Okay. Time for a disclaimer. I own none of the talented wonderful men in this story. If I did... Well I wouldn't just be writing about it that's for sure! I'm honestly not sure where it's headed but I feel it might be a more realistic story. Probably will be a slow-burn for the main couple, if I'm able to resist. At this point, until things are more written out, it's an OC/? story. Officially this is a Dean/OC/Roman story, Seth might possibly be involved but at this point that is up in the air.

Authors note: Alright! Some fluffy feels and little tidbits of information on Rose and Leecie in here. Slightly a filler? But it gives more insight into the relationship between everyone. Hope you guys enjoy! Thank you for all the reviews so far!


To say Joe and Jon were mad was an understatement. The worst part was they didn't yell at her, they didn't talk down to her, they were just plain disappointed. Jon talked to her first, questioned her hard on why she hadn't told him, why she had lied. Now she knew how Rose felt. It was an incredibly painful feeling. When you were just hiding information so the other people wouldn't react, and then end up upsetting them anyway. If Rose felt like this, she had to make sure she was more accepting of everything. It was a terrible feeling.

"Mama, come on. Sarah needs her friend!"

Leecie jolted herself from her thoughts and smiled at her mini-me, quickly bringing up the other child-aged mermaid doll.

"I'm sorry Sarah!" Leecie said in a bright tone, "I was so busy thinking about what to do for our dinner party. What do you think we should do?"

Rose sat her small mermaid next to Leecie's and sloshed a bit in the water, bringing her free hand up to her chin in thought, covering said body part in bubbles. Leecie could barely contain her grin.

"We need something to make Joe and Jon happy again," Rose said in a "proper and stuffy" tone, "What do you think my dear Hannah?"

"Oh, that's a good idea! What do you think they would like?" Leecie asked in the mermaid voice, watching Rose grin.

"Men like steak. Papaw told me so. Steak and potatoes. So we should go to Colton's or Applebees!" she said, breaking character.

Her dimples shone as her cheeks lifted and she added, "You could even give them whiskey like papaw drinks!"

Eyes wide in surprise, Leecie frowned.

"Papaw has been drinking again?"

As if she told a secret, Rose quickly changed the subject, rattling on about the desserts they had at Coltons and how she loved the rolls. Leecie would be incredibly pissed if Rose was telling the truth, that her dad was drinking while they had Rose. It's not that it was a danger or anything, she trusted them both implicitly, but she didn't want that kind of behavior around Rose. No smoking, no drinking, and she tried to limit her own cursing as much as possible. She wanted Rose to be a child as long as she could. To not worry about the bad influences of the world. Of course she would know about them soon enough, but she didn't need to see them modeled.

"Mama, are we gonna go out?" Rose caught her attention.

"Yeah, yeah, let's go get dressed all nice okay?" Leecie replied with a forced smile.

She would have to talk to her parents later and remind them how uncomfortable she was with that. Grabbing up the towel dubbed to be the best by Rose, she grabbed her daughter out and wrapped her in the purple owl covered fabric. There was a knock at the door.

"Hold on," she called out.

Wrapping a second towel around Rose, she opened the door just to find Joe looking a little sad.

"I just wanted to apologize for how I acted," he said softly, "Jon does too but he's sulking in the room".

"I-"

"Mama wants to apologize too by taking us all out to dinner!"

Leecie blushed slightly as she pushed Rose back behind her legs.

"Thanks you little dork," Leecie joked as Rose giggled and buried against her mom's legs.

"Really? Dinner?" Joe asked.

She bit her lip and nodded.

"'If you guys are okay with that I mean. Rose and I were thinking Colton's?"

That brought a smile to his face.

"Sounds good. I'll bring Jon to get ready with me in the spare room," he said.

She nodded and stared after him as he walked away. His tall, broad form was just too irresistible, especially when he wore pants that showed off the curve of his ass like he did now.

"Stop staring mama, let's get dressed!"

