whole Winchester clan as family as well." I looked at Bobby and said with my tears coming to my eyes "That's wonderful Bobby, as I've come think of you as family as well and we had another question that we wanted to ask you. We wondered if you would consider becoming one of Aidan and Cole godfathers. Bobby walked back up to me enveloped me up in his big arms and said "I would totally love to be one of their godparents, and of course I will be back. You aren't going to be able to keep me away from my grandsons. I plan on visiting at least, on the major holidays and their birthdays. I just need to get some help in at the salvage yard. Preferably someone from the hunting community, I will also need to baby proof the house as I expect you to visit me as well." I looked at Bobby and with a lump in my throat said "of course we will visit, and if you want any help baby proofing the house I would be more than willing to bundle the boys in the SUV and drive out and help you with the tidy up. You have so many rooms, we could turn one into a library and get some of the books off of the floor and onto shelves so we could find them when we need them."

Just as I was finishing my sentence, Dean and Sam walked into the study and said "Find what when we need them", I laughed and said "Bobby's books, he's talking about baby proofing the house so we can take the boys to visit." At this Dean looked at Bobby and burst out laughing, Bobby turned clipped the back of his head and said "what're you laughing at, you idgit. I know you saw that the house was tidy at least once this past century. Also I will do anything for my grandkids; I need to keep them safe otherwise I'm likely to lose the whole house, in a whirlwind of Cole's making." At that point I clipped him on the back of the head and said "Those are my kids you are talking about and he has got a lot better at controlling his temper and his powers but he is still only 6 weeks old what do you expect. If I were you I would be more concerned about his mama sending things flying around the room if she gets upset," he looked at me and said "You know I was only joshing you, don't you." I said "I know, and you know that I trust you with my boys' lives don't you." He nodded his head and with that the small family meeting was called to an end.

Will looked at me and said "I'll go feed the boys, you talk to Sam and Dean" and with that he picked up Cole whilst Bobby picked up Aidan and they walked away to the kitchen. Dean and Sam looked at me with concern in their eyes, lately any conversation that started with talk to Sam and Dean had not been good news, e.g. I know how to send Lilith back to hell, I had seen their father whilst I had been in surgery (still not sure if that was real or not), I would need constant monitoring for the aneurysm in my brain and there was no guarantee that it wouldn't burst or lead to something much worse in the future. Although they are both in their twenties, Dean almost in his thirties and they had been chasing the supernatural all of the lives at that moment in time they looked so small and so lost as though I was about to tell them their favourite pet had died. I grasped their hands in mine and pulling on my empathic powers that I had inherited from Aidan, I sent a wave of love and reassurance to both of the boys. "Dean, Sam it's okay, really it's nothing bad, I just have a favour that Will and I wanted to ask you. Will and I wanted to know if Sam if you would be Aidan's, and Dean would you be Cole's godfathers." I suddenly found myself in the middle of a Dean and Sam sandwich they were both hugging me hard and kissing me on the cheek. I coughed and said "Ah guys need some air here. Can hardly breathe.." They both let go and Dean turned to me and said "I'm sure I speak for Sam when I say we would be honoured to be Aidan and Cole's godfathers." Sam stood beside Dean nodding vigorously and said "it would be a total honour, when and where is the ceremony?"

I said if we join Will and Bobby in the kitchen, we can discuss this further. You will be sharing godfather duties with him. Sam and Dean looked at each and said "That's so cool." The three of use entered the kitchen and I said, "We have our godfathers." I looked back at Dean and said "There will be no placing of cotton wool in the cheeks and repeating lines from the Godfather films around my boys. There are enough scary things in the world already I don't want my boys afraid of their cousins." We all sat around the table and Will and Bobby continued to feed the boys. I told them "We will be holding a small ceremony in the local church on the 7th June; this would obviously mean that you would have to come back from South Dakota or the road for the ceremony." Bobby said "I'll be back at the beginning of June you can count on that."

Sam looked at me slightly deflated with sorrow in his eyes; Dean who was sitting behind him had the same expression on his face. I asked "Boys, what's wrong?" Sam said "Dean and I have been talking and we would like to stay here for a while longer if that's alright." I positioned myself between them reached an arm around each of them and said "I'm sure Will agrees with me, you can stay here as long as you like, I just thought that you might be itching to get back on the road what with Lilith being toast and all." Sam said "No, we thought that we might take the opportunity to live 'regular' for a while. George Washington University (GWU) has a great legal department, I've spoken to the Dean at Stanford and they can transfer my paperwork here and I can start classes in September, he even pointed me towards a job in the Legal department at NCIS that I can do between now and then. We could still hunt at the weekends and in the breaks, but there are other hunters, we don't have to save everyone."

Dean picked up and said "I know you said you asked MIT to keep my spot open, but I thought that I may change my major and have been looking at classes as well, I thought that I might try out Forensic Sciences. I have the grades and could start in September at Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU), it's only 2 hours from here and if we brought a property then we could make it something that is halfway between GWU and VCU." Sam dove in and said "We've actually got an appointment to look at a property on Friday in Falmouth, VA. It's a farmhouse with 9 acres (6 pasture and 3 wooded) so we will be able to continue with target practice without disturbing the neighbours."

I looked at Will and said maybe this is the ideal time to talk about what we discussed before I was discharged from the hospital. Everyone around the table looked at me as if to say "What are you talking about." Will said "Sounds like a plan to me, just let me put the boys down and we'll grab the beers and drinks and sit down in the living room and talk." I said "Do you want a hand?" Will said "No, it's ok, Grandpa Bobby already offered." They both disappeared upstairs to put the boys down for the night and Dean, Sam and I grabbed the drinks, beers for the boys and a diet soda for me and headed to the lounge where we would sit down and discuss the potential future for the Winchester Clan - all 7 of us.