Chapter 24

Charlie was back on her seat and she was impatiently waiting for her father to come back. She knew that he went inside to put some candles on her cake and she couldn't wait to make her wish. She already knew what it was. Any girl of her age would wish for toys or for a boyfriend but she wasn't like them. At the age of ten, she wasn't ready for boys yet and she had more important things to wish for than a bunch of toys. She wanted her Uncle Seth to be happy. She had no idea what was really going on and she knew that nobody would explain it to her but she knew he wasn't feeling right. She knew it since the day her mom and her uncle fought and her dad ended up kicking Seth out of the house. She barely saw him after that and it was making her sad. At first, she wanted to wish to see him but now that he was back, she had to wish for something else and his well-being seemed to be a great choice. As her father was getting out of the house, someone covered up her eyes.

"Don't look." Seth said.

"I know my dad is coming back with a cake Uncle Seth." she said as she tried to get his hands off.

"I know sweetheart, but your mom asked me to cover your eyes and I don't want to upset her. She's nice to me today and I want to keep it that way."

"Seth!" Deb shouted with a smile.

She knew he was messing with her and she didn't care. Nothing in the world could ruin that perfect day. They all started chanting Happy Birthday to Charlie and a big smile lighten up her face. Seth's hands were still on her eyes and she couldn't see anything. Once the song was over, her uncle set her free. In front of her, there was a beautiful vanilla cake with strawberries everywhere just like she loved and in the middle, there was a picture of Dean. He was smiling with his thumbs up and it was written "Happy Birthday Pumpkin." underneath.

"What is Uncle Dean doing on my cake?" Charlie said, laughing.

"Since he couldn't be with us today, he wanted me to do this." Roman said.

Charlie laughed as she was looking at her uncle's picture. She was so happy that he thought of doing that for her. She would've loved for him to be here with them. Seth sat back on his chair, looking at his niece. Seeing her smile like that made him the happiest man on earth. As she was about to blow her candles, her dad stopped him.

"You have to make a wish baby girl." Roman said.

"I know daddy. I've been preparing for that moment for a while now, I know exactly what to wish for."

"Go ahead Charlie." Deb said as she was pointing a camera on her to immortalize her tenth year anniversary.

Charlie thought about her wish so hard that her head started hurting. She blew up the candles on her cake as everyone was applauding her. She looked up at her uncle Seth and smiled at him.

"So… what did you wish for?" Seth asked, curious.

"I'm not supposed to tell you." Charlie answered.

"Come on sweetheart."

"If she tells you, it won't happen." Deb said.

"Everybody knows that it's not true." Seth said. "I've been telling Roman and Dean all the wishes I did and…"

"And everybody knows they never came true!" Roman said, laughing.

"Shut up Rom'."

When Seth didn't know what to say anymore, he always told his brother to shut up. That was Roman's way of knowing that he was right once again. Seth turned to Charlie and asked her once again to tell him what her wish was.

"Uncle Dean!"

"Uncle Dean was your wish?" Seth said as he raised an eyebrow. "What's that supposed to mean?"

"Uncle Dean is here!" she shouted as she pointed the entrance of the backyard.

Seth quickly turned and his heart stopped beating for a second.

"What the…" he heard Roman say, as Charlie was screaming her joy.

Dean was heading toward them with a big smile on his face and he only had eyes for his little brother. He had not seen him in forever. They didn't want him to visit Seth when he was in the hospital after the whole thing with Bray. After Roman had left the police station that night, Dean met with his lawyer and got his ass kicked right back to the institute. Seth stood up and walked toward his brother. Words couldn't describe how much he was happy to see him.

"What's up little brother?" Dean said with a smile on his face.

He wrapped his arms around his brother's neck and gave him the biggest hug possible.

"What the fuck are you doing here?" Seth let out in a sigh.

"Uncle Dean!" Charlie shouted as she ran toward them.

The little girl wrapped her arms around Dean and Seth's legs to hug them both at the same time. Roman and Deb joined them and Dean laughed when he saw the worried look on his big brother's face.

"Please tell me you didn't run away this time, Dean." Roman said.

Dean moved away from Seth and picked up Charlie in his arm.

"Come in, big guy." Dean said as he looked behind him.

Seth and Roman looked at each other before they turned to the entrance of the backyard. Randall was coming in with a big smile on his face.

"I've been good lately, they rewarded me with a day out." Dean said as he looked at both of his brothers.

