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Chapter 19 – I'm glad we're friends
Two weeks passed by fast. And every single day Sam would wait for Gabriel after school and they would just hang out. At first it was a bit awkward since neither of them knew each other that well; they didn't know what to say in each other's company, but soon they got over it and started to like being in each other's company.
Once they started having a strong friendship, they started spending as much time with each other as they managed. It was a surprise to Sam once he realized that Gabriel actually wanted to be his friend; they would talk about anything they thought of, and every time they spoke about their families and when Sam said nothing apart from saying how awesome Dean was, Gabriel didn't push him to say anything else about the matter.
They were in the middle of the pathway between their schools and Gabriel had just greeted Sam.
"Hey-a Sammy! Can I come over to your place today?" He asked, not really wanting to be with his own family at the moment; Castiel asked him every day if he had any news about Dean's wound, and every day he answered that he didn't know. After a few times of that happening, it started to become kind of dull and Gabriel liked new things, exciting things… not the same thing over and over again; especially when the thing was something that he didn't want to find out, he wanted Sam to tell him when he felt ready to do so. In the end, he just wanted to clear his head by spending some quality time with his friend.
Sam looked around nervous. He knew that he could never have anyone at his place… Ever. The only time he brought someone over was with Ruby, and that didn't go that well… The worse part of the problem was that he actually wanted to take Gabriel to his place, so that they could watch a movie or just hand out a bit more.
"Sorry… You can't…" Sam told him right away. Gabriel faced the floor, his face showing how hurt he felt by Sam's statement, so Sam continued. "My dad has been working the night shift lately, so he has to sleep during the day… I can't really have anyone there while he is asleep, he wakes up too easily." He lied trying to make Gabriel stop asking. "But I wish we could go to my place…"
Gabriel could see that Sam had just lied to him, but he also understood that Sam didn't feel comfortable enough to tell him the truth, so he didn't push further. What he couldn't stop was the hurt that he felt… It felt like Sam didn't trust him enough to invite him over to his own place.
"Oh…" He said, whilst his voice showed as much hurt as his face. "Alright… If that's the case…"
Sam cursed himself mentally.
You're so stupid, Sam! Why did you say that to him? He could probably see that you were lying! Sam sighed and kept his mental scolding. I should have just told him that I had to go to Bobby's… It would have been easier and then he could come with…
"How about we have a walk?" Sam asked, trying to keep his mind away from his own problems.
Gabriel nodded, a bit more cheerful, because even if he couldn't go to Sam's place, Sam still wanted to hang out with him… That ought to be a good sign, right?
They walked until they reached the park and settled for the path that lead to the children's park, the one that had a swing set along with a sand box and some other toys.
"I'm sorry you can't come to my place…" Sam told him after a few minutes of walking in a peaceful silence. "You're a good friend, Gabe, you really are." Gabriel looked surprised with Sam; why was he saying such things? What was troubling Sam? "I've been so alone lately… You have no idea! Yeah… I have some friends at school but that's it. They see me at school, we greet each other in the hallways, we sit together at lunch and then we carry on with our days… When I get home, Dean isn't there yet, and when he gets home, he's always tired; Charlie almost never comes over anymore… I only see her when I go to Bobby's shop, and since neither of us have a day to go there for sure, we almost never see each other! But every day I have something to look up for. I wait for the moment I can get out of school to have some fun with you…" Sam told him as he opened the fence that led them to the park. They walked inside and Sam sat on one of the swings, while Gabriel did the same. "You'll probably think this is a stupid thing to say, but… I'm glad we're friends."
Gabriel had no words… His face started opening in a warm smile, he felt truly happy and he had no idea how to express it. As Sam's last words sank deep in his mind a deep blush covered his cheeks.
"I'm glad we're friends too, ya know…" Sam looked at him surprised. "I know that I seem to have tons of friends, but they only want to be my friends because of Cassie. They want to be popular; they want to rise in the hierarchy…. And there's only one way to do that… Become close to my brother; and the best way to do that is by becoming friends with either me or Balthy… And it's so tiresome! I can't stand any more of those fake friends! You're the first real friend I've had in years!"
Sam's mouth was opened in shock, but soon it turned into a warm, happy smile. His cheeks were slightly tainted in pink and he felt happier than he had ever felt in years.
