They pulled into the parking lot of a gas station a few miles before their destination. Sera opened her bag and started passing out the IDs and credit cards. She took out a little snack bag that had some rings in it and then poured them out int her hand. She passed a silver one up and handed it to Cas.
"What's this?"
"It's your commitment ring. I got one that matched the one that Dean already wears all of the time. Remember it goes on your left hand."
Cas slid it on. Sera took the ring she got for Sam and slipped it onto his finger, but before she could put on her own Sam took them from her. Dean noticed that there were two. "Why do you have two?"
"One's my engagement ring, genius." She said as Sam took her left hand and slid the rings on. They looked at each other and Sera smiled, and then they started kissing.
"Hey, now, save it for check in. You called ahead, right?" Dean asked, and Sera pulled away from Sam. "Yeah, I reserved our rooms, all we have to do is go in, flash our IDs and we should be good."
"Alright, let's go."
"Don't act so damn stiff, Dean. We're in wine country. This is supposed to be a laid back place and you're acting like we're doing a military operation."
Dean rolled his eyes and started the car back up. He was not going to touch on that one.
Sera and Sam stumbled in the front entrance, making out and dropping their bags by the front desk. The woman behind it cleared her throat and Sera broke away, "Oh, hi," she said, a big smile on her face. She pushed Sam off of her while he was still planting kisses on her. "We're here to check in."
"Names, please?"
"Mr. and Mrs. Colin Ford. Oh, and there's another couple with us, Jesse Ford and James Novak, but they're busy trying to park the car."
"They do know that we have valet parking?"
"Yeah, but my brother's really touchy about his car," supplied Sam. "Drove us all nuts on the way here because he wouldn't let any of us drive so we had to keep stopping. We were scared we'd be too late."
She typed a little then reached underneath the desk. "Here are your room keys," she was about to say something else as they took them but then Dean and Cas walked in, bickering.
"I still don't see why we couldn't let him park the car for us."
"We've been over this, I don't want anyone else driving my Beemer."
"That's them," said Sera, pointing with her thumb over her shoulder at Dean and Cas. The receptionist got the other two keys and put them on the desk, and Sam handed them to his brother.
"The bus for the wine tour stops here at 4:30, and breakfast is any time from six to ten in the mornings. Enjoy your stay."
"Thanks," Sera said, and bent down to pick up her bag. Sam got his, and then Dean avoided looking at the woman as they all made their way upstairs.
"Sakes, Dean, can't you at least try to look like you're having fun?"
"I don't like this."
"Yeah, well, that much is obvious, but this is what we have to do. Get over yourself for a couple of days." Sera found their room and slid the card key through the slot and opened the door. Sam went in first. "Seriously, Dean, it's not as bad as you think. You won't even have to share a bed with him or whatever, he doesn't sleep."
She walked into their room and shut the door. Dean looked at the room numbers and unlocked the door right across the hall from them. He walked in and looked around the room, actually thinking that under different circumstances he might actually have a nice time here. He set his bags down next to the bed and Cas walked in right behind him, setting his things down as well.
"Seraphiel said we should go walk around and talk to people."
"Yeah, that seems liked a good idea. Just try not to say anything about angels or demons and if you don't understand something do not ask about it."
"Why?"
"Because most people don't know any of this crap exists and they'll assume that you're human."
"Are we going to walk around together?"
"I suppose that's safer than letting you wander around alone. You'll be less likely to get into trouble if I'm there."
After unpacking some necessary items, they left the room and went downstairs, planning on integrating into the crowd to gather some intel.
Meanwhile, Sera and Sam were in their room, unpacking their clothes. Sera heard footsteps in the hallway. "Sound like Dean and Cas are starting early."
"Yeah, well, Dean doesn't like to waste time."
"Must be a family trait." She said, putting one of her dresses on a hanger so the wrinkles would fall out. "We've got about three hours until that wine tour, you want to go gather information?"
"I could think of a better way to kill that time." Sam said, walking up behind her and putting his arms around her waist. "Sam," she said, laughing a little. "People's lives are at stake, we don't have time for this."
"Fine, come on, let's go find out what's taking these people."
"Don't sound so disappointed, Sam. I don't know about you but I'm just itching for a good fight."
She pulled his arms apart and went back over to her bag, reaching in and pulling out the angel blade, putting it in a sheath and covering it with her jacket. She grabbed his hand and they walked out together, careful to lock the door.
