A/N: Alright here's another chapter. I hoped you guys liked the last one. Of course, I can only hope since I only got TWO reviews! Come on guys, please give me a little feedback here, I love to hear your thoughts.
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The days passed by uneventfully, at least for Castiel they did. Alex, Raphella, John, Mikey and the Winchesters all returned from their separate hunts unharmed and each went about on another hunt. Castiel mostly hung around the house, his teary eyes and constant frown a dreary reminder to everyone how much love could hurt someone.
Alex had approached him once on the matter, a few days after Ella had left but Castiel would not listen. He just turned his head in the other direction and stared off into space as though he were seeing something no one else could. However the only thing Castiel could see was Ella walking away from him, her footprints fading in the dusty wind and her figure growing smaller and smaller. This image replayed over and over again in his mind's eye and each time it broke his heart more and more.
Both Mikey and Sam had tried to talk to Castiel, but he still would not listen. Every time they said she was not worth the pain, he would just reply with some quote he had heard somewhere. In his heart, he wanted to say how much it hurt, but he could not.
Admitting his hurt would be admitting that Ella was truly gone.
As Castiel sat staring out the window in the kitchen two months later, Dean entered the room and spotted him.
Castiel made no remark, nor did he make any acknowledgement to the elder Winchester. He simply just sat there and stared out the window, completely silent.
Dean pulled a chair over to the table and sat down, pressing a bottle of beer to his lips and taking a quick swig. He studied the angel until he could not anymore. The sadness in Castiel's eyes was enough to drive any man sane.
"Come on Cas!" He suddenly shouted, causing the angel to jump in surprise.
Slowly, Castiel turned his head and peered at Dean with big, blue eyes. He waited for Dean to continue.
"You've done nothing but sit around the house for two months. You need to get and…do something, anything!" Dean shouted, the beer completely forgotten.
Castiel's expression remained blank and he was about to turn back to the window when Dean started up again.
"She's gone Castiel. She's gone and she's not coming back. She chose him over you, don't you get that? She left!" Dean ranted, each word slowly sinking in with Castiel. Each word like a serrated knife he could not get rid of.
Dean fumbled for the right words. "She's…she's not…she's not worth the pain it's causing you." He finally spit out.
Castiel lifted his stone-cold gaze to stare Dean down. "You're right, she's not. She's worth much more than that."
Dean threw his hands up. "She's not! She's a human. Isn't it like illegal for you guys to like us anyways? Why the hell did you like her so much? She's just one of a gazillion girls. What's so special about her?"
Castiel sighed, his eyes tearing up as he thought of her. "I can't explain it. But there's just something about her. I'd do anything for her, anything." Castiel stated.
Dean raised an eyebrow. "Would you rip out your grace for her?"
Castiel tilted his head for a moment and then nodded wordlessly.
Dean sighed and propped his feet up on the table. "Then fight for her." He said in a defeated tone. "If you love her so much, then go find her and tell her so."
Castiel furrowed his brow, confused by the sudden turn of events. "But, you just said that she isn't worth it, that she left me so I should just leave it well enough alone."
Dean took his feet off the table and sat up. "I didn't know you loved her this much. If you're willing to rip out your grace for her, then there's something there."
Castiel tilted his head again. "What do I do?" He asked the human.
Dean shrugged. "Find her and tell her how you feel. Beg her to come back here with you."
Castiel nodded his head and took in a deep breath before disappearing. Dean blinked and shook his head, knowing that by now the angels' disappearing acts should not still come as a surprise to him. But at the moment he had bigger things to worry about.
Standing up and pulling his cell phone out of his picket, he quickly selected the one that had been programmed into his phone a little over two months ago. A few rings, and the person answered the phone.
"Hello?" The familiar voice answered.
"It's Dean."
The speaker paused and Dean heard footsteps followed by an opening and closing door.
From inside her room, Ella responded.
"Hey…what's up?"
Dean cussed under his breath. "You high-tail it out of Texas with your buddy Noah while simultaneously breaking Castiel's heart and the first thing you say to me is 'what's up'?"
Ella rolled her eyes. "If you want to be petty, the first thing I said was 'Hey' and besides, I did not 'high-tail it out of Texas' with anyone. Noah said it was too much for him and well, I could not leave him."
"Why not?" Dean snapped.
"Because he's been my best friend since like forever!"
"Oh well it's only the friggin' apocalypse, it can wait!"
Ella huffed. "Is that what you think? That I just don't care?"
Dean was mute so she continued. "Well I do care, a lot. And that's why I had to leave. If I had stayed, Castiel would have gotten in trouble with his supioriors. I'm not dumb Dean, Noah and I did some research on angel folk-lore and turns out that intimate relationships between humans and angels are forbidden. Even if something had happened between Castiel and I, he would have been taken away and punished and I would have been left here."
