CHAPTER 2

The car was completely silent. The tension was so thick that you could even cut it with a knife. Sam was looking at his brother from the corner of his eyes. From a scale of 1-10 , Dean's mood was at 8 which was soo not good. If you were wondering about this scale it was called 'Dean's fury meter'. Sam was the mastermind behind it. '10' means danger and '1' means not to worry much. And usually 1-5 means you are heading towards a danger zone but you are not in it yet so just stop. And 6-10 means, dude you are in danger zone , go run or hide or something.

When you have grown with an older brother who is just not your brother but at times your father , mother, best friend , protector and disciplinarian too. These things come in handy. So now back to present , '8' is not good.

"Unca Dean ?". DJ was awake and was now bored. You cannot blame him. Kids can't stay still for long. He just had his two hour nap so he was completely charged and also oblivious of any of the tension in the car.

Sam wanted to quiet his son. Dean was not in a chatty mood right now. It wasn't like Sam wasn't angry. But he also knew that they cannot do anything unless they have a way to reach their father which was impossible since his father had died and so had the kid's , Adam's mom too. You can't just call him 'kid' Sam , he has a name. Sam thought to himself.

"Yes , kiddo ?". For all Dean's fury , he still answered DJ patiently. Sam was not jealous of his son because that would be just ridiculous, its not like he wanted Dean to snap at his son but even he was never given this privilege when Dean was this angry. He had a strong suspicion that Dean would get DJ away with anything and that suspicion was becoming a fact with each passing day.

"I am bored." DJ said whining and kicking the back of the front seat.

"We don't take it out on baby so stop kicking, kiddo. How about some music ?" Dean said calmly.

"Okay , Unca Dean." DJ stopped kicking after that and his new favourite Metallica started blasting from the speakers. The kid started humming and his boreness vanished just like that. Little kids are fun , right.

Sam remembered one time he was angry at Dean for something and he made the mistake of slamming the door of the impala after getting in it. Dean didn't move the car , made him walk to the motel after he had apologised to the car three times. Huh , what happened to 'We don't take it out on baby' in his time. Okay , so maybe he was jealous just a teeny tiny bit.

Rest of the ride was done silently. DJ got bored again but Sam handed him his colouring book and the kid was lost to the world after that. They finally reached the lawyer's office who had called Dean. They entered the office. Dean was a bit reluctant but Sam used his ultimate weapon which had never failed him once , his 'puppy dog eyes'.

"Hi , we are here to meet , Mr. Stephen Squeri for Adam Miligan." Sam said to the receptionist.

"Yes , let me call him. He had been waiting for you."

"I hung up on him. How the heck he knew we were coming to make him waiting for us." Dean muttered under his breath.

Sam shot him a glare and a bitch face which said 'behave yourself , Dean'. Sometimes , Sam acts like a mom. Its weird , Dean thought.

"Here he is." The receptionist said cheerfully , she was cute but Dean was not interested at the moment.

They looked up and saw a man in his fifties walking towards them. He was wearing a suit with a tie and all , a classic monkey suit. Dean thought. He hated lawyers , they were like snakes. Making you believe they were there to help you but in reality they were draining you out of your money. Sure , there were some good ones out there but its just that he had never heard of them.

"Hi , I am Stephen Squeri." The man said offering his hand. On closer look , Dean noticed the man had kind eyes and a warm smile.

He shook the man's hand when Sam nudged him. Yes, Sam was a 'mom' , constantly bitching about manners and all. "Dean Winchester. " He said but not before glaring at Sam who just ignored him.

"Sam Winchester. And this is my son, Dean James Winchester." Sam shook the man's hand introducing himself and his son who was smiling shyly.

"Nice to meet you. I see, the kid is named after his uncle." Stephen said shaking hands with Sam and smiling at DJ. Stephen wanted to make sure that Dean would be a good fit for Adam. He was Kate's family lawyer. He felt responsible for Adam. So far Dean seemed to be reluctant , well he guessed John Winchester never told his sons about Adam because Dean sounded very surprised on the phone. So may be that explained the reluctantness.

"Yeah. I wanted to name him after someone I respect and who is a man of a good heart. So, I named him after my brother."

Dean was blushing a little. Praises always made him blush and feel uncomfortable. He looked at Stephen , he had a feeling like he was being evaluated. Well he had no intention of adopting the kid , so this 'evaluation' was a waste of time.

"So , lets go now. We came here , met Stephen. Its time to go." Dean said looking at Sam.

"Dean, we came here to meet Adam not Stephen. No offense. Lets meet him." Sam said trying to placate his brother and to prevent him from bolting out. He gave a nervous smile to Stephen.

"None taken. So now that's settled , Mr. Winchester lets go meet Adam."

"Call me Dean. Mr. Winchester reminds me of my father and thats the last thing I want now."

Why were they even meeting the kid was beyond him , its not like they were gonna adopt him ? This was really a waste of time. They should be at road. By now they would have covered more than half of the distance.

"My apologies. If you gentlemen would follow me please."

Stephen said leading them to Adam. He didn't want Adam to end up in the system. The kid would be better with his family. But it looked like odds were not in his favour at the moment.

Stephen lead them to his cabin. He opened the door and there on the sofa in the corner sat a kid about 12 who was ofcourse Adam.

Adam looked like he hadn't taken a bath for quite sometime. His hair looked greasy , he was wearing a white t shirt who needed to be washed because it was starting to look a little yellow , an old pair of blue jeans and sneakers. His head was down. A plate of uneaten food was lying on a small glass table in front of him. The kid looked miserable. Thats why Stephen thought Adam should be with his family. He was unsuccessful in getting a single word out from the kid. Adam refused to take a bath , change clothes and what afraid him the most was he wasn't eating much. He was really worried about Adam.

It had been three days since the accident. He had been finally able to reach Dean. He was afraid Dean wouldn't show up when he hung up on him. But he still had hoped. And he was truly glad that Dean decided to come. And thank god , Sam came with him too. He didn't know the Winchester brothers yet but he got the idea that if anyone could get Dean Winchester to do anything , it was only Sam.

Sam's heart went out to the kid. Poor kid , nobody should go through the death of their parents. He wondered if the kid even knew that his father was dead too. They didn't know about Adam until today so the poor kid had obviously no idea that both of his parents were dead. And there was another question , 'Was his Dad close with Adam or did he acted like a drill sergeant with him too ?' also there was another question, 'Does Adam know about hunting ?' There were a lot of questions at the moment. He looked at his brother who was also watching Adam with sympathetic expression.

Dean would admit that the kid looked really miserable. Well , loosing your mother does that to you. He had quite an experience in that. But he still wasn't ready to adopt the kid. Adam was not their family. He was just sympathising with the kid like a good samaritan.

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