Can I Have Another?, Sequel to Sometimes Lost Is Better

Ok so I was having a really hard time trying to come up with a story line that I wanted to use in this sequel and my muse was just off in la la land doing whatever she felt like and didn't want to help me out. I got her back on track though thanks to Kittypride, so big thanks again, although I'm not too sure how often I will be updating. I say that a lot and I always update often so I don't know why I say that when it isn't true that I won't be updating it often. LOL. This first chapter just kind of kick starts it but since I'm still working on six others and I want to at least get one finished before my vacation...might be putting this one on hold. Might. I doubt it though, you know me over worked and under paid muse keeps me going. Maybe that is why she bugs me so much? Maybe I should pay her more? LOL. Ok so here we go off on another adventure with adventurous Sammy and a tireless Dean. LOL. Hope you like it

--Candace






Can I Have Another?



Chapter 1

“Can I have another one?” Sam asked hopefully his large brown eyes pleading and desperate from the backseat of the hot stuffy confines of the impala.

John rolled his eyes and ground his teeth together; he was getting so tired of hearing that phrase from his five year old. Why the hell had Jim bought that story for him? Why had Dean introduced him to ginger cookies? The result had been a complaining and whining Sam until John had stopped at the store and bought a large bag of them for his son.

He had told Dean specifically not to give Sam one every time he asked but Dean, being Dean, could never deny Sam anything he wanted, ginger cookies included.

It had started off innocently enough with John picking up his boys and Sam eagerly showing him the new book that the pastor had been kind enough to buy, along with a new Splinter action figure to go with the four ninja turtles he already had. John had been delighted in the fact that he wouldn’t be hearing Sam-I-Am every two seconds anymore but that had quickly changed.

The Gingerbread Man was getting just as old and he was ready to accidentally leave it someplace and not buy a new copy. Sam was having none of it; he slept with the damn thing, one arm wrapped around it as if it were a teddy bear.

It would seem as if it had grown on Sam as it didn’t leave his side. He looked at the pictures while eating breakfast, lunch, or dinner, had Dean read it half a dozen times during story time, he would mumble the familiar words from the bathroom as he did his business book in hand, and when Dean was brave enough to give Sam a bath, Sam would only agree if the Gingerbread Man from the story could watch.

Dean had taken up the habit of propping the book up against the toilet so that the ginger cookie with gumdrops for eyes could watch Sam have the time of his life in the bathtub, while Dean got thoroughly soaked.

After bath time Sam would allow Dean to get him dressed and then hurried to the small table in hopes for a ginger cookie before bedtime. Dean always gave him one and one only before ushering him off to bed. There he would have to read the book another two or three times while Sam giggled nonstop through the whole story, before exhausted the five year old would fall asleep. The next morning the whole process would start all over again, and it was grinding on John’s nerves.

“Dean can I have another one?” Sam begged once more as he reached a chubby hand out for the treat. It was going on lunchtime and John had yet to stop after being on the road at six in the morning. He had caught wind of a new hunt and it sounded urgent, well according to Joshua it did anyway. Everyone else was tied up in their own hunts so John had agreed to check it out.

He had bundled up an exhausted Dean, and still snoozing Sam into the car by quarter to six, and after doing a quick sweep of the motel room they had been staying in to make sure nothing important was left behind, they had left.

Dean had fallen asleep again within the first hour of the drive; Sam hadn’t stirred until almost nine. He had blinked in confusion at being in the car already but had happily pulled out The Gingerbread Man and entertained himself with it until Dean had woken at quarter to eleven. Dean had been up half the night getting things ready for their early check out, so John hadn’t bothered to wake him.

Now it was eleven thirty and Sam was complaining of hunger pains, but being as they were in the middle of nowhere they didn’t have a chance to stop for anything. Dean had pulled out the large bag of ginger cookies and they had been keeping Sam quiet, well semi quiet anyway, until he wanted another one.

“Sammy you’ve already had six.” Dean tried to reason with his kid brother pulling out another ginger cookie anyway. He didn’t blame Sam for being hungry; his own stomach was protesting the long break between meals.