"Yeah well now he's left here and all depressing and crud." Dean retorted.
"Oh yeah and I'm just having a party over here!" Ella said sarcastically.
Dean rolled his eyes. "Look, I didn't call to bicker. I just called to ask you to come back to the base."
Ella gaped. "After what I just told you, you still want me to come back?"
"Yes. And I know Castiel wants you back so, what do you say?" Dean asked.
Ella did not respond so Dean asked again. Ella sighed.
"I've got to go, someone is at the door." She stated as she hung up the phone and opened the door to her living room.
Noah and her had plans for a movie later that night so she figured he was just stopping by early. It was supposed to be his girlfriend, him and Ella but he knew Ella would feel like the third wheel so he canceled on his date. Ella smiled at the sweet loyalty of her best friend.
"Hey Noah." She said as she opened the door.
"What's up?" Noah asked as he walked past Ella and into the living room.
"I brought the movies so you better have popcorn." He said, flopping down on Ella's couch.
"I thought we were going out to the movies." She said, "As in not in this apartment."
Noah shrugged. "And I thought that demons weren't real…and then I met you." He said with a smug smile on his face.
Ella turned around. "Oh you're so funny." She said sarcastically.
Noah shrugged. "I try." He stated before flopping down on the couch and flipping on the TV.
Ella sighed and grabbed one of the DVDs, not bothering to read the title as she popped it into the player and settled down onto the couch.
Noah raised an eyebrow and Ella stared right back at him. "What Noah?" She asked, fully exasperated and not in the mood to deal with his crap.
"Pop-corn" He said, popping the P.
Ella gritted her teeth and shoved herself off the couch as she went into the kitchen to get the popcorn.
Noah tilted his head. "You okay Elle?" He asked softly.
Ella ran a hand through her hair and threw the popcorn in the microwave.
"Not really. Just before you got here, Dean called."
Noah's eyebrows shot up. "Dean? As in the Dean you haven't spoken to in like two months?"
"The one and only."
"What did he want?" Noah asked, leaning forward on the couch.
Ella bit her lip. "He asked me to go back to the base."
"You told him no right?" Noah asked, standing up and walking over to the kitchen. He leaned against the counter next to Ella as she stumbled for the right words.
"I…I told him that there was someone at the door." She replied, trying to hold in her tears.
"Is that what you wanted to say?" Noah asked her, his eyes boring into hers.
Ella silently shook her head.
Noah's shoulders slumped and he began to gnaw at his finger nails.
Ella bit her lip. "Maybe I could just go back for a visit." She suggested, "And then come back here."
Noah bit his lip. "Ella, you know I don't want you to go back. I mean…" His sentence drifted off and Ella stared at him.
"What? What exactly do you mean? Cause I left that place for you. I left…Castiel…for you and you haven't even given me a reason."
Noah huffed. "Come on Elle, you know you're like my little sister. I'm just worried about you. All of this demon stuff…"
"We left the base two months ago and I haven't seen any demons yet. I think we're safe. What harm is a little visit going to do?" She asked him, her eyes probing him.
Noah huffed again. He knew that she was right and he knew it was not his place to make her stay if she did not want to, but he still could not help himself.
"If you're going back, then so am I." He declared.
Ella looked doubtfully at him. "I have to do this by myself…"
Noah nodded his head and then smiled meekly. "If you leave tonight you can make it to the base fairly soon."
Ella smirked. "That's if I take the bike…if I fly I could be there by nightfall." Ella pondered, her fear of flying not even bothering her since it would bring her to Castiel.
Noah nodded his head. "I bet if you called Alex he could even teleport you to the base. Take all of two seconds."
Ella grinned and picked up the phone, holding it in her hand as she looked at Noah. "You sure you'll be okay? I mean, I'll only be gone for like a week."
Noah nodded his head. "I'll be fine. After all, I can hang out with Delilah while you're gone. You know, I think she might be the one." Noah said, his smile turning into a beam.
Ella nodded her head. "Yeah I had guessed as much." She said, striding forward and wrapping him in a bone-crunching hug.
He chuckled and then broke their embrace. "Now get going." He said, motioning to the phone. "Call Alex and get him to transport you to the base."
Ella smiled and started to dial but was interrupted by a knock on the door. She gave Noah a puzzled look and crossed the room to open the door.
Looking worried and desperate, Alex stood in the doorway.
"Alex?" Ella asked, sensing the fear in his eyes.
Alex did not budge as he spoke. "Castiel is missing." He said, the words hanging in the air like icicles.
Ella gasped and the phone dropped from her hand, landing nosily onto the floor.
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