Hello, I'm hoping people are liking this story. I know Dean's a little bit of a jerk (okay a big jerk) in the beginning of this chapter but it doesn't last too long. He just doesn't cope with his emotions too well...I know shocker *grin*. Please let me know what you think, it's always appreciated.

Enjoy!

Chapter 3

The next two week went by in a blur and Dean was currently arguing with Jo again. "What the Hell is your problem!" He shouted.

"I need to get out of here!" She snapped.

"Jo," Sam said in what he hoped was a soothing voice. "I can take you out. Maybe go shopping for somethings for the baby."

Dean shot his brother a dirty look. "I already told her I would get It provisions!"

Jo looked at Dean in disgust before storming out of the room. Dean watched her retreating back and slammed the book in his hand on the table, "she a bitch!"

Sam stared at his brother in shock. Since that first day when Dean has kissed Jo the bunker was in turmoil. First he managed to drive Cas away, Gabriel refused to speak to him and all Dean and Jo did was fight.

Instead of dealing with his feelings his brother decided that alienating everyone was easier. What he was doing to Jo though turned his stomach. It was like he wanted her to hate him and he was doing an incredible job at accomplishing that.

"She's not a bitch!" Sam repeated angrily. "She's just trying to deal with a giant asshole!"

"Excuse me! I'm the one trying to accommodate her!"

"Seriously Dean? All you do is bark orders at her and I swear if you call her baby It again, I'll deck you!"

"Whatever," 'Dean huffed as he grabbed the whiskey and poured himself a drink.

Sam sighed, since the kiss his drinking was actually getting worse. "It's only 10:30 in the morning Dean."

"I know how to tell time Samuel." He snapped as he downed his drink in one gulp.

"You know what," Sam said in a voice full of loathing as he shoved the bottle at him. "Drink the whole damn bottle and then go pass out in your room and give us a break from your toxic attitude."

Dean stared after his brother as he stormed out of the room. He reached down for the bottle but stopped when he heard Jo scream. He didn't hesitate as he took off towards the scream. He froze when he saw Jo double over and a pool of liquid by her feet.

How he ended up being the first to reach her he didn't know but he didn't give her a chance to argue as he quickly scooped her into his arms and started towards the garage. He practically plowed Sammy and Gabriel down as he rounded the corner.

"Water broke." He told the other men wincing when Jo grabbed his biceps and squeezed when she had a contraction. "Sammy you drive." He ordered as he pushed past and continued down the hall.

Sam and Gabriel exchanged a quick look before hurrying after Dean and Jo. He just got her settled in the back seat when they join them.

Dean went to move back to let Gabriel get in beside Jo but stopped when she reached out and grabbed his hand and looked at him with pleading eyes.

Damn after basically shitting all over her these past two weeks she actually wanted him to be with her. He wasn't a fool. He knew it wasn't really him she wanted, she wanted her husband but that was impossible so he would have to do.

Gabriel saw the look on Jo's face and leaned in and whispered in Dean's ear. "I will end you if you don't man up and help her through this."

He shot a quick look at the angel and nodded his head slightly before sliding into the back seat and taking Jo's hand in his.

Jo's eyes glisten with tears as she moaned. "This doesn't feel right."

"It'll be fine." He said trying to reassure her. "Why don't you close your eyes and try to rest."

The last time Dean had felt this helpless was in Carthage at that damn hardware store watching his Jo bleeding out. It couldn't happen again; he wouldn't let it. The next twenty minutes was torture and Dean frowned when Jo's eyes flew open as she began to twist in pain before covering her mouth with her hands, her eyes wide with horror as she began to gag.

"Shit," Dean said as he quickly sat her up more and leaned her head towards the floor of the backseat as she began to violently vomit. "Sammy, we need to get her to the hospital now!" He shouted as he wrapped an arm around her shoulder to study her.

"Two minutes out!" He told his brother.

"I got you Jo." Dean said in a soft voice as he rubbed her back as she finished throwing up.

"I don't want to lose this baby." She cried as she leaned into the man who looked so much like her husband but wasn't.

