March 2031 (Castiel is 41, Dean is 43, Eden is 17, Adrian is 14, the twins are 10, Noah is 4 (almost 5), Ariel is 17, Carter is 17, Kyle is 19, Sam and Jess are 35 (almost 36), Jesse is 12, Aria is 6 (almost 7), Kaylee is 2, Jason is 18, Jo is 42, Tom is 44, Emma is 13 years old (almost 14)).

In March it was almost time for Eden's prom which was going to be in mid-May that year. Everyone in her grade was going crazy about prom and who their date would be, but Eden hadn't found a partner so far.

"You need to find a prom date," Ariel told Eden in the lunch break. They had gone outside to sit at an outdoor table together with Carter, enjoying the warm sun while eating. They mostly avoided the cafeteria because the bullies always gathered there. Carter had gone to the bathroom a few minutes ago, so Ariel and Eden were sitting alone at the moment.

"I know," Eden mumbled and took another bite from her sandwich. Castiel still made her lunch since he was making lunch for her siblings anyway so he figured he might as well make it for her, he said.

"I'd love to go with you but I've got myself a very masculine date," Ariel smirked and wriggled her eyebrows while grinning. A guy from her music class had asked her to be his prom date and Ariel had said yes – she had always had a secret crush on the guy who was a beta angel.

Eden smiled. "I know. I can't believe that guy actually asked you out."

"Hey! I'm not that bad looking," Ariel laughed and gave Eden a friendly shove. She was still blonde with bluish grey eyes, and her wings were white with some grey in them.

They looked up when Carter returned and sat down opposite them at the table. "Hey again, guys."

"Hi," Eden replied and gave him a smile.

Ariel glanced between her friends curiously. "Why was it again that you and Carter don't just go to the prom together? Then you both don't have to look for dates."

"Because I have the feeling that Kyle is gonna ask Carter out, so I'm not making any agreements with Carter until the last minute," Eden spoke and smirked over at Carter.

Carter blushed. "That's nonsense…" he muttered, not believing that Kyle would ever ask him to go to the prom, but Eden had insisted that they waited with making any agreements together until the last minute if Kyle didn't ask Carter out after all. Carter's phone vibrated in his pocket then, and he frowned at it as he pulled it out to look at it. His eyes went wide when he saw that Kyle had just sent him a text message saying 'Meet me in front of the school.'

"What is it?" Eden asked when she saw Carter's wide, surprised eyes and how his cheeks flushed a bit.

Carter snapped his head up and stared at his two friends who were staring back at him curiously. "Uh, Kyle sent me a text message that I should meet him in the front of the school…"

It had turned out that Kyle lived very close to Carter, so they sometimes met in the nearby park or on the street. Shortly after the incident at Eden's birthday two years ago Kyle had started walking Carter, Eden and Ariel into the school to make sure that the bullies would back off. Carter had been a blushing mess whenever Kyle had walked right next to him through the corridors, but unfortunately he had graduated last year and had left the school. Some of the bullies still left Carter alone because they knew that he still spoke to Kyle every now and then and they were afraid he'd tell him about them.

"Uuuh, how romantic," Ariel grinned.

"Shut up," Carter mumbled and scowled at her while blushing like mad.

"You should go see what he wants then," Eden told him with an excited smile.

"Yeah, I'll catch up with you later," Carter spoke. He quickly packed his schoolbag before running off.

Carter moved swiftly through the crowds of people until he reached the street. He sighed in relief when he spotted Kyle waiting for him by his car. His car was a little old but it was fancy and well cared for, and Carter kinda liked it. Kyle beamed when Carter came over.

"Hey," Kyle smiled. "How's it going? Still any mean bullies around?"

"How can there not be bullies around? Although they've mostly backed off now… at least the ones that know you. I don't think I ever thanked you enough for keeping them off mine and Eden's backs before." Carter smiled up at Kyle who was a head taller than he was.

"No problem. My little brother gets picked on too so I just hate it when I see kids treating others like they're trash," Kyle shrugged.

