The sisters ended up spending most of the night trying to research what was going on with the archangel. They were starting to believe that his story may not have been as ridiculous as it sounded, but any time they heard a noise, they still went down the stairs to investigate and make sure their guest wasn't causing trouble. In turn, he would just point out the window at a branch hitting the house, or a speeding car on the street. They ended up getting woken up by a loud crash around seven in the morning.

Alexandra was the first to get up, and despite remembering her last attempts at throwing something at Gabriel, she grabbed a candlestick before heading to the stairs, speeding up when she heard the archangel call 'It worked!' She growled under her breath, not at all liking the combination of the two sounds. "Hey! Where the Hell are you?" She stepped into the living room, and saw him in the corner by the television unit. He was looking down at a couple of books that had fallen off the unit, as well as the plastic plant. He looked up at her. "Oh, hi. You uh… weren't supposed to hear that."

"So I'd just have to clean up something that I'd have no clue got there, when you're the only one around and can't exactly touch anything?"

Gabriel shrugged, then smiled ."Not quite on that last part."

"Do I wanna know?"

Gabriel pointed at the books. "When you girls have been working on finding stuff about me and what mighta happened, I've been trying to get some… feeling back, pun intended."

"And…?" Alexandra arched an eyebrow.

Gabriel pointed at the books again. "I took a flying leap at this thing here and those went down when I hit it. I must be getting some… solidity back." He replied, struggling for the last word.

"Good. Now that you have a bit of that back, you can clean up that mess."

"Deal." Gabriel nodded, squatting down and going to get the book, but his hand went right through. "…Damn it."

"Ugh. How'd I know? Move." She picked up the books and plant, putting both back up on the shelf. "Now, were you being lazy or did you honestly just… go back to being… you know… not… solid?"

Gabriel ran his hand through her arm. "Nope. Still like this."

Alexandra blinked. "You could just as easily be lying to me."

"Oh yes, because I'm afraid to pick up three little things that I could get easily. I went for them, didn't I?"

"Fair enough. I'm still not quite sure about you." She replied.

"Hm. Well, I'm just full of surprises." He smirked. The smirk didn't last long, being that she looked anything but amused. "O…kay, what about you guys? Anything on how I might've gotten like this?"

"A lot of theories, but no full answer. It does seem like it's a half-assed attempt at a resurrection spell."

"Toldja." Gabriel replied. "You gonna kill your sister?"

"Wha- no!" She scoffed. " Now I know why you were murdered. You never know when to shut up."

Gabriel glared at her now. "You watch it!"

"Ooh, you do have another mode other than sarcastic idiot. What're you gonna do? Put your head through my stomach?"

Gabriel scowled. "Just… the whole murder thing is off limits." He arched an eyebrow. "Comprende?"

"Si." Alexandra nodded. "So, Gabriel…" She crossed her arms over her chest.

"So, Alexandra." He replied, crossing his arms over his own chest.

She twitched. "Okay, that's not gonna work. If we're stuck with you until we figure this out, we have to set ground rules. Especially with you."

"Ground rules? What am I gonna do when I can't touch anything?"

"Well you said yourself that you just did, even temporarily, so we're gonna make it work. One, if we're gonna tolerate you, you can't go on mocking us with the whole imitating us thing… can't happen. If we tell you to leave, you leave. However, same goes for us… later, if we know we can really trust you down the road if this thing takes long. You leave us, we'll leave you. If you wanna see if you can get your full body back.." she motioned at the shelves. "Keep away from stuff that can fall. Go outside, go in the hall, go on the porch, just watch it. Last one, don't call me Alexandra. You heard Hannah call me Alex, that works. I go by the whole 'Alexandra makes me feel old' thing. Anything you can think of?"

Gabriel tilted his head, considering it. "Sunday's coming up-"

"We'll put football on for you." She replied.

"Oh, you're good." Gabriel nodded.

"No, I just had a boyfriend who did nothing but watch football."

"Hm. How was he in the sac?"

She arched an eyebrow. "You mean what I just said doesn't answer that question?"

"Touché." Gabriel returned. "Alright, you asked me a few questions, so it's my turn. Why did you wanna kill me last night and now you're okay with talking me and all that?"

"Eh, did some research, called a friend who knows a guy who knows a couple of guys who know you." She put her hand up to stop him from saying something when he looked ready to. "And who that person is will remain a mystery to you, because he likes his secrets. He doesn't want you to know he's been dishing on you. He just said you may be a dick but your intentions are good… some of them, anyway."

"Oh, I'm already convinced I know who the two guys are, Sweet Cheeks."

Alexandra pointed at him. "Ay!"

"No nicknames, either?" Gabriel sighed.

"Exactly."

"Good, 'cause Sweet Cheeks is easily considered a pet name."

"…Ugh!" Alexandra sighed, then looked at the clock. "Shit, I have work today…" She crossed her arms. "I have to call in sick."

