Author's Notes: Hello, everyone! Sorry it took FOREVER to post this chapter. My wifi router died on me, and its been taking a while to get a new one.
Thank God for parents who have available wifi for me to share/use.

This chapter is all about Cas and Gabe's family and their background. These are my ideas on all of the Novak family members, etc.

(If you have any ideas for other family members [i.e. cousins, nieces, nephews, etc.], let me know in a review or PM. I will consider all of the suggestions).

So, here comes the next chapter, and reminder: this is unbetaed. All errors are mine and mine alone. Thank you.

Happy reading, friends!

Yours truly,
C.E.C.

Chapter Two: All about the Novaks.

Novak's was opened in 2005 by two of the ten children of the once-married Charles Shurley-Novak & Naomi Novak (now Anghell): Gabriel, a baker/pastry chef by trade, and his younger brother, Castiel, a then-high school senior & valedictorian.

The Novak family was quite eccentric, when they first came to town; that is, if you call adopted foster kids of different races eccentric.

Chuck and Naomi Novak moved from Kansas City, Missouri with their two biological sons, Michael and Balthazar, and their adopted (former foster) sons, Uriel and Raphael Zion. The Zion brothers had come to live with the Novaks after their parents died in a car accident. Joshua and Muriel Zion were God-fearing people and good friends of Chuck and Naomi in life and through the church. Their deaths shocked everyone, but the idea of the boys going to live with someone they knew, warmed their hearts.

After a few years in Lawrence with 7-year-old Michael, 5-year-old Uriel, 4-year-old Balthy, and 2-year-old Raphie, Chuck & Naomi decided to expand their family again. When Nikolas (aka 'Lucifer') arrived, he was immediately a troublemaker. He was 10 days overdue and wouldn't deliver naturally. Poor Naomi had to have a c-section, only to discover that the umbilical cord was wrapped around little Nick's neck.

Three years and five days after Lucifer came into the world, Gabriel came along like a bullet train. Naomi didn't even have time to get to the hospital to have him; she delivered him in the living room right on the green shag rug with Chuck there to catch him. 10-year-old Michael and 8-year-old Uriel helped coach their mom through the pushes, while 7-year-old Balthy kept an eye on 5-year-old Raphie and 3-year-old Luci playing games in their bedroom.

Castiel came five years after Gabe, and he was most definitely Chuck & Naomi's angel; they had made the right choice to wait so many years between kids. Naomi had no problems with her pregnancy with him, and her due date came to fruition with a newborn baby boy. With dark hair and bright blue eyes, Cas had a quiet demeanor, a clear mind and a higher intelligence than his older brothers combined. Even though he was still naive about somethings, he was a total blessing.

Waiting four more years, the Novaks finally got a girl… two of them, in point of fact. The twins, Hannah & Anna were as different as night and day. Hannah had auburn hair and Anna had fire-red (a Shurley family trait); Hannah had blue eyes like Cas and Anna had brown. Hannah liked to play with the boys' toy cars and trucks, whereas Anna played with Barbie® dolls and make-up. Where Hannah gravitated towards the older brothers, Anna liked being around Luci, Gabe and Cas. Hannah was authoritative, and Anna could be a push-over, but when she got mad, watch out!

The youngest & last Novak came three years after the girls and five weeks early. Samandriel James Alfred Novak came in as the smallest newborn, weighing at 5 lbs. and 2 ounces. The doctors didn't know why the pregnancy wasn't full-term; nonetheless, Alfie was still a very healthy baby. Bald as a cue ball but cuddly, the older Novak children doted on their littlest brother… especially Balthy, Luci & Cas.

Now, the family was complete.

Time passed, and the family would have to deal with the best blow ever.

Naomi was no longer happy in her marriage with Chuck; she left him for another man, who she had met on a church-workers' day trip.

His name is Zachariah Anghell, and he not only worked for the church part-time, but also owned a local accounting business. Zach was married once, but his wife had died from ovarian cancer, leaving him widowed and depressed. (Thankfully, they had had no children; Zach was interested in having them with his wife. He was a 'kid' person anyway).

Michael was 25 and Uriel was 23. Balthy was 22 and Raphie was 20. Luci was 18 and Gabe was 15. Cas was 10, the twins were 6, and Alfie had just turned 3.