Carter nodded absently. He already knew about Kyle's brother. "So, uh, why did you ask me to come here? You can't really want me to help you with another assignment since you're not in school anymore."

Kyle laughed out loud. "No, no assignments," he grinned. "I was actually wondering if you'll be going to the school prom?"

Carter shifted self-consciously and felt a spark of hope in his chest. "Well, I'd like to go, but I haven't got a date and my worst bullies are gonna be there…"

"Do you want me to go with you?"

Carter's eyes widened. "I, uh, you mean like, uh…" he stuttered.

Kyle chuckled at him. "Yes, I'm asking if I can be your prom date. My own prom was pretty cool and I'd hate for you to miss yours because of some bullies. Besides, my last date was some slutty chick and I'd really like to go with someone who is…" he looked over Carter's frame "…more my type." His lips curled into a smile, and he watched as Carter's eyes grew even wider and a bright blush formed on his cheeks.

"I, uh…"

Kyle immediately added, "I'm sorry, did I say something wrong?"

"No!" Carter blurted and blushed at himself. "No, I, uh, I'd love for you to be my date— uh, prom date." His wings gave a small, excited twitch behind his back, and his tail curled in joy by his leg while he smiled up at Kyle.

Kyle's beamed. "Awesome, I'm looking forward to it already. I guess we'll, uh, talk more about it later? I have a job interview soon, so I gotta go now…"

"Oh. Yeah, sure," Carter smiled.

Kyle returned the smile and stepped closer to Carter. He gently unfolded his wing to brush it against Carter's in a very intimate gesture, smiling at him, before he stepped back and got into his car, saying goodbye.

Carter had been frozen to the spot and almost couldn't believe what had just happened. He quickly said goodbye to Kyle while he could still hear him, and rushed back to the school.

Eden and Ariel were still sitting at the small outdoor table, chatting after having finished lunch, and they looked up when Carter returned with a huge smile on his face.

"What's up? What did he want?" Ariel asked as Carter sat down opposite them.

Carter's face was one big grin, and his tail was curling and uncurling in joy next to him. "He asked me to the prom."

Eden and Ariel both gasped loudly in surprise and excitement.

"Wow, he actually asked you out?!" Ariel blurted. "That's so great!"

"I knew he was gonna ask you!" Eden grinned. "I'm so happy for you! I can tell that Kyle is a good guy, so I think you're in good hands."

Carter smiled shyly and blushed. "Yeah, thanks…"

"That's great that you got a date," Ariel exclaimed and grinned in excitement. She turned to look at Eden and said, "Now Eden just needs a date…"

Eden sighed heavily and stared at some spot on the table. "I may just stay at home…"

"No, no, no! You're coming with us, with or without date," Ariel said firmly. Carter nodded in agreement. "You could always ask Jason if he wants to go. We are allowed to bring dates who aren't from the school."

Eden groaned loudly. "God, why do you always bring Jason into the conversation?"

"Because he's the center of your wet dreams," Ariel snickered. Eden blushed heavily and made a disgusted face, giving Ariel an annoyed shove. Ariel just laughed at her.

Carter scrunched up his nose in disgust. "Guys… Too much information."

"Tell that to Ariel!" Eden exclaimed.

Ariel cracked up. "If you were straight you'd love to hear about such things."

"Well, I'm not… But I do think that Jason is a pretty attractive guy. Even though he's a human he's got quite an alpha look to him so Eden definitely has a good taste in guys," Carter said. Both he and Ariel snickered when Eden groaned and buried her blushing face in her hands.

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Two weeks later Dean, Castiel and their children went to visit Mary and John on the weekend. Sam and Jess were there also with their children. Jesse had just turned twelve years old, but since his birthday was on a Wednesday they could first drop by Mary and John's house in the weekend so that the grandparents could spend some time with their grandchildren. Sam and his family had arrived Friday night and slept over until Saturday, and Dean and Castiel arrived with the kids Saturday before noon. Molly was being looked after by Kevin again while they were gone.

