1 Year Later…
Dean never complained; never once. He woke up when Jo cried. He fed her when she was hungry and changed her when she was wet. When she cried he rocked her. He never said he was tired on night that she kept him up most of the night. He was himself but different at the same time. It worried Sam.
He researched at night in the few hours that Jo slept and so did Dean. He finally ofund the witch curse she put on Dean. The curse still in Dean, there was more to come. Just in a few months another part of the curse would appear.
Sam was going to keep quiet. He saw Dean walk into Jo's nursery that morning. Dean walked out carrying a dressed 1 year old girl on his hip. Dean had a genuine ear to ear smile on his face. "Look, Jo, look, it's Uncle Sammy."
"Good morning, Snake." Sam smiled as he stretched out his arms to her.
"Guess what, Jo did all by herself this morning?" dean as he handed his daughter to Sam.
"What?"
"She was standing in her crib without holding on to the railing."
Sam over-exaggerated a surprised smile at Jo which made her giggle. "Soon, you little booger, are you going to be hard to keep an eye on."
Dean laughed. "Like she isn't hard to keep an eye on anyway. She crawls like a pro."
Sam lifted the baby over his face. "But Daddy crawlin is faster."
Dean lifted the girl out of Sam's grasp. "Because of that comment you're on breakfast detail."
Sam stood from his seat and close his laptop. He shook his head and laughed. Dean got down on the ground and propped on the table. He handed Jo a toy and Jo plopped on her butt and giggled. "Remember to make enough ofr Cas. He should be coming over today."
"Wasn't he over a month ago ofr Jo's birthday?"
"Yeah, but he said he was going to be back. He had to news to share."
Dean stood and began to walk into the kitchen. He stood in the doorway propped against the hedge to keep an eye on Jo. Sam started making coffee. Dean turned his head to look at Jo. She stood up and looked at Dean. "Hey, baby doll."
She squealed and flapped her arms.
"Are you gonna walk to Daddy?" Dean crouched down to the on his knees. Jo squealed and ran over to Dean. Dean's eyes were wide and mouth wide open. "Sam…Sam!"
Sam walked to stand behind Dean the moment Jo got to Dean. "Dada!"
"I'm so proud of you, Little Miss Thing." Dean scooped her up and looked at Sam. "Would you turn off that coffeemaker, Sam? It's making me nauseous."
"How?"
"The smell of it is making my stomach turn." Dean walked out of the kitchen to get away from the smell when he heard the flutter of wings. He turned and Cas was standing there. "What's up, Cas?"
"You're not feeling well?"
"I'm ok, Cas. Just a little nauseous."
"Do you mind if I check to see what's wrong?"
Dean squinted his eyes. "Ok?" Dean set Jo on the ground as he sat in a chair.
"This will not be pleasant." Cas said as he put his belt in Dean's mouth. Dean nodded and Cas proceeded.
Cas stuck his hand into Dean's belly. Dean screamed in pain. Cas slowly pulled out. "It's what I thought."
"And what was your thought?" Dean panted.
"It is Anahita."
"Anahita?" Dean asked. Cas just looked down at JO how had gotten up and walked to him.
"She is walking, I see." Cas smiled.
"Yeah, she started today. Now, go back to Anahita, what or who is that?"
"She is an Angel."
"So she didn't die when I shot her."
"Yes." Cas said lifted Jo into his arm and onto his hip.
"So we just pissed her off then." Dean inferred.
"That's where you are wrong. Anahita is the Angel of Fertility."
Dean was confused. "How did I not piss her off? Isn't that the reason I got Joanna?"
"No, you were destined to have Joanna…along with two others." Cas said bouncing Jo on his hip side to side making her giggle.
"Wait, two more?"
"Yes, they will be different from Joanna's pregnancy, labor, and delivery."
"How different?"
"Depends which pregnancy. This one will be a little longer and more painful, but the next one will be the same length as length as Joanna's but twice as painful in the labor."
