A/N: So, this chapter kinda got away from me. *facepalm*

Warnings: language.

Cas is immediately at Harmony's side, "Wrong? Wrong how?"

Harmony grabs his hand and squeezes it tightly, "I don't know! All I know is that it hurts really, really bad!" Tears start streaming down her face as she looks over at Cas.

Cas picks her up, bridal style, and takes her over to the car and puts her in the passenger seat. He gets behind the wheel and drives her over to the nearby clinic. He carries her inside and up to the receptionist's desk, "Please, she needs help. She's six months pregnant and complaining of immense pain."

The receptionist tells him to bring her on back and leads them to an empty exam room. Cas gets her settled on the table when the doctor enters the room, "Hello, I'm Dr. Swan. Let's get to it then." She pulls out the ultrasound machine and turns it on. She looks at the young woman, "Ok, I'm just going to ask you some basic questions so I know what's going on, alright?"

Harmony's face scrunches up in pain but manages to nod, "Okay."

Dr. Swan pulls up Harmony's shirt and squirts the gel on her belly, "What is your name?"

Harmony gasps at the coldness of the gel, "Harmony Albright."

Dr. Swan picks up the wand and swipes it over the gel, "Ok, Harmony let's see what's going on here. Can you tell me what happened?"

Harmony takes a deep breath, "I was having lunch at the diner with my friend as his husband. As I was leaving, my father confronted me. He grabbed my arm and started yelling at me and threatening my friend. After he left, that's when the pain started.

Dr. Swan nods her head, "Ok, it seems that the confrontation has caused early labor."

Harmony's eyes widen in panic, "No, it's too early! This can not be happening!" She grabs Cas' hand as tears started to fall down her face and her breathing became more erratic.

Dr. Swan immediately bursts into action, "Harmony, you need to calm down. All this stress is not helping your babies."

Cas squeezes her hand and runs his fingers through her hair, "She's right Harmony. You must calm down. Do as I do." Cas starts to take deep, even breaths.

Harmony stares at him and mimics his breathing until hers has returned to normal, "Thank you." She turns to Dr. Swan, "Is there anything you can do?" She wipes away her tears with her free hand and squeezes Cas' hand.

Dr. Swan puts away the wand and turns off the machine. She turns around and wipes the gel off Harmony's stomach, "There is something I can give you to slow down the labor but I'm going to have to put you on bed rest for the duration of your pregnancy."

Harmony nods, "Ok, please, just save my babies."

Dr. Swan nods and prepares to give her the shot. Harmony squeezes Cas' hand and shuts her eyes against the pain coming from the injection site. Cas tries to soothe her through it. Dr. Swan smiles up at her, "Alright Harmony that should do it. Now, I want you to stay in bed for these last three months. You can only get up to use the restroom, shower, and going to your doctor's appointments. I want you to drink plenty of water and juice; no caffeine of any kind. No alcohol, smoking, or drugs either."

Harmony nods, "I understand and thank you so much."

Dr. Swan nods, "You're very welcome. Just take care of yourself and those little girls."

Harmony nods again, "I will." She turns to Cas and sobs, "Will you take me home?"

Cas nods, "Of course. Let's get you outta here."

Dr. Swan stands, "I'll go grab you a wheelchair." She steps out of the room and comes back a few minutes later. Cas helps Harmony into the wheelchair and wheels her out to the car and helps her into the passenger seat.

He turns to Dr. Swan, "Thank you. I'll pay you for your services as soon as possible."

Dr. Swan waves him off, "Don't worry about it. You just take good care of her."

Cas nods, "I will. I'd like to keep you as her doctor. You've been very helpful and informative."

Dr. Swan holds out her hand, "It's been a pleasure Mr.—I'm sorry I never got your name."

Cas blushes as he takes her hand, "I'm sorry, how rude of me. I'm Castiel Winchester."

Dr. Swan gets his contact information and Cas gets into the car and heads home. He's halfway home when he remembers his classes, "Dammit!"

Harmony looks over at him, "What? What's wrong?"

Cas turns around and heads back to the school, "I need to go back to the school and cancel the rest of my classes for today and I need to get your belongings." He pulls into the parking lot and shuts off the car.

Harmony looks at him, "I should probably go in and get my bags. It would look bad for you if someone caught you carrying my stuff."

Cas looks conflicted. He knows she's right, but he can't risk her or the twins' health. However, he can't afford to lose his job. He is at a loss of what to do. Harmony is watching him out of the corner of her eye and she can see the inner battle he's fighting over what to do. She gently places her hand on his shoulder, "Mr. Winchester, it's alright. There is this one girl who I talk to sometimes. I can call her and ask if she can bring me my things."

Cas looks over at her with a relieved smile on his face, "Yeah, ok. That sounds good. So you call her and I'll go take care of my class. Oh, um, did you take care of you schooling?"

Harmony nods, "Yes. I had my last class before lunch. They said to take as much time as I need and then I can come back when I'm ready."

