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Chapter Fourteen

"How the hell are you still alive?" was the first words out of Dean's mouth as they all moved from the training room to the main section and were joined by Sam, and Camellia.

"Oh, you know me I always have an ace up my sleeve." Gabriel stated smugly as he looked over at Sophia who grew very pale." I'm sorry I let you think I was dead, but the others." he pointed toward the ceiling." I thought I was protecting to you from all this." he motioned around.

"Why the lies?" Sophia asked feeling like she'd just falling down the rabbit hole again.

"Well, would you have believed me if I told you who I really was and that all the things you believed were not true or nightmares really existed?" he questioned her as their eyes met.

"Okay so, I get why you didn't tell me then, but what about after I found out the truth? Why keep allowing me to believe you were dead?" she felt betrayed as she stood up and nearly ran right into Castiel." Damn it don't you know how to use a flippen door." she closed her eyes after the initial shock and then smiled" Sorry, I shouldn't have snapped at you like that." she then shocked him by putting her arms around and hugging him tightly.

"It's okay." He said as he looked over at Dean and Sam who just shrugged.

"We get it you're under a lot of stress and it seems like at every turn someone is lying to you or trying to kill or control you." Camellia said to her gently." You wouldn't be human if it didn't get to you." Castiel wrapped his arms awkwardly around Sophia as he returned her embrace.

" Hey, makes you feel any better I don't want to kill you." Gabriel said to her as Castiel shot him a glare and Sophia stepped away from Castiel to turn and glare at him.

"Yeah, that makes me feel just spiffy." sarcasm dripped off every word." You lied to me from day one. You lied to me about who you really were even your name was a lie." She took a deep steadying breath as she closed her eyes and then reopened them." Sam you said at one time that because I was a Halfling that the normal rules didn't apply to me right?" she met Sam's eyes.

"Yeah, as far as the whole being a virgin thing went and who would control your powers." Sam wasn't sure where she was going with this.

"Oh, is that why you two were going at it in the training room until I showed up?" Gabriel looked from Dean and a blushing Sophia.

"You two had sex?" Camellia asked like a high school girl.

"No we did not." Sophia's face was on fire now.

"Oh, it wasn't from lack of trying just that I interrupted them." Gabriel liked teasing Sophia.

"Shut it will ya." Sophia growled at him to which he just chuckled.

"Why? You look so cut when you blush." He teased her as she shook her head and sat down in a near by chair.

"Okay moving on," she said pointedly as she narrowed her eyes at Gabriel who just put his hands up and sat down next to her." Did you find out anything else that could help maybe get rid of the witch side of me?" she was now looking directly into Sam's eyes.

"You can't get rid of the witch side of you. It's part of who you are." Sam said to her as he drew his brows together in confusion.

"It's not who you are that defines you it's what you do." she said to him

"Quoting Batman now." Dean said to her as she gave him a soft smile.

"It kinda fits. There's spells for everything maybe there is one for suppressing the witch side of me so that I never have to worry about it or the powers that come with it." she suggested.

"I know you want to find a way to protect yourself and those around you, but spells are dangerous especially those that suppress any kind of power." Castiel told her as he knelt down in front of her and took her hands in his." You have to trust us to handle this. We'll find a way to keep you safe." He looked up to the guys who nodded their heads in agreement.

"I don't want to keep running." she told him softly" I've been running since I first found out the truth about myself and I'm tired of it." he heard the defeat in her voice." I'm tired of being afraid. Tired of looking over my shoulder. Tired of this constant control I have to have over myself for fear that I'll accidentally hurt someone I love." she looked into Castiel's eyes." I can't do this anymore. I just want a normal life." she sighed defeated as she put her head in her hands.