Chapter 10 – AWWW! You do care!

Next thing Melanie knew she was sitting in another crappy motel room. She looked over at Gabriel.

"I really need to talk these boys into staying at nicer places," she said taking in the crappiness of the room yet again.

"Yes you do. Now I'm leaving you with the morons again." Melanie was going to protest but Gabriel put his hand up to stop her. "I promise not to ignore you for more than a few hours this time. Plus, Cassie is only a call away as well and I'm sure he'll get here as fast as he can. Now give me a hug so I can leave."

"I still don't get why I have to stay with Sam and Dean. In reality wouldn't I be much safer with you? I mean, I love these boys to death but they are always getting themselves into some sort of trouble. You've even said that yourself a few times. And wouldn't being with an all-powerful archangel be safer. I mean, I was safer with Cas then I was with the boys so being with you should be twice as safe, right?"

Her logic made complete sense to her and she was not going to let Gabriel leave without a fight. She'd missed him too much. Mel watched Gabe carefully, waiting for him to respond. He let out a sigh.

"Fine. I'll take you with me." A grin spread across Melanie's face. "On one condition: you wait around for the morons and tell them what's been going on. They were actually worried about you, even if you were with my little brother."

"Deal."

"All right. Well they should be back any minute. I'll be back as soon as you call me and are done talking with them."

Melanie watched as Gabriel disappeared. She knew that he wouldn't dare leave her here after he promised to come back for her. She looked over at the motel door and waited for the Winchesters to arrive. That got boring quickly and she turned on the TV that was in the room. After about half an hour she heard what sounded like someone putting a key in the motel room lock. She jumped when Dean busted through the door with a gun pointed at her.

"Jeez, Dean-o. It's just me. You can put that thing down."

"Prove it."

Melanie let out a sigh. Of course she couldn't have expected him to drop it that easily, even if Sam standing behind him already had. She grabbed her silver blade she had stuffed in her jeans pocket and made a small incision on her arm.

"Got any holy water? I'm fresh out." Dean tossed her a flask and she quickly took a sip. "See. Just me. Mel."

Dean lowered the gun and ran over and wrapped her in a bone-crushing hug. Sam stood in the doorway trying not to laugh at what was going on in front of him. Mel tapped on Dean's shoulder, trying to let him know that she was having problem breathing. He let go and she took a deep breath.

"Haven't seen me in like two weeks and you're trying to kill me already? Jeez. I see where I rank now…"

"Sorry shortie. It's just –" He ran a hand awkwardly through his hair. Melanie looked over at Sam who was trying to fight back a laugh.

"Spit it out."

"I was worried okay. I knew you were with Cas but neither one of you tried to call us or anything."

"Awww. You do care Dean!" She giggled slightly which cause Sam to laugh as well.

"Oh shut up you two."

Sam still was chuckling. Melanie wrapped Dean in a big hug.

"Oh hush Mister Macho. You are allowed to care about people and have feelings you know." She let go and plopped back down on the couch and was soon joined by Sam.

"Cas and I did try to contact you two by the way. I left about a hundred messages on every phone you guys own."

"We didn't get any messages, Mel." Sam said, the smile fading from his face.

"Yeah. I think some demon might have something to do with it since Gabriel said he didn't. And Cas said it was possible."

"Where is this Gabriel anyways? Right about now is the time I really need to talk to him figure out why he just abandoned you." Dean actually sounded a little angry.

"Not far away. Actually he's going to let me stay with him now since you two let Cas kidnap me and all that."

"Mel, do you really think that's the best idea? I mean, I get he's an angel and all but he's the one who said that you should stay with us in the first place." Sam said sounding slightly concerned.

Melanie felt Gabe poking at her through the link. She put up a finger to Sam and Dean to signal that she'd be with them in a moment. The two brothers just shared a confused look. 'Yes Gabe?'

'Why don't you tell those idiots I agreed because they found a way to keep you AND Cassie from contacting them so obviously you're not safe there.'

Melanie looked at Sam. "Gabe says it's because the demons found a way to cut off contact between us, which means they found out I'm with you."

"I don't care. I am not about to trust your life with some angel I don't even know. Mainly because most of the angels I've had the pleasure of meeting are major dicks."

Melanie ignored Gabriel calling Dean names for what he had said. Instead she looked over at the elder Winchester. She was also silently wondering why Sam had hardly said anything.

"Dean, he has saved my life on more than one occasion. Hell, I'm only breathing right now because he used a part of his grace to save me. Do you realize how insane that is? That hurt him to do that. He's not gonna let me die Dean."

Melanie gave Dean a pleading look. The older brother let out a sigh. "Fine. I still want to meet the guy though." She gave him a smile.

"I promise to call. You know, so you don't worry yourself sick over me Dean-o." She turned to Sammy. "Make sure he doesn't worry about me too much. Worrying might actually kill him," she whispered.

Sam chuckled. "I'll make sure he doesn't die from worrying about you."

"I heard that."

Melanie just shrugged her shoulders and wrapped Sam in a hug. She got up and walked over to Dean and wrapped her arms around him once more. He wrapped his arms around her in return.

"Take care of yourself. And if your angel turns out to be a dick, call Cas so he can bring you back here. In fact, keep in touch with Cas and us. Got it?"

"Yes Dean."

"Good."

Melanie gave the boys one last smile before heading out of the motel room. So she hadn't filled them in on everything, but that wasn't necessary. She wasn't really sure she wanted to talk about the time she'd spent alone with Cas. She walked a little ways away and called out to Gabriel to come get her. He was there in a matter of seconds with a flutter of wings.

"Wasn't that heart warming?"

"Oh hush. You're just shocked those two actually care about me."

"Correction. I'm shocked Dean actually cares about you. Sam cares too much."

Melanie giggled. "Whatever. So where we going?"

"It's a surprise."

Those were Melanie's three least favorite words. Well, only when they came out of Gabriel's mouth.


Sorry for the uber-delay guys. I got really uber-busy. So yeah. Not one hundred percent sure how I feel about this little filler chapter, but it gets to the point I need it to. So yeah. Might re-write it later, might now. Anyways...Gabriel and I always love reviews. =)