A/N: There is a time skip in this chapter. I hope you guys enjoy and if you have any ideas or something you may want to see happen between these characters, private message me or leave a comment in the reviews :)
Chapter 25:
Stacey just stood there shocked.
'How' she thought. This was something Stacey never told anyone, not Hunter, not Kevin, especially not Charlie. This was a secret she had kept since she was 25.
Stacey was so shocked, she shut the door in his face and walked off to the kitchen. Kevin, who was just as shocked if not more, opened the door.
"I'm sorry, um I would come back later." John nodded, feeling like this would happen.
"Here, this is my number. Tell her she can call me anytime." Kevin nodded and took the piece of paper from him before closing the door. He walked into the kitchen and saw Stacey taking a shot of bourbon.
"Who the hell was that" he asked. Stacey looked up at him before doing another shot.
"The truth?" Kevin gave her a look.
"Well I would hope you wouldn't lie to me." Stacey sighed, knowing she couldn't lie to him.
"I was 25 and had just gotten done with college. I hadn't meant Hunter yet and I was out partying with a bunch of my friends. I met this guy at a bar and one thing led to another and before I knew it we were back at my apartment. He left the next day and I didn't think I would see him again. About a month later I found out I was pregnant. I was so scared. When I gave birth, I knew I couldn't keep him. I had no one to help me and I had no way in getting in contact with the guy so I put my son up for adoption. Three years later I meant Hunter and then we had Charlie."
Kevin saw she was about to cry so he pulled her to his chest.
"Why didn't you tell anyone honey?" Stacey cried into his chest.
"I was ashamed. The only good thing was that I knew he was put into a great home and was being taken care of in a way I knew I couldn't at the time."
"Honey you know you have to tell Charlie." Stacey took a deep breath and pulled away from him.
"I know but I don't think I can right now. Her blood pressure is still high and the last thing I want is to be the reason why she could end up in the hospital and go into early labor."
"She deserves to know Stacey. She has an older brother. If he found you then he probably has found her. You need to tell her."
"I will, just not right now." She grabbed her tea and walked off to their bedroom. Kevin ran a hand through his hair before following her.
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Time Skip: 9 months pregnant
"Where are you going?" Dean asked as he watched his very pregnant wife get out of bed. Her due date was in 2 weeks and he was hoping the baby came early, he just wanted to meet her.
"On a run" came her sarcastic reply.
"That mouth is going to get you into trouble angel. Go to the bathroom." Charlie rolled her eyes and got off the bed, yelping when she felt a hard smack on her ass.
"The eye rolling Charlie. I told you the next time you did it I would spank you." Charlie just shook her head and went to the bathroom. The baby had been kicking like crazy lately and Charlie had to wonder if that meant she was going to come out early.
She finished her business and tried getting up but found herself stuck. Sighing she called for Dean.
"Dean." Dean ran in the room.
"What? Is the baby coming?"
"No, I need help getting up."
"Oh" was all he said before helping her up. He pulled her shorts and panties up before helping her back to bed.
"I'm hungry." Dean smirked at her. Instead of taking her to bed, he took them downstairs and to the kitchen. He was making them food when the doorbell rang. Charlie went to get up but Dean spoke up.
"Sit that little ass back down, I will get it." Charlie sighed while Dean went to get the door. He opened it to reveal Kevin and Stacey.
Stacey wanted to clear the air before the baby came and when she heard Charlie's blood pressure was great she knew it was time to tell her.
"Hey Dean, can we come in?" Dean nodded and led them to the kitchen. Charlie smiled when she saw her mom.
"Hey mom" she stood up with the help of Dean and hugged her mother.
"Hi Kevin." Kevin smiled at her. They were all on much better terms now then before.
"Hey Charlie."
"So what's up" Dean asked as he passed Charlie her plate of food. Kevin looked at Stacey and gave her a hand a reassuring squeeze. They all sat down before Stacey spoke.
"Um I don't really know how to even start this. When I was 25, I had just finished college." She went on to tell the same story she told Kevin and by the end, Charlie was in shock.
"So you mean Charlie has a brother" Dean spoke the words Charlie couldn't seem to get out. Stacey nodded, not liking how quiet her daughter was being.
"Charlie honey are you okay?"
"All my life I wanted a sibling but you always just blew me off. You told me you couldn't have any more kids."
"I couldn't I had a hysterectomy after you were born."
"Why didn't you ever tell me?" Charlie's voice was raised, making her mother give a small flinch.
