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Val

Chapter 12

"Dude, I can't believe you and Bobby arranged this!" Dean said as he slapped his brother on the back as him, Sam, Bobby, Rufus, Bucky and Bart received their first round of beer.

"Hey, I can't let my brother get hitched without having a bachelor party first." Sam said as he lifted his beer and said, "to Dean and Jo…she's way too good for you bro."

"Truer words never spoken," Rufus teased before leaning over toward Dean and staring him straight in the eyes. "That girl is my family…hurt her and Hell will feel like a walk in the park…you dig."

Dean gulped as he quickly nodded his head. "Yes sir," he said. As if having to worry about Ellen cutting his balls off wasn't bad enough now, he could add Rufus to that camp.

"Good," the older hunter said as he gave Dean a smile.

"So, Dean, I figured steak dinners, good hooch and then we hit the strip club off the highway," Sam said with a smile.

Dean's head shot up at his brother's announcement. "Steak dinners and good hooch is enough of a party," he told his brother who's eyes popped wide open at this comment.

"What," Dean said defensively before adding, "I got Jo, I don't need some strip club. Besides those girls are somebody's daughter and considering Jo thinks we're having a girl…well let's just say my attitude is changing regarding certain things."

Bobby shook his head in disbelief. "My God, our little boy is growing up."

"Haha," Dean said as he stood up. "Be back in a few, want to call Jo and see how she's feeling."

"Feeling?" Rufus asked.

Dean shrugged his shoulders. "Her lower back was bothering her earlier. Just want to make sure she's resting."

"Do you want me to order for you?" Sammy asked knowing his brother might be on the phone with Jo for a while.

"Yeah, get me the ribeye, rare with baked potato." He said as he reached into his pocket and pulled out his phone.

"Veggie?" Sam asked.

Dean rolled his eyes at his brother's question. "Surprise me," he said as he started out towards the entrance to restaurant.

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"Hey Sweetheart," Dean said as he walked towards the Impala.

"Hey yourself," Jo said. "So, the guys are throwing you a bachelor party I hear."

"Please tell me they didn't tell your mother about it."

"Sorry Honey but they did, and she told me it's drinks, steaks and strip club that's on the menu for tonight." She teased.

"Drinks and steaks…I veto the strip club." He told her as hopped up and sat on the hood of his car.

"What? Why?" She asked.

"I've got you, don't need to look at those chicks." He told her.

"Sweet talker," Jo said with a chuckle. "Seriously Dean, have fun…enjoy. I want you to have a good time and just so you know I trust you completely."

"Honestly, I just want to have a few drinks and a nice steak dinner then come home to you. Maybe split some ice cream before we go to sleep." He told her.

He heard Jo sighed. "I love you so much Winchester."

"Love you too Harvelle." He told her.

"Go, enjoy and then come home to us." She purred.

"Okay and you get some rest. Tomorrow we have a lot to do…at least according to your Mom."

"Ugh, don't remind me. I think the house looks fine but now she wants you and Sammy to paint the living room and dining room in the morning."

"What? Since when?"

"Since a half hour ago. I hope Bobby likes the colors because she's already at Home Depot picking them out as we speak."

"Great but I'm not telling him. Let her tell him in the morning while he's nursing a hangover."

"Coward," Jo teased.

"Damn straight," he said with a laugh.

"Go back and have fun with the guys," Jo told him. "I'm going to take a nice hot shower and lay down."

"Alright, I'll see you when we get home. I love you."

"Love you too." She told him.

"Bye." Dean said and smiled to himself when Jo said, 'bye Honey,' before he heard her click off.

He shook his head in amusement. Damn it felt amazing to be able to say those three words to Jo and it felt right. He tried to remember the last time when he actually said 'I love you' to anyone and realized it was probably to his Mom before she died. Back then he said it to her, his Dad and even baby Sammy all the time but after she died…after his mother died his father made him feel like it was a weakness if he said it, so he stopped saying it.

