"If you don't mind me asking, how much have you invested into the shop and you still have enough money in your savings account?"

"I've invested $5,000 into the shop. I got it for a great deal and yes I still have enough money in my savings. I got this all figured out."

Renee finished washing her face in the sink then laid next to Dean in bed and cuddled next to him. She let out a long sigh and didn't say anything for a few minutes as she felt Dean gently scratch her back then ran his fingers through her hair as he too didn't say anything at all. Sometimes they enjoyed each other's company without speaking to each other at all as sometimes they enjoyed the silence or didn't know what to say to one another. In this case, they didn't know what to say to each other so they laid in the bed in silence. Renee was about to doze off to sleep until Dean asked her something.

"Renee?"

"Yes?"

"What if my business fails?"

"It won't. I'm sorry if I ever doubted you, I just want you to make sure you're comfortable and you know what you're doing. I know I can be worrisome at times because I do worry at times but…I just don't want to see something bad happen to you. I want you to succeed, Dean. I've always have."

Dean took a deep breath and looked at Renee.

"Well, there's only one way to find out if my business will succeed," he said.

Renee sat up then cupped Dean's face into her hands and looked him straight in his eye.

"You go and you continue working on that shop. You ask me, Pam, Moe, or anyone else in the family for help and we will be right in your corner. Okay?"

"Okay."

"You got this."

"Thank you. Thank you for putting up with me."

"You're welcome."

"Now…let's go for round 2, shall we!?"

Dean pulled Renee on top of him and started to attack her with kisses.

"Dean, we need to lock the door before in case the kids barge in!"


D.J. stormed home from school one day and bolted straight towards his room without saying a word to his mother who was sitting on the couch. Destinee then rushed through the door, gave her mother a kiss, and bolted to her room to start her homework. Dean came in after and slowly shut the door and took off his shoes, shaking his head slightly to himself.

"He was happy all this weekend and now he's mad at the world. He won't tell me what's going on either so I know for a fact something happened at school," Dean said to Renee.

"He needs to talk to someone but let him cool down for a while before talking to him again," Renee said.

Dean made his way to the couch, sat down next to Renee, and whistled for Blue to sit next to him. Blue slowly got up from his original spot next to the armrest on the couch and made his way to Dean, laying his head on his thigh.

"I think I need to go and talk to him," Dean said.

They both heard D.J. yell out in his room and throw something at the wall which created a loud thud sound.

"I think now would be a good time. You want me to go with you?"

"Yes. Please."

Dean and Renee went to check on D.J. but before the knocked on the door they listened at the door to see what D.J. was rambling on about.

"Stupid kids at school! I-I- hate a-all of them! I'm not s-s-s-stupid because of my stutter! I'M NOT STUPID!"

As soon as Dean opened the door, he was hit in the face by a Lego figure that D.J. had hurled at the door as the door was the intended target. Dean sighed then picked up D.J., sat down, and sat him on his lap so him and Renee could finally talk to him and figure out what in the world was going on.

"D.J., what's the matter?" Dean asked.

Renee sat down next to Dean on the bed as she also wanted to know as she was beyond worried now.

"I'm not going b-back to s-s-s-s-school ever again!"

"And why is that?" Renee asked.

D.J. turned his head and gave his mother a mean look that greatly resembled Dean whenever he would get mad. D.J.'s frown was all the way down to the ground.

"Because I hate this o-o-one boy in my school! H-h-he's always mean to me!"

"He makes fun of you because of your stutter?" Dean asked.

"Yes!" D.J. then turned his attention back to Dean and almost scared his father because of his resemblance to him whenever he got mad.

"Did you tell a teacher? The principal?" Renee asked.

"N-no. I w-was…scared."

"If this bully keeps messing with you, you need to tell someone. Okay?" Dean said. "If you need Mommy and Daddy to say something to your teacher or principal, then we will."

"Okay." D.J. hugged Dean around his waist then closed his eyes. "I-I'm sleepy."

Dean took off D.J.'s shoes then laid him down in bed so he could nap instead of destroying his room. Renee and Dean found a print from one of D.J.'s shoes on the wall so it was safe to assume that the shoe print came from him throwing a shoe and not kicking the wall.


"Dean, I know what you're about to say but let me just say this: I don't want anyone messing with our children," Renee said. "I'm worried." She laid down in bed but she wasn't sure if she would get any sleep tonight because all she could do was worry about D.J.

"I agree. We need to address this situation with a level head and we can't think irrationally." Dean cut his light off on his nightstand, slipped over the covers, and cuddled behind Renee.

"I'm so mad."

"I know. The quicker we sort this out the better so after work, we should both go and talk to D.J.'s teachers and principal but we should call the principal in the morning. Okay?"

"Okay, that's fine. I just don't want anything crazy to happen."


But the next day had a different plan in mind for how the days events would go. D.J. had been sitting away from everyone on the playground as he decided to read his book during recess. His true friends respected his wishes however a certain someone decided to bother him instead of leaving him alone like he should've. The bully that was bothering him went by the name Wally and he decided that he was going to be mean again to D.J.

"Hey, dweeb! Why are you reading during recess!? You're supposed to be PLAYING!" Wally yanked D.J.'s book out of his hand, ripped it, threw it on the ground, and then stomped on it.

"THAT'S M-M-M-MY BOOK!" D.J. yelled at Wally. "MY M-MOMMY AND DADDY B-B-B-BOUGHT ME THAT-T!"

"I DON'T CARE YOU DWEEB!"

Wally then did the unthinkable and pushed D.J. down when D.J. had gotten up to get his book.

And this was the straw that broke the camel's back indeed.

Luckily, Wally wasn't too much bigger than D.J. as D.J. was able to tackle him down to the ground and punch him in the nose one good time. A security guard nearby broke up the fight between the two boys and took them to the principal's office. D.J. was crying, screaming, and kicking all the way to the principal's office and hit the security guard who was carrying him. Another had gotten the bully and dragged him to the office as well.


Dean had been exercising in the garage when his cell phone began to ring. A bit agitated because he was in the middle of a great workout and was sweating so much he looked like a waterfall, just the way he liked it. However, he needed to put his intense workout on hold to answer the call that was interrupting his music. Pushing the power button off, he grabbed his phone that was in the cup holder on the treadmill, looked at it, and answered it immediately when he saw that it was D.J.'s school calling.

"Hello?" Dean managed to say while trying to breathe slow.

"Mr. Ambrose? This is the principal, Mrs. Barrington calling. I'm calling to tell you that your son, D.J., had an altercation with another student at the school and I need you to come to the school as soon as possible."

While Dean was being told this, he could hear D.J. in the back screaming "I W-W-ANT MY M-MOMMY AND DADDY!"

"I'm on my way." Dean immediately hung up the phone, grabbed his towel, and quickly whipped himself off before putting on one of his long sleeve workout shirts and leaving the garage.

He quickly went to get Daisy who was napping, grabbed her baby bag, and carefully carried her out of the house and into the car without waking her up, which Dean was grateful for. Dean quickly dropped her off at Pam's house who agreed who to watch her after learning about what had happened.

Before Dean got back into the car, he quickly phoned Renee. Luckily, she picked up after the first ring.

"Hey, babe. You caught me at a good time. What's up?"

"Renee, you need to go to D.J.'s school now. He got into a fight with another kid and when the principal called me I heard him crying and screaming in the back. Just…go. Go to the school now, Renee."

Renee took a deep breath and shook her head.

"I'm on my way."