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Val

Chapter 9

Jo smiled as Dean pulled off to the side of the road in practically the same spot, he had parked a two nights earlier. He came around and open the door for Jo, holding his hand out for her. "Rocky path Sweetheart." He reminded her with a playful grin.

"Mmmmmhmmmm," she murmured as she took his hand and let him guide her towards the pond.

He smiled down at her. When he asked if she wanted to go for a ride, she had said she would love to and had told him she just needed a few minutes to get ready as she went upstairs. He started to get anxious when after a half hour she still hadn't appeared but just as he was getting ready to check on her, she came and stood at the top of the stairs.

She was in one of her new sun dresses, her hair that had previously been up in a ponytail was now cascading down her back in loose waves and she had taken a few minutes to put on some lip gloss and mascara. Damn if he wasn't a lucky son of a bitch to call her his woman.

Dean didn't miss the way Sam, Bobby and Ellen looked at the young couple either as they headed out and he called over his shoulder for them not to wait up for them. He was helping Jo into the car when the three of them came out onto the porch grinning. Great they were all getting sappy in their old age.

Dean watched Jo's face as they broke through the trees and she realized that Dean had been there earlier as there was a blanket laid out for them, with a picnic basket and he had set up a fire pit that was ready to go. She grinned when she saw that he had also brought a couple of beach chairs that he had set up in front of the fire pit too.

"Dean!" Jo gushed as she spun around and kissed him.

"You approve?" He asked as he wrapped his arms around her and pulled her in for a tight hug.

"Oh, I approve big time." She told him.

"Come on Sweetheart," he urged as he reached down to hold her hand and brought her over to the blanket. After he had her settled, he quickly went to work on the fire and soon he was sitting next to Jo with a roaring fire and the sound of the water gently lapping on the shore.

"This is perfect Dean." She cooed as she let him pull her onto his lap and snuggled against him. "The only thing that could make this better would be smores."

"Hmmm who knows maybe we have the making for them in the basket." He teased.

"You didn't" Jo said happily as she scooted off his lap and made her way over to the said basket. Opening it she laughed. "Dean Winchester, you did. Look at all of this. Marshmallows, chocolate, graham crackers..." she announces as she pulled article after article out. "Oh, and what's in these containers...cheesecake, carrot cake...apple pie...cherry pie...Dean I'll be the size of a house if I eat all this...Ohhh and a thermos of...hot coco!"

"Well I figured we could share, and nobody said we had to eat it all, I just wasn't sure what you would want." He told her as he joined her.

Jo nodded her head as she looked up at Dean, tears glistening in her eyes. "I love you." She said as she leaned up and kissed him.

"I love you too." He told her, still a little surprised at how easy it was for him to declare this. "So, what do you want first?"

"I'm still a little full." Jo said as she looked out over the water for a split second and smiled at him. "I think I would rather do something else instead, something fun."

"Oh, and what would that be?" Dean asked as he waggled his eyebrows suggestively.

Grinning Jo shot a look over her shoulder towards the pond again before pulling away from Dean. "When was the last time you went skinny dipping?"

"Skinny dipping...you want to go skinny dipping?" He asked with a grin.

"Well only if you think you can control yourself." She teased as she slipped off her sandals and reaching behind to undo the strings at the top of her dress.

Dean swallowed when the dress dropped to the ground and Jo stood before him in nothing but a pair of white cotton panties with little watermelons on them. Fuck, only Jo Harvelle could make those panties sexy. "Not making any promises." He told her as he kicked off his boots as he shrugged off his shirt.

Jo stripped off her panties. "Well I'm not waiting for you." She told him as she turned and headed into the water.

Dean quickly stripped off the rest of his clothes and headed down to the water. He ran in until he was up to his waist before diving headfirst and quickly swimming out to where Jo was treading water. She spun when he came back up and smiled at him. "Slow poke," she teased.

Grinning he reached out and pulled her towards him. She went willingly and wrapped her arms around his neck. "I had a lot more clothes to take off than you."

"Well maybe you need to wear less clothes, I mean it was almost 90 degrees out today. Do you really need to wear a flannel shirt over your tee shirt when it's 90 degrees out? Also, seriously the boots need to go in the closet, and you need to wear more appropriate summer foot-ware." She reasoned.

"Appropriate summer foot-ware? I don't think flip flops would make good hunter shoes."

"But it would make a statement." She teased

"And that statement would be 'Dean Winchester has finally flip his lid', nope not gonna happen."

