"Let me get this right… You're pregnant and they are together?" Jo asks, pointing at Dean and Cas.
"Yup." Melody answers.
"I knew it! I just knew there was some reason for me not to fall in love with you!" Jo laughs. Ellen is more concerned about Melody.
"Shouldn't you stay here if you're pregnant then? You shouldn't be out hunting, I've got some experience and you can get a lot of news from the hunters that comes here." She says. Melody shakes her head.
"Nope. Someone needs to keep an eye on the boys, no offence Charlie, and when I'm too big to run I can stay in the bunker and keep the place clean and stuff." She says.
"Okay then. But you call me whenever there's trouble." Ellen says.
That's how they spend the weekend: Ellen worrying about Melody, Jo teasing Dean and Cas who are still slightly awkward, Charlie checking Jo out and Ash, Adam and Sam chilling and joking. Melody really likes it. She actually quite sad when they leave. But she is interrupted by Gabriel appearing, sitting on Sam.
"What the actual fuck, Gabriel!" he shouts. Melody has a hard time trying to stop laughing at the scene. Gabriel approves.
"At least one of you Winchesters knows how to have a bit of fun. And the baby is healthy too, great. But now to some more serious things. Crowley is back, and we need you guys to force him back in Hell for a while. We don't want to reveal ourselves just yet, and you're his favorites. Plus, he should like Mel. Bye!" and then he's gone.
"Dammit! Is it too much to ask for just one week of!?" Dean shouts. Back in the bunker Sam and Den immediately start to summon Crowley, the king of Hell. Melody is incredibly nervous.
"Hello boys. How are you?" Crowley says when he appears. He looks much less terrifying and better than she expected. He looks around.
"I see you've got some more people over here. I suppose you like it that way, moose?" then he looks right at Melody.
"Who's this sweetie then? And which one of you is the lucky father?" He asks, smirking.
"This is my wife Melody and I'm the lucky father." Sam says, and he can't help but look very proud.
"Congratulations then moose. One more Winchester, and a mini-moose-Winchester on the way. I should tell my demons to stay in Hell." He smiles, not kindly, but not mean either.
"Now, tell me squirrel, why did you summon me? I'm busy." Crowley says, turning to Dean.
"A little birdie told us that you were out of Hell again, so we want to know what you're up to and then kick your ass back again." Dean says.
"I just wanted to stretch my legs for a while. And you'd stop whatever I wanted to do anyway. How about you getting me out of this thing and then you can fill me up with what you've been doing? I'm really curious about how you met your little panda, moose." Crowley says, staring at them. Sam opens the trap and Crowley walks out.
"I like your names for them, but why do I have to be the panda?" Melody asks. Crowley looks surprised.
"I like you. What does squirrel call you then?" he says. Dean takes the chance.
"Call her princess. I do that. She acted like a spoiled princess when we met." Dean smirks when Melody takes her knife out and points it at him.
"So how did you meet these… things?" Crowley asks Melody.
"My family got killed and they went to investigate it, and then I got a friend to drive me here." Melody says simply. They sit down and just talk with Crowley instead of sending him back to Hell again.
"For God's sake! We told you to send him back, not talk to him like it's some Disney-movie!" Balthazar says and appears out of nowhere. He puts his hand to Crowley's forehead and sends him back.
"Well… Less work for us." Dean says lazily, putting his feet on the table. Balthazar shakes his head and disappears again.
"He was in a good mood today." Adam says sarcastic. Then Melody rushes to the toilet to throw up. When she comes back they all look worried.
"That's it. You're staying home with Charlie from now on." Dean says. He puts a finger to her lips when she starts to argue.
"I won't argue that." Then he pushes her in the back all the way to her and Sam's room.
"Dean, I'm fine!" Melody shouts when Dean carefully presses her down on the bed. He leaves without a word. Melody sighs and starts listen to music instead. About two hours later Sam walks in.
"We found a vampire nest in San Francisco and need Charlie too. Is it okay for you to stay here alone while we're away?" he asks carefully.
"Well, I don't want to stay at home at all, but I guess I have to and then it'll be totally okay with me to stay here alone. I can clean the bunker up a bit." Then she turns her back to him. He lays down beside her and strokes her cheek.
"I know you want to come. I think it's almost everyone's dream to hunt vampires, but we can't risk getting you hurt. Enough people have gotten hurt or killed because of us, and the risk is even greater now that you're pregnant and everything. I'd love to have you come with us, but we can't stand anymore people getting hurt because of us, neither of us. We know you're capable of fighting, but we just can't risk it. And on top of that we would focus more on protecting you than helping Adam and Charlie, and that wouldn't be good." He says, trying to comfort her. She turns to him and smiles.
