I have had more than one person suggest to me that since I put two alternate universes in The Chronicles and that I had mentioned that Dean and Arandi were meant to be together in every place and time in one way or another, why not write stories telling of how Dean and Arandi met in other universes. The idea has niggled at me since and then I thought ok why not give it a shot but then I thought how cool it would be for Arandi and Jade to meet Jensen and Jared of course in this universe our boys are not married.
I know that this idea has been done over and over but all the ones I read were guy on guy so far.
WATCHING YOU WATCHING ME
"A body guard?" Jensen arched his eyebrow one of his trademark Dean looks.
"We think it's for the best Jensen." Eric arched his eyebrow as well trying his best to use his 'it's set in stone' voice.
"Come on Eric it's not that serious that I need two tons of muscles following be around everywhere. I already have that." He gestured a thumb toward Jared.
"I don't follow you around dude." Jared huffed.
Jensen turned to face him. "I recall Julie saying Jensen Eric needs to speak to you no mention of you."
"That's not following you that's just me being nosy." Jared grinned.
"Get a life dude." Jensen huffed but grinned back.
Giving one of his trademark pouts Jared whined, "But you are my life Jenny."
"Stop calling me that and that's why our main fan base thinks we are gay." Jensen turned back to Eric, "Speaking of gay the stories written on line about any body guards I have or Jared has always end up in big gay sex."
"Oh did you read the one about you being an ex-navy seal and I was the spoiled movie star?" Jared chimed.
"Not now Jared." Jensen mouthed.
"Or the one where you're a high priced hooker and I protect you?"
Jensen stared at Jared. "How the hell did I go from navy seal to hooker?"
"Different authors but they are so talented dude you have to read them your toes will curl." Jared said excitedly.
Eric cleared his throat. "Can we get back to why we are here?"
"Sorry." Jensen and Jared both said in unison.
"Look Jensen things got just a little more serious than notes being left on the car and such." He pulled out a yellow envelope and passed it to Jensen.
Jensen opened the envelope and pulled out a picture of a picture of when Jensen was a young teen with his first girlfriend. "This was my first real girlfriend." He said confused. "Where did you get this?" He whispered as realization crept up on him.
"It was pinned to your trailer this morning one of the sound guys found it thought it would get ruined by the wet weather so he pulled it down and found that behind it." Eric motioned to the other picture.
Jensen gaped at the sight of a tiny bloodied heart. "That's a heart." He stuttered feeling his stomach churn.
"A rabbit heart I'm afraid and the police will need to question you soon."
"What the hell to psychos have against rabbits?" Jensen breathed. "This picture of me and Sue Ellen was buried in a trunk in my closet how did he get a copy?"
Eric eyed Jensen seriously. "It's not a copy your mom verified that it was missing."
Jensen stood up his eyes wide a race with fury and pure fear going on in his gut. "The mother fucker was in my parent's house are they alright oh my God?"
Jared had a calming hand on his shoulder which instantly worked with Jensen.
"As far as police can piece together he got in your parent's home weeks ago when your parents had gone out to eat and they came home thinking that they had forgotten to lock the door since nothing was missing of value.
"He left a note?"
"Yeah the third picture."
Jensen pulled out the third picture which read in bright magazine clippings. 'Will your heart look this pretty when I pull out of your chest still beating?' he felt the color drain from his face. "How did he get on the set?"
"One of the catering kids fessed up that some guy paid him to pay a practical joke on you and since you guys are always horsing around he just wanted to be part of the fun."
"Just that easily it could have been a bomb?" Jensen felt his chest tighten.
As always Jared to the rescue. "Your mom calls you JR and your first girlfriend was named Sue Ellen really?"
Jensen felt the tension ease. "Took you long enough Sasquatch."
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Jensen tried desperately to relax get back into being Dean and it was times like these that he wished being Dean wasn't so much an act. He was tough but never going to be as tough as Dean Winchester.
He hated the way the crew was looking at him as if he might break at any second and every time that he saw someone that he didn't recognize his heart beat nearly out of his chest.
"You're going to be fine Jen." Jared said calmly beside him. "They have to get by me to get to you."
Jensen knew that Jared wasn't kidding they were that close that it wasn't even a second thought involved if it meant saving each other. They were inseparable and hell they had even kissed once just to get it out of their system and though it had been really hot it just wasn't for them. Jensen would go to his grave before he told anyone that he had had to jerk off not just once but twice that night just to get back to normal.
