Consequences

Let me ask you something

Chapter 49

*Short Chapter*

Tuesday, 10:45 am

At the store

Ella's POV

I'm at the store with Dean, because he wanted to give Sam and Lizzy some alone time. But the crazy thing is that their "alone time" is at home, where I was trying to do my school work. Dean pulled me away from my school work, to give Sam and Lizzy some alone time? I don't mind being pulled away from my school work, because I wasn't doing it anyway. But the guys always complain that I'm not working, and now Dean's pulled me away from my work. Crazy. That's crazy.

Dean: You were drawing in your notebook again, anyway. Why are you so worried about your work, now?

Ella: You said that if I didn't start taking school seriously, you'd spank me until I did. But you pulled me away from it, to take me to the grocery store.

Dean: So, what you're saying is that you'd rather be doing your school work, right now?

Ella: No. I just don't understand why I'm not.

Dean: It's not like regular school, where you have to do the work when it's given to you. This is online, and you can do the work later. You're ahead in most of it anyway.

Ella: So, you took me to the grocery store, when I should be working, just because you felt like it?

That's the message that I'm getting. That's basically what he's saying. He hasn't given me a reason why I'm in the grocery store, instead of at home, doing my school work. So I'm just gonna assume that he brought me here, just because he felt like it.

Dean: This is a lot of complaining, coming from somebody who could be stuck doing Algebra right now.

Ella: I'm not complaining. I'm just wondering. You never let me do anything fun, when I'm supposed to be doing school work. So I don't understand why you did, today. You said that it's so that Sam and Lizzy can have alone time. But they can be alone in Sam's room, or anywhere that's not the bunker. So it doesn't make sense for you to say that-

Dean: Ok, Sam Jr. You know, you over think almost as much as Sam does. What if I just wanted to take you out of the house for a little while?

Ella: But why?

Dean: Let me ask you something.

I hate it when he says that. He's about to give me a hypothetical "What if I". He does that a lot, with the most horrendous scenarios he can think of.

Ella: Ok.

Dean: You ended up on your own, when you were 7. Right?

Ella: Yeah.

Dean: And you were on your own until we found you. Right?

Ella: Yeah.

Dean: And right now, nobody has like, legal custody of you. You're not anybody's kid right now.

Gee thanks. You're bullying me, because I wanted to know why I'm not doing my school work? Brother of the year.

Ella: Why'd you have to bring that up?

Dean: Sam and I were talking, the other night. And we realized that if something was to happen to one of us, or if you get into legal trouble, you'd go into the foster care system again. It wouldn't be like, if I died, you'd stay with Sam. Or if Sam died, you'd stay with me. Neither of us have legal guardianship over you, so if somebody with any legal authority figured out about it, they'd take you away.

Ella: But you guys stay away from like, everybody with legal authority for anything. So what's your point? If you died, Sam wouldn't have to tell anybody about me. Or if Sam died, you wouldn't have to tell anybody about me. Nobody would have to find out about nobody having legal guardianship over me. It would be fine, as long as neither of you literally walked up to a cop and said some stupid shit like "Hey, I found this kid in an alleyway, and just decided to take her home with me". I don't understand why you're telling me all this. It doesn't make any sense, and you're starting to worry me.

Dean: You don't have to be worried about anything. I just wanna do something, that involves you, and I wanna know how it would make you feel.

You're not gonna get rid of me, are you? Is that why you picked the grocery store that's in the middle of nowhere? Now I'm a little scared. Did I do something bad? Something so bad that he's trying to get rid of me? I don't think I did anything bad enough for him to wanna get rid of me.

Ella: What are you gonna do?

Dean: I wanna adopt you. But I wanna make sure that you're ok with that.

Ella: Like, you'll be like my Dad, for real?

Dean: Yeah. You'll legally be my kid. But if you're not comfortable with it, then I won't-

I cut him off by hugging him. I haven't felt this wanted, since my Mom died. Now, somebody wants me enough to adopt me? He's asking me if I'm ok with this, like it's not what I've always wanted. I just wanted somebody to want me.

Dean: I'm taking this as a yes. He says as he hugs me back.

Ella: You're gonna be my Dad. I say while trying not to cry.

I didn't stay in the foster care system for long enough to get adopted. But I didn't want to. Those people are crazy. I'm happy to have ended up where I did, with people that I know care about me. My brothers have made it very clear that they care about me. And now I'm getting adopted. Now I know that they actually do want me. I don't have to worry about that changing anymore. I probably didn't have to worry about it before, but I did. After everything I've been through, I think I have a right to worry. But I don't have to worry anymore.

Dean: Yeah. I'm gonna be your Dad.