For the next three months Dean and Castiel mainly contacted each other through phone texts and instant messaging. The weary pediatrician barely had any time for his boyfriend and surprised Dean on Memorial Day Weekend in San Diego. Their intimate life became hotter and Cas informed Dean after the latter orally pleasured him as he sat on a washing machine, which was on at the time; that any day now he would be ready to go all the way. Dean kissed his lover hard on the lips, allowing Castiel to taste his own essence.
The two men had discussed whether Castiel should apply for a vacancy in the pediatrics department over at UCSD (University of California at San Diego). Cas was adamant at first in leaving his patients, who he always became attached to regardless of all the times he lectured himself on the downside to that. He did miss Dean dreadfully and he was crazy in love with the man. Castiel missed not waking up in his strong and warm embrace in the mornings.
Before leaving Dean's condo, Cas promised him he would give him a definite answer by the following weekend. Castiel grabbed the collar of Dean's hunter green button down and kissed him softly on the lips. The blond man squeezed Cas' tight ass, causing the shorter man to giggle.
Gabrielle had managed to escape the major funk she had been in since her break up with Sam. She started attending social events once more and Cas and/or Balthazar accompanied her to a couple of them. The petite spitfire was back! She even began flirting with some hot young studs, who attended the same gym she did. One night over dinner at her place, she informed Cas, she was selling the agency.
"Are you sure that is what you want?"
"Yes, Cassie. I have never been surer of anything. I want to travel for the next six months. Then I will plan the next stage of my life." She held his hand over the table.
"When are you leaving?"
"If everything goes according to plan in two weeks I will be heading to beautiful Costa Rica."
"I'm going to miss you, Munchkin."
"You are not going to be lonely at all. Balthazar has become your best friend lately. When you are not at the hospital or hanging with me; you two are joined at the hip. What's going on between the two of you, Castiel?"
Castiel's azure eyes widened. "It is not what you think, Gaby!"
"Then why are you getting so damn agitated?"
"I can't believe my best friend, who has always been like a sister to me is accusing me of having an affair with Balthazar!"
"Look, I love you and Dean. I would hate to see either one of you break the other's heart. You two are the most compatible couple I have ever met. Please don't fuck things up."
Cas' eyes became watery. "I would die before I ever hurt Dean. He is the love of my life."
"That's what I like to hear. Now get your cute ass over to the kitchen and bring over the key lime pie I have been drooling over since you bought it earlier tonight." Cas rose and kissed the top of her head.
Sam surprised Dean by inviting him for brunch the following Sunday. The older man agreed since he was going to be in LA that day. He was going to surprise Cas later in the evening. The two former gigolos met at Jerry's Famous Deli, where they drank vanilla shakes and ate turkey sandwich platters.
Things were awkward at first but Sam broke the silence. "How's Gaby doing? Last time I spoke to her was almost a month ago."
"She is a tough chick. Castiel told me something about her taking a trip to Costa Rica in less than two weeks. She has decided to travel abroad for half a year."
Sam pouted showing Dean his patented #1 Bitch Face. Dean rolled his emerald eyes. "What about the agency? Who is going to run it for such a long time?" Dean told him about her selling the business.
"Wow, she really wants to cut all ties with me. I can't blame the girl. That is where we met and fell in love." The wistful and longing look Sam donned, made Dean realize the dumb ass Sasquatch was still besotted with the tiny tornado.
As Dean was munching on a sinfully delicious French fry, Samuel gave him the shock of his life. "Dude, you are not going to believe who has become my sugar momma; the one and only Christine Weinerstein!"
Dean choked on the fry and he could not breathe. His vision began to blur and his handsome face turned from tan to blue as a smurf's. Samuel promptly stood and got Dean off the chair. The younger man expertly performed the Heimlich maneuver and the deadly piece of chewed fry flew out of Dean's throat and landed on an elderly man's chicken soup. Everyone in the deli applauded at Sam's heroics. He handed Dean a glass of water, which the grateful man drank slowly.
As soon as Dean's complexion turned golden once again, Sam continued the conversation he had attempted to start earlier. "Sorry dude, I know this has come as a shock to you but we bumped into each other at Spago's two months ago and she was celebrating her divorce and hefty alimony settlement and invited me along for the ride."
"For your sake I hope she is getting bi-weekly pedicures and has lost weight. I almost got a hernia after she gained about fifty pounds."
"You better believe it, bro. I am not embarrassed to say that I am her boy toy since she is paying for my law school. The two of us go and get his and her pedicures on Saturdays before lunch and she got liposuction and accompanies me to the gym in the evenings. She is looking fabulous! Plus, she is a tigress in the sack. If I do well this semester, Christine is taking me to Barbados."
Dean laughed and asked his semi-friend, "Are you happy being a kept man? Have you told Gaby about this? The three of you are sure to bump into each other eventually."
"I already told you I don't care being Christine's tadpole. She is only twelve years older than me. I will make her happy as long as we are together. Hopefully, she will replace me once I complete law school and then it will be hasta la vista baby. I called Gaby as soon as I started my agreement with Christine. She is my friend after all and I would not want to hurt her feelings; if she were to find out any other way."
Dean interrupted the younger man. "I believe you are still head over heels in love with Gaby but don't have the balls to tell her the truth. She is a woman with a big heart. If you were to ask her to take you back she would not hesitate in doing so. Don't blow it, Captain Caveman."
"I wish her all the happiness in the world and that she finds contentment with a man worthy of her. Right now law school is my priority."
Dean snorted. "Yeah right; you don't believe that piece of bologna you just sprouted out of your mouth. Get a job and a student loan. That way you can break off your agreement with Weinerstein."
Sam pinched the bridge of his nose. "I have never been more confused in my life."
"Don't wait too long, Sammy boy. Who knows and someone might snatch Gaby up in her upcoming travels."
Sam's heart clenched at the thought of his lovely and spirited Gaby being with another man. He cleared his throat. "Thanks for the pep talk, Dean. Brunch is on me."
Dean smiled and thanked him. As the two men shook hands outside of the diner, a 2011 Jaguar convertible with an alluring strawberry blonde parked in front of them. Dean could not believe his eyes, when he saw Mrs. Weinerstein's new look! The woman looked like a younger Ursula Andress.
She saucily waved her hand at Dean and winked at him. He waved back and as Sam sat in the passenger seat, the sexy young man kissed Christine's rouge lips and fastened his seatbelt. Afterwards, he told Dean they should play pool next month. He agreed and watched as the Jaguar sped off.
As Dean turned towards the establishment's parking lot to get in his beloved baby, he was caught off guard. He saw Balthazar and Castiel exiting Whole Foods Supermarket chatting jovially as they strode toward the Brit's silver 1968 Mustang convertible. Cas carried the bulk of the grocery bags and placed them inside the trunk.
Dean was about to approach them but what he saw next stopped him in his tracks. Castiel tightly embraced Balthazar and whispered something in the other man's ear, which caused him to smile. Dean clenched his fists at what happened next. Balthazar pressed a soft and quick kiss on the dark haired man's mouth before getting in his sports car. Castiel saw the blond man drive off before getting on his Norton. Once his lover zoomed away, Dean inhaled a much needed breath. This could not be happening! Cas and Balthazar were seeing each other behind his back?
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