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Author's Note: So finally Dean and Sammy have a little talk, plus Jo and Sammy finally clear the air too.

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Chapter 4

"Dude, I can't believe you forgot the pie." Dean huffed as he drove.

Jo sat next to him with her container of carrot cake while his brother was in the back. She made a show of breaking off a piece of the cake and popping it in her mouth before closing her eyes and sighing contently.

"Good cake?" Dean asked.

"Mmmmmhmmmm."

"Can I have a bite?"

"It's carrot cake Dean, it's has a vegetable as one of the main ingredients and we all know how you feel about vegetables."

"It's cake, I like cake."

Rolling her eyes, she broke off a piece and held it up for him. Grinning he leaned over to let her feed the piece of cake to him. Sam watched them from the back seat and mumbled 'weird' to himself as Jo continued to alternate eating and feeding Dean the cake.

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Jo gasped in shock as she buried her face into Dean's chest. Olivia was gone, she was ripped apart. Dean leaned down and whispered in her ear. "Baby, why don't you wait outside and get some air while we check things out in here."

She wanted to argue she could do the job and could be helpful but instead she found herself nodding her head as she wiped at the tears she couldn't seem to control.

"I'm sorry," she murmured to the three hunters as she rushed out the door.

"Is she alright?" Bobby asked in concern.

"I think her hormones went into overdrive when she saw Olivia."

"We shouldn't have let her come." Sam said.

"Couldn't have stopped her if we wanted to. Look let's just do a sweep and get out of here." Dean said as he looked over at Bobby with concern. "Bobby are you okay?"

"I'm fine. Let's do this." He said firmly.

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"I've never seen a ghost rip a person apart like that." Dean said as they stepped outside and saw Jo sitting on the hood of the Impala, writing in a small notebook as she closed her cell phone.

"Hey," she said as she slid down and stood to greet the three men. She went over and wrapped her arms around Bobby. "How are you doing?"

"About the same as you Honey." He said as he returned the hug.

"Jo what's with the notebook?" Dean asked.

"While you three were inside, I called some local hunter and haven't been able to get a hold of any of them. I've made up a list, I figured we could split it up and check on them."

"Good idea." Sam said as he took the piece of paper Jo held up. Ripping it in half he held half out to Bobby.

"Okay let's get a move on." Bobby ordered before adding. "Keep in contact."

"Will do." Dean, Sam and Jo all said at the same time as they got into the Impala.

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"Three out of five so far." Dean said as he spoke into the phone. "Yeah I agree Bobby. We'll meet you back at your place."

"We're heading back?" Jo asked as she rubbed the small of her back.

"Yeah." Dean said as he tossed the keys to Sam. "You drive, Jo and I are going to crash for a while in the back."

Sam watched as Jo climbed in the back first and Dean followed. He cocked an eyebrow when his brother stretched out as he pulled Jo down to rest against him before he began to rub her lower back, humming softly.

Getting in behind the wheel he used the rear-view mirror to sneak peeks at the couple in the back seat. They hadn't driven five miles before he could hear Jo's soft snores. Glancing back, he could see Dean's eyes were closed but he knew he wasn't asleep.

"She okay?" he asked quietly.

"She's pretty wiped out and I think sitting in a car most of the day isn't great for her back." He said as he opened his eyes.

"Dean can I ask you a question?"

"What?"

"Are you and Jo together now? I mean you slept together last night, and you can't seem to stop touching her. It's just that I know you've always found her attractive, but I mean she's gonna have a baby and that's not something that really fits into our life. Maybe you shouldn't lead her on."

Dean stared at his brother as he clenched his jaw to keep as much control as possible. "Thin ice Sam," he hissed.

"I'm not trying to piss you off Dean. Look I just don't want Jo to be hurt."

