A/N at the end :)

Previously...

Before he could think too long on what he wanted to do, Connor placed his hands on the sides of her face and leaned down, pressing his lips against her in a kiss that clearly communicated how much he missed her. He smiled against her lips as he felt her arms wrap around him. Holding the kiss a moment longer, he pulled away and looked back down at her, "Hi." he repeated.

Now

It took a moment for Ana to process what had just happened. Connor had kissed her, that much was obvious, but she had kissed him back and that was the problem. In no way had she intended to return the act, it was just instinct, so the confused look on the male witch's face as she pulled away from him was understandable. Words seemed to escape her for a moment and he was clearly waiting for her to speak, but still nothing to explain what had just happened came to mind. "I can't do this." The words were rushed out of her mouth and she teleported away, not caring who could have seen. Reappearing back in the library of the bunker, she dropped into a chair across the table from her uncle, who had his nose buried in a book.

The thud that sounded in front of him caused Sam to lower his book, his focus shifting to the shocked and confused expression of his niece, "Ana? Are you alright?" he questioned as he set the book on the table.

"What?" She lifted her eyes to meet Sam's hazel ones, her mind somewhere obviously not in the room.

"Are you alright?" He repeated himself, becoming a little more worried.

Before she could answer, Connor appeared next to her, "What the hell was that?" he questioned in confusion, not even noticing that Sam was in the room with them, "You can't run away from me after something like that, Ana."

The redhead stood up quickly, "I'm pretty sure the words 'I can't do this' incline that I don't want to be followed." she snapped at him before turning to exit the room.

"And I'm pretty sure that me being a witch means I'm pretty much going to follow you either way." He retorted, following after her as she walked down the hall. "Why won't you just stop and talk to me? One minute we're kissing, the next you're disappearing."

Sam had listened until they got too far down the hall before he pulled out his phone and dialed his brother's number. "Yeah, hey. So… I'm not entirely sure what's going on, but Ana appeared back in the bunker acting weird and the next thing I know Connor's here too. Now they're fighting."

"When did Ana leave?" Dean asked from the other end of the line, the faint sound of the Impala's engine carrying over with his voice.

"Not long after you did." Sam sighed, "That's not the point, Dean. They're fighting, I have no idea what about, and I'm honestly not going to deal with it. So man up and come figure out what's going on with your daughter and her boyfriend."

Dean bit back a swear, "Ex- boyfriend and that is none of my business. As long as it doesn't come to a fist fight, I really think she can handle this one, but I'm on my way back anyway. I'll see you in a few."

With a shake of his head, Sam stood from the table and tucked his phone into the pocket of his jeans. He wasn't going to wait around to see what was going to come out of whatever the two were arguing about and since Dean didn't really seem to care, Sam would have to do something about it himself. As he made his way down the hall toward Ana's bedroom, the closer he got the louder the sound of their voices became.

"That's not the point, Ana! It's not that you did one thing or the other, it's that you did both. You kissed me back and then left, leaving me on the sidewalk outside of Will's bar completely confused." Connor sounded exasperated.

Ana spun to look at the man leaning against the frame of her door, "There's nothing I can even say about that! We haven't seen each other in two months and the first time we do see each other all you can say is 'hi' and kiss me? What the hell was that?"

Connor shook his head, "Yeah, it's been two months, so what?! I have missed you so much and I couldn't help myself when you were standing in front of me. You were just standing there with your freaking beautiful green eyes and I couldn't not kiss you!"

Are they literally just arguing over a kiss? Sam asked himself as he came up on the room, I'm going to lose it if Dean doesn't show up soon to deal with this. A hand rested on his shoulder just as he was about to step into the argument, causing him to stop and look behind him to see Gabriel with that damn mischievous look in his eyes.

"What are you doing here?" Sam questioned softly, directing the short man back down the hall a little ways so Connor and Ana didn't know they were there.

"This fight is gold, neither of them has any idea what's going on and I couldn't let you stop it." Gabe explained, "Plus, if this is what brings them back together in one place, so be it."

Sam gave the small angel a confused look, "Why does it matter if they're in the same place? He's finished training her, I thought after that they could be separated without something accidentally going wrong?"

