Chapter 5

Shelbi sighed as she sat up in bed, rubbing her lower back. At six months pregnant. She started to feel achier than ever, mostly in her back and ankles. Jensen tries to give her as many back and foot massages as he can, but because of the hours the crew's been pulling Jensen's been coming home practically dead on his feet, yet all he thinks about is Shelbi and what he can do to make her and Jaysen more comfortable. Shelbi had decided to combine to combine Jared and Jensen's names because before everything they were her best friends. So, it was decided they'd name him Jaysen Tristan-Ross Ackles. Jared had taken a moment to let it sink in, before wrapping them in his arms and whispered a tearful, 'thank you.'

And it's always a huge moment when you get Jared Padalecki to shed a tear.

Shelbi carefully stood from the bed, careful not to wake Jensen, and began to waddle around cause that's all it seemed she did nowadays was waddle. Jensen thought it was cute. He still has the bruise on his arm from where she punched him. She hated the way she waddled.

Bracing a hand on her lower back, she made her way downstairs to the kitchen to get the heating pad. That seemed to help her backaches as well.

But really, nothing could beat a Jensen Ackles massage. Really, nothing could.

Heading into the living room, she plugged in the pad and turned on the TV, making sure it was low enough it wouldn't bother Jensen. Once the pad was warm enough, Shelbi placed it behind her back and leaned against it, sighing in relief at the heat. She put her feet on the table and went back to watching TV.

Jensen sighed in his sleep as he rolled over, his arm searching for the warm body next to his only to find it empty. He blearily opened his eyes and sat up, rubbing the sleep from his eyes. He looked to the bathroom and didn't see the light on, so Jensen stood from the bed and made his way downstairs. Upon entering the living room, he saw Shelbi on the couch, feet up, heating pad on, and a bowl of chocolate ice-cream with pickles and horseradish sauce. Jensen made it once and nearly threw as he did.

"Shel, hey, what are you doing up?" Jensen asked sitting next to his girlfriend.

"My back was killing me, so I came downstairs to get the heating pad. Plus, I was hungry." Shelbi said holding up the bowl.

"Why didn't you wake me? I could've given you a back rub. I know Jaysen's been moving a lot more lately." Jensen laid a hand on her swollen abdomen and rubbed circles over her night shirt.

"I didn't want to wake you. You came back all tired and practically dead on your feet."

"Yeah, but I like doing things for you. I like giving you back rubs. Even if I'm dead tired, it makes me happy to make sure you feel better." Jensen had her turn so her back was to him and he started to knead the muscles in her lower back. Shelbi let out a groan of satisfaction as he made the aches go away. She hadn't had much of a sex drive since entering her third trimester as she thought she was too big or fat to even be pleasing enough to have sex with Jensen. At the beginning was like she couldn't get enough of him.

But Jensen makes sure she knows she's just as beautiful. He had made love to her the other night, having her on top because it's so much more comfortable and helped her find her way to orgasm. Shelbi had collapsed in his arms, content to just stay like that with Jensen still inside her, knowing who she belonged to and feeling so loved.

But at this moment, Shelbi felt no need to have sex. All she wanted was for Jensen to make the aches go away and that's what he's doing. At 3 in the morning when he's dead tired and still taking care of his pregnant girlfriend.

Jensen smiled when heard her, glad he was at least helping ease her discomfort a little. It maybe their baby, but Shelbi was doing all the work right now and he wanted her to be as comfortable as possible. He kissed her shoulder when he was done, "Come on, babe, let's get back to bed." Shelbi nodded even as he stood and took the bowl and turned off the heating pad.

Shelbi waited until he came back so he could help her stand because at six months pregnant, it was hard to stand up by yourself and not fall over. Jensen carefully pulled her up and led her to their bedroom, his hand on the small of her back. Shelbi carefully sat on the bed and pulled her feet onto the bed as Jensen took his side of the bed. She lay her head on his chest so her ear was over his heart. Jensen wrapped his arm around her and placed his hand on her stomach, rubbing soothing circles over the shirt covered skin.

"Good night, Jen. I love you." Shelbi said sleepily.

"I love you too, Shel. Good night." He looked to where his son was residing and smiled, "And I love you too Jaysen. Don't give your mommy too much trouble, all right? Daddy loves you. Good night, baby boy."

Jensen dropped a kiss to her forehead before falling asleep himself.

When Shelbi arrived at the set for her baby shower, she could tell Alona had only kept herself in check with the decorations. Probably because Eric threatened to fire her if there were anymore decorations than necessary. Thank God for Eric Kripke, and who knew she'd ever be thinking like that. Practically everyone she knew was there. Co-stars, guest stars, her aunts, and Jensen and Jared's mothers since none of the guys were allowed at the baby shower. Genevieve with baby Thomas, Sera, Samantha Smith who played Mary Winchester, Sam Ferris, Katie, Lauren Cohan, Adrianne, and a ton of other people who she's come to become friends with and worked with. They all congratulated her and Jensen for their bundle of joy and squealed with excitement when she finally announced the name. Genevieve especially because she knew how much that meant to Jared. There were a lot of the usual baby things. Diapers, onesies, baby wipes, baby powder, raddles, pacifiers, a blanket made by Genevieve who said a baby should have a home-made blanket to sleep with.