“I’m still hungry.” Sam pouted sticking out his bottom lip and making his eyes spread larger in hopes that it would make Dean cave. It worked; he was rewarded with the small ginger cookie, which instantly found its way into his mouth. He crunched it louder than necessary looking extremely pleased with the tasty treat. “I’m thirsty.”

John shot a glance to Dean who was looking a little lost on that request, dark hazel turned to meet his own dark brown and he gestured with a quick flick of his head to the backseat. “There are some water bottles under the seat back there Dean.”

Dean managed to maneuver over the bench and to the backseat where Sam was bouncing eagerly up and down his hands groping out for the water he so desperately craved. Dean’s quest was a short one and he came up triumphant with the water bottle in hand.

He twisted off the cap and handed it to his brother, who took one sip and spit it right back out showering the back of John’s head with a mixture of warm bottled water and spit. Not to mention the gingersnap cookie chunks that had been residing in his mouth.

Dean tried his hardest to keep a straight face as one of John’s hands flew up to feel the back of his head before shooting his youngest a dirty look from the review mirror. “Sam why did you do that?”

“It was yucky.” Sam announced not at all ashamed of his actions. He hadn’t missed the torn look somewhere between amused and shocked that had crossed Dean’s face as Dean took the water bottle back and gulped down a few swallows himself.

“Well you said you were thirsty and that is all we have until we stop for lunch.” John growled with no real heat behind the words. He knew being in the car wasn’t fun for his boys and there was no way to really keep any drinks cool so of course the water would be warm and unpleasant on a rapidly heating day such as today.

“I don’t want it.” Sam crossed his arms across his chest stubbornly, his face twisted into a scowl. His dark locks were hiding his stubborn brown eyes. Dean did chuckle at that, Sam looked so much like John when he was angry.

“Well go thirsty then.” John muttered flipping on the radio and searching for something decent that he would enjoy listening to. He missed the look of disgust that crossed Dean’s face as he settled on some old country station, his gaze too busy on the road.

Dean capped the water bottle and set it onto the seat between the two of them, before leaning back against the seat and closing his eyes he was exhausted from the constant drive and trying to keep Sammy entertained. He felt a finger poke him in the shoulder, gently at first but becoming increasingly more insistent as the seconds passed.

He opened one eye slowly to see Sam smiling at him, his hand held out, an eager look on his face. “What is it Sammy?”

“Can I have another?”

oh my God Candace, that was so funny. the one i feel pity for is poor Dean, that kid is a handful.

anyway, i'm glad that you decided to start a sequel, don't know how you do it.

YAY. You posted the sequel.

Little Sammy really does love his cookie's.....he keeps asking for more.

The part where Sam spat out the water and and it hit john's head.... that cracked me up. Hilarous.

Fantastic start Candace

I'm blaming you for my still being awake at 2am! I would have been asleep a few mins earlier if I hadn't raced over here as fast as my inet would allow me from the "Sometimes Lost Is Better" thread to read these. Love it!
Especially this line

"he would mumble the familiar words from the bathroom as he did his business book in hand"

Yippie!!!!!! *Continues to jump up and down in excitement*. Wow, I have been doing that a lot today. . Anyways, the sequel is here!!!! It's amazing how fast you come up with these girl. Your muse sure likes to keep you going. Anyways, I thought this whole first chapter was freaken hilarious. Sam bugging Dean for the cookies, Sam spitting the warm water all over the back of John's head, and Sam waking Dean up at the end asking Dean for yet another cookie. . You say he already had six ...... well now seven? Gee, if Sammy keeps eating all these sweets, he is going to be spitting more than just water out of his mouth. He is going to get car sick. *Shudders due to past memories* . That is what always happened to me. Car sickness sucks.

Anyways, fantastic start to this story. I am glad to see it up already. By the way, I told ya the title was catchy. .

Keep up the great work hun. .

