THE SHIFT

"Look you don't want to get drunk and make things worse."

"I didn't appreciate him doing this in front of his family, now they will never like me because you know me and my mouth." Arandi huffed.

"Your mouth is a work of art." Dean grinned. "A work of art that spews things that would make the most hard core sailor blush."

"Some help you are." Arandi huffed she rolled her eyes as her phone went off. "What Luka?" She listened. "Yeah well if you didn't want that show in front of your family, you shouldn't have started it in front of your family. Fine I'll see you in a little bit." She hung with a loud sigh. "I have to go settle this crap."

"Will you be ok?" Dean asked in concern.

"I'll let you know." She smiled kissed him on the cheek and left.

Dean watched her go and then went back to hanging out.

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Arandi hadn't called him and they were five minutes from starting their shift. She was never late not without calling.

Dean paced back and forth waiting and the second their shift started he called her.

She sounded awful when she answered.

"What you skipping out on me today?" Dean asked.

"I called in I guess the chief didn't tell you." Arandi sniffled.

"The chief would assume you'd gone through me first." Dean huffed because she always did. "Are you ok?"

Silence.

"Arandi?"

"We broke up Dean, it's over." She murmured.

"Arandi I'm sorry." He really wasn't.

"I thought he loved me but the second he finds out I can't give him children he turns on me." She huffed.

He could tell she was trying not to cry. "I'm coming over." Dean said.

"You're supposed to be working."

"So are you."

Chief Singer walked in then and leaned it to Dean. "Situation at Rosewood think you can handle it?"

Dean smiled. "Yes sir." Rosewood was the name of the apartment building where Arandi lived.

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Dean drove over in the cruiser and for the sake of being on duty played the role to the hilt.

He didn't have to pretend too much when he heard the yelling coming from the apartment.

He turned the knob and walked straight into the screaming match.

Luka turned to look at Dean. "Oh well look who just happens to show up!"

"What are doing here Luka?" Dean asked curtly.

"He came to get the engagement ring." Arandi hissed. "So he can pass off to his new bitch."

"You pushed me to this Arandi." Luka yelled.

"How by loving you and wanting to make a life with you until you found out I couldn't have kids."

"It was a choice between him and me and you always chose him!"

"Are you really that fucking stupid?" Dean interrupted. "We are friends and partners Luka we have never done anything that would merit you leaving her."

"Stay out of this." Luka growled.

"Dean it's too late." Arandi said with tears in her eyes and Dean couldn't stand it but he followed her eyes to Luka an unspoken message to him.

Dean then saw the hickey's on his neck. "You really are that fucking stupid. You got what you wanted now leave."

"Fuck you." Luka hissed.

"As tempting as the offer is I'm a firm believer in size mattering." Dean smirked and looked towards Arandi catching the wince as she stepped back.

Dean knew Arandi better than anyone and she didn't wince unless she was really hurting.

Arandi realized Dean had seen and lowered her eyes to the floor. He didn't give a fuck if the president himself was in the room as he made his way to her.

"What's wrong?"

"Nothing Dean I'm ok." She whispered.

He was a stubborn piece of a man. He touched her arms then her torso till she hissed. He lifted her shirt to see the bruising.

It had been a long time since he had felt anger so intense it literally burned inside him. "Did he do this to you?" He asked his voice unrecognizable.

"Dean please just let it go." She said grabbing hold of his uniform tightly.

Dean huffed a disbelieving laugh apparently she forgot who he was. Furious eyes turned to Luka. "Only fucking pussies hit women." He growled suddenly right in Luka's face. "Hit me like that mother fucker hit me like that and see how many fucking Tuesday's pass you by before you can uncross your eyes again and stop drinking from a straw!"

"I didn't mean for it….." Luka stammered.

"I don't care if she called you're grandmother a whore you don't fucking hit Arandi!"

Luka took the swing Dean had been praying he would and knocked Luka on his ass with one punch.

