Author's Note: Hey guys! I am SO sorry for not updating yesterday. Some really bad stuff happened and I couldn't bring myself to write. But it's all good now, so please enjoy this chapter and Please, please, PLEASE give it a review!

Castiel went back out to the kitchen to hear Sam talking on the phone.

"No... We're fine... Really Bobby, you can handle one case without us... No, that's not it... I-... I'm sorry but I can't leave... Dean can't either... Because... I'm not ly-..." Sam sighed. "Alright fine. Because Dean was in the hospital and he hasn't recovered yet."

Sam winced and pulled the phone away from his ear as Bobby yelled at him.

"I know... I've been so busy with Dean that I forgot... He's doing okay, considering what happened... He fell down the side of a mountain and bashed his head against a tree... Cas is doing his best to heal him but it will take time... Because he suffered brain damage. The other injuries were pretty minor, all things considered... No, he's sleeping right now... Okay... I will... Call me if you need anything... Alright. Bye, Bobby."

Sam hung up his phone with a sigh and put a hand to his forehead.

Castiel looked around for his brother to see him in the kitchen making himself an ice cream sundae.

"Is everything alright?" Asked Cas. Sam looked up at him.

"Yeah. Bobby just wanted some back up for a hunt. There's a possible wraith in Georgia."

Castiel nodded and turned to his brother, who was dumping crumbled Oreos and cashews onto his sundae. Castiel looked confused.

"What are you making, Gabriel?"

"An everything-but-the-kitchen-sink sundae."

"How are you going to fit an entire house into a bowl of ice cream?"

Gabriel rolled his eyes at his brother's lack of knowledge. "It's an expression, Cassie." When the sundae was to his liking, he grinned and started eating. "He asleep?" He asked through a mouthful of ice cream, moving to eat at the table.

"Yes."

Gabriel was quiet for a minute. "You know, you're really good with him, Cassie. I'm surprised. Kinda makes me think about getting a Rugrat of my own."

Castiel's eyebrows shot up in surprise. "Really?"

Gabriel nodded as he shoved another spoonful of ice cream into his mouth.

Sam shrugged and got up from the table. Castiel didn't have to look into his mind to see that he was still thinking about his conversation with Bobby.

"Sam, if you want to go and help Bobby with his hunt you can. Gabriel and I have things covered here."

He could see Sam consider it for a moment before shaking his head.

"Thanks Cas, but no. I want to stay here and help."

"I think you would be of more use to Bobby in this situation. Dean is asleep right now and won't be up for a few hours. He'll still be here when you get back. Besides, Bobby will want to know how Dean's doing. It's better he hear it from you then come up to see him for himself."

"You know he'll want to see Dean for himself anyways."

Sam had a point. But Castiel kept going.

"He'll be okay, Sam. If he needed you, we'd call. I promise."

Sam was teetering between the two options. He really did want to help his brother, but he couldn't really do anything right now. Them, Castiel said the words that he needed to hear.

"Dean would want you to go and help people."

And that decided it.

He grabbed the keys to the impala and said goodbye to the Angel and archangel before calling Bobby back on his way to the car. Castiel watched from the window as the car pulled out from the driveway and headed down the mountain. Cas turned his attention back to his brother, and was surprised. Gabriel looked vaguely... Disappointed. Castiel tried to figure out why that would be without looking into his mind. Then, like a bolt of lightning, it hit him and his eyes widened slightly.

"Brother..." Said Cas, jerking Gabriel from his thoughts. "Are you thinking what I think you are?"

"What are you talking about, Cassie?" To his credit, Gabriel kept a stone face.

Castiel opened the link between them and searched for what he thought was going on in Gabriel's mind. The only problem with his plan was that Gabriel was excellent at hiding his thoughts from him, but this time, Castiel had the element of surprise on his side. Before Gabriel could hide it, Castiel saw the incriminating thought and smirked with victory.

"So you were thinking about it." Said Castiel.

Gabriel rolled his eyes. "Yes, okay? Yes I was thinking about it. Is that what you want to hear?"

"Gabriel, there's no shame in wanting that." He said quietly.

"How do you even ask something like that?" The archangel questioned.

"It isn't easy." Castiel warned. "But it was one of the most rewarding decisions I've ever made."

"Why did you do it, Cassie?" Asked Gabriel.

The question surprised Castiel, and for a moment he wasn't sure how to answer.

"Because I knew I could make Dean happier. I didn't know how much happier it would make me, though. But it did. It turned my life upside down in a way I never thought possible. And if I could do it over again, I wouldn't change a thing."

"Really?"

Castiel looked him in the eyes with the utmost sincerity. "Really. It's not too late, Gabriel. You could still ask."

"He'd never say yes."

"How do you know?"

"I just do."

"You're making excuses."

"I-"

"Yes you are. And if you keep it up, you'll never get what you really want."

"But I-"

"Do what I did, and that way you'll know beforehand."

"I don't know, Cassie..."

"Fine. Don't do it. But don't blame me when you're looking back on this and wondering what might have been."

Gabriel sighed. His brother was right.

Man he hated that.

"Okay. What do I do?"

Castiel reopened their connection and showed Gabriel the dream Dean had had.

"Show it to him and see what happens."

Gabriel couldn't believe that he was even thinking about this, but he knew he had to try.

"Okay. I'll try."

Look out, Sam Winchester, thought Gabriel, here I come.