(Give Susy credit for idea!)

Gabriel stood looking at the place where Chuck stood for a few moments before Cas' hand on his arm pulled Gabriel from his thoughts.

"You should go talk to Molly."

Gabriel shot Cas a cold glare before storming into the bedroom only to find it empty. He quickly walked back into the living room trying to ignore that hollow feeling that wouldn't go away. From the time that Amara had took away the bond all he felt was emptiness.

"She isn't in there! Her and Joy are gone!"

Cas and Dean, with matching frowns, began to go through each room to see if Molly was just hiding from Gabriel. Dean didn't blame her. At the particular moment he would hide from Gabriel if they were together. Dean shivered at that thought.

"Erase!"

He muttered coldly. Dean stood in his room scratching his head. He was trying to think of any possible place that Molly and Joy could be hiding. Cas walked in looking beyond worried.

"Dean, they aren't here. Gabriel's right. They are gone."

Dean growled. What was Molly thinking?! She was out there alone and totally vulnerable! Dean would have thrown Gabriel out before he let Molly leave. This was her home! She was one of the few people that got him and now she was gone!

"Son of a bitch!"

Cas stepped forward trying to appear as calming as possible. He didn't know which one to comfort first Dean or Gabriel. Cas didn't even know how to comfort himself let alone someone else. All he knew was the upcoming days was to be hell for everyone!

(4 years later...)

Amara sat on the patio of Molly's house in San Diego watching JoyAnna attempt to hopscotch.

"Look what I can do auntie!"

The little girl squealed. Amara smiled looking over her rather large sunglasses and took a sip of the sparkling water that was in her hand.

"Very nice, darling."

She said in approval as the little girl went back to her activities. Molly stepped out of the sliding glass door with another bottle of sparkling water in her hand. Amara looked up with a smile.

"Sweet one, you are going to drown me with all of this water. Rest a bit! You worry too much."

Molly half smiled. Amara looked elegant as ever in a long black dress and huge sunhat.

"Just want to make sure that you are comfortable."

Amara chuckled.

"Dear, I am most comfortable. If I wasn't I would be sure to let you know. Sit down and rest."

Molly did as she was told and sat down in the patio chair beside Amara to watch JoyAnna play. The past four years had been some of the most difficult years of Molly's life. After leaving Gabriel, she tracked down Balthazar and told him everything that happened. He immediately agreed to hide his daughter to keep her away from the archangel. It took Molly some time to get Balthazar to agree to not go after Gabriel. When she said, "If you won't go for me, do it for JoyAnna. She won't understand." After that Balthazar agreed to keep his distance from Gabriel and let sleeping dogs lie.

After being gone about a month and a half Amara showed up at the house wanting to help Molly. At first Balthazar was highly against it but eventually he came around after realizing that Amara wasn't some evil being of death anymore. In fact, he pretty much left Amara to the care and keeping of his daughter and grad daughter. Staying in one place too long wasn't Balthazar and everyone accepted that. He would still be in multiple times a week to make sure all was well.

Amara kept team free will off of their backs quiet nicely. In 4 years, Molly hadn't heard a peep from Gabriel. She knew that it wasn't from his not trying either. If Amara let her powers slide even the slightest, Molly knew that Gabriel would find them with little to no difficulty.

Molly sighed at the thought of Gabriel. She would like to say that she was over the archangel and didn't want him back but she couldn't. Molly wasn't over him and she knew deep down that she never would be. She would always love Gabriel even if he admitted that he was only with her because he had to be.

She had found herself raging over Gabriel to Amara plenty of times. There was many evenings, after Joy, went to bed Molly would pacing the floor telling Amara all of her feelings.

"I don't understand him. He always said that he loved me. Hell, I even felt feelings of love coming from him. Did he fake all of that?"

Amara would shrug before saying softly.

"Darling, archangel's are complicated beings. I don't doubt my nephews devotion to you but I do question why he would say something like that. Even if it was to appease his father, Gabriel should have known how cold that came across."

Molly was pulled from her thoughts when Amara started talking.

"Joy is getting smarter by the day. She was speaking French to Balthazar on the phone last night. You would have thought that she was native speaker. She makes me so proud! Oh, and a rather embarrassing note, she fixed my iPad. Stupid technology. Chuck had the bright idea to get her an iPad. That brother of mine has turned that sweet child into a techno geek."

Molly chucked. Amara was most definitely correct when it came to Joy's brains. The 5 year old had to be on genius level Of course her genetics contributed but it was always amusing to see what the child could come up with.

Amara sighed.

"I know you probably don't want to hear this but she reminds me so much of Gabriel. Not only her appearance but things that she does."

