Chapter 4:

Grocery shopping was a mundane thing that Dean Winchester seemed to be good at. Ellen had sent him and Jo to town to pick up the weeks groceries. Jo, as always, was distracted by whatever food caught her eyes at the moment.

Before she could grab a box of sugary cereal, Dean grabbed her waist pulling her to his chest. "Your mom's gonna kill me if I don't stick to the list."

She turns in his arms. "Mom's got a list of things she's gonna kill ya for."

"Shame she won't listen to me about how this little vixen tempted me into all of it." he says, grinning down at her. "I swear that vixen has to be somewhere in the journal. Maybe I haven't looked hard enough."

"You're crazy," she says, laughing at him.

"Crazy for you," he said, cheekily.

There was only one person on this Earth that he would act like a fool for and that was Jo. He would do anything to get her to smile or laugh. Dean loved that carefree smile she would get on her face whenever he said something corny.

Sliding her hand down, she gave his butt a squeeze causing him to straighten. "I wonder how crazy you are..."

He groans. "Jo, we've already had sex in the impala outside of the store. You can't possibly want more."

"It's your fault," she reminds him. "The baby wants what the baby wants. Right now the baby wants you on me."

"I really hope we aren't having a daughter. If she's this addicted to sex, imagine how she's gonna be when she's walking and talking." Dean says, thinking of the horrors.

Jo just laughs at him. "Oh I hope it's a girl. That way she can terrorize you for all the women you've hooked up over the years with."

"Hey, one of those women is you. Let's not forget that."

Shaking her head, she grabs the cereal she wants and drops it into the cart while still being in his arms. "Fine, maybe it'll be a little boy."

The couple continued to walk down the isles of the grocery store, collecting whatever food items were on the list. As they walked, Dean's mind wondered. It was still hard to believe that he was going to be a father in less than six months. He wondered how much bigger Jo would grow with his child inside of her. The child. Would it look like him or Jo? Perhaps it would be a perfect mix of the two.

"Dean?" Jo called him out of his thoughts.

He looked down at her. "Yeah?"

"That's everything on the list," she said, double checking the list. "Are you okay? You were spaced out for a minute."

"Just thinking," he assured her.

Jo laughs at this. "Dean Winchester thinking, what a dangerous thought."

The two proceeded to check out. Only a few registers were open so the couple had to wait a few moments in line before they finally could unload their cart.

"Jo Harvelle?" The man on register questioned.

She looked up with that sweet smile that she gave people. "Oh hey, Dave."

Dave grinned at her. "Wow, you seem to have gotten even more beautiful since high school."

To Dean's surprise, Jo started to blush at this. "Why thank you."

"So what have you been up to?" Dave asks.

"Working at the Roadhouse mostly," Jo says.

"I went by there the other day, but you weren't there." he replies.

"Doctor's appointment," she tells him. "You'll have to come by some other time so that we can catch up."

"I'll hold you to that," he says. "So is this your cousin?" Dave nodded in Dean's direction as he scanned the items.

"Try her boyfriend," Dean says, wrapping his arm possessively around Jo's waist.

"I wasn't aware you were seeing anyone," Dave mutters.

"Yeah for about two years now."

"Haven't seen you around before. Funny how that is when you claim to have been dating Jo for so long." There was a hint of a challenge in Dave's voice.

"I travel around for work," Dean informs him. "At least I know that when I get back from a business trip that I have Jo keeping the bed warm for me."

"Dean," Jo hisses quietly to him. "You're being an ass."

Then Dean did something that he knew he was gonna get backlash for later. There was just something about the way this Dave acted that made him want to prove that Jo was his and no one else's. Dean pulled her closer to him, claiming her lips with his. She froze for a moment, before returning the kiss. She was gonna be pissed about it later, but he knew she wouldn't deny his lips. It was a trick he had picked up over the years.

Pulling away, he turned to find that Dave had finished scanning their items. His eyes wide as saucers as he stared at the two. "Have a nice day." he said to them once Dean had finished loading the cart full of the grocery bags.

"Oh, we will," Dean says with a bit of victory in his voice.

Jo followed him out to the Impala, still in slight shock from Dean initiating such a public display of affection.