Like Sammy always said, he was his Dad's a good little soldier but maybe John Winchester didn't have all the answers about life. He spent four months in the pit with no hope other than imaging a life with a certain blonde huntress…a life he never expected to really happen. Whatever his Dad may have thought telling the woman he loved how he felt wasn't wrong and it didn't make him weak, if anything it made him stronger. Dean made a promise to himself, no matter what they were dealing with he swore he would tell Jo and their child every day that he loved them.

Smiling he hopped down and started back towards the restaurant to enjoy the evening with his brother, Bobby and his friends.

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"Dude, I can't believe you didn't want to go to the strip club." Sammy said as he leaned against his brother who was helping him up the front steps to Bobby's house.

"Don't need one, I've got Jo upstairs waiting for me." He reminded his brother.

Sammy gave him a silly smile. "Jo's pretty."

"Yup, she is and she's mine. Go fine your own girl." He told him as he looked over his shoulder to Rufus who was helping Bobby up the front stairs. "He okay back there?"

"He'll be fine after he sleeps it off." The other hunter said.

"Right," Dean agreed as Sam sagged heavily against him. "Come on Sammy, let's get you upstairs and in bed."

Dean dropped his brother onto his bed and lifted his legs so that he was laying down. Sammy rolled over and within seconds, he heard his brother snoring. Shaking his head he reached down and pulled his brother's boots off and covered him with the blanket at the foot of the bed. "Sweet dream little brother," he whispered as he gently patted his shoulder.

He walked out into his hallway and saw Rufus at the top of the stairs. "Hey, you can have the extra bed in here. Sammy's alright out and sorry about the snoring."

The older hunter smirked at Dean. "I was actually planning to bunk in with Ellen."

Dean's mouth dropped open. "Ellen…Jo's mom…my future mother-in-law…that Ellen."

Rufus smirk turned into a full-blown grin. "You know another Ellen?"

"No Sir." He said before he pointed to the door to the room next to his and Jo.

"Night," Rufus said as he stroll past Dean and went into the room he pointed towards.

Dean shook his head and shuddered at the image that came into his mind. Shrugging it off he went into the bathroom before heading to bed. A few minutes later he opened the door to his and Jo's room and smiled when he saw Jo scooping a spoonful of Chunky Monkey ice cream and bringing it to her mouth.

Sighing happily, she turned when she heard him open the door and gave him a grin. "Hi Honey," she said around a mouthful of ice cream.

"Enjoying your ice cream?" He asked as he returned her grin as he began to get undress.

"Ohhh dessert and a show," she teased as he took off his shirt.

Dean looked over at Jo and shook his head in amusement. "Damn woman, I've heard about this." He said as he kicked off his boots as he shucked his pants and underpants before climbing into bed next to her, accepting a spoonful of ice cream.

"Heard about what?" She asked as she pushed him down and dribbling some melted ice cream onto his chest before lowering her head to lick the sweet cream.

"Jo," he moaned.

Jo looked up and smiled at him as he grabbed the ice cream container and tossed the last into the trash. "Hey there was another bite in there!" She cried.

"Forget the ice cream and come here," he said as he tugged her up and kissed her. "I think this is what they call the horny stage of your pregnancy," he told her.

Jo moaned as Dean gently rolled them so that he was on top of her as he began to kiss her neck as his hand slid along the baby bump. "Dean," she purred.

"Baby," he murmured as he began to slide his hand lower but stopped when they heard a loud thump.

"What was that?" Jo asked as she sat up. "Sounded like it came from my mother's room."

Dean sat up when he heard another thump. "Oh God," he said as he buried his face in his hands.

"Dean, she could be hurt. Go check on her." She said as she pushed him to get out of bed.

"Nope," he told her as he shook his head. He groaned when the sound of squeaking bed springs replaced the thumping.

Jo looked at the wall and frowned. "What the Hell is she doing in there?" She looked at Dean and was startled to see him blushing. "Dean?"

"Sex," he mumbled.

"Excuse me!"

Dean reached down and grabbed his jeans, quickly slipping them back on. "Your Mom is doing it with Rufus and I suggest we go downstairs until their done because I seriously can't take listening to that." He said.

