Authors Notes: New chapter, woo! Thanks for the reviews as of right now ^^
Dean is trying his best to patch things up with Liz again, can he do it? Well, Gabrielle decides to help him :)
Btw next chapter you guys will get some daddy!Dean, which I know a lot of you guys love or well...I love at least.
Dean rolled around on the couch. He couldn't seem to fall asleep. All he kept thinking about was Lizzie and what happened to her after she left him. Dean rolled onto his back and crossed his arms, taking in a sigh, he looked over to the floor to notice Sam was still sleeping peacefully. He shook his head and then got up from the couch, he walked over to the kitchen and stopped in the entrance when he saw Liz sitting at the table. Face in her hands, he softened up, knowing she must've had a bad dream.
"Liz, you alright?" He asked as she took her head out of her hands and looked up at him, even in the slight darkness Dean could see a few tears.
Liz sniffled, "I just had a nightmare." Dean gave Liz a sympathetic smile, then pulled a chair up to her and sat down next to her.
"Do you want to talk about it?"
Liz looked away from Dean, "I just keep dreaming of Mark's death. I should've listened better to Gabrielle." Liz looked to Dean, "I could've stopped it." Tears flowed down her face. Dean hated seeing Liz this way.
"Don't blame yourself."
"Dean, how can I not? Mark's death only happened because I was stupid to keep my old life away from him."
Dean then remembered Liz had said she should've listened to Gabrielle, he decided to ask questions, "What did you mean though, about that you should've listened to Gabrielle?"
Tears from Liz's eyes stopped and she looked down, "Gabby has been having these visions...she saw Sam get killed before seeing Mark's death." Dean couldn't believe it, was Gabrielle having visions just like Sam? No. There was no way. They had killed Yellow Eyes, so unless a different demon had the same thought as Yellow Eyes. Dean crossed that out of his mind, only Yellow Eyes had given infants his blood, so how was Gabrielle having these visions?
Liz looked back to Dean, "It's crazy right? I mean, Sam's alive. Not dead. So, what's going on?"
Dean didn't know how to tell Liz that Sam had actually died, he didn't know how she would cope about knowing about the deal he made and that he only had a year left. He didn't want this packed on her too, Mark's death was already too much, so he decided he'd tell her eventually, "Liz, I wish I knew what was going on. I really wish I did."
Liz gave Dean a smile and then sighed, "I'm gonna try and get back to bed." She stood up from her chair and Dean followed in salute. She leaned in and gave Dean a quick kiss on the cheek, "Night, Dean."
Dean smiled, Liz was back in his life again, he turned around after Liz walked past him, "Night...Lizzie." He heard Liz giggle at the old nickname. He watched as she disappeared back upstairs. He sighed and then walked back into the living room, he shook his head seeing that Sam was still asleep. He took his spot back on the couch. Soon falling back asleep, dreaming of all the old times he had with Liz.
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Earlier that morning, Dean woke up hearing cries from upstairs, he knew it was Robby, he turned to his side, trying to block out the cries. He looked over to see Sam was still sleeping, how could he still be asleep? Dean sighed, rolling onto his back. He thought of going to check on Liz, give her some help, after all, she was a single mom now. So, he got up, walked over Sam, and then made his way to the stairs and up to Lizzie's old room. Flashbacks went into his head of all the times him and Lizzie had spent in there, fooling around with each other when Bobby, Gabrielle, and Sam wasn't around, and listening to music on Lizzie's record player.
When he stopped at her door, he heard her humming, trying to calm Robby down, "Shh, Robby, it's okay, I'm still here, nightmares are no fun, I know but, don't worry, I'm gonna take revenge and get that demon who killed your father. Mark is still with you though, watching over us."
Dean sighed, and leaned back against the wall, crossing his arms. He felt so sorry for Liz right now, he could tell she was really broken up about this. He heard the door squeak open, then turned to see Liz walking out with Robby in her arms, she stopped quickly seeing Dean, "Hey, Dean." She smiled, "Sorry if Robby woke you up, you're probably not used to having a baby around." She laughed. Dean smiled back, hearing Lizzie's laugh.
