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A/N: This chapter has a bit of Dean's pov, but it's writting mainly in Leah's. *Contains sexual content*

"Happy Birthday, beautiful." Said Dean as I walked out of the room after fixing up the bed, causing butterflies in my stomach when I heard his nickname for me. I smiled as he gave me the cutest grin he's ever given me. I wrapped my arms around his neck when he took me into his arms and gave me a sweet and lingering kiss.

"Thank you." I told him as we shared another kiss. Looking into his eyes, I felt weak in the knees and was glad to know that Dean was still holding me.

He grabbed my hand and led me to the kitchen where the table was set and breakfast already on the table. It was pancakes with scrambled eggs and biscuits with orange juice. Roman was there with a smile on his face when I walked in.

"Happy birthday, Leah." He said giving me a hug.

I couldn't wipe the huge smile on my face, taking it all in. "You guys did this for me?"

They nodded before Roman spoke. "We know that you said that you didn't want anything for your birthday, but we wanted to do something nice anyways."

We sat down to eat breakfast and couldn't stop talking and joking around, though I noticed that Dean wouldn't get off the phone that he had just gotten. I had gotten one as well, and though it wasn't as luxurious as everybody else's phones, it was still a way for us to communicate with each other as well as our friends when we weren't with them.

He put his phone away, keeping me from saying anything to him about it and I went to clean my plate. We got our things about 15 minutes later and went out to Roman's black Tahoe on our way to school. Making our way towards the front doors, I held on to Dean's arm and hand as if trying to keep myself warm. Dean handed me his phone and I looked up at him.

"You could read my texts." Was what he simply said. "I know you noticed that I was on the phone a lot earlier this morning. You can read my texts, I don't have anything to hide."

Kissing his cheek, I handed him back his phone without looking through it. "I trust you enough to know that you're not doing something wrong."

Dean smiled at me and took his phone back. When we got into the school, I noticed something near my locker when some of the people passing by stopped to see. It wasn't until I got there that I saw why. There was a small pink bag there with red and pink balloons tied to the strings of the bag to keep it down.

Looking up and around, Dean smiled at me. "You did this?"

He nodded. "I know you said you didn't want anything, but I had to do something for you. I couldn't let you spend your birthday without getting something. To show that I care."

My heart skipped a beat as butterflies invaded my stomach again. Opening my locker to put my coat away, I opened the bag and looked through it. I took out a card and grinned at Dean's attempt at drawing on the envelope. I opened up the card after taking it out of the envelope and opened it to read what was inside. On the blank side of the card, it read:

'Happy birthday and Happy Valentine's Day to the most amazing girl that I've ever met. Thank you for coming into my life. -Dean'

Standing up, I took his face in my hands and kissed him. Feeling his arms snake around me, I wrapped mine around his neck and dug my hands into his hair as the kiss became passionate. Remembering where we were, I forced myself to pull away from the happiness I was in as his lips were pressed against mine.

"There's more to the day, you know." Dean whispered against my lips as his hands rested on my waist. "Don't say no or give me that pout of yours to try to get out of it because today's the one day that it's not going to work. I'm going to make sure that today is one of the best days that you'll ever have."

Giving him a sweet smile, I gave him another kiss forgetting about having to get to class when the bell rang. Dean and I both grabbed our things and he grabbed my hand to walk me to class. Getting there, I pressed my back against the wall as leaned his tall frame down for a kiss. I sighed into the kiss, feeling how different it was today. It was a soft kiss, but it was filled with longing and as if there was nothing else that Dean wanted, causing a feeling inside of me.

"Dean.." I whimpered softly against his lips, not wanting him to stop but knowing that we had to.

He groaned and hesitantly pulled back. "I know. I'll see you after class and I'll walk you to work. But tonight, it'll just be you and me."

I smiled. "Yeah? What are we going to do?"

"That's for me to know." He replied. "You'll see when it happens."

Giving me a short kiss, he gave me his phone again. I looked up at him confused.

"Look through my texts." Dean says. "I know you trust me, but I want to completely make sure that you know that I'm not doing anything bad."

I took his phone and went to his texts when I got into his phone. Looking through it, I saw the his texts to Roman and a few of his friends. The messages were about my presents and what to do for my birthday. The messages to Roman were about much more than that though. It had pictures of apartments and information on them.

"You've been looking at apartments?" I asked him when I looked back up and into his blue eyes.

"I've just physically looked at a few apartments at two different places." He replied. "On Tuesday, I didn't go to English because I had made an appointment to those said places to see the apartments. I wanted to keep it a surprise but I thought that since you already know that we'll be moving in together, you should be part of it."