Dean was happy to see Sam again since it had been a while, and the children were excited to see their cousins. They spent the day outside in the warm weather and the children played in the garden while the adults talked.

"Can't believe Eden is turning eighteen in August, and that Adrian has gotten so tall…" Jessica said while they sat on the terrace and watched the children play. They were playing soccer, and it was mainly Eden and Adrian who scored the goals since they were the oldest and the most skilled. Noah had joined them too but he still wasn't very good at playing; he just liked to chase the ball.

"Oh yes, time goes so fast," Mary agreed. She glanced at John and smiled. "And we are getting old…"

"Old but still pretty," John smirked and brought Mary's hand up to his mouth to place a kiss on it. Mary laughed softly and gave him a warm smile.

Castiel watched them a smile, and Dean made a slightly disgusted face next to him. He always thought it was weird to see his parents kiss, even if it wasn't on the mouth.

Sam and Jessica's youngest child, Kaylee, sat on Sam's lap at the table. She was two years old and had both a tail and demon wings. Jesse and Aria – Sam and Jessica's two oldest children – were in the garden with the other kids. All three kids had tails, but Aria was born without wings which was extremely rare for a hybrid that was only quarter part human.

"Well, they had to grow up at some point," Sam spoke while he gently bounced Kaylee on his lap. "Has Eden started dating yet?" he asked and looked over at Dean and Castiel who sat opposite him.

Dean chocked on his beer and coughed like mad. "What? No, my little girl doesn't date – not until I approve of the guy!"

Castiel smiled and rolled his eyes. "Dean, she's seventeen…"

"So what? I'm still her father."

Mary and John laughed.

"You started dating when you were fifteen, Dean, don't forget that," Mary chuckled.

"I wouldn't exactly call it 'dating' until he met Castiel, it was more like whoring…" John muttered as he took a sip from his beer.

"Hey, I heard that!" Dean scowled. He glared at Sam who was cracking up at John's comment. "And it's different with girls, you know…" Dean added.

"Well, when she's eighteen she can date whoever she wants and you won't be able to do anything about it," Jessica reminded him. She laughed when Dean groaned and scowled at her.

Castiel chuckled at Dean when his mate didn't seem one bit pleased about Jessica's comment. He squeezed Dean's hand below the table and brushed his wing against the demon's to calm him down. "Jessica is right; Eden can date whoever she has feelings for. But I think we both know our daughter well enough to know that she will not pick a bad person to date."

"Yeah, I know, but I still don't like the thought of her being with a guy…" Dean mumbled. "Or Lily, but at least she's still too young for such things."

"What about the boys then?" Sam asked. "Are you gonna wrap them up in protective cotton too and keep an eye on everyone they hang out with?"

Dean snorted. "Hey, I'm not that extreme. Besides, it's different with boys. As long as they don't 'whore around' like I did, then I don't mind. Noah is different, though, but it'll be years before we have to worry about him dating." He looked at Castiel as he said the last part.

Castiel nodded quietly and stared at the table.

"Noah is going to have a tough time when he becomes a teenager, I imagine," Mary said. "But at least Castiel will be there to help – you know everything about being a submissive, after all." She smiled over at Castiel who looked up at her with a small smile of his own.

"Yeah, thank god for that," Dean smiled at his mate.

Submissives often had a tough time when they became teenagers. They were different from males and females because they were a mix of them both, and because of this they were often discriminated against or objectified. It was tough for them to mingle with male friends, and tough to mingle with female friends, because the males would be sexually interested in them, while the females didn't completely see the submissives as being females as well and thus wouldn't let them into their friend circles that easily. It was rare that a school had several submissives, so they were often alone unless they were lucky to find friends who could accept them for who they are. Castiel had been a loner for many years, but he had had a few friends – mainly females – in his school whom he could hang out with sometimes. There had also been one alpha angel – Balthazar – who had helped him keep the other alphas off his back when they tried to approach and make sexual advances on him. Castiel had been grateful for Balthazar's help although he had suspected that the alpha hadn't only been doing it out of the goodness of his heart. But Balthazar had never made any advances on him, probably because he knew about Castiel's brother Michael who was obsessed with keeping Cas a virgin for Lucifer. After high school he and Balthazar had gone to different colleges in the opposite ends of the state, so Castiel hadn't seen him since.

