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A/N: Thank you all so much for your wonderful reviews from last chapter I enjoyed reading them. Also I would like to let you all know that I recently published a one shot entitled "Stay" and I would love for you all to read it and let me know what you think ( I only got one review so far). Anyway let me know what you think, and now for your story.
Previously
Gibbs slumped against the wall. A nightmare. How do you protect someone from that?
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Clearing his mind Gibbs stepped carefully from his place by the wall and dragged the chair from the desk in the corner and sat down next to Dean.
"Shh. Its gonna be ok Dean. Just wake up and you'll see." Gibbs whispered running his hand over the sweaty forehead on the bed.
It took awhile until Dean finally settled down and retreated back into a seemingly calm sleep.
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"Tony time to wake up concussion test." Gibbs said shaking the young man and caught a glance at the clock on the TV, "also time to get ready for work."
Groaning Tony slowly opened his eyes and sat up. The room spun dizzily around him and he waited until it stopped moving before replying, "What time is it?"
"Just after 7:00. Now give me your full name and President."
"Anthony Jonathan Winchester. Barrack Obama."
"Good. Now go get ready for work. I'll get your brothers going." Gibbs answered leaving Tony to get himself off the couch and to the bathroom.
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"Wow Tony your nose looks really cool." Sam said as he sat across the table from his oldest brother who was nursing a very broken nose along with a set of bluish bruises around his eyes.
"Yeah it looks cool until you have to deal with it." Tony muttered as he took a sip from his coffee and washed down the pain killers that Ducky had subscribed for the nose and concussion.
"So last night while I was waiting for Gibbs to pick me up Mr. Collins waited with me and said I was doing really well and would be good for the team! Can you believe that?" Sam informed as he scooped a spoonful of his Apple Jacks to mouth.
"That's really good Sam. I'm proud of you." Tony replied on instinct but then realized what his brother said, "What do you mean Gibbs had to pick you up?"
"Caleb forgot and Gibbs picked me and Dean up." Sam shrugged as he continued working on his breakfast.
"Really? Huh." Tony wondered to himself before Gibbs came down the hallway leading a still sleepy looking Dean in front of him.
"Dean sit down and I'll get you something to eat."
Dean did sit down but just went for his backpack that he had brought with him and started to dig through it before handing a single sheet to his brother.
"What's this?" Tony asked grabbing the single sheet of paper watching Dean.
Dean shrugged and poured himself a glass of juice.
Reading over the paper he realized it was a permission slip for a field trip the next week and that Dean's class was visiting the Capitol building and NCIS, "You're coming to NCIS?" He asked as he signed the slip and handed it back to Dean.
Dean nodded and went back to his juice.
"Here eat this. Don't make me shove it down your throat." Gibbs answered gruffly setting the bowl of cereal down in front of Dean before sitting down with his own cup of coffee on the other end of the table.
"You get to go to NCIS? That's so cool Dean. I got a tour from Kate and McGee it's really cool you'll like it." Sam added as he slurped the milk off the bottom of his cereal bowl and wiped his mouth on the sleeve of his Pjs.
"Sam go get dressed. We are leaving in a couple of minutes." Tony said checking his watch ,"Dean eat your cereal."
The middle brother played with the floating circles and cautiously placed a few of the circles on his spoon and ate them.
"Alright you have fifteen minutes to get ready and meet back in here." Tony said standing up and heading to his own room to get dressed and brush his teeth. Dean quickly followed after him and went to get himself dressed.
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"Somebody will be here when you get out of school today alright Sam?" Tony asked as Gibbs stopped in front of the Elementary school.
"Yep I understand. I'll see you later." Sam waved as he happily ran into the school building.
Gibbs quickly pulled out of the school parking lot and started down the road to the high school and came to a stop by the front doors, "Alright the same goes for you Dean. Don't forget to hand the permission slip in today."
Dean didn't even look away from the window before getting out and heading towards the school, "What's wrong with Dean?"
"Your friend Caleb had him sitting outside last night for nearly four hours. And then when he came home he saw you passed out on the couch. That was exactly what he didn't need to see."
"What do you mean he was sitting outside last night?" Tony asked eager to get to the bottom of what happened last night especially after what Sam mentioned earlier.
"Caleb lost track of time and got stuck in traffic on his way to pick them up. So Kate called him and told him to come straight back to your apartment and I picked up Sam and Dean." His boss answered as he carefully navigated the busy streets.
"What? You mean he forgot the boys?" Tony outraged and couldn't believe his friend.
"Yeah and I got chewed out by Dean's Principal for it too."
It was silent for a couple of blocks before Tony spoke up," I'm gonna need to get out a little early today so I can get the boys each a cell phone this isn't going to happen again."
