*For the sake of my story, these last few chapters have been in late October-ish.
Queen's. Bela's Home.
They'd woken up together this time. Bela got herself up and this time she wasn't too horribly dizzy.
"You okay?" Dean asked.
"Yeah, better. If I can make it through most of the day without getting sick I'll be thrilled."
He nodded. Dean's phone rang.
"Yeah?" He answered.
"It's me. I got this one under control, should be done by tonight. Everything okay there?" Sam asked.
"Yep, we're good."
"Okay. Well I'll see you tommorrow." Sam said.
Dean agreed, and hung up.
Bela walked out of the bathroom and the two of them made their way downstairs.
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Dean forced Bela out of the condo that afternoon and out to the nearest store to restock her refridgerator and pantry. She'd made it past lunch without getting sick, not that she wasn't still feeling a little ill.
She'd dragged him into the pharmacy aisle and sat there staring at vitamins and other health supplements for near 15 minutes before Dean got too impatient and just made her buy something. On the way back to her place she'd finally made the call to set up an appointment with a doctor to do regular check ups.
Bela ended up only getting sick after dinner that evening once and then felt much better the rest of the night.
"So, Sam should be here by morning. He said he has something in Tennessee, but maybe I should just stay here and..." Dean started.
"No. You should go."
He gave her a questionable glance.
"He needs you Dean, and you need to do your job. Seriously I'm fine here. Women do it alone all the time."
"Yeah I know, but you don't have to, that's all I'm saying."
"Yes I'm aware. It's not like I'm asking you to go and not come back. We have 7 months Dean, plenty of time for you to be here."
He nodded. "Yeah, I guess. It's just you're still sick."
"Really? Thank you for telling me Dean." she said smirking. "Listen, I'm fine. I have an appointment set up for next week, they'll tell me what to do...probably something like eat healthy, no coffee, and give me special vitamins or something. Nothing I can't handle on my own."
Dean shrugged. "Okay. I can help you demon proof this place before I go."
"Dean."
"I'm serious."
"So am I. I already told you, I have everything like that under control already."
"Bela could you just humor me here and let me check everything before I go? I'll be happy and will shut up about it, which will make you happy."
She laughed. "Fine."
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Morning.
Sam showed up around 10 that morning.
"Bela." Sam greeted, as he waited on his brother who was changing.
She nodded.
"So..."
"Dean told you I assume."
"Yeah...I feel like I should say something, I mean is congratulating you okay or are you kinda freaked?"
She laughed a little. "It's fine Sam, you don't have to say anything. A little of both actually. I'm surprised you don't have more to say. It's your brother, and me...and I know how you feel about me."
"After what I did I can't judge, and you've been here for my brother this whole time...I can't really say much. He seems different, almost happy. You're different too."
She shrugged. "Yeah..I guess so."
"So, you're not mad about all this? It can't be what you wanted?" Sam asked.
"If we survived the whole Lucifer thing first I planned on going home and trying to live my life...I never thought this would be me. But now... I can't say for sure this is what I wanted to happen, but I'm not mad. I can't see me ever being completely normal now. But I'm okay with this, and whether you believe me or not I care for your brother Sam."
He nodded. "Yeah...I kinda figured that out a while ago."
Dean came down and grabbed his stuff. "Alright, let's go." he said to Sam. Then he turned back to Bela. "You're okay?"
"Yes, now go." She said.
Sam headed out the door ahead of Dean. Dean kissed her quickly, looking her in the eye. "Right, okay. Be careful then. I'll talk to you soon."
Bela nodded. He was going to be fun to deal with the next several months...
Dean placed a hand on the side of her stomach and gave her one last look before turning and walking out the door.
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3 months later. January 2010
Dean and Sam had been on the road for months, with Bobby and Bela keeping an eye on the Apocalypse stuff and Lucifer. Dean had stopped in to check on her twice, but unfortunately most of their more important cases were pretty far west. Jo had went out hunting for the first time a couple weeks ago, and had made sure to keep in contact with one of the others since she no longer had her mother backing her up. Usually it was either Bobby or she'd call Bela in for a back up 'superior'.
Dean telling Bobby had been quite entertaining, although Bobby always seemed to know things before hand. Dean and Sam had arrived at Bobby's about 2 weeks after leaving Bela's 3 months ago.
"Boy, you look distracted? You just hear anything I said?"
Jo and Sam had looked up at them.
"Wha...yeah, yep. I'm good."
"Uh huh. What's eating at you now?"
"Nothin."
"You were on the phone til midnight and didn't seem to sleep a wink, and now you're twitchy."
"Bobby I'm not twitchy, just had things to talk about."
Sam made a coughing sound.
"And I wasn't born yesterday. Bela called here yesterday you know, looking for you. I know you talked to her last night, and now you're all jumpy. So, either something personal is bothering you, or she found something about Lucifer. I'd say since you aren't tellin' us about it that it's personal."
Dean sighed. Sam gave him a look that said 'spill now'.
Bobby looked at him hard.
"Alright fine. She called after her first doctors appointment, I got nervous. It was nothing though and she's good."
"Uh huh, about what? You didn't get nervous just cause Bela Talbot had a doctor appointment."
"Come on man just rip off the band aid." Sam said.
Dean glared at him, but turned back to Bobby. Jo stared at them with interest.
"She's uh..Bela's pregnant. There, I said it. So go ahead say whatever you want about me screwing up okay? Yeah we weren't care...oops."
Bobby actually laughed at him. "Well that took you long enough."
"Huh?"
