Part 1

Jared dragged Jensen to Patti. He had known about her services ever since Chad had been kicked out of her office seven months ago. His friend had bitched and moaned about the woman for days afterward. Jared didn't give much stock to Chad's complaints. The man deserved everything he got. Besides, Jared had done some research, and Patti was known as the guru of matchmaking. He and Jensen needed matches. Badly.

It had been two long years since he and Sandy split. Jensen and Danneel were over thirteen months ago. Neither one has had a lasting relationship since. Getting dates wasn't the problem. Both men have had plenty of first dates, and even a few third and fourth dates. Sex wasn't a problem either. After all, both were handsome guys. No, the problem came with the long term connection. Neither of the boys had a lasting interest in any of the girls they had dated in the past year. Jensen was one year past thirty and Jared wasn't too far behind him. Jared couldn't help thinking that it was time to settle down. He brought the subject up to Jensen a few months back.

"Do you want to have a family?" he's asked.

Jensen scrunched up his nose and gave Jared a sideways look. "Of course. Why?"

Jared flopped down next to Jensen on the couch. "I was just thinking that I'm ready." He rubbed his hands on his pants. "You know? I want it- a wife, kids, the white picket fence."

Jensen sighed then paused his video game. He knew when Jared was serious. "What brought this on?"

"My date with Kate last night sucked," Jared said while running a hand through his hair.

"Dude, I know you got it on. Your headboard kept banging the wall."

"Sorry man." He flushed. "Yeah, we hooked up, but it wasn't enough. The sex was good, but not great." Jensen raised an eyebrow and pushed out his lips. Jared continued to explain, "It's not like it was with Sandy."

"Do you want to get back with Sandy?"

He shook his head. "No. Sandy and I are long over. She's not who I want, but I do want what I had with her. I want that closeness, the connection, that a committed, loving relationship gives."

Jensen snorted then reached over gave Jared a quick punch to the shoulder. "You are such a sap."

A smile flashed across Jared's face and he retaliated by ruffling Jensen's hair. "Say's the man who calls his Mama every Tuesday and Saturday."

Jensen shoved him off. "Hey, my Mama is a fantastic woman."

"I know; she makes a mean pie," Jared said and settled back into the couch. Jensen's shoulder came to rest against his.

"It would be nice to be in love again." With that simple admission, Jared knew Jensen had been thinking about relationships as much as Jared.

"I think we should try a dating service." Jared was careful to keep his tone even.

He felt Jensen shift. "No way man."

"Jensen," Jared griped, "it's not like we've had any luck on our own."

"Dude," Jensen reached forward and picked up the game controller. "We were playing around before. Now that we've decided to commit, the perfect girls will be falling into our laps." He gave Jared a sideways smirk, pouty lips and all, and Jared knew the conversation was over.

"Alright. We'll give it a try." Jared scooted forward until he could reach the other controller. Jensen exited out of his game and rebooted the Xbox. Jared waited while he flipped through the game menu and chose their game. Jensen started the game and soon the two of them were busy blasting salt-filled shotguns at ghosts.

Jared had a feeling this conversation wasn't over.