A/N: I decided to fill in the cracks of what happened in YSH,IHL after a talk with my friend Lexi and just what Gabriel's plan was and it went from explaining the angel's avoidance of glitter and trusting Gabe to plan to suddenly explaining a bunch of little moments like Gabriel meeting Cas and Lucifer falling what Balthazar and Cas did to Raphael's library among other things so this is the first snapshot

1. When Gabriel Met Castiel

When Gabriel first met Castiel, it was completely by accident. You see Gabriel had a plan. No, correction, Gabriel had a very cunning plan. Really it was a shame that he'd never thought of it before, but now that he had, well there was no way he couldn't implement said plan.

And it went great…to start with, and then things hit the proverbial fan and everything was suddenly without a doubt horribly wrong.

How was he supposed to know that Zachariah would be such a pansy and freak out over a little prank? The snakes were rubber…mostly rubber anyhow; Lucifer may have lent a hand in matters.

The point was however, that Gabriel most certainly was not hiding out from his prick of a brother. Nope, not at all; lots of people took walks…in completely deserted areas of Heaven, slightly bending time to put oneself a few seconds off reality while they made their way to the safe haven of the garden.

So he was not hiding, besides it wasn't even like he was the only one involved, but nobody called Lucifer out on his antics. Well Michael did, but that more of a 'I give you kinky wing sex so behave or I'm going on strike' way of calling the Morniingstar out. In short, Lucifer was off limits.

Unfortunately, Zach could hold a grudge, and while laying a finger on Lucifer was forbidden and would no doubt result in sparking Michael's wrath, Gabriel was very much so open territory. Having dutifully pissed off each and every one of his brothers and sisters one way or another, Gabriel found himself public enemy #1 and currently at the top of everyone's shit list, so Zach wanting to get even was naturally given the green light as they turned a blind eye.

Zach had gone after him in a Rambo fashion, but Gabriel had managed to give him the slip and was now walking into the garden…away from everyone…for peace, not safety, after all he wasn't running.

Back pressed against a tree, Gabriel calmly peered around to check if the coast was clear and came face to face with a pair of Giant blue orbs.

Gabriel didn't yelp, it was a very manly shout. Stumbling back and tripping over a root, Gabriel fell flat on his bottom with yet another manly shout, not an undignified cry. It was then that he found those ridiculously blue eyes were actually a part of a face, pale flesh contrasting against unkempt black hair and tufts of brawny wings rising just above his shoulders. Ah, a fledgling.

Clearing his throat Gabriel grinned, angel body shield, even Zachariah wasn't dickish enough to harm an innocent fledgling…at least Gabriel thought that was the case.

"Hey kiddo, how'd you like to go for a walk?"

Head tilting, those blue eyes looked up at Gabriel, then in a flash, a tiny hand was thrust forwards, "I'm Castiel."

"Gabriel, they call me Gabriel," the archangel spoke taking the tiny hand. "If you don't mind me asking Cassie, can I call you that, but what are you doing out here by your lonesome?"

Nose wrinkling at the nickname, Castiel seemed to ponder his words. "I'm…playing."

"Alone," Gabriel asked raising an eyebrow.

"I don't know anybody else," Castiel replied after a pause.

Light bulbs went off and for the second time today, Gabriel had a brilliant and cunning plan.

Mind flashing to a particular blond angel who spent his time more often than not pouting by himself because nobody seemed to share his penchant for pulling practical jokes. Yes, this seemed promising.

Throwing an arm around the fledgling, Gabriel smiled "really? Well you know, I just so happen to have a friend that I think you'd really like, call me crazy but I think you two will really hit it off."

Nodding silently Castiel fell into step with Gabriel, "who?"

Laughing Gabriel shook his head "oh I can't believe you've never met Balthazar before! Trust me on this kid; you're going to be thanking me for this later."

Gabriel met Castiel when he was definitely not hiding out from Zachariah, but regardless of technicalities, meeting the blue-eyed wonder was one of the best things to happen to Gabriel. He definitely wasn't bored; after all, matchmaking was quite the draining task; especially where two emotionally oblivious angels were concerned.