Summary: AU. Castiel and Jamie are two years apart, and Jamie has just turned eighteen. Their relationship is going so strong, but Jamie's parents don't approve of her relationship with Castiel and her mother simply wants to break them up. Please R&R!
Disclaimer: I don't own Supernatural or its characters. I only own Jamie Hart. I don't own the lyrics used in this chapter either.
They Can't See
~Chapter Two: Messages from Home~
Jamie's eyes blinked open slowly, the dark blue meeting Castiel's bright blue eyes as he smiled softly. She loved waking up with him. It seemed to be a damn sight better than waking up at home where she'd just be lectured and rambled on to about Zachariah fucking Milton.
"Morning, Jamie..."
"Morning, Cas..."
The pair shared a gentle kiss, Jamie curling into her boyfriend's side and sighing as he took her hand in his own. He pressed a kiss to it and cupped her cheek gently, stroking soothing lines across the soft flesh, feeling it tingle beneath his touch.
"How are you feeling?"
In all honesty, Jamie had never felt as wonderful in her life. She couldn't think of anywhere she'd rather be right now than in Castiel's arms. She bit her lip and stroked her boyfriend's chest, looking up at him with her gorgeous eyes before smiling sweetly.
"Amazing since I'm with you..." She whispered, "I love you."
"I love you too, baby." Castiel replied, kissing her lips softly, "What would you like for breakfast?"
"Come on, Jamie!" Castiel laughed, strumming his guitar again, "You promised you'd sing with me."
"But, Cas..." Jamie muttered with embarrassment, Castiel smiling and stroking her cheek, "I'm not a good singer."
"Hey, your voice is beautiful, okay?" He told her, brushing a hand through her auburn curls, "Don't let anyone tell you any different."
Castiel and Jamie were a duet, simply called Cas and Jay. Castiel played guitar while Jamie played piano and the two wrote music together and played covers of their favourite songs. The twenty year old put on his best puppy eyes and looked at Jamie who blushed and looked away from him, laughing in response. She hated those puppy eyes! They always made her give into him. She was a sucker for them, it had to be said.
"Cas, please don't look at me like that!" She protested, "Castiel Novak!"
"Come on, baby. Please...?" He asked, "You promised we could rehearse today!"
Jamie bit her lip and sighed. She had promised Castiel that they could rehearse some of their songs today, and she hated to break her promises to him at all. He never broke his promises to her and she'd never broken a single one she'd made to him.
"Alright." She sighed, going over to the piano, "Which one?"
"Um..." Castiel began, thinking for a moment, "My Immortal."
Jamie smiled and leaned forward, Castiel getting the hint and leaning towards her to kiss her lips.
"Love you, sweetie." He whispered, Jamie beaming and kissing him again.
"Love you too, angel." She replied, beginning to play the song while Castiel listened for a moment as he tuned up the guitar, getting ready to play with her.
"I'm so tired of being here...
Suppressed by all my childish fears.
And if you have to leave, I wish that you would just leave
'Cause your presence still lingers here...
And it won't leave me alone.
These wounds won't seem to heal,
This pain is just too real,
There's just too much that time cannot erase..."
Castiel smiled and began to pick the strings gently, Jamie smiling a little in response herself as she sang, knowing Castiel was watching her. He had the most amazed look in his eyes, as he always did when Jamie sang. Her voice could be soft one minute and then so beautiful and powerful the next, and she knew just how to balance it out when singing a song.
"When you cried I'd wipe away all of your tears,
When you'd scream I'd fight away all of your fears,
And I held your hand through all of these years,
But you still have all of me..."
Jamie looked to Castiel, grinning as he began to strum in time to her chords on the piano. She couldn't believe how handsome he looked in his open blue checkered shirt and black t-shirt, his black jeans with his hair in its usual bedhead state. He grinned lopsidedly at her and focused back on his chords, Jamie turning her attention back to the piano. They loved playing music together, and whether Zachariah Milton could give her that dream of hers on a plate or not, she wouldn't be happy without being with her Castiel. They were a team. They couldn't be broken up and if that meant Jamie had to give up her dream, then so be it. Anything for Castiel.
"You used to captivate me by your resonating light,
Now I'm bound by the life you left behind...
Your face, it haunts my once pleasant dreams
Your voice, it chased away all the sanity in me.
These wounds won't seem to heal,
This pain is just too real,
There's just too much that time cannot erase..."
Suddenly, Jamie stopped playing and Castiel grimaced, putting his guitar down when he saw her shoulders hunch and her hands slide up to her face, going towards her and sitting by her on the piano stool.
"Jamie?"
There was a soft sob that came as a reply, Castiel biting his lip and really wishing he knew what was wrong. He hated to see Jamie crying. Whenever she cried, he had to bite back tears himself, and he found it hard to keep strong when the only girl he truly loved was breaking down by his side.
"Baby, what's the matter?"
"I'm sorry..." Jamie replied, wrapping her arms around Castiel, "I'm sorry."
Castiel held her back and kept her close, whispering soft assurances into her hair as she sobbed and whimpered against him.
"I'm...I got a message this morning from my mother..." She whispered, Castiel looking concerned as she gazed at him with such tearful eyes that none of those tears could stay in, and they splashed mercilessly down her face.
"What's happened?" Castiel asked, desperate to know why she was so upset.
Jamie just looked up at him, feeling so horrible for what she was about to tell him. This would break his heart. It had already broken hers, and she didn't know how he'd take the news.
"She's...arranged a date..." She confessed, "For me and Zachariah Milton..."
Castiel's heart stopped beating for a moment and he stared at Jamie, face expressionless.
"Zachariah Milton?" He asked, Jamie nodding in response, "And you're actually going?"
"I have to." Jamie replied, "I have to, Cas, you know what my mother's like!"
Castiel stood up and walked away from her, picking his guitar up and heading for the door of the living room. He felt so angry with Jamie's mother. Not with Jamie. He wasn't angry with Jamie at all...he couldn't be angry with Jamie, not in a million years.
"Cas?" Jamie asked tearfully, getting up to follow him.
"I need time to think." Castiel snapped, closing the door behind him and instantly regretting his decision to leave her alone as he heard her sobs through the door.
He thought he'd better give her some space and he headed up the stairs, ignoring Lucifer who came out of the kitchen and heard Jamie crying in the next room.
"Just go and promise her I'm not mad at her, huh?" Castiel told him, Lucifer just watching him head upstairs before going into the living room to comfort Jamie.
-TBC-
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