Alright Guys here is Chapter 2 of From the Ashes...!
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Start It Off With A Bang ( Chapter 2)
A month had passed since Dean and Cas had talked to Ellen about moving out. Since then Dean started to work with Bobby at the garage, and Cas found a job at the local library sorting books. Cas didn't really like the job, but it brought in some money. Cas and Dean had spent the past month looking at apartments that were in town.
They found a nice one that was a one bedroom apartment that would be big enough for the both of them. It would cost around $600 dollars a month for rent and utilities, which was perfect for the boys since they were racking in about $2000 dollars a month between the both of them.
"Hey Dean, when was our tour of the apartment again?" Cas asked as he got ready for work.
"I think it was at noon." Dean replied." You look sexy in your librarian outfit." Dean flirted.
"Shut up, you know I have to dress fancy for work. It's hard enough trying to cover up my tattoo's." Cas replied, stressed that he was running late for work.
"I know, but you know I have a librarian fetish." Dean joked as he walked up behind Cas and wrapped his arms around Cas.
"Seriously Dean, I need to go, I'm already running late for work!" Cas stressed as he tried to worm his way out of Dean's embrace, but to no avail, Cas just gave up and hugged back, knowing this would get Dean to let go.
"I love you babe." Dean cooed as Cas ran out of the room.
"I love you too." Cas called as he went down the stairs.
Cas ran out to the bus stop, hoping he hadn't missed the bus. I need to get my own car.Cas thought as he looked down at his phone for the time. Shit! Cas thought as he saw he was going to be 30 minutes late. He decided to call his boss.
*Beep* *Beep*
"Hello?" Cas' boss answered.
"Hi, Mrs. Hines it's Castiel. I regret to inform you that I might be late for work, I missed my bus." Cas replied sadly, hoping he wouldn't lose his job over this.
"I'm sorry to hear that. It's no problem" Mrs. Hines said, " As long as you show up, there is no problem."
"I'm so sorry, it won't happen again. I'll see you in a bit." Cas replied with a long sigh of relief. Cas really liked Mrs. Hines, she was one of the nicest women he had met, and she reminded him of his own mother.
"No worries hun. Bye Bye" She replied as she hung up the phone.
Cas sat on the bus, looking out into the sky, staring at the clouds trying to make out their shapes. For once, life is starting to look up, He thought to himself. He looked over casually to see someone had taken the seat next to him. He looked over at the man sitting next to him, he didn't look much older than Sam, with a hat covering most of his face. Deciding that this was unimportant he looked back out the window.
A few stops later, Cas looked over as the man sitting next to him got up and got off the bus. He was a couple stops away from the reached into his pocket to check the time. He shuffled through his pocket looking for his phone. What the?, Cas thought as he checked his other pocket. He began to move frantically looking for his phone. He looked back through the window at the person who was sitting next to him on the bus, but the man was gone.Just fucking perfect,Cas thought as he gave up trying to find his phone, assuming the man next to him stole it.
Cas walked through the doors of the library to find Mrs. Hines waiting for him.
"Hey Castiel, how are you?" She asked.
"Not to good, I'm late and someone stole my phone on the bus." Cas replied.
"Oh, I'm sorry you want to call Dean and tell him?" She asked, genuinely concerned for Cas.
"Sure I guess." Cas said as he made his way over to the main desk. He grabbed the phone and quickly punched in Dean's number.
*Beep* *Beep* *Beep*
"Hello?" Dean said on the other line.
"Hey Dean, it's Castiel." Cas said.
"Oh Hey babe, what's up?" Dean asked.
"Someone stole my phone on the bus. Is there anyway after the apartment showing that you could take me to the mall so I can get a new phone?" Cas asked.
"What? Someone stole your phone? If I find that bastard I'm gonna kick the shit out of him!" Dean yelled through the phone.
"Can you take me to the mall or not?" Cas replied, short tempered.
"Yeah, I guess." Dean uttered, Cas could hear the hurt in his voice.
