Thank you so much for your feedback Scaramou and C1B12! Oh I know the other dimension Dean didn't come off so great here. Sorry about that. Oh and I'm glad the part with Lisa wasn't too obvious.

Thank you again and I hope people enjoy the next part!

Val

Chapter 8

Dean whistle as he put the pack and play in the trunk of the Impala. Sam grunted as he put the portable bassinet and suitcase down.

"I don't think we're going to get everything in. She's one baby...does she really need all this?" Sam asked.

Dean continued to whistle as he picked up the bassinet and put it into the trunk next to the pack and play, completely ignoring his brother.

Sam frown at his brother. "Hey earth to Dean, come in Dean."

"Huh?"

"What's wrong with you? Did you hear anything I said?" He smirked at the older hunter. "What you and Jo made out like teenagers again this morning?"

Dean grinned at Sam as he started whistling again.

Sam stared at the other man as his mouth dropped open. "Dean, did you and Jo ummm well you know last night?"

Dean looked around the garage. "Where are the rest of the baby's bags?" He asked ignoring his brother.

"Dean," Sam hissed as he looked over to make sure they were still alone. "You did, didn't you." He said with a knowing smile.

"Grow up Sam." Dean teased as he slapped his brother on his back as he went to pick up the suitcase the other man had brought in.

Sam laughed at Dean. "Whatever Dude, I'm happy for you both. Though Jo could do better."

"Don't I know it." Jo teased as she came into the garage carrying Ami. "Sammy, I brought the rest of the bags down, they're by the door."

"I would have grabbed them." Sam said as he straightened from trying shift things around in the truck.

"Dude you were just bitching like a little girl about how much stuff..." Dean started.

"Was not." Sam huffed as he slapped his brother. "I'll go grab them for you Jo."

Jo laughed as Sam hustle past her and Ami. She turned her attention back to Dean when she felt him hooked his finger in her belt loop and tugged her towards him.

"Hey," he murmured as he kissed her neck.

"Hey yourself," Jo sighed as her eyes fluttered shut, savoring Dean's kisses.

"Any more ba...crap sorry... ummm...yeah leaving now." Sam stuttered as he hurried out of the garage.

Jo laughed as Dean rested his head on her shoulder mumbling about Sasquatch having bad timing.

"Or we need to be respectful that we aren't alone and keep it in the bedroom." Jo teased.

That suggestion caught Dean's attention. "You're right. How about we postpone the trip, put the Peanut down for a nap and I do some very naughty things to her Mama." He said with a grin.

"Can't." Sam called from the other side of the door. "Jody's expecting us in a couple of hours."

"Go away!" Dean shouted.

"Nope don't trust you to finish packing the trunk." Sam shouts back.

"He's finishing now and I'm putting Ami in her car seat." Jo called over her shoulder.

"Stupid hunting trip." Dean grumbled. "Separating me from my girls."

Jo smiled as she kissed Dean on the cheek and whispered in his ears. "Just think about the fun we'll have catching up when we get back."

Dean groaned. "I'm going to be taking a cold shower when I get to the motel tonight."

Jo smirked as she went around the car to strap Ami in for the ride before jogging around and getting in the front passenger seat. She rolled her eyes as she heard Dean and Sam fighting about how to finish packing the trunk.

"Told you I would get everything in!"

"Oh yeah Dean, then what about the bags by your feet."

"Those are our duffels. We can put them in the back seat."

"And where is Jo going to sit? The roof of the car."

Jo smiled as she hung her head out the window. "Don't worry about me Sammy. I'm nice and comfy."

Sam's eye widened when he realized Jo was in his seat. "Deannn." He whined.

"Children ride in the back...parents in the front." Dean announced as he slapped his brother on his shoulder.

"That's ridiculous!" Sam said.

"Car rules Sammy. Driver decides who sits in back and you're in the back. The duffels will fit on the floor in front of Ami. you'll have plenty of room." He said as he grabbed both and quickly piled them in the car.

"Fine but I'm not giving up the front seat when we pick them up." Sam huffs as he got into the car for a long and uncomfortable ride to Jody's

SPNSPNSPN

"Oh, she's beautiful!" Jody gushed and Dean had a video he was taking with his phone to prove it.

