Hello, I'm sorry I saw I have some reviews and I want to say thank you. Not sure why I can't actually view the reviews right now so I apologize for not saying thank you by name.

Anyhoo, I hope people are enjoying and here is the next chapter. Just some more Dean and Jo bonding time. Also I have to say I may take an episode here and there to use to move the story forward but I'm not going to be going though each episode one by one...mainly because there are so many episodes :) :) :).

Thank you and enjoy!

Val

Chapter 3

Dean held Jo's hand as they walked up the steps to Bobby's house. The night had gone better then he could have hoped for and it just reminded him how much he like spending time with Jo. This was their second chance and he wasn't going to waste it. He didn't care about the other guy, he wanted Jo and this baby in his life, and he was going to make it perfectly clear to her of his intentions.

They made their way inside and stopped short when they saw Bobby sleeping in his chair with a book laying across his chest and snoring loudly.

"Should we wake him?" she asked.

"Nah if we do, he'll just start researching again."

"But it doesn't look too comfortable."

"He's fine, trust me he sleeps there all the time." He looked down at the container in her hand. "You want me to put the cheesecake in the fridge?"

Jo blushed. "Ummm I was thinking I would bring it up with me, I'm still a little hungry."

"Well you are eating for two now." He told her as he grabbed his duffel bag.

"You're not going to tease me?" She asked as they started up the stairs.

"Nope." He told her.

When they got up at the top of the stairs Jo nodded towards the bathroom. "Do you need the bathroom?"

"I'm good."

"Okay, good night." she told him as she slipped inside to get ready for bed.

Jo smiled as she began her nightly routine. The night had gone well, her and Dean had dealt with a lot of their issues and it felt good to move pass them. She wanted the elder Winchester in her life and tonight she took the first steps to really let him in.

She blushed as she remembered her crush on Dean. She realized it was a crush with a healthy dose of lust that she had felt for him back when they first met. After that night in Duluth, those feeling came to a crushing end, but she really did care about both Winchesters and wanted to count them as friends and had hope for a while that they would be able to get past that night.

When she had heard that Dean was dead, she couldn't bear that things had never been resolved between them. Then yesterday when she had seen him, she couldn't believe it. They were getting their second chance and she wasn't going to let it go.

Things were different with them now. Before she had gotten pregnant she had started to truly come into her own as a hunter and Dean had told her over pie that he had heard from Rufus a few months before he was dragged to the pit that the seasoned hunter felt she was one of the best he had ever teamed up with and she knew Dean was duly impressed by the other man's opinion.

She finished up in the bathroom before heading down the hallway. Remembering how Dean had grinned while she regaled him with some of her more interesting hunts and realized he saw her as a real hunter now. Not only did he see her as a fellow hunter, but he respected her.

It wasn't just that he saw her now as an equal. He trusted her, truly trusted her and she knew that was the highest honor Dean could give anyone. Dean had opened up to her in a way she never expected and laid his soul bare to her…trusting her with his secrets tonight.

Screw flowers and candies, that was the most romantic thing any man had ever done for her. Letting her see him, warts and all meant the world to her. Damn if she wasn't falling for that man. The man, not the guy that swaggered into the Roadhouse a couple of years ago. There was a difference and she was glad that she was more mature to realize this and to appreciate the difference.

She rubbed her belly as she made her way down the hall. She wasn't proud how she got pregnant, but she loved this baby. She knew Dean meant it when he said he would be there for them, but realistically could he ever see her in a romantic manner? Maybe if she wasn't pregnant, they would have taken a chance on a physical relationship.

A baby though was a different story, especially for a man like Dean Winchester. If any man was meant to be a dad, it is Dean Winchester. She couldn't expect him to be a father to her child though. She had to be careful because she knew how responsible Dean felt for the people, he was close to and didn't want him to feel he needed to be this baby's daddy out of some obligation he felt. She wanted more for him than that.

Sighing she opened the door to her room and stopped short when she saw man occupying her thoughts lounging in her bed wearing nothing but his boxer shorts and tee shirt, reading a car magazine.