Castiel quickly looked up in alert when he heard Noah shriek from the garden, but was relieved when he saw that his son was just enjoying himself while he played with Aria who was two years older than him. The two of them seemed to get along well, and they were currently running around together with the others. It seemed that the children had started playing tag after having played soccer for a while, and now they were all running around the garden and trying not to get tagged. Even Eden and Adrian seemed to have fun, although Adrian quickly closed his mouth when embarrassing, non-manly shrieks escaped from it.

"I'm glad to see that Noah is enjoying himself instead of being shy," Sam noted and smiled at the scene.

"He's become a bit more outgoing with kids that he knows, and he's more open when his family is around. But he's still always hiding behind Cas whenever he gets an excuse for it," Dean chuckled.

"Is he still sad about not having a tail?" Jessica asked with a sad expression on her face.

Castiel's face dropped a little. "Yes, he still asks me sometimes why he doesn't have one…"

"Poor boy… I kinda know how he feels, seeing as I was born without wings. My sister has wings and pretty much all demon hybrids I know have them… I'm kinda glad I have Aria who also doesn't have wings, even though I really wanted her to have them."

Sam placed a hand on Jessica's thigh for comfort, and she turned and gave him a small smile in return.

Castiel gave her an understanding smile. "I know… I also wish that Noah had a tail, but at the same I can't help but feel less alone about it myself." Dean leaned in and placed a soft kiss on Cas' temple, making his parents and Sam smile at him. They liked to see the gentle, caring part of Dean which he had first really started showing after he met Castiel.

"Noah will be fine without a tail – so were you," John pointed out and looked over at Castiel. "He just needs to know that it won't make him different from his siblings." Mary nodded in agreement next to him.

"I know," Castiel smiled.

They all looked up when Noah, Aria, Lily and Isaac came running up to the terrace.

"Daddy! Papa! Look – Noah found a four-leaf-clover in the garden," Lily grinned and gestured for Noah to show it to them.

Noah grinned down at the small clover he was holding in his hands, and proudly presented it to everyone.

"Ohh! That means you'll have good luck!" Mary smiled.

Noah padded over to Castiel and Dean, and handed the clover to Castiel who gently took it.

"Wow, that is a very nice clover. Did you find it all by yourself?" Castiel asked and smiled down at the little clover in his hands.

Noah nodded. "Yes, I picked some up and it was dhere." He still had some trouble with the th-words so it often came out with a d-sound instead.

"I haven't found one of those for years. Grandma and grandma's garden has always lacked good luck," Dean remarked and smirked over at his parents.

"Be careful with what you say, Dean," Mary warned and glared at him. John just laughed.

The other children came over as well to look at the good luck clover. The youngest ones had never seen a clover with four leaves before so they were very fascinated. Eden, Adrian and Jesse had all seen one before so it wasn't a new sight to them, but Eden was glad that little Noah had managed to find one for the first time.

"I also wanna find one," Isaac pouted jealously.

"Then go look, dummy," Adrian told him. He snickered when Isaac shot him an annoyed glare.

After a few hours it was time for Dean, Castiel and their children to leave. They were going to drop by at Jo's house before going home because they had promised Jo to visit them soon.

They all hugged goodbye, and Dean and Sam were reluctant to let each other go again.

"Come by to visit us in Stanford again soon, we miss having you as guests," Sam chuckled as he hugged Dean goodbye.

"Sure, as long as you make pie I'll be there," Dean grinned and finally pulled away. He entwined his tail with Sam's, giving it a tight squeeze.

Sam rolled his eyes. "Typical."

Dean smirked. "Bitch."

"Jerk," Sam retorted with a grin. He squeezed Dean's tail back with his own before slowly pulling it away.

Jessica snickered at them and pulled Dean and Castiel into hugs as well, careful not to crush little Kaylee who sat on her arm.

