All You Did was Save my Life

Twos and Threes

            Eve was dead. They had done it. Dean had brought back the Ashes of the Phoenix and they had defeated her. Now they could focus on stopping whatever it was Raphael was doing. But not today. Today was a demon and psycho-angel free zone. Why? Today was Jamie's birthday.

            Cas carried the now two year old downstairs and into the kitchen where he found Dean making coffee.

            "Morning," Dean said and Cas smiled at him, setting Jamie in his high chair. "Anyone else awake?"

            "I don't believe so," Cas replied as he got out something for Jamie to eat. "How long have you been up?"

            "'bout an hour," Dean said, "Couldn't sleep. Been trying to figure out how the hell two years passed so damn quickly," Dean said, sitting next to Cas.

            "It's been a long two years," Cas said and Dean chuckled.

            "Coming from someone who can live forever I know it must be true," he said and Cas smiled slightly. "You've changed a lot in two years."

            "We've all changed," Cas said simply.

            "Yeah, but not as much as you," Dean said, "You removed that stuck from your ass and now you're less like a robot and more like..."

            "Like?" Cas asked in confusion, ignoring the comment about the stick.

            "More like a person."

            "But I'm not a person Dean," Cas said, brow furrowed in confusion, "I'm an angel."

            "Forget it," Dean shook his head and Cas turned back to Jamie, smiling slightly at Dean's exasperation.

            "So, what are we doing today?" Cas asked.

            "Well, once everyone gets up we can eat," Dean said, "Ellen and Jo got here last night after you were asleep so that'll be a nice surprise for the boys. Then we can get this party started."

            "Please never say that phrase again," Sam said, walking into the room.

            "What's the matter Sammy? Jealous that I'm down with the kids?" Dean said and Sam stared at his brother.

            "I'm having awful flashbacks to when you turned into an old man," Sam muttered, going to pour himself coffee as Dean laughed. Over the next half hour the others slowly trickled into the kitchen. Gabe came down with Henry, followed by Jo, then Ben and Jesse ran in, and finally Bobby and Ellen. Even Balthazar showed up. it was, without a doubt, the strangest birthday party ever.

            Dean and Cas watched as Jamie ripped the paper off his gift and Dean groaned when he saw what Balthazar had gotten the toddler.

            "What's wrong?' Cas asked in confusion, "Jamie seems to like it."

            "That's exactly the problem," Dean said as the two year old pressed the buttons on the bright red fire truck, causing the siren to go off. Jamie squealed in delight.

            "It's cute now, but give it a few hours and you'll be really sick of that sound," Bobby commented.

            "Why that? Of all the things in the world, why that?" Dean asked Balthazar.

            "The lady in the shop said it was very popular amongst younger children," Balthazar said simply, "One woman tried to warn me off if, saying I would regret buying it for my child later, but I told her it was for my nephew."

            Dean groaned and leaned forward, resting his head in his hands as the others laughed.

            Jamie opened a couple more presents and then Ellen brought out a cake. They the two year old a small piece which he happily smashed between his fingers.

            "You said earlier that so much had changed," Cas murmured quietly so only Dean could hear, "Is that... good?"

            "Yeah Cas, it's really good," Dean smiled, "I never would have thought a few years ago that I'd be here, at the birthday party of my two year old. I always thought Sammy would have kids, but I didn't think it'd be with an archangel and I definitely didn't think I'd have two kids."

            Cas looked down for a moment.

            "What about three?" he asked and Dean looked at him in shock.

            "Three?" he said and Cas nodded.

            "Three."

Surprise! This chapter was the one that was originally going to be uploaded last Wednesday, but I really liked this chapter and was really pleased with it and thought it would be the perfect one to post today.

Today marks me being on ff.net for six years! It's so crazy to me that I've been writing stories here for six years. It started off as just something I did for fun because I loved writing so much and it's literally inspired me to pursue writing as a career. Thank you so so much to everyone who has read any of my stories as well as to anyone who has favourited/followed/reviewed! It means so much to me so thank you!

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