"Ummm what are you doing in here?" She asked as she stood in the doorway.

"Reading," he told her as he held the magazine up.

Jo sighed. "Dean, why are you in my bedroom?"

"Because I don't think you should be alone and you're Mom told me to keep you and her grand baby safe."

"You had no problem leaving me alone last night." She argued.

He looked up. "Exactly, you were alone but now I know that Sammy's up to something and we have a supposed angel in our mist too. So yeah, I'm sleeping in here with you."

She stared at Dean and saw a flicker of desperation in his eyes and she realized that it wasn't that he didn't think she could take care of herself and that in actually he didn't want to share a room with his brother. "Fine but don't think I'm sharing my cheesecake."

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Twenty minutes later Jo held the plastic fork with a piece of cheesecake on it out towards Dean who leaned in for the bite. "Mmmmm that is some mighty good cheesecake." He told her as they sat across from each other in the center of the bed.

"I can't believe you talked me into sharing." Jo huffed.

"I went and made you a mug of peppermint tea, you owed me." He argued.

She looked down into the takeaway box. "There's only one bite left." She told him sadly.

"Rock, paper, scissors?" He suggested.

Jo reached down and rubbed her bump. "The baby really likes cheesecake."

Dean shook his head in amusement. "Woman, have you no shame? Are you going to rub that bump and give those puppy dog eyes to get your way until the baby is born?"

"That's the plan." She chirped as she scooped up the last piece and quickly popped it into her mouth.

"All good things come to an end." He told her as he grabbed the takeout box and dumped that and the fork into the waste paper basket next to the bed.

"You know I was on my feet a lot today and yesterday cleaning. A foot message would be really nice about now." She sighed as she reached down to rub her bump.

"For crying out loud, stop pimping out that bump." He chuckled as he scooted forward a little. "Lay back and give me your feet."

He watched as Jo leaned back and plopped her feed on his lap. "Can I ask you something? Bobby said you weren't eating since you got here a few weeks ago and when I first saw you when I got here you didn't look so hot. What changed? I mean you scarf down as much as I did tonight and well no offence your appearance looks a lot better. Why weren't you eating and taking care of yourself before?"

Sighing she closed her eyes as he rubbed her arches. "No sooner did I find out I was pregnant than I began getting horrible morning sickness, except for me morning sickness lasted 24 hours a day. I guess I was just depressed, nothing was staying down. I kept on getting migraines and was exhausted. The doctor I saw at the free clinics I went to tried numerous anti-nausea medicine and a pain relief for the migraines, but nothing helped."

"And now everything just stopped bothering you?"

She shrugged her shoulders. "My mom said it could happen like that. That I would just turn a corner and she was right. After you and Bobby left yesterday, I felt hungry for the first time in months. I ate and manage to keep it down. Then I felt a burst of energy and took a shower figuring I would take advantage of the energy and end up driving into town. Saw that that the library was having a rummage sale and had the brainstorm that Bobby's place could use a makeover."

Dean smirked, "he's still pissed at you."

"He loves me." She teased before continuing. "So, I went and bought a bunch of bookcases and had them delivered today. Spent most of my afternoon and night shifting the books to make space for the bookcases and cleaning the floors since I could get to them since they weren't littered with books. Once they were delivered this morning, I stacked the books and then finished cleaning."

"Okay, I get it. Hell, even I've been tempted to clean up a bit in here too. But why did you have them put bookcases all over the place. I mean you have them in the kitchen, dining room, hallways. There everywhere. Why not just put them all in the living room and den?" He asked as the put her feet back on his lap.

"Hey, I may be bossy and a busybody but I'm not stupid. That's Bobby's filing system. I kept the books where they were, just put them on the shelves to keep the floors and surfaces free."

"I think he liked the way you labeled the shelves 'right hand corner, floor' or 'left hand corner, end table' for each room." He admitted with a smile. "Just one more question, what's with the sundress? You don't usually wear dresses."