"Goodbye, Sam, take care," Castiel smiled as he and Sam hugged. As always, Sam was careful not to touch Castiel's feathers.

"You too, Cas, it was good to see you again. Take care of Dean."

Castiel chuckled and slowly pulled away from their hug. "I will." He looked at Dean who just rolled his eyes fondly.

Noah came over to stand next to Castiel again, and he glanced around at others curiously as they all said goodbye, hugged, and entwined tails. When Aria came over to say goodbye to him, she reached out her tail towards him before she realized that he didn't have one. She quickly pulled her tail back and blushed a little at her mistake, and Noah shifted uncomfortably next his papa.

Eden had noticed the scene and came over to Noah. "Don't be sad about not having a tail, Noah, we all love you anyway," she told him and kneeled down to be eye level with him.

Noah gave her a sad stare. "But I wanna touch tails too…"

"Aww, come here," Eden said and pulled her little brother into a comforting hug.

"Is Noah sad about tails again?" Lily asked behind her.

The others glanced down at Noah with sad frowns, and Castiel felt his heart ache once again in sympathy.

"Yeah," Eden spoke. She rubbed Noah's back soothingly before pulling away from him and getting up on her feet once more. She gave him a reassuring smile when he looked up at her in disappointment that she had pulled away from the hug.

"Aww, don't be sad about that; your papa doesn't have one either," Mary told him and give Noah a warm smile.

Noah glanced up at Castiel, and being reminded that his papa was tailless too seemed to make him feel a bit better.

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After saying goodbye Dean drove them over to Jo's house which wasn't that far away from Mary and John's. It was 5:15pm already and they'd only stay for a couple of hours before going back home.

Jo seemed happy that they visited her again, and she had prepared some cake and pie for them.

They sat outside at the outdoor table, and after having had coke, cake and pie the twins were high on sugar. They tumbled around in the big garden and tried to make Emma and Adrian play ball with them.

"So, Eden, did you find yourself a nice boyfriend yet?" Jo asked and looked over at Eden who was still seated at the table with Jason. Noah was sitting on Dean's lap, playing with his father's tail.

Eden blushed at the question. "No…"

"Jeez, mom, why do you ask such questions?" Jason asked, embarrassed by his mother.

Dean laughed. "Yeah, I'm wondering about the same."

"What? It's nice to know such things about people you know," Jo said to her defense.

"Or maybe you just enjoy embarrassing people… Like when you kept asking Castiel if he was pregnant yet back before they had Eden," Tom chuckled. He brushed some of Jo's blonde hair behind her ear and gave her a teasing smirk.

"Well, I was really excited to see what their babies would look like…"

Castiel blushed a bit and Dean just smirked.

"Well, I think our babies turned out very pretty," Dean remarked and turned to grin at Eden.

Eden smirked at him. "That couldn't have come from your genes then," she teased.

"Hey!"

The others cracked up, and Noah stared around at them curiously when everyone started laughing. He held Dean's tail in his little hands, running his hands over it curiously and was fascinated by the way it felt and how it twisted in his hands.

"She always has a nice remark in store, just like her daddy," Jo laughed.

Eden grinned at Dean when her father gave her an annoyed scowl, but she could easily tell that he was amused deep inside.

After having recovered from laughing, the adults and continued talking and Jason eventually gestured for Eden to follow him into the garden. Eden complied, and Jason led her through the garden past the others and up to his old tree house in the back of the garden. Noah stayed at the table – he was feeling sleepy, and Lily and Isaac were too hyper for him to hang out with at the moment. Instead, he sat quietly on Dean's lap and played with some old puzzles that Jo had found for him to play with.

Adrian stared at Eden as she and Jason went by him and headed for the tree house. He raised his eyebrow a little before turning his attention back to playing with the others. At least they were playing soccer so he actually had some fun with it.

Eden climbed up after Jason into the tree house, and they settled themselves cross-legged on an old rug on the wooden floor. It was rather warm that day but they both still wore jeans to keep warm because the spring breeze could be a little cold sometimes. The tree house was big enough that Eden could stand up inside of it, but Jason had to duck his head a little to get around.

