HONEY, LOVE, MOONS, AND HOME

Dean started dancing with his wife again and the tingle that he felt to be able to call her that for real and not just his girlfriend or fiancé was amazing. He really never believed that he would get to this stage in his life but here it was, married and going to be a dad.

"Hey have I told you how much I love you Mrs. Winchester?" He whispered in Arandi's ear.

"Is it measureable Mr. Winchester?" She asked.

"No it's not I'm shocked the world has not filed complaint on the immensity of it." He snickered.

"It probably has but we just ignore it."

"Nothing could make me ever stop loving you." Dean nuzzled into Arandi's neck.

"I don't know mood swings and PMS might change your heart."

"Arandi Winchester you are stuck with me forever." Dean sighed.

"Say that again."

"Arandi Winchester." Dean repeated.

"God I love how that sounds." She felt the chill go up her spine.

"I love saying it." Dean laughed softly as he leaned in to kiss her.

"Enough of that crap." Colt interrupted. "You act like you just got married our something; there is plenty of time for that later right now we conga!"

Nothing but laughter and happiness filled the room as everyone tried to outdo everyone else on the dance floor.

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"I can't believe you didn't put out anyone's eye with those spastic moves you call dancing." Dean chuckled as he walked with Sam.

"You're just jealous of my suave moves."

"So not."

The reception had wrapped up so that the newlyweds could head out to the beach house rentals that waited for them down the beach in opposite directions for the honeymoon.

Two horse and carriages waited for them on the beach as everyone made their way to say good night.

"Most all you wedding gifts have been sent ahead to your house so they will be waiting for you there." Sophie breathed. "You have the houses for five days six nights and we will see you here for your going home breakfast."

Arandi and Jade hugged the women that had made it all possible. "Thank you so much for all of this."

"It was our pleasure now go make honeymoon history."

Dean and Sam hugged hard smacking each other's back.

"We made it Sammy." Dean grinned.

"Was there ever any doubt?" Sam yelped as he was bombarded with gravel.

"This coming from the guy we had to sand blast out of the bathroom." Revin moaned.

"What?" Jade asked.

Sam hurriedly led her to their carriage. "Nothing darling you know how these fools joke around." He glared at the snickering bunch.

Arandi and Jade hugged and then each carriage headed to their honeymoon house.

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Dean and Arandi held each other close as the carriage moved along in the night the moon bright in the sky and the soothing sound of the waves. It was beautiful and so romantic and they kissed until the driver cleared his throat to single they had arrived.

Dean helped Arandi down and the carriage left right away as they made their way up the walk leading to the door.

Dean swept Arandi up in his arms carrying her over the threshold into the house where they would officially start their married lives.

All of their luggage and Arandi's laptop were there as well as fruit baskets and flowers chilled grape juice and tons of finger foods. A guitar sat on a chair with a note from Colt.

'Sing for her sing to her sing with her and show her the love you have in just one more way.' Dean stared at the guitar getting just a little choked up he had never owned his own guitar.

On the bed some boxes sat that said 'wear me tonight' so Arandi slipped into one bathroom and Dean found the second half bath. His box held silk black pajama bottoms and nothing else. So headed to the bedroom to pour the grape juice and sit some chocolate covered strawberries in whipped cream and when Arandi stepped out of the bathroom he nearly choked on air.

God he loved the way Sophie and Cheyenne's minds worked.

Arandi was wearing a barely there black silk and lace negligée and she smiled at his immediate downstairs reaction.

"You like?"

Dean could only nod dumbly.

She stepped up to him and they kissed passionately and the purpose of the black silk was soon on the floor as they rocked with the sweet rhythm of their first night as Mr. and Mrs. Dean Winchester.

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"You really need to get some rest." Dean murmured into her neck as she lay back against his chest where he sat against the bed headboard.

"I'm kind of wired right now." She laughed. "Way too much sugar."

"Sorry I didn't think of that."

"Hey I could have said no at any time."

"How about I sing you a lullaby?" He said reaching for the guitar he had slid between the night stand and the bed.

"You are just dying to show off your new guitar."

"Well duh." He placed the guitar over her gently and slowly tuned and began to sing to her.

"I don't recognize that lullaby." She yawned.

"That's because I wrote it just for our boys and you." He said bashfully.

Arandi twisted her head to look at him. "You wrote that?"

"Yeah but I can change it if you don't like it." He stammered.

"Dean it's beautiful just the way it is and I wouldn't change a word." She sighed.

Dean beamed with pride and continued the performance. Arandi was fast asleep before he got to the end.

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Dean had lost count of how many times they had woken up during the night to make love and go right back to sleep.

He yawned stretched and smiled turning to curl up with his bride only she wasn't there and he frowned.

He jumped from the bed and found her at the table by the beach front patio on her laptop.

He leaned in to kiss her neck. "I didn't like waking up alone."

"Sorry but I got hungry." She whispered.