"Not happening Harvelle!" Dean told her sternly as Sam pulled into the front of the hospital and all three men jumped out of the car. Gabriel helped Dean get Jo out of the car and in his arms as he carried her towards the entrance only to be greeted by Sam, several medical personnel and a gurney.

No sooner had he laid her down than they were whisking her down the corridor towards the ER the doctor asking Jo question after question about her pregnancy.

"Sir you and your friends need to wait here." A nurse said as she stopped Dean from following them into the exam room and guided them into the waiting room.

"She...I can't leave her alone." Dean stammered.

The nurse frowned when she smelt alcohol on the breath of man in front of her. "Sir, have you been drinking?"

Dean blanched at the woman. He found that he couldn't form a decent response and practically sighed in relief when Sam stepped over and asked if the nurse could get them an update on Jo.

Gabriel joined them and handed Dean a cup of coffee he had grabbed from the coffee station in the small waiting area after hearing the nurses accusation.

"Thanks." He mumbled as he sat down. He looked up when his brother dropped a package of mints in his lap and saw the look of disgust in his eyes.

He sighed and quickly popped a few into his mouth before tossing them back to Sam.

"I only had one drink." He said to them.

The men said nothing as they sat waiting for news. They sat in silence for over an hour before Sam sighed and looked over at Gabriel asked. "If this is serious can you heal her and the baby?"

"If it's not too serious I may be able to but I used up a lot of grace getting us here." He admitted. "Maybe if Castiel was here too we could work together."

Sam shot Dean a pointed look and his brother nodded his head as he stood and walked away.

The older Winchester made his way down the hall and slipped into the stairwell. "Cas, Jo's in labor but something isn't right, and Gabriel doesn't think he has enough mojo to help her if it's something the doctors can't handle. I know I'm the reason you took off but we need you back here...Jo and the baby need you." He prayed before adding in a choke whisper, "please."

He looked around and sighed as he stepped out and headed back towards the waiting room. He got back just as the doctor was walking up to Sam and Gabriel.

"Doctor, how is she?" Sam asked.

"Her blood pressure is through the roof. That, the cramping and vomiting are classic sighs of preeclampsia but Jo said that when she went for her last appointment three weeks ago everything was normal. It's almost like she having sudden attack which I've never seen before. It's not very pleasant but it's usually treatable."

Dean looked at the doctor and frowned. "Usually,"

"We're rushing the tests to confirm if we're dealing with preeclampsia but I'm going to be very frank with you. Based on how quickly this has occurred and how severe the symptoms but are right now my main concern is placental abruption."

"What's that?" Sam asked as he placed his hand on his brother's shoulder.

"It's a condition in which the placenta separates from the inner wall of the uterus before delivery. Severe abruption can cause heavy bleeding, which can be life-threatening for both Jo and her baby."

"Doctor Carter." One of the nurses called as she held a file in her hands. "The lab work is back."

"Excuse me." He said as he walked over and quickly read the test results. They watched the way he frowned at the papers in his hands before turning to the nurse. "Have them prep OR 4 and page Dr. Shane and Dr. Kingsley for consultation and emergency surgery assistance."

"You're going to operate?" Dean asked as he, Sam and Gabriel hurried over when they heard the doctor giving the orders to the nurse.

"All her levels are extremely elevated and the baby's vitals are very weak. We need to perform an emergency c-section." He explained. "I'm sorry I need to scrub for surgery, time is at the utmost importance at this point."

"I want to see her." Dean said, shaking Sam's hand off his shoulder.

The doctor stared at Dean and pulled him aside. "My nurse informed me she smelt alcohol on your breath earlier. I will not allow you to go in and upset my patient."

"I'm fine. I just need to let her know I'm here for her." He said practically begging.

"You're the baby's father?"

Sam stared in shock when Dean nodded his head. "Yes, Jo's my wife."

"Very well Mr. Winchester, tell the nurse that I approve that you can see your wife for ten minutes." The Doctor said as he headed towards surgery.

"Thank you." Dean said as he turned to head towards Jo's room.

"Dean!" Gabriel hissed.

"Look one of us needs to see her." He said.

"And that someone is you." Sam said.

He looked at both of them. "Well I know she would prefer him but that's not happening and she reached out for me earlier so yeah it's me for now." He snapped as he pushed past Gabriel.

