"Gabe's on his way." Dean told Cas, who was still laying half asleep in his bed.

"Ok. I'll get up." Castiel said without moving.

Dean started to laugh.

"When?"

"Soon. Now. Ish." Cas said slowly.

Dean crawled himself back into the bed.

"I told him we would be decent." Dean said, hoping that would convince Cas to actually get up and put some clothes on.

"Yes, I heard you."

"We could go up and check on Meg?" Dean tried.

That seemed to get Castiel's attention.

"Yeah, Ok, I'm getting up." Cas sighed and sat himself up in the bed.

Dean sat up with him. They both got up out of the bed and redressed themselves.

As Cas was buckling his belt he was muttering under his breath.

"Stupid Gabe, with his stupid face."

"Don't be like that." Dean laughed. "I like your brother. He's funny."

"Funny." Cas said and rolled his eyes. He softened a little bit and knew Dean was right.

"Yeah, he can be pretty funny I guess. It'll be nice to have him around."

Satisfied, Dean left the bedroom, and Castiel followed him.

Dean was in the kitchen putting on a fresh pot of coffee. He figured they both probably needed it.

He looked over at Cas who still had a serious case of sex hair. He thought about telling him to fix it, but changed his mind. He would like to see him this way as long as he possibly could.

Dean was still floating on a cloud. He was having a wonderful day, and it still wasn't over.

"So, that thing, at the hospital with Gadreel. Do I need to be worried?" Dean asked.

"No, I don't think so." Cas told him as he leaned over the high counter that surrounded the kitchen.

"Ok, good." Dean was happy to leave it at that.

"He probably just realized that you are actually incredibly handsome." Cas said, humor behind the words.

"Well, he's a little late to the game. I've always been incredibly handsome." Dean said with a wiggle of his eyebrows.

Cas smirked at his boyfriends ridiculous vanity.

"When will Sam and Jess get home? I would like to know how they are doing." Cas said, changing the subject.

"Not for a couple of hours yet. I'll call in a little bit and checkup."

"Ok." Cas agreed.

The two of them had a cup of coffee together in near silence. Cas looked up at the clock on the wall and realized they probably didn't have time to go upstairs before his brother was set to arrive.

"You want to stay upstairs tonight?" He asked Dean.

"Yeah. I wouldn't mind a repeat of … that." Dean said nodding his head towards the bedroom. "It might be a little awkward if we stayed here." He added.

"Yeah, a little bit." Cas laughed.

Cas's face was suddenly more serious, and that made Dean worry.

"What's up?" He asked cautiously.

Castiel rearranged his features so they weren't set in such a pensive way.

"Nothing really." He told Dean.

"Liar." Dean said shortly.

"I was just wondering what my parents said to you. It's ok if you don't want to tell me, it was between you and them after all. But, I can't help but wonder."

Dean tried to think back on the conversations he had at the hospital. Was there any way to compact them and explain them? He decided he would try.

"Well, your mom was spying on us." Dean admitted.

Cas laughed.

"Yeah, she told me."

Dean was a little annoyed for a second. Why would she ask him not to tell Cas if she was just going to go ahead and spill the beans herself?

"Huh. She asked me not to tell you." He said.

Cas looked up at Dean with an arched eyebrow.

"But you told me anyways?" He asked.

"Well, yeah." Dean said.

That made Cas smile. It was good to know there weren't going to be any secrets between the two of them. He preferred it that way.

"She apologized for being such a massive bitch the other night." Dean went on.

"I'm going to go ahead and assume those are your words and not hers?" Cas asked.

"Yeah." Dean laughed.

"Well that's good. She did seem a lot friendlier towards you before we left. I had a talk with her as well, so I can gather from how well that went that everything between you two is ok now?" Cas asked hopefully.

"Yeah, I think we are gonna be ok." Dean said.

"She, um, she." Cas started, but was nervous about how the rest of the sentence was going to go.

"She um she what?" Dean asked.

"She was saying she would like to meet your family. Bobby and Karen, specifically." Cas finished.

"Oh boy." Dean said with a shake of his head.

"Yeah, that's what I was thinking too."

"Well, it's not like we can keep them apart forever." Dean said after considering it for a minute. "I'm not planning on going anywhere."

That made Cas smile again.

"Me either, I guess they will have to meet eventually." Cas said.

"Yeah, it would be awkward if the first time they met was" Dean was cut short by a knock at the door.

Dean went to answer it, glad he had been cut off before he could go throwing his big fat foot in his mouth. What he had meant to say was "at the wedding."

At the what? Cas wondered as he watched Dean go and answer the door.

Dean did a quick full body shake before he reached the door. Time to be Dean Winchester again, not this newly discovered post sex, lovey dovey, hey let's get married, version of himself.

Dean opened the door to a smiling Gabe, who happened to be carrying a huge case of beer in one hand.

"Hello Handsome!" Gabe said as he walked forward to enter the apartment. Dean moved aside to let him pass.

"And hello sex hair." Gabe said as he laughed at his brother.

Castiel quickly reached his hands up to hopefully fix his hair.

