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A/N: Thank you all for the positive feedback from last chapter. I recently started a new story called New I would love for you all to read it and review it for me.
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Previously
Tony left Caleb to continue his work and went into the back office to rouse Dean and get him back home. Walking into the office he knelt next to the couch and shook Dean awake, "Come on kid lets go home."
It was the last day before Christmas break and everyone was rushing in the Winchester and West household.
"Caleb did you find a replacement for Martin yet?" Tony asked as he hurriedly tied his tie in the kitchen while Sam and Dean finished their cereal.
"No not yet. I have a lead on someone willing to take the job but they can't get here until after the New Year." Caleb answered buckling his pants and pouring himself a travel mug of coffee.
Tony turned to Dean then and asked, "You can either come with me today or help Caleb at the office. Which one?"
Dean was completely recovered from his bout with the flu and Pneumonia but still wasn't talking looked up and nodded towards Caleb before going back to his cereal.
"That good with you Caleb?"
"Fine with me. If Dean wouldn't have school I would hire him full time. The kid has done more work there then I have in the past five years."
Tony nodded and caught sight of the clock and told Sam, "Come on we need to go or you're going to be late."
"I'm already ready." Sam said taking his bowl and glass to the sink and grabbing his backpack before walking to the door for his shoes.
"Try again." Tony said coming up behind him and placed Sam's jacket on his backpack before reaching for his phone and keys. "We'll see you tonight. Remember Caleb we are having supper with Gibbs and the team at his house."
"Yeah I remember." Caleb said and he and Dean were pulling their jackets on and followed them out the door.
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Tony and Sam were on their way towards Garrison Elementary when Sam piped up, "Tony can Matthew come over during break?"
"I don't know. I'll think about it." Tony answered concentrating on the downtown traffic he was trying to traverse, "Did you remember your candy for the stockings?"
"Of course. So are we stopping somewhere for the cookies?" Sam questioned as they rounded another corner bringing them within eyeshot of the school.
"What cookies?"
"The ones for the party this afternoon. I told you last week that I was in charge of cookies."
Damn it that's right. Tony remembers Sam mentioning that to him somewhere between him helping a sleeping Dean from his car and a couple of beers after a long day at work, "Yeah were going to stop at the grocery store quick."
Tony turned the car around rewarding him and his brother with several honking horns and angry shouts as they made their way back downtown. He quickly pulled into the nearest grocery store and nearly pulled Sam along behind him in a desperate but meaningless hope for neither of them to be late.
Reaching the bakery Tony directed, "Pick two boxes of cookies. Any ones that you want but try not to take too long or otherwise you will be really late."
Sam quickly went to the shelves that housed all kinds of festive looking cookies and decided on sugar cookies that had airbrushed snowmen and reindeers on the frosting. "Ready to go Tony."
"Ok come on let's pay for these and get you to school."
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"So Deano where are you on inventory?" Caleb asked as he unlocked the door and let himself and Dean into the building.
The teen quickly walked passed and opened the store room that he had been working in for most of the week and turned on the light for Caleb to take a peek into it.
Walking past the front desk where Caleb had taken to working on the computer and taking new orders while also trying to decipher Martin's work. He set his coffee mug on the desk and walked into the back room. Stepping into the room he was shocked at the state it was in. Never in all of his years since he started his ammunition business for hunters had any one of his store rooms been this organized.
Along one wall Dean had put up the shotguns in gauge order and below them he neatly organized the ammunition by gauge, salt, silver, or regular buckshot. Then next to those were rifles and automatic weapons with their ammo neatly organized beneath them on shelves. Next to the rifles were the handguns organized in a similar fashion and lastly were the odd weapons that he had managed to collect across the years or had traded in to him. And every weapon in the back room was cleaned and looked brand new.
"Wow Dean. I don't even know what to say." Caleb said flabbergasted he didn't know how he would ever be able to thank Dean for what he had done. "This is magnificent. I don't even know how to thank you."
Dean looked down at his moccasin clad feet and blushed a deep red before shaking his head.
"No really Dean. You did a good job I don't think I have seen it this clean before. Ever." Caleb said taking another look around the room and trailed his fingers across the shelves and weapons racks. "I guess now I have to find something else for you to do."
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"Here are the cookies. Now make sure you don't crush them." Tony said as he finished signing Sam into the school office.
"I'm walking like ten feet down the hallway Tony. I don't think I can break them that much."
"Fine. Have fun today and I'll see you this afternoon. I will pick you up on the way to Gibbs tonight ok?" Tony asked as they reached the lobby and were about to part ways.
"Yeah ok." Sam answered as he was about to make his way to his classroom when he turned around, "So can Matt come over during break?"
In his rush to get to work where he knew Gibbs would be waiting for him Tony answered as he walked out the door, "Sure why not."
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"Where have you been Winchester?" Gibbs yelled as Tony ran into the bullpen carrying a coffee tray and delivered the favorite drinks to each of his teammates.
"Sorry boss. I had to buy cookies for Sam's party this afternoon." Tony said handing Gibbs a large black coffee in hopes of raising his mood just a little bit.
"Don't make a habit of it." Gibbs said sitting back down at his desk before taking a sip from his new cup.
"What are we on today?" Tony asked sitting down at his desk and throwing his bag to the ground.
"Cross our fingers but it looks like cold cases all day and then off for Christmas this year." Kate answered happily tapping away at her keyboard.