Molly nodded. It didn't bother her being told that. She had always thought that JoyAnna had taken so much after her father. Molly sighed sadly. What broke her heart the most was that JoyAnna would often ask when Gabriel was coming to get them. In her little mind she seemed to assume that her daddy would come for them at some point. Molly didn't have the heart to tell her that wasn't happening.

"Its fine Amara. I see it too."

JoyAnna had stopped her hopscotching to look up at her mother and great aunt with a sneaky wave. Amara giggled.

"That had Gabriel all over it."

Molly smiled.

"It sure does. He would be delighted."

Amara nodded. Her beautiful face became serious as she turned to Molly.

"We can get him here if you want. I know that you miss him."

Molly looked away quickly. The last thing that she wanted was to start crying. After a few moments of silence she finally had herself collected enough.

"I'm not ready for that. Not to mention my father would through a bitch fit."

JoyAnna meanwhile, stopped in her playing to look at her mother with a tisk tisk expression.

"Mommy! You said bitch!"

As soon as the word bitch left JoyAnna's mouth she snapped her hands over her mouth. Amara gave her that disapproving expression that she would anytime that JoyAnna decided to use her grace to do something that she shouldn't.

"JoyAnna Gabriela you know that is a bad word."

Molly said calmly. Joy shrugged nonchalantly.

"Well I didn't mean it."

She muttered as she kicked at a rock and gave Molly that same pouty expression that Gabriel would anytime that he had done something wrong. Amara shook her head.

"That is very unbecoming behavior young lady."

JoyAnna sighed again. She was expecting to get a lecture that she needs to behave more properly. She was going to be destined for great things and bad behavior wasn't going to accomplish anything. Joy was no fool. She knew that her mother and aunt was trying to prevent her from acting like her father. There was so many questions the child wanted to ask her mother about where Gabriel went and why he hadn't come for them. However, the pained expression in her mother's eyes whenever her father's name was mentioned was enough to stop the child dead in her tracks. Whatever Gabriel did must have been very bad!

"I'm sorry auntie. I love you."

Amara's tough expression cracked right away as she looked down at her niece.

"I love you too. Now go ahead and play."

Once JoyAnna was occupied Amara turned quickly to Molly.

"She's good!"

Molly nodded with a proud smile.

"She comes by that honest. Amara, you said that Gabriel wouldn't be able to locate us right?"

Amara nodded.

"Of course dear. Why do you ask?"

Molly shrugged.

"Well last night on every freaking radio station I turned that radio to it was nothing but REO Speedwagon's Keep on Loving You on every channel. Doesn't that sound Gabriel like to you?"

Amara's nose scrunched up.

"Sneaky little shit! It sure does! Molly, darling, fucking with your radio and finding you are two different things. I don't want you to worry."

Meanwhile back at the bunker...

Gabriel sat looking miserably at the the wall. The past four years had been the worst of his life. He hated to say it but he would take Asmodeus torture again if it got him his wife and child back. That was a lot coming from him too as much as he hated the prince of hell!

For four years the archangel had been looking tirelessly for any sign of Molly and couldn't find shit! He had literally looked at all ends of the earth! How hard could it be to find Molly?! Cas had even been looking and was coming up short as well too.

Between looking for Molly and JoyAnna, Gabriel kept himself busy by drinking any kind of booze that he could get his hands on. Dean would look at Gabriel and actually look concerned. Gabriel was even starting to look older, which was really odd.

"Good thing you don't have a liver that has to function. You would be screwed."

Gabriel rolled his eyes.

"Dead sounds better."

Sam sighed.

"With that attitude do you think Molly would want to come back to you?"

Gabriel snorted.

"Well it isn't like she's breaking down the door to get to me! No one gets it. You two jokers don't get it neither does Cas or Jack! These soul mate bonds are no joke."

Sam ran a hand through his hair trying to stop himself from giving Gabriel a bitch face.

"Amara broke your bond."

Gabriel started to laugh bitterly.

"She broke it for Molly. She didn't entirely break it on my end. I have this empty hollow feeling that is literally eating me alive. I've never felt this empty in my life. I feel like I am missing my right arm. I also feel like my batteries are dying. Look at that I am weak again! Everything that I care about is just...gone."

Sam and Dean exchanged looks. Dean rolled his eyes trying not to make a gagging sound. Gabriel and mushy was enough to make him want to gag. He had heard Gabriel be mushy with Molly and that wasn't anything odd but this...was awful!

Before Gabriel had a chance to go into another spill about losing another body part, Jack came in.

"I know where Molly and Joy are!"