Jo blushed. "It was the only thing I found in my bag that fit this morning."

"Overnight Jo, you outgrew your clothes overnight?" he asked in awe.

"I had a lot of make up eating to do. Plus, my bump just seemed to pop this morning." She said defensively as she tried to stifle a yawn.

Dean lifted her feet from his lap and stood up. "Come on you, lets hit the hay."

A few seconds later they were settled under the covers and Jo sighed contently as she scooted closer to Dean as he wrapped his arms around her, pulling her closer.

Jo looked up at Dean as she ran her hand along his chest before letting it settle above his heart. "Can I ask you something?"

Kissing the crown of her head he said, 'sure.'

"What was it like? I mean I know it must have been beyond horrible and you don't have to tell me but if you want to talk about what it was like, I'm a good listener."

Dean sighed as he went to say he didn't remember but realized Jo wouldn't buy that so instead he found himself saying. "I'm sorry, I'm not ready to talk about it."

"Nothing to apologize for. Like I said I'm a good listener if you ever do want to talk about it." She reassured him as she leaned up and kissed his cheek. She wasn't going to push him. She just wanted Dean to know she there for him when he was ready.

He nodded his head and whispered 'thanks' before he began to run his hand up and down her back as he let himself relax. Jo was humming softly as he let his eyes closed and found that instead of seeing himself on the rack he saw himself and Jo sitting by the pond watching the moonlight dancing on the water and he quickly he fell into a peaceful sleep.

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Jo woke early the next morning to an empty bed. Getting up, she made her way to the bathroom to pee, brush her teeth and wash up before getting dressed and going downstairs. She stopped when she heard Dean and Sam talking heatedly about angels and if they really do exist. Bobby signed in frustration. "How long has this been going on?" She asked.

"Too damn long." He huffed.

The discussion continued as the two brothers walked into the den. Dean stopped his rant about what so special about him that the big man upstairs would take an interest in him when he looked at Jo. He couldn't keep the smile off his face, the woman was wearing one of his flannel shirts and his sweatpants. "Sweetheart, we're going into town today for you to buy some clothes."

"I think you have more important things to do." She said as she sat down in the chair next to Bobby.

"She right," Bobby said. "Look all my research says the same thing. Only an angel of the Lord can pull a soul out of the pit Dean."

Jo looked at Dean and shrugged her shoulders. "See it's like I said last night. You're on a mission, a mission for God."

Dean smirked at her before turning towards Bobby and Sammy, holding his hands up in surrender. "Fine what do we know about angels?"

"Start reading," Bobby said as he handed each a book to begin with.

Dean took the book Bobby held out towards him before reaching down and grabbing the book he held out for Jo. "Come on you can read this to me while I make breakfast."

"Oh, will you make pancakes?" She asked as she hopped out of the chair and followed Dean into the kitchen, "And I wouldn't mind if you warmed the maple syrup, also maybe you could make bacon and scramble eggs too. Scramble eggs with maple syrup... mmmmm that would be so good.

"Gee bossy much." Dean teased as they walked into to the kitchen together leaving Bobby and Sammy watching them.

"They seem a lot cozier together." Bobby said.

Sammy snorted. "Considering they shared a bed last night and she's wearing Dean's clothes I would say cozy might be an understatement."

"They slept together last night?" Bobby asked.

"Not saying they had sex, but Dean slept in with her."

"Wonder what Ellen will have to say about that." Bobby said as he looked into to kitchen and caught a glimpse of Dean and Jo laughing as she argued that he needed to brush maple syrup on the bacon and then bake it in the oven and Dean was insisting he cook it in a skillet so that he could burn it the way he liked.

Bobby found himself watching Dean and Jo as Dean cooked and Jo read aloud to him. It was when Jo barely looked up as Dean feed her a piece of bacon that he frowned. They moved liked a couple who had been together for years instead of two people who spent maybe a week worth of time together total over a span of two years. It wasn't natural and he wondered if there was something else going on with them.

"Hey, you two getting in on this grub?" Dean called out as he fixed a plate for Jo and then himself.

