This should make everyone happy it is very long compared to what i have posted lately i just couldnt get passed the idea so i had to put it in writing and post it. I hope you enjoy and FEEDBACK please. I doing in about 20 different directions right now and the feedback really does help to keep me motivated to work on the fan fic's.
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EP
Chapter 26
Hide and Seek
The Winchesters were heading for Arcadia to see Olivia. Unfortunately they were going to arrive with more questions than answers. And neither of them were looking forward to telling Olivia they had no idea what happened to Castiel or where he might be. Getting out of Kansas City wasn't easy. Most of the local roads were blocked by downed trees or power lines. Most of the highways by wreckage and road crews. Dean had to use some of his more creative driving techniques, plowing over sidewalks and hopping a few medians, to get out on to the open road, but after more than an hour they were finally on their way.
"Dean what do you think happened back there?" Sam questioned when they finally hit a highway free of debris.
"I have no Idea" the elder brother shook his head, watching as police cars, fire trucks and other emergency vehicles sped past him, going toward the city the were fleeing. "I'm just happy to be out of there and hoping like hell it is over."
"Well I'd feel better if Cass or Gabe would show up. At least we would know they were okay… and what the hell happened."
"Yeah not to mention you wouldn't have to tell Olivia Cass is… well… gone." Dean said.
"Me?" Sam questioned with an incredulous laugh. "Um… No… You can tell her, right after you apologize to her for being a dick."
XOXOX
"Where do you want these?" Danny questioned his mom as he lugged an armful of books to the reading table in the back of the store.
"In the front window, they're for the new display." she told him.
When Olivia woke, the sun was shining and according to the local news station, the sudden storm that had covered the state had dissipated. And the bizarre happenings that had taken over Kansas City were over, just the clean up remained. She took it as a sign that things were back to normal… or as normal as they were going to get anyway and decided to reopen the store.
Danny plopped the armload of books down on the small platform inside the front window and turned to his mother, who had followed behind him. "Can I go see Brian now?"
"No."
"Why?"
"I told you I spoke to Inez, Brian is going to be staying in a day or two, and so are you."
"Yeah, but you didn't tell me why." the boy complained.
"Because he is going to be helping her at work… And you are going to help me here. Now go get the box of summer decorations for the window from the back."
Danny sighed. "When is Castiel coming back?"
"Soon… I hope, why?" Olivia answered.
"Because when he is around the two of you are too busy swapping spit in your office to keep that poor boy inside to work in the store."
Both Olivia and Danny were surprised to hear the voice of Inez come from the back of the shop. They turned to see her, Brian and Erin standing at the office doorway. They had come in the back door, arms full of fast food bags for lunch.
"What?" the blond woman questioned as the other two stared at her. "I thought I'd bring lunch. Besides it's true. The way you two go at it some days. Vee, you'd swear tonsil hockey was an Olympic event and the two of you were in the running." Inez cackled in her usual brash and humorous way, nodding at Olivia with a grin.
"EWW." Danny said. moving to help her with the white and blue bags of burgers and fries.
"I second that… Eww." Olivia said looking at her with mock horror. " Move the books over and put lunch on the table." Olivia told Danny as he took the bags from Inez's hands."
Inez kept two smaller bags and walked towards Olivia at the front of the store with them. Handing one to Olivia, she pulled the extra stool up to the counter and had a seat. "So… Where is Mr. Wonderful now?" She asked more seriously opening her bag of food.
"I'm not sure." Olivia told her, as she hung the out to lunch sign and walked back to the counter to sit with her friend. "He said he would be gone a few days at least." telling her an abridged version of the truth.
"I sure as hell don't know how you handle all the mystery Vee. That Man would drive me crazy."
"Crazy isn't always bad." Olivia chuckled. "And it isn't as mysterious as it seems from the outside. So what's all this for? I thought you were working?"
"Ah Screw it. I took a couple days off, was thinking of taking the kids out of town for a few days. You know swanky hotel, swimming pool, room service. Wanna go?"
"Can't. I just re opened. Besides the cast comes off the day after tomorrow. And well… Castiel might…" Olivia's voice trailed off.
"Okay." Inez sighed I'm not even going to try to talk you into it. Even though I think you should go and let your mystery man wait on you for a change."
