Chapter 37:

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The flowers are wilting, even with the fertilizer in the water. I frown at them, wondering what I can do to make them straighten. Maybe I did something wrong. I sigh as a walk away from them.

I didn't go see Elijah yesterday so I decide to walk to the hospital. It's a good hour and a half walk from his apartment but I don't mind. It's better than calling Dean or Lucifer to come and get me only to get an ear full of why I shouldn't give my sinful mother another chance.

When I enter the room, Elijah smiles at me with that warm welcoming grin. "Hey."

"Hey." I sit on the edge of the bed. "Sorry I didn't come see you yesterday, my mother sent me that glass angel I told you about and I had to go see her."

"Okay, that's fine. I never expected you to come and see me everyday anyways." He admits.

I then explain to him what Dean said about having her in my life and that she is moving for a fresh start on life. "I just don't know what to do. I know Lucifer will agree with Dean but I was wondering about your opinion."

"Well..." He begins. "It depends on how you feel. I know I'll never give my father another chance but... your mother never went as far as my father did. Do what feels right to you."

"You should have seen it Elijah, her house didn't even smell like alcohol like I'm used to, it smelt like wood polisher." I add. "It was... amazing."

He smiles. "If you think she really has changed and you feel in your heart that forgiving her a little and letting her in your life is right, then do it. Don't pay attention to other's opinions, they shouldn't matter, they don't matter."

"I just don't want to ruin my relationship with Dean because he's so against it." I confess.

"Forget Dean for a minute, Cas." Elijah says seriously. "This is your decision, not his. You decide and if Dean can't handle your decision then screw him, he doesn't deserve you."

I huff a laugh and grin at him. "Why do you always seem to give such good advice?"

He looks down shyly. "It's not always good."

"Most of the time." I say and he blushes.

"Thanks." Elijah mumbles.

"I think I'll give her another chance. It feels right and I may never get another chance to give her one." Elijah nods. "And what I think I'll do is take baby steps. Start out with just sending letters back and forth, and then phone calls, and finally, depending on where she moves to, I'll visit her." I explain.

"Sounds like a plan." Elijah agrees. "When you going to go see her to tell her the good news?"

"No idea. Depends on whether I want to sit in the car with a bitching Dean or a bitching Lucifer." I half joke.

"Walking an option?" Elijah asks.

"Yeah but I have to tell them eventually." I sigh in disgrace just as my phone rings. I answer it. "Hello?"

"Hey Angel." Lucifer's voice sounds from the other end.

"Hello, Lucifer." I greet.

"Where are you?" He asks, urgency in his voice.

I answer with hesitation. "At the hospital visiting Elijah."

"Good, I'll call Dean and meet there. I need to show you something." He sounds weird, like he's not sure whether to be happy or sad. Next thing I hear is the dial tone.

I look at Elijah. "I guess Dean and Lucifer are coming for a visit." Elijah just nods.

Dean arrives first and I fidget with unease, not wanting to break my decision just yet. I can feel both Elijah's and Dean's eyes boring into the back of my head as I watch the door for Lucifer. He finally arrives ten minutes after Dean. "Hey guys." We all mumble a hello back and I notice Lucifer is holding a newspaper. He holds the paper up. "Look at this page." We all huddle around and scan the page. One name catches my eye. Chuck Shurley.

Lucifer..." I begin. "Why is Chuck in the newspaper?" I quickly scrutinize the page to make sure it isn't the obituaries.

"Because," Lucifer starts as he points at a section of the article. "Our stuttering friend is marrying a famous scientist."

"A male one right?" I hear Dean ask as I look on.

Lucifer nods. "Yep, as male as they can get."

I hear Elijah clear his throat. "Now that's a name I haven't heard in awhile.

I turn to him. "Tell me about it."

"Well," Lucifer shrugs. "After we fucked his life up, it's nice to know that he's happy."

"That seems to be my specialty." I add with disgust. "Fucking up people's lives."

"It's a rare skill Cas." Dean jokes.

"Hey now," Elijah buts in. "I'm pretty sure all of us had a part to play in effing up our lives."

I look to Elijah and smile. "Not you, you've done nothing wrong. Me on the other hand; first I push Dean on the marriage, then I cheat on you, Elijah, and I hurt Lucifer and Dean, then I get into drugs and I steal a thousand dollars from you, fantastic John Winchester comes along and knocks you over the head, almost killing you, and then you have a brain abscess to deal with. Yeah, I'm a great person to know in life."

Dean gives a dry chuckle. "None of that would have happened if I didn't cheat on you in the first place."

"Ah," Elijah pipes up. "But then I would have never met you, Cas."

"Maybe that would have been a good thing." I say.

"Castiel," Elijah scolds. "Don't say that. After everything, I'm glad that I met you." I smile at him. "Anything can come along and no matter what it is, no matter how bad it is, I will never regret meeting you, and going out with you for the little bit of time that we did, and then becoming your friend. If I had to go back in time, I would do all over again."

I pull him close and hug him, my arms wrapped around him in a loving embrace. "You are way too good to me, Elijah." I feel Elijah smile against my chest. I pull away and look at him. "By the way, did the doctor come in or anything and talk to you?"

"Yeah a little. They want me to stay overnight for a couple more nights because of the severity of the whole thing." He answers.

"Did she say anything about brain damage?" I ask next.

"Well," Elijah begins. "She mentioned it and they want to give me some tests tomorrow morning."

Lucifer comes over and smiles at our bedridden friend. "We wish you luck."

"Yeah." I lean down and kiss his temple.

"You're strong, you'll be fine." Dean says and smiles.

"Thanks guys." Elijah then looks at me. "To change the subject a little; Cas, you have something to tell Dean and Lucifer don't you?"

I look from him to Dean and Lucifer. "Right." I slouch slightly, not really wanting to bring this up right now but knowing that I should since Elijah is here for support. "I've... decided that with my mother moving-"

"When did you find that out?" Lucifer perks up.

Dean immediately gets serious and you can see the anger rising in him. "He went to see her."

Now it's Lucifer's turn to get extremely serious. "Let me continue before you start getting all mad at me." I plead.

"Why do we even need to talk about this?" Dean asks.

"Because it's his mother, his flesh and blood." Elijah says and everyone shuts up.

"She's moving and I feel like I should give her another chance. I'm not saying that I'm going to forgive her but I need to see if I can make this right before I don't have another chance to." I can see the anger rising in both the guys. "I was thinking of starting off with just sending letters back and forth, then phone calls, and eventually we can visit one another depending on where she moves to. Please understand."

Elijah speaks up. "I think one of us at least deserves to be in contact with at least one of their family members."

I watch Dean looking at the floor. "I need you two to understand, I need you, Dean, to understand."

He looks up then and I can see the love in his eyes. "Okay Cas, I believe in you."

I then hear Lucifer sigh before I can say anything. "Yeah, Angel. Elijah is right anyways."

I smile, looking at the floor. "Thank you." I mumble. They decided to then tackle me into Elijah's bed, all three of them tickling me and I'm yelling at them breathlessly to stop.

"We all love you Angel." Lucifer announces as soon as they stop.

I smile again and look at all three them individually. "I love you all too."

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