They shot the last scene of the day to near perfection with in two takes and they were done for the day as they headed back to their trailers to get ready to leave they saw the strange group of people talking to Eric. Three very well built guys and Jensen knew that one of these guys would be his body guard.
"Well at least their good looking so when you get to that big gay sex part of the story." Jared laughed.
Jensen mimicked Jared and walked toward the group just so he could get it over with.
"Jensen good, I like you meet Jonathan Remington and his partners Jace and Colt Dos Santos."
All the men shook with firm hand shakes.
"I assume you are the body guards?" Jensen asked as he sized each man up.
"We are a team each of us has our task to do." Jonathan answered. "Your actual body guard is…."
"That would be me." A female voice behind Jensen sounded.
He turned to face a breath taking beauty with long curled raven black hair and the most amazing blue eyes he had ever seen. She extended her hand to him and knew that his mouth was open but the brain connection to his mouth seemed to have been severed. He was amazingly able to get his hand to move and took hers.
"Arandi Remington." She smiled slightly.
"Dean…. I mean Jensen Ackles."
"I know who you are Mr. Ackles."
Finally Jensen's brain stirred slightly, "Mr. Ackles is my great grandfather, just Jensen please." He felt an unfamiliar arm around his shoulder.
"Just Jensen that's my little sister that you are undressing with your eyes." Jonathan huffed.
Could his day get any better?
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Colt drove the SUV that always took the actors home. He had come on as the new driver for the boys and they had sent the other's off on vacation.
Jensen sat slumped in the seat staring at the passing scenery knowing that Jared was itching to make a remark at his expense.
Arandi and her sister Jade sat across from them and Jared seemed quite comfortable talking to Jade while Jensen wished he could disappear into the upholstery.
He glanced up at Arandi who was watching everything with keen eyes.
"Don't misunderstand me Miss Remington….."
"Arandi." She glanced at him quickly.
"Arandi then it has nothing to do with your gender on my part hell being followed around by someone as gorgeous as you well it boosts my ego…"
Arandi stared at him coldly.
Jensen fish mouthed for a second. "What I'm trying to say is that having my six foot one nearly two hundred pound honor defended by a woman is going to get me laughed off the set, off the stage, and out of every bar."
"You passed two hundred a long time ago fatso." Jared snickered.
Jensen glared at him.
"I'm not here to defend your honor Jensen I'm here to watch you pretty little tush and those Angelina lips so they stay in one piece, as far as anyone is concerned you have an amazing project coming up this hiatus and you needed a personal assistant and Jared monkey saw monkey did."
Jensen glared at her now.
"I see you're not comfortable with people mentioning your looks Jensen." She cocked an eyebrow at him.
"Point taken." He growled because he really hated when people talked about how beautiful he was how his face seemed to be carved from marble, his perfect features, his to die for eye lashes and cock sucking lips.
As if reading his mind, "If the cock fits dude." Jared sing songed which got him a punch to the arm.
Jensen sighed why would he think a beautiful women would constantly want to be reminded of her beauty if he hated being constantly reminded of his. God he needed a drink.
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They had to sit in the SUV for almost an hour for the team to go into the house to give the all clear. Jared had asked one of his dog runners to take his dogs to the doggie spa for a few days, they loved it and they would be out of the way for the time being.
Jensen spent the time talking to his mom making sure she was alright but of course her main concern was her son and she had it her way she would be on a plane to protect him herself.
They finally got the go ahead to head inside and the first thing Jensen did was grab a glass and pour the strongest shit he and Jared had in the house they rented together.
"I need to calm my nerves." He explained as both Arandi and Jade watched him.
"You take the sofa old lady." Jade quipped to her sister and I'll set up my sleeping bag.
"You can share my room." Jensen found himself offering and wondering 'what the hell' at the same time.
"We need to be close to the door." Arandi said.
"Well my room is right there." He pointed past the stairs and I can share with Jared.
Jared grinned like a fool wagging his eyebrows. "You ladies gave us the perfect way to share our big gay love."
Jade laughed as Jensen punched Jared in his already abused arm.
"Little fucker can hit." Jared growled rubbing his arm. "No really ladies if either of our mama's found out that we let women sleep in our house on the sofa or the floor rolling pins would be the easiest we could hope for." He shuddered and buried his face into Jensen's shoulder as Jensen nodded seriously.
"We are supposed to keep them in one piece." Jade grinned at her sister.
"Fine if it's not too much trouble." Arandi conceded.
