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Chapter Ten

"Gabe and Ash are meeting us for breakfast" Cas said happily as he and Dean took a seat next to each other in one of the booths.

"Pft, surprised they know what breakfast is…thought they didn't unleash themselves into the poor unsuspecting world until at least midday!" Dean muttered, grabbing a menu and scanning the goodies.

Cas chuckled and shook his head, squeezing Deans knee in affection under the table.

"Very true…obviously there is something in the Chicago air, must be messing with their brains"

Dean chuckled in response and put his hand on top of Cas' where it rested on his knee. The bell above the diner's door rang and signalled a new customer, the boys glanced over to see Gabe and Ash strolling lazily inside.

"Bro, Dean-O!" Gabriel said happily greeting them and sliding into the booth opposite Dean, Ash taking a seat next to Gabe.

"Good morning both of you, take it you're feeling better Ash?" Cas asked with an amused smile, earning a snort from Gabriel who had promptly grabbed the diner menu in the same manner Dean had earlier.

Ash waved his hand dismissively and slouched in his seat, a lazy grin settling across his face.

"It's all good man…I'm all good…I can handle it…" Ash slurred, chuckling to himself.

Cas and Dean frowned and looked to Gabriel.

"Is he umm…drunk?" Castiel asked cautiously, glancing to Ash who was squeezing a generous amount of ketchup on his hand and licking it off.

Gabriel rolled his eyes and nodded.

"Yup"

"Dude, it's like 8:30am…" Dean shot at Ash, grimacing at the thought.

Ash ignored them all in favour of licking up more ketchup and grinning in satisfaction.

"When I got back to the hotel yesterday…Ash had decided the best way to overcome his hangover was to get drunk again…that way he wouldn't feel it anymore…unfortunately he did that for the majority of the night and now he's still pretty smashed…OH PANCAKES…totally having pancakes." Gabriel mumbled an explanation, his main focus on the menu in front of him and the excitement of pancakes getting the better of him.

Cas looked at Dean and shook his head in disbelief.

Dean snorted a laugh and grabbed his own menu again.

"You two are a right pair you know that…good job you're used to him" He mumbled in amusement.

"Not sure that's a good thing" Cas mumbled in response and rolling his eyes when Gabriel shot him a glare.

"Pig in a poke!" Dean declared excitedly, calling the waitress over to take their order.

Once the waitress had taken their order, with an added flirty smile and a wink from Gabriel and a slurred 'thank you sweet cheeks' from Ash, Castiel excused himself to the bathroom and Gabriel took his chance.

"Ok Dean spill…"

Dean shifted in his seat, knowing Gabriel had picked up on some weird vibes yesterday at dinner but decided to play dumb.

"Spill what exactly?"

Gabriel rolled his eyes and leant forward on the table, looking Dean in the eye.

"You know exactly what, come on we don't have much time…Cas pees quickly…"

Dean blinked several times before attempting to follow that comment up.

"Gabriel what the - …"

"Dean seriously…I know Anna said something to you…you guys went to the bar absolutely fine and dandy…you came back looking as though someone had taken off with your baby…what gives?"

Dean sighed loudly, glancing over quickly in the direction of the bathroom before looking back to Gabriel.

"Fine…your cousin said some things I thought…well I thought they were out of line. She's not as supportive as Cas thinks she is, in fact she was kind of a bitch…I'm sorry I know she's family but her brain was pretty much on the same one way track as her dad's and we all know how that worked out."

Gabriel nodded slightly, humming under his breath.

"What exactly did she say?"

"She basically said she didn't understand why I would choose Cas and why he would choose me or even why we choose to be together. Ok to be fair, she said she would never disown Cas over being gay but she still doesn't agree with it or want to be too involved…she practically asked when I was gonna set up a nice family home with a loving wife. I mean come the fuck on, what the hell is that about?" Dean ranted and Gabriel shook his head in sadness.

"I knew it…"

"Knew what?" Dean frowned and motioned for Gabe to continue.

"Anna…she never agreed with her father's ways and that's why she got out, she is fully supportive of me and Cas, she felt so bad leaving us behind with Uncle Zach…but the fact her support ends with an occasional letter or birthday card since Cas' decision to 'come out' proves that her upbringing still had an effect on her opinions and her own mind. I don't believe she would cut ties with Cas like every other bastard in our family…but I feared that her...opinions…may still be pretty narrow minded, while she can be supportive from a distance…doesn't mean she wants to be too involved." Gabriel explained with a heavy sigh, scrubbing his hands over his face.

"Cas doesn't need to know any of this, he thinks the sun shines out of her ass for God's sake" Dean muttered, risking a glance sideways to see Castiel now out of the bathroom and talking to the waitress about something.

"Agreed…best not to mention it, he's had enough family abandonment issues…he doesn't need to know Anna's opinions, while it sucks that she thinks that way…the important thing is that she keeps in touch and at least shows she cares about him, even if she doesn't care for his choices."

Dean nodded and they sat in silence for a moment, Ash not paying any attention – his mind currently occupied with counting the ceiling tiles. After a moment Dean looked over to Cas who was finishing up and heading back to the table.

Dean laughed out loud, shaking his head at Gabriel.

"You know when you're not being a dick…you actually make a great deal of sense man"

Gabriel grinned widely and winked at Dean, just as Castiel took his seat.

"Who's being a dick?" He enquired with a suspicious look.

"No-one baby…what were you two talking about anyways" Dean asked, diverting the conversation and motioning to the waitress.

"Oh she was just telling me there is a slight delay on the food and weirdly…" Cas trailed off, tearing his eyes from Dean and looking at Ash in complete bewilderment.

"…Weirdly, she wants your number Ash?"

Dean screwed up his face and Gabriel nodded, smirking knowingly. Ash finally brought his attention back to the table and his smile grew.

"Ahh man, I still got it!" Ash declared, thrusting his fist in the air and creating the rock sign with his fingers.

Cas snorted in amusement and turned back to Deans look of confusion.

"Apparently she thought he was cute? Go figure" Cas added with a shrug.

Dean laughed and they continued with breakfast.

Ash spent the remainder of their time chatting up the waitress, Castiel sat happily with them all enjoying family time and nobody including Cas brought up Anna's name once during breakfast, much to Dean and Gabriel's relief.