Jo looked at him in horror and was about to argue when she heard a muffled 'Oh, Rufus, yes…yes…' come through the walls and hopped out of bed and grabbed her rob and pulling it on as Dean flung open the door so they could make their hasty retreat downstairs.

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Dean placed a mug of tea down in front of Jo before he sat down across from her. She smiled as she saw he had made a cup for himself. "Dean Winchester…drinking tea, how much will you pay me not to tell the others and ruin your reputation."

Dean smirked at his soon to be bride. "You know you can be a brat, besides Sammy already knows my dirty secret."

Jo snapped her fingers and quipped, "oh shucks…oh well." She lifted her mug and took a sip of her tea before asking, "did you really mean what you said earlier?"

"About the horny stage of your pregnancy…Hell yeah and don't think I'm not pissed at Rufus and your Mom for ruining our nookie time."

Jo shook her head and laughed. "God you are such a perv but that isn't what I was talking about. I mean about wanting to talk to Bobby about maybe becoming partners and opening a garage?"

"Yeah why?"

"It's just not something I thought you would want. Being tied down to one location."

"You're joking right," he said as he reached across and took her hand in his. "Jo, I want this. Trust me. Besides a lot of hunters have a home base and a job…your Dad did…Hell, look at Bobby."

"And you meant it about a house?" She asked as she chewed on her lower lip.

Dean smiled, "yeah I did."

Jo nodded her head, "we could start looking…I mean I know you said Bobby was okay with us staying here but this is his house Dean."

"I guess that nesting stage is a real thing," he told her as he lifted her hand and kissed it. "I'm sorry Jo, I want that too but we need to be realistic. Getting a business off the ground won't be easy and most likely won't be too profitable at first. I know you want us to have our own home but I think we're going to have to stay with Bobby until we're more financially ready."

"I have…I have a nest egg," she said as she looked at him.

Dean grinned. "Sweetheart, I know you're a Hell of a poker player and pool hustler, but I don't think that'll be enough for a down payment on a house."

"Two hundred thousand," she whispered.

Dean blinked at her several times. "I'm sorry did you say two hundred thousand? How did you get your hands on two hundred thousand dollars?"

Jo shrugged her shoulders. "I may have reinvested my college fund."

"Reinvested?"

"Yeah."

Dean gaped at her, "And?"

"I took the money that Mom had set aside and put it in some high yield short term corporate bonds over the past few years and…" she explained.

Dean couldn't help staring at Jo and shaking his head at this development. "How much money did your Mom set aside for your college education?"

"Around thirty thousand."

"Thirty…Jo you turned thirty thousand into two hundred thousand in what five…six years." He said in shock.

"More like three years and then I put the money into a high yield interest rate money market and CD accounts."

"Three…three years…shit I'm like marrying Gordon Gekko," Dean said as his mind went into overdrive at what Jo was telling him.

"Aww that's sweet but I'm hardly Gordon Gekko. I just dabbled a little and got lucky."

"Dabble….Baby don't sell yourself short." He said as he grinned at her. "Damn Jo, two hundred thousand."

"So we could maybe think about looking for a house?" she asked.

Dean looked down at his hands. "Jo…"

"You don't really want to do this do you?" She whispered.

Dean's head snapped up, "no…I mean I do…I just think…we're better here…with Bobby." He explained.

Jo shook her head. "Okay…don't laugh but I want our home to be us…this is Bobby's home…Bobby's stuff…I don't want to make deals with Bobby on where to put his own stuff in his house and it's so dreary…and…and…the walls and all the books…the furniture…it's depressing." Jo hated it but she couldn't stop the tears that she had tried so hard to hold back.

"Hey," Dean whispered as he slid out of his chair and knelt before Jo, pulling her in for a hug. "I get it…Baby I get where you're coming from."

"So then what are ya gonna do to make your future wife happy?" came a gruff voice causing both to look up to see Bobby leaning against the doorway.

