The Witch and The Hunters

CHAPTER NINETY-FIVE

Page count: 9

One month later...

"Are you sure you don't want to come with us?" Hermione asked Sam.

She slipped on her jacket and sat on the bed, leaning over and struggling to put on her shoes. In the end Sam laughed at her annoyance before climbing off his own bed and moving over to her, helping her to put her shoes on, earning both a glare and a look of thanks as he stood up and returned to lounging on his bed.

"No, I think I'll wait until it's all finished, it's more of a surprise that way. I still can't believe you and Dean have bought a house and are turning it into a permanent home base."

"Why not?" She asked.

He shrugged. "It just seems strange to me, growing up Dean never showed any interest in anything but the hunting life, or of having a family. And now, years later, he's married, he's going to be a father and he's putting down roots. I still find it hard to believe sometimes."

"That's understandable," she told him. "Particularly after I learned about his past."

"He changed from the moment he laid eyes on you. You're the best thing to happen to him, to us," he confessed.

She felt tears welling up in her eyes and she forced them back, knowing Sam would tease her and she'd probably kick him in retaliation.

"Well that goes both ways, Sammy. You ever thought about having a family?"

"When I was still in college and I had Jess, but since her death, I haven't really thought about it. I'd like to in the future, maybe when I'm little older and if I were to meet someone that I could see myself having a family with," he shrugged.

"You'll find her, there's someone out there for everyone, just look at me and Dean. Maybe you need a witch." He raised an eyebrow and looked at her amused. "What? Your brother certainly did, you may be the same. Just think, The Winchester line will be filled with Hunters, witches and wizards. The world will forever be changed."

He chuckled, amused. "Maybe," he agreed. "You going to be gone long?"

"No," she shook her head. "A few hours at most. It's why we took this case in the first place, it's only an hour or so away from Great Falls, Montana, which is where our property is hidden. As time passes and the baby grows, both my magic and my body are growing tired, which is why Dean is so insistent that we take a respite at least every two weeks. We're only going to check on the progress of the house and we should be back no later than dinner."

"We still heading to England for the weekend?"

"That's the plan, we're going as soon as we'll get back. It's too dangerous for me to use apparition or port keys now that I'm mid-way through my pregnancy. And since we're too far away from the Cambridge Apartment, Dean doesn't want me cooped up in the car for a two day trip, and I don't like the idea myself. It's getting harder to get comfortable when in the Impala. We're going to have Mimsy pick us up, then we'll have her pick up Bobby and we'll head straight over to England. Dinner at The Burrow's planned for six and everyone should be there, including Charlie and The Malfoys. We're telling them the news."

"Thank God," Sam sighed. "It's been so hard to keep it a secret."

She snorted. "I know; you've got a big mouth."

~000~000~000~

Dean took the turning onto the dirt road that led to their soon to be home and exactly ten minutes later they pulled up a little distance away from the house, stepping out of the car and being greeted by the foreman.