Gabe made himself at home right away, opening the case of beer on Dean's counter and tossing one to Dean and Castiel each.

"Good thinking." Dean said as he cracked his can open.

Cas looked down at the beer in his hand and decided he didn't have to work tomorrow so why not? Cas didn't drink often, but it would be ok.

"Where's your stuff?" Dean asked, since all Gabe had with him was the case of beer.

"Still down in Cassy's car. I'll go grab it in a sec." He said, opening his own beer and taking a deep swig.

"Nice place." Gabe said as he looked around the apartment. "Didn't peg you for the 'interior designer' type of gay."

"I'm not." Dean laughed. "This is all Jess."

Cas was now sitting on the sofa and rolling his eyes at his brothers stupid lack of class.

"Ahh, that makes sense." Gabe said as he walked into the living room and plopped himself down beside his brother.

"So uh, that would be your room over there." Dean indicated. "Same room as Cas's office upstairs.

"Ooooh you mean the forbidden zone? Exciting." Gabe said.

"You would shuffle my papers and set me back a year." Cas said. "It's a forbidden zone for a reason."

"Yeah, I totally would." Gabe agreed.

"I'd ask what you two have been up to, but I'm sure I don't want to know. What are the dinner plans?" Gabe asked.

Dean hadn't thought about that yet. He didn't really have much in the house, other than the few meals he had left that Karen had given him.

"What do you guys want?" He asked.

"Let's order in. My treat." Gabe said.

"Ok, pizza?" Dean asked.

The two guys on the couch both seemed good with that plan, so Dean dug around in one of the kitchen drawers and shuffled through the local flyer's he had stashed away there.

Dean was starving, he had just put forth a fair amount of effort in the bedroom, and had barely eaten all day. Castiel must be famished he figured, remembering how much more work he had done just recently.

Dean pulled out his phone and dialed the number to a nearby pizza joint.

"Meat lovers?" He asked the other two. They both nodded in agreement.

Dean took his phone with him into the bedroom to have some privacy while he placed their order.

"How you doin' Cass-a-frass?" Gabe asked while the two of them were alone.

"Gabe, if you are looking to tease me just stop." Cas said exasperated.

"No, I'm not. Chill out." Gabe said.

Cas looked his brother over and could tell he meant what he was saying. He seemed genuinely interested in his well being.

"I'm good." Cas said.

"Just good?" Gabe asked with a knowing smile.

Cas laughed.

"Ok, I'm really, really good. Happy?"

"Yeah." Gabe said, raising his beer back to his mouth.

Dean came back into the room and grabbed his own beer off the counter.

"Alright, they should be here within the hour." He said, sitting himself right up against Cas.

He had just reached out and put his hand on Castiel's knee when there was another knock at the door.

"That's probably not pizza." He said, wondering who else it could be. He wasn't expecting any more company.

Dean got up to go and answer the door. He was surprised when he opened it to two women.

"Heya bitches!" Charlie said, looking passed Dean and seeing that Castiel and another man were in the apartment.

"Hey Charlie. What's up?" Dean asked.

"Oh not much. This is Dorothy." She said, motioning towards the taller woman beside her. She had brunette hair and was wearing a pretty awesome bomber jacket. Charlie was standing slightly behind the taller woman and gave Dean a look that said 'Nice right?'

"Hi." Dorothy said confidently, holding her hand out to Dean.

Dean took it and shook her hand. She had a good firm shake on her.

"I haven't seen you two losers in a while. Thought we should check up on you." Charlie said.

"Come in, make yourselves at home." Dean said, opening the door widely.

"You guys hungry?" Dean asked as they came inside. "I just ordered pizza, I can call back and add some more."

"Starving." Charlie moaned. "Wanna order us a Hawaiian?" She asked.

"Yeah sure. Give me a sec." Dean said as he pulled his phone back out of his pocket and redialed the last number called. He retreated back into the bedroom to add to his order.

Charlie and Dorothy walked themselves into the living room. When Charlie saw that the couch was apparently all taken up (she rightfully assumed the spot beside Cas belonged to Dean) She went back into the dining room to grab two of Deans dining room chairs.

Gabriel stood up to introduce himself.

"I'm Gabriel, Cas's older brother." He said holding his hand out to Charlie.

She took it and introduced herself and Dorothy to him.

Gabe went into Dean's fridge and grabbed two more beers for the new comers.

"Hey Cas." Charlie said as she sat herself down on her chair.

"Hello Charlie." Cas said warmly. "It's nice to meet you Dorothy, I'm Castiel." He said giving the woman a small nod.

"Charlies told me about you. Said if she was straight she'd be jumping those bones. I see why." Dorothy said with a sly smile.

Cas blushed.

"I, uh, well, thank you?" Cas managed to stutter out.

Charlie looked mortified. How had she managed to find a woman even MORE brash than herself?

"Dean is my boyfriend." Cas felt obligated to add, just as Dean was coming out from his room.

"Yeah I am." Dean said as he went to sit himself back down beside Cas.

"Pizza is ordered." Dean said to the group as Gabe was distributing beer to the two ladies in the room.

