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Gabriel was half way to Manhattan before he got a call from Castiel telling him that Dean had called him, Castiel, and said that talking to Sam hadn't gone well at all. Sam was probably going to be pissed at Gabriel. Maybe he should text him saying he was sorry. What good would that do? Sam is already mad at you. If I apologize maybe he'll forgive me. For telling Dean that his girlfriend is a bad influence on him and you're pretty sure he's on drugs? Yes, his ex-boyfriend told his big overprotective brother that the girl that he is dating now is a drug dealer and she's using her power for evil to corrupt Sam. Yeah, he'll be sure to forgive you. Gabriel sighed. He really needed this night out.
"Gabriel!" A small redhead named Charlie sprang up as Gabriel walked into the club/bar. It was a little louder than Gabriel remembered from college. Charlie and Gabriel had been close friends in college ever since she got locked out of her dorm and banged on his door at four o'clock in the morning asking if he had popcorn and Lord of the Rings on DVD.
"Hey," Gabriel replied as he wrapped the woman in a hug.
"How have you been?! Amazing I bet, teaching at that fancy school. Do the kids love you? I'd love you as a teacher." Charlie stopped talking to take a sip of her drink. Gabriel chuckled and asked the waiter that came over for a Jack and Coke.
"I've been alright, yourself?"
"Great! I'm living with my girlfriend, Dorothy, who will be coming later."
"Who else will be coming?"
"Oh a few people. Baldur and Kali are, separately by the way," Charlie threw a couple more names out. There was one that she tried to gloss over and said a little quieter, but Gabriel caught it. "…Balthazar, Meg, oh! And I think Bela, but we'll see."
"So, Balthazar is coming, huh?" Gabriel took a sip of his drink that the waiter had brought.
"Yeah, sorry, I tried to convince him to come another night, but you know how he is."
"No, that's…actually great." Gabriel flashed a large smile at Charlie while she raised an eyebrow.
"What does that mean? Don't tell me you're thinking about getting back together with him." Charlie was now rolling her eyes.
"What? Oh God no, just…a quick fun weekend is all." Charlie opened her mouth to say something, but there was a new presence at the table that caught both of their attentions. It was a man that was slightly taller than Gabriel, but had blond hair and with blue/gray eyes.
"Well, hello lovelies." He spoke with a French accent. Gabriel would know that voice and that face anywhere.
"Balthy, how are you?" Gabriel stood up and gave him a big hug. Balthazar hugged him back and then gave Charlie a kiss on her hand.
"I'm great. How have you been? We've barely spoken since college. Still molding young minds?" Gabriel smiled. He really had forgotten how charming Balthazar could be.
"Yeah, I am. At Kripke."
"That snooty rich kid school?" Gabriel also forgot how much of an ass he could be.
"Well, if you want to call it that. It's actually a nice place and the kids are very smart, most of them, and they just…they're pretty amazing."
"Aw, if I didn't know any better I would say that you might be in love." Gabriel chuckled darkly to himself and finished his first Jack and Coke of the night.
Their other friends began to show up. Gabriel kept drinking his Jack and Cokes and danced with Kali for a while, until Baldur came over and stepped in for him. Then, Balthazar was looking much better than Gabriel remembered. He was sitting at their table, talking to Charlie's girlfriend Dorothy, when he looked over and locked eyes with him. Balthazar smiled and Gabriel returned it before walking over to the table. Gabriel felt good. He had (mostly) forgotten about Sam. His head was buzzing from the Jack Daniels and he knew that he was about to make a stupid decision, but what the hell? Gabriel sat next to Balthazar as Charlie walked over and pulled Dorothy onto the dancefloor. Balthazar leaned in to Gabriel's ear and Gabriel smelled Balthazar's cologne and it was intoxicating (or maybe that was the Jack Daniels).
"So, who's the man that broke your heart?" Gabriel pulled back slightly and looked at him. Balthazar met Gabriel's stare with one of his own. "Oh come on. We lived together for almost two years. I think I can tell when something is going on." Gabriel huffed a laugh, smiled, and patted one of Balthazar's hands. He started drawing little shapes on the top of Balthazar's hand and watched himself, then looked up to Balthazar's eyes again.
"You still living on your own?" A slow smile spread across the Frenchmen's face.
Gabriel stared at the name that was highlighted on his phone. Yes, he was drunk, in his ex-boyfriend's apartment, thinking about a student that was also a different ex-boyfriend. How had his life come to this? He almost didn't do it. There was a very small part of his brain that was still logical. However, that was completely overshadowed by the rest of his brain, which is what made him select 'Call'. Gabriel glanced at the clock and saw that it was two-thirty in the morning. Sam probably wouldn't answer. The phone rang three times before a gruff, sleepy voice answered.
"Huhllo?" Gabriel swallowed. He didn't realize how much he'd miss hearing that in the mornings.
"Sam?" There was a long pause and Gabriel looked at his phone just to make sure that Sam hadn't hung up. "Samshine, ansser me please?"
"What do you want?"
"'M surry."
"Are you drunk?"
"Maybeeee." Sam sighed.
"Get some sleep. I'm not going to talk to you while you're like this."
"No! Sam, ya…ya have to talk to me now. 'M surry I told Dean bout…'er." Gabriel hiccupped on the last word.
"We can talk later okay? I'm going to sleep. You probably should too."
"Nooo, Sam…please?" Gabriel whispered and he felt tears come to his eyes. He needed to make Sam understand. He did it because he cared about Sam. He wanted Sam to be with somebody that was better for him. Ruby didn't deserve him. Not that Gabriel thought he did either. He ran when things got difficult. Sam deserved somebody that wouldn't do that. Sam deserved so much and Gabriel couldn't give that to him. "Jus…needed you to know tha 'm sorry and I jus wan you to find somebody that will be better for you then Ruby or me. Tha's all. Nigh." Gabriel hung up the phone before Sam could respond.
Back in Lawrence, Sam pulled the phone away from his ear and stared at it. Gabriel had just drunk dialed him.
