Ok, so this chapter is a bit of a filler chapter before anything really interesting starts. I just sort of wanted you all to get a bit more of a taste for Kat and her life, and for the way her relationship with Cas will develop. So yeah, I wasn't 100% happy with this chapter but I thought I'd upload it anyway :) Please let me know what you think by reviewing!

I just wanted to say thank you to those that have followed this story, and also to "Marloweee1856" for reviewing the last chapter, it really made my day, your review was so lovely :) I'll be trying to work in the Dean/Georgie/Jo stuff some more in the upcoming chapters too.

Chapter 4

For a few days it was just me and my dad at home. Georgie had definitely got back in with her old hunting crew and was out on a hunt with them a few states over. I sort of resented her going and leaving me on my own, but at the same time it was quite nice just hanging with dad. The boys had checked themselves into a psychiatric ward to help out Martin, an old hunter who in my opinion was going a bit loopy! So they were out of the picture too. Jo had made it through the surgery but was still in hospital, Ellen told us that she' d be discharged soon but would be on bed rest for a few weeks to recover. I was just glad that she was ok.

I hadn't seen Castiel since they day he'd brought me home either. It was weird but I kind of missed him a little. I was disappointed that he hadn't called in. I mean I know there was no real reason for him to come here but a part of me wanted him to. Like I say, it was weird.

"Do you mind if I head into town today, dad?" I asked, twirling a strand of hair round my finger and peering over his shoulder at the books he was reading, "I won't be too long...there isn't much for me to be getting on with. I'll pick up some grocery's and stuff"

Dad grunted at me, nodding in my direction and flashing me a half grin before burying his head back in his book. Ah my father, a man of very few words.

"Ok, see you later, dad" I laughed.

I grabbed the keys to Georgie's car, she still had my truck with her on the hunt she was on, and slung my handbag onto my shoulder before heading outside. The town of Sioux Falls is pretty damn small but it was big enough for me. I wandered up the high street, peering into the shop windows to pass the time. Most of the stores were boring hardware stores. I headed into the grocery store first. I wandered the aisles for a while, filling the cart with bits of food, and, obviously, a couple of bars of chocolate! After the grocery store, I headed to the book shop down the road. It was only a small store but it had a good selection. I picked out a few paperbacks, something to keep me busy in the house when I wasn't helping out with research.

"Just these please" I said cheerfully as I handed the books to the cashier.

The cashier was a youngish man – maybe a few years older than me – and was fairly cute, with floppy brown hair and a bit of stubble. He grinned at me as he scanned my books. Normally, that grin would have sent my knees week and made me blush the colour of a tomato. But it didn't. I stood there, practically unaffected by the attractive man in front of me. What on earth was wrong with me? As I handed over the cash, the man chatted at me easily, his eyes focusing on mine, but I couldn't bring myself to say much back. As I left the shop I mulled all this over. I wasn't like Georgie, I couldn't just go after guys like there was no tomorrow, I didn't even have the social skills to maintain a decent conversation with a man. I just wasn't good at it. But even I could tell that the guy was flirting with me. Maybe I was just weird, I don't know, but the idea of flirting with that man just seemed pointless to me, I wasn't really interested in him. I shook my head, pushing the annoying niggling thoughts from my head.

Further down the street, I slipped into a clothes store and began meandering through the rails. I picked up a couple of jumpers, mine were getting pretty threadbare, I'd been putting off buying some more for a while now but I felt like I deserved a little splurge. A dress caught my eye from across the store. I crossed the room and picked the dress up. It wasn't anything fancy, more of a day dress really; it was pale blue with little flowers on it, the neckline was a little lower than I usually preferred but the dress was still really nice.

"That's nice" a deep voice said from behind me.

Startled, I whirled round to face Castiel. He was stood just behind me in his usual trenchcoat attire. Didn't the angel own any other clothes? He was smiling at me. I gave him a hesitant smile back.

"Um, thanks Cas, is everything ok? What are you doing here?" I asked nervously. What was it about this man that always made me nervous?