"This one?"
Cas looked confused. "Yes."
"What do you mean, this one? I haven't had sex in…" Dean paused for a moment and thought. "Since the last time I went out, which was about 2 weeks ago."
"Yes." Cas seemed unamused.
"Dean, you shacked up with someone 2 weeks ago? I thought you said you were going to groceries?" Sam asked walking into the main room.
"I did, but that's not all I did." Dean smiled, but then looked at Cas. "Cas, I'm lost. How am I pregnant? Doesn't it take two to tango? I was there when it happened. I was on top, she was a woman and I am a man. That's not how things work."
"Anahita is a special angel. In her case it doesn't take two to tango. She simple needs you to have sex. The gender doesn't matter."
"So I am pregnant right now?"
"Yes, you're about 2 months along." Cas tickled Jo's belly.
"Ummm…"
"I know, I know, you had sex two weeks ago, but Anahita doesn't want you to have a normal pregnancy. With Jo it was every hour was a new month and very contraction was another centimeter. This one will be one week equals one month. The labor and delivery will be about as long as a normal pregnancy but twice as painful."
"Why twice as painful?"
"Because Armisael isn't going to be with you during that time."
"Armisael?" Sam and Dean asked in unison.
"Armisael; The Angel of childbirth. She is the angel to call upon to assist in easy childbirth. She won't be available when you're in labor."
"Why?" Dean asked.
"I don't know. I talked to her myself when I got curious. She said she wouldn't not be with Dean Winchester during his second birth, but will be for the third. Without her mean that you will not have an easy delivery like your one with Jo was."
"My delivery with Jo was easy?" Dean was wide eyed and shocked.
"Yes, you had in in a matter of minutes." Sam nodded as he tapped away on his computer.
"Cas, it says here that Anahita is the angel of Fertility, and Armisael is the angel of childbirth, but there is one more angel; Lailah, the angel of Conception. Wouldn't she have to be when it happened." Sam wondered.
"I knew you would figure that out pretty quick. Yes, Lailah was there that night. She simply just plants the seed and leaves. Not much to tell."
"Can we meet these angels?" Sam asked.
"They are very busy. Babies are being made and born every second. I don't think they would have a lot of time."
"Well, it's not like they are dangerous. This is just destiny." Sam said noticing that Dean hadn't said anything in a little while. He looked over at his big brother and saw that Dean was staring over into space. He still had a shocked look on his face. Sam stood up and walked over to Dean. "Come on, Dean. I know it's a lot to take in, but I think you should lay down."
Dean shook his head. "I will in a second. Cas, why didn't I grow any baby bump or baby weight with Jo?"
"You need too. The whole pregnancy, labor and delivery lasted no longer than 10 hours."
"So you're saying that I will develop…"
"A swell. In 7 weeks you should look like you're carrying twins."
Dean gripped Sam's arm. "Look like I'm carrying twins?"
"Yes."
"Why so much bigger?"
"Because you are."
"I am what?"
"Carrying twins."
Right after those words left Cas's mouth Dean's leg gave out. Sam caught him right in time before he hit his head on the ground. Sam dragged him into his room and laid him on his bed before walking back to where Cas was now sitting and playing with Jo. Sam had never seen Cas be this happy.
"Cas, what's up with you? You are in love with Jo. Ever since Dean let you hold her after she was born you have been obsessed." Sam smirked.
"She is adorable. She looks a lot like Dean. I'm glad her named her after the Harvelles. They were good people. Very good hunters." Cas smiled. "Are you and Dean going to hunt anymore?"
"I don't think Dean is. I think he doesn't want to be like Dad." Sam smiled as Kevin walked into the room.
"Why is Dean passed out on his bed? I thought I heard him a few hours ago."
"You did, he just found out that he is not only pregnant again, but with twins."
"Let me guess, Angels."
Cas nodded. "Kevin understands."
Sam and Kevin both laughed. "No, I just heard the whole thing. I saw Dean faint like a girl. I just wanted to hear from you guys."
