August 4th

9 (2 of 2): Expect the unexpected

"What'd I miss?" Jimmy asked

"Nothing." Dean said before either of the other ones had a chance to say anything. Jimmy then smiled causing Sam and Gabriel smile back and Dean flash a smile.

Then the smell hit them like a brick to the face. It was the best thing that Sam and Dean had ever smelled on Thanksgiving.

"Well it smells as if everything is ready. We'd better go sit down before all the food is gone." Jimmy said and he turned and started to walk to the dining room where most of the people were sitting at the long table. There were four empty seats right beside each other and the boys thought that they were for them so they sat. And the food on the table looked like it took days and days to prepare to make it look that good and there was enough to feed at least an army if not two.

Clink Clink Clink Mr. Novak stood up with his glass and a spoon in his hand and everyone looked over at him and quieted.

"If everyone would please bow their heads" Mr. Novak said. Sam and Dean shot skeptical glances to each other but they did as they were told and bowed.

Mr. Novak starting praying and he was saying things like 'Thank you, Lord for this food' and a bunch of other things like that. Then Mr. Novak finished and said 'amen' or something like that and everyone else mumbled it too. The boys didn't really mind it.

Everybody started to put food onto their plates and soon food was almost overflowing. While all this was happening there was a light chatter, mainly about passing food.

On one side of the table there was Jimmy, Dean, Sam, and then Gabriel.

"With all these handsome young men sitting at the table, I wanna say they all have girlfriends. Am I right?" One of Jimmy's aunts asked. She was a little shorter than Dean and had a bunch of makeup on and as soon as she walked into the room you could smell the expensive handbags and hairspray. She was not entirely nice but then again not entirely mean.

"No. But their reactions to my pranks are the best." Gabriel said before any of the other boys had the slightest thought on what to say and which that she was done and everybody was talking.

When nobody was watching Dean slipped his right hand under the table and when he did he noticed Jimmy do the same (and judging from the way his arm looked, his hand was on the side of his thigh).

Dean kept eating and staring down at his plate looking concentrated towards his food but in reality he was concentrated on getting his hand in Jimmy's for comfort from the awkwardness and answering their questions. Even though Gabriel had saved them all from a question there could be many more and Dean wasn't looking forward to that at all.

Dean slowly reached his hand across toward Jimmy and he tapped his leg with his fingertips and Jimmy put his hand with Dean's and they laced their fingers together. When this happened Dean felt a rush of relief and it made him relax a ton more and Jimmy looked a little better too.

Bump. Sam had bumped into him and the meal was in full swing. Dean passed it off as an accident be he also noticed that Gabriel was using his left hand. Since when is Gabriel left handed? Dean thought. Then it hit him. Sam's left hand is under the table and so is Gabriel's right.

Dean thought long and hard about what he had just saw. They would look cute together. I'll ask Sam about it later when we're alone. Dean thought and before he knew it the meal was over it was satisfying and filling and there were no more awkward questions.

Mrs. Novak and a few other people cleaned up and told everybody to relax and after a bit they would serve desserts.

Dean, Sam, Gabriel, and Jimmy all went up to Jimmy's room and Jimmy sat on the floor reading or writing or something and Dean didn't know what Sam and Gabriel were talking about and neither did he care but they were sitting on this huge beanbag. Then Sam got out a book from who knows where and Gabriel popped a Jolly Rancher and started throwing little things from around the room sat Jimmy who ignored all of them. Dean observed them from Jimmy's bed.

He was laying down on and his eyes became heavy... so very heavy...

The lights were off and the light from the hallway was extremely bright in comparison. It was like a light from heaven it was so bright. There was also someone standing in the doorway like an angel almost when Dean heard the voice it was no doubt an angel. "Hey, Dean?" Jimmy said leaning into his room. 

"What? Did I miss something?" Dean said barely half awake, rubbing his eyes.

"Um... No, not really. We just had dessert and I thought you'd like something so I brought it to you." Jimmy said as he came into the room. Dean sat up and yawned.

Jimmy handed him a small plate with a few cookies and two small slices of pie. One pumpkin and the other pecan. Dean took the food and thanked Jimmy for it.

Dean happened to glance over at the clock and realized that he'd been asleep for a little over an hour and a half and he thought he'd only been sleeping for 20 minutes max.

"I've been asleep-" Dean said

"For a little over an hour and a half. I know. I have been checking on you now and again." Jimmy said before Dean could finish. In all honesty, Dean wasn't planning on finishing his sentence.

He ate the food gratefully and he was considering going home but what about Sam?

"Are Sam and Gabriel still here?" Dean asked.

"Yes but not for long. I'll tell them that you're awake and you should go with them. And if I were you I'd hurry." Jimmy said then he left the room without a response.

Dean swung his feet over the edge of the bed, stretched, and yawned. He started heading downstairs.

Even though Dean's house wasn't far it was getting dark and he was tired as it was.

"Dean!" Shouted Gabriel from the door "Hurry up! I'm not getting any younger!"

"Coming!" Dean shouted back and he was coming down the stairs and Dean could hear the door close.

Dean went the shortest way through the house which just happened to be through the kitchen where Mrs. Novak was packing leftovers away. Dean was almost at the door when Mrs. Novak stopped him.

"Oh, Dean please take these! They're leftovers." She handed him a huge plastic bag full of Tupperware containers with leftovers.

"I gave Sam some too but there's too much extra so take this and hurry up, Gabriel doesn't like waiting." Mrs. Novak said rushing him out the door.

"Thanks!" Dean said and the door shut.

Dean hopped into Gabriel's car and he wasn't even fully in the car by the time he started pulling out of the driveway.

Gabriel dropped Sam and Dean off at their house and when Dean was grabbing the leftovers he heard Sam tap on the middle console 4 times and Gabriel nodded and tried to stifle a smile.

Dean knew that it must be code for something but he didn't know and if he remembered he would ask later.

Dean walked into the house to get the food into the fridge and he did. As soon as he did that he went straight to bed not even bothering with his shoes.

Even though Dean was asleep and had just left, Jimmy felt something missing like he was empty. Not like hungry empty like his heart was empty. 

Author's note: Sorry this took so long. I was having computer problems (I kind of fixed them, not really though) I hope you enjoy this anyway.