Authors Note: Another chapter, things will start to get interesting now, hopefully.

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' "Hey...What'd we miss?" '

Abbi hesitated before responding
"Not alot really. Just woke you two were here."
Castiel looked at her out of the corner of his eye.
"Great, so I guess that Dante didnt want to stick around." Sam said sounding relieved.
There were a couple awkward glances before Cas spoke.

"I suppose im needed elsewhere." He threw a glance at Abbi then was gone in a blink.
Dean Snorted "Am I the only one getting really annoyed by that?"
Sam cracked a smile.

"Well, im parched. How about some breakfast?"
Sam looked at his watch, confued at how it could possibly be morning already.
Looking back at Dean he spoke slowly.

"Dean, its 11:30 at night.."
"Hey, there's always time for pancakes." Dean said with a mocking finger pointed at Sam.
Sam just shook his head and chuckled.
" 'ey Abbi, you comin' along?" Dean asked her
She seemed to be very distant, like her mind was elsewhere.
"Abbi?!" Dean called now.

Snapping out of it, she looked at Dean with a dazed and confused expression.
"Wha-sorry?"
"Everything okay?"
Dean asked with that soul gripping stare he does sometimes.
"Yeah, fine." She answered a bit too quickly.
He eyed her for a moment.

"Alright, I'll be at the diner down the street."
"Sure, I'll walk down in a few gonna change into something that doesnt wreak of joked.
"Good luck.." Dean replied as he left the motel.
Sam's smile faded as he looked at Abbi.
"What's wrong?" He asked sympathetically.

"I just told Dean-"
"Yeah, but Dean isn't exactly the sharpest tool in the shed."He continued
"You know you can talk to me."
Sam stood at least a foot taller than her so she really had to crank her neck to meet his eyes.

"Sam.."
"Something happened..in your deam, didn't it?"
"Well yeah.." She turned her back
"I was being hunted down by an uber-demon, I was scared."She blurted out
"It's just..it seems like it's more than that."He said, resting a hand on her shoulder
Abbi was silent.

"Dean cares about you ya' know.." Sam said
"Even though he can be a dick from time to time." She looked at him
"He has good intentions."
"I know" She whispered.
"I just need some time, Sammy.." He looked at her, a smile starting at his eyes.

"Well, im gonna go meet Dean at the diner." Sam said, awkwardly, shuffling backwards.
When Sam had vacated the motel room. Leaving Abbi to immediately go to her room and pull out her duffle bag.
"Where are you going?" Castiel's angelic voice pondered.

Normally, the sudden appearance of her favorite angel would have taken her by surprised, but she was so lost in her thoughts she just continued on as if not hearing him. Going back and forth between the closet and the bed where her duffle bag sat.

Castiel caught her wrist and turned her to him.
"Why are you acting this way?"
She looked at him like what the hell

"Actually, the proper question here would be Why have I been so calm about all of this ? "
Cas sighed but still tried to reason with her.
"Unlike alot of people, you've seen the creatures they fear, the things in the night they dont want to believe are real."He continued.

"How could you lie to yourself about that?"
He place a finger under her chin and elevated her face
"Until a few weeks ago, you didn't believe that 'I' existed"
He spoke with an odd soft, intimate voice.
Moving his finger to cup her face with both hands he said "You know I'm real."
Despite the fire she felt in her heart, she mustered in a cracked voice
"But im afraid."

He looked at her with understanding.
"The armies of hell, against two humans, an angel, and his rookie?"
"Doesnt exactly qualify as an intimidating defense."
"Your not a rookie." He said, sounding oddly amused.
She just looked at him.

"You're actually ranked above me."
"Well, this must be extremely amusing for you then." She said, dripping with sarcasm.
"It's excruciating, actually." He said.
She took a deep breath.

"Sam and Dean can't know about me, alright?"
He looked at her confused, and she began packing again.
"This is my burden to bare, and as long as im around them, they're constantly in danger."
Cas started to correct her when she blurted out
"..And I lost you once, I might be able to do it again, but I refuse to be the death of you."

Castiel had never known such kindness.
"Abbigail.." Cas said, staring at her.

When she didnt hear him continue, she looked at him, and the amazed look on his face.
He inched towards her, once again seeming torn between something.

"I guess you haven't changed as much as I'd thought." He said
And the next thing she knew, Castiel's lips were on hers.