Cas rose to his feet. "Can I talk with you, Sam?"
"Sure, Cas." Sam looked over to Kevin. "You wanna watch Jo for a little while, Kev?"
"Sure." Kev lifted Jo into his arms out of Cas's grasp. Cas walked into the kitchen and Sam followed. Sam propped against the doorway like Dean had done moments ago. He watched as Kevin walked around the main room smiling and talking to Jo. He turned to Cas and he had a serious look on his face.
"Sam, do you notice anything strange about Jo?"
Sam stared at Cas for a moment. "I don't think so. What do you mean by strange?"
"Joanna looks like Dean. Same green eyes, freckles, dirty blonde hair, same smile."
"Yeah, she is like mini Dean. She lights up when she's with Dean. Dean lights up when he's with her. What are you trying to—" Sam had a moment of realization. "Cas…what did you do?"
"That is not of import."
"Cas. Jo lights up when she is with you. You are a ray of sunshine around her. Now that I think of it, she does that same squinty eyed, cocked head of confused thing. She loves to help like you, even if she can't or makes things worse." Cas dropped his head to his chest. "Dean wasn't supposed to have Jo or these twins or that one in the future. You did that."
Cas sighed. "No, Dean was supposed to have Jo. He was just supposed to fall in love a year later with his true love. A man."
"Who?"
"Me." Cas stared at Sam. "When that year came up, I came to Jo's birthday. Dean still thought you me as his best friend, his angel partner."
"You need to tell him how you are feeling towards him."
"I can't, Dean just doesn't love me." Cas walked further into the kitchen. "I'm just his best friend. He loves me like brother."
Sam stomped over to Cas and put both his hands on Cas's shoulders. "Cas, you don't understand how busy Dean has been for the past year. Jo has been his priority number one. I'm in charge with getting an education to get a higher paying job. Kevin finishes high school. Dean has serious tunnel vision right now. Jo is probably the only thing he is thinking about. You have to tell him."
Cas nodded, but then shook his head. "Sam…I can't…I'm…"
"When Dean wakes up you are going have to talk to him. I'm going to go out and grab some lunch for all of us." Sam said walking out of the main room. Cas heard the main door open and then close.
He crossed the main room and down the hall and stood in the doorway of Dean's room. Dean was still unconscious. There was one open chair in Dean's room. He sat there. He watched over Dean like he'd always had.
Kevin walked past Dean's room with Jo on his hip. He walked down into his room. "Now, Jo, your Daddy and Uncle Cas are best friends. Uncle Cas loves your Daddy but your Daddy doesn't' know it yet. Uncle Cas should be your Papa."
Jo squealed.
"Yeah, exciting. Now, you're going to be a big sister soon. Daddy's gonna have twins. You might have two brothers, two sisters, or one brother and one sister. You're going to have one hell of a childhood. Your Dad being your mom and your Uncle that should be your Dad but really would be called your Papa, because that the gay things. Then there the whole Cas isn't Dean's brother but he is an uncle or should be Papa. Yes, I'm an Uncle and I'm not Dean's brother. I'm like family. They have helped me. Then there's Uncle Sammy. He is a giant moose. Remember that. Whenever he is chasing you ran in zig zags. He will just fall over the place and it will be awesome."
Jo squealed and played with Kevin's shirt. He heard movement and noise coming from Dean's room so he plopped Jo in her playpin in her room for moment and walked to the room and sat along the wall just to listen.
"Don't do that Cas."
"I need to talk to you, Dean."
"So you decided to watch me sleep until I woke up?"
"It is rather important."
"Ok, it everything ok?" Dean asked sounding calm.
"Yes, everything is as should be."
"Then what's going on?"
Cas took a deep breath. "I am an Angel, I have never felt this emotion before. "
"How are you feeling?" Dean was confused.
"Nervous."
"Come on, man. You know you can tell me anything."
