I Couldn't Protect Her

Too Much

Dean sat on his bed with Ashlyn cuddled on his chest, he had his fingers tangled in her hair

"I love your hair," he said, rubbing her scalp

"I love your eyes," she replied, looking deeply into his baby blues

"I love your smile," he continued

"I love your lips," she said, pecking his pink lips with a smile

"I love your hips," he said, hands conforming to the curve

"I love your butt," she teased, patting his ass and he laughed and reached down to squeeze hers

"I love yours more," he replied and they laughed

"I really love you Ash," Dean said and Ashlyn's breath hitched

"Ditto," she replied and Dean smiled softly and smiled at the strand of hair he was playing with

"I love you to Dean, so much that it scares me, if it had such a thing as loving someone too much that would be how I feel about you, I really love you Dean and it's really gonna hurt when you leave," she admitted and Dean smiled

"Well since I could never bring myself to hurt you, guess I can't leave. Not like I'd want to anyway," he admitted, still threading his fingers through her hair

"AJ hurt me really bad, he fell out of love with me and it really hurt when he did." She told him, and no one but Finn knew about how much AJ hurt her

"I'll never do you like that. I wanna be with you forever, I just hope you'll give me the chance," he told her and she smiled

"I gotta tell my dad about us, and Finn," she admitted and Dean smiled

"There's something you should know,"  Dean admitted and Ashlyn tilted her head looking up when Dean sat up on the edge of the bed and put his head in his hands

"Before we take it too far and get really serious, uh, I'm uh, I'm an orphan Ash," Dean told her and she gasped lightly and slowly sat up with him and rested a hand gently on his back

"I was born on December 7th 1985, I only had my mom, my dad got arrested 6 months before I was born. He got a life sentence, and my mom just threw him out of our life, I was 8 years old when she killed herself by an overdose. It was the hardest thing I ever had to experience." He explained to her and truly, Ashlyn didn't know what to say so she opted to just listen

"I don't wanna start our relationship on secrets or with lies, I love you Ashlyn, I think I loved you from the first moment I laid eyes on you," he admitted and she ran her finger on the curve of his jaw

"There's something you should know to," she said biting her lip and looking into Dean's eyes

"Ash? I'm home!" They heard from downstairs and Ashlyn felt her heart rate pick up as Dean looked at her and smiled, they both got up and Ashlyn ran down the stairs while Dean followed at his own leisurly pace

"Dad!" She yelled as she through herself on the militant who embraced her tightly

"Dean!" Her father called happily, smiling at the young man who followed after his daughter and Dean smiled as they also shared an embrace

Ashlyn smiled at her plate unconsciously as she and her dad ate in the restaurant

"Ash? Is there something on your mind?" Her dad asked with his usual warm smile and Ashlyn looked up at him confused

"Why'd you ask?" She wondered and he laughed and took a sip of his drink before replying 

"You never smiled at the steak before," he replied amused

"Is there something you wanna tell me?" He asked and Ashlyn shyly smiled at the table and then met her dad's eyes again

"Dean and I uh, we're together." She admitted and her dad beamed at her

"That's awesome. I'll need to have a talk with Mr. Ambrose sooner or later," he admitted and Ashlyn smiled

Damn, she was so in love with Dean. Maybe too much. But she could never live happily with Dean, knowing she is hiding this giant secret from him. When the time is right, hopefully she'd be able to tell him and hopefully he wouldn't look at her any different