"I'm sorry Dean, I'm just having a bad day." Cas admitted.
"It's alright." Dean replied.
"Just call this phone when you are here, And ask for me, Sherry will page me." Cas said.
"Alright, love you." Dean added before he hung up the phone.
So much for a good day, Cas thought as he hung up the phone and walked over to the office to start getting books to put back on the shelf.
Cas walked around the second floor of the library trying to find where a particular book was supposed to go. As he wondered he mentally replayed the bus ride over and over in his head, trying to figure out the moment when the thief took his phone. I didn't feel him reach over and grab my phone from my pocket. Maybe my phone fell out of my pocket and he just took it out of opportunity, Cas thought to himself.
*BEEP*
CASTIEL TO THE FRONT COUNTER, CASTIEL TO THE FRONT COUNTER
Cas jumped at the loudness of the announcement. He looked around at the clock, It's not noon yet?, Cas thought as he made his way down the stairs to the front counter.
"Cas, someone found your phone." Sherry said as Cas walked closer to the counter.
"Really!" Cas grinned.
"Yes, it was this nice woman right here." Sherry said as she pointed the woman standing next to the desk.
"I found it on the floor of the bus, and someone texted it saying where you worked." The woman explained. Cas noticed that she had a lovely British accent.
"Well I thank you." Cas said as the woman handed him his phone.
"The names Bella by the way." The woman greeted, with a hint of seduction.
"My name is Castiel." Cas said as he stuck his hand out.
"That's the name of the Angel of Thursday right?" Bella asked.
"Correct, how did you know that?" Cas asked astounded that anyone knew that outside of his family.
"No reason, my family is rather religious." Bella answered.
"Oh, well thank you again for returning my phone. I much appreciate this." Cas thanked.
"No problem, if you ever want to thank me formally, you could always take me out to dinner?" Bella suggested.
"I uh.. I'm actually dating someone." Cas replied.
"Alright, well if you ever change your mind, you have my number." Bella said as she turned and made her way out the door.
Cas checked his phone and saw that everything was still there, but Bella's number had been put into his contacts as : Bella ;)… Cas quickly changed the name to Bella and moved on. He switched over to his text inbox and sent a text to Dean.
To:/Dean
Hey Dean, I got my phone back!
From:/ Castiel
He put his phone back in his pocket and made sure it was still there and went back up to the second floor to continue putting the books back. He made it up the stairs when he felt his phone vibrate in his pocket.
To:/Cas
How do I really know it's you "Castiel?"
From:/Dean
Cas thought of a way to prove that this was really him, then he came up with the best way to say it was him.
To:/Dean
You have a librarian fetish.
From:/Castiel.
He slid his phone back into his pocket and took a couple steps before it went off again.
To:/Cas
Fair enough. I'm glad you got your phone back!
From:/Dean.
Cas laughed at his boyfriends reaction.
To:/Dean
Me too, save us some you still coming to pick me up at 12?
From:/Castiel
To:/Cas
Yeah, I'm leaving soon to come get you.
From:/ Dean.
Cas quickly checked the time on his phone and saw it was 11:25.
To:/Dean
Alright sounds good.
From:/Castiel.
Castiel slid his phone into his pocket and went back to putting the books on the shelves.
Dean rolled up in the Impala 10 minutes before noon. He quickly parked the car and walked into the air conditioned library. He looked around for Cas but didn't see him and decided to walk over to the main desk.
"Excuse me?" Dean asked.
"Hi, how can I help you?" The woman replied.
"Do you know where Cas is?" Dean questioned.
"Cas? Oh Castiel! Why?" The woman said.
"I'm Dean… his boyfriend?" Dean answered.
"Oh your Dean! I can see why Castiel likes you. I'm Pamela Hines, do you want me to call him down?" Pamela introduced.
"No I think I'm gonna surprise him." Dean said.
"Alright, he should be on the third floor." Pamela said.