Sammy and Bobby went into the kitchen and Sammy smirked when he watched Jo put a large scoop of fruit salad that she had retrieved from the refrigerator on his brother's plate. Leaning over he nudged the older hunter to get his attention and shot a look towards the fruit. "This should be interesting." He whispered with a grin on his face.

Dean came back to the table with a plate for his brother and Bobby, handing them out before sitting down at his place at the table. He looked down and frowned. "Ummm who put that stuff on my plate?"

"It's called fruit. Eat it, it's good for you." Jo said as she began digging into her silver dollar pancakes.

"I don't like fruit." He argued as he went to push it back into the bowl.

"You eat pie with fruit filling.

"That's difference, that's pie filling with sugar."

"Fruit has natural sugar."

"Nope, don't think so."

"Mix them with your syrup but you're eating them. They're good for you."

Dean looked at the fruit in horror and whined "I don't wanna eat them."

Jo looked at him. "Dean Winchester you need to eat more fruits and vegetables. I swear I can hear your arteries clogging over here from all the double bacon cheeseburgers you eat."

Dean shot Jo a look and started to open his mouth to argue only to close it when Jo narrowed her eyes and looked pointedly at the fruit. He watched as she stabbed a strawberry with her fork before adding a piece of pancake and popped it in her mouth.

Sammy jaw dropped open when his brother ate the fruit with his own pancakes. They all ate in silence as Sam and Bobby kept looking at the couple across from them. At the way they reached out and ate off each other's plate. Sammy choked on his coffee when Jo fed Dean some eggs with syrup on them.

When they were done eating, Dean stood up and looked over at Jo. "I'll run you into town."

"Dean, I think it can wait." Jo said as she looked up at the older Winchester brother.

"Sweetheart, you need some clothes. We can hit the store and be back here in an hour or so to help with the research. An hour, an hour and half tops won't make a difference, is it Bobby?" Dean said as he turned his attention to the older hunter.

"Jo, you need to get some stuff. Everything will be here when you both get back." He agreed.

"See, so the sooner we leave the faster we get back." He told her.

"You're not going to let this go are you. Fine, I need to go the bathroom and then I'll be ready to go." She said as she got up.

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Sammy and Bobby watched as Dean helped Jo who had changed into the dress she had worn yesterday get into the front seat of the Impala before heading around and getting behind the wheel of the car.

"Okay they're acting weird, right?" Sammy asked Bobby.

"Weird doesn't cover it." Bobby agreed as they both watched Jo scoot over so that she was leaning against Dean's shoulder.

"Hex bag?" Sammy suggested when he saw his brother kiss the top of Jo's head before starting the car and pulling out.

"Why would a witch want your brother and Jo to be together? How would they even know he was back?"

Sam sighed. "Family, you know how much that means to Dean. He's not topside forty-eight hours and he has an instant family with Jo. You know he's always had a thing for her, mostly to get in her pants but he always had a soft spot for her. Give him the thing he wants most and then take it away from him. Mess with his head. Besides do you have a better idea?"

"We only have an hour to go through their stuff and the room." Bobby said as they rushed upstairs.

Forty-five minutes later, they sat on down at the kitchen table in defeat. "Nothing!" Bobby said.

"Then it's something else. It has to be." Sam said as he looked down at his hands.

"But what and why?" Bobby asked.

"I don't know but which do we worry about first. This Castiel or Jo and Dean instant relationship?" Sam asked.

"Castiel." Bobby answered. "I've been trying to get hold of another hunter Olivia Lowry she may be able to help us."

"Okay, why don't we get back to research until they get back." Sam suggested as he grabbed the book he was reading before they sat down for breakfast.

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Jo put another shirt into the shopping cart. She had found several pairs of jeans that would probably carry her through the rest of her pregnancy, some yoga pants, a few tops, some tee shirts and a couple more sun dresses. She hated to admit it, but they really were comfortable and if she was honest with herself, she liked the way Dean looked at her while she was wearing the dress she was currently wearing.