"Everything is fine" Cas nodded.

"Oh, ok, good...then why are you here?"

"I had an urge"

"An urge to shop in a women's clothing store?" I questioned, raising an eyebrow in his direction. Cas smiled slightly, the corner of his mouth tipping up.

"To see you" he stated somewhat uncomfortably.

"Oh".

I know, clearly I have a way words. I just didn't really know how to respond, my mouth didn't seem to be cooperating with me today. We both just sort of stood there, looking at the other awkwardly, waiting for each other to speak.

"You should buy the dress" Castiel informed me, his voice serious yet kind at the same time.

"Oh I don't know" I sighed, shrugging my shoulders and holding up the dress, "it's not very practical"

"I believe you would look very pleasant in that dress" Castiel replied. His eyebrows knitting together in that cute way.

Ok, so it was an odd way of saying things, but it was a compliment nonetheless. I felt myself blushing under his stare. Alright, alright, you don't need to badger me. I admit it, I had a crush on Castiel. A stupid, stupid crush. I mean, come on, how stupid could I be, crushing on an angel? Even having a crush in general, god you'd think I was fifteen again!

"Um, ok, thanks...I'll get it"

I expected Castiel to pop out, disappear in a blink of an eye, just like he usually did, but he didn't. He stood at my side as I paid for the jumpers and the dress. He even walked with me back to the car.

"Do you want to come back to the house?" I asked him as I shoved my bags in the back with the groceries.

"Yes"

I nodded, getting in the car. He looked funny in a car, I guess I just couldn't get used to seeing an angel travelling in a vehicle, especially when they had the power to disappear and reappear somewhere else just by thinking. I turned the radio up, I didn't want there to be an awkward silence.

"Have you heard from the boys?" I asked "How are they getting on in the psych ward?"

"I have checked in, they are handling the situation, but I have not spoken to them" Cas informed me.

"Then how do you know they are ok?" I questioned curiously.

"I went there, they could not see me, and I made sure they had the situation under control"

"What do you mean they couldn't see you? Can you be invisible, like a superhero?"

"I can appear without being seen" he confirmed.

I cocked an eyebrow at him before returning my eyes to the road in front of me. He baffled me with all these things he could do. I guess being an angel made you pretty damn powerful. When we pulled up at the house, Castiel helped me carry the groceries and my shopping bags inside. Somehow, seeing him carrying brown paper bags of food into the house made him, I don't know, seem more human. It was weird, but, quite endearing at the same time.

"Thanks Cas" I said gratefully as we dumped the bags onto the kitchen table.

"You're welcome."

Dad made his way into the kitchen then, eyeing up Castiel thoughtfully. Cas nodded at my dad.

"Hey dad, look who I bumped into in town" I smiled as I began unpacking the shopping.

"In town?" dad responded suspiciously.

"Yep" I nodded.

"Hmm" he grumbled "your sister just called, she'll be back tomorrow"

"Ooh good" I squealed "I've been missing my truck! She better not have hurt her!"

"Your vehicle is neither male or female" Cas stated, shaking his head at me, confusion lighting his tone.

Dad chuckled, catching my gaze and rolling his eyes. I laughed softly. Dad turned and rolled away. I whirled to face the confused Castiel. I grabbed his arm, and pushed him down into a chair before grinning at him.

"Ok, I think you need a lesson on human ways" I laughed.

"I have overseen humans since the dawn of this planet" he defended, raising his chin in the air proudly, "I have observed the ways of humans"

"Yeah, yeah" I chuckled with a roll of my eyes "you're clearly such an expert on humans"

"Fine" Cas relented, his eyes burning into mine as I sat down next to him, "why do you refer to your car as a female?"

"It's just what people do, we get attached to our cars" I explained "haven't you seen the way Dean acts with the Impala?"

"He does seem to enjoy touching the vehicle, stroking it" Cas nodded, his eyes widening as he took in the information.