"And I'm only capable of hurting her right?!" He growled angrily before he continued. "I promised her last night I would be there for her and the baby and I meant it. She's going to need all of us because it seems like some serious crap is hitting the fan and like she said a hunter, especially a hunter that is known to help us having a baby will be a target. So, hear me, I'm not walking away. I'm going to be there for her and I'm going help protect this child."

Sam quickly nodded his head and swallowed the lump in his throat. He hadn't even thought that Jo and the baby could be in danger but what his brother just said was sadly most likely true. "You know I'll be there for them too; I swear."

Dean shook his head slightly as he released the breath, he had been holding in. "Maybe you should try making things right with Jo first. She did tell me she wants to be able to include you in her family and wants to move pass Duluth."

"You're right and I will." He swore.

"Fine, then we're done here." Dean said in a tone that Sammy knew meant the discussion was closed and even if he had more concerns, he could keep them to himself.

He watched as Dean closed his eyes and eventually his breathing evened out and he knew that his brother was also asleep. He focused his attention back onto the road as he thought about what Dean had said and he thought about how Ruby had known about the angel earlier today and he wondered if she also knew about Jo and if she did, why didn't she say something."

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Sam finished putting the gas tank cap back on and turned his head to see the restroom sign. Looking into the back he saw that Jo and Dean were still asleep and decided to hit the head and then he would wake them up.

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Dean yawned as he woke up. Reaching down he stroked Jo's back. "Sweetheart, wake up."

"Are we at Bobby's?" she asked as she nuzzled her nose into Dean's neck making him smile.

"Nope, we had to stop for gas so I didn't know if you wanted to hit the bathroom and maybe get a snack."

"Actually, now that you ask, the baby seems to be resting on my bladder." She said as she sat up.

Smirking he sat up and opened the door so they could get out. "Sure, blame the baby for your tiny bladder."

"Jerk," she huffed as she accepted his hand as he helped her out of the car. She stood and stretched as Dean went around to the trunk. She watched Dean opened the trunk and he rummage around. She smiled when he closed the trunk holding two cut off shotguns that she knew was filled with rock salt cartridges.

"Here you go Sweetheart."

"Better safe than sorry." She agreed.

"Snacks?"

"Ummm if they have anything with peanut butter that would be good, and I wouldn't say no to a chocolate milk if they have it."

"Okay, see you back here in five."

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Jo was finishing to washing her hands when she heard the gunshot. Grabbing her own shotgun, she ran outside to see Dean helping Sammy walk out of the men's room.

"Dean, Sam?!" She shouted as she rushed over.

"Are you okay?" Dean asked.

"Fine, what happened?"

"Ghost." Sammy said as they made their way to the car. Jo opened the door so that Dean could help his brother sit down sideways.

"Dean get me your first aid kit." Jo commanded as she squatted down in front of Sam so that she could examine his head.

"Here you go Sweetheart." Dean said as he held the box for her. "Just realized we're out of Tylenol, so I'm going to grab a bottle and some more water."

"Okay," She said as she accepted the bottle of water Dean held out for her and wet a cloth to clean the blood away that was traveling down Sammy's face before it could get into his eye.

"Frigging head wounds bleed like a bitch." She murmured as she used antiseptic to clean the cuts before grabbing some steri-strips to close the wounds. Once she had that done, she picked up a bandage to cover them and keep the cuts clean.

Sammy reached out and grasped Jo's hands in his as she finished tending to him and looked her in the eyes. "I know it's long overdue but Jo, I'm sorry I never called to apologize or to check to see how you were after that whole thing with Meg."

"I need to stand up." She murmured blushing slightly. Looking quickly over her shoulder she saw Dean was at the register. "You're right it's overdue but thank you for apologizing." She said, giving him a shy smile.

"I know you and Dean talked last night; can I ask what he told you?"

Jo licked her suddenly dry lips. "That Meg possessed you for a week and that she tried to taunt Dean into killing you."

Sammy looked down; his breathing hitched. "Please Jo, I need to know. Did he tell you what I did?"

"No, he told me what Meg did while walking around in your meat suit." She reassured him softly.

