Everyone gets a second chance

By

Ava Brett

Disclaimer

None of the character mentioned in the below work of fiction belong to me in any shape or form. I am merely using them for my own entertainment purposes.

Author Note

Here's the third chapter for you!

I appear to be in a good writing mood today so hopefully it shall continue into the night!

Enjoy

Overall Summary

Castiel is pretty sure he's going crazy. At least he thinks he is, Dean is gone and yet Castiel is hearing his voice and seeing him in his dreams, only now Sam is experiencing the same thing and they can't both be going crazy can they? Castiel and Sam are determined to figure out what is going on before they lose Dean and their sanity for real.

Chapter Summary

Castel hears something he never thought he'd hear again….

Overall Romance

Castiel Novak/ Dean Winchester, Sam Winchester/Anna Milton

Chapter Romances

Mentions of Castiel Novak/Dean Winchester

Chapter Three

Voices

If there was one thing which Castiel hated the most in the world then it was shopping.

Food shopping, shopping for any electrical equipment he might need, shopping for clothing, it didn't matter what kind it was he hated it. It seemed like such a mission for him, braving the crowds which suddenly turned normal people into possessed maniacs, having to sometimes resort to physically violence to get what he wanted against random strangers who suddenly wished him harm. Shopping was almost like going to war in his eyes.

Dean had always found that fact amusing, his large green eyes brightening as he laughed softly at Castiel's complaint, throwing an arm around his shoulders as he pushed Castiel into the crowded store with a soft kiss on his temple and a promise to come to his rescue if the crowds got too much for him.

That protection was gone now, now it was merely Castiel having to deal with it alone, the same way he was having to deal with most things alone these days.

He needed food desperately and since the one place in town which sold food didn't do home delivery it meant that he was going to have to go out and deal with it. It was either that or live on a diet of daily takeaway or restaurant food. As much as he was tempted by the thought of it he didn't think his bank balance would be able to sustain that sort of life style for very long.

Setting his shoulders, he pushed open the door of the store automatically glancing up at the sound of the bell above him before his gaze lowered, skirting around him and trying to take everything about the place in. It was a fairly big shop and thankfully nearly empty of other shoppers, he somehow doubted that he was going to have to end up getting into a fight here for anything. The few other shoppers who were in the store with him seemed calm and intent on their chore, none of them even bothering to look towards the doorway.

Castiel let out a small sigh of relief as his shoulders slumped down. He reached out and snagged a small basket before walking fully into the shop, beginning the thankless task of trying to find out exactly where everything he wanted was.

He was in the cold section when his mobile went off in his pocket. The ring tone was the theme from the A Team which Dean had put on as a joke; Castiel couldn't bear to change it so he had left it on even though hearing it was bittersweet, bringing up several painful memories.

Swallowing hard he flipped open the phone, breathing in to steady himself as he spoke absently into it.

"Castiel Milton" an amused feminine laugh met him.

"Wow, Uriel was actually right, you do answer your phone in that strange ass way. Who would have thought it. I'm gonna owe him a drink now!" Castiel felt a smile come to his face as he dropped a packet of ham into his basket.

"You know my mobile is my work phone as well Anna" he pointed out, pulling his shopping list out of his pocket and squinting at it. He had written it in a rush that morning and could barely make out what his own handwriting said.

"Of course it is" she replied brightly "And can I just say you sounded very professional when you answered it as well, I was highly impressed by it" she assured him with another laugh. "So anyway the reason I'm calling you baby brother is to see whether I can come and visit you? You're holed up at Gabe's new place in Ohio right?"

Castiel rolled his eyes at her comment.

He knew this would happen; all of his siblings would start talking to each other and decide between then that Castiel was going through some sort of emotional breakdown and that it was their sworn duty as his older siblings to see him through it which of course meant lots and lots of visits from them all. It didn't seem to enter their minds at all that perhaps Castiel had moved away from the Washington where they had all grown up for that very reason, because he in fact didn't have it in him to deal with all their concern and visits.

All he wanted to do was mourn, he didn't quite understand why everyone was having such a tough time grasping that small fact.

He opened his mouth to politely refuse her when he suddenly stopped. Anna had always been the most supportive of his relationship with Dean. She had welcomed the younger man into their family with open arms and had got on extremely well with him, well enough that sometimes the two of them would go out to watch a movie together if Castiel hadn't been in the mood. She had certainly grieved when she found out about his disappearance and supposed death. Castiel could remember her holding him during the dark days right after the news had been broken, trying to comfort him while trying to hide the fact that she was crying over Dean as well.