Dean instantly was on his knees pulling her chair to face him knowing that something was wrong which was immediately verified by the tears in her eyes.

"What's wrong Arandi?" He cupped her face in both hands.

"I was looking at my E-mail and Sophie sent me pictures of the wedding."

Dean breathed in relief reminding himself how emotional pregnant women got. "We just got married yesterday baby and the pictures are bringing you to tears?"

"You don't understand Dean look." She turned back to her computer and brought up a picture. "Sophie thought that it was funny that we never noticed that we had collected a crowd of on lookers for the wedding but look Dean look for yourself who came to our wedding." Tears streamed down her face.

Dean still on his knees pulled the laptop closer and he gasped falling onto his ass still holding the computer as he stared at the picture. Standing off to the side watching the wedding with full smiles were Castiel, Balthazar, Gabriel, and right along with them Mary and John and Jonathan and Beth. Their parents had witnessed their blessed day. Dean pushed the computer back onto the table and pulled Arandi onto his lap and they both let their emotions wash over them.

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"Can you believe it Sammy?" Dean said low as to not wake Arandi from her nap.

Sam and Jade had had their own emotional breakdown when Dean told them to check their mail.

"Why now Dean why haven't they been with us before?"

"Maybe they have Sammy."

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"So you going to tell me about my new home?" Dean asked as he brushed his hand lightly over Arandi's belly where they sat against the headboard again.

"You are going to love it Dean. It's very well protected and your wedding present from me is waiting there." Arandi gushed excitedly.

"I didn't get you a wedding present." Dean whined.

"Just get my Nova back to me."

"I can do that."

"I know you can." Arandi gasped and sat up wide eyed.

"Arandi what is it?"

She didn't say a word just took his hand and placed it to her stomach.

"Are you in pain?" and then he felt it just the tiniest of flutters. "Is that…"

"Yeah." Arandi whispered lacing her fingers with Dean's and they sat for hours waiting for more.

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The car honked outside and a man came to help with their things.

"Did you get everything babe?" Dean called out.

"Yeah I think so." Arandi called back.

Their honeymoon had been too short and full of wonder and lots and lots of passion.

Before walking out the door they kissed and headed out to meet their friends and Sam and Jade for the breakfast before they finally headed home.

Dean and Sam hugged each other as if they hadn't seen each other in months instead of days and they both looked well rested and well-tanned.

They sat around the big table everyone talking over each other and laughing. It had genuinely been the best week of the Winchester's lives.

Out in the parking lot everyone hugged and said their goodbyes Sophie and Cheyenne already planning a baby shower to beat all baby showers. They were on the road home.

"So you never finished telling me about home." Dean prodded.

"Got a little side tracked." Arandi smiled. "Well like I said it's protected and Lucas and Seri have kept it up for us waiting for us to come home."

"Lucas and Seri?"

"They are a Cherokee couple that has worked for my dad forever and when he died they stayed to take care of us and the homestead."

"So they know about the supernatural stuff too."

"Hell they taught us most of the stuff we know." Arandi grinned.

"So how did they feel about you ladies marrying hunters?"

"According to Lucas he knew it all along."

"So what do you mean by protected?"

The whole property is surrounded by a salt infused solid iron fence well make that three fences to get on the property as one circle breaks the others are still closed. The lake on the land is holy and all the ponds and even the river miles away blessed. Every plant, tree, and root that can be used in protection or a spell grows on that land and most of all the Enochian tribal devil's trap that my dad had engraved in the foyer of the main house."

"The what?" Dean and Sam asked in unison.

"According to the legend the Indians and the angels came together to rid the world of the greatest demon back in the eighteen hundreds, they came up with the Enochian tribal devil's trap and it worked. The trap kills every demon within a five thousand mile radius but more replace them eventually."

"You have that in your possession and you haven't used it?" Dean asked exasperated.

"As with anything that powerful it comes with a price Dean."

"Silly me what was I thinking of course it comes with a fucking price and pray tell what could that possibly be?"

"The trap has to be filled with blood, fresh human blood for it to work. You know anybody willing to put their ass on the line for that?"

"Apparently someone did back in the day."

"Honey I don't think they volunteered."

"Oh yeah probably not."

The car grew quiet as Dean's mental wheels began to spin wildly.

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It was only a five hour drive home but Dean insisted they rest the night in San Antonio before continuing the next day.

They walked and ate on the river walk and shopped at the mall before resting at the nice hotel by the river downtown.

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They arrived at the gate of the house passing a couple of shops on the turn off to their property. Dean eyed them other ideas how he was going to work to support his family jumping in his mind now that he was a retired hunter.

Arandi told him the code to the first gate and so on. The brothers couldn't help the mouth dropping at what was now their home.

The property was gorgeous and well-kept and the main house was stunning. Off not too far off were the other houses that had been intended for Arandi, Jade, and Johnny once they settled down. They sat quietly dark as symbols of what was once never to be.

