Part 9

Over the course of the next week you and Jensen had daily talks and texts and then he was off back to the set. Rose was bummed she didn't get to see JJ prior to his departure, but Jensen hardly saw her either unless Daneel was with them too and you didn't want to get in the middle, especially since Daneel was looking to blame you for all the recent turn of events.

You couldn't blame her for wanting to point fingers. You blamed all of Eric's friends for your split since they always encouraged him to go out, but you had to come to terms that it just wasn't meant to be between you too, especially if he didn't want to put any extra effort into it. You just didn't feel a relationship should be that hard to keep going. You knew every relationship went through rough patches, but if you couldn't work through them and only was willing to put in some work, then it was better to just let it go.

You and Rose were over at the Padalecki's for a play date with the boys. You were all in the family room watching a movie when you heard the front door slam and all heads turned to see who it was.

"What THE HELL are YOU?! doing here?!" Daneel screeched upon seeing you.

"Whoah! Whoah!...Daneel...why don't you let JJ stay with the rest of the kids and you and I go talk in the kitchen."

"I don't want to leave my child with HER. She'll just take her away from me too!"

"You know what Gen, I think Rose and I should go. Thanks for having us over."

You gathered your things and Rose and went out the door. You could hear more yelling as you left and you wanted to defend yourself, but knew it wouldn't be worth the argument, especially in front of the kids. You knew Gen would probably call you later and give you minor details. You didn't ask and didn't want to know much about what was going on between Jensen and Daneel anymore than he told you. You just didn't want to be in the middle knowing how nasty everything could turn out.

Later that night you got a call from Gen.

"Hey...everything ok?" You asked. You knew how draining this could be on friends and loved ones as well.

"Yeah. She was livid that...well, let's just say that things aren't getting any better between them. Daneel offered to go up there for the weekend knowing that he had a light schedule for them to spend some time together and he turned her down. She thinks he's starting to have feelings for someone else...and she thinks it's you..."

"What? Why?"

"I dunno. I know you guys have only been friends and neither of you would do anything while they're still married...she just doesn't know why else he wouldn't want to TRY to spend time together."

"I don't know either..."

You could hear the boys in the background, "I gotta go. I'll talk to you later y/n. And I'm sorry about Daneel attacking you."

"It's ok. She's going through a rough time...but I can only take the lashings for so long..."

"I know. I'm surprised how well you've handled it so far fire cracker."

"Ha...ha...thanks. Have a goodnight Gen."

"You too y/n."

You couldn't help but feel a little mad at Jensen for not wanting to have Daneel come up for the weekend. You told him how Eric never wanted to do stuff like that to try to fix things, but wouldn't call the relationship off either. And now here he was not wanting to try anything, but not giving her divorce papers either.

"Hey y/n...How are you? I wasn't expecting you to call."

"What THE HELL is your problem?! Your wife is TRYING to fix things and you're just blowing her off?! You KNOW how much it killed me when Eric did that to me, so WHY are you doing it to her?!"

"Whoa! I thought you were neutral in this whole thing. And I thought she was attacking and blaming you for our problems, so why are you trying to help her out?"

"I'm not doing anything for her. I just know how much that hurts and I know you'll end up reg retting not trying...just look at how Eric is now that we've moved on without him BECAUSE he wouldn't try and I got tired of trying...I just...don't want you to regret not at least TRYING ok..."

You heard him let out a heavy sigh, "I dunno y/n...I've...I've been...I think I'm starting to have feelings for someone else...and shouldn't I NOT be if I truly loved Daneel?"

You felt your heart stop and had the sudden desire for that someone to be you and at the same time didn't want to become known as "the woman who broke up the Ackles household." And you KNEW he would regret not at least trying and you would hate yourself for not encouraging him to do so.

"I dunno...I think you just might be confused with how things are lately...I think even when you're married you can have certain feelings for others, hell you can even still find other people attractive, but it's the love you have your spouse and desire to be with them that keeps yoi from acting on those other feelings...and you haven't acted on them, right?"

"No...but I've really wanted to..."

"But you haven't...so there has to still be something there between you and Daneel. More than a ring and a piece of paper. I mean you guys have been together for so long and been through so much together...I think you would really regret not trying everything to have things work out..."

He was silent. You guessed processing everything you said.

"Jensen?...you still there?"

"Yeah...just...I dunno y/n...I feel like it would be futile. We've had issues for so long and they haven't been resolved..."

"Then TRY to resolve them...if they don't get resolved or if they end up resolved for only a short period of time, then at least you know you tried and you can feel better ending it KNOWING that you did everything you could to fix it."

"You're not gonna let this go are you until I say I'll have her come for the weekend will you?"

"Nope!"

"Ok...ok...I'll have her come."

"And Jensen."

"Hmm?"

"Make it special. A nice dinner, something romantic. Really put an effort to it and try to remind the two of you why you fell in love in the first place."

"Ok y/n. I'll try."

"Thank you...I know you will...Now call your wife, get her a plane ticket and have a great weekend!"

He laughed lightly, "Ok y/n...you have a good weekend too."

You hung up satisfied that he was going to TRY, but also felt torn because a part of you hoped it was you he was starting to have feelings for. But he's MARRIED! You can't and didn't want to be the "other woman." You let out a heavy sigh, plugged your phone into the charger, and headed off to bed.

Hopefully your dreams would be a lot less drama filled than your reality.