Luka touched the back of his hand to his bleeding mouth. "Maybe if you took care of your woman like that none of this would be happening." He hissed.

Sam and Misha walked in then, other tenants had complained of the noise. Sam instantly planted himself in front of Dean.

Dean didn't move everything was in front of him in stunning clarity.

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Dean sat on the edge of his bed staring at his hands. Arandi needed him and he had promised to be there but he needed to take care of some things first.

He heard the click of the front door and took a deep breath.

Jo walked in and seemed surprised to see him there. "Hey baby everything ok?"

Dean looked at her in a way he saved only for people who he wanted to intimidate a look Sam and Arandi both deemed the death glare five thousand and she backed up.

"I just want to know one thing Jo did you tell Luka that Arandi couldn't have kids before or after you fucked him? Or maybe it was while you were fucking him?" He said way calmer than he expected.

Jo looked as if she was going to protest but then thought better of it. "Did he tell you?"

"That you were fucking? Not in so many words but he didn't have too things just fell into place."

"You can't be too surprised with you and Arandi…"

"With me and Arandi what Jo?" He stood up angrily. "We have never been involved with each other the way you and Luka insist that we have been and it was never going to happen because I loved you that damn much. I wanted a life with you." Tears streamed down his face.

Jo stared at him. "Dean I loved you too but I wanted us to be Dean and Jo not Dean, Jo, and Arandi."

"Arandi was going to marry Luka and I was going to marry you."

The words surprised Jo and Dean pulled the black box out of his jeans. "I told everyone that I wanted to wait for later but I was going to surprise you at your sister's wedding. I was completely yours."

"Dean I'm sorry we can…."

"Get the fuck out Jo get the fuck out and go be with that piece of shit because you know how the saying goes if they do it with you they'll do it to you."

Jo stared at him and turned to leave and stopped. "Do you really think I would do this to you just out of jealously Dean? Just once I wish you would have looked at me the way you look at her, just once see you light a room with that fucking smile for me the smile you have only for her. You were never going to be completely mine, you're so in love with her and too blind to see it. I'll come get my things while you're at work."

Dean huffed why did everyone read so much into his relationship with Arandi? "Don't bother. Keep the place I'm going to be staying with Sam for a couple of days. I couldn't stand to live here anymore."

She hadn't even noticed that all his things were already gone. He dropped the boxed ring into the trash bin. "You're going to have to bail your lover out of jail for assaulting an officer of the law." With that he walked out the door.

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Dean was on his fifth shot of tequila as he watched Arandi dance with Sebastian, Gabriel's new partner.

Misha had decided a party was necessary for the newly single partners and they had agreed just to show everyone they were fine and moving on and if Sebastian's hands moved any lower Dean was going to….

"So having fun?" Misha said offering him a beer.

Dean took it without taking his eyes off of Arandi who finally looked up at him and left Sebastian to dance alone.

"So partner you going to stare at me all night or ya gonna dance with me?" Arandi asked taking the beer from Dean's hand and taking a long drink before putting it back in his grasp.

"You seemed to be doing fine without me." Dean huffed.

Arandi pulled the pout on him.

Dean sighed. So that's how Superman felt when he was around kryptonite completely fucking powerless. He took her hand and headed to dance. Hearing a 'sucker' tossed at him from Misha.

"So we ever gonna talk about why we are both suddenly available again." She asked.

"Do you really want to bring up the fact that you're fiancé slept with my future fiancé just because they thought we were sleeping together?" Dean scoffed.

"Nearly four years of my life up in smoke." Arandi sighed.

"She said I was in love you and didn't even know it." Dean admitted.

Arandi snickered. "Wow Luka said the same thing about me."

"How can you not know if you're in love with somebody? Just because I love you because you're my best friend and you're there for everything and I'm there for you."

"Everyone thinks we're together." Arandi huffed.