"Dean," his brother said tentatively.

"I know Sammy, I know." He said warily.

Gabriel and Sam stood aside to let Dean pass. Dean walked the short distance to the room Jo was currently in. He stood in front of her door for a few seconds before he reached up and knocked gently on the door and entered,

"Excuse me Sir." The nurse said causing Jo to look up.

Dean spoke softly to the nurse who nodded before making her way over to Jo with Dean following behind.

"Dr. Carter said you could visit for 10 minutes. Just press the button if you need me." She told her with a smile.

"Thank you." Jo replied as she looked at Dean. She waited until the nurse was back at her station before turning her attention to the hunter.

"Look Gabriel, Sammy and I are right outside. I'll get ahold of Cas. Between him and Gabriel they can make sure you and the baby are fine and back in the bunker before you know it."

"Dean...please..." she cried.

"Don't get upset Harvelle. They'll kick me out and I'll have a pissed off angel on my ass."

Jo gave a weak chuckle, "its Winchester." She said before checking to see if the nurse could hear them. "If I don't make it and my baby does...you promise me that you and Sam will keep my baby safe." She begged.

Dean nodded his head, not trusting his voice not to break.

Jo sighed in relief and was startled slightly when he reached down and took her hand in his. The tears she tried to control slowly began to course down her cheek. "I... can you...will you..." She stutters embarrassingly

"Whatever you need Jo." He whispered as he lifted her hand to his lips and kissed it tenderly.

Jo's breath hitched as she stared into Dean's eyes. Eyes she knew so well, the same eyes her Siobhan had had. Without thinking she lifted her other hand to his cheek and brushed away the tears that she doubted he realized he was shedding.

"I need him." She told him honestly.

"I would change places with him if I could. To give you and this child the husband and daddy you both deserve." He told her and he would. If he could change places with her Dean he would do it in a heartbeat.

Jo ducked her head at his comment and she knew he meant every word. Looking up she bit her lower lip as she heard herself saying in a whisper, "Kiss me. Be him for me for a few seconds and make me feel like everything is going to be alright."

She saw the look of shock on his face and quickly began to apologizing. "I'm sorry... I have no right to ask that of you..."

Her apology was cut off as Dean leaned down and captured her lips in a kiss that was so familiar yet new all at the same time.

He slowly pulled away and mated his forehead to hers. "I'm sorry I've been an asshole the last two weeks. I don't do well with dealing with things like emotions."

Jo smile at his confession. "Well you didn't have me forcing you to talk the past 18 years."

"I wish I did...have my Jo back then things may have been different."

"I'm truly sorry you didn't get the chance to fall in love with your Jo. That you were denied that."

Dean gave a sad chuckle. "Oh I was head over heels in love with her." He confessed saying the words out loud finally, "just never had the balls to tell her."

Jo smiled and leaned up to kiss his cheek. They both turned when the nurse cleared her throat. "We need to prep Jo for surgery."

"Right," Dean said as he looked back to Jo. "We're right outside." He told her as he leaned down and kissed her forehead before pulling back and looking into her eyes.

He swallowed the lump in his throat remembering kissing his Jo that way before leaving her and Ellen in that damn hardware store, he couldn't leave it with this Jo the same way. "Don't hate me." he begged as he leaned down and kissed her again.

He groaned as her fingers dance across his cheek before settling her hand on his neck as she allowed him to deepen the kiss. He felt like he could spend hours kissing her but reluctantly pulled away when the nurse coughed again to make her presence known.

Dean actually blushed at the smile the other woman gave them and teasingly told them to behave.

"Right outside Sweetheart." He told her as he squeezed her hand and slowly walked away, listening as the nurse began to explain what she was getting ready to do to prep Jo for surgery.

He sagged against the closed door and sighed when he saw his brother and Gabriel rush over to him.

"She seems okay." He told them looking over their shoulders towards the waiting room, hoping to see Castiel.

"Cas?" He asked.

"I've tried to reach him but he's not picking up." Sam told him as he grabbed Dean's arm and they all made their way back to the waiting room.