"I'm glad we have each other!"
Suddenly, Gabriel felt like he could do anything. They were friends, real friends. And that made him really happy. He didn't care that his brothers would think it was weird they were hanging out too much without him having any news; he didn't care if his brothers saw him with Sam talking about anything else… He was happy with the way things were going.
"Do you want to come with me to my place?" He asked, his face expectantly waiting for Sam's answer.
Sam's eyes were glinting with excitement. He hadn't gone to a friend's place in years, mostly because he didn't have many friends, and now he had been asked. And there was also the fact that the one who asked him to go to his place was Gabriel.
"I'd love to go!" He answered as soon as he could find the words; his voice was full of excitement that he didn't even try to hide.
Gabriel grinned happily.
"Let's go then… We don't have time to waste!" Gabriel jumped from his swing seat and was almost running away when he noticed Sam laughing, still sitting in his spot. "Do you care to explain what's so funny?" He asked with a light head tilt.
Sam tried to speak, but it was difficult; he was laughing too much to even think about speaking. He tried to stop laughing a few times but he couldn't succeed with his task. He always ended up laughing a bit harder than before. It took him about five minutes to calm down and stop laughing.
"I'm sorry, Gabe… It's just that you look like a five year old! I mean… More than usual!" he laughed a few more seconds.
Gabriel pouted a bit annoyed with Sam, but he quickly started laughing too, it was true… He usually acted like a five year old, but he was more excited today… He was like a kid who had just been promised to go to the park.
"Can we go now?" Gabriel asked blushing, trying not to sound as excited as he actually was.
Sam chuckled lightly and nodded.
"We can go now."
Gabriel ran up to Sam and pulled him by the arm.
"Let's go! Let's go! Let's go!" He said excitedly.
Sam chuckled and let himself be pushed by Gabriel.
They walked a few blocks until they reached his house. It was a big white colored villa with three floors: five rooms on the top floor and three bathrooms; on the second floor they had a game room, a movie room and a library full of books; and finally on the last floor it was mainly a common space that all of them shared: a kitchen, a living room and a dining room with a bathroom in between the living room and the dining room. Every single one of those rooms was very spacy, inside them could fit a lot of people inside.
Gabriel opened the door and pulled Sam inside, before he closed the door he whispered in Sam ear.
"Ignore them if they talk to you, and try to run as fast as you can if you see anyone."
Sam nodded and started following Gabriel inside the house.
As soon as they stepped inside, Sam had to remind himself that they had to keep walking, but it was difficult… That was the biggest house he had ever stepped in, the furniture looked expensive and the chandeliers were the most beautiful ones he had ever laid his eyes on. The walls were full of framed pictures of the three brothers inside; mostly is was Balthazar and Gabriel smiling while Castiel looked uninterested, but there was one, where they were all around a Christmas tree, and the boys were all smiling to the camera happiness glowing in their eyes. The mostly black furniture the house had in the first floor added contrast to the white walls, even the stairs were made of wood that was as dark as the night, shining everywhere the light touched.
They had only reached the second floor when Balthazar came out of the movie room.
"Hey Gabe! Who's that?" He asked curiously, trying to glance above his brother's shoulder – which was easy, since Gabriel was the shortest brother of them all.
Gabriel looked at him in annoyance.
"It's none of your business." He hissed as his brother tried to get closer.
Castiel came out of the library letting the door half open, which caught Sam's attention –his eyes were wandering inside, looking at the selves full of books.
"Gabriel! How nice to see you!" He said mockingly. "I thought you would have been home one hour ago."
Gabriel glared at his brothers.
"Sorry to disappoint you, guys… But I'm going to my room." He grabbed Sam's arm and pushed him to the stairs, making him walk with him.
His brothers let them go, but Castiel didn't look pleased. In fact he was annoyed by Gabriel's actions. He promised to find out more about Dean's situation and now, two weeks later, he didn't have anything to say.
Once they were on the top floor, they stopped to catch their breaths for a few seconds.
"Welcome Sammy, to my room." Gabe said as soon as he neared a wooden door full of posters of someone's favorite shows and singers, which Sam assumed would be the door to Gabriel's room. He grabbed the handle and opened the door.