Arandi and Jade had agreed that they should share the main house until the babies were born so that Jade could be there for Arandi while the men worked well once they found jobs anyway.

As they SUV and the Impala pulled up in front of the house a Lucas and Seri came to meet them and they greeted the women like long lost daughters.

Lucas looked the men over with scrutinizing eyes. "Yes you are the ones." He finally said.

Dean and Sam carried their brides over another threshold to their home and new lives.

The next few hours became a bustle of unpacking and getting to know the house.

Dean and Sam stood shoulder to shoulder looking awed they had never had a real home.

Arandi asked Bobby to stay with them in the house also until he decided which house he was more comfortable with and he agreed since there was a whole sub level to the place that he could lose himself in.

Arandi had Dean drove them back off the property to the shops that they had passed and stopped in front of them. They stepped out and Dean looked at Arandi confused.

"This is my wedding present." She said motioning to Lucas who pulled a large tarp that covered the front of the building.

Dean was stunned silent as he stared agape at the fully loaded mechanic's garage with the sign blaring Dean's Classic Cars.

"You have a job." Lucas elbowed him with a huge grin. "And according to little lightning you are the best mechanic in the world so I already have three jobs lined up for you, if you pass these guys approval you will never be without work son."

Dean just looked dumbfounded trying to register what was happening to him and all he could do was sweep Arandi into a huge hug and bury his face in her neck.

The place right next door was opening up as a diner to be run by Lucas and Seri called Hunter's Lodge and right beside them was Jade's wedding present to Sam Sam's Book Haven already set to open with the list of inventory in his hands and his face was buried too.

"You guys related to the ostrich?" Lucas grinned.

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It wasn't long before Dean's mechanic rep was all over the county having fixed cars deemed unfixable. In weeks he actually had to start keeping cars by appointment. Arandi and Jade took turns book keeping for both businesses and the brothers couldn't be happier at the lives they were now leading.

The diner was raking in great business with the great food they served and the waitresses were all family to Lucas and Seri. Sam bookstore brought in tons of business because Sam was an expert at finding rare books.

The word got out and hunters knew where they could find the best information in the country.

Dean's garage had enough business that he had already hired Bobby and decided to hire two more mechanics to help out with the basic stuff.

He poured over applications trying to find exactly what he wanted and he found it in two brothers' named Gage and Garrett. He called them to interview them together and the both sat nervously across from Dean.

"Well guys I see that you both dropped out of school." Dean started.

"Yeah our dad got sick we had to work to feed our family." Gage answered.

"Very honorable." Dean smirked. "I have heard good things about your work guys and I was only looking for help on oil changes and tires but I see you guys are pretty decent with paint and detailing so I thought I would expand my shop to include that once you guys show me what you got of course."

The boys stared at Dean. "You would let us run part of the garage?"

"Like I said once I see what you got." Dean smiled wide.

Gage and Garrett exchanged glances. "There is something you should know."

"I know about your probation, I know that you were arrested for breaking and entering and I also know that everyone deserves a second chance you do right by me guys and I will back you up to the ends of the earth."

In mere seconds Dean had the most loyal employees he would ever come across and then hired their other brother Gavin to cover the basic stuff. If Dean's garage had been the best before now it was just incredible.

They were home three weeks when Jade announced that she was pregnant too with twins a boy and a girl. Dean and Sam had never smiled so much in their lives.

It wasn't long before Arandi started to show and it wasn't long before Dean went into over protective overload. When Arandi got a bad cold it was Dean that ended up in the hospital suffering double pneumonia and severe exhaustion. When a guy bumped Arandi in a line at the movies Dean had to spend the night in jail and went into a full blown panic attack and the sheriff released him to Lucas since they were cousins.

Sam couldn't offer any help since he was fully channeling his brother now that Jade was pregnant.

It took Arandi threatening to leave him to get Dean to relax and try to enjoy the rest of the pregnancy but he still had his days.

The months slid by and the boys went home to their ladies for dinner and relaxing nights on the patio or the front porch or walks by the lake.

Sundays became family dinners where everyone who worked at the little chain got together to eat have a good time.

Dean didn't mind at all that the sweet love making had to stop for a while, once Arandi was back on her feet he felt sorry for her because he was making up for every second of blue balls.

And so life went although the hunter part of them was always on alert because it had been a part of them way too long.

Arandi was only about seven weeks from her due date and Dean had let all his regulars know that he was going to be on his own maternity leave for three months to help Arandi out and spend the first part of his children's lives right there beside them. Dean should have known better.

"Alright guys let's close it down for the day." He called out to his little crew and they knew the closing routine. It might be a garage but Dean kept it top notch.

Taking the day's receipts and putting them in the safe Dean stretched and smiled as his phone went off with Arandi's ring tone.

"Hey baby I'll be home in a few minutes."

"Dean." Arandi whimpered and then evil laughter filled Dean's ear as the line went dead.

TBC

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