A/N: So I've returned from what seems like a very long hiatus. As promised here is the next chapter, thank you all for being so patient with me. I felt like Cas and baby Colby "CJ" needed a little angel to baby bonding time. Please R&R below and tell me what you think.
The lack of sleep was definitely taking its toll on everybody in the house. In the last three days more coffee had be consumed than alcohol, rock-a-by-baby had been listened to more times than Led Zeppelin. Colby hadn't stopped crying for days. Not even Dean's off key version of Hey Jude could soothe his savage tears. Sam walked into the kitchen wiping a hand across the scruff on his face.
"Good morning" he said out loud as Bobby handed him a freshly made cup of coffee. Sam took it from him happily and crossed the kitchen to the fridge to pull out some creamer.
"I don't know how good it is?" Bobby sighed giving Sam a very solemn look grabbing another mug from the cupboard and pouring himself a cup of steaming hot joe. Sam sat down at the table and pushed the files that covered the surface out of the way and set down the mug, Dean who had fallen asleep about an hour earlier head on the kitchen table was jostled awake from a semi-peaceful slumber. Sam apologized for waking his brother as Dean wiped the drool from his face.
"How long was I out?" Dean asked rubbing the sleep from his eyes, looking around the room as sunlight streamed in through the window impairing his vision.
"About half an hour." Bobby responded after practically inhaling his coffee, Dean groaned as he laid his head back on the table and closed his eyes.
"Want some coffee?" Sam asked pushing his cup towards a semiconscious Dean.
"Only if you give it to me intravenously." Dean mumble out before sleep over came him once again. Sam just smiled and sipped tentatively on his coffee making it last as long as possible as Larissa came into the room. She grabbed a cup from the dish strainer and went to pour herself a cup of coffee only to notice that the coffee pot was completely empty. Sighing with frustration she turned around and held out the coffee pot in front of her clearing her throat hand stuck on her hip.
"Sorry babe." Sam apologized, as he got up from his chair and gave her a small soft kiss on the cheek. He could tell she was sleep deprived, he could see the bags under her eyes and he knew that she was exhausted hell they all were. She turned around and started brewing another pot as Sam massaged her shoulders breaking up the tension that he found there. She let her head lull to one side as Sam's hands worked their magic.
"I finally got CJ to sleep, he was fighting it though." Rissa said as Sam kept rubbing her shoulders, she was so tired she thought that she might fall asleep right there standing up making coffee in Bobby's kitchen.
"I think he might be colicky. But I won't really know until I can get him in to see the doctor tomorrow." She sighed as Sam rested his chin on her shoulder, both of them hated the idea of taking CJ to the hospital due to their line of work. They both starred out into the back yard as a flutter of wings brought their attention back to the room.
"Hey Cas" Sam said, acknowledging the angels presence with a nod.
"Hello Sam" Cas said with forced enthusiasm
"What's up Cas?" Larissa asked taking Sam's coffee cup and eagerly downing the remaining contents. Cas looked confused at the question, did these humans have no sense of direction at all he wondered to himself?
"The sky, the heavens, the… you didn't literally mean what's up did you?" Cas asked, feeling a little foolish and silly looking at the humor on every bodies faces around.
"Idjit" Bobby chuckled under his breath.
"It just means what's new?" Sam chuckled.
"I think I understand?" Cas replied nodding his head with fake understanding.
"Well my brothers and sisters are at odds with one another, having no authority figure or clear direction is very disheartening." Cas said shrugging his shoulders looking very pitiful and puppy dog like a trait he picked up from Sam unconsciously. He looked at Sam and then to Larissa before continuing.
"So…what's…up…?" Cas choked out still not really grasping the concept of the phrase
The rustling on blankets could be hear over the baby monitor, as soft whimpers played over the background. Everyone but Cas and a semi-catatonic Dean held their breath to wait for the inevitable. Then the cries of a very displeased CJ brought a groan out of everyone as Larissa set down the cup and went up the flight of stairs to hers and Sam's bedroom, as Sam answered Cas's question.
"Our son, our son is what's up Cas…every hour"
"On the hour" Bobby finished Sam's sentence, putting in a set of hunter orange ear plugs to try and drown out some of the crying, before locking himself away in the study burying himself in the weeks newest case. Sam walked past Cas and up the stairs to the bedroom as Colby cries rang throughout the entire house, in the bedroom Sam found Larissa bouncing and rocking the baby in her arms as little tears rolled down is puffy red cheeks. Larissa kept shushing CJ and brought him up to her lips kissing his tiny forehead. Sam closed the door behind him and sat on the bed elbows resting on his knees, ears ringing from the little shrieks emanating from his son when Cas poofed himself into the room.
"Sam we have to talk." Cas said point blank.
"What? Cas can't we do this another time?" Sam asked head starting to throb.
"Sam we need to talk about this whole Micheal ordeal, Dean is the ultimate vessel." Sam rolled his eyes at the angels persistence, couldn't Cas just leave him and his brother out of heavens business for two seconds, clearly they had enough on their plate as it was. But Cas continued anyway...
"Sam when the time comes, Micheal will..." Cas paused in mid sentence finally observing the crying baby, with a snap of his fingers CJ slept peacefully in Larissa's arms. Shock riddled Larissa and Sam's face.
"Cas what did you just do to my son?" Sam inquired, seeing that the baby was finally asleep and all was quite.
"I'm sorry Sam, but baby apes are so noisy how can you live with one?" Cas asked clearly puzzled. Sam just stood amazed, kicking himself for not getting Castiel to come down and help them sooner.
"Cas, I swear if you did..." Larissa started before Dean burst through the door fully alert and gun at the ready to kill anyone if need be.
"What's wrong? Is everything okay, I didn't hear the baby crying?" Dean asked rushing into the room and taking Colby out of Larissa's arms like it was no big deal.
"Everything's fine Dean, Cas just..." Sam started
"Cas just Ella Enchanted our baby is all." Larissa finished, taking CJ back from Dean.
"I'm not entirely sure what that means?" Cas answered
"Well is he alright? Is he gonna wake up, is he gonna be like sleeping beauty?" Dean asked quite concerned for his nephews well being.
"Dean, wrong fairy tale, and how... how do you even know about Sleeping Beauty."
"I don't." Dean said defensively crossing his arms across his chest, "Colby likes to watch Disney movies and it was the only thing on paper view that wasn't porn related. Although that Snow White chick massive orgy going on right there if you know what I mean." Dean said wiggling his eyebrows and biting his lower lip.
"Eww, dude seriously not in front of my son." Dean pouted but not before giving a playful smirk.