OOO OOO OOO YES a SEQUEL. YAY im excited!!! I love adventurous Sammy. I cant wait to find out what hes gonna do next.

YAY another I loved it

Soo funny!!!

the sequel is here!
I love the start! Sam is a HUGE handfill isn't he?
the spitting out the water was hysterical!
I can't wait for an update!

Yeah, thanks to your over active muse you have started the sequel Candace!!! I can't tell you how pleased I was to log on and find this!!!!

Brilliant start, no wonder John wants to lose 'The Gingerbread Man' book, and it won't be long before Dean is sick of it too!!! LMAO that Dean introduced Sam to ginger cookies, he will make himself sick if he eats too many of them - but there again, ginger is meant to settle the stomach, so maybe not!!! So funny how Sam spat out the warm water, not so funny for John that Sam's spit hit his head!!! Unless they stop, Sam will just have to put up with the funny taste of the water, he will really need a drink with all the cookies he is munching!!!

Sarah

that was too freeakin funny. Poor Dean! I did'nt read your other one, but I love this one. Update soon!

Oh Candace! You started already. Imagine how not surprised I was

So am I wrong, or is this when we start to see cute Sammy start to turn into surly Sammy we see in The Pooka? Just wondering.

Ok you know the drill, wonderful beginning and I can't wait for more.

Alex continues to run around the boards like a mad woman...filled with joy cause school is over........

YEY U STARTED THE SEQUEL.....LOVING CUTE SAMMY AND DEAN.....POOR JOHN

my dad is so gonna kill me if I do that even though I'm 5!! XD poor Deanie... he just trying to sleep~~ >.<

Hey guys sorry that it has been so long between updates for this one. I was trying to find the perfect...well shall I say new annoyance of Sam's and it wasn't exactly the easiest thing to find. Although I did have a lot of fun with it and really enjoyed writing it. Hope everyone enjoys it as well and thanks for the great reviews for this one already, I'm glad that everyone is enjoying it already and thought the last chapter was so funny. Made me smile that everyone thought that cute little Sammy was so funny. Thanks guys.

--Candace

Kajal--I'm glad that you enjoyed the last chapter. It was a lot of fun. I'm glad that you thought it was so funny. I get so hesitant with writing anything I think is funny because I would feel so dumb if I was the only who thought it was but I'm glad you got a kick out of it as well. Dean sure has his hands full with Sam doesn't he? You don't know how I do it huh? Well to be honest with you...neither do I. LOL. I just go as my muse does I guess. Thanks for the review!

Lucy--I'm glad that you enjoyed the last chapter and thought it was funny. That makes me happy becuase I get so nervous with writing funny things thinking I will be the only one that will think it is funny and everyone else will just be like LOL. I'm glad that you were so excited to see the sequel to this one. Hope you enjoy this next part. Thanks for the review!

Kerri--You are crazy being awake at 2am to read, dude I'm gone by like 12 usually. LOL. Although last night I didn't go to bed until after 1 which was really bad since I had to get up kind of early this morning. I was busy watching a movie and didn't want to stop watching it because I was so into it. A scary one then couldn't go upstairs because it was dark up there so I had to turn on all the lights. I'm sure you wanted to know that didn't you. LOL. Sorry I'm kind of all hyper and I don't even know why, I didn't oh wait...I did have sugar today. LOL. Peanut M&M's. LOL Those things are so good! Probably why I'm hyper now though. Very bad for me. I'm glad that you enjoyed that line. I had fun with the whole how far can I take this concept. Thanks for the review!

Kittypride--I'm glad that you were so excited to see the sequel up and going. Like I said it was because I went to read your review for Sometimes Lost Is Better that my muse got inspired for this one so take a bow and pat yourself on the back. Ok that's enough. LOL. Sorry I'm so freaking hyper! LOL. No more chocolate for me, no matter how tempting it might be. I swear I eat a small bag of peanut M&M's and I'm all hyper for the rest of the night. I suppose it is better than being worn out though isn't it? I'm glad that you enjoyed the first chapter and that you got a kick out of Sam spitting the water on the back of John's head. I really liked that part too. LOL. Hope you enjoy this next one. Thanks for the review!

