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Val

Chapter 11

Dean walked into the kitchen and saw his brother pouring a cup of coffee. "Did he give you any problems?"

"No everything was fine." Sam said as he looked at his brother and frowned as he reached out and pulled at the neck of his shirts. "Aren't you a little old for giving each other hickies?"

Dean slapped his brother's hand away. "We may have gotten a little carried away last night."

"Good," Sam said with a grin. "You two are good for each other. You can't let Gabriel come between you and Jo."

"We're not gonna let him, trust me. If we can deal with Michael using us and tricking us into conceiving Amelia then we will face whatever Gabriel throws at us together, even if there's someone else."

"Dean we don't know that's what happened." Sam reminded his brother. He knew deep down it didn't really matter to the older hunter because he couldn't love that child anymore even if she was his biological daughter.

"I know but it's the only thing that makes sense Sammy."

"I know," he agreed softly, "but does it really matter?"

Dean looked at his brother. "Of course not. That little girl is my daughter no matter what."

"Then why are you so focused on this Dean? I know you couldn't love that child any more than you do."

Dean sighed. "Just that...dammit he...that Dean...he didn't even love her or care how lucky he was to experience her pregnancy."

"I'm sorry." Sam said knowing that if either of them was meant for fatherhood it was Dean and he knew his brother would want to experience everything too.

"You know when we win this you and Jo could have another baby... make Ami a big sister." Dean smirked at his brother causing Sam to blush. "Or maybe you already started..."

"Well we may not be trying to prevent it from happening." Dean told him.

Sam shook his head. "Seriously, don't you think you should wait until we win this battle before you guys try to get pregnant."

"Dude, I'm gonna be 41 in a couple of months."

"I think Jo needs to worry about her age, not you." Sam told him.

"Yeah well I don't want to Tony Randall my kids."

Sam choked on his coffee. "Dean he was in his 80s when he had his kids."

"I'm probably 80 in hunter years." He argued.

"Hunter years...what like dog years?" Sam said snickering

"You laugh look at Bobby...if you didn't know his real age how old would you have thought he was when he died. Rufus...Pastor Jim...Dad?"

Sammy went to say they were all alcoholics but realized Dean had been pretty much a functioning alcoholic the past 8 to 10 years himself. "Well at least you aren't hitting the booze like before," he said instead.

"Nope. Beer only for this guy," he said as he pointed his thumb at himself.

Of course, he didn't tell his brother how it was Jo who convince him that he could drink beer after seeing how he didn't have any problems when he stopped drinking.

She had ask him not drink the hard stuff; that she wasn't comfortable with him drinking like that around Ami and he had to agree since he had too many memories of taking care of his father drunk off his ass as a kid and didn't want Ami to have memories like that.

Jo walked into the kitchen carrying Ami. "Jody just texted me, she and Claire will be here in about 10 minutes."

"Claire?" Sam asked.

"Yeah Jody said she offered to help, and once Jody realized she had agreed to babysit a two-month-old by herself she decided she wouldn't mind an extra set of hands and accepted Claire's offer to help." Jo explained.

"Is Ami's stuff all packed?" Dean ask as he kissed his daughter on her nose.

"Yeah, would you and Sammy mind bringing her stuff down to the garage."

"Sure," Sam said as he finished his coffee and both men went and began lugging the baby's stuff to the garage while Jo began to fill a bag with a couple of canisters of formula, a container of the oatmeal they began adding to her bottles and a couple of gallons of distilled water.

Grabbing the diaper bag, she put six bottles as well as a bottle of dish detergent, a bottle brush and extra nipples too. She knew they were staying at a motel with a small kitchenette and wanted to make sure they were all set for the baby's stuff. She also grabbed a few dish towels for them too, knowing Dean was gonna make a fuss about everything she was packing.

Going to the fridge she pulled out the leftover stew, cold cuts, bread and condiments and began another bag with food. She grabbed a fresh gallon of milk, a quart of cream and added them to the bag before she began grabbing snack food for the two women. Within five minutes she had three full grocery bags ready to go along with Ami's provisions.

When the four hunters returned to the kitchen Dean looked over the bags and shook his head. "Did you leave any food for us?" He asked as he went through the bags. "Hey, my Table Talk pies stay here!"

Jo shook her head in amusement as she went and gave Jody and Claire a hug. "Thank you both so much for doing this."

"No problem," Jody reassured the other woman as Claire walked up behind Dean.

Claire looked over Dean's shoulder when he pulled the treats out. "Aww Dean...cherry is my favorite."

Dean turned his head slightly towards the young woman. "Fine I'll leave one for you."

"Three, I'm gonna be changing your daughter's poopie diapers."

"One cherry and two Boston cream." Dean bartered as he eyed his treasured pies.

"One cherry, one apple and two Boston cream." Claire countered.

"I'm sorry, how have you gone from three to four pies? Nope greedy ends you back down to one." Dean told her as he started towards the shelf to put them all back earning a slap on his ass as he passed by Jo. "Ohhh Baby." Dean teased.

"Gross...don't wanna know about your dirty old man kinks Dean!" Claire said in disgust.

Jo, Jody and Sam snickered as Dean narrowed his eyes and grabbed the cherry pie back. "No pie for you now." He huffed.

"If you children are done, why don't you three bring the bags and car seat out to my car." Jody said as she lifted Ami from the carrier.

Dean bumped Claire shoulder as he passed by her and Jody smirked when she saw him pass the younger hunter one of the mini pies.

The older woman turned and looked at Jo. "Dean filled me in last night. How are you holding up?"

Jo chewed on her lower lip. "I don't know. I know I'm in love with Dean and want to be with him, but we really don't know anything about the dimension Michael pulled me from."