Giving him a sweet smile, I placed my hand on the back of his neck, I pulled him down and gave him a kiss. It didn't take long for it to deepen and for us to force ourselves to pull away from each other's lips.

"You're lucky I like the reason why you didn't go to class that day." I told him jokingly, with a smile.

Dean chuckled and brushed his lips against mine. "If I keep kissing you, I'm not going to stop."

"Maybe later, we can finish." I whispered in his ear.

I felt him grip my sweater and kiss my jaw. "Go before I keep you from going to class."

Giggling, I kissed his nose and went to class.

O.O

After class, I quickly walked out of my math class and made a beeline to Leah's English class. Luckily we didn't have the same teacher, so I was able to get away with not going to Ms. McMahon's class today.

Talking to one of her friends, Leah came out of class and walked up to me after saying one last thing to her friend. I pecked her lips and held her hand as we walked through the hallways.

"I'm not doing overtime today." Said Leah as we walked out of the school. "And I'm not going to ask for it. It's my birthday, I wanna relax today."

"What do you think about apartments?" I asked her as we walked to the mall. "I mean, do you have a price range in mind?"

Leah thought for a bit. "Well, I have $200 saved up. With that $275.48, it's $475.40. Do you have anything else saved up?"

"As of yesterday, I have $195.55. So all together, it makes..." I started off saying, trying to do the math.

"$670.95." Said Leah. I looked over at her and blinked a few times. "I like working with numbers."

...

O.O

Getting ready to clock out for the day, I just wanted to go home and be with Dean. Today had been a pretty good day. It's the most positive attention that I've ever gotten in my whole life. The majority of all of that attention came from Dean who just kept making me smile and laugh. Everything he did today for me just gave me butterflies and made my heart skip a beat every time.

I felt myself blush when I walked into work with balloons attached to my birthday bag that held my birthday card and a small perfume that Dean had added in there before I walked in. Everyone stared and some smiled as they said 'Happy birthday' to me. As I walked out of the store with all of my belongings in hand, I saw someone who looked familiar to me. The person that I thought I wouldn't see ever again, or at least for a very long time.

"Leah?" He said as he walked up to me. I turned around on my heels and walked in the opposite direction. I felt a strong grip on my arm, making me turn around. "I knew it was you. How could anyone mistake those eyes?"

John still looked the same way that he did as the day that I left. His attitude and personality haven't seem to change either. "What do you want, John?"

He looked at me up and down as he stepped back. "You look even better than what you did the last time I saw you, Leah. A nice chest, and thick legs. A nice rear. You've grown nicely and I see that it's your birthday. Now that you're finally 18, there's no need for me to worry about you going to the police, right? Did you think I'd forget how old you were going to be?"

"Just stay away from me." I spat out. "Go back to my mom."

"I never left her, darlin'." He replied in that Southern drawl of his. "I just want us to get to know each other again and what better way to do that than in the bedroom?"

I scoffed as I looked at him in disgust. "I'm not going to be somebody that you use for sex just because you want something tight to get into every night so that you can get off. You have my mom to go to for sex."

"True, but I really want what I think about every night." John said with a smirk on his face as he continued to look at me. "You may not realize it now, Darlin', but you'll see me again and the next time we meet, we'll finish it somewhere more private."

"I got kicked out because of you." I told him, sharply. "Why do you want anything more to do with me?"

"It's all pleasure, darlin'." He simply replied.

Without saying another word or looking anywhere else, I walked and walked until I found Dean at the foodcourt, where we usually met. I quickly put my things down at the table he was sitting at and wrapped my arms around his midsection, hiding my face in his neck as I began to feel comfort with his arms around me.

"Baby, what's wrong?" He asked in my ear with a concerned tone.

"Dean, I saw him." I whimpered, tightening my hold on him. "He's here."

He kissed my temple and continued to hold me. "Saw who, Leah?"

"John...he's my mom's husband." I responded as I felt tears beginning to stream down my face. "He's the reason why I was kicked out."

I felt Dean tense up when he heard my response, making me pull back to look up at me. His eyes softened up when he saw me crying and he pulled me back into his arms. "Did he say something to you?"

"He said that now since I'm 18, he doesn't have to worry about me going to the police." I told him, sniffling and trying to hold back more tears. "He still just wants to use me for sex."

"Okay, no." He said a bit roughly. "Where is he?"

Dean pulled back and balled up his fists. "No! Things will only get worse if you do something to him."

"Leah, I'm your boyfriend!" Dean exclaimed. "I'm not letting a guy mess with you and stand by and do nothing."

Taking in a deep breath, I stood in front of him and held on to his fists. "Then let it not be today. Not today, Dean. Please."

