May 14th 1975 – Afternoon

Dean and I spent morning fixing things at my apartment, we changed some lamps, cleaned the bathroom and the chicken. It was like a spring cleaning, we threw a lot of stuff away, old pants, old magazines and even old pair of pans and cans stored away in my kitchen.

After we sort it all out, and did the laundry, we sat on the couch in the living room; Dean was happy and tired I could see it all over his face; he liked to do stuff over the house and keep it neat; maybe because he knew I liked it.

"Now this apartment looks like a home" I said padding Dean's back "Thank you"

"You are welcome" He replied laying his back on the couch while laughing "Isn't good to have a man at your home?"

"Yeah… Where is he?" I chucked, Dean hugged me and ticked me

"Smartass"

"So… John told me Sam is coming back!"

"Yeah, Sam told me he was thinking about coming back"

"Aren't you excited about it?"

"I don't know, Cas" Said Dean closing his eyes "What if he is changed?"

"So what? Aren't you changed too?"

"Yes, that's the problem"

"You are overthinking it, Dean"

"Yeah, maybe…" Said Dean smiling "It will be good to see him again, it will be just like old times"

"So we'll sit by your father's fireplace and talk about the future then?" Dean laughed

"Yeah, or we can play tag" We both laughed, we used to swim at the lake too, but I doubted we would do that. "What about hide and seek?"

"Yep, would be fun" I chucked "Three grown men playing hide and seek"

"You are no funny at all, Cas"

The phone rang twice till Dean picked it up and brought it close to us, I laughed, he didn't want to let me go, so he hold the phone at same time he was holding me. Dean was always been bad at letting go;

"Hello?" He said in an almost drowse tone "Oh, yes he is here…"

Dean handed me the phone with a smiled that said 'Really Cas? My Dad too?' I rolled my eyes and picked it up

"Hello, John"

"Castiel, we need to talk…" The anxiety on his voice worried me a little "Come to my place now"

"Ok" I answered trying not look worried to Dean "Dean is here…"

"Don't bring him long, it's about my heath condition" John hung up

"You dad is worried about his heath…" I knew it was just an excuse to talk about the box "I'll going over his house"

"Now? Cas?" Asked Dean suspicious

"Yes, Dean, better see him at once"

"Is he ok?"

"Yeah, I just need to check up on him" I said standing up; Dean held my hand

"Cas, call me if there's something wrong ok?"

"Yes, I'll call, Dean"

John's House – Library room

"Gabriel is unto us" John blunted out confusing me "Actually unto me"

"Why?"

"For starters… He knows I know about the box"

"John" I said with a curious tone in my voice "I know I should've asked before… But what do you do as man of letters?"

"We watch, protect and guard"

"Protect exactly what and whom?" I sighted "How come all those things exist and I didn't know it?"

"We protect the human race, Cas" John raised one of his eyebrow like he used to do when Dean said something that made him ponder "I don't know, some people are lucky enough to escape alive after meeting the supernatural… I guess"

"Why Gabriel want that Grace?"

"It was to do with our timeline, Cas" He said resting his hands on my shoulder, looking at my eyes like I was a child "They messed it out, it wasn't supposed to be like this…"

"But how do you know it?"

"I don't" Replied John with a shy smile "Anna told me"

"My sister?"

"Not that Anna, the parallel Anna"

"Parallel Anna?"

"Yes, this Anna is your sister… But the other Anna is an angel she brought my memories back"

"John…" I said a little worried than before "That's sounds too crazy for me to believe"

"Come on Cas, didn't Gabriel told you to steal that stone box? Haven't you seen his power?"

"Yes, I did…" I sat in a chair, so much information; I felt like a pawn in their game "What do we do, John?"

"We find their plan and screw it"

"But aren't their powerful…? If they can time travel what else can they do?"

"Not much, Anna told me they can time travel because our time line is screwed up…"

"Wait… Are you saying we are some kind of alternate reality world?"

"Yes, Cas…" I must've looked too shocked, because John embraced me

"But if you have your memories…" I trailed off

"Not all of them, I have bits and pieces"

"Do you know their plan?"

"Not yet…" John took the box and put it on the ground "You need to find it out… Cas"

"Me?!"

"Yes, take the box to him… But made him spill his plan out"

"I don't know if I could do this, John"

"Cas…" Said John sitting down in a chair in front of me "I know about Dean…"

My heart skipped a beat, what did he know? I smiled confused, how much did he know? How long did he know? When? Did I let it slip out? I should've been more careful

"What about Dean?" I said swallowing my fear dry

"That Gabriel promised you to save him…"

"How?"

"I know you knew Anna was dead since last week…" Said John looking at me, how did he know it? I tried to hide the letter than said she was missing in action, probably dead. "I talked with my friends in the army… It was supposed to be like a surprise to check up on her, you know for all those years you've been watching over me…"

"She is just MIA, John" I couldn't say it aloud without my voice cracking up

"I know, but it's been weeks, Cas…"

"I don't want to talk about it" I said trying not to cry, I knew somehow Anna was alive; I wanted to believe "How did you find out it was Dean's live at stake?"

"It was just obvious; he is your best friend… Cas" Said John chucking

"Life would be dull without him around" I smiled "So, what's our plan?"

"You take the box to Gabriel and make him spill his plan…"

"How would I do it?"

"Well, you can leave that part to me"