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Okay, so this is it... the end of the story. Thanks to everyone who read and reviewed! Hope you enjoy!

Edit: Now beta-read by the wonderful Ghastly Eternity!

20

"Okay, this is a super secret meeting," Gabriel told Dean with a lot more seriousness than the preteen usually displayed, "No talking about this to any adults or to anyone else, capiche?"

Dean frowned deeply, but he didn't want to admit that he wasn't all too sure if he understood what the older boy had just said, so he just nodded and then frowned even more deeply.

"If it's that secret, why is Sammy here?" the little Winchester asked and pointed at the littlest Winchester who was sitting in the oldest boy's lap, grabbing his shirt and trying to wiggle his way into a standing position only to pat around in his face with a little hand.

"'Cause he's your brother and brother's share everything, dumbass," Gabriel replied and cuddled the one year old until he squealed happily, "And 'cause your mom brought him along and it'd look suspicious, if we had refused to take him with us."

Because, as irresponsible the blonde boy often was, he had a very soft spot for the littlest Winchester and he'd often stick around his and Dean's mother just to get a chance to hold the toddler. Refusing to take him along for some harmless playing when he had the chance to do so would have looked very suspicious, indeed!

"Oh yeah? Where's Raphael then?" Dean replied with a smirk, obviously enjoying to point out flaws in the logic of someone who was a couple of years older than he was.

"Raph doesn't count, anymore," Gabriel explained gravely, "He has fallen under the spell of a girl and can't be trusted not to blurt out anything when they are kissing and stuff. Yuck."

The older Winchester fully agreed with that last assessment of the situation Castiel's oldest brother was in. Yuck, indeed.

Once they had talked these things over Castiel stood up and went to get the two hamsters and their food bowl from the cage. The children arranged themselves into a sort of triangle with the animals sitting in the middle. Both Winchesters seemed to wait for the big reveal impatiently, even though the youngest Winchester's thoughts were probably more along the lines of 'Ooooh, small, furry and they move by themselves!'.

"So, that is Sam, huh?" the taller hamster frowned, looking at the drooling toddler he had been named after. Personally, he didn't see the similarities.

"He's so cute, exactly like you!" the golden hamster exclaimed happily. Apparently, he did see the similarities. Oh well, the way he had worded it, Sam could barely be mad at him for it.

The two hamsters had agreed on what they wanted to write for Castiel's friend beforehand. The taller hamster had had to bribe his partner with lots of cuddles and love to convince him that something absolutely boring would do, in this case.

Dean's eyes lit up more and more as he watched the two little animals carry food pellets around, forming letters he could even read by himself.

"Hello Dean," Gabriel chuckled which made the littlest Winchester laugh along with him, even though the toddler never stopped sucking on the blonde boy's thumb. He was clearly going to be great at multitasking one day.

"Freaking awesome!" Dean exclaimed excitedly, "How did you teach them to do that?"

Castiel shook his head even as the hamsters started to rearrange the pellets, yet again. It looked like they were trying to write something longer this time, so they'd have to wait a little, though.

"We didn't," the preschooler finally told his friend completely seriously, "Gabriel started it and mom wouldn't believe it, but then Gabriel and I got them to do it again!"

In retrospect, it would have been less confusing not to name the hamster after his own brother, but it was too late to change that now, anyway.

"We are that awesome," the human Gabriel read the new message with a smirk and observed how the taller hamster gave his mate a slight push. So, apparently that particular message had been the golden hamster's idea.

"It's a secret!" Castiel stressed again, because Dean was getting very excited and he didn't want his friend to jump up and go tell his mom or something like that.

"Yeah, sure," the older Winchester boy nodded energetically, "We don't want the government to think that they're aliens and cut them open or something!"

Sam gulped and gave his fellow hamster a hard stare. That possibility was even worse than what they had imagined might happen! They might have been cut open for this! Just because Gabriel couldn't keep himself in check! Okay, he wasn't blaming the golden hamster for that first message. That had been written out of pure desperation. The one that had given them away for good was a different matter, though.

"We also don't want our moms to think that we're crazy and need a therapist," Gabriel added and followed the littlest Winchesters silent demand by picking the taller hamster up and showing him to the toddler.

Dean and Castiel both nodded their understanding. They didn't know that much about therapists, but they knew that they didn't want one. Especially not when they'd not believe a word they were saying!

"He's drooling on me! Gabe, he's drooling on me!" Sam squeaked and tried to get away from the toddler's inquiring fingers without hurting him or the blonde preteen in the process.

"I'll help you clean up later?" Gabriel suggested, waggling his eyebrows. He'd gladly help Sammy clean every bit of his body, after all.

The taller hamster gave his partner a bitchface and took the first chance he got to rub against him, sharing the drool he still had on his fur. The littlest humans while cute were quite disgusting, Sam decided.

"Looks like hamster Sam has had enough," Dean chuckled and patted his little brother's head.

Castiel nodded and was just about to take his hamsters and put them back into their cage when Gabriel squeaked loudly in protest and ran back to the food pellets. He had nearly forgotten the most important message, after all!

Hamster wheel for two, please!