CHAPTER 12

DJ was sitting on the hood of the Impala with his father standing beside him. "Daddy , what are we doing ?"

"Waiting for Adam and your uncle." Sam said looking at his son and running his fingers affectionately through DJ's wavy chestnut hair.

It was about half an hour since Dean was gone. Sam would give him another fifteen minutes and then he would go inside , it doesn't matter that he would have to take his toddler son inside sheriff's office. He was loosing his mind waiting for his brother or should he say brothers. Dean was not even picking up his phone. It was after another fifteen minutes that he made up his mind , he was going inside but as he was lifting DJ in his arms , his son pointed his little finger and said,

"Daddy look Unca Dean and Adam."

Sam turned and saw Dean and Adam walking towards them. Adam was looking really nervous , his eyes were moving constantly between Dean's face and the ground. And Dean's face was blank. Sam tried to figure out what happened inside from the expressions on their faces but so far he got nothing.

Adam didn't know if he should take Dean's silence as a good sign or a bad one. Ever since they left the sheriff's office Dean hadn't said a word to him. It wasn't like Dean ever talked to him much aside from the few arguments they had but Dean didn't even yell at him for running in the middle of the night and then stealing. The man had a habit to yell at him for small things and this time he hadn't opened his mouth even once.

When Adam saw Sam , he relaxed marginally. He didn't know if he could have survived the ride back alone with Dean silent as a statue. He was really tensed and he tried to comprehend Dean's mood but the man's face was blank which only resulted in making him more nervous than he already was.

Adam broke out of his thoughts when he found himself embraced in a tight hug by Sam. When after a few moments Sam finally released him , Adam looked up and found Sam's face drawn in a worried expression. He found himself feeling guilty that he was the reason of Sam's worry but at the same moment he felt ridiculously happy that Sam was worried about him.

"Adam, hi." DJ who was still sitting on the hood of Dean's baby waved his little arm at Adam.

"Hi." Adam replied quietly.

Dean looked at Sam who was watching his every move with his face drawn in a worried expression. He didn't say anything to Sam and just quietly made his way towards the driver's seat of the Impala and sat behind the wheel. Sam looked at Adam but the kid looked as clueless as him. So after a few moments of standing in silence , Sam lifted DJ and Adam followed him and they all were also seated.

Sam noticed Adam staring at Dean. He also looked at his brother who was drumming his fingers on the steering wheel in time with the music blasting from the speakers. Dean was looking way too relaxed. Sam really needed to talk with his brother alone to know what was going on in Dean's mind and what the hell happened in the sheriff's office.

"Daddy .." DJ interrupted the heavy silence in the car.

Sam focused his attention on his son. "What , kiddo ?"

"I threw my shoe out of the window." DJ said.

For a moment , Sam didn't reply. That was really random and he thought if he had heard correctly. But after he took a deep breath , he asked "Why ?"

" 'member you said , you don't want any of my shoe lying in the car." DJ explained and even being a toddler his tone implying clearly that it was something Sam should have already known the answer to.

Sam did remember. He had said that but what he meant was for his son to not take off his shoes as soon as they were seated in the car and not to throw them out of the window. He didn't know why but apparently DJ hated wearing any kind of footwear. 'Who wants to spend about fifteen minutes in the parking lot of a grocery store or whatever place they were at to find the shoes of a toddler under the car seats ?' Exactly , no-one. So Sam had explained sternly to his son that he should not find any of his shoes lying in the impala. He should have been more specific.

"So I threw it." DJ said.

"Why didn't you throw both of them ?" Sam asked , how could he be angry. He should have been more clear. But he noticed DJ wearing only one shoe, he could have thrown both of them. So why only one.

"I don't like left shoe. But I like right one."

Sam didn't say a single word to that. How on earth you would love your right shoe more than the left one when both of them are identical ? Ask his son , the answer to that.

Dean snorted at that and at the exact same time so did Adam. Dean looked at Adam in the rear view mirror and gave a smile to the kid.

Now what the hell was happening ? Was the only thought that passed through Adam's head when he saw Dean , Dean smiling at him. He didn't smile just turned his head to look out of the window. Unbeknownst to him the exact same thought passed through Sam's mind too when he saw the exchange between Adam and Dean.

Dean was gone in sheriff's department and not in someother kind of dimension from where he came completely changed , right ? Sam wanted to talk to Dean badly to know what brought that change. He wanted to just turn towards his brother and ask 'Who are you and what did you do to my brother ?' He also wanted to test his brother with a silver knife to make sure he wasn't a shapeshifter or something. With Winchester's luck it was entirely possible. Hey ! Sam left hunting but it didn't mean that he didn't know anything.

"I am hungry." DJ said in a whiny voice.

"Don't worry , kiddo. There's a diner nearby. We'll stop there." Dean said smiling at DJ but then he looked at Sam and his smile vanished.

"You don't mind me talking to your son. Right ?" Sam was a little confused but then he remembered what he had said to Dean earlier.

"Dean , I didn't mean.." Dean didn't let him say anything else by interrupting him by increasing the volume of the already loud music playing in the car.

Adam was a little confused seeing Dean angry with Sam. Maybe something had happened when he wasn't here.

They parked the impala and made their way inside the diner. Dean was angry at Sam and Sam knew it by the way Dean was ignoring him. Sam knew how much Dean loves and cares for DJ and he didn't mean to say all those things , it was just he was worried about Adam. And the way Dean was acting with Adam , he snapped at Dean and in anger , he said somethings that he shouldn't have.

They were all seated in a booth closest to the exit. Dean surprised everyone by taking a seat next to Adam.

Adam looked in shock at Dean when Dean voluntarily sat beside him. 'What was happening ?' thought Adam for the hundredth time that day.

They all have ordered and now were waiting for the food to be served.

Dean noticed Adam looking at him nervously. "Stop staring at me like that , kid."

Adam flinched a little and averted his eyes and mumbled quietly , "Sorry , sir."

Dean felt bad when Adam flinched just from his voice. "Not angry." Dean said nothing more and just squeezed Adam's shoulder gently. Dean knew he would have to talk to Adam as soon as they reach home.

Adam didn't know what was happening. But he was fine , shocked, definitely, but he was fine too. He had a sense that a long talk was due with both Sam and Dean.

Sam looked at his brother but said nothing. Maybe Dean had really decided to give Adam a chance and Sam was really happy with that.

"Unca Dean look." DJ said showing his uncle the coloring he had done in the kid's coloring placemats provided by the diner.

"Thats awesome , kiddo." Dean said smiling at DJ.

"Hey Dean , why don't we clean Adam and DJ's room today." Sam said a little cautiously to his brother knowing that Dean was angry at him and hoping that Dean would talk to him.

Dean didn't reply. And Sam felt bad as if he was a bratty kid being punished by his parents. In the morning he was giving his brother a silent treatment and now he was getting one. Really , silent treatment was the worst kind of punishment. As soon as they reach home , he would apologise to Dean.

Dean should be angry at him and here he was angry at Sam. 'Did the sun rise from west today ?' thought Adam.

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