Jason smirked when he pulled out an old game of chess from the corner. "I always keep this one up here."

Eden laughed. "I doubt you can beat me anyway."

"We'll see. I've gotten better at beating you, remember?"

Eden just chuckled and let Jason prepare the game. They chatted a bit while playing, and Jason watched Eden's tail move around on the floor next to her. The tip was poking upwards, indicating that she was concentrated. He had learned to read the signals that her tail gave off better, and now he could mostly tell her mood by looking at her tail.

"So, anything interesting going on in your life lately?" Jason asked while they played.

Eden pondered over her next move in the game before replying, "Not much… just that prom's coming up."

"Oh." Jason looked over at her. "Found a date yet?" He tried his best to sound neutral as he said it.

"Nah… Ariel's going with some guy she likes, and Kyle asked Carter out, and there isn't really anyone from my school that I'm interested in going with. Alex actually asked me but he just did it to mock me, and all his friends got themselves a cheap laugh," she muttered and moved her piece up the board, knocking one of Jason's pieces out of the game.

Jason made an annoyed sound at losing one of his pieces. "That guy sounds like a real dick; I'd love to punch him." Eden snickered. "So you've got no one to go with…?"

"No… not yet."

"Me neither," Jason mumbled. He glanced over at Eden from under his lashes, hesitating. "You know… we could just go together."

Eden sat back and stared at him in surprise, blinking at him. "Are you asking me to the prom, Jason?" she snickered.

Jason tried desperately to suppress a blush, and stuttered, "Well, I mean we can go together as friends… seeing as neither of us have found dates. I don't mind going with you to your prom, then I can just not go to my own. There is some guy who's going that I wanna avoid anyway." He glanced over at her and shifted nervously as he waited for her reply.

Eden smiled a little shyly. "I'd like that."

Jason beamed. "Cool."

Eden chuckled. "And who's this guy you wanna avoid anyway?" she asked curiously.

"Just some jerk who doesn't like me after I kicked his ass. He was harassing some poor girl in front of his friends and I told him to back off. After I won the fight he told me he'd get back at me at prom and make sure I was humiliated in front of everyone, so I'm not particularly eager to go. You can never know what that guy has in mind…"

"Oh my god, that sounds scary," Eden gasped. "But I'm glad you helped that girl. Though, I'm having a hard time picturing you fighting with someone," she chuckled.

"What? You think I'm weak?" Jason asked, sounding a little hurt.

"No, no! It's just that I haven't seen a lot of humans fight… And, um, I don't think I've ever really seen you angry before, except for one time when we were kids and some of your classmates made fun of me," Eden explained. She gave her friend a shy smile, and Jason seemed to relax again.

"Ah. Well, I can get angry, and this guy especially pisses me off…"

Eden chuckled. "I can tell."

Eden was about to make her next move in the game when she felt something move in her feathers. She frowned and turned her head to look at her right wing, unfolding it a bit to see what it was. She gave a loud shriek when she spotted a big spider in her feathers. "Eeek!" She jumped up fast and started thrashing her wing, trying to shake the spider off. "Jason, there is a spider in my wing! Get it out!" she cried in panic.

Jason immediately got up, but he couldn't really get close when Eden was shaking her wings like that. "What should I do?"

"Get it out!"

"But you're moving around too much! And how should I get it out when I can't touch your wings?"

"Just do something! Touch them if you have to! Just get it ooouuut!" Eden whined in distress and kept moving around restlessly. She kept her wings still so that Jason could help her get the spider out.

Jason moved in to grab the spider – which turned out to be really big and fat, making Jason feel a bit disgusted himself – but Eden's wing lashed out again as her body panicked. He grabbed her wing, keeping it still with a hand on the wing bone, and finally managed to grab the spider and throw it out of the window. He quickly let go of her wing afterwards, feeling it tense up under his touch. The feathers were a mixture of rough and smooth under his hand, and he couldn't help but feel completely awed by their feel. He hadn't touched her wings since they were little kids.