Jo chuckled as Dean kissed her. That chuckle quickly turned to a moan as his hands slid along her back to settle on her hips as she wrapped her legs around Dean's hips. Pulling back, he graced her with a smile as she ran her fingers along the nape of his neck.

Biting down on her lower lip as she felt him slip a hand between their bodies. "Dean," she hissed as he messaged the tight bundle of nerves, his forehead mated to hers. She groaned when he gave the nubbin a pinch before removing his hand. "Baby, I need to be inside you." He whispered her ear, making her shiver.

"God yes," she told him as she kissed him, and he slid inside of her. She couldn't think of anything else she wanted more at this moment than to make love with this man that she cherishes.

SPNSPNSPNSPN

Jo's head dropped down onto his shoulder as her orgasm coursed through her body. "Love you," she whispered.

"Love you too." He told her as he kissed her neck.

They stayed locked together for several more minutes as Dean continued to move his legs to keep them afloat. Gradually they pulled apart and made their way back to the shore before dropping down onto the blanket together. Jo sighed as Dean pulled her close and kissed her.

Pulling back, she chewed on her lower lip as she decided to ask the question that had been gnawing at her most of the day. "Can I ask you something?"

"Sure." Dean mumbled as he kissed her shoulder, causing Jo to moan softly.

"Earlier, when Castiel was at Bobby's," she said. "What he announced...was it true?"

"Jo," he said as he looked at her. "I get it, I know that a 31-year-old having sex with a 14-year-old is wrong but like I said earlier, I wasn't raised like a normal kid. Honestly, I was the one who chased her because I thought if I had sex it would make my Dad see me as a man instead of a kid."

"Is that how you dad found out? You told him?"

"Yeah." He explained. "I came strutting into the crappy motel room we were staying in and announced as proud as can be that I was a man. I remember how he smirked at me and asked if some girl from school had let me touch their boob and how quickly that smirk disappeared when I told him I had bedded a real woman, not some little girl."

"Oh," Jo whispered.

Dean snorted. "You know that was the first time since I was four my father actually treated me as his son instead of a soldier. I remember him asking what exactly I meant, and I told him that I had sex with my science teacher and was now a man. I can't remember the last time I had seen him that upset. He grabbed me and made me get in the car. He started towards the police station shouting that he was going to have her arrested for raping his little boy. Little boy...I was mortified. Thankfully he realized that would mean bringing attention to us and instead swung the car around and demanded what her address was."

"Jesus, I wouldn't want to be on the receiving end of John Winchester's wrath." Jo said honestly, remembering the big man who use to come to The Roadhouse.

"As embarrassed as I was it was actually nice to have a father instead of a drill sergeant for change. I never knew what he said to her, but I have a feeling he probable brandish a gun in her face the way she took off and left town."

"Most likely." Jo agreed.

Dean sighed. "I always felt guilty about it. I mean I was the one who went to her looking to have sex."

Jo looked at him in shock. "I don't care you were a child and she was the adult and she crossed a line she never should have crossed."

"I guess."

"I know," Jo reassured him as she settled her head on his chest. "Thank you for telling me. I just needed to know if she had...if you were hurt."

"I get it, if it was you, I would want to know too," he told her as he kissed the top of her head. "Besides I have a new first-time memory."

Jo looked up and saw the amused look on his face. "Oh? How so?" She asked as she pulled away and sat up.

"Well like I said last night, when I was pulled from the pit all my old scars and everything were gone. It was kinda like being reborn...so technically I was a virgin last night and that means..." He didn't bother finishing the sentence, he just wiggled his eyebrows suggestively towards a laughing Jo.

"Oh my God!" Jo gasped as she fought to catch her breath at what Dean was saying to her.

Dean looked at Jo sternly. "You think taking a man's virginity is funny." He huffed.

"Honey," Jo cooed as she tried to stifle her giggles. "I didn't mean to laugh. Was I gentle enough last night?"

Dean sighed dramatically. "Well I guess so, just would have been nice if you acknowledged my special moment."

"I can pick up a diary for you so that you can journal about your special moment." She teased.

"I already posted my feelings on Facebook...Sammy was very supportive."

"I can't..." Jo cried as she wiped her tears. "Facebook...oh God, I would pay money for that one."

He pulled her back into his arms as they both laughed. Damn, this was perfect. "Hey, you are getting hungry, want to make those smore's things?"

