Shelbi didn't know how long she'd been sitting on the floor when there was a knock on the door. She thought about ignoring it, but when the knocking became insistent, she finally stood up and walked over to it, wondering if it was Daniel coming over to beg for her to listen; she was wrong. Jensen stood on the other side, a really worried look on his face. Just as he was about to knock again, Shelbi opened the door and looked up at him.
Jensen couldn't believe the state his best friend was in. Her eyes were puffy and red, her clothes wrinkled, her hair a mess. Something happened, making the alarm bells in his head go off.
"Shel, what happened? Jared and I saw you tear out of the parking lot as if the devil on your tail. You looked really upset" Jensen said just wanting to pull the poor girl into his arms. Shelbi took a deep breath before backing up and letting him inside.
"You want some coffee?" She asked going into the kitchen.
"Uh, yeah sure." Jensen said closing the door behind him. He took off his shoes, knowing she doesn't like it when people walk into her apartment with their shoes on. He took a seat at the counter, arms resting on the table watching her make the coffee. Once it was set and going, Shelbi turned to Jensen, who gasped. Her eyes held so much pain and hurt in them that he walked around the counter and took her into his arms. Tears had started to form again when Shelbi thought she'd cried herself out.
"Shellie, what happened? What's got you so upset?" Jensen wiped away some of her tears, trying to calm the shaking girl down.
"D-d-daniel.." Shelbi gasped out before sobs overtook her form. Jensen frowned at the mention of her boyfriend as he led her to the living room and sitting her down on the couch.
"What about Daniel, Shel? What happened? Is he hurt? Sick?" Shelbi shook her head and took a deep calming breath before looking at Jensen.
"No, but I wish he was in pain. He's been sleeping with someone else."
And that sentence was enough to make Jensen see red. Daniel was sleeping with some other girl? After he promised to never hurt his baby girl?
"That's what Nikki came to talk to me about. Apparently he's been doing it for a while. She's been watching them, trying to get enough evidence to show me. I went to his work today and gave him back his stupid necklace. Maybe that red headed bitch can have it." There was a note of bitterness in her voice.
"I'm going to fucking kill him." Was all Jensen said. Shelbi laughed with no real humor.\
"Get the fuck in line, Jen." She sniffed, wiping the rest of the tears away. "Okay, I'm done. He's not worth my tears."
"God, baby girl, I'm sorry. So sorry. I should've known he wasn't good enough for you." Jensen pulled her closer and just held her. Shelbi buried her face in the crook of his neck, just breathing in his scent. It always helped her calm down when she was upset.
Shelbi dosed off thirty minutes later in Jensen's arms, not that Jensen minded. He simply sat there on the couch, thinking of ways he and Jared could murder Daniel and get away with it.
A knock on the door jarred him out of his thoughts. Carefully extracting Shelbi, he lay her down on the couch and moved to answer it. He should've realized his mistake of not looking in the peephole because on the other side of the door stood Daniel, who became really nervous when he saw that it was Jensen who answered the door.
"Hey, Jensen." He greeted.
"Give me one good reason why I shouldn't beat the hell out of you right now. Other than that Shelbi is in the room then again, she would probably join in. What are you doing here, Daniel?" Jensen spit out in disgust. Daniel cringed at the words, red shame coloring his face.
"Please, Jen-"
"Don't even think about calling me that! Only my friends are allowed to call me that and you aren't one of them."
"Please, I just need to talk to Shelbi. It's not what it looks like!" Daniel desperately cried. Jensen rolled his eyes. God, this guy's was like a broken record. It annoyed Jensen.
"Listen here, Daniel, and listen good because I'm only going to say this once, you're gonna walk away because my patience is starting to thin with you. I never liked you, and now I hate you. You're gonna walk away and you're not gonna call Shelbi, or come around whenever you feel like, or just show up at the studio. We'll have your stuff packed up and I'll call and tell you when to pick it up. You are under no circumstances to contact her, we clear? Because I only have so much restraint and you'll bet your ass that Jared will flip shit when he hears about this" Jensen said in a low dangerous voice. Daniel went pale at the tone. It was Dean Winchester's 'don't fuck with me' tone, and it meant Jensen meant business. He hastily nodded and walked way. Jensen closed the door behind him only to jump three feet when he came face to face with Shelbi.
