AUTHOR'S NOTE:

Okay, this chapter has answers and questions, and I love it.

It takes place in the future a little ways and has flashbacks.

It wasn't how I was originally going to set it up, but I like it better this way.

It flows a little differently than the other chapters, but I think that for this chapter that works the best.

I hope you enjoy it!

Oh, and I own nothing but the ideas I come up with for the characters to go through.

There is Saley smut, so be warned.

=P

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She looked up when the nurse announced her name and swallowed, setting down the People magazine and standing up. She grasped the purse handle tightly and wished to God this was all just some bad dream that she was going to wake up from. She had a life and a career, and normal life or not…she wasn't ready for the commitment that would come with having a baby with a Winchester. He'd help her out, she knew that much, but it just wouldn't be the same as if she was in a relationship with another man…like a Scott perhaps.

"This is going to be a little cold." The nurse told her as she grabbed the ultrasound gel and motioned for the nervous girl before her to sit down.

She nodded at the nurse. "Is the ultrasound going to tell us better than a pregnancy test? I mean…"

"It says here you're pretty sure you're at five weeks, right?" The nurse asked and nodded when the girl nodded back. "Then we should get a heartbeat by now."

She nodded to her nurse one more time and lifted her shirt up a little, closing her eyes as the gel made contact with her skin and then the nurse moved the ultrasound tool around on her stomach. The sound of a very soft heartbeat could be heard and the nurse smiled at her as a small smile spread across her face—she was already in love with the little life that was developing inside of her. She and the nurse made eye contact and the nurse smiled and nodded, watching the girl's reaction as she turned to the little picture she couldn't really understand.

"That's your baby's heartbeat." The nurse told her happily.

She smiled. "I'm having a baby…"

Cassie's presence was making Brooke and Haley rather uncomfortable. Haley had heard about Cassie through Brooke, and Brooke had actually met her before. Dean had needed help on a hunt and Brooke had been in the area, so she'd helped and seen the meeting between Dean and Cassie. The girls had absolutely no idea why Cassie was even there in the first place, but Cassie was ready to explain. Brooke knew that she should be more open-minded about all of it, but she was trying to tell Dean she loved him and Cassie was ruining it all for her.

"It's been a while, Cassie." Sam told her, smiling at her but not going in for a hug—he really didn't feel comfortable with that kind of greeting.

Cassie smiled. "It has been. I've been staying up here with my friend working on getting a better degree and she was in a car accident. While I was getting myself some coffee I saw them wheel Dean down this way and thought I should come and give my condolences."

Haley couldn't help but smile a little. "It's nice to know Dean has friends that care about him so much. Thanks for coming to check in on us while we wait."

Brooke nodded. "Yeah…thank you."

Brooke knew she was being a little rude but she knew how Dean got around the girl—and she really didn't know if she could handle that right now. She knew that if she had just handled Sam leaving better they wouldn't be in this mess right now. Had she just sucked it up and dealt with it all like a normal person, then she wouldn't have slept with Dean, ruined their friendship, and developed feelings for him. Why did she have to go and complicate everything with sex?!

Haley reached out to grasp Brooke's hand as she watched her thinking hard about how the situation could go. Ever since they were little Brooke had always been kind of out there and flirty and popular—and able to be seen right through by Haley. Peyton had practically gotten the hang of it, but no one had the uncanny ability to see through Brooke Davis like Haley James. For a little while Sam and Dean had actually thought that the two were made for each other, but Sam was first to understand the platonic soul mate aspect of their relationship—a relationship he formed with Brooke right off the bat.

"What exactly happened? He looks pretty badly beaten up…was it…work related?" Cassie asked.

Brooke stood up. "Yes it was work related, and I feel crappy enough as it is so thank you for the support but I'm going back in there to be with him when he wakes up. Excuse me."

Brooke went out of the waiting room and back down the hallway to Dean's hospital room, Haley taking a deep breath as Sam shot Cassie an apologetic smile and Cassie nodded. She was quite aware in that moment that Brooke was jealous and in love and it sparked a little something up inside of Cassie as well. Cassie hadn't stopped thinking about Dean since he helped her with her ghost problem and left her with obviously no intention of coming back, and the thought of him with Brooke was starting to take its toll on her. Honestly she had always thought that Brooke and Sam were together—mainly because they protested the idea so much when people assumed and mentioned it.

"Want some coffee while we wait?" Haley offered, trying to make the situation less awkward than it already was.

Cassie looked up as Haley came up next to Sam and took his hand. "Sure. In fact, let me help—least I could do."

Haley smiled. "All right. Thanks, Cassie."

"No problem." Cassie replied, and after watching Haley and Sam exchange a swift peck on the lips, Cassie followed in step with Haley as Haley thought of what to say. "So…you and Sam?"

Haley nodded. "Yeah…you have any prospective boyfriends, Cassie?"