"About Michael...if Dean is really her father and he did use his ability as an angel to trick you into having sex with Dean you know you can talk to me about it. I would understand if a part of you felt violated." She told the other woman gently.

Jody knew that if what they think happened is correct then no matter what Jo couldn't truly have consented to having sex with Dean...Hell Dean was just as violated since Michael basically used his body to impregnate the woman across from her.

Jo sighed as she looked at the door. "I can't go there Jody. If I did you and I both know Dean would take responsibility for it even though he was violated too. I won't do that to him. He feels guilty enough that Michael used his fantasy against both of us. I will not let him think it was a form of raped too."

"I understand and I would never suggest broaching it with Dean. Just us...woman to woman." Jody said in a hushed whisper as she reached out, taking the other woman's hand and giving it a squeeze.

No matter what Jody knew Jo was right too. That was one burden Dean didn't need to carry.

Jo gazed up at the other woman and saw the look in her eyes, saw the pain in Jody's eyes and understood exactly what the other woman was saying without saying it out loud. "Oh Jody," she cooed as she and wrapped her arms around her.

Jo pulled away from Jody when their heard the others coming back into the kitchen. Dean frowned when he saw both women wiping away their tears.

He went over and slid his arm around Jo's waist before kissing her temple. "We should let Jody and Claire go."

Jo sighed but nodded her head in agreement. Jody smile as she passed Ami to Jo so she could say goodbye to her daughter.

Sam, Jody and Claire left to give Dean and Jo privacy to say goodbye to their daughter.

Sam closed his eyes and sighed when he heard Jo begin to cry and Dean consoling her that they were doing the right thing and that Ami was in good hands with Jody and Claire.

"As if Chuck hanging over our heads wasn't bad enough. Now we have to figure out what Gabriel did with Cas and where Jo is really from!" Sam said angrily. Why couldn't they just have a little happiness in their lives.

"Sam you guys will get Cas back and figure everything else out." Jody said reassuringly.

"Yeah and then we'll kick Chuck's ass." Claire told him as she wrapped her arms around his middle and gave him a hug.

Sam looked down at the small blonde huntress and laughed softly as he kissed her on top of her head. "How could we not win with you in our corner."

"Damn straight," Dean agreed as he and Jo came out of the kitchen with Ami in his arms.

Claire smiled as she pulled back from Sam to accept the child that Dean held out towards her.

"You guys should get going." Jo said as she wiped at the tears she couldn't seem to stop.

"Aren't you gonna walk us to the car?" The younger woman asked.

Jo quickly shook her head and murmured, "I can't..."

Jody put a hand on her 'daughter' shoulder. "It's fine Jo, we understand. I promise you she'll be fine. I'll call later to check in with you, okay." She said as she gave the other woman a reassuring hug.

"Thank you both again," Dean said as he wrapped his arm around Jo's waist and hugging her close.

Sam squeezed Jo's shoulder as he walked by. "Hey, I'll come out with you." He said as he followed the two women down the hall.

Jo watched Claire carrying her daughter before turning and wrapping her arms around Dean's neck and buried her face in his chest.

He gently rubbed her back knowing all too well how a few days ago he hated leaving Ami for the first time and the ache he felt being separated from his baby girl.

"We are doing the right thing."

"I know." She murmured into his shirt.

"When Sam gets back, we're gonna eat breakfast and come up with our game plan." He told her as he kissed the top of her head.

Jo sighed as she pulled back from Dean. "I'm going to go freshen up."

"Okay I'll start on breakfast." He told her as she gave him a small smile before heading back towards their bedroom.

Dean had put together oatmeal, water and the dried mixed fruit into the instant pot before he began whisking eggs when Sam came back into the kitchen. "Scramble eggs, oatmeal and toast alright for breakfast?"

"Sounds good. I'll start on the toast." The younger hunter said as he pulled out the whole wheat bread.

Jo smiled as she walked into the kitchen and saw the brothers working together to make breakfast. "Can I help?"

"All set Sweetheart," Dean said as he gave her a quick kiss on the cheek as he walked passed to put the pan with the eggs on the table as Sam put down a plate full of buttered toast and a jar of strawberry jam that all three preferred.

He went over and released the steam for the oatmeal before lifting the cover to add brown sugar and cinnamon to the mixture before bringing it to the table.

The three ate in silence for several minutes, all hungrier than they realized. After a few minutes Sammy wiped his mouth and asked, "how do you want to handle him?"

Dean popped the last bite of toast into his mouth before taking a swig of coffee. "I think Jo should be the one to talk to him."

Sam and Jo looked at the older hunter both clearly surprised by his suggestion.

"Me," Jo squeaked.

Dean grinned at her, "Yup, you." He reached out and placed his hand over hers. "Look I think the only thing that was real is his feelings towards you. I don't think he was ever romantically in love with you, but I think he loves you almost like an older brother would."

Sam consider what Dean was saying and thought he had a point. "I can see that. No offense Jo but the woman he usually 'conjured' up we're ummm..." Sam blushed as he tried to think of a polite way to describe the women, he had seen the Trickster with.

"Busty and slutty," Dean finished as he scooped another heaping serving spoon of eggs onto his plate.

Sam gave an embarrass smile as he shrugged his shoulders towards Jo. "That about sums it up."

"Ummm well I'm definitely not busty and I certainly hope I'm not slutty in the other dimension." Jo quipped.

Sam lifted the coffee pot and refilled his and his brother's cups before holding it out towards Jo who shook her head.

"Do you really think he'll talk to me?"

"He'll be expecting me or Sammy to question him but you he won't expect you and he may slip up a little."

Jo glanced over and saw Sam nodding his head in agreement and gave a strained smile. "Okay let's finish up in here and then go interrogate an archangel."

TBC