Steff--I'm glad that you were so excited to see the sequel up and going. It made me so happy to see so many people excited about this already. I'm glad you are looking forward to an active Sammy. You never know what kind of adventures they can get into can you? Thanks for the review!

Holly--I'm glad that you were so happy to see the sequel up. I'm also glad that you enjoyed the humor in the last one. It always makes me nervous, making me think I am the only one that will find it funny. Hope you enjoy this next one. Thanks for the review!

Pinkphoenix--I'm glad to see that you were so excited about the sequel. Kind of a spur of the moment kind of thing. But that is the way I usually work, muse likes it that way I suppose. I'm glad that you enjoyed the humor in the last chapter...always get a little nervous with those but everyone seemed to get a kick out of it as well. Hope you enjoy this next one. Thanks for the review!

Sarah--I'm so happy that you were so excited to see that I started the sequel. I was so happy to see that everyone was so excited for it, and enjoyed the first chapter. I had fun with it, and I know it took me a long time to get chapter two up but with everything else and work and all that other crap I didn't have time to find the right thing to make this next chapter click for me. I found it tonight though. I hope you enjoy it as much as I did. I'm glad that you enjoyed the part where Sam spat the water on John's head. I had a lot of fun with that. Thanks for the review!

Sparkle07-- Always excited to hear from someone new, glad you decided to check this one out. I'm glad that you enjoyed the last chapter I had a lot of fun with it. I'm glad that you are enjoying the humor in this one already. I hope you continue to enjoy it. Thanks for the review!

Jenn--Man I didn't surprise you that I started this one already? Damn and I was trying to be so subtle. LOL. Couldn't help it you know my muse totally out of control and pushing me to the max...I think she wants a raise! LOL. I'm glad that you enjoyed the last chapter so much I had a lot of fun with it. Sorry that it took so long just couldn't find the right part for this next chapter but I found it tonight so I was very happy. Hope you like it. Thanks for the review!

Alex--LOL. It doesn't matter how many times I see that little skippy guy dancing around because you're out of school it always makes me smile. I'm glad that you were happy to see that I started the sequel already and I'm glad that you enjoyed the last chapter. Yeah poor John, he sure has his hands full with both his boys doesn't he? Hope you continue to enjoy it. Thanks for the review!

Rookie--I'm always excited to hear from a new reader I'm glad that you have been enjoying this story so far. Not that it is very long but I'm glad that you like it. Yeah Sam is a handful, poor Dean sure can't do anything can he. Not while Sam is around anyway. Hope you enjoy this next part. Thanks for the review!








Chapter 2

Dean groaned reaching into the bag for another cookie, Sam was bouncing up and down next to him, his hand opening and closing again in anticipation. He didn’t stop until the small ginger cookie was place in his palm and happily being crunched between his shiny white baby teeth.

“That’s enough for now Sammy.” Dean said rolling the top of the bag and placing it on the floor beside his feet. He leaned back, closing his eyes once more as Sam’s chewing stopped and the sound of Sam gulping louder than necessary reached his ears.

He didn’t bother to open his eyes though, he knew it would be a while before they reached the next town, and stopped for lunch. The best way to avoid Sam’s pressing drive for attention was to just ignore him. It was a tactic he didn’t try very often as Sam would often throw a temper tantrum but right now he didn’t care. Sam had plenty of books to keep him busy, especially his new one.

Sam seemed to get the point this time, Dean wasn’t going to give him anymore cookies so he might as well find some way to entertain himself. Swinging his legs back and forth his feet contacted the back of John’s seat, gently pressing and releasing the seat.

John grit his teeth and tightened the steering wheel, his knuckles turning a ghostly white as his nerves started to dance. Sam wasn’t being annoying on purpose, but with what little sleep he had gotten the night before he was on edge and ready to snap at any moment.

Sam however wasn’t done being annoying. “Puff the magic dragon, lived by the sea. And frolicked in the autumn mist…”

John had had enough. “Sam!”

