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A/N: Don't forget to review and let me know what you're thinking. Also I published two Supernatural one shots 'Baby' and 'It's not Easy'. Let me know what you think.
Previously
"What's their name?" he questioned coming closer.
He watched as the brown eyes scanned the paper before answering quickly, "Dean Winchester. Now do you have a minute to sign these papers?"
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"Ok I think that's everything," Katie answered as she looked over the forms Castiel had signed one last time, "Now do you have any questions about what you are going to be doing?"
"I do not believe so. I will be starting Track soon and won't be able to come in everyday though, will that be a problem?" Cas asked as he shifted excitedly in his chair. He had been looking for a way to see Dean since he had gone in to the hospital and it looks like his prayers were answered.
Smiling the Director answered, "That shouldn't be a problem. He won't need tutoring everyday and we would never expect any of our volunteers to volunteer that much of their time. Whenever you can come down is good enough for us."
"Then I would be more than happy to help out as much as I can. Is there anything I should bring to these sessions?" He asked pulling a notebook out of his bag to make a list.
"Just bring yourself Castiel. It says in his file the school will be sending his papers and books here for him. We also have school supplies here that have been donated to us by sponsors. You don't have to worry about a thing."
Standing up he hefted the bag back on his shoulder and extended a hand to the woman, "Well then I will be here to help. When do I start?"
"How does Monday at four sound? Is four a good time or would you like to do later? The ward is open to visitors until eight at night." Mrs. Matheson replied smartly as she escorted him to the door.
"Four sounds fantastic I'll see you then."
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"Taylor's making a lunch run do you want anything?"
Looking up from her desk full of patient files she found Sarah, her secretary, standing at the door with a pen and paper, "Tell her I'll take a double espresso. Nothing else."
"You know Rachel you can't live off caffeine as much as you would like to." Sarah scolded lightly as she stepped into the room and sat in the chair across from her, "now would you like to order a sandwich or bagel?"
Eyes shifting up at the question she saw it wasn't a question, but a demand and there was no way to avoid it, "A bagel sounds good."
"Glad to hear it. I'll have Taylor get you one of those nice ones from Gabe's Bakery down town. They have the most delicious pastries."
"Whatever you want Sarah," she answered as she flipped open Dean's file and looked it over, "If I'm not in here just leave it on the desk."
"Of course Doctor," the secretary answered as she closed the door behind her.
Smiling she grabbed the file and followed out the door.
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"Hey Rachel I got the room set up for Dean. Is there anything else you would like me to do?" Benny asked jogging to catch up with the doctor.
"I'm just going to tell him the good news. If you wanted to tell the cooks he'll be down for lunch you could do that." Dr. Cranston answered as she came to a stop before the door.
"I'll wait for you guys and then I'll take him down to the dayroom. See if he wants to do anything down there."
"That's sounds like an excellent idea Benny. Now I do have him scheduled for another session this evening after supper so make sure he is ready for it."
"I'll make sure. Now go give the boy the good news."
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"Hey Dean you have a minute?" Rachel asked as she slipped into the sparsely decorated room and found Dean asleep.
"Doesn't appear I have much of a choice now does it Doc?" he answered groggily sitting up and rubbing his eyes as he watched Rachel come closer.
"Well I have good news for you unless you'd rather I left it for later."
"I'm all ears," Dean spoke up watching her intently.
"I'm moving you to your new room now and I think you're ready to have them visit tomorrow."
"Really?"
"Yes Dean. Now what do you say we get you to your new room?"
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"Lunch is being served in 45 minutes and Benny will be bringing you down," Rachel directed as she pushed the door open to the new single bed room, "I'll leave you to get settled. Let me know if you need anything."
Walking in behind the doctor Dean examined the room. It looked like the one he had shared with Frank only smaller. There was a bulletin board by the door showing the activity schedule, a single chest of drawers under the window and a twin sized bed with a small hospital issue quilt and pillow, "I got it. Thanks Doc."
"Remember lunch is in 45 minutes and Benny will be here to show you around."
"Whatever." He answered as he listened for the fading footsteps and the sound of the closing door.
