Chapter 4 – Meeting the Winchesters'…Friend

A couple of hours later Melanie heard a knock on the door. She grabbed her knife, not wanting to take any chances. She looked through the peephole and saw Dean standing in front of the frame. Melanie opened the door and smiled at the two brothers. She decided she wasn't going to hug them until they passed over the devil's trap under the rug. That was the only way she could be sure they weren't demons right now. Both of the boys made it over the spot just fine and she was about to close the door when another arm reached out.

Melanie looked to see a tall man wearing an over coat with dark brown hair and the bluest eyes she had ever seen. He walked over the devil's trap and went to stand with Sam and Dean. When Melanie shut the door and turned around, she couldn't help but notice that this guy was giving her a strange look. It was like he was dissecting her with his eyes. She just shoved it off and went to hug the Winchester boys.

"Mel, this is Cas." Dean said motioning over to the other man. "He's – uh – he's our friend."

"Dean, there is something strange about this girl." The man named Cas said.

"Excuse me?" Melanie was not going to put up with this right now. She'd already been attacked by a demon and Gabriel had just up and left.

"Calm down there, Mel. Cas doesn't mean." Dean started to motion her over to the living room. "Now, what's this big emergency and why can't you stay here anymore?"

Melanie took a seat and explained everything to the brothers and Cas. Obviously she left out the fact that all of this happened in Chicago and all of the parts about Gabriel. All these two needed to know that a demon in a pizza place bathroom attacked her and that the demon had practically threatened that there would be more coming for her, even if he died. When she was done with her story, she looked up at the boys. A look of worry was clear across Sam and Dean's face. She even took to looking at Cas, whose expression hadn't changed since he'd entered the door. He was clearly still studying her. After a while, Dean finally decided to break the silence.

"Well, whaddya say Sam? Should we take her with us or let the demons find her?" Melanie shot him a look that could kill. "Kidding. Of course you're going with us. But uh – first things first."

Dean looked over at Cas, causing Melanie to look at them utterly confused. What could this friend of theirs have to do with this. Cas started to walk over to her, his arm extended. He put his arm on her collar bone and Melanie felt like something was carving into her ribs.

"WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT?" She shouted as she pushed Cas's arm away.

"I just carved Enochian symbols on your ribs. Now the demons won't be able to find you."

"HOW THE HELL DID YOU DO THAT?"

Melanie really didn't care if her neighbors heard. Her personal space had just been seriously violated by this man she'd never seen in her life.

"Melanie, calm down." Sam walked over to her. "Cas is an angel."

At those words, Melanie looked over at him. Of course she believed in angels, she had Gabriel after all. He had told her that his brothers and sisters never left heaven nowadays. They just sat up there, watching everything happen and every now and then saving the humans.

"I know that may be hard to understand but-"

"She believes you." Cas said. The two brothers just looked at their angel friend. He had walked towards Melanie and looked as if he had finally figured something out.

"And how do you know that, Cas? It's not like you can read minds."

Cas turned to face the Winchester that had spoke. "Because Dean, I knew there was something familiar about her the minute we walked in the door. I finally placed it. I was feeling the grace of one of my brothers. A brother I thought long dead."

Sam and Dean looked utterly confused. Melanie sank in her seat a little bit. Gabriel had told her he was best kept secret and she'd always agreed because no one would probably believe her. Now she had a feeling he might have had his own agenda. Cas turned back to Melanie.

"How long have you been in contact with Gabriel?"

He was now standing over her. She figured there was no use in lying to them.

"About two years. He saved me when a vampire killed my parents. He even saved me from the dead by using part of his grace to heal me." Melanie looked over at Sam and Dean. "I would have told you boys, but I didn't think you guys believed in angels and I didn't want to sound crazy."

"That explains why I can feel his grace." Cas reached his arm out as if he was going to touch her again. "It's probably the only thing keeping you alive."

"Not the first time I've heard that today…" She noticed the look of confusion on the angel's face. "The demon said he felt it too."

Melanie decided it was best to explain the story the right way. It was the only way to really explain how the demon had figured out about the angel watching over her. She even decided to explain the slight link that had formed between the two, which had seemed to catch Cas's interest. Sam and Dean still hadn't uttered a word. Melanie looked over at two of the people she trusted the most. She didn't get a chance to say anything though because Cas seemed to have more questions.

"You two have formed a link?" She just nodded her head. "That's very rare. An angel really has to care for the human that they've saved in order for a link like that to form."

Melanie already knew that. She just wanted Sam and Dean to talk.

"Sam? Dean? Are you going to say anything?"

"Well, I guess it would explain all of those times we caught you talking to yourself." Dean said causing Melanie to grin. "Makes you seem a little less crazy."

She looked over at Sam.

"There's one thing I don't understand…"

"Shoot Sam."

"If Gabriel is watching over you and linked to you – why do you need to come with us? Not that I'm not happy about that. I'm just wondering because Gabriel is one of the most powerful angels out there."

Melanie just shrugged her shoulders. "He wouldn't tell me. He just said I needed to call you two and stay with you for a while. Once I hung up with you, he was gone."

"Well, why don't you say we get this freak show on the road." Melanie glared daggers at Dean. "I mean, unless you want to stick around here and let a demon take you."

Melanie just got up and went to get her things. She made sure to hit Dean extra hard with her bag as she walked past gaining quite a bit of protest from the elder Winchester. Sam just laughed at the two. Melanie was almost out the door when she turned around to look over the apartment she would never see again. When she turned back around, she almost bumped into Cas.

"I need to discuss something with you, but it's going to have to wait. I'll be in touch."

With that, the other angel was gone. Melanie let out a sigh and followed the Winchester boys down the hall.


I hope you all enjoyed the update. Don't worry Gabriel will be back soon. He's completely taken over my brain so I'm sure he won't be gone long. Anyways, I'm always looking for reviews: good or bad. =)