Sam pouted, sticking his bottom lip out and allowing his eyes to water. John groaned and tried to avoid his son’s gaze from the rearview mirror. Sam kicked the seat harder then before now that his feelings had been hurt. He didn’t see Dean’s lips twitching, but John did.

“It’s not funny Dean.” John said angrily to his oldest.

“I didn’t say anything.” Dean replied lazily not bothering to open his eyes.

“Were you the one that taught him that damn song?” John demanded keeping his eyes on the long stretch of road.

Dean shook his head and did start to laugh at this. “Didn’t have to. He memorized it.”

“Well I blame you for that you gave him the damn tape.” John growled while Sam looked between the two of them, a look of puzzlement on his features.

“You gave it to me first.” Dean reasoned watching as a pink tint covered John’s cheeks.

Sam found this as a cue to keep singing. “Puff the magic dragon, lived by the sea…”

John deliberately turned up the music that had been playing softly from the speakers, drowning out Sam’s rendition of his favorite song. He had been so happy when the tape player that Sam had been using to listen to that song over and over again had eaten the tape. He had pretended he didn’t know how to fix it and had forbidden Dean to fix it for Sam.

The tape had ended up in the garbage a while ago but that didn’t mean that Sam had forgotten the words to it. John had been hoping that Sam had gotten over his Puff the magic dragon phase. It had been ten times worse than Dean’s and Sam had been twice as annoying with it.

He hadn’t sung it or even thought about it for so long that John had been relaxed about it. Now it looked like the damn thing was back in full force.

Determined to sing over John’s music Sam’s voice screeched over the music, slightly off key, shouting in Dean’s ear and making John’s head pound. “Oh Puff the magic dragon lived by the sea, and frolicked in the autumn mist in a land called…what’s the name again Dean?” Sam asked turning to Dean.

Dean shrugged not willing to reveal the name to his brother. Sam had always had trouble with that part of the song, so not knowing the answer he would make up towns of his own. Filling the gap with anything and everything that came to his mind. This time was no different.

“Oh Puff the magic dragon, lived by the sea. And frolicked in the autumn mist in a land called cherry tree.”

“A land called cherry tree? Where the hell did you come up with that?”

“Dean! Watch your mouth!” John snapped from the front seat giving Dean a firm glare.

“I like cherries.” Sam pouted also glaring at his brother. His arms crossed over his chest stubbornly.

“Sam can’t you sing something else?” Dean pleaded not wanting to listen to anymore of Sam’s version of Puff the magic dragon.

“Nope!” Sam shook his head vigorously back and forth, his long brown locks waving around furiously. “I like this song.”

“You don’t even know the right words.” Dean tried to reason.

“So.” Sam said and Dean gave up. So what if Sam didn’t know the right words? It wasn’t as if that would ever, or ever had stopped his brother before. When Sam didn’t know a certain word, something too big for him he would make things up. Something that sounded good to his ears even though it made no sense to anyone else. Therefore, he and John were forced to endure Sam’s inventive form of an already screwy song.

“Can I have a cookie?” Sam asked holding out his hand expectantly.

“I’ll make you a deal Sammy. If you stop singing I will give you another cookie. Deal?” Dean unfolded the top of the bag and pulled out a cookie. Sam nodded agreeably and accepted the treat. He chewed it, swallowed and cleared his throat.

“Puff the magic dragon, lived by the sea…”

“Sam you promised to stop singing if I gave you a cookie.”

“I did. Now give me another.”

Dean sighed and looked to John, not missing how John’s lips were twitching into a smile, obviously finding Sam’s negotiation very funny. Dean smiled too; it was so nice to see John smile every once in a while. If it took Sam being annoying and Dean being on the receiving end of that he would deal with it. He reluctantly pulled out another cookie and handed it to his anxiously awaiting brother.

Loved it!!!

Sammy singing soo funnny!!!! Sam and those cookies lol
Poor Dean and John!!

Keep up the great work