"Thanks" Dean said as he made his way towards the stairs. He looked back to see Pamela looking at Dean. He felt a bit odd at the sight and continued up the stairs.
Once he reached the top of the stairs, Dean began the search for Cas. He looked in between the rows of shelves not seeing Cas anywhere. He rounded a corner and saw Cas standing with his back towards Dean. With a devilish smirk on his face Dean snuck over behind Cas and slapped his ass.
"Hey Stud!" Dean said as he hit Cas.
Cas jumped and quickly turned around.
"That was rude." Cas said angrily with that stern face of his.
"You know you like it when I touch your ass." Dean said seductively as he leaned in and kissed Cas. Dean slowly moved his hands to Cas ass and grabbed it.
"Hey, I work here sir!" Cas responded.
"That doesn't mean you can't have some fun." Dean whispered seductively. He moved in and kissed Cas again, wanting the taste of honey and vanilla that he had been missing so much.
"Ahh emm" someone murmured behind them. Cas and Dean quickly turned around to see Pamela standing there.
"You do know this is a library right?" She asked them.
"Yes ma'am I'm sorry." Cas apologized.
"Well… just don't let it happen again." Pamela said.
"I'll just go wait in the car." Dean said embarrassed, quickly kissed Cas on the cheek and made his way down the stairs.
"I'm really sorry about that Mrs. Hines." Cas apologized again.
"It's not that big of a deal."She replied as she watched Dean go down the stairs. " I can see why you like this boy, He's got a great ass." Pamela said as she walked away. Cas stood their dumbfounded for a bit before he came to. He quickly went downstairs and gathered his things and made for the door.
Cas found Dean leaning against the impala.
"Did you get in trouble?" Dean questioned.
"No, But thinks you have a great ass." Cas joked.
Cas watched as Dean shuttered at the thought and got in the car.
Dean drove up to the apartment complex,where they could possibly be living in the near future. Dean slowly parked the Impala far enough away so that it wouldn't get any dings in it.
"Do you have any idea where we are supposed to go?" Dean asked.
"I do not know." Cas replied.
"Well, let's just go to the main office and ask."Dean stated.
"Yes. I think the office is somewhere over in that direction." Cas pointed out.
They walked over towards the main office, which was down a slight hill. Dean slipped and fell, sliding down the hill. Cas laughed as his boyfriend slid on his ass down the hill.
"Fucking hell!"Dean yelled, standing up as he wiped the dirt off of his ass.
"Are you alright?" Cas called out.
"Yeah, just peachy." Dean replied sarcastically.
Cas walked down the hill slowly, to avoid falling.
"You missed a spot." Cas said as he patted some left over dirt off of Dean's butt.
"Thanks Cas." Dean said. " Now let's make our way to the office."
As Cas and Dean approached the main office, the door suddenly swung open.
"Can't believe their late," the woman said looking at her watch, talking to the person inside the office."Oh, excuse me!"
"No worries." Dean said.
"What can I do for you?" the woman asked.
"We are here to look at apartment D326?" Dean said.
"Oh, you two are my 12:30! Sorry about that, it's been a long day." The woman said.
"Yes. I am Castiel. And this is Dean." Cas introduced.
"Pleasure to meet you two, I'm Michelle." She replied," Please follow me I'll show you boys to the apartment.
"So what do you boys think?" Michelle asked.
"It's great, I really love the porch!" Dean said.
"So, are one of you two going to sleep on the couch?" Michelle asked.
"No, we will be in the same room." Dean replied.
"I'm afraid I don't understand." Michelle admitted.
"We are a couple." Cas said impatiently.
"Oh…" Michelle replied quietly.
"What do you think Cas?" Dean asked, trying to change the subject.
"I am quite fond of this place, not so much the people though." Cas said as he glared at Michelle.
"That settles it then. We'll take it!" Dean yelled.
"Don't you think we should talk about this before we make any decisions?" Cas pleaded.
