"So did he tell you what freaked him out enough to move you to a whole new city?" Dean asked dropping down on the edge of the bed.
"He only said that someone had found out about us and he needed to lure them elsewhere." Alora replied with a small sigh.
"Ok. Well the field for that is pretty narrow, Angels or Demons. He's got good reasons to be worried about either group finding you." Sam said.
"So how do we find him?" She asked.
"I take it you've tried prayer?" Dean asked.
She shook her head. "He told me never to pray for him. Said it would attract angels to me, he always comes and finds me."
"So… why come to us? Why not wait for him to show back up? I mean he goes AWOL all the time, why worry now?" Dean asked.
"Call it a gut feeling." She replied. "I know something is wrong and he told me if something ever happened to him to go find you two. That Sam and Dean would know what to do."
Dean sighed and looked up at the ceiling. "Castiel, come in Cas, you're freaking out your girlfriend."
They waited for a minute but when nothing happened Dean frowned and stood up. "Castiel, come on man."
They heard a faint flutter of wings and Dean relaxed turning only to pull his gun when a very angry, very not Castiel Angel stepped out of the tiny kitchenette. "I knew it was only a matter of time before she made that mistake." He said coldly.
"Wrong dickweed." Dean retorted and shot the angel before grabbing Aloras arm and running out of the apartment.
Sam threw a small vial of something and then tossed a lit zippo into the puddle of holy oil. When they reached the Impala the whole building was going up and Alora looked stricken. Dean sighed but Sam was the one who patted her shoulder. "It's just stuff, Cas would rather have you."
Alora swallowed and got into the car. "Your life is insane."
6 Months Ago:
Castiel swallowed nervously as he straightened his tie for the dozenth time, he fidgeted with the bouquet of flowers as he waited for Alora. He'd called and told her he wanted to have dinner with her at a nice restaurant to celebrate his promotion to manager of the convenience store. That was only part of it, over the past few months he'd come to develop feelings for her. He didn't know much about love but he thought he could be reasonably sure that he'd fallen in love with Alora and he wanted to tell her in a special way, in a special place.
He checked his phone, the reservation had been an hour ago and she still wasn't there, he felt the familiar weight of disappointment in his heart but it hurt so much more this time and he wondered if it was because he was human now. The waitstaff were giving him sympathetic looks as he stood and paid for the drinks he'd had while waiting. He walked home still holding the flowers though he wasn't sure why, his mind was so far away that at first he didn't hear his name being called. "Castiel!"
He finally turned and saw Alora running up behind him her face worried and apologetic, she was wearing a long dress she'd found when they went to a vintage store and that he secretly loved on her. "Cas I am so so sorry. The cab driver took me to the wrong Cristos. By the time I realized it was the wrong one I was all the way across town and I ran out of minutes on my phone and I couldn't get anyone to loan me their phone so I could call you." She ran her hands through her hair making it stick up all over the place. "I am so sorry, I know this was important to you."
He felt a smile tug at his mouth, she looked beautiful and flustered. "I understand. It was not your fault." He said and she smiled in relief.
Somehow that made it easier and he held the flowers out to her, she took them a little surprised and while she was surprised by that he took her hand in his which made her look up at him. "Alora, I kind of lied today. I did get promoted but I actually wanted to have dinner at a nice restaurant so I could tell you something…" He hesitated and then frowned when her eyes welled up a little.
"You're moving out now that you have the promotion aren't you? I mean… I'm happy for you, you've worked so hard and I'm so glad things are getting easier for you…" She took her hand back and hid her face in the flowers. "Im proud of you Cas, I really am and you're doing so well and I know you'll get a great apartment now that you're making more…" He frowned and pulled the flowers away from her face.
"Alora." He said softly which stopped the flood of anxiety driven words. "Alora I'm not moving out unless you want me to. I invited you to dinner because I wanted to tell you I love you."
He pulled the flowers out of her hands and smiled down at her for once feeling like he had a handle on things. "You've made my life better in so many ways Alora, I wake up excited to see you and wondering what new thing I will learn. I go to bed thinking about you and your smile and every day at work I think about all the things I want to tell you about my day. I love you Alora."
He watched the emotions fly across her face then she broke out in a dazzling grin and threw her arms around his neck leaning up on tiptoe to kiss him. It was cliched as hell and she couldn't care as he kissed her back holding her close.