Five and a half weeks—it had actually been five and a half weeks since she and her best friend had been in contact with the Winchesters. The whole Cassie situation had just gotten completely out of control and after a broken promise and a rift that that broken promise was creating between brothers, the Winchesters found the newest hunting additions in their lives splitting. Haley was back working on her music, and Brooke was back in her Tree Hill store—both of them living in Brooke's house. Haley had been spending quite a lot of time out with Nathan as far as Brooke knew, and Brooke had been keeping herself immersed in sketches.

"You need to get some sleep." Haley told Brooke as she walked into the shop through the front doors.

Brooke looked up from a sketch and smiled a little. "And why would I do that when I'm on a roll with my 'Dean Winchester is a Douchebag' shirt design?"

Haley laughed a little. "I'll buy two of those."

Brooke smiled at Haley and they both laughed a little, Haley holding up her cell phone and Brooke looking at the screen—five missed calls from Sam just today. Haley had been screening Sam's calls for the last week and a half, and though Brooke felt bad about the lack of contact, she and Haley both thought it was for the best. Besides, Dean was probably dong just fine with Cassie and since all Sam wanted was Dean's happiness—no matter how much he wanted Brooke's too—Sam was probably doing just fine with her too. It was that and that alone that was making Haley so upset with both Winchesters that she and Brooke were both just trying to forget that chapter of their lives for now.

"So you got up early this morning…you come straight here?" Haley asked her.

Brooke shrugged. "Yeah, pretty much…I had a doctor's appointment today."

Haley smiled. "Coincidence—I just got back from one."

"It's always nice to have a check-up." Brooke said.

Haley nodded. "That it is."

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Dean understood exactly why Brooke was screening his calls, but he had really hoped that she would have put this behind her by now. He knew that Haley wasn't speaking to him, and that Brooke was encouraging that, and he knew Sam was mad at him too—but why this mad? Brooke had made it abundantly clear to him through a phone call that she was no longer interested in hunting with them and that his and her 'fling' was fun while it lasted but it was time to go back to the real world. He wasn't aware that Brooke had caught him and Cassie in the motel room after he was released from the hospital, and he probably never would. All Dean was aware of was that the three people he held in the highest respect and felt the need to protect the most, were not interested in a relationship with him—except Sam who was still hunting with him.

"I think I might have found something." Cassie said as she looked up from Sam's laptop.

Even though Cassie hadn't been actually doing the hunting part of hunting with Sam and Dean, she had taken to doing some research while she stayed back in the motel. At first that wasn't her ideal want when she was semi-initiated into the gang, but Dean didn't want to take the time to train her and since she didn't know what she was doing and Dean didn't want her to get killed, Cassie simply stayed back and helped them find out information. Sam didn't in any way feel like she was taking over what had been considered his job at one point, he felt like Cassie was the reason Haley didn't want him in her life anymore, and why Brooke was less than talkative when she did check in with him on the rare occasion she did even that.

Sam was actually the one most affected by the change of company—his best friend and his girlfriend had left him to be with Dean and Dean's new companion, and Sam wasn't the happiest about it. He'd been cranky and he'd snapped at Cassie a few times when he knew she hadn't deserved it, but mostly he was sad. Sam felt like he was finally getting someplace with a great girl who actually wanted to be with him, and he was finally back in good standing with his best friend—only to have Dean and his downstairs brain screw up everything. Then again, Sam hadn't really been doing too much thinking with his upstairs brain as far as Haley had been concerned…once they'd started they just couldn't seem to stop.

"Hey, Baby…you awake yet?" Brooke asked Dean.

Dean stirred a little, coming out of his funk and smiling at the sound of Brooke's voice. He also couldn't deny that hearing her call him 'Baby' had made him happy in non-dirty and dirty ways. Brooke smiled as he opened his eyes and sat down next to him, taking his hand in hers and kissing it softly. Just having Dean awake made Brooke feel less hostile, but she couldn't help but wish just a little that she wasn't in love with Dean so that having Cassie see Dean while he was awake wouldn't make her insane.

"I'm glad you're all right Brookie Cookie." Dean told her, shifting a little and cringing. "You look like crap though."

Brooke smiled. "You don't look like a walk in the park yourself, Jackass."

Dean nodded. "Who wasted the demon?"

Brooke swallowed because she'd known that the question would come up, but she wasn't sure how to answer it. One minute she's praying to God that the demon would be smote and that Dean was going to be all right, and the next thing she knew the demon was spontaneously combusting, and then Haley and Sam came in to check on them. Then after the doctor told her she was bruised but fine and Sam and Haley got the bullets taken out and Dean was stable but still unconscious, Cassie had showed up. Focusing on how to deal with the 'Cassie situation' had pretty effectively cancelled out her need to come up with an explanation for Dean when he came to and wanted to know how it all went down.

"The doctor said we could come in." Cassie said, having just opened Dean's door. "The nurse from earlier said he was out of his REM state and just resting."