Seth couldn't believe it. He was so happy to see Dean that he hugged him one more time even though his brother still had Charlie in his arm. The little girl had one arm around Dean's neck and the other one around Seth's.

"Best birthday ever." she whispered in their ears, making both of them laughed.

Roman shook Randall's hand and introduced him to his wife. Dean put Charlie down so that she could meet the guard as well. As the little girl was running to join her father, Seth turned to Dean.

"I can't believe you're here." he said.

"How are you feeling?"

Even though he hated that question, he couldn't blame his brother for asking, he hadn't seen him in two months. He had every right to know.

"I'm good. Now that you're here, I'm even better!" Seth said, laughing. "I missed you."

"I missed you too little brother."

Everybody was sitting down at the table and they were all eating birthday cake, even Randall. He wanted to leave them but Deb insisted. She knew what the guard had done to help her husband and his brothers when that psycho was after them and she wanted to thank him. After they fought for a while, Randall had finally agreed to stay. Charlie was so happy and she kept saying that it really was the best birthday ever. Roman stood up and started cleaning the plates when Deb told him that she got it. Randall told her that he was going to help her and that it was not negotiable.

"Charlie, would you like to help us please?" Deb said to her daughter.

"But it's my birthday, I don't want to clean the dishes on my birthday." she said, pouting her mouth.

"Baby, please."

Deb wanted to leave the boys alone for a moment, because she knew they had a lot of catching up to do. Since Dean wasn't going to be with us for a long time, she wanted Roman and Seth to spend as much time as they could with their brother.

"Your mother told me that your room looked like a real princess's bedroom. Can I see it?" Randall asked the little girl.

Charlie smiled and nodded as she joined her mother and the guard inside the house, leaving her father and her uncles behind. Roman looked at both of his brothers and smiled.

"I can't believe you two are here." he said.

"Me neither. I just wish we had more time with you." Seth said, looking at Dean. "It feels so great to just be sitting here and talk like nothing happened."

Dean looked at them with a big smile on his face. It really did feel good. For the first time in a long time, he was feeling like a normal person and not a prisoner. Just to feel the wind on his face was amazing.

"I have to tell you something…" Dean started as he looked down to avoid his brother's stare.

"What?" Roman asked

He hesitated for a couple of second and Seth was getting impatient.

"What is it?"

"I lied to you guys." Dean let out. "They didn't let me out for the day."

"WHAT?" Roman shouted. "You've got to be kidding me. Do you even realize…"

"Would you please let me finish?!"

Roman stopped talking and stared at his brother. He was so mad that he wanted to punch him. Dean had been so lucky the last time he escaped the institute. His lawyer was able to reduce his sentence by saying that Dean needed to help his brothers due to the threats. The court agreed and he didn't have any repercussion but Roman knew that this time they wouldn't be so clever.

"Man, they're going to eat you alive…" Roman started.

"Shut up Rom'." Seth intervened. "What do you mean they didn't let you out for the day?"

"Actually, what I meant was that they didn't let me out JUST for today." Dean said.

"I don't understand…" Seth said.

"It means that I'm not going back there. They reviewed my case last week and they are letting me out. I'm a free man!"

Seth's smile said it all. There were no words that could express the way he was feeling. Roman couldn't talk either. He was still trying to process what his brother just said.

"How's that possible? I saw you yesterday and…" he started.

"I wanted to surprise you guys. I couldn't think of a better day to get out than the day Seth was leaving rehab." Dean said. "I'm going to be there for you, little brother."

Seth couldn't believe it. He stood up and so did Dean. They hugged each other and Roman joined them for a group hug. Debra, Randall and Charlie were getting out of the house, wondering what was going on. The guard had a big smile on his face as he saw them in each other's arms.

"Do they know now?" he asked Dean.

"Yeah, I just told them."

"What's going on?" Debra asked as she joined Roman.

"Dean's a free man." Roman said, wiping a tear that was about to fall off of his eye.

After Charlie thanked everybody for being there for her birthday, she kissed her uncles goodnight and went inside with Debra. It was getting late and Randall told the guys that he had to go. Roman insisted that he stayed but he had to work the night shift at the mental institute and he didn't want to be late. Since he let Dean out the other time, his boss was constantly checking up on him. He was lucky that he didn't get fired but they made it quite clear that he had to be a perfect employee from now on. They wouldn't tolerate any other infraction.

"Thanks for everything buddy." Dean said as he briefly hugged the guard.

