A/N – Thanks' guys and welcome back, this is part 3 of the 'Somebody misses her hug' series, the previous 2 aren't essential reading, however would help set some context and introduce the O/C.
Dr Linda Martin had taken her seat and readied herself, her new patient was a bit of a mystery. Firstly, she couldn't remember having added an appointment to her calendar for this morning but she put that down to being a 'new mom' and that her brain was a little addled from the early morning feeds and lack of sleep but she was a professional so she had never let her surprise show when the teenage girl had come knocking asking to see her.
Secondly, the teenage girl with shocking pink hair who now sat on her couch seemed equally confused about being in her office also, a little nervous perhaps? Maybe she had been sent here by her parents because she had become a rebellious typical teenager, maybe dyeing the hair was the final straw?
Well she wouldn't be getting answers just sitting here, so Linda dived in, "So Cassie, is this the first time you have spoken to a therapist?" Her voice was gentle and she was rewarded with a shy nod from the teenager, "What brings you here this morning?"
"It has been a difficult and confusing few weeks for me!" Cassie's voice was quiet and the young girl closed her eyes as she hung her head, "my brother said you were the best at this sort of thing!" The girl looked up and met Linda's eyes,
Ok the girl had a brother, who must have been a patient of hers or had been in the past, that's how this girl had found her in the sea of L.A therapists, one question answered. "Maybe you should start at the beginning, tell me about the past few weeks?" Dr Martin gently pushed, Cassie took a deep breath before continuing,
"I lost the only home I had ever known, then my brother saved me and took me in and I was terrified." Cassie took another short breath and looked a little ashamed by her confession, "I hadn't met him before and well the rest of my family had been very insistent that he was evil and was a true monster, that was why he had been kicked out, forced to leave and be punished for his actions."
Linda nodded and waited for Cassie to continue, why was this story sounding somewhat familiar? The penny hadn't dropped but it was on the edge of falling,
"Turns out, that everything I thought I knew or had ever been taught couldn't be more wrong, he was the complete opposite, kind, caring, childishly amusing!" Cassie had a soft little smile on her face now, "Then I got to meet some of the most beautiful souls I could have ever imagined and they called me their friend and family and for the first time in my existence, I felt like I was home!"
Boom! There it was, penny was free falling, and Linda had put the tiny pieces together, she was going to strangle Lucifer when she saw him! He had dropped yet another celestial crisis into her lap without warning, maybe she put that in her ad's, 'Supernatural Therapist to the stars!' Well at least to the 'Being' who had created the stars. Well this was her life now, even if Lucifer had was behind this, it was not the young woman's fault but she thought she better just check one thing first, "I'm sorry Cassie, I never caught your full name?" She was 99% sure that the young girl sitting in front of her was Lucifer's sister, thus not a women but an angel, she needed to be 100% sure before revealing her own knowledge, otherwise people may start calling her crazy, suggesting that angels were a real thing at the end of the day, everyone knew what 'assuming' lead to,
"Oh, If I am asked that, I should give you this," Cassie rummaged around in her pocket and presented a newly minted I.D to the human doctor, Linda accepted and read it aloud,
"Cassiel Morningstar! WOW, you took Lucifer's surname?"
"Yes, Ella suggested it, she said that just having one name was weird unless I was in show business, whatever that means?! Also as I was staying with my brother, it would also be weird if we didn't share a last name, apparently I look too young to have taken a husband and thus a different name, so fewer questions would be asked?" She babbled a bit but that just made Linda smile, clearly Ella had started to rub off on the young angel, "Also when I said that I would, Lucifer seemed oddly proud of my choice."
"Well a name can be a powerful thing," Linda stated,
"Can it? Sorry Doctor, I am a little lost?" Cassiel sought clarification on this,
So Linda continued, "Well, thinking of your brother, what did hearing his name make feel?"
"Terror!" Cassiel answered honestly, shame had crept back into the young angels face again
Linda just nodded. "So think about it, now that you have taken Lucifer's name, it suggests that you have accepted him, don't hate him or worse, fear him! Knowing that impossible man as I do and though he probably won't admit this, you probably have touched him deeply!"
"Oh, I never thought of it like that, thank you doctor, you truly are gifted!" Cassiel had a lot to think about, she hadn't been sure why such a simple gesture had meant so much, but then she wasn't used to any of this of this 'human stuff'.
"Yep!" Linda responded and leant back, expecting the angel to just stand and leave, just like the rest of this messed up celestial family, they get one minor revelation, take it the wrong way and then leave to go and get into some kind of easily avoidable trouble, the young angel surprised her by remaining seated. Cassiel looked thoughtful. "So how are you finding earth? Have you been here before?" Linda was now more curious, time to get to know the young woman better,
"No, this is the first time, I never expected to ever visit the mortal realm, unlike the rest of my siblings, I have never been given a purpose by Dad, I used to be teased by that fact, and sometimes it seemed that maybe I was a mistake, the last angel to be created as some kind of last ditched effort for my parents to save their marriage, when that failed, I was kinda forgotten about." Cassiel looked sad by that acknowledgement,
"Well maybe, that's why you're here?" Linda threw the question out there, hoping to get some engagement,
"What do you mean?" Cassiel was now focused on the petite human woman in front of her, maybe she held all the answers to her current predicament,
"To forge your own path, to find your own purpose?"
"Do you think that is possible?" Cassiel had almost pleading eyes,
"The question is, do you think it is possible? There seems to evidence that angels can control their own destinies, I am sure your brother has explained some of that to you?" Linda wasn't sure what Lucifer and Cassiel had discussed up to this point but Cassiel nodded,
"I…I don't know, where would I start?" She hesitantly asked,
"That is up to you! Just know that you aren't alone, you have people who care about you and we all will help you figure this out!" Linda gave the young woman a smile, "besides you're an aunty now too!" Linda knew that this therapy session was over, it was now time to start becoming a family. Linda needed to catch up with the 'Tribe', she seemed to have missed quite a lot of gossip, and maybe it was time for a night out.
Cassiel was in a bit of a daze, she had opened up and expressed 'feelings', to her it felt like a giant weight had been lifted from her shoulders, not for the first time since her arrival, her brother had been right, apparently talking to humans, somehow made problems disappear. Such amazing creatures!
She had so many possibilities and choices to make it was a little overwhelming but she was confident that she wasn't alone, she knew that Ella would be there to help, Chloe, Trixie and even Maze, now she also had Linda but above all else, she had the Devil, her brother so she smiled as she entered the apartment.