"Dean, get back here now." Sam said over the phone still catching his breath
"Just hurry, you won't believe this" he hung up the phone and turned to the man in shock. Bela stood stiffly against the wall in awkward confusion.
"Cas, how are you even here?" Sam demanded "We saw you, the Leviathan ripped you to shreds"
"I know" The man said patiently
"Then how?" Sam urged "We thought you were dead for months. Dean-"
Dean barging through the front door interrupted Sam; he froze when he saw the strange man.
"Cas" Dean breathed
"Hello Dean"
Dean pulled out a gun and aimed it at the man
"Dean, its him" Sam said softly
"Cas?" Dean asked again lowering the gun slowly "We thought you were dead"
"I know" the man looked at him regretfully
Dean slipped the gun back into his holster and with three long strides he was in front of the man grabbing him and holding him in a close embrace.
When Dean broke the embrace, Sam walked forward and hugged the man as well.
Bela walked cautiously towards the men.
"I don't understand" Sam started when he released the man again "How are you even alive?"
"It's true," the angel said in a voice that sounded almost robotic "The leviathans destroyed a good portion of my body when they escaped from within me. The injuries I sustained were immense. The last thing I could remember before I lost consciousness was that some how, I had make things right with you again" he was looking directly at Dean when he said the last sentence.
"I don't mean to interrupt" Bela said louder than necessary "But" she said to the the three men who had stopped staring at each other were now all facing her
"Bela this is Cas, he's the angel I was telling you about" Dean explained
The man looked at her blankly
"That's an angel? "That's what angel's look like?" Bela gaped
"This is his vessel" Dean explained quickly as if she should have already known what that meant
"I don't believe it," she said breathlessly
"It's true" the angel replied monotonously
"So you've come back to life too?" Bela said extending a hand towards the angel "I'm Bela"
"I know who you are," the angel said flatly; Bela let her hand drop awkwardly back at her side
"You do?" Sam and Dean asked at the same time
"Yes" Cas said looking directly at Dean "She is to be the mother of your children"
"What?" Dean said in shock, he and Bela looked at each other and looked back at the angel.
"She's going to be the what?" Dean asked unsteadily
"She is to be the mother of your children" Cas repeated politely as if Dean hadn't heard him clearly the first time
"You've got to be joking" Bela laughed nervously
"You can't be serious" Dean pressed. Sam's eyes darted from Dean to Bela to Cas in astonishment
"I am serious" Cas reassured
"No!" Dean growled "No, I had a family with Lisa and Ben and I had to lose them because I wasn't allowed to settle down, because my life wouldn't let me relax"
"Dean" Cas "I'm sorry things didn't work out between you and Lisa, I didn't write the Gospel of Winchester"
"Screw the freaking Gospel of Winchester!" Dean shouted
"Surely there has been a mistake" Bela said to the angel trying to mask the hurt from Dean's anger
"There is no mistake." Cas said with certainty
"Dean and Bela? Really?" Sam scoffed as if the notion was the most absurd thing he had ever heard
"Yes, really" Cas replied to Sam's rhetorical question "I don't understand the humor of the situation"
"There is no humor in this situation" Dean shot at Cas "It's just not going to happen. If there is one thing that we all should know by now, it's that there is no such thing as a big plan. There is no such thing as destiny, we make our own fate"
"Dean, you have already been shot by Cupid's arrow" he turned to Bela "the both of you have. The birth of your children are a top priority, they will lead us-"
"Wait a second" Dean's eyes were wide with anger "You're telling me that I've already been hit?"
"Yes"
"Get that dick down here right now and have him take it back" Dean growled
Bela wanted to agree out loud but the sting of Dean's words were making it hard to breathe, let alone speak.
"Dean, I can't. I don't know where to find one and even if I did, it may not be the one who shot you"
"Then find the one who did" Dean shouted
"Dean" Cas said impatiently "There are literally thousands of Cupid's flying around, and even if by some chance I could tether another one, they can't just take it back"
"But these two can hardly stand each other" Sam explained to the angel
"Give it time" Cas looked at Sam seriously "It's the reason why she was raised from perdition"
The room fell silent, Bela looked at Dean despite her best efforts not to and found that he was already looking at her. Pain and anger was painted all over his tired face.
His vibrant green eyes looked at her intensely. Her throat became painfully tight as she fought back the urge to cry. Dean's face softened instantly when his eyes detected the pain in hers.
"I'm sorry, Dean" Cas said sincerely
Dean's eyes dropped to the floor solemnly
"I have to" Bela didn't finish her sentence, she turned and walked out of the front door
