The key turned on the lock as Dean and Cas were still on the bed, Dean had his shirt off whilst Cas, his jacket, tie and half the buttons on his shirt were undone. They heard Sam meters away. They looked at each other with worried and panicked expressions, seconds away from being caught.

Sam entered the room, shoved his rucksack on the floor and sat on the edge of this bed,

"How you feeling?"

Sam asked looking over at dean who was lying on his bed- alone.

"All the better for seeing you Sammy"

Dean answered sarcastically with a grin on his face.

"Where's Cas, he was supposed to meet me?"

"My bad dude, begged him to stay thought I was going to die"

This received an odd look from Sam as it really didn't sound like dean. And of course it wasn't it was lye made up to protect Cas and their new found secret.

"So where are you with this angel thing?"

"Well James Brewer checks out, but get this I found sulphur at his house"

"Sulphur huh, so a demon posses' him in time to watch a bunch of kids getting taken by an angel then what? The demon disappears? He wasn't still possessed was he?"

"Dean I'm not an idiot I checked, I'm not even sure he was ever possessed he exhibits none of the usual traits"

"Then what the hells going on?"

Castiel came out of the bathroom his hair still messy and buttons on his shirt down up wrong.

"It wasn't an angel"

"What?"

Both Sam and dean asked together

"32 children"

"Erm Cas not really following"

Sam told him frustratingly

"It's a demon tribute, 32 children are sacrificed to this demon, 32 every 64 years, the son of a bitch responsible gains bounty, and the demon his, freedom"

"He gets to go top side"

Sam said trying to reaffirm what has been said

"Yes"

"Cas how'd you know all this?"

"Because I've seen it before, in the winter of 1818 children were going missing one or two a week"

"What happened?"

Asked Sam

"I saw the demon peel the skin from their bones, I could hear them scream, and I did nothing"

"Let me guess, they weren't your orders right Cas?"

Asked dean, sounding a little mad but he understood

"Yes, because of me children are dead. I never understood my order but I followed it. To this day I feel their pain"

Cas looked down obviously upset; dean went over to comfort him

"Hey Cas, it's not your fault you know that, it's those dicks you followed"

Dean went to put his arm around Cas but over thought the reaction of Sam, instead he gave Cas a slightly awkward nudge of reassurance. Dean tried to avoid questions by not getting too close, but ended up looking like an idiot. Sam too tried to comfort Cas, obviously with less effect;

"And you can put it right this time around"

Cas agreed with the boys and nodded.

"So what kind of a demon needs a sacrifice?"

"A very old and very powerful one that's who, and this time we can kill it"

Sam didn't want to asked but felt he had to

"How do you know the children are dead?"

"The earth quake that was the demon consuming the children and being realised from hell, before another earthquake sucks him back in"

Sam went over to his laptop and whilst Sam was distracted, Cas and dean were staring at each other. They made each other smile and laugh, buy making suggestive looks, which was amusing but also turned them on, as if they were horny teenagers.

"Cas?"

Sam asked suddenly whilst still starring at his laptop so unaware, it made both Cas and dean jump as they were completely focused on one another

"You said before a few children a week, but this took all 32 simultaneously, why?"

Cas turned around to look at Sam, his fingers of his right hand still laced with deans as the twirling their thumbs around each others playfully as Cas spoke

"The person doing the tribute takes the children, the guy was probably rushed it doesn't matter who many at a time so look as 32 are given by the aliment of mercury and venues- Monday"

"Well what about the light, the one James brewer saw?"

Sam asked still slightly confused now looking up at the angel.

"He lied, this man knows about angels and demons, so he knows about hunters too, the light is just something to distract us and throw us on the trail"

Dean was looking at Cas as he stepped towards Sam, as he was explaining

"Well then"

Dean regrettably let go a Cas' hand and shoulder to shoulder with Cas. Looking at Sam briefly then back to his beloved angel

"It's a good thing we have you"

Cas returned the glance Dean was giving him

"Yes it is"

Cas said slowly, whilst him and Dean were still undressing each other with their eyes.

Sam sitting right in front of them, he looked at his brother then to Cas, it was as if he wasn't there and it made him slightly uncomfortable. He could see something between them, whether it was just friendship was starting to seem less likely, and there was what Melinda told him yesterday still repeating in his mind. Still Sam refused to believe it. Dean loved 6 things;

Him, Sam- his younger brother who he would and has, died and gone to hell for

Bobby- who was like a father to him

Hunting and killing evil sons of bitches

His car, his beloved impala

Bar opening times

And most of all frisky women

However Sam was starting to think that maybe Cas was some where on this list. Sam thought logically for a moment Cas had fought by their side, gone to hell and back for Dean and has died along the way. That must increase the bond between two people. It just seemed crazy, even for them crazy, dingo ate my baby crazy.