"I don't give a royal flying fuck what anyone thinks." Dean suddenly realized that Arandi was tucked in his arms under his chin and they were dancing a slow song. He looked around seeing more than one smirk.

His eyes landed on Misha. "We better make a run for it, Misha has that look." He began to pull Arandi away but didn't get very far before Misha was in front of them leading them back. "Crap."

"I say we play truth or dare." Misha suggested rather gleefully.

"What are we twelve?" Dean griped.

"What are you chicken?" Misha countered.

"Whatever."

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So there they were sitting in a circle in Misha's living room.

"Truth or dare Dean." Misha asked with the biggest grin on his face.

"Dare." Dean answered instantly either way he knew he was fucked.

"I dare you to do a body shot on Arandi."

Ok he could handle this one or so he thought. Licking the salt off of her neck was easy enough and he managed to nab the shot without much breast contact at least he thought so but taking the lemon from her mouth and her holding him in for a kiss and the slight moan he hoped no one else heard were a bit harder to handle.

In the next few turns Sam dared Misha to grab Gabriel's ass and Arandi dared Sam to kiss Jade, which made Sam turn thirty shades of red because he really liked Arandi's sister and just hadn't had the courage to ask her out.

Then Misha dared Arandi to make a hickey on Dean.

"Misha come on man." Dean groaned glaring at him.

"Just a game bro." Misha grinned wickedly.

"I promise I won't enjoy it too much." Arandi smiled just past tipsy.

"Yeah sure encourage the deranged fool." It wasn't that he minded one bit Arandi marking him up it was just the fear of how his body was going to react and he'd never hear the end of it.

He wasn't expecting Arandi to straddle him where he sat and he stared at her with cocked brow.

"They want a show then let's give them a show." She murmured to him.

Dean gave her a half smile as she leaned in to kiss him and he responded.

God she could kiss and why the hell was she using tongue because that just made him all kinds of 'more please.' He planted his hands on her hips trying to breathe right.

Arandi moved against him slowly and he leaned his head back biting his lip to keep from moaning.

"Fuck." He whispered as Arandi moved to his neck and started to make the hickey right on the most sensitive part of it and his toes curled in his boots. "Fuck." He repeated.

She could have gone for simple but she was really going for it and Dean didn't have to presence of mind to say stop.

She finally pulled back staring into his eyes with a gleam in hers. He was rock hard pressed up against her.

He looked at her sheepishly with a smirk. "What I'm only human." He defended.

The game ended then Dean guessed that it had gotten a little too hot to watch.

They were all past the point of driving and everyone was getting comfortable around Misha's house.

Dean flopped down on the big overstuffed couch.

He was more asleep than awake when Arandi was suddenly joining him cramming between him and the back of the couch.

"You don't mind do you? Sebastian creeps me out when he's drunk."

"As if he's the only one drunk." Dean snickered.

"I'm not drunk." Arandi defended.

"Oh really so it had nothing to do with the alcohol that you molested me?" Dean poked.

"No I've been wanting to do that for a long time." She sighed. "You have this neck that just begs to be licked and sucked."

"FYI sweetheart that's not the part of me that begs to be licked and sucked." Dean laughed thinking himself so witty.

Arandi giggled and got quiet. "I can do that to if you want."

That was pretty much all it took for Dean to get rock hard again. "Arandi don't play like that." He whispered and squirmed.

"Everyone thinks we do anyway so why not be friends with benefits?"

"Ok now I know you're drunk." Dean huffed.

"So take advantage of me."

"You know better than to ask that of me."

"Yeah Dean Winchester is a saint." She murmured slipping her hand under his shirt.

"Arandi please….." He wanted to tell her to stop even though he really, really wanted this but not like this not while she was drunk, ok while they were drunk.

Arandi sighed as he pulled her hand free and wrapped his fingers with hers. "I don't think you'd be too happy with yourself in the morning and though I'd be purring like a cat for getting between those hot fucking sexy thighs I can't do that to you."

