I'm not gonna lie, I've always thought that there was a possibility that Zachariah was working with Lucifer and the demons. I mean come on. He was just such an ass. *ALSO, to clear up a question from last chapter, Dean gave the amulet to Jo before he died. That's why she has it. Sam got the Impala.* Anyway! DEAN IS BACK! (kind of).

Jo groaned. The dull ache in her head became a constant throb as she became aware of her surroundings. She opened her eyes and waited for the black spots to disappear. Then, as if remembering something, she turned to her right and sat, stunned.

"About time you woke up."

Dean was sitting right next to her, wearing the same thing that he had been wearing in Carthage. He was looking alive as ever, albeit very pale. Not sure what to do, Jo sat and stared at the apparition beside her. He looks exactly the same.

"Look, Jo. I don't want to scare you or hurt you or whatever. In case you haven't noticed, you're in a ditch. So can we please get out and check to see if my car is ok?"

She nodded her head slowly, still shocked at his appearance. She opened the door and got out. He vanished from the car and appeared next to her. He walked around the outside of the car and inspected the front.

"Okay, so it's not that bad. Just a little fender bender; nothin' that can't be fixed. Right Jo?" He looked up at her. She still stood agape. He stood up and sighed. "Hey. I'm just as surprised that you can see me. I've been trying to get your attention for a long time."

Suddenly, Jo could talk. She could feel the emotions boiling over. "5 weeks! It's been 5 weeks, Dean! Did you ever think to maybe tip one of us off that you were here the WHOLE FREAKIN' TIME?"

"What? You think this ghost crap is easy?! Do you know how long it took me to learn how to even move something? First time it freaking worked was at that hospital when I helped you." Jo stared at him.

"Wait... are you talking about Oklahoma?" She asked.

He sighed. "Can we talk about this somewhere else? Not here in a freaking ditch please? My car doesn't deserve this," he motioned to the Impala. Jo rolled her eyes.

"Well I don't suppose you can use your 'ghost powers' to get 'er back up on the road?"

Driving on the Interstate again, Jo broke the silence in the cab of the car by bringing up the fact that Dean had said he'd helped her.

"Well, yeah, I helped you. A guy was about to die and-"

"Wait, so you opened the door to Ted's room?" She laughed hesitantly. "I knew that didn't make sense. A locked door doesn't just unlock itself." Jo looked over at Dean.

"And when I was in the padded room, that was you too?"

Now Jo wasn't sure ghosts could get embarrassed or not, but she thought she saw Dean turn red. "It was me. The hallucinations weren't, but yeah, I was there. The crazy juice that thing pumped into your system made it easier for you to see me."

"So you did kick me the letter opener."

"Yep."

"And just now when I dozed off... did you jerk the wheel back?"

"Bingo."

"So you've been here the whole time."

"Pretty much."

At least she didn't have to fill him in on anything or get him up to date. Jo yawned. Now that she could actually think about the events of everything that happened that day, she realized she was REALLY tired. Dean must've caught on. "You know, there's an exit over there. You can pull off at a motel and sleep."

"No, I can't. Not now. I've gotta find Sam."

"Look, you're not gonna be any help to him if you crash again. Just pull off."

Reluctantly, Jo took the exit and soon came into the parking lot for a small Motel 6. While she was checking in, Dean sat in the passenger seat of the Impala and began to play with the radio using some of his 'ghost mojo'. That's why, when Jo walked back out and found Dean sticking his tongue out in concentration with his hand hovering over the radio, she busted up laughing. Dean grumbled under his breath and they made their way to the room.

"So why me and not Sam?"

"What?"

"Why'd you attach yourself to me?"

Dean laughed. "I'm attached to that," he stated as he pointed to the amulet around her neck. She looked down at the pendant which had become a major source of comfort for her. She instinctively grabbed it as she sat down on the bed. Dean sat next to her and made eye contact with her. She felt her palms get sweaty as she noticed how intense his green eyes were. He pulled her into a hug. She was surprised at first.

"Dean, why are you hugging me?"

"Because, I want to thank you for taking care of Sammy and not letting him go off the deep end." He pulled away and clapped his hands together. "Alright! That's enough chick flick moments for me. I say you hit the hay, and be ready to get going in the morning." Jo lay down on the bed and remembered how he ran his hands through her hair in the psychiatric hospital. She smiled.

It was as if he somehow read her mind, because he soon began to brush the strands of hair away from her face with his fingers as he quietly hummed 'Hey Jude'.

So this was a fluff chapter, but next chapter I promise y'all are gonna get a taste of what situation Sam is in and Angels and Demons and Satan and all that wonderfully fun stuff! Also, pleasepleaseplease review! Tell me some stuff that you'd like to see happen! Until next chapter :)