He really didn't understand what she expected him to do with himself until lunch when he had nothing to unpack and the room was bare. Walking over to the bed he laid back on the stiff mattress with his hands curled behind his head and stared at the ceiling.
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She was stepping through the office doors when Taylor, one of the daytime nurses, came bustling through with bags of food and a tray of coffee.
"Thanks for the coffee run Taylor," Rachel said as she picked through the items looking for her bagel and coffee, "What do I owe you?"
"Nothing, it's my treat today." The motherly nurse replied as she slipped her jacket off revealing her pink pastel scrubs and sipped her own cup.
"Well thank you for that," she answered as she edged towards her door so she could call Tony, "now if you'll excuse me I have some calls to make."
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"Seriously Tony Mexican again?" Kate whined as Tony stepped off the elevator letting the smell of tacos waft over the bullpen, "don't you ever get sick of tacos? I mean this is like the third time this week."
"If you don't like it quit sending me on lunch runs," the youngest agent replied as he tossed a grease soaked bag to Kate and the other two on Gibbs and McGee's desks, "and no you can never get sick of tacos. Only thing better is pizza."
Pinching the edges of the paper bag to look inside Kate complained, "I would beg to differ because I'm sick of this slop you call food."
"Don't like it Todd then get your own food." Gibbs chided as he swung down from MTAC and grabbed his own bag holding a burrito.
Smiling Tony settled back in his chair munching on a taco and answered with boyish charm as he spit crumbs across his desk, "Hey it looks like you just nominated yourself for lunch duty."
"But-" Kate sputtered looking at her co workers.
"You don't like it then do something about it Kate; never stopped you before." McGee added in with a smile as he watched the woman's discomfort grow at finally being called out.
"So what will it be tomorrow? You know I'm having a hankering for some sausage pizza right now, what about you McGoober?"
"You know I was thinking Chinese."
"You know what I think you're right. Some mandarin chicken sounds excellent right now." Tony answered with a smile at the annoyed expression on Kate's face and he spotted the small smirk hidden behind Gibbs's file, "Keep that i-"
He was cut off by the ringing of his desk phone and set his taco down before answering, "Very Special Agent Tony Winchester."
"This is Rachel do you have a free minute?"
"Of course, of course," he answered spinning around in his chair to face away from his teammates who were back to work on their files and sending cautious glances to him, "is something wrong? Did something happen to Dean?"
"He has made quite a change the last couple of days. I believe he had made a huge improvement and I would like for you to come and visit him tomorrow evening. We have visiting hours from four to eight and I think he would like to see you again."
Leaning back in his chair with a face splitting smile he answered, "I'll be there and I'll make sure Sam is there too."
He could hear hesitation on the other end before he heard Dr. Cranston speak up, "About that Tony. I don't think he is quite ready for Sam to see him and I would like to hold off on extensive amounts of visitors for awhile."
"But Sam is his brother and I think he should be there as well," Tony argued with a frown as he turned around to check his emails.
"It is against my medical advice to have Sam here. Frankly the ward is no place for a child and I think it could cause major setbacks in Dean's recovery. So I am advising him not to come at least for now. I'm not saying he can't come in the future but I don't want him here to start."
Sighing he nodded, "I understand Doctor. I'll be there as soon as I get off tomorrow evening."
"I'll be sure to let Dean know. I'll talk to you later."
Waiting until he could hear the dial tone he hung up the phone and reached for his potato wedges and started answering one of his emails.
"So are you gonna leave us guessing or are you going to tell us what is going on?" McGee asked unable to hide his curiosity anymore.
"That was Dean's doctor. She wanted to let me know I can visit him tomorrow for awhile." Tony answered sipping his soda and started back on one of his numerous late reports.
"I'm sensing a but there Winchester." Gibbs answered not even bothering to hide his curiosity.
"She said he isn't ready for Sam and that I shouldn't bring him," he paused finishing his thought on paper before tossing his pen aside, "but he is his brother and the kid wants to see Dean so bad and now I have to tell him I can't take him? This whole thing is just one giant mess."