"Good idea," Gibbs answered with a nod, "also talk to him. He needs to know what happened to you was an accident and not something more. He wouldn't come out of his room last night. We all tried to get him to come out but he wouldn't leave. And then last night he kept having nightmares, god it sounded like someone was killing him."
He didn't know how to reply to that. Now he knew he wasn't the only person hearing the screams breaking through the night like a knife, "I'll talk to him boss."
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"I can't believe you forgot them Cal." Kate answered as she helped tie Caleb's suit tie.
"I didn't mean too. I feel terrible about it I really do. It's just everything at work is really overwhelming right now that and I'm down one worker and my manager at my West coast office is having problems so now I'm trying to take care of both offices. My replacement should be in today through." Caleb answered flattening his shirt as he finished the bottom button, "Besides I'm sure I'll hear more from Tony today."
"Oh yeah you definitely will," Kate answered as she buttoned her own blouse, "and don't count Abby out. I'm sure once she finds out you'll get an earful from her."
Caleb groaned in response and was interrupted by his cell phone, "Caleb West. Yes of course I'll be there in… give me 45 minutes. Thanks Lee."
"I gotta go Kate that's my new replacement. I'll see you tonight." Caleb answered kissing Kate quickly before grabbing his suit jacket and heading out.
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"Hey twerp. You look a little lost. Let me point you in the right direction," Dean turned around from his schedule and trying to figure out how to get to his History class and was sorely disappointed to find Jared standing behind him, "Ok if you go down this hallway and take and left and go in the first door on the right you'll be there."
Dean couldn't figure out why the jerk was being nice to him but he couldn't see Cas anywhere so he decided to take the guy's advice.
Jared watched as the new kid walked down the hallway. That little freak was stealing his best friend from him and he wasn't going to have that. With a smile he turned around and headed towards the stair case that lead to their History class and strolled down the hallway like he ruled the place.
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"Cas! Your Dad already left and you're gonna be late."
Cas rolled over in bed and saw his alarm clock blaring the time. Shit, class started in fifteen minutes, "Gabe? Why didn't anyone wake me up?" He yelled as he scrambled from bed and his calculus book fell from where it was tangled in the sheets and quilt.
"We tried. Now come on I'll drop you off on the way to work." Gabe answered as he zipped his coat and stood in Cas's doorway.
Looking down he saw he was wearing the same clothes as yesterday and needed to change, "I need like five minutes Gabe."
"I'll get you breakfast and meet you by the car." Gabe answered and left the teen to quickly change.
Cas was grateful for his Dad's boyfriend although the two didn't get along most of the time. They didn't hate each other they were just different people. Mostly they put up with each other for his Dad's sake. Hurriedly he pulled on an old band tee and some holey jeans and stuffed his books into his bag and ran down the stairs grabbing his jacket from by the door.
Throwing his jacket on he quickly ran to the car where Gabe was already waiting and got in grabbing the scone that was handed to him and took a bite, "This is delicious Gabe thanks."
"Hey couldn't have you go hungry." The older man joked as he backed out of the driveway and started down the road.
It was silent until the Taurus stopped in front of the school and the final bell rang, "Thanks for the ride and everything."
"It wasn't a problem Castiel. I'll see you tonight."
The younger man nodded and quickly ran from the car and towards the building. Walking in he quietly walked into the office and was hoping nobody would see him except for the attendance secretary, Kathy but didn't count on his Dad standing in the office talking to Mr. Levine, the assistant principal.
"Shit." He muttered as he tip toed towards Kathy who was already writing him a slip.
He quickly grabbed the note and started towards the door when his Dad spoke up, "Castiel I can see you, in my office now."
"Yes sir."
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Dean couldn't remember his history class being on the first floor but yesterday had been confusing with the tour of the whole school and being lead around by Cas. He wasn't really sure where he was supposed to go but he guessed Jared would know where to go.
He finally stepped into the intersection Jared had pointed out from down the hallway and started to the left and quickly pushed open the door on the right without a second glance and was greeted with bunch of high pitched screams.
Looking up he realized he had just walked into the girls' bathroom! Blushing a bright red he turned and ran from the room. He didn't know where he was running but he kept running until he couldn't run anymore. He found an empty storage room and ran in and found a desk to sit under where he curled up and cried until he fell asleep.
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"I'm glad you could make it Lee. So do you have any questions?" Caleb asked as he finished giving his new assistant a tour of the office and procedures for the sales and shipments.
"When can I start?" The middle aged hunter asked as he dropped his bag on the ground in front of the desk.
"Right now. I have shipments that go out today and I have some people coming in for pickups. Also don't forget to check the emails for purchases." Caleb answered as he cleared off the front desk, "This will be your desk from now on. For the most part I will be based out of this office but don't be surprised if I have to leave for a couple of weeks here and there. I'm still an active hunter and I think I have to go to my other store and help out there within the next couple of weeks. So don't be surprised."