"Inez." Olivia said with a sigh.
"Shush… So can I take Danny?"
"Do you really want to be saddled with another kid?" Olivia asked with a laugh.
"He's no trouble Vee. Hell if my kids were more like him I wouldn't mind them so much." She chortled.
"Inez your kids are fine." Olivia scolded.
"That's because you don't live with them. So can I take him?"
"Yes. I'm sure he is about sick of me anyway." Olivia said.
XOXOX
The Winchesters pulled up in front of the books store around two o'clock. Dean parked the Impala across the street while he and Sam worked up their nerve to go inside and talk to Olivia. Neither had seen her since the night Dean told her about Castiel's trip to New Hampshire and besides feeling like an ass, Dean had no idea how she would react to seeing him. Especially when he was the bearer of less than great news.
"Look Sam maybe you should go in and tell her." Dean said looking toward to shop windows with a pained face.
"Oh no… You started this with her and you are going to grow the hell up and finish it like an adult with an apology." Sam Chastised.
"Yeah well… I don't have a problem with the apology part. I owe her that… I admit it. And I don't even have a problem with any shit she gives me back. I deserve that too. But… fuck Sam. She isn't gonna take this well. " He shook his head.
Sam sighed and nodded. "Okay look. We'll go in and tell her together. But I am not apologizing for you. You are on your own there."
XOXOX
It had been a little more than an hour since Inez left the store with her own kids and Danny. The first half hour after lunch the store had been busy, but now it had slowed down considerably, so Olivia busied her self working on the display window. She'd just finished and climbed off of the platform to the floor and was about to shove the low bookshelf that sat in front of the window back into place when the lights blinked. She stopped and looked around the store, then out the window up to the sky, it was clear. She shrugged and began to shove the shelf when it happened again. Leaving the shelf she went to the back room to check the breaker box. It was fine too. Rubbing the back of her neck she found it more stiff and sore than she realized. Looking back out into the store, It was still dead, not a soul or a hint of anyone. She decided to take another break. It was her first full day working since so much had happened. She went to the small kitchen area in the back room to fill her mug with water for tea but her mug wasn't in it's usual place. Neither was the bottle of pain relievers. "What the hell?" she grumbled out loud. And went back to her desk to look if either had been left there by Inez.
When she got to her desk she found her mug was there and it was full of tea… Hot tea… Freshly made hot tea. Along with the medication she had been looking for. She sat at her desk chair and looked at the mug and the pill bottle, noticing the top at been loosened and was just setting on top as if waiting for her shake two out.
She furrowed her brow and then a small smile curled her lips. "Castiel?"
There was no obvious answer from the angel but… she didn't need one. "How do you always know what I need?" she said out loud.
The wooden door to her apartment swung open.
"No. I'm not done for the day." she said looking around the room with a smirk, then standing up and closing the door. She no sooner sat than it opened again.
"No." she argued with no one she could see and stood to close the door. It opened… She closed it.. It opened again. "Arrgghh… You are even more frustrating his way." she complained.
The door opened wider.
"Okay an hour. I'll close an hour early." She compromised.
The door closed and she swore she heard and irritated huff when it did.
Olivia chuckled. "I miss you… come home soon."
The buzzer indicating that some one had come in sounded interrupting her rather strange conversation with the angel.
XOXOX
Olivia raised her eye brows and sighed to see the Winchesters standing in the store near the doorway.
"Let me guess you're here to tell me Castiel burned down a nursing home or I know, better yet an orphanage." She dripped sarcasm as she stood with her arms crossed over her chest glaring at Dean.
"Umm Not exactly." Dean responded sheepishly. "But he may have helped to total a church in Kansas City." he said with a small laugh.
Olivia didn't move an inch, she simply continued to glare at him.
"Okay look." Sam started.
"Shh Sam I need to do this." Dean said. "Look we got off bad… on the wrong foot you know. I was being -"
"A little bitch." Sam jumped in and Dean turned his head to glower at his brother.
"A…a.. Little bitch." Dean stammered. "I'm sorry. Really, really sorry. I was out of line and it had nothing to do with you. It was between me and Cass and.. Ah hell I fucked up Olivia… I'm sorry."