Sam stared at the sheriff in shock. Jody was one of the toughest hunters he knew but two minutes with Amelia and she turned into a puddle of goo...but then again so had he and Dean.

"Dean! Sam!" Claire and Alex called as they came out to greet them. Giving each hunter a hug.

"Wow Sam! We got hugs! They didn't push us aside to grab the baby the second we got out of the car." He teased as Jody looked up and rolled her eyes.

Jo stood back and watched the small knit group of hunters. Dean caught her watching them out of the corner of his eye and quickly went over and held his hand out her.

"Jo, this is Alex and Claire." He said introducing Jo to the younger women. "And the baby hog is Sheriff Jody Mills." He quipped as he nodded to the woman currently bouncing her daughter on her hip.

"Shut it Dean!" Jody said as she gave him a look that made him blush before turning to address the other women. "Jo it's nice to meet you."

"Nice to meet you too. Thank you for letting us invade your home." She said as Dean squeezed her hand reassuringly before joining Sam to help with Amelia and Jo things.

"Come on in and I'll show you where you and Amelia are sleeping." Jody said as she called over her shoulder. "You boys are all set with that stuff right."

"Yes Mam." They both answered in unison.

An hour later they were all sitting around the kitchen table after Dean and Sam had dragged in everything and set up both the pack and play and the portable bassinet.

Dean was giving Ami a bottle while Sam told the others about their hunt. Jody looked up and saw the way Dean held the baby in his arms and smiled. "I wish Bobby was here to see you with Ami."

"He would have loved having a granddaughter." Dean agreed as he shared a look with the older woman.

Sam sighed sadly as he thought about the man who was more of a father to them than John Winchester, especially to Dean. Bobby always gave Dean a little extra attention, knowing how their father drove his oldest.

"Dean, we should get going"

Dean looked up at his brother and nodded his head. "Right."

Jody coughed as she stood up and looking at the others. "We'll give you three some privacy."

The others left the room and Jo scooter closer to Dean and her daughter. "Hey," she said as she placed her hand on his arm.

"I'm not ready to do this. To be away from her." He confessed.

Jo smiled remembering what she said last night about being ready to fall in love with Dean. Screw ready to fall in love with the man in front of her. She was already in love with him and his confession just now made her love him even more if that was possible.

"We'll be right here when you come back to take us home." She told him.

"Right...right. I have something for you." He told her as he shifted Ami in his arm and reached behind his back and pulling a gun out. "I know you haven't probably shot one in a while but it's like riding a bike."

Jo's eyes widened. "Oh!"

"I want to make sure you can protect yourself and Ami if you have to." He explained.

She held out her hands in the 'give me' gesture, a huge smile on her face. "It's gorgeous!"

Dean laughed at her obvious excitement as she gauged the weight of the gun before checking the clip. Damn them for holding her back. This woman was meant to be a hunter, he could see it in her eyes.

"Oh, Baby thank you!" She gushed as she leaned forward and gave him a kiss that made him groan.

"Definitely gonna need a couple of cold showers." He whispered as they pulled apart.

They looked up as the others came back into the room. Sammy and Jody both cocked an eyebrow at the weapon Jo held in her hand.

"Dean gave me a gun." She told them proudly.

"Well put it away, I'm technically the law and I'm guessing you don't have a license to carry." Jody said with a shake of her head.

"Yeah and Donna's even more of a stickler about that stuff." Sam said as Jo slipped the gun into the back of her jeans.

"Donna?" Dean said the other sheriff name questioningly.

"I might have texted her a photo of me holding the baby...she decided to take some time she had coming to her and will be here in time for dinner." Jody admitted shyly.

Jo looked at Dean who gave her a reassuring smile. "You'll love Donna."

"Dean," Sammy said. "We really need to get going."

"Alright." The older man agreed as he stood up and handed Ami to Jo before adding, "walk us out."

Jo nodded her head as the brothers gave Jody and the girls hugs before they headed outside with Jo and Ami.

"I guess you can have the front seat." Jo teased as she stretched up to give the younger Winchester a hug. "Watch each other's back, okay." She added whispered in his ear.

Sam smiled as Jo turned and gave him a kiss on the cheek and his brother grumbling about him finding his own woman.

When the pulled apart he happily took Ami from Jo so that he could give the infant some cuddles and say goodbye.