Gabriel moved faster than he had in days. He had Jack against the wall, totally ignoring the slightly freaked out expression on his nephew's face.

"WHERE?!"

Jack slowly wiggled away from Gabriel. He reached out tapping his arm attempting to be comforting.

"San Diego. I don't know what kind of power that she has been using to guard her location but it dropped enough for me to get the address. I suggest we go now."

Gabriel looked more annoyed.

"I bet it was Amara. I bet you money. Why are we all standing here looking at each other! Let's get going!"

Dean raised an eyebrow as Gabriel all but bolted out the door.

"Lets all go follow the crazed archangel. We need to have a no crazy person policy around here."

The next night everyone stood in front of a nice house that was away from mostly everything.

"Sheesh you think they are out far enough?"

Dean asked. Gabriel shrugged and started to walk toward the house but stopped when Cas grabbed him around the waist.

"We don't need to just go busting in the door."

Gabriel growled angrily.

"Like hell we can't! I am just going to go in there and throw her over my shoulder and take her home!"

Dean rolled his eyes.

"Yeah, like she would really want to be with you then!"

Cas looked to Dean.

"Go and find a way inside I am going to get him sorted out."

Dean nodded and quickly walked to the door followed by Sam and Jack. After a few minutes of Dean messing with the door Jack stepped forward.

"Maybe there is a key under he mat?"

Dean shook his head.

"Molly wouldn't leave a key under the mat. Too easy."

Dean took out his knife and continued to fiddle with the lock until he got it open.

"Son of a bitch! I cut myself.'

He hissed as they stepped inside. Neither noticed Joy who had stepped in the room and was looking at her family with a raised eyebrow. For the moment, she didn't know it was them as they had their backs turned to her.

"And what have we learned, human? How not to break into someone's house I hope."

All three turned around quickly completely freezing when seeing how much Joy had grown. Jack immediately smiled.

"Joy!"

Joy looked at him a moment before smiling and taking off to Jack eagerly jumping in her cousins arm.

"Jack! Sammy! Dean! What are you three doing here?"

Sam and Dean smiled both feeling relived. Jack was busy eagerly hugging her and mentally checking her to make sure all was well.

"Lookin for you squirt."

JoyAnna smiled again as she took her head off of Jack's shoulder.

"Well were I am .You know we have a key under the mat."

Sam turned looking at Dean with an expression of annoyance. Dean smirked as Joy patted Jack's arm.

"Down please."

Jack sat her down. Joy quickly reached out touching Dean's bleeding hand instantly healing it.

"You're bleeding all over the carpet. Auntie Amara will have a cow."

Joy walked to the open door and moved the doormat over. She came back in with a shiny golden key in her hand and handed it to Dean.

"Here you go. Also before I forget..."

Snapping her fingers she handed Dean a season of the TV show COPS.

"Here is a season of COPS. Please watch this and we will discuss it later in the morning."

Dean's eyes winded as he looked at Sam.

"You watch cops? You are like 5 years old!"

Joy nodded with a smile.

"Grandpa Balthazar calls it character building on what not to do."

About that time Cas and Gabriel finally walked in the door. Cas immediately looked to Dean.

"You found a way in. Thank goodness. We need to find..."

Cas froze the moment that he realized that Joy was by his leg. He immediately dropped down to her level feeling a sense of relief wash over him. Joy smiled.

"Hi Cassie."

Cas smiled.

"Hello dear. You have grown. How are you?"

Joy reached out straightening his tie.

"Fine."

Cas looked at her closely. She still had Gabriel's eyes and Molly's features. Right away he sensed a lot of Gabriel in the child.

"I'm not going to untie you shoes."

She said with a smirk. Cas raised an eyebrow.

"You remember that? That has been a very long time ago.

Joy nodded.

"I can remember everything. I can do a lot of things."

Cas felt his smile fading at the last sentence out of the child's mouth. Right away he knew that was innuendo to her being more powerful than he expected. Cas couldn't help that sinking worry that had been consuming him return. He had worried about Amara "training" Joy for some time. A half nephilim half archangel being was bound to be able to cause some damage.

"I'm sure you can."

Cas stood back up meeting Gabriel's worried gaze.

"JoyAnna turn around. Do you remember him?"

Joy turned to face Gabriel. She looked at him for a moment before instantly smiling.

"Hi daddy."

Gabriel instantly dropped to his knees. He looked at Joy for a minute taking in her sweet face. Realizing how much he had missed of her life felt like Gabriel had been kicked in the stomach over and over. He thought being tortured by Asmodeus and having his ass kicked by Loki was bad. This was a million times worse!

"Hi princess."