Chuck was crushed and dove into a deep depression. He had a very hard time keeping himself alive, let alone six kids. Thankfully, Luci called in reinforcements.

Michael came home from Denver, where he had been living and working with his fiancée, Esther, to take care of the younger kids. Balthy made his way home from London, and Uriel hurried back from a business trip in California. Raphie was nowhere to be found. (During his junior year of high school, he had started taking prescription drugs from Chuck & Naomi's medicine cabinet, crushing them down and snorting them for kicks. A harder drug problem sprouted from there. Everyone hoped that he would turn his life around; the things that you wish for most you never get).

Several years later, Chuck's depression eased off (but not completely), thanks to strongly-controlled meds and a little lady by the name of Rebecca Rosen, 'Becky' for short.

She was the family savior (and still is to this day).

Becky and her family ran the Rosen Educational Center, a 'daycare' of sorts where many of the Novak children started their education. Becky, much younger than Chuck (10 years to be exact), had always liked the kids and Chuck; she wasn't the biggest fan of Naomi however. The Rosen's took care of the kids, day in and day out, like they were their own (and still do). The kids referred to them as 'Uncle Bob', 'Auntie Bev', 'Sissy Becky', and 'Sissy Sally'. (Sometimes, they still call them that).

In time, Chuck & Becky fell in love, got married, and had a baby of their own, a girl who they named, Hael (who is now a high school freshman and is more interested in boys, makeup and Facebook ®).

The rest of the Novak clan has since moved on from all of the strife in their lives. And, the only person to have seen or spoken with their mother, who recently lost her husband, Zach, to a brain aneurysm, was Michael. (She still hasn't apologized for leaving the family).

Michael is now 45 and still married to Esther. They are in the banking industry in Colorado and have two sons, Jacob and Abel.

Uriel is 43 and has a job on Wall Street as a successful stock broker. He is married to his tax accountant's daughter, and they have a daughter named, Nevaeh.

Balthazar, the eternal womanizer at 42, moved to London for business and has yet to find long-term love.

Raphael, 40, had an on-going drug problem until he overdosed at age 22. Chuck (and the courts) sent him to involuntary drug treatment and rehab in Utah, and after completing 180 days of sobriety, he made his way into a long-term halfway house. He has since gone back to school and is now a drug and alcohol treatment counselor at the same treatment and rehab center he was sent to in Utah. He is married to a teacher and they don't have any children. (They are considering either fostering and/or adoption though).

Lucifer, 42, met a wild girl named Eve and fell in love with her; she was pregnant within the year, and they ended up getting married. They now have three girls (Lilith {20}, Ruby {15} and Meg {18}). He works for the local newspaper as the head editor.

Gabe, 35, went to college and got bachelor's degrees in business marketing and in culinary arts. He came out as bisexual during college and was immediately shunned by his mother & stepfather (when he was alive), but loved by his father, stepmother and siblings.

Cas, 30, also received two Bachelor's degrees: one in art and one in business management. He too comes out but as pansexual. His mother didn't understand what it meant and his stepfather couldn't be more hateful. His father and stepmother embraced him with open arms, happy that their son was happy being himself. The siblings weren't at all surprised by his sexuality; they knew it was coming for a long time.

Hannah, 26, graduated from college with a degree in accounting and joined Uriel in NYC to work for his in-laws' firm. She met a man named Joseph, while working there, and they married soon after. They recently had their first child, a precious girl named Demielle.

Anna, 26, made her way through medical college and became a nurse at the local hospital. She met a visiting doctor named Matthew Milton (from Sydney, Australia) and fell in love. They married two years later and were off to his next destination: Vancouver, British Columbia, where they've been ever since. They are expecting their first child in the winter: a boy.

Alfie, 23, was originally going to school to become a history teacher, but he changed to business (like his brothers), so he too could be a part of the family café. He is currently working on his MBA, and Gabe & Cas have promised him a share of Novak's (when he graduates). He too came out as bisexual and is dating a lovely young man named Asher (who is also going for his MBA).

The Novak family is a crazy group full of characters with their past lives to forget, their present lives to live, and their future lives to guide them…

TBC?

A/N: So, what did you think? Stay tuned for more to come...