Jo walked over to Dean and accepted his outstretched hand as they walked a little away from Sam and Amelia. "I have something for you too." She told him as she reached into her inside coat pocket and pulled out the journal, she had showed him last night.

"I don't understand, why?" He asked as he accepted the book.

"Because there may be stuff in there that will help. He wrote about when we first met Gabriel and there's comments in there that I don't completely understand but you and Sam may. I also want you to know that you can share what I told you last night with Sam."

"Are you sure?"

"Positive. No secrets between us. We four are a family now." She told him as he slipped the book in his jacket.

"Family." Dean said as he pulled her in and kissed her. He sighed as they pulled apart and he mated his forehead to hers.

Jo ran her fingers along the nape of Dean's neck. "I was thinking about asking Jody and the girls about a training routine for me. One geared towards women that you and Sammy could do with me when we get back."

Dean grinned at that piece of news. "Good. I think that's a great idea."

"Are you sure..." She started to ask but Dean cut her off with another kiss.

"I." Kiss. "Want." Kiss. "You." Kiss. "To." Kiss. "Be." Kiss. "Who." Kiss. "You." Kiss. "Are." Kiss. "Meant." Kiss. "To." Kiss. "Be." Kiss.

Jo giggle, she liked playful Dean. "And who do you think that is?" She asked.

"Whoever you damn well want. Hunter...researcher...accountant. Don't matter to me. I'll support whatever you choose...except don't expect me to crunch any numbers with you if you choose accountant."

Jo stared at Dean in awe before teasing. "Definitely accountant."

"Damn I knew I should have said pole dancer."

"What?!" Sammy cried out as he joined them.

"Nothing, your brother is being a goof." Jo told him as she laughed.

Dean snorted at the bitch face his brother gave him before holding out his arms for Amelia. Sammy gave the little girl one last kiss before handing her to Dean.

They watched as the older hunter kissed the baby several times and Jo had to swallow the lump in her throat as Dean said softly "Daddy loves you to the moon and back Sweetpea."

Sammy looked at his brother, shocked to hear him calling himself Daddy. Dean just gave him a look that he knew meant he would explain later.

Dean gave the baby a few more kisses and cuddles before passing her to Jo. The brothers got into the Impala as Jo backed away.

"Call me." She urged.

"I'll call tonight. Dean promised. He closed his eyes for a moment and finally turned the ignition key and pulled away as Jo smiled and waved Ami's little arm goodbye.

SPNSPNSPN

Sammy looked at his brother as he finished telling him about what him and Jo discussed last night.

"Okay I'm just going to say it. The other dimension Dean was a fucking prick! Cheating on her for over ten years!"

"If you ask me, they're all a bunch of assholes. Making her swear to never hunt again after a miscarriage. The other you and Dad not speaking to her to punish her for losing the baby. Then Ellen, I can't wrap my head around that she basically council her to submit to her husband."

"Well I'm just happy she's seems to be finding her own way."

"Remember the night we brought Ami home and I said they broke her. I should have known better. Deep down she's a fighter." Dean said with a smile. "Seriously Sammy you should have seen the way her eyes lit up when I gave her that gun."

"And she wants to start training too. That's a good thing and that was a great idea to work with Jody, Donna and the girls." Sam told his brother.

Dean reached into his jacket and pulled out the journal she had given him and tossed it to his brother.

"Dad's journal."

"The other Dean...seems his father encouraged him to keep one."

Sam's eyebrow shot up at that. His brother would never keep a journal. The differences between them and the other dimension versions of themselves was surprising.

"She said there might be something helpful in there. That there's some mentions of Gabriel she didn't understand." Dean explained.

Sam looked at Dean. "Well you said that we were going to need to speak to Gabriel and looks like you were right."

Dean frowned as he thought about the archangel. "You know he hasn't called since he left after Ami was born. He told Jo he would be in touch, but he hasn't."

"He had feelings for Dean. Probably didn't want to watch you two getting close." Sam reasoned.

"I guess. Have you heard from Cas?"

Sam looked up from the book. "Not in a while. Dean, he's still dealing with losing Jack. He'll be back when he's ready."

Dean reached out and turned the radio on, effectively letting his brother know he was done talking. Sam looked at his brother and could see he was pondering some things, so he took the opportunity to begin reading the journal in his hands.

TBC