So here's the next chapter. Reviews and feedback are always appreciated. =)
Chapter 3 – Birthday Surprise Pt. 2
Melanie woke up to the absence of the archangel in bed with her. Then the smell of coffee hit her so she pulled herself out of bed. When she entered the kitchen, Gabriel was standing there was a bunch of pastries and coffee laid out across the counter.
"Happy birthday! Pastries from France and coffee from Italy." He said as he motioned over all of the food.
"Gabe, you didn't have to do this."
"Yes I did. Now eat your breakfast because I have a busy day planned for us." Melanie was about to protest when Gabriel put his hand up silencing her. "It's your birthday and you are going to have fun."
Melanie let out a sigh and grabbed a pastry. "As long as it's my kind of fun and not yours, I guess that's all right."
As Melanie ate her breakfast, she couldn't help but notice the massive grin on Gabriel's face. She had a feeling he was going to take this birthday way more serious than he had the last one. And the last one had been blown out of proportion exponentially. It was nice, but she was never used to really having a big celebration for her birthday. Also the fact that her parents weren't around anymore didn't really help make them anymore enjoyable. When she finished she went to go throw some clothes on.
"I've laid out what you need to wear!" She heard Gabe shout as she went to enter the bedroom. That was never a good sign.
Melanie slowly opened the door, kind of surprised to see her favorite pair of blue jeans and her favorite AC/DC shirt sitting on her bed. Usually when Gabriel picked out her outfits, she wouldn't even bother to wear them for that fact that they were usually quite revealing and inappropriate for public. Which Melanie figured was probably why Gabe picked them out in the first place.
Melanie finished lacing up her favorite pair of converse as she headed back into the living room to find Gabriel splayed out across her sofa, the TV on. He looked a grinned.
"All right. So are you ready for some fun?" He said as he started to walk towards her.
"Yeah, but exactly where-" Melanie was interrupted by Gabriel zapping her somewhere out of her apartment. "Really? You know I hate when you do that?" He just shrugged his shoulders. Melanie looked around. "Where are we anyways?"
All it looked like to her was every other nice hotel Gabriel had ever zapped her to before. Those always seemed to be his favorite places. He motioned towards the window and she drew back the curtain to see the city of Chicago. Melanie couldn't help but smile. Chicago was one of those cities she always wanted to visit. She turned around and gave Gabriel the biggest hug she'd ever given him.
"Thank you so much! You're awesome."
"I know," he said as he smirked.
Gabriel took her hand and led her out of the room and out into the city. They went to all of the major museums and even took a walk down the beach. It was an awesome day, aside from the nagging feeling that someone was following them. Melanie just brushed it off though and assumed it had something to do with the fact that hunting was the only thing she'd been doing the past few months. Now they were seated in one of the best pizza places in town and Melanie couldn't stop smiling.
"So I'm guessing you've had a good day so far?" Gabriel asked raising an eyebrow.
"Good? This day has been great. Thanks Gabe." She said before she took a sip of her beer. She couldn't help but grin because this was the first one she'd bought since she turned 21. "So got anything special planned for tonight?"
"Bar hopping." Gabriel said smiling. "You know, stuff normal people do when they turn 21…"
Melanie was just about to tell him that she wasn't a normal person when a guy walked in. He looked incredibly familiar, yet Melanie couldn't place where she'd seen him before. He sat at a table not far away from them and was facing Melanie. She couldn't help but notice that he seemed to be staring at her. She said something about having to use the restroom before getting up and leaving the table. Once inside she took a deep breath. She needed to get her mind off of the hunts. She was here with Gabriel and he wouldn't let anything happen to her. Melanie splashed some water on her face and she heard the door open. As she turned around the man had her pushed up against the wall with his hand over her mouth. She really wished she had brought her knife with her.
"Shhh. Don't want anyone to ruin the fun, now would we?" The man snarled as his eyes flashed black. "You see, I've been following you and that friend of yours around since you got back to New York last night. I'm just wondering, how is it you ended up in Chicago in a matter of minutes…" He said as he started to trail off. "And then it hit me. You must have a guardian angel watching over you. And you know what? I was right. Just being this close to you I can feel his grace. You know it's probably the only thing keeping you alive right now?" Melanie was this close to panicking now. She didn't have her knife or salt or any holy water. She really hoped Gabriel would realize she was taking far too long. "Why don't you say we go somewhere more private and finish this little conversation? Can't have your feathery friend barging on us now can we?"
"I think you're a little late for that." Gabriel said standing in the doorway, his angel sword drawn. Melanie mentally let out a sigh of relief.
The demon just smirked. "Why don't you put that away? Don't want your precious little human getting hurt, now do we?"
Melanie decided she'd had enough of being at the mercy of this demon asshole. She bit into his hand, causing him to turn his attention back to her. Gabriel stabbed the demon and zapped him and Melanie out of there instantly. They were standing in her apartment. Gabriel started to frantically pack her things. There was no way he was letting her stay here any longer.
"I hate to say this sweetheart, but you can't stay here anymore." He continued to pack her things up. "And I hate saying this even more: I need you to call the Winchesters and tell them to come pick you up. I don't think you need to be living on your own anymore…and the fact that that demon just placed me as an angel is not good. Demons are going to be coming around from all over just trying to get their hands on you." He closed the bag and handed it to her. Melanie just stared at him. "I know this isn't ideal, but it's what has to be done. Now call those two idiots before I leave."
"Wait, why do you have to leave?" Melanie didn't mind having to be with Sam and Dean, but she couldn't understand why Gabriel couldn't just stay with her.
"It's a long story. One we really don't have time for right now."
Melanie let out a sigh and picked up her phone, dialing an ever-familiar number. "Hey Sam. Yeah it's Mel. Look, I need you and Dean to come get me. Something's happened and it's not safe for me to live here anymore. All right. See ya soon. Bye." She hung up the phone.
Melanie looked up where Gabriel had been standing, ready to give him a hug, to see that he was already gone. So she sat and waited, knife and holy water on the table next to her, for the Winchesters to show up.
