A/N: a summary of chapter sevens events…it's three months after chapter six and we catch up with Sam, Dean, Penny and Ruby during an investigation where the four get caught in a fire. Dean wakes up after suffering the most from smoke inhalation to find that the others finished up with the current hunt. After a night of dinner and dancing, Ruby and Penny go back to their separate rooms with their men while both women think over a shared secret neither knows about the other. In the future where Penny comes from, an alternate reality to my Blessed Be series, we find out that Prue is having a daughter.
Sam's path would change quickly, Ruby thought. He would learn the new information quickly; she couldn't hide it forever, not when Ruby was sleeping in his arms for the foreseeable future. Ruby wasn't going to run either, no matter how badly she wanted too. She could tell herself this wasn't her fight. What heaven and hell had in store for the Winchester boys wasn't her fight. But the alien movements within her abdomen, kicking and fluttering with excitement every time Sam was near made it impossible to give into her cowardice and run. Ruby's only intent was to protect what was hers. Even if it meant looking into the skanky little witches plans for Dean. There was no way in hell the witch was gonna mess with her boys. Funny; Dean was suddenly family and Ruby couldn't help but feel protective over the cocky son of a bitch that she liked to sling insults at.
Dean clamored into the bathroom. He had awoken to open curtains and the light entered his eyes and causing him to stumble over his own feet. At the sink, he began to run water over his face and the shower could be heard running in the background. Dean started to do his man giggle that signaled he thought he was gonna get lucky. He opened up the cabinet under the sink to reach for condoms when a brown paper bag shoved behind the toilet caught his sight.
"What the hell?"
"Dean, is that you?"
Dean hurried to put the bag back in its place before Penny poked her head out from the shower.
"You wanna join me," Penny suggested with a coy look on her face.
"Sure."
"Sammy!" Dean pounded on his brother's door. "Yo, open up Sammy!"
"What," Sam asked rubbing gook out of his eyes. "Since when do you wake up early," he asked, opening the door to allow Dean entrance. They walked further into the room and Sam sat on the edge of his bed.
"Where's demon chick," Dean asked throwing a mint in his mouth.
"She went to look up some information. Why, what's up with you?"
"I'm gonna tell you something that is gonna freak you out 'cause it's freaking me out," Dean started.
"What is it? Is it about Penny?"
"She's PREGNANT," Dean shouted.
"What? Are you sure?"
"I found the test."
"But she didn't tell you this?"
"No," Dean started. "That's what's PISSING me OFF. She didn't even have the nerve to tell me," he said between clenched teeth.
"I know how you feel, man," Sam said running his hands through his hair.
"Wait, what? We both knocked up the chicks? You knocked up demon skank?"
"You knocked up witch skank," Sam retaliated.
"She's not a skank," Dean defended.
"Neither is Ruby."
"Bitch."
"Asshole."
"How'd you find out," Dean said. "Did she tell you or did you find a test hidden behind a toilet?"
"I figured it out on my own."
"How'd you do that?"
"She's …"
"Yeah," Dean said trying to get an answer.
"…has bigger breasts and she's got a little bump in her stomach. It's not rock hard now."
"That's all?"
"I felt it kick," he said quietly. He looked over as Dean sat next to him. "She hasn't told me yet. I don't even know how it's gonna be; human, demon or both. At least your kid won't have to worry about having a soul."
"No. I just have to worry about her taking him back to the future."
Sam turned his head to the side as he stared at his brother. "What?"
Ruby opened the door and the bell rang signaling her entrance to the rest of the diner. She scanned the room and saw who she was looking for. She walked over and sat in the booth.
Penny was putting a bite of lemon meringue pie in her mouth. "Uh, what do you want?"
"I want to protect the boys."
A waitress came over with coffee and orange juice. She looked at Ruby. "Can I get you anything?"
"I'll take the Rico deluxe burger with extra cheese fries and a chocolate milk shake."
"Comin' right up, miss." The waitress walked away and the short cook screamed 'Order up'. Waitresses were bustling around the busy joint, trying to keep up their pace.
"What are you up to?" Ruby stared at the witch she thought was a threat to Sam.
"Destroying you."