"Are you kidding Jared's bed fits all seven dwarves and half the Disney kingdom."
"Wouldn't be the first time we shared either." Jared winked hard.
"That explains why your tush is always so pronounced." Arandi grinned at Jensen.
"Hey eyes off my tush." Jensen acted offended.
"Sorry Sir Ackles but that is what I am getting paid to do."
"Hey I don't share well." Jared called out from the kitchen. "How's Chinese take-out sound guys?"
Everyone yelled out what they wanted.
"We're going to make a round of the perimeter and talk to the guys." Jade said as they headed to the door.
"We need to get something for them too?" Jared asked on the phone.
"Nah they got that covered."
Once alone Jensen went into his room to grab what he needed for the night and the morning.
"We sure fell into sync with them quick huh?" Jared asked.
"Yeah well if they are as good at their job as they say they are we should be back to normal pretty fast." Jensen sighed.
Jared chuckled. "I saw the way you looked at her dude."
Jensen blushed. "You'd have to be blind not to notice her man she's a hottie a hottie that could probably kick my ass in two point three seconds flat. Besides dude she is just here to do her job and someone like has to have a boyfriend or four."
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The women walked around the house checking everything for anything out of place or unusual.
"It's nice to see you smile sis." Jade said quietly.
"I smile all the time Jade." Arandi scoffed.
"That pasted on fake shit doesn't count, that playing around all be it short but still nice to see you are still in there." Jade sighed.
Arandi looked at her sister seriously.
"Don't Arandi it's been five fucking years you've given that bastard way too much of your life."
"It hasn't been easy Jade."
"I know how badly he hurt you I was there to pick up the pieces remember but the longer you grieve it the more power you give him."
Jade walked away to talk to her brother and the others and Arandi stared at the stars.
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"Fair warning ladies Jensen is not a morning person." Jared pointed out as he got ready to go for a run with Jade.
"Not like I'm not used to that." Jade remarked throwing a glance at Arandi's back.
"I felt that." Arandi growled.
Jared and Jade quickly ran out the door.
Minutes later Jensen dragged himself into the kitchen freshly showered and needing coffee as he plopped on the chair at the table.
"They really need to invent the IV already." He grumbled at the same time his stomach did when he smelled pancakes and bacon.
Arandi placed a plate full in front of him before he could ask along with a large mug of coffee and another of orange juice.
He looked at her before digging in whole heartedly.
"Hey watching your ass includes me making sure you don't pass out from malnutrition. Not that I have anything to worry about." She grinned pinching his fat as she walked by.
"I haven't been working out the way I should." He blushed.
"Well you need to get to it mister, the spring chicken phase has passed us both by quick fast and in a hurry." She sighed.
"Yeah because you so need to worry about your figure." Jensen scoffed trying to pinch Arandi back in the same area and coming back with nothing but her nearly jumping out of her skin.
"Sorry are you that ticklish?"
"I just wasn't expecting it." She breathed and rushed out of the room.
Jensen sat stunned finishing his breakfast trying to remind himself women were just funny that way.
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Jared rushed in the door as Jensen was finishing up his breakfast and Jade was right behind him.
"Does he always cheat?" She panted.
"S'why he's still single." Jensen shrugged.
"That's not the cheating she meant dumb shit." Jared barked.
"Jade is there something I should know about Arandi?"
Jade instantly went serious. "Oh God what happened?"
Jensen told her.
Jade's eyes widened. "You touched her, oh God where is she?"
"She hasn't come out of the room." Jensen whispered afraid he had done something awful.
Jade put her hand on his shoulder. "You didn't know Jensen it's not your fault."
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Jade knocked and then opened the door. Arandi was sitting on the edge of the bed staring at her shoes.
"I guess he told you?" She whispered.
"Yeah." Jade sat beside her.
"I should have expected him to touch me since I touched him first but still….I over reacted."
"He's really a nice guy Arandi."
"I know that he didn't try to hurt me Jade just doing exactly what I did to him but it has been so long."
Jade smiled trying to bring her sister out of her funk. "Of course you would pick Jensen Ackles to want to be the first to touch you in five years."
Arandi hitched a sigh and then smiled. "Well he does have a very nice tush."
"You gonna be ok?"
"Yeah I think so. Did I freak him out?"
"Just a little Jared is coaxing him out of the tree as we speak."
"Shut up."