"I was ashamed. A drunken one night stand left me alone and pregnant. I didn't have anyone and I didn't have a job or anything. I couldn't raise him, I had to give him up."
Dean couldn't help but notice a similarity between Stacey and Charlie. They both got pregnant from drunk one night stands. The only difference is Charlie is with the person she slept with.
"You still could have told me mom. All my life all I wanted was another sibling, someone I could go to when Joey wasn't here." Charlie got up from her chair and threw her food away. First she cost her a relationship with her father and now she has a brother she doesn't even know.
"How many relationship's are you going to cost me mom?"
"What is going on?" Every turned to look at the doorway to see Hunter and Stephanie standing there.
"Nothing Hunter" Stacey said.
"No mom he deserves to know too. Mom had another kid before she met you."
"Charlotte" her mother yelled. Charlie was pissed, Dean could see it in her eyes and it made it him very turned on. He got up and wrapped an arm around her waist.
"Is that true Stacey?" Stacey sighed and looked at her ex.
"Yes. It was 3 years before I met you."
"Is that why it was so hard to convince you to have Charlie?"
"Excuse me" Charlie shrieked. Dean put her head on his chest as he tried to sooth her. Stacey put her head in her hands. She knew this was going to happen.
"I guess I still felt guilty."
"What's his name" Charlie asked pulling away from Dean.
"John. John Cena. I made sure he was put into a great home. I don't think I would be able to live if I knew he was put into a crappy house."
"Get out" Charlie said, shocking everyone.
"Charlie" Kevin tried saying but she cut him off.
"No get out. You've cost me two relationship's with my family mom. Two! I thought we were done hiding things from each other." Charlie was yelling at this point.
"What mother doesn't tell her daughter that she has another sibling. I-" Charlie cut herself off when she felt a sharp pain in her stomach. She then felt something run down her leg.
"Baby you okay?" Charlie breathed through what she assumed to be a contraction.
"My water just broke." Kevin and Stacey jumped up from their seats while Hunter ran over to help keep his daughter up.
"We need to get her to the hospital" Stephanie said, getting to her husband's side. Dean ran upstairs and grabbed the hospital bags they packed before helping Hunter lead her out to the car.
"We'll follow you." Dean didn't even nod before he drove off to the hospital. He was pissed that this was happening because of how angry her mother made her. They made it to the hospital and were immediately taken to a room. Charlie's contraction's were far apart but they still had to get her ready. Dean helped her change into the hospital gown before helping her into bed.
The nurses hooked her up to everything and they could hear the baby's heartbeat.
"We are going to call Dr. Tyler now. When she gets here, she will see how far along you are and judging by that we will be able to tell if we should give you the epidural now or later."
"Okay thank you." The nurse nodded before leaving. Dean grabbed hold of her hand and kissed the back of it.
"This is it angel, she is almost here." Charlie nodded and squeezed Dean's hand when she felt a tiny contraction. Hunter, Stephanie, Kevin, and Stacey, all came into the room about 5 minutes later.
"Well?"
"They called Dr. Tyler, she should be on her way. They said judging by what she says, they will decide whether to give her the epidural now or later." Hunter walked over to his daughter and brushed her hair out of her face.
"Me and Steph are gonna go get the girls okay. We'll be back soon."
"Okay." Hunter kissed her forehead before leaving. Kevin and Stacey felt awkward standing there.
"I wanna meet him" Charlie said, breathing through another contraction.
"He gave Kevin his number. I was going to call him after talking to you."
"We can worry about this later" Dean said, not wanting to cause anymore stress to Charlie. Both Stacey and Charlie nodded.
It was about 3 o'clock when Dr. Tyler finally showed up.
"I'm so sorry, I was in delivery with another mom. How are you feeling Charlie?"
"Fine except these contraction's." Dr. Tyler laughed while taking an ultrasound.
"Well good news. She is almost in position to come out and she looks to be about 7 ½ pounds, which is great. I'll take a look at the birth canal to see how dilated you are." Dean wiped the gel of Charlie's stomach before sitting back down.
"Your about 5 cm dilated. I will check back in about 2 hours to see how far it is then. I usually wait until the patient is 4 centimeters dilated to have them get the epidural so you're ready for that. I will have the anesthesiologist called, if you need it immediately push the nurse button okay?"
"Okay. Thank you doctor." Dr. Tyler smiled.
It was just Dean and Charlie in the room. Charlie was taking a nap while Dean was staring at the heart monitor. He smiled down at the baby bump and layed his head lightly on it.