"That's wonderful news Harmony! I'm really happy that they are doing this for you." Cas smiles happily at her.

Harmony smiles sadly, "I'm not sure if I'll be able to go back, have a job, and raise two babies. I have a lot to think about over these next three months."

Cas gives her a reassuring smile and gently rubs her shoulder, "I'm positive that you will do what's best for you and your children. I'll be back shortly." He exits the car and enters the building.

Harmony watches as he enters the building and pulls out her phone and dials the familiar number, "Hey Mel, it's Harmony. I'm fine. Listen, I need you to do me a favor. Can you go to my apartment and grab my two bags that I left sitting behind the blue chair in the lobby? No, I can't. Something happened today and I've been put on bed rest for the duration of my pregnancy. Yes, I have somewhere to go and no, I can't tell you who it is. I need you to bring the bags to the silver car sitting in front of the main building. And Mel, please hurry." Harmony closes her phone and lays her head back against the head rest and waits.

Harmony must've fallen asleep because she's blinking open her eyes to the sound of an incessant knocking on her window. She rubs the sleep out of her eyes and smiles when she sees Melody standing beside the car. She opens the car door and accepts the hug from the other girl, "Thanks Mel. I owe you big time for this. Did you find the bags ok?"

Melody pulls away from her friend, "You're damn right you owe me! Yeah, they were right where you said they were. Are you sure you're gonna be ok?"

Harmony nods and smiles, "I'm gonna be fine Melody, I promise. I have a shit ton of stuff to think about over the next few months, but I'm gonna be ok. Could you put my bags in the backseat?" She watches her friend put the bags in the back, "Thanks again."

Melody looks at her friend one last time and she notices a purple mark underneath Harmony's right shirt sleeve. Letting her curiosity get the best of her, she lifts up Harmony's sleeve and gasps. Outlined on her pale, fair skin is a dark purple hand-shaped bruise. Melody looks at Harmony, "Who did this to you? Was it that bastard of a boyfriend? I swear to God I'll kill him if I find out he is the one responsible for this."

Harmony grabs Melody's wrists, "Mel, Mel! You need to calm down! It wasn't Wes, I can promise you that."

Melody holds Harmony's hands, "Then who did this to you? Please, tell me."

Harmony looks away from her, "It was my bastard of a father. He saw me having lunch at the diner with a friend and his husband. And he thinks he has the audacity to say that he's my father again? After he kicked me out six months ago for getting pregnant?" She wipes away the angry tears off her cheeks, "But the worst part is he called me a slut. God, I can't believe him!"

Melody squeezes her hands, "Oh Harmony, I'm so sorry. How did you get away?"

Harmony pulls her hands away from Melody's hands to wipe away her tears, "My friend came over and scared him off, but I don't think I've seen the last of him. I'm scared Mel and I don't know what to do."

Before Melody could give her answer, Cas is making his way back to the car, "Mel thanks for all your help, but you need to go. I'll call you later, I promise."

Melody waves, "Alright, take care of yourself Harmony." She turns and walks away before Cas gets to his car.

Cas opens his door and looks over at Harmony, "Did your friend come through?"

Harmony smiles at him, "Yep. Let's go home now. I'm tired." She leans over and rests her head on the window, closing her eyes.

Cas nods and pulls away from the school and heads towards the house that will be Harmony's home for the next few months. He looks over at Harmony and smiles at her sleeping form. She looks so young and vulnerable while she is sleeping. He pulls out his phone and decides to call Dean and inform him of the situation. He waits for Dean to answer and smiles, "Hello my love. I'm on my way home with Harmony. She's fine now. We had an altercation at the diner with her father. I'm fine Dean but the situation caused Harmony to go into early labor and the doctor gave her something to stop it and she's to stay on bed rest for the duration of her pregnancy. We'll see you soon Dean and we can talk more then. I love you. Bye."

Dean hangs up his phone and finishes up the guest room for Harmony. He should've stayed with them at the diner. He wants to rip that guy's lungs out! But there's no time for that now. Now he needs to focus on taking care of Harmony and make sure those babies are okay.

Twenty minutes later, Cas pulls into their driveway. He turns off the car and is gently shaking Harmony awake, "Harmony, we're here."

Harmony slowly blinks open her eyes and rubs the sleep out of them. She takes in her surroundings and her eyes finally land on the beautiful two-story house in front of her, "Wow, this is gorgeous Mr. Winchester."

Cas smiles, "Thank you. And Harmony, since you are no longer a student of mine, you can call me Cas or Castiel, whichever you're comfortable with."

Harmony nods, "Sorry Mr.—uh, Cas." She gives him a bashful smile, "Sorry, that's going to take some getting used to." She looks back at the house and sees Dean making his way over to them. She watches him open her door and offer her his hand, "Thank you Mr. Winchester."

Dean smiles at her, "While I admire the politeness, please call me Dean."

Again, she blushes and smiles bashfully, "I'll try to remember that." She leans heavily into Dean's side when he gets her out of the car, "Would you mind carrying me? I'm so tired and sore."

