It's Okay to Cry

Chapter 2 (Part 1/2)

11/16/14

BurCon

3:20 Jared Padalecki & Jensen Ackles (appearances by Mark Sheppard and Hailee Padalecki)

"You guys have made it very obvious that you as the cast of Supernatural are very close, and that includes Hailee and the rest of the kids of cast members," the fan steps up to the microphone, "How is Hailee's current struggle with her brother's death and trying to find the will to live affecting the rest of the cast?"

Jensen lifts the mic to his mouth, "Well for starters, you have to understand the kind of relationship Hailee has with different people. Jared, obviously, is her father. The two of them- Jared having been a single parent until she was what, nine?- are extremely close, and... He does his best not to show it, but seeing his daughter so broken up and in such a precarious position is just destroying him. As for me, she's been calling me "Unkee Densen" since the show started when she was four, and we live in the same house since Jared's practically my brother... I was there the night Jared told her. I saw her go into shock and then break down. I saw the... the word pain doesn't anywhere near do justice to what I saw in Jared's eyes as she just... fell apart. And gosh, I couldn't imagine being in either of their places. I can't imagine losing my brother to anything, much less to suicide, and I can't imagine JJ, my daughter, just shattering in my arms either."

Mark Sheppard steps out on the stage and earns a few cheers, but most of the fans are mellowed by Jensen's answer.

"Yeah, speaking of Mark," Jensen continues, "Hailee and Mark have all sorts of nick names for each other. King and servant, and all variations of that. That was how he figured out something was very wrong. Jared let Hailee come to set instead of going to school the day after she lost her brother as a mental health day like a sick day, and Mark gave her his usual greeting. She said 'Hi Mark' and his automatic response was 'Holy (censored) Hailee, what the (censored) happened?' We spent the entire day trying to cheer her up, and before this, we wouldn't be able to get her to stop laughing. Now... It's nearly impossible to get her to crack the tiniest of smiles."

Mark nods, "Unless she got very little sleep the night before. Then she's scarily hyper for a little while before being about to pass out. Her brain is a bit out of whack not only from the grief itself, but also from dehydration caused by crying."