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Sam and Dean stood in the doorway of the small white A frame house and looked at one another before walking inside. Sam looked around, and tried to ignore the fact that his gaze again fell on Bobby's daughter.

She'd been pretty in the photographs, but in person she was way beyond pretty.

Dean snickered as he watched Sam watching Selena, before elbowing him hard and hissing, "Seriously? Say something you big dumb ape. Stop staring so hard."

Sam cleared his throat and said "Your, umm.. Your dad seemed to think I should check on you. If we're in the way, we can go, really.."

Selena shook her head as she looked at the two males then smiling said "Not at all. Ya'll are not in the way. Place might look small, but it's got two extra bedrooms."

She motioned them to come into the kitchen and Dean sniffed the air, smirking to himself. "Somethin smells good." he said as he took a seat in a white ladderback chair.

Sam sat down, and nodded, saying in agreement, "Yes, it does. I don't think I realized how hungry I was, until I smelled the food."

Georgia smiled and said "It red beans and rice and corn bread." as she slid into her own chair, and propped her chin on the palms of her hands before asking, "Do ya'll do what my daddy did?"

They looked at one another, not sure how much Georgia knew about her father and grandfather having both hunted demons.

"She knows, it's okay to answer. I don't keep anything from my baby girl." Selena said as she smiled at the Winchester brothers and took a big bite of the red beans and rice.

They cleared their throats and then said "Yeah, we do, Georgia."

"You can calls me Georgie." Georgia said with a bright and friendly innocent kids smile as she added, "My mama help hunters. Do you needs her helps?"

"No angel, we're just stoppin by to visit you two." Dean answered smoothly, smirking at the glare that Sam shot him before shoving a mouthfull of the food into his mouth.

"Mmm." Sam groaned as the food hit his tongue. "This is good."

Selena smiled and then said quietly, "Thanks." as she held his gaze. The damn dreams from the past three nights, what happened, with them, on this table at that, kept replaying in front of her face each time she looked at him, and when you've had an erotic dream about a sexy stranger, three nights in a row, then they show up, well, it's kind of awkward.

Sam held her gaze and Dean cleared his throat as he said "So, Georgia. Do you like school?"

Georgia nodded then said "Mhmm." as she watched her mommy with the man, who until now, she'd only heard over the phone.

Leaning in, she whispered in her uncle Dean's ear, "Do they wike one another?"

Dean shrugged and then wiped a bit of food off the girls cheek as he said "Don't know, Georgie." and watched the other two carefully, trying to figure out if they did or not.

Hell, Selena already had him won over, because she could actually cook and she wasn't a black eyed blood sucking bitch like Ruby.

The thought of their work had him frustrated again, and he silently ate his food. Did everything always come back to hunting? It'd cost the two of them more than it was honestly worth.

Sam looked at Dean, raising a brow when he noticed Dean seemed to be a million miles away in thought and sort of looked angry.

Georgia smiled at Sam and then said quietly, "I wike you eyes,sir."

Sam blushed and then smiling said quietly, "Thanks Georgie. You're pretty little girl."

Georgia smiled at him and then having decided in her child's reasoning that he could be trusted, she slid onto his lap and finished eating her food.

Sam wasn't sure how to explain it when the small girl did this, but he had this odd feeling.. He wondered if this had been how Dean felt before he got snatched out of his "normal" life and thrown back into hunting, with Ben.

Selena smiled and then said "I've got chocolate cake in the fridge if anyone wants a slice." as she put the dishes away, trying not to blush when her body brushed against Sam's shoulder.

Why did this man have to effect her, this way? She'd told herself no more. She'd lost two men in her life, her daddy and Mason, and knowing the brothers were hunters, it really didn't help.

Sam mentally kicked himself because if Dean were in this position, he'd have had something smooth to say when Selena's soft skin brushed against him. He wouldn't be sitting here gaping at her like an idiot with nothing to say.

Dean cleared his throat and said "Hey Sammy? I think I'm gonna find a hotel in town and come back tomorrow, visit ya. Bobby wanted you to stay here. I wouldn't be good company tonight."

Sam gave him a quizzical look but before he could say anything else, Dean was hugging Selena, thanking her for the food, and then Georgia, promising to come back tomorrow and then walking towards the porch of the small house.

Sam stood and said "I'll be right back." as he smiled at Selena, and their eyes locked together again.

What was it about her?

He shut the door and called out, "Dean?"

Dean stopped and turning around said "Sammy, don't do what I think you're gonna do. I just need to think. Bobby had his reasons for picking you to do this. Just stay. I had this once. You never got it. I promise, I'm gonna be okay, I just need sleep. Call me if anything goes down, unexpectedly, okay?"

Sam nodded and then said "Are you sure you won't stay? I mean leaving me here with her... Are you sure you're okay?"

Dean grunted and waved him off before smirking and pointing back to the house, and getting into his car, he drove off.

As soon as he was down the street, he let himself break down a little. A lot of times, Dean wondered what might have been, if he'd saved Jo from the hell hounds, if Jo and Ellen hadn't went with the building they'd blown up..

And tonight, when he saw Sam with Selena and Georgia, he realized that for him, Jo had been it. But for Sam, if Sam would try this, Selena might be his do over.

Both of them lost so much that maybe now they were finally going to get things back together.

Before he finished his musings, the ringing of his cell phone got his attention. Dean growled, muttering, "I bet it is Sam. I told him, damn it.." but when he looked at the number, his throat closed up.

Jo's phone had been off since she'd died. Why was it calling his phone now? She was dead. Why was this happening now?

He answered and all he heard on the other end was a loud scream, then static hissing, and nothing but the dial tone.

At a red light, he called the number back, and the operator told him that the line had been disconnected.

Dean threw the phone as if it were a hand full of snakes onto the passenger seat and once he was alone in a hotel room, he sat staring at a long neck bottle, as he tried to go over why for the past four nights, Jo's cell phone kept calling him at the same time, and the same sounds could be heard.

It made no sense at all. He'd seen the building blow, he'd seen her bleeding, the gaping hole torn in her mid section by the vicious gnashing teeth of the hell hounds.

But in his line of work, he'd learned that things could often, and did often surprise him.

He sighed and called Sam, leaving him a voice mail, telling him they needed to talk tomorrow and then he forced himself to go to sleep.

Readers: Should I bring back Jo for Dean? I have a perfect, though highly illogical way to do it. I just always loved Jo and Dean. :D