Title: Jo's Hidden Life
Rating: Mature
Characters: Jo, Dean, Sam, Ellen, Jason (made up character)
Disclaimer: I am just a fan of Supernatural I own nothing, I wish.
Authors Note: To try to answer your questions.. Yes Dean and Jo will show up eventually. I'm just not sure in what aspect because I don't know if I want to make this an AU yet or if I want to just make it something that was untold. I would like some input as far as that is concerned. Do you want me to stay close to the series or would you guys rather see Jo and Dean end up together? Not that I will do exactly that but I will def take it into consideration while writing. Thank you for the GREAT reviews!
Chapter 2
Jo went to get her bags. "So where do you want me to stay? I'm laying this out there now that we are not sharing a bed. How about this I will sleep on the couch, that way I can keep an ear/ eye out around the main area?"
Jason hadn't really thought about this. He had told her no when she had mentioned a hotel room on the phone. When they designed the house in school she had added 3 bedrooms on top of the master bedroom they already had. He thought it was silly for her to stay on the couch but if that is what would make her comfortable then whatever.
Jason said, "Sure the couch is fine. I wasn't going to volunteer the bedroom anyway. You can give me some credit here Jo."
Jo blushed she hadn't meant to clarify things for him so much as for herself. She figured if she laid it out like that right then, maybe she would stick to it. "Jason, I didn't mean to make you think I was assuming that's what you were thinking. I just know us that's all. Old habits die hard. So I'll take the couch and I want to go over some details with about what you saw before we hit the couch. I hit the couch."
Jason smirked at her. "Yes you will hit the couch and I will give you the details. What else do you need to know?"
They went to the living room they had designed. College had been rewarding for both of them when they were there. Jo and he had been in school for architecture. They had hated each other at first. Never getting along never agreeing on anything. Then they were partnered up for a project. It was to design a house and the winning team got their designs actually built and would get to oversee the project. They both needed that experience for after graduation. It forced them to work together and along the way they realized that they did actually like each other. They ended up winning the challenge and got the deed to the property.
Jo pulled out a recorder. "Ok I need you to start from the beginning and go into detail. I mean even if you think it is nothing or not important I need to know all of it."
Jason started from the beginning of the story that he had told the cops and then the guy that had told him to get a hold of the Roadhouse.
"I went out on a date with this girl. We had been seeing each other off and on for like three months. We hadn't drove together but we were going to come back here so I went out to get the car since it was raining. I figured I would just bring her back to the car afterward."
Jason didn't have to add in what they had planned on doing while they were there and Jo was a little surprised that Jason wasn't going to have her spend the night. He loved slumber, or well non-slumber, parties if she recalled right.
"So she must have stepped outside off to the side for something, I'm not quite sure what or why. I pulled around the side and started looking for her. She had started walking in the opposite direction of the restaurant toward this alley. She turned in it and I sped up to see what was going on. My lights hit the alley and I saw a shadow and her and then nothing. She wasn't there and there was nothing there to even cast the other human shadow I saw."
Jo stopped him there, "You are sure it wasn't her shadow you were seeing?"
"No. There were two distinct shadows. Hers and then a bigger one next to it," Jason was still haunted by the way it had happened. He hadn't been exactly close to the girl, they had mainly found each other out of mutual loneliness. They both needed and offered the other person a great distraction and great sex until the actual people they should be with came along.
"Who did you tell this to first? On the phone you said you told the police, how did they react?" Jo knew how well the police were at making a person who had seen something like this start to question whether they actually had or hadn't. She didn't want Jason to feel like he was losing his mind.
Jason gave her a half smile, "Yeah, the cops were first. They told me that she was probably turning me down by running away. I asked if they could at least check in on her in a few days and they said that I should let it go. She has no close relatives in town so I highly doubt anyone has even reported her missing yet."
Jo knew why he hadn't gone and reported it. The police already thought he was odd after telling them that story and then to top it off, if a body was found later, they would look into him as being the murderer. Great. Jo didn't like the direction this was headed. There were certain things that she could do and finagle on her own, others she needed at least one if not two persons help. God, she didn't want to call the Winchesters.
She decided she would give it a few days. If she couldn't find anything out herself or officially decided she needed there help then that would be when she would call. Definitely not on the first night though. HELL NO! She would not give Dean the satisfaction. She could already picture his smug reaction, "Oh so you're asking us for help? What's the matter it's just a little shadow what can shadows really do?" Jo was afraid to even think about that particular question at this time though.
Jason got blankets out of the closet so that Jo could make up the fold out couch. He knew that it was comfy, he had tested it out a few nights ago in case this was the arrangement they decided on. Jo smiled in thanks. She went to the bathroom to put her pjs on and take a shower. He used the time to get her bed all straightened up. Not to be weird but more out of courtesy.
Jo took her time in the shower. She was trying to let the hot water work out the stress in her muscles and knead her neck. She really hated the awkwardness. She knew it wasn't technically anyone's fault and that it would be there no matter what. It's just this time and place she couldn't help but feel happy to be there. Maybe she and he could get some closure out of this mess. She got out of the shower and realized she had forgotten a towel. Knowing where she was and knowing that Jason hadn't moved where she had originally started storing them they were across the hall in a cabinet. She did a mental palm slap to the forehead. She probably unconsciously forgot it knowing that he would have to bring it to her and make the sexual tension go through the roof.
She peaked out the door. She hadn't heard Jason go upstairs but she knew that wasn't a guarantee that he hadn't. The house was designed so noise wouldn't travel around too much, something she was kicking herself for now. To top it off she started talking to herself. "Ok Jo you can do this. I mean really all you have to do is make a mad dash out to the linen closet and right back here. You are a hunter. You are a cheetah." This became her mantra. "Be the hunter, be the cheetah. One quick dash there and back." She was saying this as she jumped out of the bathroom door and turned to start "being the cheetah." She was the cheetah right to the point that she and Jason collided and fell to the floor together.
He had been on his way down the hall with a towel after realizing she probably hadn't thought to grab one. He knew her way too well. He was walking down the hall, just thinking he would leave it at the door, when he was flat on his back with a naked Jo on top of him. They both just stared at each other for a minute. He was fully dressed. She was not.
Jason immediately shut his eyes. He had already gotten to see the whole package and knew if he kept ogling her he would definitely get slapped or chewed out. He so did not need/want either at the moment. He held up the towel while she stood up and he kept his head down. He heard the door click to the bathroom and he breathed a sigh of relief. He couldn't help the smile and chuckle that came to his lips. Jo had changed in some ways body wise that is. She was a lot more fit and filled out in places than she had been. She had always been thin but now she had muscle on top of the thinness and it looked amazing on her. He walked away from the door before he thought twice about picking the lock. Next time she forgets her towel he is not bringing her one.
