"John?" comes Kate's voice from the staircase.
She is dressed in her silk pajamas, her long hair pulled back into a bun her eyes half-closed. He doesn't answer he's starring at all the pictures. The earliest picture he found was of his and Kate's wedding turning the picture over he found the date. July 15th,1987. He found pictures of Dean and Sam in the wedding as the ring bearers, meaning that Mary must have been alive and must have died? This can't be real, he would have gone on the road after Mary died and three years it took him to get remarried? She was still taken from him? And he moved on?
"Did Adam go to school yet? He had to go in early," says Kate and she takes a step closer to him, "honey are you all right?"
"I'm sorry what did you say?" asks John.
Kate looked younger, the usual stress lines on her face were gone instead of looking ten years older she looked her own age which was only forty-two.
"I asked if Adam went to school," says Kate, "are you feeling all right?"
"What happened to Mary?" demands John.
Kate stares at him for a moment a little bewildered by the question.
"She died of a heart attack in her sleep?" says Kate.
"A heart attack?" asks John, "how she was so young-
"You said her father and mother died of a heart attack and that it ran in her family," says Kate.
"There wasn't a fire in Sammy's nursery?" asks John.
"No never," says Kate.
"And we're married?" asks John.
"What the hell kind of question is that? We've been married for eighteen years," says Kate folding her arms across her chest and raising an eyebrowl
"I'm sorry-
"Are you sure you're all right?" asks Kate.
"I think so," says John running his fingers through his hair.
Mary was dead still died in her sleep? Did that really bet the alternative burning to death on the ceiling of Sam's nursery. How could he move on after her? The mother of his children? He knew deep down Mary wouldn't want him to be lonely
"And I've always lived-
"In Lawrence Kansas?" asks Kate.
"And I met you?" asks John.
"I brought my car to your shop one day and fall in love with your adorable boys," says Kate, "and then we moved to Windom to start a new life with your boys,"
The boys! How could he forget about his boys?
"Where are Sam and Dean?" asks John.
"Sam's at school?" asks Kate, "and Dean's working presumably or at his girlfriend's….did you drink too much last night?"
She was eyeing the empty bottle on the table and shaking her head.
"You know what alcohol does to your head," says Kate taking the bottle and walking into the kitchen, "you want Advil for you hangover?"
"Uh no thanks," says John walking around and starring at the happy pictures of his sons playing baseball, soccer, football, hockey, playing in leaves and their school pictures just like any other boys.
"Crap!" he heard Kate say, "I forget we told Dean we'd have breakfast out with him and his girlfriend-
John perked up on the word Dean. He wanted to see this version of Dean, he wanted to see the Dean who grew up in a home with a mother well stepmother.
"I'll call him-
The doorbell rang and Dean stood at the door with an attractive brunette standing next to him. John couldn't get over how different his son looked the light in his eyes.
"Dad I'm I early?" he asks starring at his watch.
"No sweetie you're not early….just your dad and I are running a bit late," says Kate, "can we you give us a few minutes….come on in,"
John stared at Dean, this Dean looked a lot younger than the Dean he remembered, a lot happier. His girlfriend was pretty her head only reaching up to Dean's shoulder she gave John a happy smile her hand in Dean's. She couldn't be older than Dean.
"Dad you all right?" asks Dean.
"Excuse your father he's had a really late night….come on John let's not be any more late than we already are," says Kate taking his arm.
John stared at the master bedroom, his mind flashed back to the one in Lawrence, Kansas he could remember nights starring Mary sleep because she was beautiful awake and asleep. John and Kate got dressed and ran down the steps.
"The Impala," says John still glad Dean had kept it.
He flashed back to the night he, Sam and Dean sat on the Impala as their house burnt. He and Kate climbed into the back. Memories of Dean and Sam sleeping in the backseat and playing guessing games flooded his mind. He guessed in this world that they had never spent that much time in the backseat.
"Cousin Oliver's good for everyone?" asks Dean.
John had eaten there once or twice with Kate and Adam it was pretty good he nodded his approval. After breakfast he'd try and figure out what the hell was going on, he wanted to enjoy a happy meal with his family.
"Say where's Sammy?" asks John.
"School," says Kate, "honey are you sure you're all right?"
"He's at Stanford right?" asks John.
Kate nods while exchanging a worried glance at Dean.
"He should be flying back with Jessica for spring break they're taking us to dinner said they got a surprise for us," says Kate.
"I think Sammy's popped the question," says Dean.
"Speaking of popping the question when are you?" asks Kate.
Dean chuckles starring at his girlfriend.
"We're happy as we are Kate," says Dean.
"I'm gonna be mighty sad if Sam's the only one giving me grandkids," says Kate shaking her head.
John had only seen Jessica from a distance he had known Sam was thinking about proposing having followed him into town once. If Jessica made Sam happy she was fine in John's book. He decided then after dinner after seeing both boys he'd find out what the hell was going on. If it was a dream he wasn't sure if he wanted to wake up. He got to see his sons live a full life full of smiles and laughter and safety, he got to see Adam as a child, held him as a baby and he had known his brothers. The one thing this life was missing was Mary, she had gotten the short end his heart ached to see her one last time. Why didn't she get to live her whole life? Why she still die at 29 years old? Why'd he still have to go through that pain?
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