CHAPTER 6

Finally they were here. It seemed like the journey would never end. Dean thought stopping his baby. He looked at Sam who was asleep and shook his brother's shoulder.

Sam woke up and rubbed his eyes. He realised that Dean had stopped the car. They were parked in front of a house. They were here , finally. It was a good two storey house built on a large plot. The plot was fenced. One side of the property consists of stacked, wrecked cars. At the otherside of the property was a garage , where his brother must worked. Sam observed. He looked back and saw DJ was asleep and Adam was looking around curiously.

Sam got out and stretched his back a little. He made his way towards the backdoor and scooped a sleeping DJ in his arms. DJ woke and mumbled something for a moment and when Sam rubbed his back soothingly , he was once again asleep.

Dean was taking their stuff out of the trunk.

"We would take only clothes for now. Rest of the stuff can wait till tomorrow." He said taking out three duffels containing clothes of his , Sam and DJ from the trunk.

Sam nodded. They all were really tired. He just wanted to sleep.

Adam got out of the car. He looked around for a moment.

"Hey kid ! Your stuff." Dean called to him and passed him his bag containing only his clothes and some photos of his mother. He didn't have much stuff with him as he didn't want to be constantly reminded of the memories of his mother and the loss he had suffered due to her death. He had taken only the necessary items from the apartment with him.

Together they all made their way towards the house. The house has a ground floor, an upper story, and a basement. The main entrance opens into a short entrance hall that leads to the ground floor living room; there is also a basement entrance to the house. The kitchen, just off the living room through pocket sliding doors, has a table, white cabinets and free standing cupboards. It has green patterned wall paper, and has white shuttered windows. In the living room was the dark red patterned wall paper which was decorated with a few landscapes. Ground floor , there were a large wooden staircase leading to the second floor and a hall closet.

There were two bedroom downstairs. Dean's room was the one with an attached bathroom in it. The other one was a guest room. There was also a common bathroom just down the hall.

The upper storey of the house consists of two rooms branching off a sconce lit hallway. At the end of the hallway on the upper storey , there was a bathroom.

The house was big enough to be comfortable for the four of them. Sam liked it. But where would they sleep ? He still had to buy some furniture.

"The two rooms on the ground floor are the only ones in the house to have beds. Thats the one where I sleep and the other is the guest room." Dean said pointing towards both the rooms.

"Okay. Man , I am beat , why don't I share with DJ and you share with Adam."

Sam said purposefully. He wanted to give some time alone to Adam and Dean. This way maybe they would have a chance to talk.

Dean looked at Sam and shook his head. "Why don't I sleep with DJ ? You can bunk with him." Dean said and tried to take DJ from Sam.

"Nope , its fine." And with that Sam walked hurriedly towards the guest room. Dean and Adam needed sometime alone and he would give it to them. Sure , Dean would later chew out his head for this. But he didn't care because it would be worth it.

When Sam had asked this stupid question which was not really a question more than a statement that Adam should sleep with Dean. Adam had looked at Sam pleadingly but Sam had just smiled reassuringly at him and walked towards the guest room , it wasn't even a walk it was more like he ran towards it.

Dean looked at Adam but said nothing. And just moved towards his room. Adam quietly followed. Adam looked like a prisoner about to be hanged.

Once they entered the room. Adam just stood at the side of the room at a loss to what to do. Dean took off his jacket and shoes and lied on the right side of the bed. When he saw Adam was just standing and not moving even a muscle. He said , "I don't bite and unless you can sleep standing , I suggest you come lie down."

Adam took off his shoes and jacket and cautiously lied on the far left side of the bed.

He was asleep as soon as his head hit the pillow.

It was sometime after midnight when Dean woke to the noise of someone crying. He turned and looked at Adam. The kid was crying and whimpering. He was also saying something but with all the crying, Dean couldn't hear him. It looked like the kid was having a bad dream.

Even Dean wasn't that heartless. He didn't like the kid but more than that he couldn't ignore him like this.

He turned on the bedside lamp. "Hey , kiddo. You are alright. You are safe. Shhh..." He was rubbing Adam's back and speaking softly to him. He kept going until the kid had calmed down.

Dean laid his head down on the pillow facing Adam. He knew that he was being hard on the kid. But he was not ready to accept him yet. It was unfair to Adam but Dean was not ready. After a few minutes , he was asleep too.

Dean woke up to a warm body pressed against his back. He turned a little and saw Adam was pressed against his back, deep in sleep. He stood up carefully so as not to disturb the sleeping kid and made his way out.

Sam was awake and making coffee in the kitchen. When he looked at Dean , he offered his brother a cup. "Morning , Dean."

"Morning , Sam." Dean inhaled the heavenly smell of caffeine before taking a sip.

"We have to go shopping today to buy some furniture." Sam said taking a sip.

"Yeah , right. We could do that and take today to settle down."

"You are right , Dean."

"When am I never ?" Dean said smiling his cocky smile.

"Cocky much. Hey , I liked the house. Its nice and cozy." Sam said , he had something other to talk but he was nervous. So , here he was making small talks.

"Its fine. I like it too. Now what's really is on your mind ?" Dean asked. No matter how old Sam is Dean could read him like a book.

You can't hide anything from someone who has practically raised you and probably knows you even better than you know yourself. This little fact had gotten Sam into many troubles with his brother while growing up.

"I wanted to talk to you about Adam."

"What about him ?" Dean asked.

"You are being way too hard on the kid , Dean. He is just a twelve year old kid who had done nothing wrong."

"No , I am not. You wanted me to adopt the kid and I did. If you want to play mother with the kid , go ahead. I will not."

"That's not what I am saying. You were constantly snapping at Adam in the car and then at the diner. This is scaring him. He had suffered a loss and he needs help , man. I am not saying you accept the kid right now , but please just try. Try not to snap at him constantly."

"I will do what I can." With that Dean went outside.

"Thats better than nothing." Sam thought while drinking his coffee.

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