"Your almost here little one. Me and mommy are so excited to meet you Ava. Now when you come out, it may be a little awkward between your mom and your grandma but that's only because your grandma is an idiot. Hurry up in there princess, daddy and mommy want to meet you." He kissed her stomach, smiling when he felt Ava kick his lips.
The anesthesiologist came around 4 and Charlie was so happy. She knew it was going to hurt but she wasn't at all prepared for it. It took a little while for it to kick in but once it did, Charlie was feeling much better.
Hunter and Stephanie brought the girls in to see them.
"Sissy is the baby coming?" Charlie nodded.
"Yup she should be here soon." Hunter had told her that Vaughn had told everyone of her classmates that she was going to be an aunt.
Dr. Tyler came back around 5 to check in on Charlie.
"Alright Charlie your at 9 cm. Its almost time. I'm going to go get ready you sit and relax okay."
Charlie nodded and Dean had to stop himself from jumping for joy. Their little girl was maybe a couple hours away from being born and was elated.
"Dean I'm scared." Dean squeezed her hand and gave her a soft kiss.
"Don't be angel. A couple pushes and she will be out and we will be a family. It will all be worth it when they put her in your arms." Charlie nodded and Dean kissed her again. By the time the doctor came back, it was time to push.
"Okay Charlie, when you feel a contraction I want you to push okay." Charlie nodded and took a deep breath. Dean was standing by her side, holding her hand. She felt a contraction and pushed as hard as she could.
"Good Charlie that was great. Same thing okay, feel a contraction push." Charlie nodded and pushed hard again when she felt a strong one hit.
"I can see the head, come on Charlie."
"Come on baby push for me." Charlie screamed out as she pushed again.
"She's almost out, give me one more big push Charlie."
Charlie screamed out once again as she pushed for the last time. Cries filled the room, making both Dean and Charlie smile.
"I know you guys already know this but congratulations, you have a beautiful baby girl. Dean would you like to cut the cord?" Dean, who was at a loss for words at seeing his princess, nodded. He snipped the cord and they wrapped Ava in a blanket before handing her to Charlie.
"She's beautiful" she said not taking her eyes off of her daughter.
"Just like her mother." It was true, Ava looked just like Charlie when she was a baby. The dust of brown hair and the light blue eyes. She was just beautiful.
"Do you want to hold her?"
"Of course I do." He leaned down and carefully took their daughter from his beauty. Ava made a noise and turned her head before relaxing.
"My beautiful princess" he said softly, running a finger down her cheek.
"What is her name" a nurse asked.
"Ava. Ava Grace Ambrose" Dean said, not taking his eyes off of the little girl in his arms. She was born 5 minutes ago and she already had him wrapped around her little finger. He eventually had to give her up so she could be taken to be cleaned and measured. As soon as they were gone. Dean leaned down and gave Charlie a passionate kiss.
"I love you."
"I love you too."
Joey came in the room, having been walking down the hall when he saw Ava rolled past.
"Congratulations squirt" he hugged her and shook Dean's hand.
"Thank you. Do you mind staying with Charlie, I want to go with Ava."
"Of course, go ahead." Dean smiled and gave Charlie another kiss before leaving.
"She looks like you Charlie." Charlie laughed.
"Dean said the same thing." Joey laughed.
"So did mom tell you?"
"Tell me what?"
"She had a kid before she met my dad." Joey looked at her in surprise.
"Really?" Charlie nodded.
"Yup. She gave him up for adoption because she was alone and had no way of taking care of him. I understand why she did, I just wish she told me."
"When did she tell you?"
"Earlier. I got so pissed and worked up, my water broke."
"Damn squirt." Charlie laughed.
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Dean was standing in front of the nursery watching as they took care of his daughter.
He looked to his left when he heard footsteps, watching as Hunter, Stephanie, the girls, Stacey, and Kevin, approached.
"Well where is she?" Dean pointed and everyone smiled.
"She looks like Charlie" Hunter and Stacey said at the same time.
"I wanna hold her" all the girls said, making everyone laugh. A nurse came out and smiled at Dean.
"Mr. Ambrose she is ready to go back. She is hungry, is your wife breast feeding?"
"Yes she is."
"Okay, we are going to go pump her quick so I will be right back." The nurse grabbed some weird looking machine before heading off to Charlie's room.
"Dean can I talk to you for a minute." He looked and saw Stacey looking at him with pleading eyes. Dean reluctantly nodded and led to the farther end of the hallway, trusting Hunter to watch Ava.
"What can I do for you Stacey?"