"Aww, come on. You look like the kind of gal who wouldn't miss a day. Take me with you, I'll be a good boy."

"Ha, you in a pediatrician's office? Right. I know that's a bad idea and I've known you coming up on twelve hours."

Gabriel shrugged. "Or I could just hang around here and try to see if I can start touching things again… though it may end in disaster… I only learned how I could sit down so far."

"So you're at least getting somewhere?" Alexandra asked, heading into the kitchen, kicking the protection crystal aside so he could follow, knowing perfectly well he would. Sure enough he did, and watched her as she threw a few things in her bag. "Take a picture. It'll last longer."

"Just tryin' to see if I can figure out what ya do. Don't get your panties in a bunch. Yeesh."

"Keep guessing. I'll be in the bathroom. Come in there, and I'll find a way to castrate you, ghost form or not."

Gabriel snorted.

She smirked in return. "What, you think I would put that past you? Like I said, I know your kind."

"I'm just impressed that you're taking this in strides." He replied. "Not many would."

"Hunter." She pointed at herself.

"Even hunters I know wouldn't take it so fast." He replied.

"Well, I'm just full of surprises." She replied with a wink. "Now, seriously, stay outta the bathroom… and make sure Hannah goes right out the door to school when she comes downstairs. She's been skipping classes lately. That's not good with all the stuff she's missed during attacks."

Gabriel arched an eyebrow. "Lemme get this straight. You don't trust me alone in the house, but you trust me to make sure your little sister goes to class?"

"Yeah. Besides, I have some control over that."

"Which is?" Gabriel replied.

"You'll find out if it comes to that." She replied. "I'll be out in a half hour. Don't break anything."

"Won't break much. Promise." Gabriel smiled.

She shot him a warning look, but headed upstairs, probably into the bathroom.

The archangel sighed and went back into the living room, heading for the couch. He went to sit down, only to fall right through. "Ugh. Really?" He got back up and stared down the couch. "Come on. You worked this time, work for me now." He muttered to it, then paused. "Heh, This one's complaining about talking to a dead guy who she thought was a demon, and I'm talking to a couch. Crazy must love this house." He paused. "Well, I guess I am here, so it's not quite crazy for her, but me… who the Hell am I talking to, anyway?" He stopped and turned around, trying to relax and concentrate at the task at hand. "Okay. Let's try this again." About three tries with sitting later, he succeeded. "Well alright. Three parts concentration, two parts annoyance, and I can sit." He tried again, once again succeeding. "Got it. Okay, next order of business." He looked at the stairs. "Hello, there."

"Umm… who are you saying 'hello' to?"

Gabriel glanced up. Anna, Lanna, Fannah, Hannah- that was it. Hannah. Her big sister only said her name minutes ago. "None of your concern, Little One-"

"I'm nineteen. I'm not little."

"Oh, you are compared to my age. Oh, and your sister wants you to stay home from class to do the food shopping.

Hannah raised her eyebrows. "Really?"

He shrugged. "Yeah. I'm going to work with her-"

"Wait, she's letting you go to a pedia-"

"Moving on." Gabriel cut the girl off. "and she said it may be a long day, so she gave you the errands. Lucky you, that's just it."

"Hm." Hannah nodded. "Whatever. Does she have a list?"

"… Like I would know?" Gabriel asked.

Hannah went into the kitchen, came out with a list, then nodded. "Okay. Cool. Later, Angel." She headed out the door, ignoring him correct her, calling "arch" after her.

Gabriel watched her drive away, then smirked. Just because he was half dead (again, not to mention more than usual), didn't mean he couldn't mess around like he always had. He turned his attention back to the steps, and when he fell through the third step the fifth time, he gave up. He'd leave those for later. He returned to the couch, repeating his process, and managed to sit successfully. His confident smirk was still on his face when Alexandra came down. "Oooh, Big Sister cleans up nice."

"You hush, Romeo."

"I thought you said no nicknames." Gabriel replied.

"Yeah, that's before you called me Big Sister."

"But that's not a nickname when it's your position in a family."

"Uh huh. Come on." She grabbed her bag from the kitchen counter.

"Okay, but it's gonna end up being your loss." Gabriel replied.

"I'm done listening to you. Let's go. Hannah went off, right?"

"Yep." Gabriel nodded, following her out the door, then to the car. He stared at the door for a few moments, suddenly missing his ability to open doors. He shrugged. Then again, walking through was just fine. He walked right in, then settled himself in.

Alexandra watched him squirm, but manage to get settled. "You good?"

"Hopefully."

She backed up the car and started on her way.

"So… I gotta ask…" Gabriel began after a few minutes of silence. "Why are you so quick to trust me? All of my old… buddies woulda kicked me out right off the bat. Hell, I wouldn't be in a car with them…" He paused. "But there was that time…" He shook his head. "Nevermind."