Dean shrugged, "It's okay, what's wrong with him?" He asked as he walked up to the two, Robby looked over at him, "Hey Robby, I'm Dean." Robby giggled and smiled at Dean, he liked that.
"He just woke up crying, I'm guessing he had a bad dream."
"Need any help?" Dean offered as he made faces for Robby.
"Nah, I think I can get this single mother deal worked out." Liz gave him a soft smile, but that made Dean frown a little bit hearing Liz say that. He really wanted to help her out.
"You sure?"
Liz raised an eyebrow, "I never thought you liked kids."
"Well, if it's to help you...I'm here."
Liz sighed, "Thanks, but I got this handled."
"Come on, I'm sure it's not that hard to take care of him, what's the problem?"
"I'm just worried, okay? I don't want you getting close to me and Robby, and then I storm off again." Though, Dean knew this time if Liz tried leaving again, he would go after her. He wouldn't let her walk out of his life again. He was stupid not to go after her last time. This time, he'd actually be smart.
"Just let me help."
"Why? You don't think I can do this on my own?" Liz snapped, obviously annoyed.
"Liz, what happened to us?"
Liz looked away, not wanting to look Dean in the eyes, "People change." Liz looked back to Dean, "But, I'm still your friend."
"But the relationship has changed between us and you know it!"
"Dean, not now, I don't want Robby listening to us."
Dean rolled his eyes, "Just let me help out a little, please?"
"I'm perfectly fine, okay?" Liz stormed off past Dean, leaving him there to think. He sighed, he wanted to fix things up with Liz, but she kept on pulling away. Sure, he had no clue how to take care of kids, but he really wanted to help her with Robby. The kid would need a father figure after all, so why not try?
He looked up to see Gabrielle walking down the hall, "You didn't hear any of that… did you?" He asked her once she stopped in front of him but, he knew she had to have heard. She wouldn't have stopped and had a look on her face saying 'what do you think you're doing?' if she hadn't.
"Dean, what the hell do you think you're doing?" She asked, clearly tired and annoyed at the older Winchester.
Dean looked down at the girl. He took in her haggard appearance and touched a scar on her neck. "I'll tell you, if you tell me how you got that." He hadn't seen it before, so it was obvious she had covered it up with makeup.
Gabrielle ran a hand through her hair, yawning softly as she did. "I'm not going to tell you. This isn't high school anymore Dean. You can't just bribe, blackmail, and mess-around to avoid things. You want to know why she left, taking me with her?" She asked, leaning back against the wall.
Dean nodded, his eyes showing how much he wanted to be in Liz's life again. How much he wanted to be her rock. "More than anything." He replied in a soft voice.
Gabrielle sighed and put her hand on his shoulder. "Then later, you're going to help me with my baby, and we'll talk about how you'll go about it. Get back to sleep Dean, you're gonna need it." She gave a half smile and trudged back to her room.
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Gabrielle leaned against her Chevelle, waiting for Dean to show up, and as promised he did, "Well, you showed." She smirked.
Dean rolled his eyes, "Of course?"
Gabrielle laughed, "Come on, help me with Chelsea."
"Thought you were gonna help me with Lizzie?"
Gabrielle glared at him, "I will, once we start working." Dean groaned and did as Gabrielle told him. Gabrielle was clearly having fun with this. The two talked as they worked on the Chevelle. Dean worked under the car as Gabrielle worked on the engine, "Right now, as you've seen Robby is practically Liz's life right now."
"Well, no shit sherlock, that's her kid."
Gabrielle rolled her eyes, "Do you want me to help you with Liz or not?" She snapped.
"Alright, sorry!"
Gabrielle snickered, "You want her to trust you and make her not leave, warm up to the kid and become his father figure. I'll be with Liz most of the time working on the car. Uncle Bobby will be researching stuff with Sam. Tell Bobby you'll watch the kid while he works since you're not into research. Tell him I said it was okay."
Dean came out from under the car, his hair was messy and he had greased hands and some on his face, "You think I can do it?"
Gabrielle smiled at Dean's look then leaned against the hood, "I'm sure. Robby doesn't warm up easily to a lot of people. He was scared of me for the first two months, not even letting me hold him without crying and throwing a fit. He sees something in you, Dean, obviously. Take that as an advantage." Dean pondered that, he did notice how easily Robby cheered up when he was around, maybe Gabrielle was actually right, "I also know about your deal, Winchester."
