30 Days and 30 Ages, Day 19 - Age 9 (Sam)
Day 19 - Age 9 (Sam)
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Sam rolls his eyes. Dean is talking to that girl again. Or at least he’s trying to because as far as Sam can see she’s just as impressed by Dean as she was yesterday. Which is not at all. It’s a mystery to Sam why Dean cares about girls at all, but whatever the reason, quite a few of them seem just as interested in him. But of course Dean can’t pick one of those girls. No, he has to go for the one who will barely even acknowledge he exists - Kristen Lewis, pretty, popular and a good year older than him.
Sam watches as Dean’s next attempt at initiating conversation is shot down and sighs. He might not know why Dean wants to talk to her so badly but it’s enough for him that he does. Whenever Sam wants something, Dean does his best to get it, be it a book, grilled cheese sandwiches or those triple chocolate cookies. So really, it’s only fair that Sam tries to help him out with this. Jimmy Boulder has told him how his older brother enlists his help to hit on girls, and it doesn’t sound that hard. Besides, from the way things are going Dean doesn’t have much to lose.
So Sam grabs his backpack and runs towards Dean, calling out his name excitedly. Dean turns halfway round to look at him, and that’s when Sam uses all of Dad’s training to stage a truly spectacular fall. He cries out in fake pain and curls up on his side.
Within seconds, Dean drops to his knees at his side and runs his hands all over Sam frantically. “Shh, Sammy,” he whispers, “are you ok? Where are you hurt?” He checks Sam’s elbows and palms for scraping and frowns, confused, when he doesn’t find anything. He looks at Sam questioningly and is just about to speak, when somebody steps up next to them. Sam can barely hold back a grin. This so worked.
“Is he ok?” Kristen asks. “That looked like a bad fall.”
Dean looks up, surprised. “Yeah,” he says, “I think he’ll be fine. Must have tripped over something.”
Sam goes for the expression that gets him free cake at every diner and looks up at her, too. He even sniffles a little for effect which earns him another confused glance from Dean. “’t was my shoelace,” he says, “it always unties itself. But Dean knows this extra-special knot that never opens if you don’t want it to, and he says he’s gonna teach me. You will, Dean, right?”
Dean only nods, completely baffled. Sam can’t blame him, they both know that Sam can do at least two dozen knots which are hard to untie even if you try. Sam grins at him widely before he turns back to Kristen. “Dean is the best big brother ever,” he says earnestly. And then, as if it had only just occurred to him, “Hey, we are going to the ice cream parlor after school. Do you wanna come?”
Dean’s eyes widen in alarm, but before he can say anything Kristen smiles at Sam. “Sure,” she says, “can’t miss having ice cream with the best big brother ever, right?”
today's word count: 530
8,588 / 10,000 words. 85% done!
Note: This is part of the 30 Ages in 30 Days series.