Well fine, saved by the devil for now. Brooke thought. "Yeah, I'm um…I'm gonna get some coffee. Where's Sam and Haley?"

"Bring me back some pie." Dean whispered, not letting go of Brooke's hand.

"You and pie, I swear to God." Brooke told him, smiling at him as she rolled her eyes, wishing he hadn't taken his hand away but he had.

She went past Cassie, not wanting to leave her alone with him, but needing Haley for support so she wouldn't snap at Cassie for no good reason. Brooke couldn't find Haley or Sam anywhere though, because the two of them had other ideas—well Haley had first anyway. Practically the minute she had gotten back to Sam with coffee, Haley had grabbed Sam by the hand and excuse them from Cassie, who sat to wait for a doctor to tell her something, or for Brooke to come out and update her. Sam wasn't sure what was going on, but he didn't protest being pulled into an empty on-call room.

"Someone's in the mood." Sam chuckled.

"This isn't normally my thing but—" Haley began, but Sam kissed her before she could continue the thought anymore…he wanted it just as bad as she did.

Haley ran her hands up Sam's body and helped him out of his coat, kissing him passionately as his hands ran down her sides to her hips, and then undid and pushed down her jeans, underwear and all. He pulled her hips into his as he hoisted her up at the same time, Haley moaning into his mouth a little at the rubbing sensation. She wrapped her legs around his waist on instinct and then rubbed herself against the bulge in his pants, making Sam moan a little himself. He swooped to her neck with his teeth, nipping at her happily, Haley gasping slightly as she felt fingers pushing in.

"What if someone walks in?" Haley asked breathlessly as Sam deliberately dipped and stroked with his fingers, his thumb running along her opening.

"Do you want to stop?" Sam asked her, pushing his fingers in a little farther and nipping at the same time, Haley gasping pleasantly again.

Haley shook her head. "No."

"Good." Sam replied, unfastening and pushing down his pants—his boxers too—pausing only long enough to pin Haley to the wall as he pulled his fingers out and pushed his member in.

Neither of them were paying any attention at all to the fact that Sam wasn't using protection of any kind, they simply wanted to be with each other. Sam grunted happily as Haley ran her hands up under his shirt to tease his nipples, and Haley let out moans as Sam rode her against the wall just a little harder. Brooke just laughed when she saw the two come back out into the waiting room and gave them a thumbs up that Haley blushed at and then she swatted Brooke's hand lightly. Haley was never going to get used to Brooke always knowing, but at the same time she was getting really used to being close to Sam and to being able to talk to Brooke about it without it being awkward.

"The doctor said we can check him out tomorrow." Cassie said, joining them in the waiting room.

Brooke nodded. "Thanks, Cassie."

Cassie nodded and Brooke was tempted to ask her why the Hell she thought she was part of the 'we', but kept her mouth shut. In fact she kept her mouth shut all day and went to buy Dean pie, letting Sam and Haley check him out. What Brooke hadn't been expecting to walk in on was Cassie and Dean kissing in the open, him wanting to have sex but being too sore to, and her obviously back where she wanted to be. It hadn't been the first time that Brooke had walked in on Dean and Cassie kissing, but it the was the first time she'd felt hurt by it…and it was going to be the last time it ever happened again. Brooke simply walked out of the room and took the pie with her…she was done hunting.

Haley had found the same hunt that Sam had found, and wanted to tell Brooke about it. With all of the secrets that the two of them were keeping from each other, it was about time that someone got the ball rolling on a hunt. Hunts were the only things that Sam, Dean, Brooke and Haley could even seem to agree on anymore—hunts were far less complicated than the love lives that the four were trying to have. Haley wanted to be with Sam again desperately, but she couldn't help but choose sides in the Brooke/Dean battle, and if Brooke needed to be away from them, then Haley would be away from them too. Besides, Sam had made it pretty clear that he liked Cassie, and that if Brooke had wanted Dean she would have just told him how she felt about him in the first place.

"Brooke? I brought you a present!" Haley announced heading into Brooke's bedroom as Brooke headed out of her adjoining bathroom.

Brooke smiled at her. "Is it large, exotic and experienced?"

Haley rolled her eyes. "It's a hunt."

Brooke laughed. "I was close then."

Haley laughed and then she sat on Brooke's bed and grabbed Brooke's laptop off of her dresser. Brooke turned to rummage through her armoire drawers for a different outfit and Haley sighed when she realized that the laptop's battery was dead. Knowing that Brooke kept the plug-in in the drawer of her nightstand, she opened it up, Brooke turning around and biting her lip as Haley found what Brooke had purposefully hidden. Haley stared at it blankly and then looked up at Brooke and they both made eye contact.

"Apparently we both have things to share—you firsts." Haley said.

Brooke took a deep breath. "I'm pregnant, Hales. Wait a minute—what the Hell do you have to share?"