Chapter 6- Jealousy.
Sam almost jumped when he heard a voice say "Hello Sam" quietly.
"Oh god Cas! I need my peace at least in the shower, dammit!" Sam said, jumping.
"My apologies Sam", Castiel said.
"That's okay. Pass me the towel, and go sit in the room Cas", sam said.
Castiel passed the towel to Sam, and did what he was told to do.
Sam stepped out of the shower with the towel wrapped around his waist. As soon as he stepped into the room, he felt a pair of eyes on him. Human stares, he could get used to, but angelic? Impossible. It was a whole new level of weird, to be started at by an angel with a piercing gaze.
Castiel apparently sensed nothing wrong, and stared at Sam's torso, until Sam felt way too uncomfortable. Sam snapped.
"Somethin' the matter Cas? Why are you staring at me like that?" Sam asked, feeling self-conscious.
Castiel walked up to Sam, touched his abs and said, "I was wondering why you have eight lumps on your stomach. Only women have lumps on their stomachs, when they are about to reproduce. You are not a woman, and neither are you going to reproduce Sam".
Sam found it hard to believe that anyone except Castiel could ever say this with a straight face. He laughed and said "Thanks for the information Cas, but I already knew that. These are abs. you get them when you work out."
"Work out?" Castiel asked, with a puzzled frown.
"I mean exercise, Cas" Sam explained.
"I thought only malnourished people had their ribs showing" Castiel said, once again touching Sam's body.
Sam felt uncomfortable and squirmed, because being touched by an angel was the last thing on his agenda for as long as he lived. Castiel's fingers were soft and cold.
Nevertheless, Sam gave Castiel a bemused look. The angel was so innocent, he didn't know the simplest of things. Really, sometimes, it was just so adorable.
"Hey Cas? I'm guessing your vessel Jimmy exercised. You must have abs too. Do you?" Sam asked.
Castiel gave Sam a sheepish look. He stared at the floor and mumbled something.
"Cas, you gotta be louder than that. I am human after all, y'know" Sam said.
"I said… I never looked at my vessel.. umm, I mean, I never looked at myself before" Castiel muttered.
It was the first time Sam heard the angel hesitate and mumble. It took him a few seconds to understand, but when he did, he cracked up.
"You mean, naked? Oh c'mon Cas! Not even when you shower?" Sam asked incredulously.
"Angels don't indulge in the habit of bathing Sam. Water on earth is too polluted for us, it damages our grace. Our vessel is cleansed of all earthly pollution by forces of nature" Castiel said, with a blank (but extremely adorable) face.
"Uhhh,whatever man. Just remove your shirt alright? We'll see if you have any abs", Sam said, and immediately realized how wrong the sentence sounded. Had it been anyone else, they would've given Sam a "You're-friggin'-gay" look, or worse, backed off and fled the dingy motel room.
But Sam needn't have worried. This was Cas, in whose dictionary words like sarcasm and perversion didn't even exist.
As Sam watched, Castiel began removing his trench coat. When that dropped to the floor, he "untied" his tie, and undid his shirt buttons. As the shirt fell off, Sam looked at Castiel and smiled.
"Dude! You've got perfect abs! Looks like Jimmy was in perfect shape, Sam said.
Castiel walked up to the grimy motel mirror and looked at his six-packs, looking pleased. As always, Castiel was like a child with a shiny new toy. (In this case, he was like a child who had discovered a…. erm…. Shiny new body part? That did not sound right, did it?)
Right at that moment, Dean opened the door of the room.
He looked at Sam, who was dripping wet and clad just in a towel, and then at Castiel, who was shirtless. He had never seen the angel shirtless before, no matter how many times he dropped hints. Now Sam was all alone in the room with him and Castiel had fucking stripped! Dean was dumbfounded. Not to mention furious.
"Castiel, what the fuck are you doin' shirtless man?", Dean asked.
Castiel calmly reached for his shirt, buttoned it up and said, "Sam asked me to remove it."
Castiel apparently did not realize how serious the situation was, and the trouble he was getting Sam into.
"You gonna explain that Sammy?' Dean asked, now giving Sam an "if-looks-could-kill-you-would-be-dead-about-a-million-times-already" look.
"Dean, it is not what it looks like", Sam said, trying to defend himself.
Dean cut him off. He turned to speak to Castiel. But the angel had vanished. Typical.
"The fuck is goin' on Sammy?", Dean asked his brother.
"Dean, lemme explain. Cas, umm, he appeared in my shower, and he… uhh.. he saw my abs…" Before Sam could speak further, Dean yelled, "WHAT?" in a pitch that would put Celine Dion to shame.
"DID CASTIEL SEE YOU NAKED SAMUEL WINCHESTER?", Dean continued yelling, not seeming to care that he was using their actual names instead of their fake ones.
There was a loud bang on the door, and both the brothers jumped.
"Shut your trap Romeo! Others are tryinna have sex, you know" a gruff, slightly slurred voice said.
"Sorry man, we'll keep it low", Dean said.
The owner of the gruff voice chuckled, and there was the sound of shuffling feet.
The tension in the air was almost tangible.
After what seemed like hours of uncomfortable silence, Dean said (read-growled), "put on some clothes Sammy. Let's go eat. I'm hungry", and walked off, without waiting for Sam.
Sam had to grab some clothes hurriedly before running off to catch up with his brother. He rushed outside, locked the door, and ran up to Dean's "baby" (to be pronounced with a seductive voice people!), gleaming under the moonlight.
As soon as he stepped into the car, Sam had to plug his ears to block out the music. Dean didn't seem to bother, since he was singing at the top of his voice himself.
Sam didn't want to draw more attention to himself, so he just settled down quietly.
A/N: I did not know that this story was going to be such a long one guys! Believe me, I'm not a fan of huge stories myself. But in this case, I can promise you that you guys won't be disappointed in the end. This might get longer, but patience always pays. :P Read and Review guys, and as I always say, Suggestions are appreciated :D