August 4th

4 (1 of 2): The Party

September went slow at first because everybody had to get back into the school routine but after the first week it went by quicker. About everyday in every week Jimmy and Dean got homework and Sam barely got any but he was in Kindergarten so it did make sense. Most days after school Jimmy and Dean went to Dean's house to work on home work then sometimes they would get done early and go to the park but when it was raining they would just stay at Dean's house and play. When they did play inside it was mostly dancing to whatever music Dean had laying around or playing with the fake guns pretending to get shot. The toy guns were Jimmy's favorite thing to play with. They liked hanging out even if school work came first.

Dean got this great idea sometime around the 15th of September. He was thinking that his and Jimmy's birthdays were coming up and he didn't know what to get him but there was exactly one day between them so he thought that if he planned a party for both of them on that day they could celebrate together and anyway Jimmy's actual birthday was on a Sunday and Dean wasn't allowed to interrupt his "family day".

Dean started to plan in class whenever he had a minute to spare he didn't want Jimmy to know about it so he couldn't get caught in class and have to reveal his plans to him. Dean did need to know how much money he could spend and so other things like what was Jimmy's favorite kind of cake (he was only going to buy cupcakes though).

When Dean got home that day with Sam and not Jimmy he counted his money. He lied and told him he had plans that couldn't be avoided so Jimmy went home and Dean only had about $16.45 he knew he needed more to use for the party so he thought of a way to get more.

"Do we have a rake around here, Uncle Bobby?" Dean asked thinking that he could rake peoples' yards of leaves for a small price.

"Um... I think so. Why?" Bobby told him.

"Jimmy and my birthday have exactly one day in between them so I was thinking why not celebrate on that day for both of us and I needed a little extra money so I was going to rake peoples' yards. Is that ok? Where did you say the rake was?" Dean said.

"In the garage. If you need a ride anywhere for any party stuff I'll drive you. Does Jimmy know about your plan?" Bobby said.

"No and thanks for the ride when I need it." Dean said as he left the room to go to the garage for the rake. It was the perfect plan. There were leaves all over and that meant business for Dean. He grabbed the rake and headed for town. Bobby was going to watch Sam. As he walked to town he saw a lot of people around but he just went up to the first door and knocked.

"May I help you?" asked a young woman with a smile.

"Can I rake the leaves in your yard? I'm having this party for my best friend and I needed a little extra money so I can make it memorable for him." Dean told her.

"Sure. If you knock on the door again when you're done I'll pay you then." She said then she turned around and closed the door and Dean got started on working.

He finished about 30 minutes later and looked around at his work. It looked nice so he knocked on her door again and she answered with a 10 dollar bill and a 5 dollar bill in her hands. She thanked him and Dean put the money in his pocket and moved on to the next house. Dean finished the side of the street before he decided it was time to go back home.

When he got back he recounted his money to find that he had $66.45. He had made $50 out of just today. He couldn't wait to see how much he got later in the week.

Throughout the week Dean kept giving Jimmy lame excuses to stay home without him. As in home I mean going around town and raking leaves and earning money for the party.

The Friday before the party, Dean's actually birthday, Jimmy was so confused as to why Dean had been ignoring him after school all week so he asked him right before music class when they had a little bit of time. Music class was Jimmy's absolute favorite class and he always told Dean that when he was old enough to play in the band at the school he would. He didn't know what instrument he would play but Dean had always said that the saxophone was one of his favorites in the band.

"Dean, I'm really worried. Why have you been avoiding lately after school? Do you not want to be friends anymore?" Jimmy asked and for once Dean thought that Jimmy was going to burst out into tears.

"No, no, no, no, I always want to be friends but I can't tell you why I've been avoiding you. I promised someone that I wouldn't tell anybody. They just need my help for something. It's just a project. Their project I'm helping with should be over on Saturday. They don't need my help on Friday but they want me for the finish on Saturday around noon. They said I could bring a friend so why don't we have a sleepover on Friday and we can both go to the finish on Saturday? Would you like that?" Dean said thinking of all that he had planned for him.

"Yea. I'd really like that." Jimmy said then music class started.

Dean had a really good plan with some really good help. After school Jimmy was going to come home with Sam and Dean and spend the night then in the early morning Sam and Bobby would go over to Jimmy's house and set up for the party outside with all the stuff that Dean bought with the leaf raking money. He even bought Jimmy a present with extra money he didn't use on decorating. There was supposed to be great weather and Dean had already told Jimmy's parents of what he's doing and they liked the idea so they gave him permission to have the party here but they also said that there had to be an adult here so Dean told them that Bobby would be there.

Later, Dean would walk Jimmy down to his house and get him in the right spot for everyone to jump out and shout "surprise!" Dean said that because Sam and Bobby were helping him they could each bring a friend. Sam was going to bring that one girl that he was talking about nonstop that one day after school, Jess, and his mentor, Gabriel. Bobby was going to bring Ellen and Jo. They came as a pair and Dean recognized the name Jo because she was the line leader of his classroom line and according to Bobby, Ellen was a really nice lunch lady and a friend of Sam and Dean's dad. Even though Dean allowed them to bring a friend to the party Dean still owed them big time.

Friday just seemed to fly by and before anything interesting happened the school day was over and Jimmy was at Dean's house. Dean couldn't help but smile and no matter how many times Jimmy asked Sam or Dean why Dean was so happy they just replied "I don't know." But they both knew. Dean had told Sam what was happening and said that he needed to keep it a secret and he did and Dean was very happy about that.

They got to Dean's house and Dean could tell that Jimmy had a lot of unanswered questions and he also knew that he wouldn't answer them no matter what. They would answer themselves tomorrow.

"It's your birthday. That's why you're happy. I just knew there was something I was forgetting today. Happy birthday. Um... I didn't buy you anything. Sorry. I mean I wa-"Dean cut him off.

"It's fine. I normally don't even get a 'happy birthday' so I don't really care bu thanks anyway." Dean said and they both smiled

They spent the rest of the day playing outside. They had no homework and the weather was good for the next few days Dean was so super excited that he could hardly sit still for more than 10 minutes good thing the surprise party was tomorrow and not like 3 days from now.

Jimmy, Dean, and Sam had the best time and when they were eating dinner not much was said but Dean just grinned. Jimmy still seemed a little bit upset at the fact that he didn't do anything for Dean today but he didn't know what Dean had planned at all and that was going to be interesting tomorrow.