Bobby tapped lightly on the door of Julianna's room.
"Jules, can I come in?"
"Come in."
Well, she didn't sound upset. That was good, Bobby thought. He walked in and Julianna was dressed in her usual clothes and lying on her bed. She sat up when he came in.
"Well, how did your date go? You didn't let her take advantage of you, did you?"
Bobby chuckled. He was glad she was in good humor. "My date went fine. Although, it sounds to me that Dean got the impression you were letting someone take advantage of you. Want to tell me about it?"
"I would much rather hear about your date Bobby."
Bobby disagreed. "No Jules, let's get this situation handled first. Now, how about you tell me what happened."
Bobby sat on the bed as Julianna took another deep breath. The deep breaths help her not to lose her temper. "Bobby, were you expecting Steven Foster tonight?"
"Yes. I forgot all about it. I'm sorry that you had to deal with that."
"Well, I thought I did everything right. I tested him completely. I know that he is a friend and you have let him stay over before. I was planning on helping him with some research he said he needed."
"So, what happened?"
"He brought me a present." Julianna got up and showed Bobby the dress that Steve had bought for her. Bobby felt a twinge of annoyance at the gift.
"Was I wrong in accepting it?" Julianna looked to Bobby for the answer. She depended on him to help her understand.
Bobby swallowed what he wanted to say. "No Jules. It was ok to accept it. So, what was this about dancing?"
"When I tried the dress on, he really liked the way it looked. He said he wanted to dance and offered to show me how. So, we did but that was all. Bobby, do you slow dance?"
The question threw the old hunter off guard. "Um, not for a long time but what does that have to do with.."
"Will you dance with me some time? Steven is nice but I would like to slow dance with you." Julianna looked at him innocently. She was truly unaware that most women would not have admitted that to someone so readily.
Bobby cleared his throat. "Um, sure Jules I guess. Listen, let's get back to the subject. So, you were dancing with Steve and then?"
"Dean and Sam rushed in and implied something else was going on. Then, when he sent me to my room and Sam agreed with him, I just thought it would be easier to come up here and wait for you instead of arguing. Dean seemed really mad but I didn't do anything wrong."
Bobby chuckled again. "Sounds like you don't have just one big brother. You have three now."
Julianna sighed heavily. "Oh Bobby, please. I can barely handle being Castiel's little sister. I can't imagine having to answer to Dean and Sam too. You have to help me." Julianna was begging him.
Bobby just smiled. The whole situation started to seem funny.
"Poor Steve. Dean and Sam must have scared the hell out of him." Bobby chuckled to himself.
Julianna giggled a little then too. Bobby and Julianna looked at each other and started to laugh together.
"Bobby, we should be ashamed. It isn't nice. Steve is a good guy."
"Yeah, but it's funny as hell."
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Dean was standing in the living room, eyes closed and concentrating. Sam was just watching him.
"I can't believe you are bothering Castiel because you want to try to prove yourself right."
"Shut up Sam. You are distracting me. Castiel, where are you? Grab your halo and fly your heavenly ass on down here. We need you."
Sam just shook his head in disbelief at how Dean made it so easy to tease him. "Um, heavenly ass?"
Dean's eyes popped open. "Wait! That didn't come out right!"
But, as Dean predicted, Castiel always answers for him. He was standing by the couch.
"I'm here. Is everything alright?" He looked at Dean blankly.
"Cas, glad you are here. We have an issue and need you to resolve it." Dean smiled awkwardly and patted him on the shoulder.
"Is this an emergency Dean? You know I have other obligations."
"More important than your sister Cas?" Dean knew he would get his attention with that one.
"What happened? Is Julianna alright?" Cas looked around the room and then sensed that she was in her bedroom and safe.
Dean quickly told his angel brother all about the night's events. He emphasized the closeness of the slow dance and the lack of material of the dress, much to Sam's disapproval. Castiel listened intently to the whole story. Sam waited for Cas' reaction before arguing against Dean. He didn't want Dean to accuse him of trying to sway his judgment.
"Well Cas, that was when I told her that if you and Bobby aren't around, that I am in charge. So, I sent her to her room and told her to change her clothes."
Sam waited patiently for Castiel to tell Dean how ridiculous it was to have called him down for something so trivial that Bobby could have taken care of. But instead, Dean was right again when it came to Cas.
"Thank you Dean. Julianna knows that I do not like her to have such personal contact with men. She is too naïve for that. She also knows that I don't approve of dresses that show off too much. You were right for reprimanding her for it and I will take it from here."
Sam was in shock. "You can't be serious Cas! The girl was just slow dancing. She didn't do anything wrong. Dean totally over reacted and you know it."
Dean smiled smugly at Sam. "And, you didn't over react little brother? I think that was you with your knife drawn tonight. I told you that Cas wouldn't like it Sam. When I'm right, I'm right."
"Dean is right Sam, I don't approve. She is upstairs?"
"Yeah" Sam answered, defeated by the connection between his brother and the angel.
"I will handle this." Cas said with authority.
He started to walk to the stairs when Bobby started to walk down and spotted him.
"Oh for Pete's sakes!" Bobby was annoyed. "Did you call him Dean?"
"Yes, I called him because I knew he would want to know what was going on!" Dean defended.
"Nothing was going on tonight except for what you two imagined in your own minds." Bobby gave Dean a glare.
Cas looked up the stairs. "Where is Julianna?"
Bobby rolled his eyes. "She is upstairs. She just stepped in the shower."
Cas nodded and started to go to the stairs. "I'm going to go speak with her." Dean stopped him.
"Whoa whoa. Did you hear Bobby? She is in the shower Cas. Where are you going?"
Cas gave him his customary look of confusion. "I want to go talk to her. Isn't that what you wanted me to do?"
"Hello, creepy. She is naked in the shower Cas. I don't think this is the right time."
"Don't be ridiculous. I need to speak with her." Cas turned again for the stairs.
Dean stopped him again. "Not while she is naked Cas!"
Bobby and Sam were shaking their heads in agreement.
Castiel rolled his eyes at the three of them.
"I have seen her naked before. Do you think everyone wears clothes in heaven?"
Dean thought about that for a minute.
"Ok, wait a second. It's creepy that you have seen Juliana naked. It is doubly creepy that she is your sister and you have seen her naked. But, you are telling me that heaven is full of naked angel chicks? You guys really should be advertising that Cas. You would get a lot more people interested in heaven."
Sam shook his head in disgust. "Oh for crying out loud."
Cas started back to the stairs and Dean stopped him again.
"No Cas. I shouldn't have to tell you this. Your sister is mostly human now. Talking to her while she is naked is just wrong."
Bobby and Sam shook their heads in agreement again. Castiel looked at them all perplexed as to what the big deal was about but Julianna is mostly human these days. Perhaps they were right. He gave in and sat down to wait.
Castiel impatiently thumbed through the books by the desk. It was about 20 minutes later that Julianna came down the stairs. She wasn't surprised to see her brother. She figured that Dean would have called him. She tried to be casual about it.
"Hi Brother. How long have you been here?"
"I have been here approximately 25 minutes and 34 seconds. I have been waiting for you."
"Why didn't you come up? I was just in the shower."
Castiel looked at Dean then with an "I told you so" look.
Dean just mumbled. "Friggin angels."
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