Chapter 12

If you know from where this was inspired, I will give you one of Gabriel's favourite lollies!

WARNING: this chapter contains depressing scenes and brotherly bonding.

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"Ooooww!" Gabriel held a hand on the right side of his jaw. "Make it stop! Make it stop! I'll behave, I promise I will stop playing pranks on everyone but make it stop!" Michael sighed and grabbed the torch Castiel was holding.

"Stop moving and just open your mouth, Gabriel." Michael held the torch to take a look inside Gabriel's mouth and what he saw didn't surprise him.

.o0O*LAST ... NIGHT*O0o.

It was Friday night, which meant late movie night; Castiel and Dean sat together on the sofa with their hand tangled and heads touching, Anna and Raphael sat next to each other, Michael and Lucifer on the other side of Raphael constantly arguing over which movies were better and last but not least, Gabriel who sat on the floor with a mountain of candy in his lap slapping anyone's hand who tried to steal it.

"Gabriel, you shouldn't eat candy at night, it will be bad for your teeth." said Michael watching his brother devour candy bar after candy bar.

"I always take good care for my teeth. They're perfect, see?" he grinned.

"Oh gross, Gabriel! You've got chocolate on your teeth!" said Anna making a disgusted face, Gabriel snuck his tongue out at her and she rolled her eyes at him.

After two in the morning, they were all sleepy and had just finished watching all of the Indiana Jones films. Michael, Anna and Lucifer had already retired to their own rooms, Castiel was resting his head on Dean's chest but soon left the living room, Raphael kept poking Gabriel to wake up.

"Whaaaaa" he waved a hand shooing whomever was poking his cheek.

"Gabriel, get up and go to bed."

"Noooo, 'm fineeee." Raphael sighed and went to the kitchen to grab a glass of water. Gabriel hadn't moved when he returned, Raphael emptied the cold water on top of Gabriel's head making the younger boy open his eyes and curse at him.

"I warned you." Raphael chuckled, Gabriel glared at him but got up and stumbling like a drunkie made it to his room. Once he closed his door, he let himself drop on the bed instantly falling asleep.

.o0O* MORNING *O0o.

"Mikie! Make it stop!"

"Stay still, Gabriel, let me see well." Gabriel stopped moving and crossed his arms. "Alright, I shall schedule you an appointment with the dentist."

"What?! Why?!"

"You have a cavity, I told you not to consume too many sweets. Do you even brush after eating sweets?"

"Yes! Well…I forgot to last night… and I may have forgotten a few other nights but yes, I take good care of my teeth."

"Oh, is that why you have a cavity? I am calling your dentist."

"Noooo, no, no, no, no, I hate him! He won't let me eat candy!"

"You have a cavity, Gabriel, you should not be allowed to have any sweets at all."

"But, they keep me alive and happy." he pouted and Michael ignored it.

"Go get ready, I shall make you an appointment for today." Michael left Gabriel's room and headed downstairs.

"It doesn't look too bad, does it, Cassie?"

"I am not going to look inside your mouth, Gabriel, that's disgusting."

"But!"

"No, and you heard Michael, get ready."

"I will not go to the dentist, that man is evil." Castiel sighed and walked out the door, Gabriel ran to lock it and jumped in his bed throwing the covers over him as he curled into a ball and only his face peeked through it.

Michael succeeded getting Gabriel a dentist appointment for that same day at ten in the morning. It would have been helpful if the boy would unlock his door to leave and get there early but that wasn't happening.

"Gabriel, open this door right now!" Michael was banging on the door.

"NO! GO AWAY, I AM NOT GOING!" he yelled still curled up in his bed.

"I swear, he is such a kid sometimes." Lucifer shook his head.

"Very well, I will break this door."

"Noooo! Don't break my door!"

"Then open it!"

"Never!" Michael sighed already exasperated, he kicked the door open causing Gabriel to jump. "Get up, Gabriel."

"No." he crossed his arms. Lucifer came in and picked up Gabriel carrying him over his shoulder. "Put me down!"

"Are you going to get dressed so we can go?"

"Yes." he sighed.

"Good, or else we'll drag you all the way to the car." Lucifer let him down.