"Saint Dean." She yawned.

"Yeah the patron saint of blue balls." Dean groaned to an already snoring softly Arandi.

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Dean opened his eyes and felt Arandi pressed up against his chest holding him tightly and he kind of liked the way she fit into his arms.

He kissed the top of her head and she didn't even open her eyes, she just grabbed him and pulled him for kiss that had him twitching all over. It would be so easy to just go with the flow.

He pulled back and kissed her forehead. She sighed was out cold again. He wouldn't be a man if someone as hot and beautiful as Arandi didn't turn him on. He pulled her closer to him and drifted back to sleep.

The next time he woke up Arandi was gone, he hadn't even felt her go over him and looking around he knew she was gone.

"Open every door and fucking window for you and you still stand on the outside." Misha growled.

Dean knew what he was referring to. "You of all people should know that I will never hurt Arandi and I sure will not take her for granted and use her like my personal toy just because she's drunk."

"You love her."

"Yeah I love her I've never denied that but not the way you think." Dean was getting more than irritated.

"Dean get mad at me if you want I really don't give a shit but take this from a friend who wants the best for you. You and Arandi are meant to be together. You look at her as if no one else in the world exists and she does the same to you yet both of you are too damn stubborn to let it be what it is."

Dean glared at him. How the hell did he look at her that had everyone convinced that he was in love?

"I'm just saying dude don't let her slip away if she's what your heart desires. It's going to be too late someday."

"I appreciate that you're looking out for me Misha I really do but Arandi doesn't deserve me."

Misha looked at him as if he mutated in front him. "I give up." He threw his hands in the air.

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They walked to the cruiser to start their shift.

"You're quite." Dean said.

"I'm afraid to ask what I said last night." Arandi sighed. "I woke up all wrapped up in you figured nothing happened since we still our clothes on but I offered didn't I?"

"Just to suck and lick." Dean grinned.

"Oh god and that." Arandi poked at the hickey he was trying to hide.

"Truth or dare remember?"

Arandi thought and smiled. "Yeah I remember you liked it… a lot."

"Like I told you then I'm only human."

"A very decent human for taking care of me and not taking advantage." She said and kissed him on the cheek.

"Fuck don't let that get around. It'll ruin my rep." Dean said in mock horror.

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They had been to three domestic disputes, pulled over three speedsters and had found a little girl who had wandered off from her house.

They walked into their favorite diner to get their dinner to go.

"Shit I forgot my money be right back." Arandi said walking right back out.

Dean knew the cute waitress had a major crush on him but she wasn't his type. He still shamelessly flirted with her for the discount and free coffee that he got for his efforts.

She was usually rushing to him as soon as he walked in the door. Tonight she stood behind the counter staring at him.

Dean's knew instantly that something was wrong and began to reach for his gun.

"Don't think about it pig." A voice said behind him.

Dean turned to see a guy who couldn't be much older than nineteen with a shotgun.

"I always wanted to know what it was like to kill a pig." The guy sneered aiming the gun at Dean's face.

Dean's mind raced trying to think of what he could do and then Arandi walked in.

It became like a movie to Dean everything seemed to slow down as he yelled his warning to Arandi and the guy spun to face her and pulled the trigger.

"NO!" Dean screamed as he ran forward pulling his gun.

The impact of the shot hit Arandi square in the chest and she flew back so hard she broke the glass on the door as she connected with it and slid to the floor motionless.

Dean shot the guy without a second thought and slid to the floor beside Arandi.

"Arandi come on baby." He said trying to lift her onto his lap the sight of blood coming from her mouth freaking him out. She was supposed to be wearing her vest.

"Look out." Someone yelled at the same time that Dean heard the click of the gun behind him.

He had let his guard down and he was probably going to die. He pulled Arandi closer and closed his eyes. "I love you baby." He whispered to her.

Gunfire filled the air.

TBC

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