Gabriel waited for Sam to walk inside before he did the same himself.
The room was full of photographs of Gabriel with his brothers. Sam noticed that each wall was painted in some kind of a map form; he could see Europe in one of the walls and there were some photos in some parts of the continent; he could see Asia, and he saw photos in some parts of the continent; in another wall there was another continent, he saw Africa and there were some more photos in there; and there was a big wall that had almost no space between photographs for the actual wall to be seen –it was The States' wall. The ceiling had posters of Gabriel's favorite shows, Sam could figure out 'The Big Bang Theory' and 'Doctor Who', and Gabriel's favorite bands, such as 'The Spice Girls' and 'Metallica'.
Sam smiled.
"I didn't think you were a Spice fan, Gabe…"
Gabriel let his tongue free and pouted.
"It's not like I'm their biggest fan, but I mean…" He said, stopping for a few seconds. After waiting for Sam to look at him expectantly he let a goofy smile at display and started singing. "If you wanna be my lover, you gotta get with my friends, make it last forever, friendship never ends… If you wanna be my lover, you gotta have to give, taking this too easy, but that's the way it is" Gabriel sang every word in the right rhythm, letting some of the words linger in his tongue when it was required.
As soon as Sam listened to the first verse he started roaring a powerful laugh, almost falling to the floor as he hugged his stomach that was starting to cause him a bit of a pain for laughing too hard.
Gabriel looked amused by Sam's reaction.
"Oh come on, Sammy! I don't sing that bad!"
Sam tried to stop laughing, but for the second time that day it seemed impossible to make that happen.
"God, Gabe!" Sam whined, trying to stop laughing. "What did you do to make me laugh this much again?!"
Gabe grinned.
"This is nothing… If you were locked with me in a room full of candy that would be what would kill you… I'm funny when I eat candy, but I'm even funnier when I eat enormous amounts of candy!" He said proudly.
Sam looked at him with a smile, finally stopping the laughing fit.
"You know, I don't doubt that for a second."
Gabriel threw himself to his bed and tapped the space beside him for Sam to do the same. As soon as they were side by side, Gabriel let out a sigh.
"This is so much better when I'm not alone with my brothers…" Gabriel admitted.
Sam let his eyes wonder on the walls and he smiled softly.
"Those pictures… Are they really from where the wall says?" Sam asked.
Gabriel rolled to the side, to look at Sam with a bit impressed.
"Yeah. Actually I don't know why I'm so surprised that you noticed the walls were a map… You really are smart! Almost no one notices that on the walls, they just think I like some parts of the walls better than the others." Gabriel confessed.
Sam looked at him satisfied.
"But there are some continents missing: both the poles and Oceania." Sam pointed out, satisfied to have noticed that too.
Gabe smiled warmly.
"You really are amazing, you know that? I haven't gone there just yet, so I didn't see the point of drawing those places…"
Sam's eyes widened and his mouth fell open.
"You… You… You drew the continents yourself?"
Gabriel beamed proudly.
"Yup! I did it all myself!"
Sam was about to answer, but his answer was something that he couldn't say… His smiled dropped from his face, and he looked away. Gabriel noticed his change, so he lifted his head and looked at him questioningly.
"Everything ok Sam?" He asked, concerned.
Sam nodded.
"Yeah, everything's fine." I just wish you could come to my house and draw something this awesome in my room too… "Should we watch a movie?"
Gabriel noticed that Sam still looked sad, but as usual he let it pass, he wasn't about to make Sam feel uncomfortable –especially when he would have to leave soon- and he nodded, grabbing Sam's hand to take him to where he had all his DVD's lined up.
"You can choose the movie if you want." Gabe told him, trying to make Sam smile, even if it was just a little bit.
They settled for watching 'The Avengers', Gabriel snickered some popcorns from one of the cupboards in his room for them to eat while they watched the movie, laughing - and there was also a bit of fangirling, but neither of them was going to admit it.
As soon as the movie finished, Sam glanced at the clock. It marked almost six o'clock.
"This was awesome, Gabe… But I really gotta go home now…" Sam told him as he rose from his seat.
Gabriel pouted. They were having a great time, and now it ended… But something made Gabriel smile… They could always do it again; they could always go to his place and watch a movie in his room again.