Bella POV

To say that Castiel and myself arrived back flustered and more than a little soaked would have made understatement of the century because not only was I sure that both of us had swollen lips but there was actually droplets of water tapping against the floor after running down our bodies. Just before we opened to door to re-greet the brothers, I turned to Cas with the most serious face I could muster before I spoke.

"We can't tell them yet, if anything I need to tell Dean in private first," I began, just to be cut off by a stupid question on Cas' part.

"Why must you tell Dean by himself, in private? Why can't we just tell them both the news now?" He asked, bouncing slightly where he was standing like an excited ten year old that had just woken up and remembered it was Christmas morning.

"Because 1) I don't intend on watching Sam and Dean explode at the same time, 2) because Dean will be angry if I don't tell him first because he has always thought of me as the little sister he never had and 3) because I intend on making sure you stay whole, so I can go out with you without looking strange. Imagine the glances if I walked outside with a headless guy, strange..." I mumbled, chuckling lightly under my breath as I saw Cas' eyes widen. "Now come on, or I'm leaving you out here and close your mouth or you'll catch flies," I said as I flung the door open, announcing my entrance.

"Well, at least Cas is paying attention to something other than himself," Dean said before turning around to face us. "Hey Bella, you might need a hair dryer on that," He said trying to hold his laughter in while Sam just looked at us curiously.

"Why are you both wet?" Sam asked in a detached voice.

"Because we stepped outside the car for a few minutes and it rained, numb nuts!" I said, mimicking his voice while sniggering lightly to myself, remembering exactly how I long we were outside for and the reason why. "Anyway, I need to go change." I said, grabbing a pair of clothes on the way into the bathroom. As soon as I locked the door, I heard Sam and Dean begin firing questions at Castiel.

"Why are you both soaked?"

"Why do you look so out of character?"

And then the one that got the most attention, stopping the questions and waiting for an answer for the first time was- "Why are your lips swollen and why does Bella have a hickey?"

Damn Dean and his strange detection! Why was he looking at my neck anyway? I looked in the mirror and found a dark, yet small, bruise on my collarbone. When did Cas do that?

I got dressed in a daze before standing in front of the mirror, inspecting the exposed flesh to check I hadn't been marked anywhere else; only to be brought out of my thoughts by Dean hammering on the door.

"Bella, hurry the hell up! I want to speak to you and we have a visitor in two hours so we may need another room!" He shouted through before kicking the door once more, making it creak and a allowing a small crack to appear at the bottom of the door.

I pushed as much material over the few other places I'd been marked, as well as I could before leaving the bathroom and walking into a virtually empty room.

"Cas has gone to do whatever the hell he usually does and I've got Sammy taking a two hour car journey to buy clothes and food for everyone, now do you want to explain what the hell is going on?"

"I don't know what to say..." I began, fumbling over the words slightly. "It just kind of happened; I was going to tell you..."

"Little Girl, you know I love you but seriously, quit the crap and say it straight!" Dean said; his voice icily cold and sharp enough to inflict a physical wound on my heart. My brother, in all meanings of the word, had believed I was lying to him; believed I was capable of lying to him.

"If you believe that I am lying to you Dean, then you don't know me at all. I would never lie to you and I was going to tell you; it only happened today and I told Cas not to say anything because I wanted to speak to you first about it! Do you know what, Dean? It doesn't even matter!" I shouted before running out of the door.

I got another two bed room, so there was somewhere for Leah to stay when she arrived and sat alone hoping... waiting for something good to happen. Waiting for Castiel to come back to me; to tell me everything was okay. But he didn't come, not for hours and when he arrived, he brought her. He brought her when I needed him most and he didn't even realise I was being ripped apart from the inside out. He didn't realise.

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Sorry I didn't update last week but I was really busy and was also out all weekend. I will try and update during the week to make up for it but until then...
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