Dean drove up to the address Garth had given him an hour ago. He stepped shakily out of the Impala and walked to the house with his gun tucked into his pants. He took a deep breath and knocked on the door.
"Who are you? What…What is your name?"
"I'm Dean…Dean Winchester."
"No, No, Go away. I haven't done anything."
"No, I'm not here to kill you or hurt you, just open up m'am." Dean knocked again.
The woman cracked the door open just enough to stick her head out. She saw just how bad Dean looked. He looked like complete and utter crap. "What do you want?"
"I want to make a trade."
"A trade?"
"Can we talk inside?"
"I don't trust you."
"Alright." Dean pulled out his gun and put it on the ground and lifted his arms up as surrender.
She looked at the gun then up at Dean again. "Kick it into the grass."
Dean weakly kicked it off the porch. "Can I come in now? It's kinda important."
She nodded and opened it all the way. "Why do you look like crap Mr. Winchester?"
"I just had two babies. I drove here right afterwards."
"Why'd you do that?" The woman said as she sat on the couch and Dean shakily sat in the recliner across from her.
"You're a wiccan and a friend of the wiccan who blessed me with my son."
"Yes, and yes, I remember you and that mysterious man in the trenchcoat."
"Well, that wiccan was killing people so we had to stop it."
"Yes, He killed a few friends of mine."
"Well, he blessed my with my two new born daughters but also cursed me."
"Cursed you with what?"
"That the youngest of the twins would become deaf when she turns 5 due to meningitis, I can't let her suffer through that for the rest of her life. Is there any way you could life the curse from her and put it on me?"
"That's very caring of you." The woman said scooting closer to Dean who eyes were brimmed with tears.
"Thank you. Can you please lift the curse?"
"I'll make you an offer."
"Anything." Dean nodded.
"I will lift the curse off your daughter, but I'm not doing this out of the goodness in my heart. Until you daughter reaches the age of 5 you will be deaf in both ears."
Dean sighed and closed his eyes for a moment to take in the new information. Dean nodded still with his eyes closed. "Yeah…yes, deal."
"Alright, let's get started." She said standing.
"Wait, can I at least call my husband and speak with my family first?"
The woman nodded and Dean whipped out his phone. He dialed his house phone number and let it ring.
"Dean?"
"Cas, is that you?"
"Baby, where are you? You're supposed to be resting? You freaked everybody out."
"I know, baby. I just wanted to hear your voice. I'm coming home very soon. Can I talk to the kids?"
"Why? You just said you were coming home soon."
"I just…I just want to hear their voice. I need to hear their voice."
"What's wrong, Dean?"
"Nothing, nothing's wrong. I just want to talk to my kids."
There was distant talking the background. Next thing he knows. "Hey, Dad."
"Hey Landon."
"What did you want to tell me?"
"I just wanted to make sure you weren't freaking out. I wasn't running away from the family. I'm going to be back very soon don't worry."
"Ok, See you soon, here's Ava."
"Hey, Daddy."
"Hey, pumpkin."
"So you're ok?"
"Yeah, I'm fine. Just tired, but I had something important to do."
"When you get home you're going to straight to bed, mister."
"You sound like your Papa."
He heard Avery laugh. He loved her laugh, it was exactly like Cas's. "Avery, darling, I'm going to be home very shortly."
"I love you Daddy, see you soon. Here's Ty."
"Hi, Daddy."
"Hey, sport. Are you staying out of trouble?"
"Yeah, Daddy. Where you are?"
"I'm gonna be home soon, don't worry."
"You scared us."
"I know, bud. I'll be home as soon as I can. Be a big boy for Daddy, until I get home."
"Yes, sir, Daddy."
"Hand the phone to Papa."
Dean heard Tyler give the phone back to Cas. "What did you do, Dean?"
"Nothing bad. I did what I had to do."
"I don't trust your word right now. "
"I'll see you soon."
"We're having a long talk when you get home."
"Yeah, see you when I get home, love you."
"I'm still mad at you."
"I love you."
"I love you, bye." Dean hung up the phone and tears ran down his face.
"Ok, let's do this."
The wiccan woman smiled and 20 minutes later she became chanting to lift the curse from Cassidy and put the curse on Dean until she turned 5.
The silence was creepy. It was like being in a silent film. Once it was done Dean signed Thank you to the wiccan and drove off.
It was late in the evening when Dean returned. He parked the car and saw Cas sitting on the porch with Avery in his lap and Landon on the porch swing. He got out of the Impala and waved to everyone.
The silence was scary as Dean ready the emotion on his children's faces of excited and happiness. They spoke but Dean had no clue what they were saying. They rambled and rambled and 30 seconds later they both had confused looks on their faces. Dean had to tell them. Well, not really tell, by sign to them.
'I can't hear anymore. The nurse is lifted, but there was a price. To lift her curse I had to become deaf for 5 years.' Dean signed as Avery and Landon watched his hands.
Avery's hands went directly over her mouth. Dean knew she screamed or gasped fearfully. Landon held his sister tight and looked at Cas who had watched the whole scene unfold. Cas nudged the twins into the house and Cas just stood in front of his partner.
'I don't know whether to be overjoyed or pissed off at you.' Cas signed.
'I had to do what I had to do.' Dean quickly signed.
Cas shook his head. He wrapped his arms around Dean into a tight hug. It was going to be a long 5 years.