"Doesn't sound too bad to me." Tony answered starting up his computer.
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"Dancing Pink Elephants." Mr. Collins said as he continued to prod at the map in the front of the room and turned around when it didn't elicit a single giggle from any of his fourth graders. Looking over his class he noticed that their attention seemed to be focused on the treats and stockings in the back of the room and the window that showed big flakes falling from the sky. Looking to the wall clock he saw it was nearly two o clock and decided they could start the party.
"I can tell you aren't focused on class anymore. I want to remind all of you of a couple of things before we start the party." He started but was cut off when all the students got up and started for the back of the room.
As the students started to take their over flowing stockings to their desks Mr. Collins went to the back of the room and grabbed the books he had bought for his student's as gifts and handed them out.
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"Hey Matt! Get anything good in your stocking?" Sam asked moving his desk chair closer to his friend.
"Naw man. I don't like the candy canes and it seems like that is all I got." Matt said sorting his few pieces of chocolate from the mound of candy canes on his desk.
"I'll make you a deal. I'll take your candy canes for my chocolate." Sam said having the opposite problem.
"Really?" Matt said looking up and grabbed a brownie from his plate.
"Sure. I don't really like chocolate any way. Dean will probably be mad he loves chocolate." Sam answered taking a bite of a piece of cake.
"Who's Dean?" Matt asked around a mouthful of chocolate.
"He's one of my brothers. Maybe if you come over you can meet him." Sam answered, "Do you think you could come over during break sometime?"
"I don't know I might have to go with my Dad and Step Mom over break but maybe. Hanging out with you would be so much more fun."
Sam and Matt chatted for a little more before the final bell rang to signal the beginning of the break.
"Have a good break and make sure you throw your garbage away." Mr. Collins yelled to his class as he eyed the disaster that was being left behind for him to clean up.
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"Thank you for the book Mr. Collins." Sam said coming up behind his teacher to grab the left over cookies knowing Tony would want them for tonight.
"You're very welcome Sam. It was one of my favorites when I was your age and I thought you guys might like it."
Sam looked over the cover of his new copy of Rascal and thought it might be a good book.
"Have a nice break Mr. Collins." Sam waved as he pulled his winter gear and backpack on and filled his arms with goodies before he left the room.
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"You should see this place I have never seen it so clean and put together!" Caleb exclaimed.
"I'm glad he could help you. Now if only he could keep his room like that." Tony joked as he leaned against the wall as the flood of elementary school children ran passed him to the buses and their winter break.
"Yeah I'm not sure how the kid can make such a mess in such a short time and with not a lot of stuff." Caleb said scratching his head and thinking of Dean's room which currently looked like a disaster zone.
"Yeah me either." Tony said and after the lobby had cleared he finally saw Sam coming down the hallway, "I gotta go."
"Hey Sam how was your day?" Tony asked snagging a cookie as they walked outside.
"I got a lot of candy canes but I gave away all my chocolate." Sam informed.
"Now why would you do something as silly as that?" Tony asked as they pulled away from the school and started for Gibbs's house.
"I didn't really want it and Matt didn't like his candy canes." Sam answered opening his backpack and grabbed a candy cane.
"Put it back. You can eat those after supper." Tony said seeing his brother trying to sneak the candy.
"But you got a cookie." Sam complained as he put the candy back.
"I'm older."
"That's a horrible excuse."
"Too bad." Tony said punctuating it with a final bite to his cookie.
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"Come on Dean! We are going to be late." Caleb yelled into the packaging room where Dean was finalizing some last minute orders.
Dean raised one finger signaling for one more minute.
"We really don't have another minute. I can get that when I return after the New Year." Caleb said checking his watch again.
Dean stood up and wiped the dirt and dust off his jeans before reaching for his jacket and following Caleb out of the room and eventually building.
Getting into Caleb's car they started towards Gibbs's, "You know you have been such a big help. During the summer if it's ok with Tony I would like you to come to California with me and help me out there and get everything organized."
Dean looked to him with disbelief written all over his face.
"I'm not kidding. You did a great job this week and I'm going to miss you around the shop."
Dean nodded and turned the radio up.
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"What could be taking them so long?" Kate worried as she looked out the window as snow was steadily falling.
"I'm sure they just got held up for a couple of minutes they will be here shortly." Tony answered shrugging off his shoes and jacket and took Sam's jacket to throw over the back of one of the chairs.
"Come on help me set the table." Abby offered holding a stack of plates tipping dangerously to the side.
A half an hour passed before Ducky deemed his turkey fully cooked and the rest of the food was placed on the table along with everyone seated around the table eyeing up all of the food, "I think we should just start without them." Sam spoke up from between McGee and Ducky.
Looking at the clock and seeing that it was nearly 5:30 Tony nodded, " Yeah we can warm it up for them when they get here."
"What are we warming up?" Caleb asked bursting through the door, "Sorry we are late. Dean had a little bit of an OCD moment."
"Come on in before you let all of the snow in." Gibbs yelled from the head of the table.
"Close the door Dean." Caleb said over his shoulder as he took his jacket off and turned around to find Kate in front of him and placing a kiss on his cheek.
"Hey beautiful." Caleb answered planting one on her lips.
"Get your ass to the table. All of you. I'm hungry."
A/N: Reviews please?
Also the whole book thing for Christmas is a dedication to one of my elementary school teachers who actually did that to us and I thought it was really cool. I'm a nerd what can I say.