"What's to talk about? You love it, I love it. So what's the problem?" Dean questioned.
" Great! I'll go draw up the papers at the main office, if you two will follow me!" Michelle said as she walked out of the apartment.
"Dean, shouldn't we talk to Ellen before we go and get an apartment?" Cas said.
"It's our lives, I don't think that she should have anything to do with what we decide to do with our lives." Dean stated.
"… I guess you are correct." Cas finally said.
"Are you sure?" Dean asked.
"Yes, If you are sure, I am." Cas answered.
"Are you boys coming?" Michelle yelled over her shoulder.
Dean and Cas arrived back at Ellen's around 3 after signing the papers for their new apartment.
"Hey Boys, how was your day?" Ellen greeted.
"Pretty good." Dean replied.
"How bout you Cas?" Ellen asked.
"It was alright, started quite terrible but ended rather well." Cas replied.
"What happened?" Ellen questioned.
"Well, I was late for work, and then someone stole my phone. But, we got our new apartment today." Cas replied.
"Wait, What?" Ellen roared. "How could you do that?"
"It's not your decision whether or not we move out!" Dean yelled.
Ellen looked at Dean with tears in her eyes, she felt betrayed by Dean and Cas, but she also understood what he was saying to her.
Dean just looked at Ellen, feeling extremely guilty about not talking about it to her.
"Look Ellen, I'm sorry we didn't talk to you about it, but this is something me and Cas need to do." Dean started.
"Cas and I." Cas corrected.
Dean looked over at Cas and glared at him for correcting him, Cas just turned his head and stared at Dean in confusion.
"I understand… When can you guys move in?" Ellen asked.
"Next week." Cas said.
"Well then, looks like we are going to need to get you guys some furniture." Ellen replied.
"I think we got it." Dean said stubbornly.
"It's the least I can do for my son and his boyfriend." Ellen replied with a smile on her face.
"Thank you Ellen, this is much appreciated." Cas smiled back at her.
Dean set down a heavy box in their new bedroom. He looked over at Cas who carried an equally heavy box and set it into the kitchen. Sam followed suit and set their new T.V in their living room. Dean opened the box and started to put his clothes into the drawers.
Cas continued to put away some of the dishes into the cupboards, placing them carefully into their proper place.
"Uh, this is going to take forever!" Sam yelled as he tried to set up the T.V.
"You're not the one putting things away!" Dean yelled from the other room.
"Whatever jerk." Sam yelled.
"Bitch." Dean replied.
Cas just sat back and watched the two brothers go at it, laughing all the while.
"Quit yer squabbling ya idjits!" Bobby yelled, helping Ellen with the new couch that she got for the boys.
"Sorry Bobby." The boys said in unison.
"Now would you two help me with this damn couch?"Bobby asked.
Cas watched as Dean dropped what he was doing and helped Bobby place the couch down and adjust it to the right position. Cas had always thought of Bobby being the boys adopted father, he thought it was great that Dean had such a loving father figure, rather than their now deceased father.
Cas finished putting the rest of the dishes into the cupboard and moved on to putting some food into the watched as Sam and Jo sat on the couch talking about something. Dean was in the bathroom , fixing it up. Cas finished putting a loaf of bread into the cupboard and walked over towards the bathroom.
"Dean?" Cas asked.
"Yeah Cas?" Dean answered.
"How are things going in here?" Cas replied.
"Not bad, trying to get everything organized." Dean replied."I can't wait till everyone leaves so that we can really get " settled in"."
"Well hopefully they will leave soon." Cas said.
Cas and Dean walked out of the bathroom and went to go put some of the food away. As they got to the kitchen they could see that Ellen and Bobby were getting their coats on.
"Are you guys leaving?" Dean asked.
"Yeah, it's time we went home. You boys have work in the morning right?" Ellen asked.
"Oh yeah, I forgot about that." Dean answered.
"Do we have to?" Sam questioned.
