Hayden & Dean: A Supernatural Love Story

Chapter 59: The Waiting Game

Dean gets a phone call from Charlie 2 weeks later.

"Hey you're on speaker" he says, me and Sam listen in

"I got the book. This thing is huge!" She says into the phone "and old, and I don't even know what language this is in" she rambles on

"Charlie, charlie!" Sam interrupts her circular thinking

"Oh Ya, right, sorry. anyway. I can be back in 2 days. I'm gonna have to steal it" she whispers the last sentence

"Don't get caught" Dean adds in

"Right" you can hear her smile through the phone "come on guys, I learned from the best. Also, I hope your not too rusty with your Latin"

"Great" Dean replies "be careful" he adds before hanging up.

Charlie arrives and Dean basically rips the book out of her hands "sorry it took me so long" she smirks

Dean gives her a weary smile "thanks Charlie, you rock" he walks over to the table

"Tell me something I don't already know!" She quips back

I walk over with Paul and pass him over to her "your the best aunt ever!"

Her eyes glisten "aunt?!" She squeals. I nod my head and her smile widens even more "aunt Charlie!" She brings Paul high into the air and then back down to her chest cradling him.

I smile back and walk over to Dean. He's already pouring over the book, flipping pages trying to get any information from it. "Damn. This isn't Latin Charlie" he finally sits back pushing the book away

"Well what is it then?" She saunters over

"Enochian" Dean replies

"Huh?" Charlie and I spit out together

Dean stands up taking his phone out of his pocket "it's angel language. No wonder it was locked away." He dials a number and puts the phone to his ear. Charlie and I just look at each other and shrug. "Cas, we got the book. It's written in enochian" he explains to the Angel.

He nods and hangs up "he'll be here soon" Dean has a troubled look on his face

"What is it?" I ask

He sighs back "he sounds extremely weak, he's running out of grace"

I shift my eyes away from deans "oh"

"We'll just have to get him some more" innocent Charlie suggests. I smile at her eagerness

"We'd have to kill another angel for that" Dean explains to her

"Hmmm. We don't want to do that" Charlie now understands the dilemma.

Castiel walks into the bunker a few hours later. The 4 of us are sitting at the table waiting as Dean holds the sleeping baby "where's the book?" He asks when he gets down the stairs

"Here" Sam pushes it towards the end of the table.

Castiel coughs as he slowly walks to the book. Dean notices "you don't look so good" he states the obvious

"Do you need a rest?" I add on

"I'm fine, I need to keep looking for my grace. The Angels have a lead on Metatron so I'm here only until they come up with something" he tells us. None of us say anything back but simply nod our heads. "This might take a while" he says opening the first page

Charlie speaks up "is there a table of contents?"

"Angels wrote this, there will be no guide or explanation" Castiel replies without removing his yes from the page.

"If there's anything we can do" I tell him. He ignores the gesture and focus' on the pages.

Dean and I take Paul out of the room and to his crib. "This is it" I say as he places Paul down gently "there needs to be an answer in there, doesn't there?" I ask Dean.

"I don't know. I sure hope so" he turns to me.

"I know this may sound silly, but can we pray?" I ask him.

He smirks a little and nods "of course" he walks over and takes my hands, we sit on the bed and he prays "Lord, please help us find the answer were looking for. Please watch over Paul and our family, Lord. Keep us healthy, and happy. Amen." He lets go and we open our eyes

"You seemed pretty comfortable with that" I shift my eyes to him.

"I've been praying almost every night since you found me in that church" he admits to me

"Really?" I ask astounded "how come you never shared that before?"

He shrugs "didn't seem relevant, I don't know if he's there or not. Castiel doesn't think God is listening anymore, and for ever I never believed.. but I needed some kind of faith" he explains. "There's got to be a plan"

I nod and kiss him on the cheek. We head out of the room and sit in silence as Castiel reads the book.