Hello, all! Yes, I am still on vacation, but it's been raining and so there's not a whole lot to do to here than stay in and write, which I am oddly okay with because I also got to watch the episode from last night (which was AMAZING). Anyway, I got this written so I'm going to upload! And as always, thanks for your reviews (Tari4078 and khandaa2029), favs, and follows! Love you guys!


Gabriel woke up and felt somebody next to him. He knew that he had stumbled into a bed at some point, but for the life of him he couldn't remember who it was. He vaguely remembered talking to Sam, but that could've just been a dream. There was no way Sam was the one he was with. Gabriel rolled over and saw a tuft of blonde hair.

"Shit." Gabriel mumbled under his breath. He knew who that was.

"Well, good morning to you too, sunshine." Balthazar's voice came over. He rolled over and pulled the blanket down to look at Gabriel.

"I um…look, Balth, I'm really sorry. I just…"

"No, I know what this was. It's fine, really. My morals haven't changed a whole lot since college." Balthazar gave Gabriel a smile.

"Thank God for that." Gabriel chuckled slightly.

"So, who was he? I mean, I know his name. You sort of moaned it, but who was he?" Balthazar was trying to help, Gabriel knew that, but wasn't sure if he really could tell him what happened. At least not all of it.

"He was a waiter at this diner. We met my first day in town."

"You loved him, didn't you? This 'Sam' person." Gabriel nodded. "Did he love you?" Gabriel shrugged.

"I uh…I don't think so. He moved on pretty quick."

"Oh Gabriel, I'm sorry. I know I wasn't the perfect boyfriend, but you do deserve somebody that knows what they have." Gabriel stared at Balthazar for a while.

"And that wouldn't be you, right?" Balthazar smiled.

"Of course not. But, whenever you need a quick lay, and that Sam isn't around, give me a call. We could meet somewhere in the middle this time." Gabriel snorted at that comment.

"I'll remember that, thank you. Mind if I use your shower?" Balthazar stretched out and made a noise somewhere between a purr and a moan before answering.

"No, right through there." Balthazar pointed through a door that Gabriel had no recollection of from the night before.

"Thanks, Balth." Gabriel stood up and grabbed his clothes. He took a shower, thinking about Sam. Apparently he'd thought about him a lot last night too. He would have to check his phone to see if he'd done anything stupid with it. Gabriel had this feeling that he had probably texted Sam at least. But why did he remember talking to him?

After the shower, Gabriel got out and got dressed in the same clothes he had come in. He thought about calling Charlie and seeing if he could stay with her the rest of the weekend, but then he would have to explain what had happened last night and Gabriel wasn't sure how Charlie would react. He might just head home. He walked out of the bathroom and grabbed his phone. He noticed that Balthazar had gone back to sleep, so Gabriel scribbled a quick note about leaving, placing it on Balthazar's nightstand. Gabriel checked his phone and saw that he had a missed call from Charlie. He decided to call her back before leaving for home. He stepped out of Balthazar's apartment and called her. Charlie answered on the second ring.

"I'm not speaking to you."

"Charlie,"

"Ah!" There was some shuffling around and another female voice came on.

"Hello?"

"Um…hi?" Gabriel heard Charlie's voice in the background, whispering.

"Really?" There was a sigh and then, "Charlie would like me to tell you that she is very disappointed in you and that she isn't going to speak to you unless you are going to tell her that you didn't sleep with Balthazar last night."

"…ask her to meet me at The Chef. I'll even buy." There was another rustling on the other end and Charlie's voice came back on.

"You must've really messed up. Fine. Be there in twenty minutes, but if you are more than five minutes late, I am leaving." Gabriel bit back a laugh because he knew that Charlie would wait for him all day if he really needed her to. Gabriel walked out of the building and made his way to Chef in fifteen minutes. Unusually slow for a Saturday morning, Gabriel got a table shortly after arriving. Five minutes later, right when Gabriel pulled his phone out of his pocket, Charlie sat down.

"You did it didn't you?" Gabriel sipped on his coffee, not answering her. Charlie heaved a long, dramatic sigh. "You…I love you, you know that right?" Gabriel looked up at her and nodded. "So why the FUCK don't you listen to me? I want you to be happy and Balthazar is not that guy."