"Right." Dean said as he instinctively reached for his flask but stopped when he saw Jo being wheeled from the room and giving him, Sam and Gabriel a weak smile.

"Dean," Sam said worriedly when he saw the way his brother's breathing seemed to come out in short gasps.

"I need to hit the head." He said as he shot up and hurried down the hall. He barely made it into the stall before he began throwing up.

Gradually he was able to get up and make his way to the sinks, using his hands to cup some water into his mouth and rinsed. He looked up into the mirror above the sink and for a brief second he saw his father's haggard face staring back at him.

He continued to stare at himself in the mirror as he reached in his pocket and pulled out his flask. With slightly shaking hands he unscrewed the top and lifted the container to his mouth.

His eyes caught his reflection again and he was seeing his father standing before him once more. He slowly lowered the flask and without thinking he turned it over and watched the golden brown liquid as it swirled in the basin for a brief moment before going down the drain.

He closed his eyes as he heard the familiar sound of Castiel's wings. "Am I destined to fall in love with every version of her?" He asked as he wiped at his tears.

"I know your histories are different but she's still the same Jo deep down." He explained. "Same way you're like her Dean deep down."

"Are you saying she could fall in love with me?" He asked.

"She already has, she just needs time to actually mourn her husband and their lives together but when she's ready to move on she will find her way to you." He told him honestly.

Dean stared at the angel in front of him. Not sure how to process what he told him. but he knew that he had address his main concern. "You and Gabriel have to take care of them. I can't lose her and I can't lose this child. I know it's not my baby but...Cas I've felt a connection to this baby since Jo got here."

Cas stared at Dean as the realization hit him. "You were trying to push Jo away because you're afraid to let yourself love this baby... you don't want to lose another child."

"Did you really think I didn't care about losing Jack?" He asked, the pain he felt crushed him.

"I cannot deny this. After what happened with Mary." He explained.

"I...we could have helped him if we understood. Even though I loved him, I couldn't pretend he hadn't become a danger not only to us but to all the innocents out there. I hated what he became...what he did to himself for me." He explained.

Cas nodded his head in understanding before reaching out to place his hand on Dean's shoulder. "Jo and the baby will be fine. The doctor will find that it is not the worst case scenario. It is the excitement of the past two weeks catching up with her unfortunately and caused her to go into early labor but only by a couple of weeks, the baby will be fine. I promise you that."

Dean took a shaky breath. "The baby's heart. Their daughter Siobhan...she was born with a heart defect...is the baby in danger?"

"She's fine Dean, she is just going to be a little small but other than that she with be healthy." He reassured the hunter.

"She," Dean murmured. "It's a girl?" He smiled when Castiel nodded his head yes.

"We should join Sam and Gabriel to await word on the birth." Castiel said.

"Wait Cas...what I said before...that it was your fault...that was bullshit. If anyone knows about keeping information close to the vest when it comes to someone they love it's me and I can't damn you for doing something me or even Sammy would have done."

"Thank you for that. However, I believe we will need more time before we are ready to trust each other again completely."

"Right," Dean said a little curtly. Apologies weren't easy for him and it pissed him off that Cas didn't accept his immediately.

Dean followed Cas outside to join his brother and Gabriel. Cas repeated what he had told Dean about Jo and the baby and the four men sat and waited for word.

After an hour sitting in silence Sam looked over at Dean. "You okay?"

"Yeah fine." He told him before looking at the door they had wheeled Jo through. He turned to look at Sam and said. "We need to hit a store later. We need to get a ton of stuff for the baby."

Sam chuckled. "Do you believe that there'll be a baby in the bunker. So what do you think we'll need?" He asked as he pulled out his phone to start a list.

Dean sighed as he started to remember Sammy's nursery and all the stuff they had back then. "Well we will need a car seat, bassinet, a crib, sheets, blankets, maybe one or two of those pack and plays things, nail clippers, baby wipes, a baby bathtub, baby wash, baby shampoo, changing table, lots of onesies, clothes, sleepers, swaddling blankets, burping cloths, newborn diapers, bottles, nipples and formula if Jo doesn't nurse, breast pump if she does nurse. Jo will need heavy duty pads and probably nursing bras and some clothes too." Dean ramble off before adding, "I forgot we'll need a baby monitor too."