"Oh, Samsquatch, there's so much you don't know." The archangel grinned.

Before either man could say anything more the yelling at the other end of the hall grew louder, "You're the one who pointed out that long distance would be hard! If I remember correctly, you specifically stated that you didn't want to continue dating since we would be so far apart. Even though we can both freaking teleport!" Ana's temper was getting the best of her.

"Woah." Came Dean's soft voice to the side of Sam and Gabriel as he walked to join the two men, "How long has this been going on?"

Sam shrugged, "About ten minutes and it only seems to be getting louder."

Dean glanced down the hall at Ana's open door, "Why haven't either of you tried to stop it?" he pulled his focus back on the men standing in front of him, giving them each a questioning look.

"Well, I was about to when Gabriel popped up and started talking about how this 'argument is gold'." Sam explained, glaring down at the archangel. "Now answer my question, why does it matter if they're in the same place?"

Gabriel rolled his eyes and scoffed at both brothers, "Neither of you are very fun, you know that, right?" when the Winchesters just continued to glare at him, the archangel sighed, "Destiny, guys! Fate. What's meant to be will be." he made a gesture with his hands, showing that he was waiting for them to make the connection.

Yelling came from down the hall again, "You can't keep me here!" Ana stated, her voice only growing louder with her anger.

"I couldn't even if I tried! You and I both know that your power is stronger than mine." Connor told her, "Though I should thank whoever is doing it, because you can't run away every time you don't want to talk about something!"

"What are you trying to say Gabriel?" Dean asked, eyes flicking down the hall.

There was a loud, aggravated grunt from Ana's room, "There is nothing left for us to talk about. God dammit, why can't I teleport?" the angry girl swore as she rounded the corner to see the three men standing just down the hall, "Gabriel, are you keeping me here?"

Connor followed behind Ana and looked over her family that stood just a ways away from them, "How long have you three been standing there listening to us argue?" he added his own question.

"Oh, Princess, of course I'm keeping you here. Now go back to your room, the grown ups are talking." Gabriel answered Ana with a cheeky grin.

Ana's eyes went wide at his comment, "I'm going to kill him." she muttered and started walking toward the angel, but Connor was quick to move. He wrapped his arms around her middle and pulled her off of her feet. "Put me down! First he messes with my magic, then he goes and makes the dumbest comment I have ever heard. Let me kill him!" she fought against Connor's hold.

"Yeah, not gonna happen. Why don't we just finish our little talk since we're stuck here anyway." Connor carried her back into her room and shut the door.

"Just call me Dr. Phil." Gabriel turned to look at Sam and Dean who didn't look any more pleased with him than Ana had.

Dean shook his head and rubbed a hand over his face, "Start talking, Gabe."

"Soulmates, you imbeciles, they're soulmates!" Gabriel heaved a sigh, sometimes he wondered how either of the men in front of him were still alive.

Dean dropped his hand and studied the Trickster for a moment before turning to look at Sam, who had a shocked expression on his face, which Dean assumed was a mirror of his own, "Connor and Ana?" Dean questioned.

Gabriel face palmed, "No, the other arguing couple in the bunker… Yes, Connor and Ana!"

"Soulmates?" Sam confirmed, "Like, Cupid's arrow, God willed soulmates?"

"Why?" Dean demanded.

"Why? For the same reason your parents were put together, some sort of magical prophecy. You two were supposed to help bring around the apocalypse. Those two fall in love, concur great evil, and then spawn the world's next big protector." Gabriel gave them a shrug.

The only thing Dean was focused on out of Gabriel's explanation was the spawn part. "What?! No way is my daughter spawning anything!"

Sam was silent, processing the new information, but the angel must have thought that what his brother had said was amusing because he was chuckling, "You think you can stop it, Dean-o? She probably would have had kids at some point, even without having a soulmate. Doesn't it make your Winchester heart all warm and fuzzy knowing that your grandchild is going to follow in the family's footsteps?"

