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Author Note: Honestly not a lot in this chapter but I just couldn't resist some interaction between Jo and John.

Chapter 5

Dean, Jo and Sammy were sitting at the kitchen table as Jo and Sammy ate their cereal. "Daddy's really here? He really didn't go on the hunt?" Sammy asked in disbelief.

"Yup he's still here. He told Uncle Bobby to call Uncle Bucky and Uncle Caleb to take the job." Dean told his little brother.

Jo stirred the cereal in her bowl as the brothers talked. She looked up as Bobby and John came into the kitchen and sighed. Bobby sat down next to his niece and saw the way she stared at her bowl. "Something wrong Sweetheart"

"No Uncle Bobby." She mumbled.

"Are you feeling okay?"

"Yes sir, just not hungry." She said as she abandoned her breakfast and climbed onto her uncle's lap.

"What's all this about?" Bobby asked as he kissed Jo's forehead.

Jo shrugged her shoulders while she played with the buttons on Bobby's shirt. "Can we still give Rumsford a bath today?" She asked as the dog came over sat down next to them.

"I don't see why not." He told her before asking. "You didn't eat much, how about some toast Sweetheart?"

"No thank you."

"Can I have the end of your cereal Jo?" Sam asked as he eyed the bowl next to him.

"Sure," Jo said as she rested her head on her uncle's chest and yawn.

Bobby chuckled as he realized the little girl was still tired and could probable use a little more sleep, she had been up later than usual and had also been up during the night after her nightmare when she had gone into see Dean.

Standing up, Jo instinctively wrapped her legs around his middle as he carried her into to the living room to lay her down on the couch. "Why don't you get a little more sleep."

Jo didn't need any encouragement as she curled up and quickly fell asleep. After breakfast Dean and Sammy started to play a game of Monopoly while John and Bobby finished checking out all the locks as well as going through the salvage yard and the surrounding fence.

John went back into the house and checked on his boys before going into the kitchen for a cup of coffee. He sat down as he heard Jo tiny footsteps as she came into the room. The little girl stood by the door as she looked at John.

John frowned slightly at the child. Jo seemed almost afraid to come into the kitchen and that wasn't like her. He smiled at the little girl. "Jo."

"Where's Uncle Bobby?" She asked as she hung back at the door.

"He's working in the garage."

Jo chewed on her lower lip as she eyed the hunter. "Are you going to spank me Uncle John?"

"What? Why would I spank you?" He asked confused.

"Cuz I snuck into Dean's bed last night after Uncle Bobby and you said I can't do it anymore cuz he's too big for that." She admitted as she looked down at her feet.

John smiled at the child. "Come here Baby Girl." He chuckle as Jo ran across the room and climbed onto his lap. "Have I ever spanked you?"

Jo shook her head. "No Sir."

"Okay then. Now I want you to promise me you won't do it again Jo. Dean is too old for you to be sleeping in his bed. Do you understand me?"

"Yes Sir," she said as she looked down not meeting his eyes.

John reached out and put finger under Jo's chin, gently urging her to look up into his eyes. "Joanna Beth, you look me in the eyes young lady and tell me if you understand me."

"Yes Sir," she said again.

"Good girl." He said as he tickled her tummy causing the child to giggle. "You didn't eat your breakfast earlier; you need to eat something now."

"Can I have an apple with peanut butter?"

"Sure Sweetheart." John said as he got up and sat Jo in the chair across from him. A few minutes later he placed a plate with a cut up apple and peanut butter and a glass of milk in front of her. He sat back down to finish his coffee.

"Uncle John, what's an abortion?"

John started choking on the sip of coffee he had just taken. "Where did you hear that word?"

"Mama," she whispered. "She said if she had one Daddy would still be alive."

John closed his eyes as he tried to think how to handle this. His first instinct was to send her off to Bobby but he had a feeling that the little girl in front of him had been waiting to ask him this question for a reason. Damn kids have better instincts than adults sometimes.

"Baby Girl, you Mama shouldn't have said that because it's not true." He told her as he scooted forward and looked her in the eyes.

"But what does it mean Uncle John?" Jo asked again.

The hunter sighed as he looked at the child and knew he was going to have to answer the question. "Jo you know that baby's live in their mama's belly until their born."

"Un huh."

"Well it's when a baby is taken from its mama's belly before it's born and goes to heaven." He said, hoping he wasn't traumatizing the child.

John watched as the little girl processed everything he said and he winced as he saw the tears swimming in her big brown eyes as she understood what Ellen had said to her.

"Mama wishes I was in heaven?" she cried.

John reached out and pulled Jo into a firm hug. "Sweetheart, you're Mama doesn't really wish that. She's very sick and her disease makes her say things she doesn't mean."

"Can the doctor make Mama better so she can be like before?" Jo asked.

John kissed Jo on her forehead. "It's not that kind of sick Baby. The only one who can make your Mama better is your Mama."

"Oh," Jo said sadly.

"Jo, you listen to me. You're exactly where you're supposed to be. You're with your family. You're Uncle Bobby, Sammy, Dean, you and me we're a family. You understand me Baby."

Jo pulled back and looked into his eyes and Dean's words from last night ran through her head and she knew Dean was right. He might not say it out loud but her Uncle John did love her, she could see it in his eyes.

"Yes Uncle John." She said.

"Good girl." He told her as he cupped her cheek before pointing towards the table. "Come on Sweetheart, you need to finish you're breakfast then you and the boys can give Rumsford his bath."

They sat in silence for a few minutes as Jo ate her apple and drank her milk. When she finally finished she looked up at him. "Uncle John?"

"What Baby?"

"I'm sorry I disobeyed you and Uncle Bobby." She told him as she ducked her head.

"I know you are and I'm glad you fessed up and told the truth."

Jo smiled at him "I really do promise not to get into Dean's bed. I don't want to hurt him."

"Hurt him?" John asked in confusion.

"I don't want to hurt Dean's boner."

"His what?" John said in shock.

"Uh huh, Dean told Sammy about his boners hurting really bad when he wakes up and Sammy told me."

"What!" John cried horrified that Dean had said anything to Sammy and that Sammy obviously didn't understand what his brother told him but felt he could pass that little nugget of information along to Jo.

Jo stared at the older man. "Uncle John, how did Dean hurt his bone?"

He saw the way Jo was staring up at him, waiting for him to explain but nope, that wasn't happening. He wasn't touching this one with a ten-foot pole. Instead he stood up and shouted, "DEAN WINCHESTER, GET YOUR ASS UPSTAIRS NOW!"