Olivia's shoulders softened. "Alright" she sighed and shook her head. "Castiel already explained… He said you'd come with your lip dragging and apologize. So let's just let it go. Okay?" she gave a small smile.
Dean nodded and Sam looked relieved. "So you and Cass… You guys are okay then?"
"Yeah." She nodded 'We're good."
"Well that doesn't make this any easier." Dean said.
"What?" She asked.
"It's Cass." Sam said. "Umm We don't know where he is or what happened to him."
Olivia looked up at Sam and smiled. "He's fine."
"You've seen him?" Dean asked with wide eyes.
"Umm No.. Not exactly." she said. "He's been around." she said looking for the right words.
"So he's been here?" Sam asked.
"Sort of… he might still be here." she said with a laugh.
"Huh." Dean was confused. Just then a book slid off the top shelf near where he was standing and hit him on the head. 'Ow.. What the hell." He rubbed his head.
"Yeah he's still here." Olivia chuckled.
Sam looked wide eyed and cocked his head, pointing to the book and then to Dean. "You mean?"
"Yeah" she nodded.
"What?" Dean asked still confused. Then in happened again, another book knocked him on the head. "Ow! Shit!" he complained looking up at the shelf. Both Olivia and Sam laughed this time.
"You mean… That's Cass?" Dean asked, looking up at the shelf.
"Olivia nodded."
XOXOX
The Winchesters and Olivia sat in the back room around her desk and she explained to them about the lights blinking when she attempted to move the shelf and the cup of tea right down to the conversation she had with her apartment door.
"I'm certain it is him. So where ever he is he is fine." she smiled.
"But why wouldn't he just show up?" Dean asked.
"He said he wouldn't come back here until he was sure it was safe. But he would find away to let me know he was okay."
"Guess he found a way." Sam laughed, poking his brother in the head.
"But you're alright?" Dean questioned with concern. "Nothing strange.. Or…more strange than what you've told us." he said with an eye roll.
"I'm fine and no everything has been normal."
"Good" Sam told her. "Look we are gonna hang out a few days at the local motel." He handed her a folded up paper. "If you need anything or something happens. Call."
Olivia nodded and thanked them as they left.
XOXOX
At four o'clock exactly Olivia heard the familiar creak of her apartment door opening. She walked back to her office to see it wide open. "Okay." she sighed. Just let me close and empty the register. She went back to the front of the store and locked the door. The lights started to switch off on their own as she put the contents of the register in the bank bag. "Impatient aren't we." She grumbled out loud in the empty store.
Once up stairs she put the banking on the table and kicked off her shoes. She walked to her bed room unsnapping her jeans as she walked. In her bedroom she could smell the faint scent of her strawberry bubble bath. "What are you up to?" She questioned, pushing her jeans off of her hips letting them pool at her feet before stepping out of them and walking to the bath room.
The tub was full of warm water and overflowing with bubbles. "Is this what you have been up to all day?" she laughed, stripping off the rest of her clothes and stepping into the tub.
Once under the water she propped her arm on a towel and leant her head back. Relaxed, she closed her eyes.
"It is about time you came up here." she heard Castiels voice at the same time his arms went around her. She jumped splashing water everywhere. "Easy Olivia," his voice was soothing. "Or you will wake and we'll lose the connection."
"I'm asleep?"
"Yes." He lauged softly into her ear before kissing it. "Normally I would not consider sleeping in the bath to be safe, but you have an angel looking out for you." he smiled.
She smiled and nodded then relaxed back against him. "I miss you. You feel very real for a dream."
"I am very real." His hands raised to cup her breasts "And you feel so very good." he breathed, nuzzling her neck, planting small kisses and nips. She turned her head to meet his mouth in a deep and needy kiss.
"Can you stay?" she asked pulling from his lips.
"Not long. But I will come back later." he smiled.
"Where are you? Are you alright?"
"Relax or you will wake." He reminded. "I am fine. Where I am will take too long to explain."
He kissed her again then went about kissing her neck some more. "I have to go soon Olivia. I love you."
"Not yet...Stay" she breathed.
"Shh I'll be back, I promise. For now I need you to call the Winchesters. Tell them to meet me at Bobby's in the morning."
"Okay but."
"I can't come to you until it is safe. For now we have this, I'll be back in a few hours." He kissed her one last time before leaving her to wake alone in the bath.