"I figured you were down for the count." Dean said as he stood and pulled a chair out for the older man.

"Nah, just needed a cat nap." He said as he sat down.

"Bobby…I'm so sorry, you must think I'm the most ungrateful bitch." Jo apologized, blushing at the older man hearing her basically saying his home wasn't good enough for her.

"Joanna Beth, stop. You didn't say anything wrong. So why doesn't Dean make some coffee and the three of us have a serious chat….starting with if you like those paint colors your Mom picked out."

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Two hours later Jo was sitting on Dean's lap as he rubbed her baby bump and Bobby was finishing sketching the kitchen design that Jo and Dean had described. After much arguing the older hunter had convinced them of three things.

Number one – him and Dean would go into partnership on the scrapyard and open a garage, he had more inquiries over the years about body work that he had to turn away because he couldn't handle it but with Dean and him working together it could be done and he thought it was an actual good business plan.

Number two – Dean and Jo would buy the house from him for a dollar and then use Jo's nest egg to remodel it to what they want. He knew that his Karen would have wanted that and so did he. He had made the mistake of saying he wanted the best for his grand baby which caused Jo to burst into fresh tears as she hugged the stuffing out of the clearly embarrassed older man, much to Dean's chagrin.

Number three – They would overhaul the barn and take the space above and turn it into an apartment for him. He even figured it was big enough to make it a two-bedroom apartment and that Sammy could crash there so that Jo and Dean could truly set up their home together. That put a grin on Dean's face and a blush to Jo's cheeks when her future husband announced as proud as could be that would mean they could sex it up like bunnies whenever they wanted without worrying about people walking in on them.

After they came to the agreement on those three things, they had begun sketching what they could do with the barn, loft space and the house. Bobby had also began making a list of hunters who owed him favors that he knew had the right skill sets they would need to do the work.

"The way I see it, if you pick out materials that in stock, we could probably have the house done in a few weeks since you aren't looking at taking down any loadbearing walls." Bobby said as he put down the sketch book.

Jo sighed as she rested her head on Dean's shoulder. "Are you really sure about this Bobby?" She asked for the twentieth time that night.

"Sweetheart, we've been over this. He's sure." Dean said as he exchanged an amused look with Bobby.

"Look Jo, we're family and this is what family does. So stop fretting." He told him as he stood up. "Okay I'm done, I'm going to hit the hay."

Dean looked down at Jo, "what do you say Sweetheart? Ready for bed? I'm guessing the coast is clear."

"Clear?" Bobby asked. Jo and Dean exchange a grimace and said at the same time, 'you don't want to know'. The older hunter laughed as he slapped Dean on the shoulder and headed towards his room.

"Actually I'm not that tired." She said. She rolled her eyes when Dean grinned at that and added, "and no I'm not in the mood…not after what I heard tonight."

"Well I guess we could make some popcorn and watch a movie?" he suggested.

"Wow, that actually sounds like something a normal couple would do," she said as she looked up and gave Dean a grin.

"Yup, just like a normal old marry couple…you even put the kibosh on sex and everything." He teased.

Jo rolled her eyes, "for crying out loud, we had sex this morning and this afternoon when you came up stairs to supposedly check on me before you went out with the guys."

"Hey, making up for lost time." He argued.

Jo snorted in amusement, "no Dean…you're just a horndog. Now how about you make the popcorn while I see what's on TV." She said as she kissed his cheek before sliding off his lap and headed into the living room.

Dean watched Jo walk away. "I'm not a horndog, you're a horndog," he mumbled to her retreating back before getting up to make a couple of bags of popcorn. When he walked into the living room Jo was curled up on the couch with a blanket.

"Look Honey, 'It'," she cooed as she pointed to the screen and Tim Curry was telling Georgie that they all floated down in the sewers.

Dean grinned as he joined her on the couch. "You so get me," he said as he handed her a bag of popcorn. They spent the next 3 hours munching on popcorn and watching Tim Curry tormenting preteens and Dean realized he could get use to this 'normal old marry' stuff.

TBC