Gabriel held out his hands, unsure of what to do. JoyAnna stood looking at him for a moment clearly analyzing his intentions before letting go of Cas' leg and going to her father. The moment that her arms was around him and her face snuggled in his neck some of that empty hopeless feeling vanished.

When the light flipped on Gabriel gathered Joy into his arms before standing up.

"JoyAnna, what are you doing down here? You are supposed to be in ….bed."

Molly walked into the room. She instantly froze the moment that she realized that she had house guests. Her mouth dropped the moment she saw everyone. Before she knew what happened Jack had her in his arms.

"Molly! I have missed you so much! We have been so worried! Are you okay? Do you need me to fix anything?!"

Molly smiled enjoying the hug for a moment until Jack pulled away.

"Jack how are you all here?"

Jack smiled eagerly.

"I found you. Whatever you were doing or using...there was break and I was able to find you. We all really want to talk. We are really worried about Gabriel. He isn't right."

"HEY!"

Molly's eyes went wide hearing that voice! She turned to face Gabriel, who was holding Joy in his arms. Her mouth dropped seeing him just feet away. Molly wasn't sure if it was his appearance or the how exhausted Gabriel looked that bothered her. Gabriel actually looked a few years older and pale not to mention he had a huge bruise on the side of his cheek. Despite all of this he was still handsome sweep you off of your feet Gabriel. Molly continued to look him over. There he stood in all of his archangel glory dressed in a half unbuttoned tux shirt and a long black trench coat. Molly swallowed trying to control the emotions going through her.

Gabriel gave Jack another scowl before looking to Molly.

"Hey sugar."

Molly pressed her lips together and tried to control her heart.

"Hi Gabriel."

Gabriel looked around.

"Where's your dad? I figured he would be attacking me by now."

Joy giggled as she picked her head up off of Gabriel's shoulder.

"He's out with his new girlfriend. She is where brain cells go when they die."

Every mouth in the room but Molly's dropped at Joy's comment. Gabriel was looking his daughter fighting the urge to smile.

"JoyAnna!"

Molly said in her firm mother tone. Joy blinked innocently.

"Grandpa said that himself. I only agree because she thinks that I am illiterate."

Dean chuckled.

"Lord help us."

Gabriel kissed her on the forehead before sitting her down.

"Darlin go play with Jack while I talk to your mom."

Joy didn't immediately move.

"Am I going to see you again daddy or will it be another few years?"

Gabriel's heart plummeted. He glanced at Molly carefully before looking back to his little princess.

"I'm not leaving you for a long time ever again."

Seeming pleased with his answer, JoyAnna took off to Jack.

"Come on Jack, come look at my toys."

Gabriel stood up turning to face Molly.

"Can we talk?"

Molly looked over her shoulder making sure that Joy was safety in her room with the door shut.

"Sure, come on."

Gabriel followed Molly up the stairs into her bedroom. Closing the door behind him, Gabriel took off his coat and turned to face Molly.

"You are a hard person to find Molly."

Molly smirked.

"Maybe I didn't want to be found."

Gabriel sighed.

"I deserved that. What I don't get is why you just vanished the way that you did."

Molly rolled her eyes.

"Well fuck Gabe, I don't know either! When your husband says RIGHT IN FRONT OF YOU that he is only with you because he has to be that is enough to break your heart! You wanted to be free and do whatever it was you were doing behind my back...have at it! Don't let me hold you back!"

Gabriel's mouth fell.

"Molly! What the hell? I didn't mean it like that! I really should watch how I say shit! Molly I don't I would love you without a bond. Right now I can say I love you more than I ever have. I don't need some bond to make me love you. I just wish that you would trust me."

Molly looked away.

"I'm having a hard time Gabriel. Again, you shut me out of so much stuff in your life. I am just in a little dark closet so to speak. That day that Chuck and Amara came, it confirmed everything I was afraid of. You hide stuff from me. Stuff that I need to know about! What do you expect me to think when you get killed by Lucifer or whoever the fuck else you were after?"

Gabriel froze looking down at his feet. Loki's words hit him hard again and he couldn't look Molly in the eye.

"I'm sorry. I'll tell you everything..."

Molly sighed.

"I don't expect anything from you anymore."

Gabriel looked up then.

"What will it take to get you back?"

Molly was quiet a moment. She had a lot of temptation to just go jump the archangel and have her way with him. Maybe Gabriel was right? Did they have to have a bond to say that they were in love with each other? It sure as hell didn't seem like it! Gabriel stood feet away and Molly could easily admit that she loved him.

However, she knew that he needed to work for their relationship and so did she...

"Prove to me that you actually love me and that I can trust you...that's my word."