"Charlie, this was just a quick thing. I…I needed somebody for the night and I knew that Balthazar would be up for it." Charlie rolled her eyes as the waiter brought her the cup of coffee that Gabriel had ordered her. He would be back with their food soon (always the same: scrambled eggs, wheat bread, and three pancakes).

"Why? You've never been that guy." Charlie commented as she added sugar to her coffee.

"I um…I just…I messed up a relationship that meant a lot to me so I wanted to do something that was meaningless. You've never done that?" Charlie was quiet.

"Well, yes, but it wasn't me running to my ex. Now, tell me about this other relationship." Gabriel stared at his coffee cup for a long moment, before he looked up at Charlie.

"His name was…is Sam. He was…is," Gabriel chuckled darkly. "No judgement?"

"I've never judged you before. Even that night that I came in and you were drunk off your ass mumbling about how you could hear angels in your head when you were actually still just on the live chat on Xbox."

"He is one of my students." Charlie was quiet for a long time. Long enough for the waiter to bring their food and leave again.

"You slept with…one of your students?" Charlie finally responded.

"Well, there was no…ya know…but we had some great nights together. Even when nothing happened. I just…Charlie, I fell in love with him. He was so sweet, and smart, and caring. He has the biggest heart, and I just…everything is my fault. We almost got caught and I pushed him away. I told him it would be better for him if we didn't see each other anymore. He um…he kind of freaked out."

"What do you mean?"

"He got in with a bad crowd. He just…he started seeing this girl that is bad for him."

"How do you know she's bad for him?"

"She's a drug dealer. She got kicked out of the public school because she was selling from her locker." Charlie took a bite of her pancakes and then swallowed.

"Now, do you actually know that or…?"

"As teachers at the school we have access to her file. It's true."

"Should you really be discussing it with me?" Gabriel smiled bitterly.

"I'm telling you I fell in love with one of my students, he slept in my bed, and I made out with him in my office at the school. Discussing someone's file without telling you their name is not my biggest concern right now." Charlie ate some more of her pancakes while she thought and Gabriel continued to drink his coffee. His food was getting cold, and normally he would have scarfed the meal down and have a huge cinnamon bun on the way, but his stomach was in knots, so he was just sticking with the coffee.

"If you really loved him, why'd you let him go?"

"I had to." Gabriel locked eyes with Charlie. "We almost got caught. He would've lost everything. He wants to go to Stanford and become a lawyer. I can't let him throw all that away just for me."

"Well, Gabe, it sounds like he's throwing it away anyway. Maybe you should talk to him."

"I tried on Friday, but I just don't think he's going for it." Charlie reached over and placed a hand on Gabriel's forearm.

"Honey, I think he needs to know. Let him know that you're in love with him. If he feels the same way, you two will make it work." Gabriel gave Charlie a closed lipped smile.

"I don't know, Char. What if I try...?"

"Do or do not. There is no try." Charlie smiled. "Come on, you can come home with me and we'll have a Star Wars marathon and you can sleep on my couch tonight. Come on, like back in college."

"Dorothy won't mind?"

"No way, we just won't be able to cuddle like we used to." Charlie winked. Gabriel finally laughed. Something it felt like he hadn't done in a long time.

"Alright. Let's do it, Red."


Sam sat in his bed for a while. The Sunday morning sun was filtering in and Sam wanted to go back to sleep since there was nothing else for him to do. Dean had taken away his car, blocked Lucifer and Ruby's numbers, and would only let him use his laptop in the living room, while Dean watched him. Dean had forced Sam to apologize to Bobby, but didn't make him say a word to himself. The two had barely spoken most of the weekend. Sam still hadn't told them everything that was happening, and deep down, Sam knew Dean was only doing it to protect him. Right now though, he was pissed off.

He was even more pissed off that Gabriel hadn't called him back. Who calls somebody drunk and then doesn't call them back the next day? It was obvious that Gabriel missed him, and hell, if he asked, Sam would take him back in heartbeat. Maybe Sam would flaunt Ruby just a little bit more and see I he could get Gabriel to finally say that he was in love with him. Maybe that was asking too much, but just for Gabriel to say that he wanted them back together would be enough. That's all Sam needed.