"O…kay. Haven't we been over this a couple of times? I trust my connections who know you. Plus if you were a demon would've attacked by now… especially now, but clearly, you're not, so- SHIT!" She slammed on the car's brakes when something darted out from the side of the road. She failed to notice Gabriel go flying out of the car. "What the HELL was that? Is that one of your pranks?" She turned to him, or at least, where he would've been. "Gabriel?"

She looked around, then frowned when he literally came up from the pavement. "Oh, no. Oh, no. Are you okay? I'm sorry!"

"No you're not." Gabriel called back. "That would've been very painful."

"Are. You. Okay?"

"I'm fine because I can't feel a damn thing and go through every solid object unless there's extreme concentration." He got back in the car. "Okay. Just… try to take it easy."

"That's what I was doing then that… thing just bolted across."

"It was a kid." Gabriel replied.

"What?"

"A kid." Gabriel repeated. "Little blonde monster."

"How did you know?"

"Oh, I'm sorry, was it you who just got launched out the windshield? No. I think I'd recognize a kid when I missed her by inches."

"…Sorry." She sighed.

"Uh huh." Gabriel turned his head when the driver in the car behind them honked their horn. "Ah, shut up." He turned back as she started driving again. "So… are we there yet?"

"Don't you even start! I can't even let go of the steering wheel right now." She replied, panting as she did so.

" … … … are we there yet?"


A few minutes later, Alexandra pulled into the parking lot of the doctor's office she worked in. "Okay, new ground rules for work…" She began, as he followed, not hesitating to start making faces at her. "You have questions, just ask yes or no questions so I can nod, unless we're alone."

"Ooh, kinky."

Alexandra stopped in her tracks and let out a sharp exhale. "I knew I was gonna regret this. I just knew it."

"Hey, you brought me."

"Shut up."


Once they got inside, Alexandra's coworker Jane hurried over to her. "There you are! Usually you're early! What happened? You're ten minutes late!"

"Ten minutes. Crap. Is James-"

"He's worried about you more than annoyed you're late. Seriously, tell me."

"Some kid ran in front of my car. Got a little shaken."

"Oh My God! Are you okay?" Jane stepped closer to her.

"Yeah, I'm fine." Alexandra nodded.

"Are you sure? Jimmy will let you go home."

"Really, Janie. I'm good. Let me get to work with filing and I'll be good as new in no time." She assured her friend.

Gabriel looked between them. "Aw, you're just a desk attendant? I thought you'd be a surgeon or something after you basically telling me to screw off."

She shot him a warning look, and he just shrugged it off. "I'm gonna go explore- keep myself occupied." Another warning shot followed.

"Oh, relax. I've played doctor before. I'll be fine." He waved his hand, then turned and walked down one of the hallways.

"No, Gabriel!" Alexandra hissed. She went to grab him, but at the last minute remembered that wouldn't go far.

"What?" Jane lifted her head.

"Huh? Oh, nothing." Alexandra shook her head.

"Who's Gabriel?"

"Gabriel?" He's the angel and probably soon to be the bane of my existence. "Where'd you get that name?"

"You just said it…" Jane blinked.

"No I didn't…" Alexandra replied.

Jane stared at her, then raised her eyebrows. "Must be hearing things. Alright, have fun." She turned back to her own work, leaving Alexandra to start sorting through them. The woman ended up jamming files into where they belonged, being that the angel was nowhere to be seen in the minutes following the first fiasco. I'm gonna bring him back just to kill the guy. Damn him. He's just asking for it. She frowned when the lights flickered again. "Wha… huh?" they stopped flickering for a moment, then continued. "If he's behind this…" She muttered, then sighed. Now you're getting ahead of yourself. He can't touch anything, you saw him. For all you know, he was lying and those books fell, anyway. Her thoughts stopped once again when the lights went out completely. A moment later, one of the doctors, Gretchen Haynes, started calling for help. "Now that can't be good." She set the other files down and turned to page a couple of the nurses when Gretschen's call for help turned into a right out scream. Her hunter side kicked in once again and she bolted down the hallway the scream had come from. She skidded to a halt when she saw Gretschen in one of the rooms. "Hey, Doc, what's…?" She looked further into the room, to see a mangled, bloody body. "…The matter…" She barely managed to get out. She clapped her hand over her mouth and stared, then looked at the door when there were several footsteps heard coming in. "Somebody call the police and an ambulance… now!" She ordered.

A couple of people the gathered crowd dispersed, and Alexandra frowned when she saw Gabriel pop up where those two had been, then squeezed his way into the room. "So… I'm guessing this doesn't happen here often."


A/N: The Winchesters will make their first appearance in the next chap. Now, go click that button and tel me what you thought of this chap. I know Gabriel was a fair bit OOC. I'm working into it, I promise.