"Take care and stay out of trouble alright?"

"I'll do my best."

Randall laughed and shook Roman and Seth's hand before he left. Dean sat back and looked at Roman. He silently asked him if he could have a beer or if it wasn't a good idea because of Seth. He knew that his little brother just got out of rehab and that it may not have been a good idea to drink near him but on the other end, he was dying to have one. Roman frowned his eyebrows as he was trying to understand Dean's gesture.

"Roman, would you please get my brother a beer." Seth said, laughing.

"Are you sure?" Dean said. "I know that…"

"Come on bro, you're not going to start doing that every time you want something, right? I'm fine."

"Good, because I've been dying for that beer since I step a foot outside of that place."

After Roman came back with his drink, Dean took a big sip and looked at both of his brothers.

"What would you guys say if we go on vacation?"

"The three of us?" Roman asked.

A part of him wanted to be with his brothers but the other part wanted to be with his wife and Charlie. After that whole thing with Bray, Roman had trouble leaving them alone and the thought of going outside of town for a week was driving him crazy.

"I was thinking about asking Deb and Charlie." Dean said.

"That would be awesome!" Seth shouted.

The thought of spending time with his family and Charlie made him the happiest man on earth.

"Where would you want to go?" Roman asked. "It's not that easy to travel with a kid, you know."

"I was thinking Disneyland…" Dean said, looking at both of his brothers to see their reaction. "I thought it would be great for Charlie and we always wanted to go there so…"

"I'm in!" Seth quickly said.

Since they were little, the three boys always dreamed of going there.

"What do you say Rom'?" Dean asked.

"I've got to talk with Deb about it…"

"Ah come on, man!" Seth said, laughing. "Just say yes and force her to come with us!"

Roman knew how much this vacation would mean for his brothers. He knew how it could be great for Seth to just take off there and have fun. He knew Dean would enjoy every second of this vacation, since he was always the one who wanted to go there the most. He knew Charlie would be ecstatic to visit Disneyland. And most of all, he knew his wife would approve his decision no matter what it'll be.

"When do we leave?" Roman finally said with a smile.

"Go wake Charlie up, we're leaving in five hours!" Dean said as he put tickets on the table.

"Are you kidding me?" Seth shouted.

"You already booked everything?" Roman asked.

"I knew you wouldn't say no."

"I'm going to wake Charlie up right now." Seth said.

He ran inside as Debra was coming out. She joined her husband, asking him what was going on again. Dean quickly told her that they were leaving on vacation.

"You don't have a choice. You're coming at that's it." Dean added.

"Did you really think I would say no to this?" Deb said with a smile. "I know it has always been your dream to go there."

"Seriously Rom'?" Dean said, frowning his eyebrows. "You told your wife that it was my dream to go to Disneyland?"

"You'd make a very beautiful princess Deano." Roman said, laughing.

"I would do one for sure though." Dean said with a grin on his face.

Seth was quietly entering Charlie's bedroom. As he was sitting on his bed, the little girl immediately woke up.

"What's going on Uncle Seth?" she asked. "Are you feeling OK?"

"Don't worry sweetheart, everything is fine." Seth said as he gently stroked her hair. "Come here."

He picked up his niece in his arms and went outside to join his brother.

"Uncle Dean forgot to give you his gift." Seth explained to the confused little girl. "I guarantee you that it's the best gift ever!"

"It's not possible. You and Uncle Dean were my best gifts. Nothing can top that." Charlie said with a sleepy voice.

"I wouldn't be so sure about that." Dean said as Charlie and Seth were getting closer to him. "Look at this."

Charlie picked the ticket that Dean was giving her. She had trouble focusing on what was written on it since she just woke up.

"Disneyland?" she asked, not sure if she was seeing correctly.

"That's right sweetheart. Uncle Dean is bringing us all with him to Disneyland." Seth said.

He let her on her feet and the little girl screamed as she jumped into her Uncle Dean's arms to thank him. Dean kissed her cheek and gave her the biggest hug.

"Best birthday EVER!" Charlie shouted, making everybody laugh.

In five hours, Roman, Dean and Seth would finally realize one of their childhood's dream and all three of them knew that this trip was going to be unforgettable.

A/N – So that's it guys! I'm done with this one! I loved writing it and I always feel sad when I finish a story. Thanks to everyone who reviews, followed or put my story in their favorite! I'm already working on another one so follow me if you want to know when it will be online! Have a good day and thanks again for everything!