The girls got clothes for Rose and went in Leecie's room to change. She picked out a gray sweater with a pink owl on it and sparkly jeans with her pink boots for Rose. For herself, she grabbed out white camisole, dark gray empire waist handkerchief top and black cardigan with medium wash skinny jeans and dark brown chunky heeled boots. To accessorize she put on a simple silver chain necklace with a silver owl that Rose had picked out for her last year.

"You look so pretty mama!" Rose squealed suddenly.

Leecie looked over and had to grin as she saw Rose jumping up and down.

"You look prettier," she teased.

"We're both pretty," Rose replied, grinning widely as she rushed over.

Leecie dropped to a knee and hugged the small body close to her. She stood and pulled Rose over to her make up area.

"Wanna wear some colored chap stick?"

She thought her daughter was going to spaz as she clapped eagerly and nodded frantically, sending her red curls bouncing.

"Okay, put on just a bit while I do my own makeup."

Leecie liked to lead by example and so rarely wore makeup and only wore a little when she did. Applying eyeliner, light brown eye shadow and pink tinted chap stick was enough for her.

"Good job Rose," she commented as Rose copied her motions with her own chap stick tube.

"Thank you! Now come on!"

She was barely able to grab her purse before Rose dragged her out of the room and down to the living room.

"There are our girls!" Joe said with a chuckle.

Rose rushed right up to Joe and leaped into his arms, making him laugh as he caught her.

"You look very pretty," Jon said, walking closer and inspecting her face, "You wearing lip gloss there spitfire?"

"Nuh-uh, it's chapped stick," Rose replied.

Leecie would have corrected her but she just simply smiled, enjoying the pride on her kid's face. Rose rarely got to wear "makeup" and really enjoyed when she got to.

"It's very beautiful," Joe replied.

The smaller red head blushed slightly and giggled, then reached out and poked Joe's cheek.

"What about mama? Doesn't she look pretty?"

That brought both sets of eyes her way, making her blush and look away, clearing her throat quickly.

"Come on, let's just-"

"Very pretty," Joe cut in.

"Gorgeous," Jon added, swooping over.

She batted at his hand as he reached for her with a grin, but he was too fast and caught her, pulling her close. She was afraid of what he'd do, but was surprised as he simply pressed a kiss to her cheek.

"You do look amazing," he rumbled.

"Scoot your a- um, butt over," Joe demanded.

Leecie looked up as the tall Samoan almost shoved Jon aside. If they kept play fighting over her, she was gonna die of embarrassment.

"Guys, I'm getting a little embarrassed here," she mumbled as Joe kissed the top of her head.

"We know," Jon said with a chuckle, "It's fun seeing you blush."

"Jerks," she grumbled as Joe laughed and agreed.

"Are we going now? I'm hungry," Rose complained.

"Yeah, let's go."

Leecie was the last out of the door, double checking that it was locked before turning. To her surprise she rammed right into a solid form. Arms circled her as a scruffy cheek laid on her forehead.

"Look, I'm sorry for coming off as a dick, but it pisses me off like no fucking other that he put his hands on you," Jon sighed, "I'm just warning you now, if I ever see him, there is a good chance that my fist will be down his throat, okay firecracker?"

She cleared her throat and quickly hugged him back. A soft sigh was breathed against her skin before he kissed her there.

"Are there any other trouble ex's that I need to beat the hell out of?" he asked.

Giggling, she answered, "No. I dated a few assholes but they never hurt me other than leaving because I wouldn't have sex with them."

That made him laugh as he pulled back.

"Idiots."

"Mm-hmm," she agreed as they walked to where her car was already started, thanks to Joe, "You get back seat apparently."

"Fucker," he grumbled.

Once she double checked Rose was safely buckled in her booster seat and everyone was in and buckled, she pulled out.

"Radio okay with you guys?" she asked.

"Yes please!" Rose responded before the men could.

Leecie flicked on the radio and turned it up to a comfortable volume, returning her focus to the road. Jon conversed with Rose in the backseat, her telling him all about the newest episode of Bubble Guppies, while Leecie and Joe were silent. She wasn't sure what to talk about, the nerves getting to her, assuring her anything she brought up would be laughed at. Common sense dictated that he would never laugh at her, but her anxiety said otherwise. She nearly jumped out of her skin as his hand slid over hers.