"I feel like we walked into this conversation at the completely wrong time." Ana commented, staring wide eyed at the men in front of her that had fallen silent. The three had been so focused on talking about Ana and Connor being soulmates that none of them realized that the yelling hadn't picked up since the two had gone back into Ana's room. They had also missed the opening of her door and the two in question stepping back into the hallway.

"How much did you hear?" Sam asked, seeming to be the only one who's mouth was functioning.

"Oh, you know, just that I'm apparently supposed to give birth to Earth's next hero!" Ana snapped, "Wait, I'm not pregnant now am I? This isn't some weird immaculate conception type deal, is it?" her question was aimed at Gabriel, seeing as how the angel seemed to be the one with answers.

Gabriel smirked and shook his head, "You are not exactly immaculate my dear, but no, you're not pregnant. It won't happen for a few years, so don't worry about it." he assured her.

Dean made a gagging sound, "Okay, this is officially too weird for me." he stated before turning around and heading back down the hall toward the library.

"Yeah, it's too weird for him, pay no mind to the person we're actually discussing here." Ana shook her head and turned her attention back to Gabriel, "So why were you discussing me and my apparent unconceived child?"

Gabriel shrugged, "Just sharing secrets." and with that he disappeared.

"Are you kidding me, Gabriel?" Ana snapped.

Sam's phone buzzed in his pocket and he pulled it out, shaking his head at the name on the screen, "So you disappear to avoid questioning, but then call me?"

"Just to warn you." Gabriel assured him from the other end of the line, "You can't tell either of them about the soulmate thing. They have to go through it all blind, so you and Dean need to keep your mouths shut." the archangel warned him before hanging up.

"What was that about?" Ana asked, raising an eyebrow at her uncle. She understood that things could get a little weird with Gabriel around, she had seen what he had done to her family with the TV show thing, but this seemed to be a different kind of weird.

Sam looked at his niece, thinking about how keeping this particular secret from her wasn't going to be easy, hopefully the two witches figured it out soon. "Uh.. nothing. Just Gabe being, well… Gabe." he shrugged and turned in the same direction his brother had gone not long before.

Ana looked over her shoulder at Connor, "So, it's not just me, right? They're all being weird?"

"Yeah, they're being weird, but we haven't finished our discussion." He pointed out, his eyes focused on her's.

"I'm not sure you can call what just happened a discussion, but you're right, it's unfinished." She turned and walked back to her bedroom. No part of her wanted to continue their fight and hopefully it wouldn't turn back into one, but their breakup was still a sore subject for her. When they were back behind the closed door of her room, Ana sat down on the bed and Connor moved her desk chair so he could sit in front of her. Neither of them said anything for a while and it slowly became clear to her that he was waiting for her to speak first. "I just don't get it, Connor. You say you miss me, but you're the reason we decided to end it. I'm not saying I didn't agree with you, but you were the one to insist that long distance wouldn't work."

Connor sighed and placed his head in his hands, elbows resting on his legs, "I should have explained it then or maybe even months before, but…" he trailed of, this topic was something he didn't like to talk about. "The last relationship I was in ended… badly. We were eighteen, she went off to college and I stayed in New Orleans. Long story short, she cheated on me, with a large portion of the football team apparently. I wanted to surprise her one night and teleported to her room… to find her in bed with another guy."

"And you were worried that the same thing would happen." Ana concluded. She understood the fear of being cheated on, but she had tried so hard to not let it affect her relationship with Connor.

He nodded and dropped his hands, looking into her eyes, "I trust you, Ana, there's no way I couldn't with what we've been through, but that fear was too real."

"I can't say that I don't understand, but you should have known that I wouldn't do anything like that to you." She sighed, "Connor, I wouldn't hurt you like that."

The male witch nodded, "I've always known that, but… I don't know." he stood up suddenly and paced toward the door, "I still worried that something would happen." Turning back around to look at her, he quickly moved over to the bed and sat down by her side. Connor took her hand in his and looked her in the eye, "There's nothing for me to worry about being with you, I fully understand that now and I've missed you so damn much. I'd like to try this again, we can make you going to school and me working at the bar work." his eyes were pleading with her.

