Finding You

Finding You: Chapter One

  This is an alternate AU for the Supernova series, it's the same idea just changed. Drastically. The pieces of text behind these (~) are memories/dreams/flashbacks. Thank you and enjoy! (R&R please!)  

"Carry on my wayward so-o-n..."

I groaned as my alarm went off. I love the song, but it's seriously too early in the morning for anything. Period.

"Daddy! You can't hit snooze again or we'll be late!" A voice rang from the doorway. I held my head up groggily to look at my daughter.

"How many times have I pressed it?"

"This would be the third. Please get up Daddy, I'll get in trouble at school if we're late again." The 8-year-old begged as she tugged on my arm to get me out of bed. I chuckled in spite of myself.

"Okay, baby girl. You won't be late today. Let me get dressed and we'll be on our way. I have the day off today so maybe we can do something fun after school?" I suggested hoarsely as I scrambled my way out of bed and into my closet.

"Okay Daddy!"

Nova skipped out of the room as I pulled out my weekend clothes. I quickly slipped on my shoes and went to the bathroom to comb my hair and brush my teeth. I then quickly made my way down the stairs just in time to see Nova pull the lunch I had packed the night before out of the fridge.

"Come on baby girl, the bus is almost here." I said. Her eyes widened and she grabbed her backpack from the kitchen.

"Bye Dad!" She said as she flew past, but I grabbed her before she could get out the door. She stopped and looked at me. I handed her the homework she had left on the counter before hoisting her up onto my shoulders and carrying her out to the bus stop.

"Daddy! I can see the bus, let's hurry!" She squealed. I started to break into a mad dash to the bus stop at the corner. I got there just as the last kid started climbing up the steep stairs. I let Nova down and watched her sprint to the opened doors.

"Love you, Daddy! See you after school!" She called out over her shoulder.

"I'll pick you up later today, okay baby girl?" I replied. She nodded and rushed onto the bus to where her friends were waiting.

She waved as the bus began to move, and I waved back until the bus was out of sight, disappearing around the corner. I began my brief journey home.

'I should probably do some cleaning around the house, I've been so busy I've neglected it,'

My eyes wondered as I walked, studying the view around me. The sidewalk had seen better days, a sharp contrast to the trim and tip-top condition of the grass bordering it. It's that time of year when the trees have started to bloom again, and the chill of winter was slowly leaving, though In Vermont, it was never truly gone. The sky was a dark and unwelcoming shade of grey, but I could see that it would likely clear up later on in the day. I made it to my front door and opened it.

As I walked in, I surveyed the house, making up a mental checklist of what needed to be done. With a sigh, I got to work.

~five hours later~

I looked over the place for a second time, only this time it was spotless, and the couch was calling my name. I crawled over to it and set an alarm for a half hour before falling into the soft cushioning with a sort of dull thud.

~

To be perfectly honest, the words had tumbled out of my mouth unwittingly, without any idea as to how or why. Either way, they were now here, in the air between us, and come hell or high water there wasn't a damn thing I could do about it. The thing about that was-- I wasn't entirely sure I wanted to. Cas still had yet to say anything, and my eyes stared intently at my shoes as if they were the most interesting thing in the world. Which was, by the way, far from the truth of the matter.