"Yes, I'm sure the boys need to go to bed and get used to their new apartment." Ellen replied.
"Alright." Sam said as he stood up from the couch. He walked over to Dean and gave him a hug."I love you Dean."Sam said trying to hold back tears.
"I love you too Sammie, Don't cause Ellen too much trouble now." Dean said trying to hold back his tears as well.
"Don't call me that." Sam said as he let go of Dean and made his way over towards Cas. He gave Cas a hug, even though Sam is much taller than Cas. Sam leaned over so that he was ear level with Cas.
"You better not hurt my brother." Sam threatened.
Cas was taken back by the threat from Sam, he stepped back. He looked over at Dean who looked really confused. Dean looked to his brother who had a serious look on his face, not knowing what Sam had said to Cas, he glared at his little brother.
"Don't be strangers!" Ellen said as she walked over to Dean and gave him a hug, and then went to Cas and did the same.
"See you tomorrow boy." Bobby said to Dean.
"Bye everyone!" Dean waved as everyone walked out the door.
Cas closed his eyes, thinking about what Sam has said to him. Thinking back to when Dean had been stabbed.I've already failed,Cas thought to himself, disappointed at what had happened, and not being able to protect the one he loved.
Cas opened his eyes to see Dean looking at him. He had a concerned look on his face.
"Are you alright?" Dean asked.
"Yes, I am fine." Cas lied.
"What did Sam say to you?" Dean asked again.
"Nothing, he didn't say anything." Cas said.
"Alright then?"Dean said confused.
"Let's finish unpacking." Cas tried to change the subject.
After a few days of living in their new apartment, Cas was finally getting used to their new loved their new place, the view from their balcony was amazing, they could see the beauty of a sunset from this place, the hints of purple, oranges, pinks, and yellows made the view even more spectacular.
Cas had just gotten off of work, he was exhausted and just wanted to go to bed. He started to make his way over there when Dean walked in.
"Hey Cas, how was work?" Dean asked.
"it was adequate." Cas answered.
"Alright then?"Dean started," Hey, I was thinkin? Maybe we could throw a house warming party?"
"Why would we do that?" Cas responded.
"Well, I think it would be fun to have people come over and see the new place. Plus getting drunk always makes things fun." Dean replied.
"Well, It sounds like fun, but I am quite tired." Cas mumbled half asleep.
"Great! I'll start inviting people!" Dean said as he pulled his phone out.
"Alright, I guess that we are going to have the party anyway." Cas said sarcastically.
Dean had invited everyone he knew pretty much to the party. He also "acquired" some booze from Ellen who was " happy" to supply the alcohol. Cas changed into Dean's favorite shirt and went out into the living room and sat down on the couch, waiting for people to show up.
*Knock* *Knock*
Cas looked over trying to see where Dean was, but assumed he was in the bathroom and walked over to the door.
"Well hey there Castiel." A woman with an accent said.
"Bella? What are you doing here?" Cas asked.
"I heard you were having a party and decided that I'd make an appearance." Bella answered.
"Alright, I guess." Cas answered as he let her in.
"So, this is a nice place." Bella complimented as she walked through the house.
"Thank you." Cas said.
Dean walked out of the bathroom, and saw Cas talking to some chick in his own house.
"Cas, who is this?" Dean asked.
" Dean, this is Bella. Bella this is my boyfriend Dean." Cas said with some emphasis on boyfriend.
"It's nice to meet you Dean." Bella said as she stuck her hand out.
"Nice to meet you to. How do you know Cas?" Dean asked.
"I was the one who found his phone on the bus." Bella replied.
"Oh, Cas didn't mention anything about you." Dean said as he looked over at Cas.
"It did not seem of import to tell you who found my phone." Cas said.
Dean was about to answer when there was another knock on the door. He look at Cas before he went over and opened the door for Anna and Cassie.
The party was going well, Cas was actually having fun. He was talking with all of Dean's friends who he had never met before.
"Hey Cassie!" Someone said behind Cas.