"Shelbi, hey, didn't hear you." He squeaked out. She was really good at the ninja crap.
"Yeah, that was the point of nearly scaring you half to death." Shelbi deadpanned. Jensen would've laughed, but then he had an armful of one Shelbi Hurd.
"Thanks, Jen. What you did meant a lot to me. I don't think I could handle talking to Daniel right now. I think I'd beat him up instead. Plus, I love it when you get all protective. No wonder Danneel kept you around. You have this whole caveman thing going for you." Sadly, Jensen and Danneel were separated because of all the fighting they'd been doing.
Jensen smiled, "Yeah, well, I'm protective of my friends, especially the pain in the ass ones." Shelbi laughed and kissed his cheek before venturing into the kitchen to grab them a cup of coffee. Jensen smiled, glad she was feeling better. Shelbi set Jensen's cup down in front of him, as well as the cream and sugar. She carefully put three spoonfuls of sugar in, mixing in some creamer as she did. Jensen just put in two and some creamer as well before sipping at it.
"So, what did you want to do today? Just veg out on the couch and watch some TV and eat junk food?" Jensen asked. Shelbi thought about it for a moment before nodding.
"Yeah, seems like a good idea. You get the movie and I'll get the snacks" Shelbi shooed him from the kitchen to get everything set up while she grabbed every junk food imaginable. She popped popcorn, grabbed a bowl and poured chips into it, opened the dip, and grabbed two Coronas. Shelbi took the chips, dip, and drinks into Jensen while they wait on the popcorn. Jensen had grabbed the A-Team movie as they both thought it was kick-ass, and Shelbi may have a bit of a thing for Bradley Cooper. So what if she had every movie he's ever made? That doesn't mean she's obsessed with him. Right? Right?
Shelbi grabbed the bag of popcorn once it was done as well before pouring it into a bowl, burning her thumb as she held the bag. She hissed in pain, putting it in her mouth as she threw away the bag and carried the bowl into the living room, placing it next to the chips. Jensen took notice of her thumb in her mouth.
"You okay, Shel?" He asked. Shelbi nodded.
"Just burned my thumb on the bag is all. It's fine." Shelbi leaned back on the couch, relaxing into it. "Let's get this movie started. I want to drool over Brad." Of course, being in the show biz, Shelbi has met Bradley Cooper. How could you not in this occupation? Shelbi had been lucky Jared had been there to hold back her inner spaz, so she wouldn't make a fool of herself in front of him which she probably would've done. They hit it off quite nicely and became fast friends. They were in such a deep conversation that they never noticed Jared leave to mingle with everyone else.
Jensen rolled his eyes good-naturally, but pushed the play button anyway and the two were soon sucked into the action packed world of the A-Team.
Murdock had just injected BA with the knock out medication when Jensen looked over to Shelbi to find her asleep. Her head was rolled to the side, with a loose grip on her Corona. Most of the snacks were gone from the eating they'd done at the beginning, and her mouth was askew. Jensen smiled glad she was getting some rest after the day she had. After all, finding out that your significant other was cheating on you and then crying uncontrollably was bound to wear yourself out. He pulled the bottle from her hands, setting it one the table. He then manhandled her so her head was lying in his lap, trying to make her comfortable. Shelbi just snuggled closer to him like the teddy bear she was. God, she was so much like Jared it wasn't even funny. No wonder the three of them got on so well when they first met. She was like the female version of Jared, brunette hair and all. She even mastered the kicked puppy-dog look that put Jared's to shame. One look at that look had everyone doing whatever Shelbi said. God help them, she had them all wrapped around her finger. He ran a hand threw her hair, just content in watching her sleep. And no, that didn't make him a creep. Really, it didn't. He's denying the accusations you're accusing him of. God, the nerve of some people. Jensen leaned back against the couch getting as comfortable as possible before falling asleep himself, his dreams full of beautiful brown eyes and a happy smile.
The next couple of weeks passed in a haze for Shelbi. Jensen had helped her pack Daniels things and put them outside the door, so that when he came to pick his stuff up he wouldn't have to come in at all. Though, Jensen did make sure that Shelbi was out when he did since he had no idea what she would do if she saw him and went crazy and try to kill him. Then again it wasn't such a bad idea. Teach him to never mess with a Hurd ever again.