"Don't tell Liz." Dean pleaded, he couldn't have Liz know now. He wanted to wait until the time was actually right. How could he just openly say to her now after they finally reunited that, 'hey I'm going to Hell in a few months, so let's spend as much time together as possible'. No, he couldn't do that to her. He would wait.
Gabrielle held up her hands, "Don't worry, I won't. So, don't try to kill me." She laughed and put her hands back down, "That was tough of you to do that."
Dean looked away, "It was Sam, I couldn't let him rot."
"You're gonna have to tell Liz eventually."
Dean nodded, "I will, when the time is right."
Gabrielle gave Dean a smile, "Just don't do anything stupid."
Dean laughed, "Like what will I do?"
"Dean, I know about how you and Liz used to be. I know how you guys had the friends with benefits thing going on." Dean smirked, "Keep your dick in your pants. Don't let it think for you."
Dean got up and wiped some of the dirt off his pants, "I'll try not to."
"No, you WILL. Not try."
Dean smiled, "Thanks for the chat, Elle." He gave her a smirk and wave as she glared at him as he started to walk away.
"Dean!" She yelled. Dean laughed as he walked back into the house. She shook her head, "Idjit." She growled, then went back to working on the Chevelle.
Dean walked back into the house, "Maybe I'll help Sam get Gabrielle." He mused aloud as he entered the house.
"What did you just say?" Dean jumped at Sam's voice and turned to his side to see the sasquatch there.
"Dammit, Sammy! Don't do that to me!"
Sam laughed, "Dean, what were you doing out there with Elle?"
Dean shrugged, "You mean, I couldn't help Elle fix the Chevelle?"
Sam narrowed his eyes on Dean, "You guys were talking about Liz, weren't you?"
Dean huffed, "Now, why would we be talking about Liz?"
Sam crossed his arms, "Dean."
"Okay, Elle was just trying to help me with getting Liz to warm up to me again."
Sam shook his head, "Dean, you're going to Hell in a few months. Why do you even want to have anything happen with Liz?" He didn't want to see Liz lose another loved one again. He also knew how much Liz and Dean meant to each other, so it'd probably even hurt her worse about Dean going to Hell. She had to know eventually about the deal. He thought it was wrong keeping everything from her. He believed that she had the right to know.
"Sam, can't you see? This was like meant to happen. I have to fix things up with Liz before I leave."
Sam frowned, he felt for his brother, he knew how much Liz had meant to him, "Don't do anything stupid."
"Why does everyone keep telling me that?" First, Elle, now his brother. Why did they think he was gonna do something stupid?
Sam scoffed, "Maybe because you'll more than likely do something stupid and ruin everything. Again."
Dean huffed, "If you remember correctly, Sam. Liz was the one who had walked out, not me. I'm innocent."
Sam rolled his eyes, "You played apart of it, you're not all innocent. Just don't hurt Liz."
"Sam, you know I won't." Dean gave Sam a reassuring smile then walked past him towards the living room. Leaving Sam there alone.
Sam sighed, "Why do I feel like something bad is gonna come out of this?" He looked out the window to see Gabrielle working on the Chevelle. He smiled, then walked towards the kitchen to make himself a sandwich, he'd get back to researching on how to end Dean's deal in a little bit. As of right now, he was starving.
The rest of the day went by. Dean tried again to get Liz to let him help with Robby a few times, which led into a little bickering fight. Gabrielle had decided to stop working on the Chevelle for a little while to help Sam and Bobby with researching. Dinner was eventful, Robby caused a small food fight between him and Dean, which had Bobby notice how much Robby was warming up to Dean so quickly. Liz noticed it to, she couldn't handle it, so she decided she would put Robby to bed a little early as for herself as well. Then, it was eventually time for everyone else to head to bed.
Authors Notes: Hope you guys liked this chapter. Reviews would be nice :3
I bet you all can't wait for the next chapter. Dean takes care of Robby for the day, how will that turn out I wonder? Well, you just have to wait ;)