"First of all, I'm dropping out of school." Ana told him, having come to the decision a few days ago, but not having acted on it yet. Slowly, she pulled her hand away from his and stood up, "Secondly, I need some time to think about all of this, okay? I just started hunting and I'm not willing to put you in danger because you think we can make this work."

Connor's expression fell, sadness taking over momentarily before the rest of her words sunk in, "Wait, you're dropping out of school? You were so excited to go! And what's this about you hunting now?" he questioned, now confused.

"Oh, please don't start this. I've already gotten in an argument with my dad about it, I really don't need to hear it from you too." Ana moved toward her door, hoping that he would drop it if she walked away.

Connor stood and followed her, "So your dad didn't know? Does that mean you've been hunting alone?" he followed after her and when she didn't respond, he walked faster until he could wrap a hand around her arm, "Ana, that's dangerous."

"God, what is with you two." She gestured between her father and Connor as they entered the library. "I have crazy amounts of power literally at my fingertips. I take on a few hunts alone and it's the end of the world?"

"Then explained how you showed up here last night, half dead, and still fighting off a werewolf?" Dean demanded from his seat at the table.

Connor's eyes took on a stern glint as he looked over the woman standing in front of him, "Do you have a death wish? It's not even the right lunar cycle, so you were up against a pure blood and you knew that! What were you thinking?!"

"I was thinking that I could save someone's life! Not only was that guy a monster but he had some serious problems otherwise, the things I saw him do in my vision." She shuttered at the thought, "So instead of letting that come true, I stopped it. I'm so tired of repeating myself!" She glared between Dean and Connor, not bothering to include Sam since he didn't seem to argue with her reasoning, "I'm going to hunt, that's all there is to it and you guys can either deal with it or shut the hell up."

"You may think you're big and bad because you're a witch, but I'm still your father and you will watch your mouth around me." Dean reminded her sternly.

Ana threw her hands in the air, "There's just no winning." Between dealing with the fight her hunting had caused, whatever was going on between her and Connor, and Dean deciding that this was the right time to go full blown parent mode, she had enough stress to deal with at one time. "I'm leaving." She stated, as she stalked off toward the hall.

"What is up with her?" Connor questioned, turning to look at Dean and Sam, "She's acting weird."

Sam shrugged, her attitude did seem different but she wasn't talking so he had no idea. Dean shook his head, "We have no idea. Why don't you try to get her to talk, Romeo?" He suggested, hoping that Connor could get through to his daughter.

Choosing to ignore Dean's newest nickname, Connor turned and followed after Ana, hoping that she hadn't already left to wherever she was going. He checked her room first and though she wasn't there he was able to sense the residual magic from her teleporting. Closing his eyes he focused on the magic in the room and opened his mind so he could pinpoint her location. The effect from the spell they did when they went up against Valac was still there, even if he hadn't used it in months. It didn't take long for him to find her and when he teleported to her side, they were standing near the edge of a cliff he recognized. "You only come here when something is really bothering you." He commented.

"I should have known you'd follow me." Ana muttered, pushing her hair out of her face but the persistent wind blew it back.

"I'm worried about you, so are your dad and Sam." He told her, trying to carefully approach the subject so she didn't close up, "What's going on, Ana?"

There were a few minutes where she didn't say anything, trying to process her own thoughts so she could explain it to him right. "My roommate and I were at a party one night. It was a good time and she was dancing with this guy, Ethan… We decided to go outside and get some fresh air, started talking to a group of people in our class, next thing I know Ethan's led her off around the side of the building." she shook her head and brushed a hand through her hair, "She kept telling him no and if I hadn't gotten there in time he would've…" Ana trailed off, not being able to say it. "I sent Grace away, Ethan and I started fighting, he was talking just like Brandon."

Connor watched as she began to shake slightly, this had obviously been upsetting her for a while and he wondered why she hadn't talked to anyone about it. "Brandon?" he questioned, not remembering the name ever coming up in any of their conversations.

With a nod, she turned to look at him, "The burn scars." was all she said as an explanation before she dropped her eyes again. "When I finally got the upper hand on Ethan it took every ounce of willpower in my body to not just keep beating on him. If Grace wouldn't have shown back up with a group of people from the party, I probably wouldn't have stopped."

