Anywhere but here

Part two

Dean looked at all the bags he had packed. Five in total, he wanted to take more, but they had limited space. His belongings would be in the back seat as Castiel's would be in the trunk. He had packed his clothes in one and the other four were things that Michael had gotten him, things he couldn't part with. He debated to leave a note, but then decided against it as he knew that Michael would try to follow. His stomach had been giving him fits ever since he had left the coffee shop. He knew it was nerves.

Castiel watched as Anna walk around their house, she was looking for something that she could bitch about, but he had come home early and cleaned, cooked and did the laundry. He hid a smile as she finally huffed and sat on the couch. He knew that he wasn't going to be invited to sit with her. So he stayed in the kitchen cleaning dishes.

"It is late, I am going to go to bed, do you need anything before I go sleep?" Castiel asked being nice, Anna refused to speak as she continued to watch television. "Very well Good night Anna." He wouldn't say he loved her or anything. He hated lying anyway. He didn't know what time Anna finally came to bed, nor did he care…

Dean woke up at seven the next morning. His nerves were still raw and he was nauseous and it was getting worse when he saw that it was nine. One hour left and he had vomited twice.

Castiel watched as Anna got in her car and started to leave. He ran through the house like a mad man, pulling suitcases out of there hiding place. He looked out the door and saw that it was quiet in the neighborhood. Running with suitcases he grabbed one and threw it in the trunk. After stuffing the last one in he went back in the house to grab a couple of waters for the trip over to Dean's. He gave himself thirty minutes to find Dean and help him with whatever he needed.

Dean was waiting by the curb with his luggage sitting beside him. He wanted to run into his home and lock the door, but the memory of Michael and that other man came to mind and he stayed put. He watched as a black Mercedes pull up with Castiel sitting in the driver's seat. Swallowing again Dean watched as Castiel got out and opened the trunk. He picked up one suitcase and placed it in the back while Cas got the other and put the smaller one in the trunk.

When all his bags were in the car, Dean stopped and looked at his home. He had been living in that house for five years. Castiel stopped before he got in the car noticing how Dean was looking.

"Still want to do this?" Dean looked at Cas. He didn't answer, he just got in the car and stared straight ahead as Cas got in and pulled away from his house. Cas was quiet as he knew that Dean was having a small panic attack. It was hard to walk away, or run away, and he knew that personally. Had Anna never changed then he would still be with her.

"Here, you look like you need something." Castiel said as he put a bottle of water in Dean's lap. He glanced at Dean as the man drained the water down. "You're going to regret doing that." Dean looked over at him. "Drinking like that I mean." Dean gave a small smile.

Castiel left the store with a map; Dean was leaning against the car waiting and pumping gas. Castiel in his haste to get home yesterday, forgot to fill up the gas tank. They had traveled as far as they could risk and then pulled into a gas station. Dean filled as Cas went to pay and to purchase a map. Dean finished and went to Castiel side looking over the map. Castiel was marking the way to California.

"I think if we go this way, it would take less time." Castiel pointed out, but Dean shook his head and pointed to another way.

"If we went this way, we could see some sights along the way." Castiel blinked at his traveling companion then back to the map.

"Why do we need to stop to see some sights?" Castiel asked, it hardly seem logical if they went all the way down and then over.

"Haven't you ever wondered what was out there? Hey we could totally see the biggest ball of twine." Dean actually sounded excited. He had moved to New York from Kansas when he was a child, but his father never stopped to actually see anything.

"Why would one want to go see a ball of twine?" Castiel asked not really getting it. Dean rolled his eyes and marked the way he wanted to go.

"If you want happy company on this long journey then we go this way." Dean said marking his way to California.

"It would cost us more to go that direction, but if you insist, then I see no problem." Castiel just wanted to get the hell out of New York before Anna came home, although she probably wouldn't care that he was gone. She would just sit at the kitchen table until ten and then start to wonder.

Soon they were back on the road, Castiel had taken the first five hours and then gave Dean the wheel. They had just passed the state line when Dean's cell phone rang. Looking at it Castiel saw that Dean had paled.

"It's Michael," Dean said quietly. If he answered then Michael would know something was up. It was taken out of his hands when Castiel reached over and silenced the call. It went to voicemail, but Dean didn't listen, he just deleted it. "Thank you."

"Not a problem, please do that for me as well." Castiel said as Dean nodded. Cas pulled his cell phone and placed both of them in the glove compartment. They were half way through Pittsburg when Castiel's phone rang. Neither touched them.

Finally stopping for the night, Dean's cell phone had been ringing off the hook. So had Castiel's, they would just look at the number and let it go to voicemail. They both decided to share one room and used Castiel's name for the first one, Dean's would be the next one. As they entered the room, they both used the shower and then sat on both beds staring at nothing.

They had done it; they had left all of it behind.

More to come…

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Meriadeth