He turned around to see his brother standing there.
"Gabriel! What are you doing here?" Cas said as he hugged his brother.
"Dean told me you were having a party and I thought I would come see my little bro's new place." Gabriel explained.
"Thank you." Cas said.
"Who's that?" Gabriel questioned with a smirk on his face, pointing towards Bella.
"That's Bella." Cas answered.
"Well, she's hot! I'll be back." Gabriel said as he walked over towards Bella's general direction.
Cas watched as Gabriel approached Bella, he watched as Bella smiled and must have said something rude because Gabe's face turned from a smile to a frown and he slinked away. Gabe slowly walked into the kitchen and took a gulp of Vodka and walked back to Cas.
"That was horrible!" Gabe greeted.
"What happened?" Cas asked.
"She told me I looked like a 5 year old with a face tumor that looked like a butt." Gabe summarized.
Cas couldn't help but laugh at what Bella had said to him. Gabe just looked at him with his puppy dog eyes and Cas stopped laughing.
"I'm sorry but that is pretty funny." Cas replied.
"Well, no matter I'm going to find some other piece of ass to chase." Gabe said as he turned on his heels and walked away.
Cas turned to try and find Dean, but he was nowhere to be found. He looked around and saw Bella staring at him, he looked away and tried to find something to do.
"Hey Castiel." Bella said as she snuck up on him.
"Hi Bella, are you enjoying the party." Cas asked.
"It's alright, some midget tried to hit on me though. But I think the party is about to get much better." Bella said as she put her hand on Cas' arm.
Cas quickly shrugged his arm and Bella lost her grip on Cas.
"Bella. I have a boyfriend. A BOYFRIEND! You and me are never going to happen." Cas insisted.
"Well, I can change that." Bella said as she tried to kiss Cas. Cas leaned back as far as he could.
"What the Hell is going on?" Dean yelled as he ran over and pushed Bella back.
"Nothing is going on. I was trying to give Cas a hug, but if you are going to over react over a hug, then I think I should go." Bella said as she turned around and went out the door.
"What the hell was that?" Dean roared at Cas.
"She tried to kiss me! That's what's going on. I was telling her that I was dating you and she wouldn't listen." Cas yelled back.
"From what I saw it didn't look that way!" Dean yelled.
"Believe what you want! I'm going to bed." Cas yelled as he walked away and went into the bedroom.
Cas stood on the other side of the door, leaning against it. What the hell is wrong with me?, Cas thought to himself as he slid down the door, He felt a tear rolled down his cheek. He sat there crying, not knowing what to do. He slowly stood up and undressed and climbed into bed. Rather intoxicated he quickly fell asleep from the combination of alcohol and exhaustion.
Dean opened the door once Anna and everyone who was staying the night fell asleep. He slowly crept into the room and saw Cas asleep in bed. He had been talking to the people near Cas and Bella and found out the truth of what had happened.
Dean sat on the edge of the bed.
"Cas?" Dean asked his sleeping boyfriend.
"Yes?" Cas answered angrily.
"I'm sorry Cas. I asked the people around you when Bella tried to kiss you. I'm sorry, I should have believed you when you said she tried to kiss you. I should have known that you were telling the truth." Dean apologized.
"I'm sorry too, I should have tried to explain to you what happened more. " Cas answered.
"Can we just forget that this all happened." Dean pleaded.
"I think that would be a good idea." Cas answered. " Now let's just go to bed and forget."
"
Everything went according to plan. I think I might of gotten them to split up." Bella said over the phone.
"Good, I'm glad that your plan is working." The man said on the other line.
"It was a nice touch stealing his phone. That way I could come in and save the day. I think once your plan will come into action the two will be done." Bella replied.
"But my plan will take some time, once it happens though, Castiel and Dean will be finished. When I stole his phone I also copied all of his contacts and texts. Soon we will have everything we need to destroy Dean and Castiel!" The man laughed over the phone.