A/N: Sorry it's so late. Here's chapter 11 for you. Enjoy.

The whole gang had gathered at the Roadhouse that Saturday, tired after a week of classes and unexpected surprises.

"All I'm saying is that it is entirely possible for supernatural creatures to exist," Gabriel insisted over what his brother was sure amounted to a bowl of pure sugar.

"If they were real, wouldn't we have at least heard of people encountering them?" Sam argued, ever the voice of logic.

"Well, obviously, they would hide their true natures," Charlie said, snagging some of Jo's ice-cream, having already managed to finish her own. "All the lore includes ways to kill the monsters, so clearly they wouldn't want people to know what they are."

"True, and who's to say you haven't encountered any of those things?" Gabriel said, grinning now that he had some backup in his argument. "Have you ever met someone or seen someone and there was something about them that didn't seem... human?"

"Azazel," Dean said, finally adding to the strange conversation.

"Alistair," Benny added with a nod, as though entirely willing to accept that the man was not human.

"That Lilith kid that lives down the road," Jo said, looking thoroughly disturbed. The little blonde girl did often seem strange though, Cas had to agree.

"Exactly!" Gabe exclaimed. "Maybe they're something other than human. For all you guys know, I'm not even human. How would anyone know?"

"That would explain how you can eat so much candy without your teeth rotting," Charlie agreed, ignoring Sam's eye-roll.

"Your logic, while interesting, is incredibly flawed," Cas pointed out. "But if you are not human, then please tell me what exactly I have been living with."

Gabe grinned again. "Well, the obvious one to go for would be that I am, in fact, the archangel Gabriel, but I'm not very angelic, so none of you would believe that for a second."

"No kidding," Benny snorted, earning himself a rude hand gesture from Gabe.

"I am clearly a Trickster," Gabe said, sitting up a little straighter as he made his declaration, as though that might add some credibility to his statement. "You can all call me Loki now."

"I think you have something wrong with you," Kevin said, shaking his head at the older teen.

They all laughed at that, only Dean to fall silent as someone walked into the Roadhouse.

"Dammit!" he hissed, ducking his head. "It's like he's everywhere right now."

Cas looked up to see John Winchester greeting Ellen with a wave.

"It's only because he's been gone for a while that it seems like you can't avoid him now," he whispered.

Dean's luck seemed even worse as John caught sight of his sons.

"So this is studying, huh?" he chuckled as he approached the table.

"We got bored," Dean said, taking another bite of his pie. John just laughed and turned to the Harevelles.

"Ash, Joanna, it's good to see you," he said, smiling.

"It's Jo." The cool tone and half-scowl didn't seem to bother John.

"And these must be the Novaks?" John continued, turning to Gabe and Cas.

Dean clutched Castiel's hand tightly under the table, silently praying that John would leave.

"That's us!" Gabe replied happily, his usual charming self in spite of the fact that this man was the reason for Dean and Cas keeping their relationship a secret.

"Well, it was nice meeting you," said John, giving the group a wave as he turned away to speak with Ellen at the bar.

"You know, if it's stressing you out this much to keep this a secret, maybe you should just tell him?" Kevin suggested, watching Dean's tense features over the course of the interaction.

"Hell no," Dean said, shaking his head. "He'd freak out." Cas squeezed his hand under the table.

"Yeah, John's never really been the 'progressive' type," Jo added.

"Still, you might feel a little better with it out there," Gabe said, frowning at the thought of his brother having to hide his relationship.

"Dean does not feel comfortable with his father knowing, so he doesn't have to tell him," Cas insisted with a scowl at his older brother. "If it is going to cause a problem, then I would much rather that his father didn't know."

There was silence for a while after that, the entire group picking at their food for a few minutes before they felt comfortable starting a new conversation.