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Before they knew it a whole two weeks had gone by and they were all getting along well. Jared and Jade especially. One other incident had happened in that time so they were going to wait it out
Jensen didn't mind the fresh cooked breakfast every morning or the awesome brand of coffee Arandi used. Hell they had even cooked dinner a couple of times and neither boy minded home cooked meals.
And sleeping with Jared wasn't that bad really he was a big cuddly bear after all but he would prefer yeah let's not go there he didn't need to get pummeled by three ox big body guards for being googly eyed over Arandi but he couldn't help it she was pretty damn hot in the morning in the afternoon and at night even though she didn't wear a strip of makeup and she loved jeans and t-shirts and God she always smelled so damn good.
Jensen sighed heavily at the breakfast table he needed to get laid soon before he PMSed he was acting like such a girl. Hell if he was going to try to get laid while Arandi was watching his ass although he wished she touched it too.
He groaned and plopped his head on the table.
"You alright Jensen?" Arandi asked behind him.
"Just tired Ari." He sighed. 'Tired of having blue balls.' He thought
"Too tired to say my whole name."
"Sorry." He mumbled.
"Not a big deal Jense."
He looked up at her. "I like the way you make that sound so you know a good masseuse?"
"Colt has great hands."
"Um preferably not male." And God he was jealous of Colt because how else would Arandi know he had great hands.
"That's what Jade says anyway." She seemed to read his mind.
Jared came barreling into the kitchen. "Dude I just got off the phone with Tom he and Mike are coming into town this weekend and you know what that means."
Jensen eyed Arandi.
"I guess this means you'll be going out Friday night?" Arandi asked.
"Yeah I'm not changing my life for any creep."
"And you shouldn't the more you go on with your life the more likely they are to get trumped up and caught."
"Just fair warning that Mike will hit on you relentlessly." Jared grinned.
"Not if he thinks she's my girl." Jensen blurted.
Jared grinned wide as Jensen blushed and Arandi walked out of the kitchen.
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Friday night rolled around and they got ready to go out to dinner and then the pub. Johnny, Colt, and Jace were going hang around as bar flies and Arandi and Jade were Jensen and Jared's dates.
Jensen thought he was going to have pour ice down his jeans at least three times during the night when he saw the dress that Arandi was wearing. The basic little black dress that fit her to perfection oh yeah he was getting smashed tonight that way if he said anything stupid he could blame it on the alcohol and hell he was even smart enough to apologize in advance.
It was no surprise that both Tom and Mike were impressed with Arandi and Jade and Mike shamelessly tried to get their attention and Jensen just prayed that Mike didn't notice his and Arandi's lack of contact.
Jensen figured in the next moment once he was buzzing fairly well that karma was a real bitch when suddenly his ex was standing in front of him. Jensen instantly looked for Arandi but she must have gone to the bathroom so he stood to face Miranda.
"What the fuck do you want Miranda?" He fired at her needless to say things had not ended well with them.
"You need to be more respectful." She snapped.
"I respect women that respect themselves." He shot back.
"What the fuck is that supposed to mean?"
"Oh I don't know the last time I checked when someone says they are your girlfriend they are not supposed to fuck upper Vancouver!" He saw the slap coming a mile away but he took it because he mama had taught him that a man never hits a woman even if the fucking bitch deserves it.
His cheek stung sharply and she reared back for the next one and then she was on her ass with Arandi standing over her.
"Cat fight!" Mike yelled.
"Who in the fuck do you think you are?" Miranda screamed.
"The bitch that's going to wipe this floor with your fake ass if you even think about touching him again, why don't you hit someone that will hit back huh, come on give me the reason to kick your fucking ass skank." Arandi was on a roll.
Jensen sat back on the stool grinning like an idiot because Arandi was defending him, granted she was getting paid to defend him but still it was fucking hot. He peeked around Arandi and mouthed "Bitch." To Miranda who stood up to come at Arandi just to get knocked on her ass again.
"Damn!" All the people gathered yelled.
"Enough!" The bartender yelled. "Jensen, Jared while I appreciate your business I thing you guys have had enough and you Miranda get your skank ass out of my bar before I have you arrested."
Jensen grabbed his last two drinks and slammed them back. Oh hell yeah now we're talking, very nice buzz going on in his head now.
"So guy walks into a bar with a gun and demands to know who slept with his girlfriend Miranda….."
"You don't have enough bullets mate." The other men chorused.
"Fuck you Jensen." Miranda screamed.
"Been there done that had to jerk off to feel jack." Jensen sang as he got up and did a little hip thrust dancing.