"Fine, I'll get dressed, please get out."

"No, get dressed right now. I will not wait any longer, Gabriel." said Michael still angry. Gabriel sighed and picked an outfit out of his closet.

The drive to the dentist clinic took about ten minutes and they made it in time despite Gabriel refusing to get in the car or getting out, which resulted in Michael carrying him over his shoulder inside and the humiliation of younger kids staring at him.

"Gabriel, please behave, you are sixteen."

"I hate the dentist!" And Gabriel had a certain right to do so since Dr. Kripke had prohibited him to have any types of sweets for a week until his next appointment to have the cavity filled, Gabriel nearly fainted when he heard that. Michael had assigned everyone to find every single piece of sweets they could find in the house and they were amazed at how much they found hidden in the library, Gabriel's room, the attic, the basement, the kitchen, inside the flower vases, in winter coats, closets and even in the bathroom… they ended up with a giant candy monster piled up in the living room. Gabriel nearly burst to tears when they put it all in a bag and threw it in the dumpster.

"No one, I mean no one, dare give him any sweets, understand?" said Michael in a firm tone.

"Yes, Michael." said all at once.

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Etiquette tests started on Monday and Gabriel had never been more relieved to have that class because that day he would be allowed to have petits fours, biscuits, fairy cakes, chocolate covered cherries and as much sugar as he could possibly put in his tea. What Gabriel did not imagine was that he had been deferred from taking the test since Michael had called the school asking to please avoid giving him sweets. Dean and Sam had been warned by Castiel and Balthazar, and before he knew, the entire school felt the responsibility of avoiding giving him sweets because they loved their little Trickster and wanted him to stop hurting, even Becky who found his puppy eyes irresistible had literally sobbed because she could not give him any sweets.

Balthazar was a cruel person to Gabriel, teasing him by eating candy bars in front of him and laughing when Gabriel asked him to share; he would unwrap another candy bar eating it in slow motion and closing his eyes as if to express the joy of the sweet and silky chocolate melting on his tongue. Castiel would scold Balthazar for teasing his brother and Dean would call him a dick, in the end, Balthazar had been kicked out of the table and Gabriel just wanted to avoid him.

"But he is so adorable, just look at those eyes!" said a girl standing with Jo and Lelaina, Gabriel had tried his puppy eyes on everyone but everyone refused to give him any sweets.

"No, Emma, do not let those eyes fool you! Just look away." said Jo.

"But…those eyes," she squealed, "too adorable!"

"Emma, come on, it's for his own good. I know he's adorable but if you give him sweets he'll keep hurting." said Lelaina pulling Emma to leave, Gabriel stood there pouting. "Emma, come on!" Emma finally moved her eyes from Gabriel and walked away from Gabriel. He leaned against the wall and slid down to the cool marble floor dragging his knees close to his chest and rested his head on his knees with a very unhappy expression.

"Gabriel, what are you doing there?" Sam was passing by and saw a very depressed Gabriel sitting on the floor like the whole world had suddenly ended. When he didn't respond, Sam walked over to him and sat next to him, Gabriel sighed but didn't look at him. "Um.. Are you okay, Gabe?" Gabriel nodded. Sam sat there with Gabriel not knowing what to do so they were both silent for a long time until Gabriel turned his head to him.

"It doesn't hurt anymore." he still looked depressed.

"Um…that's, that's good." Sam gave Gabriel a sincere smile.

"But they won't let me have sweets."

"They just care for you."

"I don't want them to." he was going to try his puppy eyes on Sam.

"Are you seriously going to try that on me?"

"Is it working?"

"No."

"But Sammy…"

"No, Gabriel, it's for your own good."

"They're lying, it isn't for my own good. I need them, please…"

"No, Castiel and Dean warned me about this, it's not gonna work."

"Please…"

"No!" Sam looked away from those puppy eyes. Gabriel curled himself again holding his knees tightly, his eyes were now glassy and Sam could see he was probably going to cry. "Please don't, Gabriel." he looked at Gabriel with a frown.

"Go away, Sam."

