Blue watched as Daisy slept soundly on the couch while Dean was in the kitchen cooking dinner. Whenever the baby would sleep, Blue would check on her to make sure she was like alright like he had D.J. when he was a baby. When she began to stir in her sleep and move, Blue jumped up so that the upper part of his body was on the couch and began to nudge Daisy's bottom to make sure she didn't roll of the edge of the couch. He then bit her blanket and pulled it after her so that her little legs would stay warm. Dean had went to check on Daisy and saw what Blue had did.

"Oh, I see someone is checking on their sister," he said smiling.

Blue wagged his tale then walked towards Dean happily as he knew he had did something special. He followed Dean to the kitchen where he received a few doggy treats and ate them quickly. He barked as it was his way of saying thank you and scurried away to take his usual nap.

Destinee and D.J. soon came rushing into the house and greeted their father who they almost knocked over.

"Hi, Daddy!" D.J. said.

"I missed you!" Destinee said. "I drew you a picture of a flower today!"

"Aww, thank you. How are you two?" Dean asked.

"Good!" D.J. said. He began twirling around on his toes and grabbed a cookie out of the cookie jar.

"Nope," Dean said. "No cookies until after dinner."

D.J. sighed and put the cookie back into the jar.

"You can help me put the celery in the soup, though!"

"Oh, really!?" D.J. said. "Yippie!"

"Destinee, I want to see your picture, honey," Dean said.

"Okay!" Destinee hastily wiped out the drawing for Dean and showed it to him.

"I love it!" D.J. said.

"Thank you!"

"I love it, too. It goes on the fridge hall of fame."

Destinee put the picture on the fridge and placed a magnet on it so it would stick.

"Oh, we forgot to say hi to Daisy!" she said.

"Oh, drat!" D.J. hurried off his stool to hurry to the couch so he could give his sister a kiss.

Destinee gave her a kiss then rushed back to the kitchen to help Dean with dinner. D.J. poured the chopped celery into the pot while Destinee stirred it. Renee then came into the house, let out a small sigh, then laid down on the couch.

"You okay?" Dean asked.

Renee threw a thumbs up in the air to let her husband know she was indeed okay but Dean knew that she was pretty tired and needed some rest. He came over to the couch, placed a hand on Renee's back, and whispered in her ear.

"You know, you can go lie down and I'll bring you dinner to the room."

"No, I'm fine."

"Yeah…no, you're not. Go lie down and I'll bring you dinner."

Renee was relieved when Dean brought her dinner to their room and was happy to see that Daisy was with him. She had just taken medicine for a headache and definitely needed food to settle her grumbling stomach.

"Thank you," she said as she took the plate from Dean.

"You're welcome." He placed a an extra water bottle on her nightstand and laid down the bed, placing Daisy right beside him. "The kids wanted to watch t.v. in the living room while eating so I let them. Miss Daisy here doesn't want to eat anything. She's still in a crabby mood." As Daisy yawned and rubbed her right eye, Dean ruffled her soft hair.

"Once she's more alert she'll eat," Renee said. "Let's see how well you cooked the vegetables this time."

"You're still talking crap to me about the time I burned the vegetables? It was an accident!"

"Yeah, sure." Renee winked at Dean as she took a bite of the food. "On a serious note, it's really delicious. Honestly, I was about to buy myself a bottle of wine and chug it down as soon as I walked through the front door."

"Maybe next time you'll get a nice bottle of wine to chug down. Right now, you need to just drink some water." When Dean sat up, he winced a little as he did so and placed a hand on his lower back. He didn't say anything about it as he picked up Daisy and held her so that she was looking at her mother. "Tell Mommy to drop the story of me burning the vegetables."

Daisy gave her a father a blank stare then pointed her tiny left index finger on his forehead. She then smiled as she hid her face away from her parents.

"Oh, I see someone is happy now," Renee said. "And no, I am not dropping the vegetable scenario. As you can see, Daisy won't tell me to drop it so there."

"Yeah, whatever. Stick your tongue out again and I'm gonna stick it right back in your face."

"I'd like to see you try."

"Just watch me. Right after I go feed Daisy and feed my own face."

"I'll be waiting to kick you in the face if you decide to tickle me."

"Pft."

Dean took a painkiller before he headed to sleep later that night. His back had been hurting him for the past couple of days but he didn't say anything as he didn't want Renee to worry. He knew that she knew he was hurting a bit but still, not saying anything about the situation was the way to go. He laid down in bed and exhaled as he got comfortable after having a long day himself. Renee had come back in the room from the kitchen, sat next to Dean, and began to munch on banana bread. She offered Dean a piece which he happily took and quickly ate.

"Do you have work tomorrow?" Renee asked.

"Yup."

"How long will you be gone for?"

"I still can't believe this, but I'm only going to be there for four hours. My boss is really allowing me to make my own schedule."

"That's good. Do you ever strain yourself at work?"

"Sometimes but I have to remind myself to take it easy."

"I ask because I saw you wince in pain earlier when you sat up. Now, I know you don't want to say anything to me about it but I don't want you hurting yourself again."

"Don't worry. I won't."

His response was so quick that it surprised Renee for a bit. She had a feeling he didn't want to keep talking about the subject so she stopped talking but to her surprise he continued to speak.

"Do you want me to find another job or something? I know you're worried about me. I'm not going to get into an argument with you, I just want to know what's going through your mind. Sometimes I feel as if you don't tell me everything out of fear of what I'll say. Just be honest. I won't get mad."

Renee began to pick at the piece of banana bread she still had in her hand.

"Maybe," she said quietly then shrugged. "If it's what you want to do."

"My boss knows of my back. He tells me not to too much work. I'm still capable of doing my job and I'm lucky because not too many people can bounce back with ease from the injury that I had sustained."

"That's all that matters. You are doing well, you're at a job you like, and everything is going fine. Whatever you choose to do, you do it. I support you in everything you do."

"Thank you."

"You're welcome."

Renee silently finished her snack then turned her light off and rested her head on her pillow. She felt Dean's hand trail down her leg which felt pretty damn good at the moment. Dean kissed Renee's cheek then placed his head behind hers and began to snore a little.

Renee didn't fall asleep right away as she had thoughts running through her mind. Maybe there was a way she could help Dean get a new job that wouldn't be so stressful on his back. Maybe there wasn't. If Dean could hear her thinking, he'd probably blow a fuse for a short time then calm down and proceed to tell her that he doesn't need a new job and that he's happy and fine where he is.

Renee quickly threw the thought of her head as she finally drifted to sleep and started snoring as well as she too had a long day.