Aww, so cute! Evil math teachers... Dean is so cute as the helluva-big-brother, and little Sammy is just way adorable! Thanks for posting this, it was such a fun read. I love your little Winchester fics, they're all so believable and I can totally see them as an episode!

Terrific story. It's great that Sam had Dean to stand up for him. It makes you wonder who was there to stand up for Dean is he had a tough teacher.

I love this!

I had the same conversation that Dean had with Sam re: showing his work, with our son when he was in high school. The very same one! He ALWAYS got poor grades in math and it was because he didn't show his work. He wanted to go much further and so could have, but by then, we were having trouble reaching him about some things. Eventually, all the math teachers refused to work with him. It broke my heart, but...*shrugs* He's fine now, tho.

For this situation to be in here, you must have come across it several times. *heart aches for Sammy* Jason's teachers weren't monsters and the problems were different, but I understand.

Dean handled it very well for that moment. Sam was brilliant and it wasn't going to be a problem in his future.

Sorry I'm babbling. :) Loved it!

Ack! Somehow I'd missed that this was up already!

"Sam thought of all the words he knew that started with U – unexpected, unjust, and unkind. Unsatisfactory was just unfair-unacceptable. Sam expected nothing but the best. School was always the one place he got everything right, the place where answers were abundant and his for the taking." Aw, this made me so sad for little Sammy. And he's right--u-words are mostly bad. Hadn't noticed that before.

This just about broke my heart for Sammy: "No one wanted a math dummy for a son or a brother." It hurt to see him so dejected. *sniffle*

"At his last school Sam had come home with a black eye. Dean had gotten expelled." Now why do I think those two events were directly related? ;) I'd like to read that story, I'm a sucker for "Dean beats up bully to protect Sam" stories. LOL

"...he gave Sam the look-the one that said he needed to explain quickly before Captain One Helluva Big Brother emerged like the Hulk. Dean was sort of like David Banner. It was hard to contain his alter ego once it was set free." Ha! Loved that! Great analogy, Dean like the Hulk. *snickers*

Oh, you can just hear poor Sammy's affront and helplessness here: “But I don’t know what to do. I got a ‘U’, Dean. A ‘U’.” Poor kid. I wonder if that green shirt thing really would've helped. Seems kinda silly. Poor Sam, they didn't have anything green, and of course, no money to get something. They're probably lucky to have food. *wants to kick Sam's teacher* It's sweet that Dean took him to try and find something at the Salvation Army, anyway. He'd do anything for Sammy. I really hope no teacher would actually hold something like that against a kid.

Loved this: “All I’m saying is you’re a black belt at multiplication. Division should be a piece of pie.” Loved both the image of Sam being a black belt at multiplication, and Dean's use of "piece of pie"--of course he wouldn't say "piece of cake" like everyone else. It's ALL about the pie. *snort*

LOVED the little glimpse at what Dean had done to help Sam learn his multiplication. Very sweet. Great idea too, using good old Chuck and the black belt concept. This made me giggle: “That’s great, Sammy, but obviously Mrs. Reilly isn’t handing out prizes for the quickest mathlete.” Especially since we know that Sam went on to become a mathlete. *snickers*

LOVED this: "Sam grinned. Dean was definitely his favorite teacher." Aw...*sniffle* Now THERE'S the relationship I want to see on-screen! And I loved what this says about their relationship: "It was still hard for Dean to believe anyone wouldn’t like Sam." I love stories/episodes that show that they don't just love each other, they LIKE each other.

This made me giggle: "Dean had two choices; pick on his little brother or be nice to him while his father was away. A lot of the times it was more fun to go the torture route. He had an image to maintain". Sounds just like a brother. Sad that all of this is happening the week of November 2, though. Poor Dean.

Loved this too: "His brother was nervous on Thursday morning so Dean made sure to leave him the last of the Lucky Charms for breakfast." It's the little sacrifices that show how much Dean loves and cares for Sammy, as much as the big ones.

"Dean refused to let his brother be bullied by other students. He sure as hell wasn’t going to let a teacher get away with it." LOVED how Dean stood up to that horrible teacher, and that he didn't let her intimidate him or threaten to send Sam to the principle, but threatened her right back. Great detail that she didn't call Sam "Sam" but "Samuel". Nice bit of characterization.

"“Do you think she’ll like me now?” Dean’s chest tightened. “I’m not sure Mrs. Reilly likes anyone.”...“Oh.” Sam looked down at his paper again, the teasing not working its typical magic. “Maybe Dad will be happy.” Dean worried that would be unlikely, too. Their father could be clueless on a good day. Any day near November 2 was not a good day." This made me so sad for Sammy, he wants so much to please those around him. And I loved that Dean worried for him, and felt his pain. And eventually cheered him up, as only he can. Loved that Dean blew off his friends and the cute girl to take Sam out for ice cream.

Great ending: “Nothing but the best for Dean Winchester’s little brother.” Of course!

Very nicely done! Great characterization, nice brotherly moment, lovely bit of protective Dean, and very well-written. Thanks so much for this! I'm favoriting it!

Aw! Dean getting right in there to fix things and worrying about Sam's confidence. I love it!

Aw... Such a cute little story! Keep up the good work!

great wee-chester story! i really enjoyed reading it! i felt bad for dean at the end that he couldn't get through to the teacher, but some battles you just can't win. all in all it was a great story!

I miss your wee-chester and that teacher deserves to be slapped.

So cute! Sam was very adorable and I loved Dean's confrontation with the teacher.

Cute! great fic

Eyebrows were definately raised when I saw that this was a canon story lol but then I saw your authors notes and understood. I've entered KazCon's authors auction myself in August :)

This was great but the best part by far was Dean confronting the teacher. I love how he went into the room prepared for a discussion and almost seemed shocked by her attitude and retailiated in Dean Winchester fashion ... very cool. I totaly loved this!!

Tara x0x

I had teachers like this old crone - I wish I'd had an older brother like Dean watching out for me...

Terrific work!

i really liked this story. i look forward to reading your stories when ever you come out with a new one. Thanks for making today a good day.

Very nice story. When my son was in third grade he had problems with his math teacher because he did not use the formula she used to solve his problems. The answers were all right but his way of calculating them was different from her's. So he got lower marks on his work. And that did not please me at all. I confronted the teacher and explained to her that instead of condemning his own formula she should be looking at it as creative and using his mind. In real life not all answers are reached through the same methods. She still wasn't thrilled but his grades were changed.
I am glad Sam had Dean there to stand up for him. Dean has always been the perfect big brother.
Thank you for sharing your story.