"Sounds good to me Sir."
"Ok then, I'll let you get to work. Call me if you need any help. I have a friend I have to apologize too. I'll see you tomorrow Lee." Caleb said and left the store as the phone started ringing.
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"Tony!" Abby screamed as she came barreling across the bullpen to catch Tony in a big hug, "how are you doing? Are you ok? You look horrible."
"I'm fine Abbs." Tony tried to calm his pseudo big sister but it was to no avail as she kept rambling.
"I can't believe he attacked you. I mean I know you can be annoying during interrogations but that's different your just doing your job. "
"Abby you're rambling again." Tony said as pried the arms away from his waist so he could sit down.
The Goth blushed a little bit before easing her death grip, "Sorry I was just so worried about you last night. But on the bright side I got the evidence from the camera to put him away."
"Well if he didn't go away for the gun smuggling then he was definitely going away for clocking Tony." McGee said as he slipped down to his desk chair and sat down turning on his computer, "Where is boss anyway?"
"You're late McGee." Gibbs said he came down the stairs from MTAC.
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"Castiel. This is the third time this year you've been late. You can't keep doing this or otherwise people will start to think that you're getting away with stuff." Michael stressed from behind his desk as he watched his troubled son on the other.
"I'm sorry I didn't even hear my alarm go off this morning. If it makes you feel better I'm not any happier about this then you are. I don't want to have another detention and besides I was suppose to show Dean around this morning before class." Cas answered.
"I'm beginning to think you need something other than detention to give you a lesson. You just aren't learning Castiel. I know you miss Luci-"
"What does Papa have to do with anything?" Cas questioned standing up from his chair dropping his bag to the floor.
"I know you miss him but this doesn't give you any right to act out like this." Michael answered standing up as well to face his son.
"So because I overslept this morning that automatically translates to Papa leaving? I'm done with this I'll you see you tonight." He answered shaking his head and went to leave his Dad's office.
"Castiel we aren't done here." His dad warned him.
"Whatever Dad." He replied as he slammed the office door behind him.
Michael fell back into his stuffed office chair and looked at the framed picture of him and his husband with Castiel they were all smiling and happy, it had been taken not long before he disappeared, "I don't know what to do Luci. I just don't know."
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Cas stormed into History with his note and tossed it on the table by the door before walking to his desk in the back of the room.
"Nice of you to join us Mr. Novak we are on page 400." Mr. Bohem said as he watched his student sit down and noticed with a frown that his new student wasn't sitting in the back. He shrugged as he realized he had probably just gotten transferred to a different class.
Looking over he noticed Dean was sitting in his seat and was disappointed to see the younger kid and hoped that something hadn't happened. He spent the rest of the hour watching the clock and thinking about Dean.
The bell rang and he met Jared by the door, "I thought you weren't going to show man."
"I overslept and got a lecture and detention from Dad." Cas answered as they walked towards food class, "Hey do you know where Dean is?"
"Who?" Jared asked puzzled.
"The new kid from yesterday that sits next to me? I was supposed to show him around again but I was late."
"Oh yeah that pretty boy I don't know. I gave him directions he must have gotten them confused." Jared answered with fake innocence plastered across his face.
"Whatever. I just hope he can find his classes today."
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"Sam can I talked to you for a minute?"
He looked up from his book he was reading and headed towards the door where Mr. Collins was waiting for him and led him to the hallway.
"What's the matter?"
"I just wanted to make sure that you had a ride home today." Mr. Collins asked.
"I have one. There was just an accident at my brother's work yesterday and he got hurt and Caleb lost track of time. Tony will be here to pick me up." Sam answered eager to get back to his book.
"I'm sorry to hear about your brother. Is he ok?"
"He just broke his nose and has a concussion. Ducky and McGee say he will be just fine." Sam replied matter of factly.
"Who are Ducky and McGee?"
"Those are my brother's friends from work. Ducky is a Medical Examiner and McGee is his partner."
"Ok Sam. Just remember if your brother isn't here to pick you up after school you can go to the office and call him." Mr. Collins reiterated for the young boy.
"I understand. Now can I go back to my book?" Sam questioned and was happy when he received a nod in return.
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"Kate what did I tell you about having visitors at work?" Gibbs asked as he looked up from his case file and saw Caleb walking from the elevator escorted by security.
"What are you talking about Boss?" Kate asked peeking her head up from behind her computer screen as she went through the financial information on the case and saw Caleb walking to their desks, "What are you doing here Caleb?"
"I owe Tony an apology." Caleb answered simply and the security guard stepped back but didn't leave.
