Chapter 12

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Eleanor

She sat in a chair, a thick book in her hands that was about religion. Her finger moved over the papers as she quickly read it, trying to find anything that had with the Arc of Covenant to do. This was what the Winchester brothers, Bobby and Eleanor had been doing that entire after noon. The room smelled of coffee mixed with whiskey, which was what Dean was drinking, and it was dead silent. Everyone had a book in their hands, except for Sam who had his laptop on his lap, reading through articles on the internet, trying to find something about demons trading things, more info on purgatory and more info on the Ark of the Covenant. The Winchester's had filled Eleanor in on what they knew of Purgatory, about alpha monsters and everything they had learned since they had split up and although it was a lot, Eleanor had taken in quite a lot of it, mostly the things that concerned the apocalypse phenomenal. She had been shocked to hear about Sam's soul yet even more shocked about there being a blockade in his mind that kept him from remembering the memories that he had of his time in Hell, but also of the time he had without his soul. Some of it was leaking through though, this being something that Dean had told her in private, and it was concerning Dean and Bobby.

The sound of small footsteps entering the room made them all look over at the doorway. There stood Lily, looking at them all with wide eyes as she held a small toy in both her hands. It seemed to have been broken in two, however, that was supposed to be able to happen. This little fact had Lily missed completely and tears were streaming down her face as she held up the "broken" toy to Eleanor, not saying a word.

"Sweety, the toy isn't broken," said Eleanor, to which Lily pouted even more, more tears forming in her eyes.

"It broke when we went to the shop," said Lily, making no sense to the grown-ups in the room, most likely she had been playing with it when until it "broke".

For a moment, Eleanor simply looked at Lily. She was about to ask Lily to come to her when Dean shut his book, standing up and walking over to Lily before crouching down in front of her.

"Let me see that," said Dean softly, letting Lily place the toy in his outstretched hands. He immediately saw how to fix it and did just so, the small toy-car now being whole again. Lily's face lit up as she saw her toy being fixed, the tears stopping to come as she quickly grabbed the toy from Dean again.

"What do you say, sweety?" said Eleanor.

"Thank you, daddy," said Lily, her eyes on the small toy as she seemed to immediately go back into her own world.

Eleanor smiled as she saw Dean's eyes soften as Lily referred to him as his "daddy". He pushed back some of the hair that had fallen in front of her eyes, Lily not even noticing him doing so, before he stood up again.

"Do you want to go outside for a bit?" asked Dean, making Lily look up at him with wide eyes, a smile on her lips.

"Yes," she said, jumping up and down slightly.

"Ask your mum first," said Dean, turning around to look at Eleanor as Lily ran past him to her.

She closed the book she read as Lily placed her hands on Eleanor's knees, placing her chin on her knee as well and looking up at Eleanor with big, brown eyes.

"I wanna go out and play with daddy," said Lily.

"You gotta ask her," said Dean.

"Can I go out and play with daddy?" asked Lily.

"Of course you can," said Eleanor, smiling widely. The moment she had said this, Lily stormed towards Dean, grabbing his hand and starting to pull him towards the doorway. "Don't forget her jacket."

Dean nodded, glancing at Sam and Bobby who watched him with amused eyes, before following Lily out of the room.

"You know… I don't think I've seen Dean this relaxed since we started hunting together again," said Sam.

"Family's always had a soft spot in the kid's heart," said Bobby. "Now that he's a dad… well, I think it has a positive effect on him."

"Absolutely," said Sam, nodding his head as Eleanor simply smiled, blushing slightly for no real reason.

"I'm just glad that Dean let us in that easily," she said.

"This is something he's wanted for a while now," said Sam, earning a surprised look from Eleanor. The last time she'd met with Dean, before having to leave, Dean had never mentioned kids nor had he ever showed any real interest in them either. "He may not say it but… he wants it. I think Ben and Lisa made him realize it."

"Ben and Lisa?" asked Eleanor, earning a look from Sam that reminded Eleanor a lot of when Lily had done something that she wasn't allowed to do.

"Well…"

Dean

He sat out on the porch, watching Lily run around in circles out on the grass. A smile was on his face as the little girl laughed and laughed, seeming to be in her own world, pretending to be something she was not. He couldn't hide the fact that Lily reminded him a lot of Sam as a child and for some reason, this made him feel very comfortable with suddenly having a daughter. Yes, he'd been shocked but at the same time, he'd been strangely alright with it as well. It had barely bothered him that Elle hadn't told him about her, instead, he had been happy that he got to know her now. He had missed three years of her life but he was certain he could regain those years by simply spending time with her.