Dean supports her back as he places his right arm underneath her knees and carries her bridal style up to her room so she can rest. He gently lays her down on the bed and lets her find a comfortable position, "Can I get you anything?"

Harmony smiles up at him tiredly, "I think I'm just gonna sleep for a bit."

Dean nods and pulls the blanket over her and heads downstairs to talk to his husband. After Dean leaves the room, Harmony fall into a restless sleep.

Six months ago…

Harmony was sitting in the bathroom of her and Wes' apartment, tears flowing down her face, holding a little white stick. How could she have been so careless and stupid! She should've known better than to get trashed at that party, and now she has to face the consequences. She heard Wes enter the apartment. It's after six so she knew he was just getting home from baseball practice.

Wes walked into the kitchen and grabbed a beer from the fridge, "Hey babe, are you home?" He moved toward their bedroom, but stopped in front of the bathroom. He heard soft sniffles coming from inside. He gently knocked on the door, opening it as he did so, "Harm, is everything alright?" Harmony raised her head and looked at him. Wes looked at his girlfriend. Her face was red, blotchy, and tear-stained. Her eyes were red rimmed from crying for who knows how long. He was immediately at her side, holding her close.

Harmony hugged him tightly for a few minutes before she pulled back, "No, this is awful. How could I be so stupid?! I can't believe this! Oh God, my parents are going to kill me!" She broke down into more tears. Wes held her as she cried, completely confused.

"Babe, what's going on? Why are your parents going to kill you?"

Harmony looked up at him and then thrusted the pee covered stick in his face, "Because of this Wes! What am I going to do?"

Wes removed the white stick from her shaking hand and read the digital display: pregnant. He felt sick. He was not expecting this bombshell. A failed test, a teacher hitting on her, anything else he could handle, but a baby? This was just too much too soon. They've only been dating for three years and just moved in together a month and a half ago! He was not ready to be a father! He took a few calming breaths and cupped her face and stroked over her cheeks, "Everything is going to be fine. We better tell your parents. The sooner we tell yours, the sooner we can tell mine." He leaned forward and gently pressed a kiss to her forehead.

Harmony closed her eyes, absorbing his strength as she held his wrists in her still shaking hands, "Ok. Should we go now?"

Wes nodded, "Yeah, I think that would be best. I'm gonna go change then we'll go."

Harmony nodded and stood up, throwing away the little white stick. She looked at herself in the mirror and gasped quietly at how awful she looked. She wet a towel and gently cleaned her face of the tear stains on her cheeks. She exited the bathroom and put her shoes on. She smiled at Wes and held her hand out to him, "I'm scared."

Wes pulled her close to his side and kissed her temple, "I know. I am too, but we'll get through this."

They left and made the drive to the Albright's ranch. They walked up the porch and walked into the house. Harmony called out, "Mama? Daddy? Where are you?"

Mrs. Albright ran from the kitchen and hugged her daughter, "Oh Harmony, it's so good to see you!" She let her go and hugged Wes, "And it's nice to see you too Wes. I didn't know y'all were coming over."

Harmony smiled at her mother, "Um, where's daddy? We have something important to tell you."

Mrs. Albright went to the back door and called her husband into the house. He entered and they all took a seat in the living room. Mrs. Albright was the first to speak, "So, what's so important that you had to tell us in person?"

Harmony grabbed Wes' hand and took a deep, calming breath, "Mama, daddy; I'm pregnant." Mr. and Mrs. Albright sat there, stunned. Harmony shifted around uncomfortably, "Please say something."

Mr. Albright stood abruptly from his chair, "Get the fuck outta my house you fucking slut! You are no daughter of mine!"

Harmony gasped, "Daddy, you don't mean—"

"I don't ever want to see you, this piece of shit, or that child in my house ever again! Now get the fuck out!"

Harmony turned her teary eyes to her mother, "Mama, do something! Please!"

Mrs. Albright looked at her daughter, "You should go."

Wes took Harmony's hand and led her out of the house. They drove back to their apartment in silence.

~~Present~~

Harmony jerks herself awake, gasping for breath and sweating. Tears start flowing down her face. She looks over at the door and gasps, "I didn't hear you come in."

Dean steps into the room and puts a tray of food down on the bedside table and hands her the glass of water. He stands there, awkwardly, for a few minutes, "You wanna talk about it?"

Harmony wipes the tears from her face, "I'm still a bit shaken up from the run-in with my father after no contact for six months. I just woke up from a nightmare, well not really a nightmare, more of a memory."

Dean sits down on the bed beside her and smiles, "Well, I'm always here if you need someone to listen."

Harmony smiles back at him, "Thanks Dean. Um, could you stay for a while? I don't want to be alone right now."

Dean nods, "Of course. I'll stay as long as you need." Dean watches as she curls up next to him and falls back asleep. He can't really explain it, but he just can't help but feel the need to protect this girl at all costs. He puts his arm around her and watches as she snuggles deeper into his side, "I'm going to do everything in my power to protect you and your girls. I promise you that."