Standing up Tony motioned for the guard to leave, "It's ok Bob. I can handle this."
"Ok Tony. Let me know if this guy causes you any trouble." The old guard answered sparing Caleb one last look before going to the elevator.
"I heard you forgot about the boys' last night Caleb." Tony said simply as he watched his friend.
"I did and I'm sorry about that I really am. I just lost track of time working on shipments and my other office is having problems. I was overwhelmed and I'm sorry. Is there anything I can do to make this up to you?"
"It's not me you need to apologize too. I understand it perfectly its Sam and Dean you have to apologize to. I'm not the one who had to sit outside for nearly four hours." Tony answered causing a surprised gasp to come from Caleb.
"I didn't know I swear!"
"Like I said you don't need to apologize to me. But since your brown nosing it up, I need you to get cell phones for Dean and Sam. I don't want them to be out of touch again." Tony said.
Caleb nodded and replied, "Ok I can do that. Anything else?"
"Yeah there is one thing."
"Sure what is it?" Caleb asked eagerly and was practically bouncing in his spot making Tony slightly dizzy from watching him. Going to rub his face he forgot the brace on his nose before he hit it and let out a hiss of pain.
"Quit being a kiss ass West."
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Dean heard a bell ring and looked at his watch and saw it was the final one of the day. He crawled out from under the desk he had hid under for the day and left the storage room. He worked his way through the students rushing down the hallway and towards their rides when he finally got to the doors he had come in through in the morning.
He was happy when he stepped out of the school and saw Tony waiting in his Mustang up front and center. Running towards the car he was happy to get away from this place. It was only his second day and he could tell he had already made an enemy.
"How was school?" Tony asked in what he hoped was a neutral tone. He had gotten a call earlier asking where Dean was because he wasn't at school, and he wasn't happy about it. He had heard from his Dad and Bobby that Dean liked to skip quite a bit and he was hoping that that habit wasn't going to be continued.
Dean didn't answer but stared out the window.
"I know you weren't in class today Dean. I know your pissed and sad and whatever else. But you really need to talk to me or something because I don't know how much more of this I can take. We are all worried about you and want you to get better. I'm just worried about you kid." Tony said stopping at a stop light and looked over at his brother who was already sleeping in the passenger seat. He always seemed to be tired lately the nightmares must be taking more out of him then Tony knew.
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"I don't want to talk about it Dad!" Castiel yelled coming into the house shucking off his jacket and shoes in the mudroom.
"I don't care if you want to talk about it or not. I'm sick of the attitude you keep giving me." Michael yelled back coming in and closing the front door behind him.
"I'm sorry I was studying for a test and didn't hear my alarm. I'm pretty sure that happens to like every teenager at least once."
"Once maybe but Castiel it has been three times. I can't let you keep on like this. Hand over your phone and you're grounded from the computer unless it's for homework."
"What? You can't do that." Castiel replied.
"I can and I will. Now your phone Castiel." He replied holding his hand out and was happy when the Iphone landed in the palm of his hand.
"I hate you!" Castiel screamed as he stormed up the stairs and to his room.
"Rough day?"
Michael turned around and saw Gabe come from the master bedroom dressed in sweatpants and there was some flour left in his hair, "You could say that."
"Well it's good I brought home lots of cake then." Gabe answered with a smile and led Michael towards the kitchen where there just so happened to be a Angel food cake waiting for him.
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Tony unlocked the door to his apartment and turned the lights on and let everyone in before locking the door again behind him. Turning around he saw two boxes on the kitchen table and walked over and saw the note attached to them,
Here are the phones. Let me know if there are any problems.
-Caleb
"Hey guys before you disappear." Tony said halting his brothers who were quickly retreating down the hallway and towards their rooms, "Come here."
"What's up?"
"I heard about what happened yesterday so I decided it would be best if I got you two phones so that if something like that happened again you could call me or someone."
"This is so cool! Thanks Tony." Sam exclaimed reaching for one of the Iphones but it was quickly pulled away.
"Not so fast squirt. I need to program numbers into them and then we have to lay down some ground rules for them."
"Like what?"
"Like grades need to be kept up to a respectable level, they need to stay in the kitchen at night and if I find anything inappropriate on it, it gets taken away immediately. Understood?"
Both boys nodded.
"Ok good. We are can have left over's tonight." Tony announced and went to the kitchen to find some food to warm up and thought about taking some of his prescribed pain killers but decided against it and took an aspirin instead.
The rest of the night passed just as quickly as the one before but with less dramatics. Everyone came and ate together. Dean was there even though he only picked at his food and took the occasional small bite. Soon it was time for everyone to go to bed.
Tony fell into his bed and was soon fast asleep and nothing was going to wake up him up.
A/N: Crappy chapter I know. Anyway please review!