"Tell him the truth and don't pussy foot around it. He is a smart kid and will understand. Now get back to work." Gibbs ordered going back to pecking at his keyboard.
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That evening Tony was sitting down to supper with Sam when he heard his phone ring. Looking longingly at the steak he was leaving at the table he got up to grab the phone off the counter, "Hello?"
"Hi this is Angela; Matt's mom."
"What can I do for you Angela?" he asked going to sit back at the table and pouring some barbeque sauce on to his steak and salted his baked potato.
"Matt has been on my case to have Sam over and I was wondering if he couldn't come over this weekend? I know its short notice but I thought with the gaming expo at the school this weekend it would be fun for both of them."
It would be perfect. Sam could stay with his friend and he wouldn't have to worry about Sam, "I'm sure he would love to spend the weekend with you guys. He hasn't mentioned anything about a gaming expo at the school though." He answered looking across at his youngest brother who was staring at him with a barely concealed smile.
"I'm surprised. Matt said that's all they have been talking about lately. The high school is bringing down a bunch of board, video and role playing games. Its free and I heard its pretty fun from Matt's babysitter." He could hear a muffled yell in the background no doubt from the boy himself.
"Well I'm sure Sam would love to come and I'll have him packed and ready to go."
"That sounds great Tony. Thanks for letting him come. I'll pick him up from school tomorrow and I'll call you later then."
"I'll talk to you then." He answered and hung up turning to his brother, "Why didn't you say anything Sam? I would have taken you to that if you wanted."
Sam blushed and took a bite of his potato before replying, "It's just with Dean I knew you were under a lot of extra stress and I didn't want to cause anymore problems. But I can really go and spend the weekend with Matt?"
"Of course you can. After supper I want you to get your stuff together and then I'll help you with your homework."
Smiling with excitement Sam joked, "So what are you going to do all by yourself for a whole weekend?"
Placing the fork with a bite of meat on it back down on his plate he sighed before answering, "Well actually I wanted to talk to you about that."
"I really don't need to hear about your love life Tony. I'm sure it's interesting and all but-"
"Dr. Cranston called me today and she wants me to go and see Dean tomorrow evening."
The apartment was quiet except for the low jazz music playing from the stereo in the kitchen. Both brothers were watching each other as they played with their food that was steadily growing cold, "So I'm guessing since you didn't invite me that I'm not allowed to come."
"I wanted you to be there I really did, but she said he might not be ready for more than one visitor now. He's had a rough week and she wants to see how this goes before we try anything else. There will be more opportunities in the future for you to come and see him Sam."
"He's not mad at me is he?"
"No," Tony answered pushing the plate further in on the table before answering, "I'm sure that's the last thing from his mind. I bet he doesn't even know she called me."
"I'm going to my room to pack," Sam answered pushing the plate away and scooted the chair back, "I'll call when I'm ready for help with homework."
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"Ready for supper Dean?"
Looking up from his table in the dayroom he found Benny walking closer to him and sitting across the table from him, "Not really hungry Benny."
"It's pizza tonight and I heard from a little birdie that you like pizza," the nurse answered as he leaned over to look at the paper the teen was working on, "just humor me. Besides there's pie for dessert. Cherry."
"Fine I'll be up in a minute I just want to finish this first." He answered not taking his eyes off the scrap of paper and pushed the pencil down harder on it.
"What you got there?"
"Nothing. I can see I'm not going to get anything done anyway." Dean huffed as he crinkled the paper up and threw it in to the trash bin before getting in line.
Waiting until his charge was in line Benny quickly walked over to the bin and picked the paper out. Careful of the slight applesauce stain in the corner he pulled it open and gasped at what he saw.
Inside was a beautiful depiction of the city at night. Even though it was only drawn with shades of gray he couldn't believe the painstaking detail in which everything was drawn. Light posts with the winter garland wrapped around them, ice skaters on the pond at the park across the street. Dean had drawn everything.
It was perfect.
Incredibly sorry for the crappy chapter but I wanted to get something up and this is what I came up with. Let me know what you think.