"I know. Just get back in one piece, all of you." The she kisses him before turning her back at him again, trying to sleep.
"We will try to have Gabriel and Balthazar to check on you once a day, and I'll call you every day." He says before leaving the room. She smiles to herself before falling asleep.
She wakes up early. At first she finds it strange that the bunker is totally empty, then she remembers. She eats breakfast, showers and then returns to the kitchen. She finds a recipe of a blueberry pie. She starts baking just to have something for Dean when they get back. Afterwards she takes her mattress and moves it to the main room to be close to the door if they come back at night and someone is hurt. Then she starts cleaning the bunker. She jumps when Gabriel appears.
"Balty is still annoyed by you lot chatting with Crowley. I came to check on you and it seems you're doing well, and so is the little one, even though I recommend you to take it easy for the rest of the day." He hands her some kind of drink and then he's gone. She tries to drink. It's just like whiskey, but she knows it's no alcohol in it. She smiles, takes the bottle of alcohol free whiskey and tosses herself on the sofa to watch something. She notices that the drink smells like some kind of booze too and decides to play a prank at the others when they come home again by always having the bottle nearby, especially when she sleeps.
"How are you feeling?" Gabriel says from her right side.
"Jesus, Gabriel! You don't have to scare me like that! And I'm fine, thanks." Melody says with a laugh.
"Like your drink?" he asks, smirking.
"Oh yes. Thanks." She says.
"How about me getting you a bottle everyday? It'll calm your nerves, just like whiskey but with no alcohol." He says, almost looking proud of himself.
"That would be awesome! I plan on pranking them with having the bottle beside me all the time to make them think I've been drinking." She says with an evil smirk.
"I like that. Pranks are lovely, and pranking the Winchesters are the best thing in the world. I see you've moved to the room next to the hallway, and if you want to I can make sure they come here in the middle of the night, if no one are hurt, just to give it more effect." He says.
"Oh yes, thank you! This will be fun." She says.
"Yep. But I gotta get back to Balty. I'll come by tomorrow again." And then he's one, but has left another bottle on the table. After a while Sam calls to tell her that they're there and that they'll go to a bar to investigate.
The days continue that way: during the days Melody bakes cookies, cupcakes or pies, Gabriel and sometimes Balthazar comes by two or three times every day to chat a little, and Gabriel gives her a lot of the weird drink. And every night Sam calls. The pregnancy makes Melody feel sick all the time, but the drink helps. The afternoon five days after they left Gabriel drops by to tell her that they're on their way back and that no one is hurt so she better be prepared and he'll make sure they arrive around midnight. She drinks as much as she can and soon there's only one bottle left. About half past eleven she is done putting most of the bottles on the living room table and the rest around the mattress or in the kitchen. She start watching a horror movie with the only bottle left in her hand. She practices to fake hiccups, and manages to make them sound very real. Exactly as the clock strikes midnight she hears the door open.
"Sorry it took so long, honey! A lot of trouble along the way!" Sam shouts. She doesn't answer and start faking hiccups again. They walk in to the living room and Dean walks straight to the bottles and smell them.
"Who the hell gave you all these!?" he shouts, grabbing the one in her hand.
"Gabriel." She says and giggles like a drunk. One more fake-hiccup. Sam takes the bottle from Dean and tries to drink. She knows he will think it's real booze. While he grimaces Dean goes mad.
"GABRIEL! GET YOUR DOUCHEY, FEATHERY ASS DOWN HERE! NOW!" Melody giggles a bit more.
"Why are you angry? It's not like it'll hurt the baby." She says. Gabriel appears and looks confused at their worried and mad faces (except for Cas). Then he bursts out laughing, which drives Dean over the edge. He presses Gabriel against the wall with an angel blade in his hand. Gabriel won't stop laughing, pushes Dean away and walks over to Melody, who is also laughing her ass off, and high-fives her.
"Did you really think it was real?" Melody asks, laughing even more. Now they only look confused.
"It's some kind of angelic drink that is exactly like whiskey, but without alcohol. We decided to prank you a little. Plus, it calms my nerves and helps me with the stomach. Totally harmless." She explains and starts laughing with Gabriel again, falling onto him. Dean looks at Cas, and Cas nods.
"We've got one of those. It's rare, but Gabriel is powerful and can get as much as he wants whenever he wants." He smiles a bit.
"I actually knew about this prank. Gabriel told me about it so I wouldn't ruin it." Dean and Sam falls down on the floor in relief, and Charlie and Adam giggles.
"Well, thanks for that Mel, and thanks Cas for not ruin it. I haven't laughed that hard for a long time. I'll come by next week with more. The amount you've been drinking today to empty all those bottles are enough to last for at least one week. Good night." Then Gabriel is gone. Melody laughs a bit more at their faces.