Melissa sat in the garden with Castiel while Jo was in the diary room and everyone else was in the living area asking each other questions about each other in preparation for the task.
"Dean doesn't mean to be so rude" Castiel broke the awkward silence
"That's OK" Melissa told him "he has no way of knowing I'm telling the truth, I wouldn't expect him to trust me"
"I just feel it's unfair after you've given up so much"
"You're very sweet Cas" Melissa brushed her hand against his "but I didn't do this for gratitude. I just wish.." she began
"What?" Castiel asked
"If I manage to pull this off and get them back to their own world and if they somehow manage to defeat Lucifer I wish I could be there"
"I wish we could both be there but neither of us will be" Castiel smiled sadly
"Well I may not be able to save myself but I can do something" she leant towards Castiel and gently kissed him on the lips
Castiel wasn't sure how to react but it felt nice so he wrapped his arms around Melissa and kissed her back. Then he felt a sudden jolt and pulled back.
"What was that?" he questioned
"I think I just bought you back" Melissa said as white aura of light surrounded her and then eventually faded
"How did you do that?" Castiel looked at her "I feel..."
"Alive?" Melissa finished for him "you are but once you get back to your world you'll forget me and you'll probably just assume your God bought you back but I'm OK with that" she got and walked back into the house
Cas sat there alone for a little while "I'm not OK with that" he said sadly to the empty space where Melissa had been sat.
He wasn't sure how long he been sat there when Bobby stormed into the garden and muttered something that Castiel didn't catch.
Chuck came outside a few minutes later "Bobby come back inside we haven't finished"
"Well I have I'm done"
"What happened?" Castiel asked as Melissa came back into the garden.
"Dean tried to get Bobby to remember who he really is and obviously it sounded as crazy to him as me being a elf sounds to Dean"
"Get that lunatic away from me" Bobby shouted to nobody in particular as Dean came outside followed by Sam
"Dean" Castiel began "Why..."
"Well I thought it was worth a try, it worked with you right?"
"That's different Dean" Melissa told him
"I've tried it your way and I can't stand it in here anymore it's driving me nuts" Dean tried to explain"
"Oh I think you were nuts long before you came in here" Bobby argued "that kind of nuts don't happen over night boy"
"Can we all just calm down please" Chuck shouted but nobody paid attention
Then time stopped and everyone froze except for Sam, Dean, Castiel and Melissa
"Calm down the lot of you" The trickster appeared in front of Dean
"Oh what the hell?" Dean demanded "I should have known you were behind this "well you got me I almost fell for that elves and witches crap too"