"I know, it's just..."
"Just say it, Cas." Dean sighed.
"I love you." Cas blurted out. Dean was wide eyed and shocked again. "I love you, Dean Winchester, more than anything. I have for a long time now."
"How long?"
"Since Sam let Lucifer out of the cage, maybe earlier."
There was a long silence. Kevin turned to look down the hall when he saw that Jo had gotten out of the play pin. He had forgotten to lock it so she could easily get out on her own. She started trotting over to Kevin when she tripped over her foot and hit the thrush hole of Sam's room doorway. She let out blood curdling cry.
Kevin was paralyzed in fear. Jo got hurt on his watch.
"Jo?" Dean was out of his room in heartbeat. He dashed over to his daughter and plopped onto the ground and lifted her into his arms. Her forehead was bleeding right above her right eyebrow and she had a busted lip. Dean pressed her up against his chest tightly and Jo cried in the crook of his neck. Dean bounced his gently and rubbed her back soothingly. "Shhhh, Shhh, It's ok, darling. Daddy's here. You're ok."
Dean slowly rose to his feet and walked into the bathroom and grabbed some tissues. He pulled Jo away from his chest but she still had hold of his shirt. She looked up at him, still whimpering. He wiped away the blood on her forehead and on her lip. The cut on her forehead was already starting to bruise and her lip had a slight pinkish tint to it. "Ok, darlin', it's naptime."
Dean walked in her nursery and sat in the rocking chair and hummed Traveling River Side Blues By Zeppelin. It always knocked her right out. Dean walked out of the room and cracked the door. Kevin and Cas had moved to the main room and Sam had come back with food.
"Kevin, you got some explaining to do." Dean said almost fuming.
Sam was confused. Cas was silent. Kevin tried to make him smaller. "What's going on here, Dean?" Sam asked handing Dean a burger and a soda.
Dean set the food and drink aside. "How could you leave Jo alone where she could get hurt? Hell, she did get hurt." Dean grabbed the collar of Kevin's shirt and pulled him to his feet.
"I'm sorry, Dean. I thought I locked the play pin, but I guess I didn't." Kevin panicked.
Dean looked over at Cas and Sam. "You guess you didn't." Dean smirked. "You just plopped Jo into her play pin just so you could hear me and Cas talking?" Dean spat out.
"I'm sorry, I was curious."
Dean smirked sarcastically. "Yeah, that's the problem. You were curious, and now my daughter has a gash in her forehead and a busted lip."
"I'm sorry, Dean. I take full responsibility for my actions. There are no excuses for what I did. I'm sorry." Kevin said close to sobbing. An angry Dean Winchester was a terrifying sight.
"You're damn right you should be sorry. Give me one good reason is should give you a gash in your head and busted lip just like my daughter."
Sam wasn't going to get in the middle of this fight this time because Jo did get hurt. While Dean yelled and threatened Kevin Cas explained what he saw go down. Frankly, Sam was angry at Kevin too. That's Sam's niece.
"Come on, please, Dean, don't hurt me. I won't do that again."
Dean laughed. "You're damn right you won't. Come with me." Dean pulled Kevin down to the library. Sam and Cas followed but not before Sam grabbed the baby monitor and hooked it to his hip. They stopped about two doors down before hearing Kevin's screams of pain. He begged for Dean to stop but his screams lasted for 10 more minutes.
Dean walked out of the library shaking off the pain in his hand. Sam handed him the baby monitor and Dean went to his food, which didn't stay in his stomach long, stupid morning sickness.
Sam and Cas crept into the library to see Kevin curled in a ball on the floor with his jeans and boxers at his ankles. Kevin wasn't facing them. He was giving Sam and Cas a full moon. That's where the saw the bright pink imprint going right across Kevin's ass. Dean had giving Kevin a spanking as his punishment. Sam held in his laughter until he was upstairs in the main room again. Cas had a smile on his face. He was finally starting to understand the Winchesters sense of humor. "You gave Kevin a spanking." Sam laughed.
