Hey I finally have the next chapter of Falling Down! Took me forever and I'm not really satisfied with it, but what the heck!

Beta'd by the incredible Little Miss Artist

Disclaimer: Nope, don't own them. Or any of th!e songs at the end.

Sorry if this chapter seemed a little out of character, but maybe that's just me.

Where we left off: "Yes, Sarah?" Dr. Winters asked, not happy about the interruption.

"He's awake."

Chapter Five: Tell Me Why

Dr. Winters nodded and turned to Dean and John. "You're welcome to come," she said before heading out the door and down the hall.

Dean and John followed after her and stopped behind her outside of room 113. She took a small breathe before pushing open the door.

Sam was sitting up in bed looking out the window. He was connected to nothing but a heart monitor as they didn't yet know what antibiotics to give him.

"Sam?" Dr. Winters asked professionally. Sam turned to look at her and surprise registered on his face when he laid eyes on Dean and John.

Sam opened his mouth to say something but the doctor beat him to it. "Sam, can you tell me if you took the medicine you were prescribed after your visit at the clinic?"

"I…it…the…" he stammered for a minute before shaking his head no.

"Why not?" John demanded, but before Sam could answer the doctor began again.

"Okay, Sam, I'm going to get a nurse to get you set up with an IV with ceftriaxone," she said before leaving the room.

Dean and John both made their way over to the bed where Sam had suddenly become interested in the fraying edge of the hospital sheet.

"Before I start asking you why this and why that, just start with telling us everything that happened," John said.

"Um, okay, well it started with that werewolf hunt a little while ago. There was a rip in my jeans and at some point while we were in the woods I guess a tick bit me. When I showered when I got home I noticed a really weird mark on the back of my leg-"

"And you didn't think to say anything?" Dean demanded, but John held up a hand and gestured for Sam to continue.

"Uh, then I guess I started getting really tired and I had a headache and I was…achy, I can't really think of any other way to describe it. Then you guys went away for a hunt and I decided to visit the clinic on the way home from school one day. He said I had Lyme Disease and gave me a prescription. I went to get it, but I couldn't afford it, so I had it filled, but I threw it away and just bought some regular medicine. Then you guys came home and I ended up passing out a school and, uh, yeah that's it."

"And you didn't tell us because?" Dean asked.

"When?"

"Anytime! Before the doctor's after the doctor's, just why not at all?"

"I guess I thought I could handle it at first. I didn't really think anything of the mark and I just thought I wasn't getting enough sleep. Then when I went to the doctor's and found out it was something, I didn't want to tell you because…I don't know, hunts don't usually go off without a hitch, usually one of us gets at least a bit hurt, but no one did that time and I didn't want to screw it up. And then the longer I waited the harder it got to tell you."

Dean opened his mouth, but then the nurse came in.

"This is going to hurt a bit, okay, sweetie?" She said before gently inserting the needle connected to the IV into Sam's arm. "We're only going to keep you here for a day or two then you can go home with a prescription that you'll have to take for about a month, then you should be all better, okay?"

Don't talk to me like I'm five. Sam longed to say, but instead he simply nodded and she smiled then left the room.

"Sam, getting hurt isn't screwing up," John said.

"Yeah, but I should have known not to wear jeans with holes in the forest. It was a stupid thing to do, I could have gotten poison ivy or-"

"Or gotten bitten by a tick? Sam, it could have happened to any of us. Yes, you shouldn't have worn jeans with holes, but it's not your fault that you have the worst damn luck ever and just happened to find the one tick in the whole forest with Lyme Disease," Dean joked.

"Besides, Sam, it could have been much worse. You always have to tell us if your hurt, even if it seems like nothing," John said. Sickness was something he couldn't protect his boys from, but if he knew then he could help fix it. But if he didn't know, there was nothing he could do.

"Yeah, Dad," Sam said with a small smile on his face.

"So promise no more hiding things?"

"Okay."

"Good," Dean said, "cause I need to go find out where the nurse from earlier, Sarah, went. She can give me mouth to mouth any day." He winked before exiting into the hallway.

John sighed and gave a small shake of his head. Sam smiled contentedly.

Everything was finally back to normal and that was good with the Winchesters.

The End

Epilogue? Up to you so leave me a review and let me know! If not, then thanks to everyone who stuck by me even though I took forever on updates for this one!

Also, I said I would list all the songs and their artists at the end so here they are:

Falling Down - Selena Gomez

Bad Day - Daniel Powter

Hold On - Sarah Mclachlan

Laugh, I Nearly Died - Rolling Stones

Tell Me Why - Beatles