"Dean she only one baby...you really think she'll need all this?"

"I didn't even include toys, mobiles or binkies."

"Binkies what are binkies?" Sam asked thinking his brother was just making words up now.

"Pacifiers, Mom and Dad called yours a binkie." He explained.

"Oh," Sammy said realizing how closely Dean had paid attention when he was a baby. "Well it's a good thing I got those cards from Charlie that we can use to buy all this stuff. We'll need to hit a Wal-Mart to get everything you just mentioned." He said happy that he had decided to record Dean instead of trying to type everything.

"I should have been taken Jo to buy all this stuff this past week." He said as he stared down at his hands.

Sam didn't try to reassure his brother that it was fine because a part of him still was angry at the way he treated the pregnant woman and Dean wouldn't have accepted it anyway.

They went back to sitting in silence while they waited for word. All four men looked up when they heard the doors to the OR area opened and Jo's doctor came out smiling.

Jumping up they all rushed over to the doctor. "Mr. Winchester your wife and daughter are fine. The placenta hadn't started to separate from the wall and there was no excess bleeding. Your daughter is a little small but nothing to be overly concerned about. We'll keep them for a few days and then you will be able to take them home." He explained.

"When can I see them?" He asked ignoring the way Gabriel was staring at him.

"You can go in once they are situated in their room. Speak to the nurse if you plan to stay overnight to help care for your daughter."

"Thank you Doctor." Dean said as the man turned to give additional instructions for Jo and the baby.

Gabriel grabbed Dean by the arm and swung him around. "What are you playing at?"

Dean shook him off. "Look you told me that to man up and I did. She wanted me, not you so get over it!" He snapped deciding that the first thing that will change when Jo and the baby are back in the bunker is either they move into his room or the room across from him but Jo was done sharing a room and bed with Gabriel.

They wanted him to snap out of his attitude towards Jo and everything that entailed then they need to let him and Jo figure things out for themselves and stay out of their way. If Cas is right and Jo has fallen in love with him then he was willing to give her the time she needed to accept him into her and her daughter lives.

"So what you've decided unilaterally to play Daddy to this baby? To play a lovable guy for Jo to fall for. What happens to them when Sam needs you to sacrifice yourself to save him and Jo's left to pick up the pieces of her heart again!" Gabriel said in a low and dangerous voice.

He watched the way Dean didn't contradict him and went on. "You were curious why things were so different in their dimension. It's because that Dean's whole self-worth wasn't wrapped up in that Sam. When Sam left for college he had Jo and they were already planning on getting married when she turned 18 and planning on setting up their home, on starting a family. He didn't flounder when Sam left, he had carved out a real life for himself by then. He worried and sent him any extra cash he had but his attitude was that Sam needed to do what was right for him. Not like you and the self-loathing you had that you hadn't good enough for Sam and that you deserved to be abandoned by him. Same with Daddy Dearest. So yeah It's pretty obvious that you won't think twice about walking away from them if your precious Sammy tells you he needs you to."

Sam sucked in a deep breath. "Is that how you really felt when I left?"

Gabriel snorted at Sam. "And you're supposedly the brains in the family. If your old man had told Dean to cut off his right arm and give it to you he would have. You were Dean's responsible. Four and half and he did everything for you even if it was at his expense. Just ask him how often he went to bed hungry as a kid because he gave you his share of the food."

"Shut up! You don't know a damn thing about me or my brother. That isn't what this is about anyway. This is about you and that you're in love with her." Dean countered.

Gabriel stared at him. "Do you think I'm going to deny that I'm in love with her? Because I'm not. I do love her and I'm a Hell of a lot better for her and the baby than you." He growled as he got into Dean's face.

"Gabriel," Castiel said as he reached out and grabbed his brother's arm, dragging him away from Dean and their standoff.

"You cannot be in love with Joanna." He hissed as he dragged him further down the hall.

The other angel stared at Castiel. "Oh and why can't I be in love with Jo?"

Castiel sighed as he shot a glance over at Dean and saw Sam trying to calm the older hunter down. "Because you don't understand the concept the same way humans do."

