The day Sam turned ten they were getting in the car headed out of New Mexico and Dean said, hey, Dad, can Sammy come sit up in the middle? and Dad said, hmmm, and Dean said, he’s a big boy now, and Sam said, yes, sir, and Dad said, okay, come on up, and Dean said, double digits, how does it feel to be old, and Sam said, do I get to sit up here all the time, and Dad said, no but you get to sit up here sometimes, and Sam said, Dean sits up here all the time, and Dad said, he sits up here because I need him, and Dean said, you will have to duck though, in case we run into the cops, and Dad said, no you don’t have to duck, he’s just messing with you, and Sam said, can three people sit up here, and Dad said, you know I’m not too sure, and Dean said, don’t worry Sammy they won’t see you anyway, and Dad said, ok you can’t sit like that either, sit normal, and Sam said, but I can’t see anything, and Dean said, how are you ever gonna drive Sammy, and Sam said, stop acting like you’re so much taller, and Dean said, I'm tall enough to drive, and Dad said, you’ll get there, I didn’t get really tall until I was seventeen, and Dean said, yeah but you didn’t have a big brother, little brothers stay shorter forever, and Dad said, that's right I forgot, and Sam said, that doesn't sound right, and Dad said, no he's right Sammy, and Sam said, I don’t want to drive, I just want to sit up here sometimes, us three together, and Dean said, sorry kid it's a one-time thing, this is a grown-up only zone, and Sam said, you're not a grown-up, and Dean said, yes I am and I don’t want you drooling all over me in your sleep, and Sam said, I don’t drool, and Dad said, oh buddy, Dean is back there with a mop every night, and Dean said, Dad don’t embarrass him, and Sam said, I don’t drool when I sleep, and Dad said, you sure do man and you snore so bad, and Dean said, honestly I don’t know how anyone can sleep around you, and Sam said, you sleep around me every night, and Dean said, big brother immunity, but no one else can I bet, and Dad said, your mother—
and after a while Dean said, can we get some pie for the birthday boy? and Dad said, yeah, yes we can, sure thing, pie or cake or ice cream, and Sam said, I want some ice cream, and Dean said, like Dairy Queen, and Sam said, Dairy Queen, sure, and Dad said, okay, we’ll find one on the way, and Dean said, happy birthday dude, and Dad said, happy birthday Sammy, and he reached his hand out and pulled Sam into his chest and held him there, and Sam was happy.



