Chapter 12 – A Mistake and Angelic Awkwardness

Melanie couldn't stop giggling as they entered the hotel room. Gabriel had taken her out for a day of sightseeing and fun. They saw the normal touristy things, you know, the Eiffel Tower, the Louvre and stuff like that. But he also took her to all of his favorite little places. His favorite shops and restaurants. It had made the day a lot more enjoyable for Mel. Unfortunately there last stop had been a restaurant and the waiter kept giving them champagne. She had a feeling Gabe had something to do with it, but she wasn't going to say no to free alcohol. That would just be wrong on so many levels.

So now she was all giggly and drunk and in the hands of a completely sober angel. It was times like this Mel wished she had the metabolism of the angel. Then she wouldn't have to worry about the hell of a hangover she was going to have in the morning. But she wasn't worried about that right now. She was just worried about crawling into bed without falling flat on her face because Gabe would totally let her do that. The pair stumbled through the door. Well, Melanie stumbled through the door with Gabriel holding her up. She tripped slightly and giggled as she leaned into Gabriel.

"I should have cut you off after two glasses, shouldn't I?" Gabe chuckled.

"Nope." Mel giggled. "I wouldn't have listened anyways."

"Uh huh. Come on giggles. It's time for bed."

He started to drag her towards the bed, but Mel tried to hold her own. Of course it didn't work. You know, Gabe being an angel and all. He kind of had the upper hand in the strength department.

"But I don't wanna. I'm not sleepy." She pouted a little. Gabriel rolled his eyes. Melanie always got like this when she was drunk.

"Will you at least lay down in the bed?"

"Only if I get to wear one of your shirts." She stated, the pout still plastered on her face.

"Yes." Gabe sighed. He pulled his shirt over his head and handed it to her. "There. Now change and get in bed."

Gabriel plopped down on the bed and tried not to laugh as Mel tried to change without falling over. She really was drunk and he probably should have helped her. Then again, she would have probably slapped him. She finally changed and crawled into bed with him, resting her head on his chest. Gabriel wrapped an arm around her protectively. Melanie let out a sigh.

"Thank you Gabe. Today was fun."

He grinned. "No problem sweetheart. Tomorrow will just have to go a little easy on the alcohol."

"I don't know what you're talking about. I'm fine." She mumbled.

"Sure you are. Now sleep."

"But I'm not sleepy."

"But you are a bad liar."

She sighed. "Fine." She sat up and gave him a soft kiss on the lips without another thought. Gabriel stiffened at their lips touching. "G'night Gabe." Mel mumbled as she snuggled back into his chest, swiftly falling to sleep.


Melanie woke up the next morning to the smell of eggs and a killer migraine. She was alone in the bed and vaguely remembered Gabriel being in it when she fell asleep. She sat up and looked around the room and saw no sight of her angel. Then it hit her. She'd kissed him. Like a real kiss. Mel ran a hand through her hair and groaned. Hopefully, she hadn't made him feel awkward. She was drunk and could not be held accountable for her actions.

She pulled herself out of bed and shuffled over to the table where breakfast had been laid out for her. She caught sight of a piece of paper with a scribbled note in Gabriel's handwriting.

Had something to take care of. Back soon. – Gabe PS: You better eat something. I don't care how hung over you are.

Melanie groaned as she threw herself down in the chair. She had definitely made things awkward. He never just left like this. She began to pick at her breakfast. Not because the note told her too, but because she knew she needed to eat something. But Mel just couldn't shake the thought that she'd somehow messed things up with Gabe. He'd always been there for her and then bam. She gets drunk and kisses him. Then again, she was probably overanalyzing.

Mel had been able to stomach about four mouthfuls of eggs before the nausea started to set in. She decided that was enough of an attempt and started to drink the black coffee that was patiently waiting for her. Then she heard the flutter of wings. She turned around ready to apologize to Gabriel.

"Gabe I'm so-" She stopped mid-sentence when she realized that it wasn't Gabriel.

"Why do you need to apologize to Gabriel?" Castiel asked, furrowing his eyebrows in confusion.

"Uh nothing Cas." Mel was the slightest bit embarrassed. "How did you know where I was?"

"I made Gabriel tell me. No offense, but I don't trust my brother to keep you safe."

Mel couldn't help but smile a little bit. "Hey. He's been saving my ass for years now. But to each their own." She took another drink of the coffee. It was like heaven in a cup. "Anyways he left me here alone without explanation so I don't mind you being here." With everything that had happened lately, Mel really didn't feel safe being alone. Even if she was on another continent. "So what's the real reason you came? Can't be just because you don't trust big brother."

Castiel looked away from Melanie. She swore she saw a blush cross his face again. She didn't even know angel's blushed.

"I missed having someone to talk to. Sam and Dean aren't good conversationalists."

Mel snorted. "I know. Travelling with them can suck sometimes."

Castiel looked back at Melanie and gave her a slight smile.

"Now sit and we can talk about whatever you want. That is if I can think with this damn headache." She rubbed her forehead and hoped the post drunk migraine would fade shortly.

"Here." Castiel reached out his hand to her forehead. In an instant, her headache was gone.

"Thanks. Gabriel always makes me suffer hangover migraines. Says it teaches me a lesson. I think he just enjoys laughing as I sit in pain."

"I don't understand how your pain is something to laugh at." Castiel sat in the chair across from Melanie.

She just shrugged. "It's Gabriel. I don't question it. So what do you want to talk about?"

Castiel looked down at the table. "Some human related things."

"Let 'em rip Cassie. As you can tell, I am a human. Therefore I am an expert on human things."

She didn't miss the slight smile that tugged at the corners of the angel's mouth. Melanie had really started to enjoy that little smile she seemed to evoke from Castiel every now and then. He didn't seem to do it often so it made her feel special.

"What do emotions feel like?"

Melanie blinked. That was not a question she was expecting. Then again, she didn't know what she would expect from an emotionless angel.

"Um they all feel different. Do you have a specific one in mind?"

Castiel looked out the window. Again, Melanie swore she saw a blush on the angel's cheeks.

"Love." The angel simply stated.

Melanie couldn't help but blush. That was definitely the last emotion she expected Castiel to ask about.

"Um-" She hesitated. Love was such a damn complex emotion. How was she supposed to describe that to an angel who'd never had any emotions before? "That's a tough one. It can make you feel incredible or incredibly horrible. At the same time too. I guess to know if you're in love it's like you never want to leave the person. You care about them on the deepest level, even if they're flawed. Does that make sense?" Melanie wasn't sure about her description.

Castiel looked back at Melanie, his face completely straight. "Thank you. I'm sorry to leave you, but I just received an order. Goodbye Melanie."

With that, the trenchcoated angel was gone. Melanie sat there completely confused as to what just happened. First she kisses Gabe and he disappears. Then Castiel comes out of nowhere and wants to know about love. Then he's gone too. Melanie didn't make to move from the chair. Honestly she couldn't wrap her brain around anything right now.