"Mmmmm sounds good to me." Jo said before adding. "We should probable put our clothes back on...don't want to take a chance on burning any of our naughty bits."

Dean didn't have to be told that twice as he reached behind him and grabbed Jo's dress and his jeans. Quickly they both slipped on their clothes and Jo went over to the basket and grabbed the marshmallows, chocolate and graham crackers while Dean went and found two sticks suitable to roast the marshmallows on.

Soon they were both relaxing on the chairs and toasting their marshmallows. "Gosh I haven't done this since my Dad took me and Mom camping." Jo told him.

Dean looked up. "I've never done it. If we had to camp it was because we weren't close enough to a motel to hole up, it was never for fun."

"Oh," Jo murmured. "Would you like to do it sometime? Go camping? We could after the baby is born." She suggested excitedly. "I bet they have a ton of baby camping stuff too. Dean, it could be our first family vacation." She said with a huge grin on her face.

"That sounds like fun." He said as he looked over to her. He smiled when she lifted her treat from the fire and pulled it off the stick and popped it in her mouth. "Hey, you're cheating."

"Nah," she mumbled around a mouthful of marshmallow. "First couple you have to eat off the stick and then around 3rd or 4th in is when you make a smore's." She explained seriously.

"Didn't realize there was a process," he teased as he followed suit and began munching on his burnt marshmallow. "You need to show me how you got yours toasted instead of burnt."

Jo reached down into the bag and put two puffy white marshmallows on her stick and held it over the flame making sure not to get it too close. "You put yours too close the flame."

Dean watched her and smiled at the way Jo sat. She was a woman in love and was truly happy. Damn if that didn't make him feel proud, that he could make her feel happy. He reached into his pocket and felt the small box. This was it; this was the perfect moment. He got to his feet and saw Jo look up at him in confusion as he walked behind her so that he could be on the other side of her.

"Are you okay Honey?" Jo asked as Dean stood next to her, looking down. Her mouth dropped open when he took a shaky breath and slowly got down on one knee. "Dean..." she gasped when she realized what was about to happen.

"Joanna Beth Harvelle," he said as he reached out and took her free hand in his. "I know I was an idiot earlier today but if you can get past that would you do me the honor and be my wife, be my partner?" He asked as he pulled out the box and opened it to reveal the ring inside.

Jo had tears in her eyes as she looked at the man in front of her. She opened her mouth to answer when she realized something and quickly looked over at the stick in her other hand. "The marshmallows are on fire!" She exclaimed as she pulled them out of the fire and blew on them to put them out.

Dean stared at her in shock. "Please tell me that's code for, 'yes Dean I will marry you'"

"What?" Jo said as she looked back at him and realized he was still on one knee with a ring in his hand. His words finally registered, and she quickly nodded her head. "Yes, oh Dean yes!"

"Thank God." Dean said as he chuckled nervously as he took the ring out and slid it on Jo's finger.

Jo gazed at the ring on her finger with a giant grin on her face and gushed. "Dean, it's beautiful."

He blushed slightly before telling her. "It was my Mom's. That's where I was earlier, I had gone to my Dad's storage unit and got it."

She looked up into Dean's eyes, realizing how much it meant that he wanted her to wear his mother's ring. "Oh...that's...I mean..." she stammered before simply saying. "Thank you."

"I love you Jo and I know my Mom would have loved you too." He told her.

"What about Sam, is he okay with you giving me your Mom's ring?" She asked.

Dean smiled at that, that she thought to be concern for his brother's feelings. "I asked him earlier and he was good with me giving you the ring."

"Good," Jo said as she leaned forward and kissed Dean. "Honey, you can get up now." She said as she realized he was still kneeling in front of her.

"Huh...oh" He said sheepishly as he stood up. He couldn't help smiling at how Jo gazed at the ring on her finger.

Jo looked up and grinned. "I know how much you put into all this, but would you mind if we headed back?"

"Want to show your Mom, huh?" He said knowingly.

She nodded her head. "Yeah, even though I was annoyed with her earlier, I really want to share this with her, Sam and Bobby." She told him before adding, "are you okay with that?"

"It's cool," he reassured her. "How about you pack up the food and I'll start packing the car after I put the fire out."

"Thank you." She said as she stood up and wrapped her arms around his neck and hugged him.

TBC

Author's Note: Sorry I kinda address the way Dean lost his virginity again...but only so that I could get to Dean talking about being a virgin again for what I hope was a little chuckle about Dean posting his feelings on Facebook.