The whole bar laughed including the bartender and Arandi was laughing too and Jensen smiled wide. She had a beautiful laugh and he had brought it out of her and he could see in Jade and Johnny's faces that it didn't happen often.
He fell back onto the stool as the room spun a bit and Arandi was at his side.
"You know you really need to laugh more often." Jensen slurred.
"Not you too." She muttered gently placing a cool cloth the bartender handed her on his still burning cheek.
Jensen laughed. "Well it's true I don't know what happened to you Ari but they deserve to get their asses kicked for taking away your smile and laugh."
"You're drunk Jense." She sighed.
"Oh hell yeah I am." He snickered. "Hey thanks for coming to my rescue s'hot."
"Well you weren't exactly defending yourself."
Jensen let his Texas accent breathe. "My momma would hunt me to hell and back if I hit a girl."
Arandi smiled as she drawled. "You're a good momma's boy."
Jensen grinned huge. "You're from Texas?"
"Sho nuff dawlin'."
"What parts there of?"
"Austin."
"Hey Jare they're from Texas." Jensen yelled pointing at Arandi and Jade.
"I knew it nothing this good could come from anywhere else." Jared yelled back.
"Oh guys as usual an unforgettable night." Mike laughed.
Jensen turned back to Arandi. "Really you should smile more I mean doesn't my tush make you smile?'
Arandi smiled.
"See not hard at all."
"It's a very long story Jensen."
"One that you don't want to share with someone like me." Jensen sighed.
"One that I still can't quite talk about." She said lowering her eyes.
Jensen reached out barely touching her chin with the tip of index finger and still he felt the flinch. "I'm so sorry someone hurt you so badly." He whispered and barely pressed his lips to hers not daring to push it, his eyes met Johnny's but he saw no anger just astonishment.
"Alright let's get you drunken fools to bed." Colt called out.
"See big gay sex." Jared chimed as he swayed walking to the door.
"Yeah Jared I so want that big ass of yours." Colt snickered.
"I'll show you my Texas if you show me yours." Jared giggled.
Colt rolled his eyes but laughed as everyone headed to the SUV's. Colt was driving everyone home taking Mike and Tom to their hotel and then heading back to the house. Johnny and Jace followed in the in other SUV.
Jared, Tom, and Mike shared a seat while Jensen sat grinning between Arandi and Jade. "Hey they are my body guards."
"I knew it!" Tom screeched, "Nothing that pretty would follow your ass otherwise, what's happening you need a body guard Jensen?" He was suddenly concerned but his answer never came when suddenly the SUV was fishtailing across the road.
"What the fuck?" Colt yelled. The lights of truck in front of the SUV filled the car and then Colt was screaming. "He's got a gun!"
The state of drunkenness flew out the window as Arandi and Jade pushed Jensen down. Gunfire sounded loud and glass shattered.
Jade screamed for Colt who now lay unmoving against the steering wheel.
Arandi grabbed for the door and Jensen grabbed her arm and even as she flinched from his touch, he begged, "Don't go."
"I have to protect you." She said pulling away and she stepped out one door as Jade stepped out of the other.
More gunfire ripped the night and Jade fell motionless as Jared jumped to help her and Jensen couldn't breathe as the bullet ripped through Jared's chest and he fell over Jade the pool of blood spreading eerily in the moonlight.
"No! No!" Jensen screamed. "Jared my God Jared no!"
Arandi was shoved hard toward Jensen and he watched in horror as the masked man holding her pressed the gun to her back and pulled the trigger three times, her body jerked as the bullets ripped her life away and Jensen stared into her unseeing eyes and then she slipped to the ground.
The gunman aimed at Mike and shot him in the head and then the same to Tom. The only sound was Jensen's heart because breathing was not an option, he had just watched all these people die and the gunman faced him.
"How does it feel to have everyone you care about die in front of you Jensen?" The man spoke waving the gun.
"Just kill me." Jensen pleaded. He knew his parents would be devastated and his siblings but he couldn't handle this loss he wasn't that strong.
"No I don't think so, see I think it's more fitting that you get to live and suffer knowing that all the people died because of you."
The man walked away laughing.
Jensen slipped out of the car falling to his knees besides Arandi and he reached for her gun and aimed it to the man's back.
The man spun. "Well maybe not."
The world faded to black as he finally got to touch Arandi.
TBC
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Looks like I enjoy punishing Jensen too.
Thanks for reading!