He let out a noisy breath and shrugged even though he knew she couldn't see him.

"Fine" he said "But I'm not going out in the evenings" he warned her "And I will be editing for the majority of the day time so you're going to have to entertain yourself while you're here."

"Come on Cas give me a little credit" the older woman scoffed. "I'm pretty sure I can entertain myself without my baby brother taking me around everywhere" she stated. "I just wanted to come and see you before my next job takes off."

Anna was a air hostess, working first class for a massive firm of aircrafts, the name of which always escaped him even though he knew they were famous. She was always jetting around the world often only back for a week or two at a time before she headed off to a brand new exotic destination.

"And when is that exactly?" he asked curiously.

"Three weeks time" she answered. "I booked another week off work for once, god knows they owe me enough holiday here. I don't think I've taken a day off since I've started."

"When are you planning on getting here?" Castiel queried.

"I should be there tomorrow, probably by late morning, mid afternoon" she said. "I'm driving down so I'll be leaving Raphael's in the next few hours or so. The good thing about my job is the fact that I'm always packed and ready to go at short notice. Oh and just so you know Cassie, I've turned vegetarian again" Castiel rolled his eyes.

"Again?" he said, turning and heading back towards the pasta aisle, swapping his meat flavoured pasta sauce for a vegetarian option.

"This time its for good" she stated. "You know Raph said exactly the same thing to me when I told him last night, its like none of you have any faith in me at all" she huffed sounding annoyed at the fact.

"Oh I have faith Anna" Castiel responded absently walking to the till area and joining the back of the queue "But you've got to admit that your track record is working against you in this. Isn't this the fourth time that you've turned vegetarian and each and every time you've gone back to meat. What's so different about this time around?" he pointed out, smiling at her small sound of outrage.

"I swear Cassie I had no idea that it was bacon in that sandwich I ate, I blame Lucifer, he tricked me. He knew what was in that sandwich when he handed it to me" she said.

"Yeah well that Luc for you isn't it, you should no better then to trust him when it comes to things like this" he said with a laugh. "Beside the smell of it should have tipped you off, nothing vegetarian smells remotely as good as cooked bacon. You know Anna you-"

"Thanks sweetheart" Castiel froze at the sound of the voice, his words trailing off as his eyes widened. The voice was smooth and warm sounding, sounding highly amused by something and was also highly familiar to him. There was no mistaking that husky voice, it was Dean's through and through. Castiel would have recognised it anywhere.

He moved to the side desperately trying to see past the people in front of him. The voice had been in front of him which meant that whoever had Dean's voice was probably at the head of the queue he had just joined, most likely taking his change while Castiel looked for him.

Castiel dumped his basket on the floor and began pushing his way to the front of the queue, ignoring the harsh words and sounds that erupted from the other shoppers behind him. He had to know who had that voice, the same voice he heard constantly in his head on a daily basis. He stopped at the front of the queue looking around him frantically.

Where had it gone? Had he missed the person? It had to be Dean, it had sounded just like him.

"Is everything okay sir?" he looked up seeing the cashier looking at him in concern. She was serving an old lady which meant that either Castiel had imagined the voice or he had literally just missed seeing him.

"I… I just need the toilet" he stated, the young woman raised a blond eyebrow at him before she pointed to the front of the store.

"The toilets are at the front of the store Sir" she said, Castiel nodded forcing a smile onto his face before he turned and hurried across to the front entrance, stepping out into the cool air before he looked around. There was no one but him self out side.

Breathing out in disappointment he lifted his mobile back to his ear.

"Cassie, Cassie, Cassie, Cassie, Cassie" his sister was chanting, concern in her voice.

"I'm here Anna" he said shakily.

"What happened? One minute you were talking the next you were gone" she demanded. Castiel swallowed.

"If I tell you then you're only going to think that I'm crazy" he said, he could almost picture Anna shrugging her slim shoulder as she responded.

"Well I've always thought you were crazy little brother, so I doubt there is anything you can tell me that will change that." Normally Castiel would have made a comment about how he had learnt it all from the best but this time he merely took another deep breath.

"I've just heard Dean's voice in the store. Out loud"

There was a heavy silence.

"Anna?" he said

"I'm on my way" Anna stated, Castiel didn't have any time to respond before the sound of the dial tone reached his ear. He lowered the phone, casting one more look around the car park before he entered the store and headed back to the cashier where he had left his basket of food.

One thought twirling around his mind.

Was he actually going crazy or was that really Dean's voice he heard?

Author Note

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