At My Breaking Point

Chapter 2

Chapter 2: You lied to me

Dean Winchester woke up to a cold bed that morning. Emma's side was untouched, still made up from yesterday morning. Before the demons attacked and chased them into the woods, before Emma was on the ground, her head in Dean's lap as she took her last breath. Amelia cried for her mother on the way back home last night. Skylar was silent, tears made their way down her cheeks but Skylar didn't utter a word. Sam had disappeared and Harley had given herself to Ruby and the others so that Amelia and Skylar would have a chance.

Sam had come back just last night. He had been missing for three days.

Dean got up and made his way into the kitchen and made coffee for himself. It had been a habit since he had meet Emma. They would sit down in the morning and look through the papers for small hunts and Emma always had coffee ready for them both. Sometimes Sam and Harley would join them but most of the time it was just the two of them. Dean was going to miss that, but he had his daughter still. He had to keep going for her.

He was brought out of his thinking when he heard the sound of someone running through the house. One of the girls or both were now up. Hopefully Sam would be up soon. He looked to see Sam's daughter Skylar running toward him and she was in tears. Dean immediately turned to the young child as she walked over to him, still crying.

"Uncle Dean"

"What happened Skylar?"

Dean only showed his soft side toward his daughter and his niece. Emma saw it sometimes too, but he mostly used it with the young girls. Sam saw it when he was a child too, but Dean would keep his feeling locked up inside. Not letting any of it show on his face.

"Daddy's gone."

When Dean heard Skylar say those words he started to worry. Sure Sam was an adult now but to Dean, Sam was always the little brother he had to look out for. His father drilled that into his head at a very young age and it stuck with him ever since.

"What do you mean Skylar?"

"He-he said he would come back"

Skylar was now full out sobbing. She watched her mother leave and not come back and now Sam had left as well. Skylar was going to end up having trust issues if someone else left. Dean wouldn't do that to her. Skylar had basically lost both of her parents and she's only five. Dean had lost his mother when he was four, but he had his dad. Even if John had stopped being a father and became a drill sergeant he was still there.

Dean would have to be there for her now. Instead of single father of one, he was now a single father of two five year old girls. One was his brother's daughter.

"Skylar you have to calm down and try to explain what happened. Don't work yourself up."

He watched as the small child tried to calm herself down to no avail. She wasn't sobbing but she still had tears running down her face. But she tried to explain to the best of her ability.

"Last n-night Daddy came in my room. He said that he had to go somewhere. I asked h-him if he w-was gonna come back. H-h said he promised he would."

Dean's heart broke a little. He know that Sam could come back. Or he might not. Sam did that alot when Dean and him were younger. But Sammy always came back. Dean would just have to care for Skylar until his brother came back, if he did. Dean picked up the small child and sat her on his lap. His daughter wasn't awake yet but Amelia took after Dean in more things than she did after Emma.

But right now Skylar sat quietly on Dean's lap clutching what looked to be one of Sam's shirts to her small chest. Sam must have left it for her. Sam cared alot for his daughter and Harley. Demons hadn't tried to destroy his small family and Dean remembered it always made Sam feel uneasy. Five years out of his whole life and nothing had happened to Sam's wife and daughter. Sam was always careful.

Dean tilted his head down to get a good look at his niece. Then he got an idea.

"Hey Skylar"

The little girl turned and looked up at her uncle.

"Why don't you go wake up Amelia and I'll fix up some food."

Dean watched as a smile formed on Skylar's face. Skylar jumped out of Dean's lap and practically flew out of the kitchen to go wake up her cousin. Dean got up as a small smile creeped up on his face.

They would be okay.