Jason immediately felt guilt about having touched one of Eden's private areas. "Sorry, I shouldn't have grabbed your wing, but you kept moving—"

"It's okay," Eden cut him off. Her back was turned to him, and Jason could see that her entire body was tensed up. She folded her wings behind her back again and slowly turned around. "You had to, I know. Thanks for your help…"

"You're welcome," Jason told her. Eden raised her head and gave him a shy smile, and Jason was about to say something when there was a loud thud on the tree house. They went over and looked out of the windows, seeing Adrian standing below. He had just thrown a small pebble up on the tree house to get their attention.

"What's going on up there?" Adrian yelled up at them. "Hmm, wait, forget that I asked… I don't even wanna think about it after I heard Eden scream 'get it out'…" He smirked up at them when both Eden and Jason's faces turned bright red.

"There was a big, nasty spider in my wings!" Eden snapped at him. "Don't be such a pervert, Adrian!"

Adrian laughed at her, and Jason just flushed in embarrassment.

"What's a 'pervert'?" Lily asked as she, Isaac and Emma came over to Adrian who was still standing under the tree house, staring up at Eden and Jason.

"Nothing you wanna know!" Eden shouted down at her, still blushing.

Emma was giggling like mad because she was old enough to know what the word meant.

The children walked back over to continue with playing, and Eden glared at Adrian when he sent her a teasing smirk. She sighed heavily and sat back down on the floor so that she and Jason could finish their game.

"Now, where were we…"

Jason chuckled and sat down opposite her. "I think it was your turn before that poor spider got itself lost in your feathers."

"It was not a 'poor spider', it was disgusting!" Eden growled.

Jason laughed. "Yeah, a little, but it wasn't a poisonous one. Besides, I think it got even more scared than you did."

"Good, that should teach it to stay away from me then," Eden mumbled and finally made her next move in their game of chess.

Half an hour later it was time for Dean, Castiel and kids to go home.

Eden and Jason climbed out of the tree house, and Jason quickly steadied Eden when she was about to lose her footing on the rope latter. Her wings were spread out to help her keep her balance, so Jason's hands hadn't touched her feathers. She blushed a bit when she felt Jason's strong hands on her hips as he stood on the ground behind her and tried to steady her, and she smiled shyly at him once she was down on the ground.

"You haven't changed your mind, have you? About going to the prom with me…" Eden asked and glanced up at Jason from under her lashes.

"No, of course not, why should I?" Jason said and laughed a little.

"Well, maybe you'll find a girl at your school whom you'd rather go with."

Jason reached out his hand towards her face, making Eden freeze in surprise. She blinked at him when he gently moved some of her stray hair back behind her ear in an oddly intimate gesture.

Jason smiled at her and said, "Don't worry, I won't find anyone else."

Eden beamed, and they stared into each other's eyes for several moments in silence.

"Eden! C'mon, we're leaving!" Dean yelled from the terrace, making Eden snap out of their moment and turn her head to look towards him.

"I'm coming!" Eden shouted back. She looked back at Jason before the two of them slowly walked across the garden and up to house, walking silently side by side.

Adrian gave them a look when they reached the terrace. The others were inside the house already with Adrian being the only one still outside with Eden and Jason. "You know, for a moment I thought you were gonna kiss back there," he smirked.

Eden gasped, mortified, and punched Adrian's arm. "Stop being such a jerk!" Her face was burning red, and she scowled at Jason when he couldn't help but snicker at her, even though he too was a little embarrassed.

Adrian grinned smugly at her, and the others gave them a questioning look when they went inside.

"Ready to go home?" Dean asked when Eden came over to get her jacket.

"Yeah," Eden smiled and put on her jacket. Jason watched as she spread her wings and let the jacket fall down over them, making them fit into the holes designed for the wings. The jacket was open from the hole and down to the hem, and Eden reached behind herself to zip up under her wings.

Jo gave Jason a light shove when she saw him staring at Eden's wings, and Jason quickly looked away. It wasn't appropriate of him to stare like that unless she was his girlfriend or mate.

