Chapter 12

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"Nice to see you to Jo." replied Dean. Jo scoffed and pushed right past him, straight to the kitchen with the arms full of groceries.

"Um...nice seeing you too Jo." sad Sam, who was feeling a little nervous bacause of the incident that occured back in Duluth. Fortunately, Jo's face popped out behind the kitchen wall with a "Thanks Sam." before disappearing again.

"Huh, that's suprising." muttered Dean.

"What?"

"Oh nothing, the fact that she prefers to reply to demon-possessed girls than me."

Sam rolled his eyes to this comment and walked over to Ellen, asking if they could stay for a night or two. Dean decided to take advantage of this distraction to go have a private talk with Jo.

Jo was making a sandwich for herself when she heard a familiar gruff voice call her name. Turning around, her eyes met with a pair of green ones for a second before busying herself back to making her sandwich.

"You hungry Dean?"

"Sure."

She heard the chair beside her being pulled out. She also felt an intense stare coming from that same side.
With a slight smile, Jo cocked her head and asked, "So, what brought you and Sam here?"
Smirking, he answered, "Is there a problem with me visiting my favorite girl?" With this, Jo started feeling irritated.

"Dean, let's get one thing straight here, I was never your girl. End of story."
After pondering for a moment, Dean questioned, "Is this about the phone call I never made?"

Silence.

"Look Jo, I'm really sorry about that. Sam and I were really bus-"

"Busy with a hunt? Yeah Dean, you always are. It always seems to be the same excuse for every question. But how about the times when you weren't? When you were resting in your motel room? Did you even stop to think about me?"

Dean, stunned by her sudden emotional outburst, could only stare at her angry face before she regained composure.

"I didn't think so. Like I said, I was never your girl. ever. Enjoy your meal."

With that, she walked out of the room, leaving Dean with a sandwich on the countertop.

Later that night...

The Winchester brothers retired early that night because of the work waiting for them tomorrow. However, Dean was having troubles falling asleep.

"Dean, let's get one thing straight here, I was never your girl. End of story."

The statement rang throughout his head, which caused him to really think about Jo. Sure he rejected Jo a few years back, but only because he thought she deserved better than him. Who would want an old rogue like him? But after seeing Jo again, this time, he felt something different. He felt as if she was the one for him.

Dean laughed at the idea that he and Jo would end up together. Yeah, dream on dude. Like she said, she's not interested. With that, he closed his eyes and slept without a dream.

Meanwhile...

Dean wasn't the only one with the insomniac problem, Jo couldn't sleep as well. She couldn't understand why Dean was returning forgotten feelings now instead of back then. Whatever Jo, forget about him, he's a hunter, he'll just mooch off you and leave you. Don't risk hurting your heart, not again. She too, slept a fitful sleep.