"Thanks Dude." Charlie said beaming at him, her previous embarrassment vanishing.

"How'd you know which place was mine?" Dean asked, picking his own beer back up from the coffee table.

"I can read? Duh. Your names on the buzzer panel outside." Charlie told him.

"Oh, never noticed. I've never had to use it, someone's always there to let me in." Dean told her.

"Yeah, it's weird right?" Charlie said and laughed.

Gabe sat himself back down on the couch beside Dean. There was more than enough room for Dean to move over so he wasn't crowding Cas so much, but he didn't seem eager to take it. Cas certainly didn't mind the closeness.

"You're Cas's brother?" Charlie asked Gabe, starting the conversation back up.

"The one and only." Gabe said puffing out his chest.

"Hmm, he never mentioned you." Charlie told him.

Gabe raised a hand over his heart and put a shocked and hurt expression on his face as he turned to look at his brother.

"You're hiding me from people?!"

"Obviously." Cas said as he rolled his eyes.

"I thought you said you were older?" Dorothy asked Gabe.

"I am." Gabe said.

"You're shorter." Dorothy said, stating the obvious.

Cas started laughing at the comment.

"I'm aware." Gabe said, half playfully, half annoyed.

"Sammy ended up taller than me too." Dean said to Gabe. "It's pretty annoying. Kids a monster."

Gabe held his beer up to Dean, and Dean raised his own to tap them together before they both drank.

"So Cas, how are, um, all the birds?" Charlie asked.

Cas laughed. "They are probably ok, I don't really know. I don't have tabs on all of them."

Charlie shrugged her shoulders and took a sip of her drink.

"What do you do Dorothy?" Cas asked.

"Oh, a little of this, and a little of that." She answered him noncommittally.

Cas wasn't sure what that could possible mean, but accepted it anyways.

Charlie gave Dean a look that he could only read as 'isn't she awesome?'

Dean smiled at Charlie. The girl was clearly smitten.

The four of them sat and drank until the pizza arrived. Once it had they all dug in. Everyone was pretty damn hungry. Dean watched Charlie as she ate her Hawaiian pizza and cringed a little with the first few bites. Dorothy seemed like she was in heaven while she ate it, and Dean knew Charlie had ordered it because it was Dorothy's favorite and not her own.

He could understand that. He looked over at Castiel and knew he would choke down some pineapple pizza for him too. Hell, he would order a thin crust, gluten free, vegan pizza if that's what Cas asked for.

Dean looked at the hearty piece of meat lover pizza in his hand and counted his blessings.

"Where the hell have you guys been lately?" Charlie eventually asked Cas and Dean.

They two men looked between each other, and silently agreed that Cas would take the reins.

"I was working a lot there for a bit, and then our dad was put back in the hospital." Cas explained. "I haven't been home a lot lately."

"Well that sucks." Charlie said. "Is that why you're here?" She asked Gabe.

"Nope. Just a coincidence." Gabe informed her.

"So where have you been then?" Charlie turned her attention to Dean.

"I did some overtime while Cas was so busy." Dean said, slightly embarrassed.

"Awww." Charlie and Dorothy said in unison, both clearly understanding.

Dean tried not to blush. He wasn't a little girl.

The smile Cas was wearing beside him made him feel a little bit better.

Charlie wiped her hands on her napkin and went to stand up.

"Well, it was good catching up with you guys. I owe you a drink Dean, for surviving. I want full deets when we go kay?"

"You got it Charlie." Dean said as he stood up to lead the two women to the door.

Cas stood up as well to go with him and say goodbye.

Gabe saw everyone else was standing, and joined the pack.

After a brief goodbye, and some hugs exchanged, the two women left the place, but not before Charlie turned back and gave them a flirty wink.
They saw Dorothy reach back and put her hand on Charlie's ass as they walked down the hall. Once the door was closed all three men started laughing.

"Someone is getting laid tonight!" Gabe said enthusiastically.

"Yeah, I'd say so." Dean agreed.

Cas looked over at Dean with a mischievous look on his face.

"Ewwwwwwwww." Gabe moaned as he caught it.

"Shut up Gabe." Dean and Cas said in unison.

The three men hung out for a while longer, having a few more beer each. Cas was starting to feel a pretty good buzz, and turned to Dean resting a hand on his thigh.

"Do you want to head upstairs?" He asked.

"Yes I do." Dean said with a smile.

"Ok, go away. You guys are gross." Gabe said looking between the two of them.

They stood up to leave and Dean turned back to Gabe.

"Lock the door when you go to bed. And don't mess with my shit." He said.

"No promises. You two have a good night." Gabe said and shook his whole body in a show of disgust. He smiled and winked at the two of them afterwards though to show he was only kidding.

Dean laughed and Castiel rolled his eyes.

Gabe shooed the two men out the door and closed it behind them.

Once they were alone in the hallway, Dean grabbed Cas, pushing him up against the wall and kissing him.

"Round two?" He asked.

"Yes please." Cas said with a smile before they made their way up to Cas's apartment together.