"Thank you for the pie and everything, Jo, I hope we will see each other again soon," Castiel told Jo as they said goodbye in the entrance hall.

Jo grinned and pulled Castiel into a friendly hug. "You're welcome, though the pie wasn't nearly as good as the ones you make."

"That's not true, I thought it was good," Castiel smiled as he pulled away again. Noah came over to him and grabbed a hold of his shirt while he waited for everyone to say goodbye.

"Yup, very delicious," Dean agreed and grinned at Jo.

"I liked it too," Lily smiled, and Isaac and Adrian agreed.

Jo laughed. "I'm glad you did."

They all said goodbye, and Eden smiled at Jason and hugged her friend before joining her family as they left.

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When they came home everyone was tired from a long, social day, and the twins sat down in front of the TV to watch some cartoons before it was time for dinner and for bed.

"What's got you in such a good mood, Eden?" Dean asked when they entered the living room. Eden had had a weird smile on her face all the way home in the car, and she was currently humming happily to herself.

"Nothing… Just that I finally got myself a date to the prom," Eden grinned and curled her tail happily.

Dean looked stunned, and Castiel looked up from where he was preparing a quick dinner in the kitchen.

"You got a prom date?" Adrian asked, looking equally surprised.

"Yes, Jason suggested that we go together to my prom since neither of us have found dates yet," Eden explained.

"You're going with Jason to the prom?" Dean asked. He let the information sink in, trying to wrap his head around it. "He's not gonna order some weird room for you at a hotel or anything, is he?"

Adrian burst out laughing and almost startled Noah who was standing next to him.

"Jeez, dad! No! We're going as friends," Eden groaned and rolled her eyes.

"Oh, good…" Dean muttered.

Castiel rolled his eyes from the kitchen and couldn't help but chuckle at Dean's reaction. The twins were too busy watching TV to really listen to their conversation.

Noah came over to Eden, gently pulling at her shirt to get her attention. "Eden, I need da bathroom… can you help, please?" he muttered and looked up at her from his lashes.

Eden smiled. "Sure, let's go."

Adrian went over to keep an eye on the twins who had become dangerously close to hitting the plant next to the TV while tumbling around, and Dean went over to Cas in the kitchen. He wrapped his arms around Cas' waist from behind while the angel was working at the stove, and he rested his chin on Cas' shoulder, squeezing his wings between their bodies.

"I almost can't wrap my head around the fact that Eden's prom is in two months…" Dean murmured, and rubbed circles into his mate's abdomen.

Castiel chuckled and leaned back into the demon. "I know, time passes so quickly."

"Does it sound odd if I tell you that I'm really glad that her date is Jason and not some other guy?"

Castiel smiled. "No, that doesn't sound odd at all. In fact I feel relieved about it too, knowing that she will be going with a boy that we all know and trust. But please don't ruin her night by being too protective, Dean…"

"She's my daughter, how can I not be protective of her?" Dean said and tightened his arms around Cas.

"I know, but she's old enough to handle herself."

"Fine, I'll try to control myself then… But no promises," Dean muttered with a somewhat displeased tone. Castiel just smiled and turned his head to kiss Dean on the cheek before turning his attention back to the food he was cooking.

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Author's notes: I didn't expect my readers to like the Carter/Kyle pairing so much, I'm positively surprised XD I'll be adding a bit of Carter/Kyle scenes in as well for those who ship it :) There will be a lot of Eden/Jason in the coming chapters with the prom and everything, but I'll try not to neglect Dean/Cas and the other kids. I wasn't planning on making the story this long, and while I'm at it I may as well write the story up to the point where Noah is a teenager and gets a mate… But there will be a lot of time jumping until then. I'm glad I still have some loyal readers and reviewers who want to follow the story to its end :) I'm only dragging it this long because of you, and because I really want to explore the kids' lives as they grow older and start getting love interests and so on.

As for Balthazar… Who knows, maybe he'll show up now that I mentioned that Cas once knew him :)

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