Seeing her so bothered by what happened made his heart ache and he hated that she seemed so broken up about it. Moving to stand in front of her, he wrapped his arms around her and pulled her into a hug, "Is that part of the reason you started hunting?"

Ana nodded against his chest, keeping her face hidden there, "In true Winchester fashion, I decided that by not talking about my problems and putting my focus elsewhere that everything would be fixed."

"Well, now that you've seen that it doesn't work like that, are you ready to talk?" Connor placed a gentle finger under her chin and lifted her head so she was looking up at him, "You know you can talk to my about anything." He watched her close her eyes and shake her head, burying her face back in his chest. "You know you did the right thing in helping Grace and just because you may have not stopped hurting that guy, doesn't mean that you're bad or evil. That's part of the problem isn't it? You haven't stopped worrying about the possibility of you going bad?" It had been a topic of discussion through most of their relationship and he knew that it was something she wasn't easily going to get over.

"I could have killed him, Connor. I have all of this power and all of this training, how easy would it be for me to kill a human?" Ana demanded as she pushed herself away from him, "All I saw was red and I almost didn't stop."

The male witch sighed and watched her carefully, "Do you remember what you told us you wanted to go to school for? Your first instinct, even before all of this witch and hunter stuff happened, was to help people. Christ, Ana, you had plans for being a doctor or a nurse, your healing magic is stronger than almost any I've seen before… What is it going to take for you to understand that no matter what happens, nothing can take the good out of you?"

Ana spun on him, red hair being pulled back by the wind as it picked up, her green eyes filled with hurt and sadness, "You can't know that! No one can know that!" Her voice cracked as she talked, her attempt to hold back her emotions failing, "There are so many possibilities in this world, so many things I've seen and no one can know for certain what's going to happen next or what's going to come out of any of this. I could kill you right now and just not stop, I could become the kind of thing that my family hunts and then they would have to put me down!"

"That's not going to happen, I don't care what you've seen about the future, but I know for a fact that you becoming evil will not happen." Connor argued back, wishing that for once she would believe him.

Three quick steps closed the distance between them and Ana glared up at him, "How can you be so sure?" she questioned, her tone stern and demanding truth.

His blue eyes focused on the green ones staring at him, the stubbornness in those emerald pools making him want nothing more than to make her realize how wrong she was, "Because I won't let it." If his words weren't enough to convince her then the kiss that came shortly after made up for any of the room left for doubt.

With Connor's hands cupped on both sides of Ana's face, the wind whipping around them and the gloomy, cloud filled sky above them, it was almost a scene out of a moody, fantasy teen movie. The only difference being that one of them wasn't an unsuspecting human walking into trouble by falling for the supernatural being who was trying to keep them separated, but failing. Gabriel felt the need to gag as he watched from a short distance away from the couple, invisible to their eyes and senses. After he left the bunker he didn't go far, wanting to stay close just in case something like this happened. The archangel wasn't used to spending his time watching over certain people, but with what was to come he knew that he needed to be there to nudge these two together. There was evil in the air, all of the angels could sense it and it had most of Heaven on edge. No one knew for sure what it was, but there were rumours circulating and the most popular one was something Gabriel wanted to be extremely prepared for. Though whenever something was going wrong, it seemed that it was the go to rumour… the cage, Lucifer, and Michael… Would it open? What would happen once their brothers were set free? Is the apocalypse still on the table? He didn't know the answers to any of that, but if the cage could be opened, there was no way the world was prepared for whatever his big brothers had in store.

A/N: Cliff hanger! I'm almost not sorry because it's been a couple of chapters since there's been some big evil and I'm ready to get this next battle rolling. Let me know what you think! Is something out in the world trying to release Mikey and Luci from the cage? Maybe there isn't and the next evil is something not even Gabriel is prepared for! Who knows?! Oh, wait, I do! *insert evil laughter* Also, who wants to know about what the heck is up with the prophecy involving Ana and Connor? As always HUGE THANK YOU's to my faithful followers and those who are new, you guys are the reason I keep writing. :) Hope you enjoyed it!