His eyes pleaded with me while I tried to get him to get calm enough to agree. When he finally did, we went home and he wouldn't let me out of his sight. Getting to Roman's house, I went upstairs to take a shower. Washing my hair, I let the hot water run all over my body, in an effort to get relaxed.

Seeing John again just made think about how my mom chose him over his own daughter. It made me remember how she didn't even blink an eye as she watched me pack my things, knowing that I would be gone the next day and how she didn't even come after me to stop me from leaving.

Having all of those bad memories come back to me, made me upset and I tried to put it aside when I thought about what could happen tonight with Dean. Roman had a date with a girl that he's liked for a while, so we had the house to ourselves until he came back. Getting out of the shower, I heard the quietness fill the house instead of the usual talking and laughing that Dean and I always do when we're in the house.

When I got dressed, I let my hair out to let it air dry and went downstairs. Looking around, the lights were still on but they were dimmed a bit. The amazing aroma of food was intoxicating and made my mouth water.

"Dean?" I asked loud enough for him to hear. Not hearing anything, I continued to look around as I saw that the table was set up as I got closer to the dining room. Dean walked up to the entrance of the kitchen and leaned against the wall in a black button up shirt and blue jeans. He gave me that smile of his, flashing his dimples and it drove me crazy. "You look so handsome."

I ran into his arms and jumped into them as he held me tightly. Dean let out a chuckle as I laughed and gave him a kiss. "I do try to clean up nicely for my girl."

I grinned and pecked his lips. "What's for dinner?"

He put me down and held my hand to show me the food that he had put on the table. It was alfredo with chicken, rice and beans. I knew that he could cook, but I didn't know that he cooked this good.

"If it tastes horrible, we could just order take out or something." Dean said as he pulled out my chair for me.

"I think it'll taste good." I replied. After he sat down, we both filled our plates and I took a bite. "I didn't know you could cook like this. It's really good."

Dean gave me the cutest smile ever as he began to eat his food. "When I was little and my mom started using drugs and alcohol, it was just me and my sister on our own, until she left. My sister would teach me how to do little things that she knew I'd be able to do in case she wasn't home and I needed something to eat because she worked after school."

"Her name was Alexis." Dean continued. "She finally left at the age of sixteen. Said she was going to stay at a friend's house until she was able to figure out where could go next. Afte that, it was literally just me. My mom would be gone so much because of the crazy shit she was doing, so I had to force myself to learn even more, how to cook. I had to take care of myself."

"Have you seen your sister since?" I asked softly.

Dean thought for a moment and sadly shook his head. "Alexis was tired of always having to make up for my mom's mistakes. She had to grow up fast to take care of me and make sure that I wasn't getting into any trouble. It wasn't me that was bothering my sister, is all the shit that my mom did and put us through. It just got worse for me when mom realized that she left and that she may not be coming back home. The last straw was during that time when we weren't talking. I had gone back home to try it out for a while and see how it would go."

"What happened?" I asked.

He took a sip of his soda. "Mom and I fought more than ever. It was constant and when we weren't fighting, the tension was so thick, you could cut it with a knife. You could just feel it in the air. The day before I left, I had found her having sex with some random guy on the couch. That just so happened to be where I slept, so I slept in a little corner. The next day, she tried the whole I do nothing around the house thing which I found to be unbelievable because I did everything there. She was gone almost everyday and every night."

We stayed quiet for a while as we continued to enjoy dinner. "Enough about me though. It's your day. You're the birthday girl."

I smiled and scrunched my nose when he kissed it. We continued to talk and share a few kisses until we finished. He convinced me to stay in the dining room a little while longer and I was starting to wonder why until he came back in with a little cupcake and two candles on it. One was the number 1 and the other was a number 8.

"The numbers are obviously too big for the cupcake, but I wanted to try it anyways." Said Dean.

I giggled and gave him a hug and then pulled back to look at him. "Why are you doing all of this for me?"

Dean gave me a small smile. "Because I love you."

Everything was slowing down to a sudden stop as I made out what my boyfriend had just said to me. "You love me?"

"Yeah." He replied. "Leah Lopez, I'm in love with you. It scares me sometimes because this is the first time that I've ever been in love, so it took a bit to realize what it was that I was feeling. But almost losing you a few months ago...it made me realize how much you really mean to me."

My heart soared and was beating out of my chest and I couldn't help but smile, especially seeing the innocence in his eyes. "I love you too, Dean. Thank you for making my birthday special today."

"You deserve it, babygirl." He replied. We shared a kiss and we pulled back. "Now eat your cupcake before the candles melt it or something."

We both laughed before I blew out the candles. I followed Dean to the living room as he popped in a movie. I cuddled up to him and gave him a piece of my cupcake as we watched the movie. It wasn't long before Dean and I made a mess and were laughing uncontrollably.