"You've been acting strange since you left her place. I heard you talkin to her twice now about 'doctors' and worries. Everytime she called here you acted all crazy. I had a hunch."
Dean sighed. "No yelling?"
"Well what you want me to say idjit? Bum timing as usual, but other than that I saw it coming a while back ago."
Dean shrugged. "Right. Well be nice or I'll make sure the kid calls you Grandpa Bobby." Dean threatened teasing.
Dean pulled the impala up to Bela's home and made his way inside. He opened the door and called out so he wouldn't startle her.
"Hey. It's me."
Bela walked around the corner from the kitchen, mug in hand, and for once was smiling at him.
"Whoa. Alright woman, put the cup down and step away from the coffee."
She rolled her eyes. "Relax sweetheart, it's herbal tea. I am on a natural high now."
"You're smiling. That right there scares me."
"The past week I've kept all meals down. 2nd trimester, I've seemed to move past the morning sickness. I also have my energy back. So yes, I'm smiling...because I feel like it."
"Well that's good." he agreed. Then Dean really looked at her. She was 4 1/2 months now and still very flat and toned...but now he could finally see her belly had definatly rounded just a little. It was cute.
"What?" she asked, noticing him staring.
"Nothing. You look good."
She rolled her eyes. "Thank you Dean, but the feel good comments aren't necessary."
"Hey I'm not just sayin' it to make you feel good. It's true."
She shrugged. "I have to get to my appointment."
"Oh yeah? What's on today's agenda."
"Normal check up, except she did say we could find out the sex today...do you want to know?"
"Well I have a hunch...but uh, can I come?"
She looked over at him. Dean walked towards her and placed his hands on her sides. Like she would tell him no.
"Yes. Just behave."
He smirked.
"So, a hunch? Of course you do." she said, shaking her head.
He smiled.
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Queens. Outside Bela's Home.
Bela made the mistake of betting Dean on the sex of the baby, he relied on his dreams. However, she figured since it was Dean and everything the Winchesters seemed good at producing boys. So Bela said 'boy', and Dean said 'girl'. Quite opposite of what she'd pictured.
So, a little over an hour later Bela knew she'd have to pay up later. Dean of course had won. She wasn't sure how he seemed to know it was a girl.
"Well you should be happy you know. Easier to pick out a name and buy crap." He said.
"You seem happy, figured you'd want a boy."
Dean shrugged. "Sure...but then again I have a feeling our girl's gonna be pretty and be wrapped around our fingers."
"Your finger, not mine."
"Yeah right, you'll spoil her more than me."
Bela shrugged.
"I know I promised no work talk, but obviously I haven't found anything...I assume Bobby hasn't found anything more on how to stop Lucifer."
"No."
"It's been months...I keep waiting for something to happen. I think that's what scares me the most." Bela admitted, her right hand going subconciously to her slightly swollen belly.
"Yeah, me too, but it's not going to help to worry about it."
"Oh yeah, because you and Sam seem to be hunting more than usual."
"Just trying to make things safer."
"Mmhhmm."
They walked into Bela's home and Dean closed the door behind her. Sam was still on his laptop and the counter. He'd come to Bela's with Dean this time, she seemed to be okay with it.
"You still doin' research? You gotta get a life." Dean commented.
"Yeah Dean, I have one, it involves trying to find a way to beat the devil."
"Right."
"So?" Sam asked them.
"I won." Dean stated.
"Won?" Sam questioned, looking at Bela. "You bet against him?"
She shrugged. "I'm used to winning."
"Yeah, I'm sure you are." Sam said, laughing. "What does Dean winning mean anyway?"
Dean was about to speak when Bela interrupted.
"It means your brother's going to be completely wrapped around his daughter's pinky...for however long our lives are now."
Sam looked to Dean who just shrugged in return.
"How do you do that? Glass half full and half empty all in one sentence." Dean asked her.
She smirked. "Just stating a fact. I'm hungry..."
"And you expect me to get you something?" Dean asked.
She looked at him hard.
"Right...of course you do. Sam you want anything?" Dean asked, picking up phone.
"Sure he does, because you're going to order pizza."
"Okay then." Dean said, looking to Sam. It was Sam's turn to shrug his shoulders and smile. He couldn't help but laugh at his brother's expense.
"You can get whatever you want, but I want olives on mine...lots of them."
He nodded. Bela turned and walked up the stairs to change.
"Wow."
"Shut it." Dean replied.
"Seriously you're whipped...by Bela. Who are you?"
"Sam, I said shut up." Dean mock glared at him.
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They'd all went to bed after dinner...most likely because Bela did and Dean followed her. Dean naturally was holding Bela a little more protectively, and he didn't even realize he was doing it. She didn't seem to care, or at least never spoke of it.
As Dean closed his eyes he fell into a strange dream of Bela in something sexy and intimate, but then it switched to her and their child. His dream was interrupted however by Anna.
"Wha..Anna?"
"Hello Dean."
"Okay..why are you in my head? "
"No, I can't find you."
"Oh, right. Cas did that."
Anna nodded. "Speaking of him...nevermind, listen I don't have much time. I was locked upstairs, but I escaped."
"What do you need?"
"For you to meet me." She said, giving him an address. "Hurry."
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Dean woke up abrubtly, luckily not waking Bela up. He quietly got up and out of bed and went to get Sam. He woke his brother up and told him what Anna said. The boys then got ahold of Castiel and told him what she said.
"You stay, I will go to her first." Castiel said.
"You don't trust her?" Sam asked.
"No, if she escaped...I'm afraid it may be because they let her. I need to find out what she wants first."
The boys let him leave.
End Chapter.