Jared did in fact flip out when he was told what happened. Like Jensen, he was just itching to get his hands on Daniel's face and just bash it in. But one look at Shelbi's kicked puppy-dog look, he caved and promised not to go after the 'cheating bastard' as he so lightly put it. Shooting and gone smoothly for the next couple episodes. It was getting close to the hiatus, so everyone was working longer hours in order to get everything done. No one seemed to notice the tension that was happening between Shelbi and Jensen. Ever since the stint with Daniel, they'd become closer, sometimes everyone thinks they're a couple because of how they act around each other. So, because of that, things had become tense between the two of them. They could hardly look at each other outside of work. Shelbi would take one look at Jensen, who looked back, flush deeply, and high tail it out of the studio back to her trailer, locking it behind her as she did. Jared gave them weird looks, but didn't comment on it.
But it was quite obvious to everyone that they were attracted to each other, though they weren't going to act on their feels for one: Shelbi was still reeling from her break-up with Daniel, and two: Jensen, though they were separated, was still married to Danneel. Jensen watched Shelbi leave, a sad look in his eyes. He knew that what was happening between them was starting to affect their friendship. Shelbi could always talk to Jensen about everything, but now it seemed that she didn't even want to be around him. It hurt to see her so carefree with Jared, laughing and joking, asking about Thomas, Jared's two and half month old son. Shelbi always cooed over Thomas when Gen brought him to set to visit. They had made him and Shelbi Thomas' godparents since they were all the best of friends.
One day, after a grueling scene they had to do, Jared took Jensen aside and got right down to business, Padalecki style.
"Ok, Jensen, here's the deal. You and Shelbi need to confess to each other and get together already because all this sexual tension is starting to get to everyone. Including me, and Gen is getting quite irritated because of it. So, go talk to her before the hiatus begins."
"Dude, you do know I'm still married to Danneel, right?"
"Jensen, do you really think you're gonna stay with Danneel after this long apart? I mean, I understand a couple weeks or even a month, but dude you guys have been separated for almost five months now. Don't you think you should just get divorced, especially with the feelings you have for Shelbi? I don't think it'd be fair to Danneel."
Jensen looked at Jared before taking a deep breath and sighing. Jared was right, and that was something he never wanted to admit. With the way he was feeling toward their female co-star, he knew it wouldn't be fair to Danneel to stay married to her. Jensen ran a hand over his face and nodded.
"You're right, Jay. You're totally right." Jared flashed a dimple smile at him and gave him a thumbs-up. "I'll call the lawyers office Monday, but for now, I got me a woman to woo."
Jared stared him for a moment before bursting out laughing. Jensen watched him with a confused look on his face. "What? What's so funny?" Jensen demanded, crossing his arms in front of his chest.
"Oh, Jensen. 'Woo?' Really, Jen, really? You're so old school." Jared said after he was able to calm down. Jensen glared at him before looking away.
"So, I like old school. So what?" He said a small blush adorning his cheeks. Jared's laughter was his only answer.
So, Jensen decided to try to ask (woo) Shelbi at the party the studio people was putting on for the season wrap before they go on hiatus. He knew it'd been a while since he last did this, but hey, got to get his girl somehow, right?
He had to go alone as Jared wanted to arrive with Genevieve and Thomas. He wore a tailored silk black suit with a green tie that Shelbi had given to him as one of his birthday presents. He wore it because he knew it would bring out his eyes. Shelbi had told him so when he opened it. He arrived about 30 minutes late, but the party wasn't really underway yet. He gave the valet his keys, tipped him, then went inside. There were plenty of people there already, but not the entire cast and crew. Though he wasn't really looking at them. He was busy looking for his favorite brunette.
The color green caught his eyes and he turned to his right and just about died and went to heaven. Shelbi stood off to the side, talking with Jim Beaver and Samantha Farris. But what caught his attention was the dress she was wearing. It was floor length bright emerald green. The straps went down her shoulders and you could see just a hint of her cleavage. It fit her body perfectly, getting all the curves right. Her hair was in a beautiful up do, with a lily in the side of her hair, a couple pieces hanging out and sitting on her shoulders. Jensen felt as though he couldn't breathe. He'd never seen such a beautiful sight before this. Well there was Danneel, but that was before. Now, Shelbi was all he could see at the moment. Jim looked over and smiled, beckoning him over. Shelbi saw his movement and turned to look to where he was waving. Her face broke out in a beautiful smile, making her even more beautiful than Jensen thought possible.