"I need Charlie to know that I didn't do this to hurt her but I know she won't listen to me. Can you help me with her?"
"Stacey with all do with respect, Charlie has the right to be upset with you. First you didn't tell her about you and Kevin and let her believe that the divorce was all Hunter's fault, then you don't tell her she had a brother out there somewhere. I don't want to be in the middle."
Stacey nodded sadly. She knew it wasn't fair to ask Dean to get in the middle of her's and Charlie's problems.
"I understand." Dean nodded.
"If you'll excuse me, I'm going back to Charlie and Ava." He didn't wait for an answer before walking back to the nursery. The nurse was waiting outside with the little carrier Ava was in.
"Ah there he is. All ready to go." Dean smiled and rolled the carrier down the hall and to the room.
"Someone wanted to see you angel." Charlie smiled when she saw Ava awake and alert. Dean carefully picked her up and handed her over before handing Charlie the bottle. Dean watched as she fed their daughter, loving how natural it looked.
"You look good doing that angel." Charlie smiled, not taking her eyes off of Ava. She couldn't believe she was finally here. She burped her every 2 ounces and by the time she was done, she was asleep.
Dean sat on the bed and wrapped an arm around Charlie's shoulder's as they watched their daughter sleep. They looked at the door when they heard it open, and saw everyone walk in. They all hugged Charlie.
"She is beautiful kiddo" Hunter said, looking down at his granddaughter.
"Can I hold her sissy?" Charlie smiled.
"Of course." Hunter sat in the rocking chair that was in the room before placing Vaughn on his lap. Dean got up and carefully picked up Ava like she was about to break, and handed her over. Hunter helped Vaughn support her head.
"You used to be that small" he said to her, making her giggle. Stacey kept glancing at her daughter, but Charlie refused to look at her, instead keeping her focus on whoever was holding her daughter. Eventually, everyone held Ava,who managed to stay asleep the entire time.
"If you need anything call us okay?"
"Okay." Hunter hugged her and shook Dean's hand before they left. It left Joey, Kevin, and Stacey left with them.
"Congratulations again" Kevin said, breaking the silence.
"Thank you" Charlie said, still keeping her gaze focused on Ava.
"Well uh we better get going, we both have work tomorrow." Stacey said as she walked over to Charlie and gave her a small hug and kissed her head, before kissing Ava's.
"If you need me call me. I love you."
"Love you too." Stacey smiled sadly before taking Kevin's hand and leaving.
"You gotta talk to her squirt."
"I know but right now I am focused on my daughter and not someone who continually lies to me."
"Okay. I'm gonna get going, like everyone else said if you need me, call me."
"You got it. Bye Joey." He hugged her and pecked Ava's cheek, shook Dean's hand and left.
"Our baby girl" Dean said, sitting back down on the bed with Ava in his arms. They had to give her back for the night but were reassured that she would be brought back as soon as Charlie woke up.
"Move over angel." Charlie gave a little laugh and moved over so Dean could lay down too. He wrapped an arm around her shoulder's and kissed her head before kissing her lips.
"Do you know what this means angel?" Charlie shook her head making Dean smirk. He leaned in close, Charlie could feel his breath fanning her face.
"Now you can be punished. You know I would never beat you so it will mostly be spankings."
Charlie wasn't shocked, she felt this coming. Dean gave her another kiss before making her lay her head in his chest. He layed there stroking her hair while the sound of his heartbeat lulled her to sleep.
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Charlie and Ava we released from the hospital after two days. Charlie was getting her dressed in a white onesie that said "Daddy's Princess has Arrived" and a white baby beanie with a leopard print bow on it. Dean came in with the car seat that Seth and his girlfriend had bought for her.
"She all ready?" Charlie nodded and smiled down at her daughter, who was making noises and looking around. She felt Dean wrap his arms around her waist and kiss the back of her neck. Charlie bent down and carefully picked her up and kissed her nose, happy she was finally in her arms. Dean did the same before placing the car seat on the bed.
Charlie carefully put her in and Dean buckled her up before picking it up all together.
"We have everything?" Charlie nodded. Dean grabbed her hand and led them outside, wanting to get his family home. Charlie sat in the back with Ava in case she started fussing. Ava fell asleep during the ride home and Charlie couldn't help but watch her sleep. Like she said before, Charlie already had immense love for her daughter and would protect her at any cost.
They made it home Dean grabbed the car seat while Charlie was going to grab the bags.
"Leave them babe, I'll get them."
"I can carry them."