"Right because you're the only angel who can love a human!" He fought back.

"I have stood with Dean and Sam. They are my brothers." Cas told him.

"No I'm your brother and you should stand beside me." Gabriel said.

"You left us Gabriel. That was your choice."

"Because I couldn't stand what Dad was doing to our brothers and had to get away from it I'm incapable of loving Jo and this child."

Castiel sighed sadly. "Maybe you are but it doesn't change the fact that Joanna has already begun falling in love with Dean and that he has already fallen in love with her. They are always meant to be each other true love no matter what dimension they're in."

Gabriel snorted in disgust. "He's the one not able to love them the way they deserve to be loved. He's too far gone in his obsession with Sam to love anyone else unconditionally."

"He wants to be the man they both deserve, does that not mean anything to you?"

"Of course, he's the great Dean Winchester so whatever he wants, he should have." Gabriel sneered.

"Did it occur to you that this is what we need to help stop our Father from destroying everything? Dean not only has fallen in love with this Joanna and feels connected to his doppelgänger's daughter too but he was even able to admit it not only to himself but he spoke the words out loud. He confessed he was also in love with our Joanna as well." Cas told him somberly.

Gabriel look over at his brother. "He spoke the words out loud?"

"Yes he did. He also apologized for blaming me for Mary's death and admitted he understood why I held back my suspension about Jack and that he has done the same in the past for Sam."

The other angel had a look of pure shock on his face. "This Dean said that? He never admits to anything. He always assumes his ends justifies his means, but that attitude doesn't apply to others."

Castiel sighed. "I am sorry you are hurting but you cannot come between them. You are right that this Dean has always been obsessed with this Sam as is this Sam with this Dean but now if this Dean is not only allowing himself to fall in love with Joanna completely but he is also able to confess these feelings to me. Then this is something our Father never expected from his favorite version of Dean. To love not only one but two other people unconditionally besides his brother."

Gabriel blew out the breath he held slowly as he nodded his head. "I'll never understand how she managed to fall in love with him. He's nothing like her Dean."

"Because deep down we're both broken but together we're stronger." Dean said as he came up behind them. "That Dean was just lucky enough to have met her early enough to embrace what she offered him. Unlike me that by the time I met our Jo my walls were already too high to let her in. Especially since I met her after my Dad had gone to Hell in exchange for my life. How could I trust Jo to love that man when I felt my Dad should have let me go, that I wasn't worth the deal he made."

"Can you truly love both of them unconditionally? Could you put them before Sam if they needed you to?" Gabriel asked.

"He won't have to." Sam said as he joined them. "Jo and this baby are family. I'll leave before I'll let Dean have to choose between us."

Dean nodded his head. While the angels were speaking the brothers had a serious discussion and Dean told his brother point blank how he felt about Jo and the baby.

Something that had shocked Sam at first but when Dean said he was tired of being Chuck's bitch and wanted the life and the woman he has been dreaming about for the past 13 years. He had thought it could never be anything more than a fantasy after their Jo had died but he was getting a second chance and he wanted it more than he could put into words.

Sam did the only thing he could think of when Dean had told him this. He pulled him in for a hug and said it was about damn time he decided to actually try and have a real life with a woman he actually love instead of play acting like he had with Lisa.

"Mr. Winchester," the nurse from earlier walked up to them. "Your wife and daughter are in their room. I can bring you down if you're ready."

Dean looked around at the other men before looking back at the nurse and said, "yes, thank you."

As he followed the nurse he stopped and patted Gabriel's shoulder. "I'll let her know you're out here and see if she's up for you to come in."

Gabriel nodded his head as Dean followed the nurse down the hall into a room.

Dean slowly made his way over to Jo's bed and smiled at the woman and the tiny baby she was cuddling. "Hey."

Jo grinned up at the man. "Hey yourself," she said as she gently turned the baby towards him.

Smiling Dean sank down into the chair next to the bed. "She's so tiny." He whispered as he reached out and ran a finger tentatively over her small arm.

"Would you like to hold her?"

"Oh ummm I don't know. I mean I've never held a new born.

Jo smiled reassuringly, "you'll be fine."