"You feel pity him, Sam. You know how my spankings are. You of all people should know, I gave you enough of them, right?"
"Ugh, don't remind me." Sam rubbed his ass as a phantom stink of past memories of Dean's punishments went through Sam's had. "Just why did you choose to spank him. He's in high school. Isn't that a little old for that?"
"How old were you when Dad spanked you last? Or I did?"
Sam thought for a moment. "Dad barely ever punished me. He wasn't here longer enough. You on the other hand, I'd say… Junior year."
"Why?"
"I wrecked the Impala…"
"Because…"
"I wanted to go to Comic Con."
"How's you wreck?"
"I ran into the garage."
"Who was in the garage?"
"You." Sam couldn't have looked any smaller.
Cas had a huge smile on his face. Dean has been like a father to Sam his whole life. Dean turned to look at Cas. "Cas, life lesson, just because Sam has big puppy dog eyes doesn't mean he's off the hook."
Sam laughed. "How many times do I have to say sorry about that?"
Dean smiled. "Sammy, I forgave you the moment you stopped crying over that spankin."
Sam laughed and took a bite of his burger. Den was halfway done with his burger when Kevin emerged from the library. He pants were back on but he was looking directly at the ground and limping slightly. "Come and eat, Kev." Dean said with a mouth full of food.
"No thanks." Kevin pouted.
"Aw, Kevin. There's no need to pout." Dean smirked.
"I'm going to my room and lay down. I don't think I'll ever be able to sit again." Kevin limped down the hall.
"I call that a lesson learned."
Sam laughed. "Dean, I have to ask, why do you choose spanking?" Cas asked with eyes full of wonder.
"Spanking mess with everyone more in the mind than physically in my opinion. Call it experience but no one ever wants to be slapped on the ass repeated at brute force as a punishment. The human mind will go to the worst case scenario and you torture yourself over it."
Cas nodded. "That's very twisted, Dean."
"Been called worse."
"Now, going back to Sam's punished for wrecking the Impala, did you get hurt?"
"Hell yes." Dean exclaimed. "This dude right here hit me with my car, breaking my collar bone and shoulder blade. After I whipped his ass, Bobby drove me to the hospital."
That's when the baby monitor went off. Dean got up and started walking towards the hallway. "But you learned your lesson didn't you?"
"Yeah, I did. Just now I'm too scared to drive your car."
"Good." Dean walked away. Cas stood and followed Dean. Dean opened the door and saw Jo standing in her crib. "Hey, sweetheart. Did you have a good nap? Do you feel better?" Dean lifted her out of her crib and gently kissed the cut on her forehead. "There, a kiss to make it better."
Dean turned and saw Cas propped on the door post with a toothy grin. Dean blushed. "We need to finished our conversation."
"Yeah, I know. We just got—"
"—sidetracked. I know."
"You wanna talk in my room?"
Cas nodded. "I'd like that."
Dean started walking out of the nursery. "But one thing."
"What?"
"Could you hold Jo for a moment."
"Sure." Cas said and he scooped Jo up and Dean rushed to the bathroom and shut the door. Cas walked into Dean's room and waited. After a few minutes Dean walked in and shut the door.
"Sorry, that burger wasn't so good coming up."
"I'm sorry they are doing that to you."
"It's fine." Dean half smiled and sat on the bed Indian style like Cas was. Cas handed Jo to Dean and Dean sat her in his lap.
"Do you feel the same way?"
"Yeah, I have for a long time." Dean smiled.
"How long?"
"November 1st, 2008."
"That was the night—"
"The rising of Samhain. It was the day after Sam sent him back to Hell. We were sitting on that park bench. You had told me that you were routing for me to pick the right thing. You even said I did, even though the seal had broken. We still saved over a thousand people."
"Why didn't you say anything?"
"Because I didn't know if you felt the same way." Dean blushed. Even Cas blushed a little bit.