"They were my hands Jo."

"I know but you couldn't control what that bitch did while possessing you."

Sammy looked over her shoulder and saw Dean standing in the doorway watching them. He saw his brother swallowed hard before turning around and going back into the small store to pick out more snacks and give them some privacy.

"Look Sammy, I was pissed about what happened that night but mostly at myself for letting you get the drop on me and for not realizing that you were possessed until Dean got there. I wasn't angry at you for your actions when you were possessed but I was angry that you didn't attempt to reach out to me. I knew we weren't exactly close, but I did count you and your brother as friends, and it hurt that neither of you felt the need to even call to see how I was doing."

"It never was that I didn't feel the need to call, it's that I was too ashamed to call. I hope you can forgive me because Dean told me that he swore to you last night that he will be there for you and the baby and I want to tell you that goes for me too Jo. Whatever you and the baby need, I want to be there for you both."

"I want that too Sam and like I told Dean I want to move past Duluth...no that I need to move past it. That in the grand scheme of things you and Dean being jerks and not calling me isn't truly important and probable never was other than as far as my pride goes. This..." Jo lifted her hand to put it on her belly. "...baby matters more than anything to me. I never knew I could love somebody as much as I do this child."

"I know, I can already see that Dean's completely in love with this baby." He said without thinking. When he saw the tears in her eyes, he realized what he said upset her. "Jo I'm sorry, I didn't mean to upset you."

"It's fine. It's just...he would make such an amazing Dad." She said sadly.

"He had lots of practice with me." He said as he reached out and took her hand in his. "Look Jo, he doesn't care about the other guy. I know my brother; he's already hearing this baby calling him Daddy someday."

"He deserves better than that. He deserves a real family." She said sadly. "He deserves a woman he loves not saddled with a single mother who got herself knocked up while drunk in a bar that he feels sorry for and that he feels some warp sense of responsibility towards."

"Don't do that to yourself Jo." Sammy said as he got out of the car. "I'm not sure what is going on with you both, but I can tell you Dean doesn't see you that way. I've been watching you both since we got back last night and I can't say I understand it since it seems to be going at the speed of light but I've never seen my brother so happy, so at peace than he is just being with you. You settle him and considering he just spent four months in the pit I think that's a blessing."

"Sammy..." Jo started to protest.

"No hear me out. I know what Meg said to you but Jo trust me Dean doesn't see you as a schoolgirl or as a little sister. Not unless my brother has a sick sexual fantasy of having a little sister dress up in a parochial girl school uniform. I can't believe I'm going to say this but after the past year, hell the past 4 months why shouldn't Dean and you grab onto each other. Maybe it doesn't make sense, but it seems to make you and him happy and I say go for happy."

"Maybe he's attached to the baby and yeah we're becoming friends, but I don't think it goes beyond that. I mean it's not like men are lining up to get with this." Jo said as she waved her arms in front of her pregnant belly.

Sam snorted in amusement as he pulled her in for a hug. "You're joking right. Jo like I said, I've been watching you two and my brother has been giving you leering looks that would make a sailor blush." He looked over her head and saw the way Dean's jaw clenched when he hugged her and decided to test his theory as he gave Dean a saucy wink as he rub Jo's back before pulling back enough to give her a chaste kiss on the mouth.

He saw Dean storm his way over to them. "That's enough!" he snapped as he pulled Jo away from Sam.

"Dean!" Jo said slightly shocked at his reaction.

"We need to get to Bobby's." He said, glaring at his brother.

"Right, we should hit the road." Sammy agreed, smirking at his brother's reaction.

"Fine. You take the back. I'll drive, Jo you're up front with me." He said before tossing the bag with Tylenol and water at his brother. "For you head."

Sammy didn't argue, he just climbed in as Jo and Dean got into the front seat. He smiled when Dean reached out and grasped Jo's hand. Yup, his brother definitely had feelings for the woman next to him.

TBC