"Okay," he said as he stood up and bent down a little as Jo lifted the baby up towards him.

"You need to support her head." She told him as she gingerly transferred the infant into Dean's arms.

He let out a shaky breath as he cradled the little girl close to his chest. "Hey baby girl, you gave us quite a scare." He cooed to her as he rocked the bundle in his arms slightly he looked back at Jo. "Have you picked a name?"

"Amelie for John's mom Millie." She told him softly. "We were going to tell him the day...the day he came over to put together the crib."

Dean nodded his head in understanding. "Hi Amelie, there are some people who really who to meet you outside if your Mama is up to it." He said in a sing song voice.

"I'm fine Dean and I know they want to see her." She told him.

"Okay I'll go get them in a minute." He said as he went to give Amelie back to Jo. "Look I need to let you know that when the staff asked...I told them that I was your husband and Amelie father."

"I know, the nurse made a point of saying how sweet she thought my husband was when you came in before they took me into the OR."

"I'm sorry... I shouldn't have done it."

Jo chewed on her lower lip. "It's fine. It's a lot easier than trying to explain that I'm from another dimension." She quipped.

"They also asked if I was going to stay the night with you both to help care for Amelie... I guess that fathers are allowed...but it's your decision...whatever you want." He asked tentatively.

"Would you like to...stay with us? She asked.

Reaching out he tenderly ran his finger along the baby's cheek. "I would." He told her honestly.

"Then I'd like it if you stay with us too." She told him as she leaned down to kiss her daughter forehead.

Dean smiled and nodded his head. "Okay then I'm staying. I just need to leave for a while with Sammy to go to the store and get all the things we'll need for when we bring Amelie home. Plus, you and Gabriel needs to talk."

Jo looked up at the man next to her and sighed. "About?"

"Us and what is happening between us." Dean told her.

"And what is happening between us?" She asked as she looked up shyly at the man next to her.

"Us falling in love with each other." He murmured as he leaned forward and brushed a feather light kiss on her check.

She swallowed the lump in her throat as she shook her head. "I'm not..."

"I know but when you are ready I'll be here." He told her. Standing he backed away from the bed. "I'll go get the others."

Jo watched as Dean walked out of the room. She knew a part of her felt drawn to him and that bothered her because she felt like she was betraying her Dean. But was being drawn to him the same as falling in love with him? She wasn't sure.

She was pulled out of her thoughts when the door and the four men walked into the room. She smiled as they gathered around her and the baby and held her up enough so they could see her better.

"Everyone I like you to meet Amelie Winchester." She said as she pulled the blanket down a little more so they could see the baby's face better.

Sammy grinned as he held out his pinky for the little girl to grab. "She's beautiful Jo."

"Do you want to hold her?" She asked the youngest Winchester.

"Ummm I think I'll wait until she's not so fragile." He said blushing.

"Castiel, Gabriel..." she asked the unspoken question.

Gabriel stared at the infant before turning and shaking his head sadly. He couldn't bring himself to hold the child.

Castiel gave the new mother a smile. "I would be honored to hold Amelie." He said as he reached out and lifted the child into his arms and cradled her to his chest. They all watched as he began to whisper in Enochian.

"What are you saying to her?" Jo asked as she narrowed her eyes at the angel.

"He just swore to Amelie that he will protect her to his last breath." Gabriel reassured her.

"Oh...thank you Castiel." Jo said blushing at jumping at the wrong conclusion.

"Sammy you and I should head out now to pick up the stuff we talked about. We can swing by the bunker first and grab the pick up because everything isn't going to fit in the Impala. Hey Cas, would you mind coming with and using your mojo to clean Baby for us?" Dean said, giving Jo and Gabriel the chance to speak privately.

"Oh Dean, I'm so sorry about that!" Jo cried remembering that she had gotten sick on her way to the hospital.

"It's fine Jo." Sam reassured her. "Cas can make it like new."

Dean didn't give the angel time to question them as he grabbed him by the arm and guided him out the door with his brother right behind them, calling a farewell to Jo. Dean shot a look over his shoulder at Gabriel and nodded his head in understanding. He actually found himself feeling sorry for the angel and the conversation he was about to have with Jo.