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Chapter 2: With Much Love

Date: February 14, 1994

Sam sank down lower in his chair as the teacher, Mrs. Bakerman began handing out valentines. He was half tempted to yank his shoebox off his desk and tell everyone he didn't deserve any, but instead he left it on his desk and let the guilt eat him from the inside out. His face glowed bright red as the first red and pink card slipped through the slit in the lid of the box. They had arrived in Jackson, Missouri only two days before Valentines day and although John had finally caved and bought Sam a cheap set of valentines to hand out in class, Sam had left them sitting on the table at their motel.

"Alright everyone," Mrs. Bakerman said as she placed the last card in the last box, "Now I want you all to get your valentines and put them in everyone's boxes." There was a rustling of paper and plastic as the kids gathered their bags full of valentines. Sam looked around helplessly. If only he'd remembered to grab the bag that was sitting on the table. He could picture it even now. The little cards with "Happy Valentines Day" printed in large red letters on the front and a tootsie roll taped to the back. "Sam? Aren't you going to get out your Valentines?" the teacher asked kindly. Sam looked up miserably and was about to open his mouth to answer when the classroom door burst open.

"Sam!" Sam turned around to see Dean striding quickly towards him holding a worn out looking grocery bag.

"Aren't you supposed to be in class young man?" Mrs. Bakerman scolded.

"Out early sweetheart," Dean winked as he handed Sam the bag.

"Back to class or I'm calling your parents," Mrs. Bakerman pointed to the door.

"Alright, alright, no need for threats," Dean said, putting his hands up in surrender while backing towards the door. By this point the class was giggling, but Sam wasn't paying attention to his brother any more. He was looking down at his valentines. Last night and probably this morning they had all just been simple generic cards with a piece of candy on the back, but now they each had a personalized note scribbled on them. For the boys some of the comments were "You rule dude" or "Rock on!" and for the girls "what's new sweetheart" and "hey beautiful" and underneath Dean's scrawl was from Sam Winchester written in his own handwriting.

"Sam?" Sam couldn't meet the teacher's eyes. Instead he slowly rose to his feet and began passing out the cards. He hoped no one would take the cards seriously and made a mental note to confront Dean after school. Everyone quickly handed out their cards and raced back to their seats so they could pull out all the candy. Sam froze as he was about to drop the last card in. Stephanie Lynn was the prettiest girl in the class and Sam had told his older brother in confidence that he thought she was pretty. Most of the comments Dean had written on Sam's cards had been harmless if not a little flirty, but on Stephanie's he'd written "With much love." What would she think when she read this? Would she laugh at him? Would he be able to explain that it wasn't him who had written it? Fearing the worst, he dropped the card in and went back to his seat as the other children began digging through their boxes. Sam tried desperately to focus on the valentines he had received, but his gaze kept drifted to Stephanie so he could see what her reaction was. All too slowly the final bell rang and the class was dismissed. Sam was out of the room before anyone else even stood to leave.


"Come on," Sam mumbled. He was pacing in front of the tree he was supposed to meet Dean at. He'd been standing here for over twenty minutes now and still Dean hadn't arrived.

"Hey Sam!" Sam felt his stomach drop as he watched Stephanie walk towards him.

"Hi, Stephanie," he said, his gaze dropping to the ground as she stopped in front of him.

"I got your valentine," she said. Sam gulped, but didn't say anything. "I thought it was really sweet." He looked up sharply to make sure she wasn't just playing with him, but she looked sincere. "I talked to all my friends and they said I was the only one who got that written on my card." Before he could say anything she kissed him on the cheek and then walked away, waving good bye over her shoulder. Sam waved back dazedly.

"Ata boy Sammy," Dean said, slapping him on the shoulder. This snapped Sam out of his stupor and he turned on his older brother.

"Don't ever do that again," he growled.

"What?" Dean asked, feigning hurt, "You should be thanking me. I got you your first kiss." Sam rolled his eyes and the two brothers started home.


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