Lily walked over to him, suddenly returning to the real world as he looked up him. Dean raised his eyebrows at her, silently asking her what she wanted. The girl held out her hand to Dean, holding a few, yellow flowers in her hand. Although Dean didn't know the name of the flowers, he knew that they weren't flowers you'd normally have in your garden. They were flowers that were considered as weeds, but to his daughter, the flowers were pretty and he took them from her with a soft smile playing on his lips.

"Thanks," he said before the girl ran off again, continuing to run around in her own world.

He smirked as he looked down at the flowers, for a moment forgetting all the worries that were on his mind. He forgot about Crowley, about Sam's crumbling wall inside his mind and about the Ark of the Covenant. And for a moment, he simply felt like a father who was watching over his daughter as she played in the - not so pretty - garden. Though he was pushed back into reality when footsteps were heard behind him and someone sat down next to him. He glanced at the person, seeing Eleanor sitting there, her elbows leaning on her knees as she looked at Lily. Her face was serious and something seemed to bother her.

"She adores you, you know," said Eleanor, earning a look from Dean before he looked back at Lily. "I was in there, talking to Sam just now. He told me something interesting…"

"What?" asked Dean, glancing back at Eleanor again who still wasn't looking at him.

"He told me about Lisa and Ben," said Eleanor, Dean's heart sinking slightly at her words.

Lisa and Ben were still safe, this he knew. Though after the latest incident, he doubted he was even allowed to come near their house. He had showed up there, as a Vampire, going full Edward Cullen on them. After that, they had broken up, Lisa having called him when he had a strange spell over him, causing everyone to tell him the exact truth. And it had been the exact truth that had caused them to end their relationship.

"What'd he say?" asked Dean, his eyes glancing at the flowers in his hands, the laughter of Lily filling his ears as Eleanor took her time to reply to him.

"He told me most of it, I think. Who they were and so on… but also what happened," said Eleanor, glancing at Dean finally.

"You gonna yell at me?" asked Dean, finding that he sounded harsher than he had intended to. He wasn't sure where she wanted to go with this and he was scared that she was going to get defensive about it all, but she remained fairly calm, even though he had used an unnecessary tone towards her. Dean figured it might have something to do with the fact that Lily was there, though he wasn't sure. After all, Eleanor had changed a lot as had he.

"No," she replied, locking eyes with him. "I just wanted to say… that I'm sorry that it had to end like that."

Dean raised his eyebrows. "You're telling me that you don't feel offended or jealous at the fact that I was with another woman and another kid while you and Lily existed?"

Eleanor chuckled, looking away from him. Although it was a chuckle, it sounded forced and cold and he knew that what he had said was exactly what she felt.

"Maybe I do and maybe I don't," said Eleanor, shrugging as her eyes followed Lily as she continued running around. "But honestly… I can't exactly be mad at you either. After all, you didn't know about Lily and we had… you know… taken a break or whatever."

"Yeah," said Dean, nodding his head.

He felt confused at the words "taken a break" as he clearly remembered Eleanor simply leaving them, not even saying anything about where she was going or why she was leaving. All she had said was that it would be better if she left and that they had found their dad and everything was alright again. She had been wrong, of course, but that she hadn't known. What had been on her mind, was Lily; their unborn child and now that he thought about it, Dean understood why she had done what she did. Though it still angered him slightly that she couldn't have just told him that she was pregnant. After all, he wanted this as well.

A thought came to his mind. "What about you?"

"Huh?" asked Eleanor, looking back at Dean.

"Did you… find someone else?" asked Dean, meeting her eyes again.

Eleanor shook her head. "No. No one that… This is going to sound so cheesy," she said, looking away from Dean with a scoff and a sigh. "No one that could match you."

For a moment, Dean simply stared at her, barely believing what she had said. After all, Dean was just Dean. He never tried to be romantic and he never tried to be anything special either. Although he had tried during his time with Lisa, he had found that he was rather rubbish at the romantic part of the relationship and therefore, Lisa had done all of that instead. He had never really thought about it, but for some reason, the things that she did, never really melted his heart. Though the words that Eleanor had just said, just those few words, had and a sudden urge to grab her and kiss her lips until they were sore went through him, though he contained himself, knowing that Lily was close by.

Instead, he placed two fingers underneath her chin, making her look at him again as his eyes searched hers, finding her pupils dilating as she looked at him. Slowly, he pressed a soft kiss to her lips to which she replied by putting a little pressure back at his lips. It was a soft kiss, as Lily was there, and it lasted no longer than a few seconds, but it was enough to tell them both that they were each other's now. And that they, no matter what, would try and make this family work as best as they could.

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