Hey everyone here is Chapter 16. We are back in the present day :D Feel free to review.
Celeste still had her hands clamped over her eyes when Gabriel came back in. So he cradled her and shushed her as she clung onto him as if any moment he would disappear.
"I was so stupid. I never should have left. You showed me nothing but kindness and I totally threw it back in your face," Celeste sobbed, not caring if she seemed to be acting like a vulnerable child. Everyone needed to cry once in a while.
"You're not stupid, it was my fault. I shouldn't have hit you. That was wrong. I was just so freaked out when you weren't inside. Can you forgive me?" Gabriel addressed Celeste quietly as he moved a strand of hair from her face and tucked it behind her ear.
"I deserved it and honestly you let me get away with so much. I am the one that needs to be forgiven. Do you," Celeste stopped as she looked at Gabriel with dejection in her eyes, "hate me?".
Gabriel shook his head from side to side as he pulled her into a tight hug. Instantly Celeste began to wail, knowing all her fears had been nothing but self-made anxiety.
"I could never hate you kiddo. You look exhausted. Perhaps you should get some sleep," Gabriel murmured as she rubbed a hand over her face.
Laying back Gabriel pulled the covers over her and looked at the dream-catcher he had made for her. It was hanging on the corner of the wooden bedstead, above her head; shielding her.
"Does it work?" he asked cautiously and Celeste responded truthfully,
"It always used to. I wish I had it with me when I was living with the Winchesters."
"No way! Deano and Samsquatch, you ended living up with them," Gabriel laughed in disbelief, "Man, it's true when they say it's a small world."
"You know them?" Celeste grinned, knowing what that entailed.
"Yep, what's wrong?" Gabriel frowned as he saw Celeste's expression change.
"I don't know, I guess I am worried about Sam and Dean. I'm so used to going on cases with them. And I bet it will be twice as hard and dangerous without Huntress by their side," Celeste sighed as she rolled over.
Gabriel kissed her on the side of her head and reassured her that the boys would be fine. He didn't remind her that they had coped before she had entered their lives; that would not go down well. However, his heart was heavy as he left her bedroom. After all if Celeste had enjoyed a whole year of working cases alongside the Winchesters, how on earth could he compete with that? He knew that if it came to it he would allow her to check on them. One thing was for certain, Gabriel was going to do everything in his power to prevent having another argument with Celeste. He couldn't bear the thought of being separated from her again.