She looked over and saw Dean heading towards her with his hands behind his back. "What are you hiding?"

Smirking he held up a couple of nursing bras. "Thought you might need these."

"You're a pig." She said as she rolled her eyes.

Grinning he pulled his other hand out to hold up a yellow onesie with teddy bears on it. "Better?"

Smiling she nodded her head and whispered, "much." She reached up and wiped away her tears.

"Hey, I didn't mean to upset you."

"It's okay, just hormonal." She reassured him.

"Should I put it back?" He asked, now wondering if he had made a giant mistake picking an outfit out for the baby.

"Don't you dare." She said as she snatched it from him and put it in the carriage. "Now I'm all set."

They made their way to the check out and Dean pulled out his wallet once everything was rung up.

"Dean, I can pay for my own clothes." Jo argued as she pulled out her own cash.

"It's on Bobby and he said if you gave me a hard time to tell you he would make you return the bookcases and you know that would mean the books would be scattered all over the place again."

"Oh," she said as he passed the money over to the cashier.

Five minutes later Dean was putting the bags in the back seat as Jo settled into the passenger seat. He slipped into the driver side and looked over at the expecting mother. "You know we really need to begin doing some research."

"Well we're going to when we get back."

"Not that kind of research. I mean stuff for the baby. Cribs, car seats, strollers, things like that." He explained.

Blushing she looked out the car window. "I haven't thought of that. Not sure what to get since everything is kinda up in the air."

"You know Bobby wants you and the baby to stay with him."

"I can't stay with Bobby indefinitely."

"Why not. It's a good home base. Always said you put together a hell of a case file. You could help Bobby with research for other hunters and taking the calls until you're ready to start hunting again after the baby is born."

Jo chewed on her lower lip. "Would you think less of me if I said I wasn't sure if I want to go back to hunting after the baby is born?"

Dean took a deep breath before slowly letting it. "I just assumed you'd want to go back to hunting after some time."

She shrugged her shoulders. "I know and I'm sure my mother will be thrilled with this idea. It's just after listening to you last night and what it was like growing up on the road with a hunter I realized I don't want to put my baby through that and I definitely don't plan to dump my baby off with other hunters to take care of her with the chance I might not make it back."

Dean looked over and saw that Jo was watching him. Nodding his head, he reached out and grabbed her hand and squeezed it. "I wasn't trying to influence you."

"I know. I guess I understand now why my Mom was the way she was. I just want to protect this baby and be there for her. I'm not sure how hunting will fit in."

"Like you said last night you're going to need your family and Bobby sees you as his family and wants to be there for you. Just think about what I suggested. Bobby and the rest of us could you use your help."

"Maybe. I just don't think Bobby is taking everything into consideration. Will he still feel this way when it's three in the morning and she's screaming at the top of her lungs? What about all his stuff that isn't exactly baby friendly lying around his house? Babies get into things Dean, it's kinda their job? Not to mention a nursery for her?"

"Okay first thing first. Bobby sleeps on the first floor and trust me he couldn't hear a baby crying over his snoring. Number two, that house is huge. You two could to sit down and talk about rearranging things and Bobby could have central location for the dangerous stuff under lock and key so that the baby can't get into it. Number three, there are two more bedrooms on the second floor that he stores stuff in. We clear out those rooms, make one a nursery and one a guess room so Ellen has a place to stay when she's there because you know she's going to be there a lot more once the baby is born."

"You really think Bobby would be open to all that?"

He smiled and nodded his head. "Sweetheart he would do anything for you and the baby." He gave her a sideways glance. "By the way, you do realize you've been saying 'she'. You know something we don't know. Thought you hadn't had an ultrasound yet."

Jo looked down at her belly and rubbed it reassuringly. "I haven't had one. I can't explain it, I just think the baby is a girl. Would you prefer a boy?"

Dean grinned at the thought of a baby girl. "Nope, a girl would be awesome." He reassured her.

"Really?"