"You seem tense," he murmured.

"I- I just feel like anything I can think of saying would sound stupid," she muttered honestly, flicking on her blinker before she turned.

"You could yodel for me baby girl and I wouldn't think it was stupid."

She almost aww'd aloud but kept it inside as his hand squeezed hers.

"I'm not sure about that, I suck at singing," she joked.

That got a laugh which had a smile growing on her face. His fingers moved on her hand and she let him flip her hand over so their fingers could lace together. It made her cheeks warm slightly and her heart race just a bit faster.

"Can't be that bad."

"You have the voice of an angel so you can't even begin to imagine," she stated.

"Oh please, I do not," he argued.

"I heard your rendition of Paw Patrol."

She looked over to see him shaking his head as he laughed almost silently.

"Yeah, yeah, well, you must need your ears checked then Leecie, because I'm average at best," he said.

"Nope, you have a great voice, speaking and singing, like the scruffy one back there."

Her eyes jumped to the rear-view mirror as she heard a choked scoff.

"Please, you love the scruff," he snapped.

"What?" Rose asked, looking between everyone confused.

"Nothing, your mommy was making a joke," Jon replied, "Now, tell me more about this Bubble Puppy."

He effectively took her attention back to her story and she thanked him with a smile, to which he simply winked. The butterflies lazily fluttering in her stomach went full tilt flying when Joe squeezed her hand. Biting her lip, she looked over quickly to find him gazing back at her with a soft smile.

"Stop staring at me, you're making me nervous," she whispered honestly.

"Just can't get over how beautiful you are," he replied.

His hand left hers and reached up, pushing a few red strands from her face as his thumb rubbed her cheek. She had to breathe deep to keep from freaking out, both in nerves and excitement, but thankfully she saw Colton's and turned into the parking lot, grabbing a spot near the door quickly.

"Alright guys, ready?" she asked, ignoring the slight wavering her own voice.

"Yup! Let's get this show on the road," Jon replied.

She jumped out and opened the door to unbuckle Rose just to find Jon doing it, catching her off guard. He looked up and raised an eyebrow.

"Why you staring at me like I got two heads toots?" he asked.

"Just... surprised."

"Used to helping out with Jojo," he said with a shrug.

"I can't wait to meet her one day! How soon do you think it would be Joe?" Rose spoke up.

Joe's eyes met mine and I shrugged, leaving it up to him.

"You guys are welcome anytime," she told him.

"How about the end of January? We have a short break right after the Pay-Per-View so we could come over for a day or two," he offered.

For a second Leecie thought Rose's eyes were going to pop from her head with how large they grew before she squealed.

"I can teach her how to slay turkeys! And we can watch Kodocha and and Kiki's Delivery Service and-"

"Okay, down girl," Leecie joked.

That earned a glare from the smaller redhead.

"Mooom, that's not funny! I'm just so excited to have an actual friend I can play with at home."

Rose jumped out and rushed after Joe to talk about Jojo and learn more about her, while Leecie sat there in thought. Rose really didn't have friends come over that often, never really asked. She didn't think about it because she was always doing something with her daughter anyway, but with that one statement she started to wonder. Leecie shut the door and grabbed her purse and keys before locking the car. She would definitely be calling or emailing her teacher, just to make sure she was making friends okay. While she had never received a single bad thing about Rose in the papers she brought home, maybe it wasn't something they addressed through paper.

"Come on firecracker, get outta your thoughts and just have fun," Jon rumbled as he hooked his arm around her waist.

"Yeah, okay," she agreed.

She pushed the worrisome thoughts from her mind and let Jon lead her inside where Joe and Rose were waiting. That sight made her smile, because Joe looked at her with adoration that Chuck never had in his eyes. Leaning into Jon, she smiled and realized how perfect this situation could become if things worked out as perfect as she hoped.