"Yes" I giggled "he does have a more...physical relationship with his car than most people"

I stood back up, moving to carry on unpacking the groceries. I grabbed some cans out of the bag and headed to the cupboard to put them away. I reached up. Damn I hated this cupboard, I was just that bit too short. I reached up, stretching up onto my toes. I groaned. Suddenly, there was a hand on the small of my back, another on my arm. Cas was right behind me, I could feel his breath on my neck. My heart seemed to get stuck in my chest. My mouth going dry.

"Allow me" he said quietly, taking the cans from my hands.

Moving his hand from my back he reached up and put the cans on the shelf, closing the cupboard. I turned round but instantly regretted it. His body was merely inches away from my own, his face so close. God, stupid, stupid, stupid crush. He was looking at me strangely, and oh god the thoughts that were going through my head. I just wanted to kiss him. Really kiss him.

"Uh, thanks" I managed to say.

"Anytime"

A clearing of the thought interrupted the tension between us. I squeezed out from between the bench and Cas to see my dad in the doorway, a mug in his hand. He was watching us intently, his eyes narrowed in Cas's direction.

"Cas was helping me unpack the groceries" I said quickly, blushing intensely.

"Hmm" dad grumbled, rolling forward.

When I turned back round, Cas had disappeared again. I bit my lip to stop myself from sighing with disappointment. With a smile, I turned back to my dad, taking the mug from his hand and making him a coffee.

"You should be careful, Kat" dad remarked "Cas is a good guy, but..."

"He's an angel I know" I interrupted "I'm not stupid dad. Don't worry, I'm not getting any ideas, you know me"

I was trying to put him off, to stop him getting any ideas about me and Castiel. I poured him the coffee and handed him back his mug.

"What time did Georgie say she's be back tomorrow?" I asked, changing the subject.

"Early morning she reckons"

"Well, I'm going to go watch a film or something" I sighed "Georgie said she recorded Pretty Woman the other day"

"You and your chick flicks" dad chuckled with a role of his eyes.

The next day, I got up early to make a big breakfast for Georgie's return. The boys had called and they were coming back here too. So I made pancakes with chocolate sauce, and even sorted us some croissants that I'd picked up at the store yesterday. I sighed. It was food like this that meant that I'd always be just that little bit chubby.

When Georgie and the boys entered the kitchen, laughing and joking between themselves, I dived in front of the table and yelled 'ta daaaa!' really loudly. Dean rolled his eyes while Sam ruffled my hair like I was five years old or something. Dad and Georgie were chuckling too.

"Look what I made for you guys" I said proudly "come on, dig in"

"This looks great, Kat" Georgie grinned as she grabbed two pancakes and a handful of croissants.

I smiled before helping myself to some food too.

"So how was the hunt?" I asked her around a mouthful of pancake.

"It was fine, think I'm going stay here for a while though, keep my little sis out of trouble" she grinned, winking at me.

"Oh yeah, you know me and trouble, we're like that" I exclaimed sarcastically, holding up my crossed fingers.

Sam helped me with the washing up, him looming over me with his excessive height. God that by was tall. He teased me a little about the spread off food, about how I should have been a chef. I guess I did enjoy cooking, but not as much as I enjoyed keeping people safe from demons and other hellish creatures.

"So, your dad said you and Cas are getting awfully close" Sam stated, glancing at me as he dried dishes.

"He's my friend" I replied cautiously, Sam raised an eyebrow, "he is!"

I turned, putting my cloth down and sitting down at the now empty table. Sam sat beside me, stretching out his long legs in front of him.

"You know, Sam, I'm not as silly as you guys all think, Cas's is an angel, he isn't like us, I'm not naïve"

"We don't think you are silly or naïve" Sam sighed "we just don't want you getting your hopes up"

"Well I promise I'm not"

"Good"

I wish I was telling him the whole truth. I sort of was, I wasn't silly, I did know that this was just a silly crush that couldn't be acted upon. I knew that. I may have been young but I wasn't stupid. I just wished that I could get the stupid crush out of my system. I wanted it gone. Not because Cas wasn't a good guy, but because he was. I knew I couldn't ever be with him in any way, so what was the point in even entertaining the idea?