Going upstairs to wash up, I couldn't take off the smile that was on my face. I was on cloud nine right now and I felt so lucky to have somebody like Dean. He's done more for me since the day we met, than a lot of people have in my whole 18 years of existance. Walking back out to my room, I saw that it was lightning outside and that it was beginning to pour. I went to Dean's room as I always did when it was storming outside and sat on his bed as I waited for him to come out of the bathroom. When he finally did, he sat next to me after closing the door. The only light illuminating the room was from outside, which wasn't much now that it was cloudy and raining like crazy.

I pulled on his shirt so that he can get closer to me and when he did, I gave him a kiss. Dean took my face in his hands when his lips began to move against mine. The kiss started out soft and sweet, but then became passionate and deep. I found myself unbuttoning his shirt all the way until he pulled back slightly. Seeing lust in his eyes, I nipped his bottom lip.

The look in our eyes said everything that we needed to say in that moment. Dean took his shirt off, leaving his black wife beater on when he stood up. He leaned down and grabbed my face in his hands and kissed me again. Getting up myself, I took his face in mine when I felt him beginning to roam his hands around my body. Dean gently pulled on my pants and when I didn't fight back on it, he unbuttoned it.

I let my pants slide down to the floor and kicked them off my feet. It was my turn to do the same and I watched as he stripped down to his briefs. He picked me up and laid me down in his bed. He hovered over me and gave me kisses before moving down to my neck. I let out a soft moan, feeling his lips on my skin. I smiled when I realized that he was taking his time.

Sitting up, I pulled my shirt over my head and threw it where the rest of our clothes were. Grabbing his face, we kissed again as we layed back into the bed. Dean quickly unclipped my bra and slipped it off. Feeling his fingers curl underneath the fabric of my panties, I allowed him to take it off as well.

Hearing the loud thunder, followed by the lightning, I held on to him tightly. His kisses became sweeter and my moans continued to come out softly at the light pleasure that he was giving me. Dean's kisses reached my stomach and then to my thighs. When he hovered over me again, I gave him kisses of my own as my lips traveled to his chest.

Feeling him place himself in between my legs, I felt why he did when he pressed against me. Dean entered the tip of his erected member and I let out a moan. He gently entered as far as he could and let me adjust to him. As Dean began to move, I couldn't help but moan out in pleasure. Hearing Dean's groans as he rocked his body in and out of me, I pulled at his hair when I dug my hands into it. I arched my back into him, causing him to go a bit deeper.

"Leah..." He whispered into my ear and nipped at my neck. I moaned and closed my eyes, leaning my head back into the pillow in pleasure. It wasn't long until I felt myself reaching my climax and trying to hold it in, right when thunder rumbled louder than before, my climax rippled through my body as I dug my nails into Dean's back. He pulled out, and released his warm liquid onto the bottom of my stomach

We breathed heavily against each other as we both came down from our high. It wasn't my first time at this, but it was with Dean. He got up after a few minutes and went into the bathroom. Coming back out, he cleaned me up a bit and went back in.

Crawling into bed when he came back out, Dean wrapped his arms around me as I cuddled up to him. Pulling the covers up, he gave me a kiss and I smiled happily against his lips. We shared a few more lazy kisses before making love a few more times.

The next day...

Waking up in Dean's room, I was reminded of last night and smiled. I still felt a bit tired, but I was looking forward to today. Coming down to the kitchen 45 minutes later, Dean was in the kitchen with Roman. I greeted Roman with a hug and Dean with a kiss.

"Are you ready for today?" Dean asked.

"What's going on today?" I asked, wondering.

Roman and Dean both looked at each other. "We're throwing a party for you tonight at Jey and Jimmy's house as a continuation of your birthday. Now you'll get what you wanted. A birthday with Dean and your friends."

I grinned at the both of them as I grinned in excitement. "I don't think I've ever been this happy for a party, but don't screw this up because it's the first one I've had since I was five. I'll rip you apart if it's not."

"We believe you on that." Said Dean. "That's why Trinity is making sure everything is fine. She's better at this than we are."

I giggled and gave Dean a kiss. He wrapped an arm around my waist and kissed my temple.

"I love you, Leah." He whispered into my ear when Roman continued to make breakfast.

"I love you, too." I replied with a smile. Looking into his eyes, I knew that he had meant it and that I had a hold on his heart and I wasn't going to let go anytime soon.

A/N: How do you think Dean did for Leah's birthday? Did he do a good job? And how about that little part where it seemed as if he was getting protective of her at the mall? What do you think of Leah's step-father being back into the picture after all of these months of not seeing her? Do you think he'll try to harm her? Do you think her mom will want to see her again if she finds out that her husband has found Leah?