The cake was pretty epic. It was half chocolate half vanilla with butterscotch icing with blue bows and rattles on it. She hugged the hell out of Samantha, knowing it was all her doing as she was really good at the whole baking thing. They got started on opening the presents and Shelbi was really thankful for all the diapers and wipes she received, as well as the onesies that would fit Jaysen once he arrived in the world. They had games that they had a lot of fun playing as well. And Shelbi was completely satisfied with the way the cake turned out as it was equally delicious.

The girls hung out for a bit before leaving. Genevieve leaving first so she could put Thomas down for his nap.

Shelbi kissed her godson goodbye then went back to help the others clean up. The guys had arrived to help load the baby stuff in the back of Jensen's truck. Shelbi thanked her friends again, especially Alona, for the wonderful shower before following her boyfriend and climbing in.

"Ready to go, babe?" Jensen asked. Shelbi nodded and they headed home. Jensen made her just go inside so she could rest while he brought in the baby stuff. And while she wanted to argue, she also knew better to argue with Jensen when he was in Papa Bear mode. So, grabbing her bag, she waddled inside and sighed contently as she sat down on the couch. She watched in amusement while Jensen went back and forth, bringing in the baby stuff to be put in the nursery. By the time he was all done, he was all sweaty as he plopped down on the couch by his girlfriend.

"Man, I'm exhausted." Shelbi, though she knew it was true, had to argue.

"You're exhausted? You try carrying another life inside you every single day. Your kid likes to keep me up most of the night with all his kicking he does. All he does during the day is sleep, so he's awake at night. It's a nightmare and I'm tired just walking from our room to the kitchen." She said in it with such a straight face that Jensen thought she was serious, but he could see the tiniest bit of smile peeking out.

"Oh, you're so totally right, babe. I'm sorry." Jensen mocked while kissing her hand.

"That's right. I'm always right. And don't you ever forget it." Shelbi smiled and kissed him on the lips. Then she withdrew with a grimace.

"What?" Jensen asked.

"Jen, you know I love you and all, but you reek. Go take a shower before you even think about getting into bed with me tonight." With that, she stood and waddled up the stairs, leaving an offended and flabbergasted Jensen in the living room.

Shelbi was settled in bed when Jensen came into their room, freshly showered as requested. He was wearing an old pair of his favorite flannel PJs, with no shirt. Sure, she had little to no sex drive really now, but that didn't mean she didn't appreciated the miles of golden skin he had, as well as the nicely toned abs, chest, and arms he had.

"Uh, babe, you got a little drool right here." Jensen teased pointing to the side of his mouth. Shelbi snapped out of her trance, hurrying to wipe the drool away only to realize there was none. She mock-glared at her boyfriend, who laughed and bent over to kiss her sweetly. And really, she could never stay mad at him. Jensen pulled back and he suddenly looked nervous. Like the time he and Shelbi announced they were pregnant to their fans at one of their conventions and he got really fidgety and sweaty just trying to get the words out.

"What?" Shelbi asked.

"Close your eyes. I have something to ask you." Jensen said.

"What? Jensen, what's going on-"

"Just trust me, Shel. Now, close your eyes and keep them closed til I tell you to open them." Shelbi looked at him weirdly before nodding and closing her eyes. She heard him walk over and open his dresser, take something out, close it, and felt him beside her. Then,

"Ok, open them." Shelbi opened her eyes and gasped at what she saw. Jensen was on one knee, holding a ring box in his hand.

"Shelbi, you've been the best friend I could ever ask for these past three years. You were always there for me when I was down or needed someone to hang out with. I think I fell in love with you the day I met you, even though I was still with Danneel at the time. I can't even tell you how happy I was when you told me you were pregnant. I think that was happiest day in my life. And we're going to be welcoming a beautiful baby boy in a month or so, so I decided to take the next leap with you. So, Shelbi Lynn Hurd, will you marry me?" He said as he opened the ring box. It was a simple ring, silver with a Garnet stone at the center stone and a small diamonds on each side. Shelbi had to put a hand over her mouth to stop the choked sobs from coming out.

"Yes, oh my god, yes, a million times yes!" She finally said. Jensen's smiled was brighter than anything she's ever seen and he pulled her into a kiss, taking out the ring and placing it on her left ring finger.

"Oh, my god. This is possibly the second most best day of my entire life." Shelbi laughed as he carefully picked her up and hugged her as tightly as he could without actually hugging her. "Thank you, Shel, thank you for making me the happiest man alive." He kissed her head, smiling at hearing her giggle.

"Yeah, well, you've quite possibly made the happiest woman alive, Jen. I love you."

"I love you to, Shel, I love you to." There were a second of blissful silence before they felt Jaysen kick from where he resided, making his parents laugh.

"I guess someone is feeling left out." Shelbi said placing a hand on her swollen abdomen.

"Is that so? Are you feeling left out, Jaysen? Don't worry, mommy and I are going to love you just as much. You have nothing to worry about." Jensen said, bending down to speak to her stomach. Shelbi smiled, taking in the picture, so happy to finally have the family she's always wanted.

TBC…

There's that chapter! A little lovely proposal scene for the lovely couple! Next chapter is the arrival of baby Jaysen!

See you soon!