He made his way over and smiled at the three. "Hey, Jim, Sam. Shel, you look….beautiful." He said awe in his voice. Shelbi blushed at the compliment.
"Thanks, Jen. Sam helped me get ready for the party, and saw this number in my closet, so she got me into it. You don't look too bad yourself." They smiled at each other, not seeing Jim's and Sam's knowing looks.
"You guys look great." Jensen said taking a look at Jim and Sam. They smiled and thanked him. Soon, people started to trickle in. Jensen spotted Jared and Genevieve walk in, baby Thomas securely in Jared's arms. Shelbi smiled and moved to where their Godson was. Shelbi was always insanely happy to see Thomas. You could tell Shelbi wanted her own baby with the way she acted around Thomas and any other baby. Shelbi had once told Jensen that she always wanted to be a Mom, especially once her career was in a good place. She had once thought that Daniel would be the guy she'd have a family with, especially after three years together. Jensen walked over and let Thomas grab a hold of his finger from his perch in Shelbi's arms. Thomas was a very happy baby, loving all the attention he was getting from his aunt and uncle.
The room was soon full of the people from the cast and crew. Jeffery Dean Morgan came over and talked to his old co-stars and catching up with everything. He hugged Shelbi tightly when he greeted them. Besides Jim, Jeff had become the father-figure that Shelbi didn't have growing up.
"How you doing, sweetie? These boys aren't giving you any trouble, are they?" Jeff greeted with a teasing smile. Shelbi smiled and nodded. Jeff had been off doing different things, so they hadn't really had the chance to see how the other was doing. The Losers had been great for Jeff, shooting his career off and now was doing other movies.
Alona, the girl who played Jo Harvelle, ran over and hugged Shelbi tightly. "Oh my god, Shelbi, you look absolutely stunning! Where have you been hiding this pretty thing?" Shelbi blushed, something that madeher even more beautiful. God, Jensen really had it bad.
"Thanks, Al. You look great too."
The rest of the night progressed nicely. Eric had brought a huge cake in and made the cast mostly just the main cast parts, and took a picture. Thomas was in the picture, quite happy in his Aunt Shelbi's arms. The cake was cut and passed out, things of ice-cream laid out on a different table because what was cake without ice-cream. Jensen was debating when to make his move when Jared came up to him, Thomas asleep in his arms.
"The little guys all tuckered out, huh?" Jensen said staring at his godson.
"Yeah, all the excitement made him sleepy. Aunt Shelbi was able to get him to sleep. By the way, have you made a move yet? I'm married, yet I think Shelbi looks absolutely beautiful. It won't take long for some other guy to come over and try to 'woo' her, as you so kindly put it. You need to sweep your woman off her feet." If Jared didn't have such a serious face on, Jensen would have burst out laughing at the way he talked; though he had no room to make fun since he was the one using the word 'woo.' Instead, he nodded and went in search of the young brunette.
He found her outside, leaning against the railing of the balcony. She held a glass of champagne in her hand, while she looked out to the garden.
"Hey." He said softly. Shelbi jumped and turned.
"Oh, Jensen, you startled me. I didn't hear you come out. How's the party?" She said, wrapping her arms around her shoulders. Jensen took off his suit jacket and put it on her shoulders
"It's going good. What are you doing out here, though? It's starting to get cold."
"Oh, you know parties are never really my thing. I never really got into them when I was younger." Shelbi shrugged a shoulder, taking a sip of her champagne.
"Ah, don't worry, I promise not let anyone try to drunkenly grope you. I'll protect you." Shelbi smiled and looked over at him.
"Really? You?"
"Hell yeah, I'm Dean Winchester, sweetheart. I always stick to my promises."
"Well, what if I want Sam to guard me instead?"
"You'd rather have Sam? Good luck with that, honey." They were silent before they burst out laughing.
"Okay, I believe you."
"About what?"