"Gabriel…"

"Go away." Sam sighed and reached into his pocket. "you better not tell anyone." Gabriel looked at Sam who opened his hand in front of him holding in his palm a Hershey's kiss. Gabriel looked at Sam as if he had lost his mind for giving him candy but Sam smiled at him and so he did too taking the kiss from his hand.

"I won't." Gabriel felt butterflies in his stomach seeing Sam smiling at him like that, he put the kiss in his pocket being careful not to crush it and Sam stood up to leave. "Thank you, Sam."

"Just be careful, okay?" Gabriel nodded and watched him disappear up the stairs. He sat there for a while feeling the small chocolate in his pocket and decided to never eat it. And that is how Gabriel got his first kiss from his secret crush.

The week passed by slowly for Gabriel but he survived his depression because he had something that gave him a small smile when he felt the world against him. He did not exaggerate when he told them that sweets kept him alive and happy, and they had only noticed that after a few hours of coming back from the dentist and throughout the week; he never joked around any longer, never smiled, never came out of his room and what was worst and worried them…he had not played any tricks on them which they missed even if they did not admit it. Castiel could feel how depressed his brother was but also understood if Gabriel had it his way it would be disastrous.

"Gabriel…" Castiel sat next to his brother who lay in bed staring at nothing with a blank expression. He did not look at Castiel, did not even acknowledge his presence. "Gabriel…" Castiel slightly shook him but he didn't respond. "Gabriel, what is wrong? Gabriel?" the boy did not look at him. "Gabriel? Please talk to me…" Castiel sat there for a while in silence then he lay next to his brother who turned to look at him for the first time since Castiel had come in, he blinked and clung to Castiel and his brother held him tightly for a long time without speaking a word to each other until they fell asleep. Michael came up to Gabriel's room later in the night to check on them and found them still asleep holding each other, he hadn't seen them doing that in a long time since they had gotten their own rooms a few years ago. He took a blanket out of the closet and extended it over them.

.o0O*APOINTMENT…DAY*O0o.

"Alright, Gabriel. That is all, just remember to brush your teeth twice or three times per day and control yourself with all those sweets, boy." said Dr. Kripke, Gabriel snarled at him claiming he was completely capable of controlling himself but Michael seemed to find that humorous.

"Do I at least get any candy for this?" he raised an eyebrow at the doctor who simply laughed.

"No, but if you want a sticker, you can have one." Gabriel smiled.

"What kind of sticker?"

"Here, pick one." he handed Gabriel a small container with thousands of stickers.

"You have The Avengers stickers!" he smiled even wider. "Ooh Loki." he picked the sticker from the container and held it close to examine it. "I'll keep this one." he took his mobile from his pocket and placed the sticker on the back of it.

"Oh, hello you bastard." said Gabriel to his cousin Balthazar as he sat down at their table in the lunchroom.

"Gabe, my dear cousin, that is hurtful." he placed a hand over his heart with a frown.

"You deserve it!" Gabriel slapped Balthazar across the face, his cousin looked at him surprised.

"Ow, now what was that for?" he returned the slap.

"Ow, for being a great big bag of dicks." he slapped Balthazar again.

"Owie, stop it, I was joking." another slap for Gabriel.

"Ow, it wasn't funny!" another slap for Balthazar.

"I didn't mean it thought. Why are you such a baby?" another slap for Gabriel.

"What can I say? I'm sentimental!" he slapped Balthazar again.

"I'm sorry!" he slapped Gabriel.

"Alright, fine!" he slapped Balthazar again.

"Why are we still slapping each other?!" Balthazar was about to reach for Gabriel's cheek but Gabriel moved to the side. They rubbed a palm on their cheeks which were red and handprints on it. Then they turned to see everyone sitting with them staring at them like they were two kids.

"What?" they shrugged at the same time, Dean started laughing, Castiel shook his head and everyone else simply rolled their eyes at them or said they were childish but they were all happy to see their Trickster happy and smiling again. The bell announced for classes to start again, Gabriel stood up with a lollipop in his mouth singing at the top of his lungs.

"I whip my hair back and forth! I whip my hair back and forth! I whip my hair back and forth!" while he actually did whip his hair back and forth and girls around him giggled.

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