"Charlie you just gave birth two days ago, I will get them." Charlie sighed and followed Dean into the house. They went to the bedroom and Dean gently set the carrier on the bed.
"You relax with her, I'm going to go get the bags and make you something to eat okay." Charlie nodded. Dean smirked and kissed her before heading back downstairs. Charlie made quick work getting her sleeping daughter out of her seat and sitting on the bed with her, fast asleep in her arms.
"You sleep like your dad" she said with a soft smile. She sat back against the headboard and watched tv as she waited for Dean. He came back a short while after with a tray that had sandwich's, chips, and drinks on it.
"You know we could have left her up here and went downstairs to eat" she said as she watched him get on the bed carefully as not to spill anything or wake Ava up.
"No she deserves to wake up to her parent's face and not some room she doesn't know."
"What are you going to do when we put her to bed tonight?" Dean just gave her a look that screamed be quiet, making Charlie have to bite back a chuckle. Charlie layed Ava in between them before accepting the plate Dean made for her.
"Roman texted when I was downstairs, he is coming over to see her."
"Can I invite Jake to come see her?" Her question was so quiet he would have missed it had she not been right next to him.
"I think one person if enough for today, we did just get home. Besides, you know he isn't welcomed here."
"How about tomorrow, he wouldn't be here for long, he isn't to big on baby's."
"Then why have him come see her at all?"
"Because he is one of my closets friends and he should meet her. He will probably meet her eventually."
"Not if I can help it. I don't want him over here Charlie and that is that." She sighed and put her plate down, suddenly not hungry anymore. Ava's cries broke the silence and Charlie picked her up.
"What's the matter peanut." She felt her diaper and felt she was dry, so she assumed she was hungry. Dean watched as his very beautiful wife pulled down the front of her shirt so their daughter could feed.
When Ava latched right on, Charlie knew she was right. She noticed Dean staring out of the corner of her eye but chose to ignore him. She heard Dean let out a low growl before making his way into the bathroom.
"Your father can be quite possessive Ava." Ava lifted her little hand up before putting it back down.
"Oh do you agree with mommy" she asked in a baby voice, smiling when Ava did the same thing again. She finished feeding and allowed Charlie to burp her. She let out little tiny ones that were making Charlie laugh.
"I forgot, princesses don't burp do they" she asked as she bent her legs and placed Ava on them. She grabbed her hands and played with her while Dean was still in the bathroom.
About 20 minutes later, Dean came out looking far to pleased with himself.
"Have fun in there" Charlie asked, still playing with Ava. Dean smirked and kissed her neck before letting Ava grab onto his pointer finger.
"If your going to breastfeed then I think you need to warn me so I can leave the room. I shouldn't be feeling jealous of my 2 day old daughter." Charlie just shook her head. They heard the doorbell rang and Dean looked over his shoulder.
"That must be Roman. I'll be right back." He kissed her cheek before going downstairs. The doorbell rang again.
"I'm coming, I'm coming hold on." He opened the door but it wasn't Roman he saw. It was a man that appeared to be around the same height as him but he had a buzz cut.
John was hoping that this meeting didn't go down like the first one. When he found out that he had a baby sister as well, he knew he had to find her. Imagine his surprise when he found out she lived right next door to her mother. He looked to the door when it opened to reveal what he could only assume was his sister's boyfriend.
"Hi, is there a Charlotte Bronson here?" Dean poked his cheek with his tongue.
"Yea but its Charlotte Ambrose now, I'm her husband. Who are you?" John let out a little chuckle.
"Sorry, I'm John."
Dean just looked at him. So this was Charlie's brother
'He must look like his father because he looks nothing like Charlie' Dean thought to himself.
"So your Charlie's brother?" John smiled.
"Yea I guess I am. Is she home, I would really like to meet her." Dean was torn, did he want Charlie to meet him or did he want to wait since she just got home from the hospital. Luckily he didn't have to make the choice because Charlie was coming downstairs with the baby.
"Hey Roman what's-" she stopped herself when she saw it wasn't Roman at the door.
John smiled when he saw his sister. She looked just like their mom.
Charlie looked back and forth between Dean and the man at the door, trying to figure out who the hell it was.
"Are you Charlotte?" Charlie looked at him before nodding.
"Yea but you can call me Charlie. Who are you?" John smiled again, and Dean noticed that he and Charlie had the same dimples when they smiled.
"I'm John." Charlie's eyes widened. She couldn't believe that he was standing here in front of her. She thought it would be weeks before she saw him. There were only two words that Charlie could get out of her mouth.
"Holy shit."