"I know you will protect me from the drunken groping caused by our co-workers. You're like Dean Winchester, saving all the damsels in distress and then flirting with them once you made sure they were ok." Shelbi laughed at the face Jensen had made at being compared to Dean.
"Please, I have way more tact than that. I would rescue them and wait a while before I started to flirt with them, unlike Dean, who's a total horndog." They laughed at that, knowing Dean couldn't keep his eyes to himself, even if he tried. They walked over to the swing and sat down, leaning against as they swung back and forth. They talked about what they were planning on doing when they left for hiatus. Jared and his family were heading back to Texas to visit with Sherri and Gerry. Shelbi was supposed to head to New York to visit with her own family and visit her mother's grave. Jensen knew what he was gonna do. He had made an appointment with his lawyer to make up divorce papers, so he'd be able to get that done and out of the way. He then planned to fly to New York and present her with her favorite flowers and ask her out on the spot. Hopefully, things will go well and they can finally be together
Little did Jensen know, Fate had different plans in store for him.
By the time the party was starting to close down, Jensen and Shelbi were a little more than drunk. They had started to walk back to Shelbi's apartment, since it was closest, and Shelbi didn't want Jensen to get hurt trying to get to his house on his own. Shelbi opened the gate to her apartment and motioned drunkenly for Jensen to follow. Jensen, for the most part, could barely restrain himself from touching her. Shelbi got the door opened and they stumbled through. With one look at Shelbi, knew he couldn't hold himself back any longer. He pushed her against the door and pressed his lips against hers. Her gasp of surprise was turned into a moan as she kissed him back and wound her arms around his neck.
Jensen slid his hands down her back to grab her butt and lifted her up off the ground so her legs could be wrapped his waist. They broke apart when air became needed, and Jensen started to kiss and nip his way down her neck as he walked toward the bedroom, arms tightening around Shelbi as he did. He fumbled with the door knob before he pushed it open and closed it behind him. Shelbi attacked his lips once again, grinding her hips down on his. Shelbi could feel his erection against her thigh as they fell on the bed. She started to claw at his suit jacket while he was trying get her dress unzipped.
Once the jacket was gone, it was pretty easy to get the rest of their clothes off. Jensen, though drunk, was careful not to tear her dress knowing it was something she could bitch to him about. He helped her take his silk shirt off, adding it to the growing pile of clothes on the floor. Her hands took a hold of his belt and undid it, pulling the zipper down while he unclasped her bra. He threw the material to the floor and kicked his pants off to the floor, leaving them both in only their underwear. Jensen claimed her lips once more, pushing her back onto the bed.
"God, Shel, you have no idea how crazy you make me. No idea how long I've wanted you like this." Shelbi moaned as he started to kiss down her body, taking her right nipple into his mouth.
"Jen.." She moaned breathlessly.
"I got you, Shel, I got you. I'm gonna take care of you, don't worry." He took her mouth again and then entered her swiftly. Shelbi arched up into him, eyes closed in ecstasy, head thrown back on the pillow. Jensen moaned deeply, trying to make it last. After a moment, Shelbi told him to move. He pulled put til only the tip of his cock was in before slamming back in, Shelbi screaming at the pleasure it caused. Soon, Jensen was at a constant, brutal pace that caused astounding pleasure on both ends. He kissed Shelbi hard on the mouth, tongue-fucking her mouth as he fucked her. Too soon, Shelbi pulled away, face scrunched up.
"Jen…oh, god, Jen, I'm gonna…I'm coming!" Shelbi screamed the last part as her orgasm tore through her, her slick channel squeezing his cock. Jensen moaned loudly as he started to pound in earnest. He soon felt his ball start to draw up.
"Shel, oh god, I'm coming, baby, I'm coming!" In three final thrusts, his cock was pulsing into her tight channel, coating the inside with his come. He and Shelbi rode out their orgasms together, moans of pleasure filling the air. Jensen came down from his high and fell on top of Shelbi, who nuzzled his neck where it lay on her shoulder. Jensen kissed her sweetly on the mouth as he carefully eased himself out, Shelbi whining at the loss. Jensen flopped on his back and pulled Shelbi to his, her head resting on his chest. Within minutes, they were both asleep. Neither of them knowing what the consequences of their actions will lead to.