"Yeah, why would you think that I would prefer a boy. Trust me, I remember changing Sammy's diapers and baby boys tend to pee all over you the second you take the diaper off and the air hits their little peckers. Don't think girls do that so that would be a nice change."

Jo stared at Dean in shock before she burst out laughing. "Did Sam get you?"

He chuckled and shook his head. "Not me really, usually went over my head because I was still pretty small, but he did get my Dad usually, he even once got him right in the face."

"Oh my God!" She laughed. "Please say I can tease Sammy about this."

"I think you've earned the right to torment him."

They chatted the rest of the way back about which room would be the best for the baby nursery and what color Jo wanted to paint the walls. He smiled when she said she was leaning towards yellow, like the color of the outfit he had picked out.

Soon they were walking back into the house with Dean carrying the shopping bags. Bobby turned and was shocked when Jo rushed over and enveloped him in a giant hug.

"Thank you so much Bobby."

"You're welcome Kiddo."

She pulled back and gave him a grin. "You also bought the baby her first outfit too." She said as she reached out and grabbed the bag with the outfit in it and pulled it out for him to see.

She was pleased to see Bobby smile as he held the little outfit up. "Her?" he asked.

"Jo thinks it's a girl." Dean explained.

"Really?" Sam asked as he joined them and smiled when he saw the little yellow onesie. "A girl would be nice."

Jo grinned at Sam. "I think so too. Especially after hearing how little boys tend to continue to tinkle when you change their diapers. Sammy, I hear you actually hit your Dad in the face once when the air hit your little pee pee." She teased.

Sammy blushed beet red before shouting at his brother. "I'm going to kill you Dean."

Dean snickered as he plucked the outfit and put it back in the bag. "I'll bring this stuff upstairs." He said as he hurried out of the room.

When he got back downstairs all three were deep into research. Sighing he picked up the book Bobby had given him earlier and dug in.

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A few hours later Jo looked up from the book she was reading. "Is anyone else hungry?"

"I could go for a bacon cheese burger from Marty's." Dean said, ignoring Jo's frown.

"I can run into town and pick up food." Sammy offered. Soon Jo was calling in the food order.

"Don't forget the pie." Dean reminded his brother.

"Dude, when have I ever forgotten the pie."

"Sammy if they have carrot cake, would you get me a slice please."

"Sure Jo." He said as he grabbed the keys to the Impala and headed into town for the order.

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"Jo do you know Olivia Lowry? I've been trying to reach her but haven't had any luck. I'm starting to get worried"

"That doesn't sound like Liv. Do you want me to try a couple of numbers I have for her Bobby?"

"Thanks, I appreciate it."

Jo grabbed her phone and began scrolling through her contacts. Five minutes later she shook her head. "No luck and I even called her 'girlfriend tree' number."

"Girlfriend tree?" Dean asked.

Jo looked up from her phone. "It was Mom's idea. We thought it would be nice if when we had down time between hunts to be able to reach out to other female hunters and see if they wanted to get together to relax and blow off steam, exchange info. It started with just a couple of us but there's about fifteen of us now. We all have a separate number just for getting together. If the first person you call can't make it, you can move down to the next number. That is the one number usually we always make sure we pick up when one of us call even if it's to say you can't get together."

"Interesting idea." Dean said, not at all surprised that Ellen would come up with something like that. Blowing off steam was something all hunters needed to do, and it was a good idea to have a contact list for hunters, especially if the hunters tended to do solo jobs.

"I think we should check up on her." Bobby said as he closed the book he was reading.

"We'll head out once Sammy gets back." Dean said.

"I'll go change and will be ready to go when he gets back." Jo announced.

"Maybe you should stay here and continue researching." Dean said.

"No way, Liv is a friend. I need to be there for her." She argued.

"You just finished telling me you may want to get out of hunting to take care of the baby and now you're looking to walk into an unknown and possible dangerous situation."

"We're just going to check on her. I'm sure she's fine. Just not picking up for some reason is all."

"Let's hope that's all it is." Dean said as Jo headed up the stairs to change.