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I'm feelin' okay this mornin'
And you know,
We're on the road to paradise
Here we go, here we go
Road To Nowhere – Talking Heads

Dean woke the next morning to the sound of the door of the motel room closing, rolling over he saw that Cas wasn't in his bed. In fact Cas' bed was made, who made motel beds? But that didn't matter. What mattered was finding out where Cas had gone. Not that the guy was his responsibility but he didn't like the idea of such a trusting guy walking around alone. With that Dean pulled himself out of bed and threw on some jeans before heading toward the motel door and pulling it open. Blinking at the brightness of the sun his eyes finally adjusted to see Cas standing next to a douchey car with a short blond haired guy, a guy whose eyes had turned to him as soon as he opened the door and seemed to light up somehow. Hell to Dean it had seemed as if they had glowed but that was ridiculous right? People's eyes did not glow gold for christ's sake. Shaking his head he crossed his arms and leaned against the doorframe as the blond guy, who guessed was Gabriel, made his way over to him.

Gabriel had arrived at the motel in a 'borrowed' car. He was actually starting to look forward to this pretence he would have to do for Dean. He had watched humans a long time and he knew that in his role as big brother he could put Dean through hell. And that thought alone really brightened up his day. That human had been a pain in his ass for a long time. Only fair that he got to return the favour a little right?

Castiel on the other hand really wanted Gabriel to just give him the stuff and go. He did not think Dean and Gabriel together would be a good mix. He knew his brother and he certainly didn't like the look he had in his eyes. Especially how that look increased to the extent that Gabriel's eyes flashed when Castiel heard the door open behind him. He knew that Dean was standing there, he just hoped that he hadn't seen his brothers display. Turning with an inward frown he followed Gabriel as he made his way over to Dean.

"Dean this is my brother Gabriel. Gabriel this is Dean Winchester." Castiel said cautiously wondering how this was going to go. It was one thing to ask Gabriel to play at being human but to expect him to actually pull it off was another thing entirely.

"Gabriel it's a pleasure to meet you. Cas has told me a lot about you." Dean said with a smile and holding out his hand for the other man to shake. After just looking at it with a raised eyebrow for a second to long Gabriel grabbed Dean's hand in a firm grip and shook it.

"Cas? Oh yes, Cas has told me so much about you to. But I digress. Cas, maybe you should take your bag inside to make sure I have packed everything you need. I'm sure Dean-o here can keep me company for a bit." Gabriel said with a smirk and emphasising his brother's new nickname every time he used it. Oh yes this was already fun.

"Sure." Dean agreed easily nodding when Castiel hesitated. He guessed Gabriel wanted to have a big brother talk and he wanted to know a bit more about these guys so it was kinda a kill two birds with one stone situation in his mind.

Castiel glared at Gabriel but he could think of no reason not to do as he had suggested and as such made his way inside with only a muttered "behave" to his brother through their angelic connection.

"So Dean-o. Just wanted to say, you hurt my brother and I'll kill you." Gabriel said with a smile on his lips, yes that sounded good and human big brothery.

"I've no plans to hurt him Gabriel, but what you doing letting him go out alone with his condition?" Dean asked instantly going on the offensive.

"He's a grown ass man. Not like I could stop him." Gabriel replied in the same tone of voice making Dean run a hand through his hair. He didn't want to argue with this guy.

"Okay fine. So is there anything I need to know?" He asked quietly, not wanting Castiel to hear what he and Gabriel were discussing, it seemed wrong somehow but there were things Dean needed to know.

"Such as?" Gabriel asked with a chuckle. He could read Dean's mind with ease and he really wanted to tell him that Castiel could hear his every word. Angles had exceptional hearing after all.

"His likes, dislikes, allergies?" at that last Dean cringed he sounded like a friggin' babysitter, but it had to done he guessed.

"No allergies, and as for his likes and dislikes I'm sure he let you know when he knows." Gabriel smirked in reply and the leaned into the room. "Castiel, I'm leaving now, so play nicely you two." And with that and a wave Gabriel headed back to his 'borrowed' car, got in and drove away, but not before blaring out a fan fare on the horn which was sure to wake all the guests at the damn motel, if not the flipping town.

Castiel had taken his bag inside but he kept his ears trained on the conversation happening at the door as he pretended to go through it. Though in truth he wasn't exactly sure what humans needed expect the stuff he had seen Dean use the previous evening. He just hoped he didn't need Gabriel to bring him anything else. Upon Gabriel's threat to Dean he closed his eyes and groaned at his brother. Why was he having so much fun playing this part? Surely as an angel he should be above threatening humans, even if they did annoy him by refusing the angels plans for them. With sigh at the situation he stuck his head back inside the bag to find that Gabriel had left him something that he hadn't thought he would need. In fact the idea of it had never crossed his mind. In the background he vaguely heard his brother leave but he was too busy staring at what he had found to pay much attention.

"So Cas, everything there that you need?" Dean asked closing the door quickly after Gabriel's exit, hoping they could pretend he had nothing to do with them and turning to the other man in the room only to find him holding a massive roll of cash.

"Whoa, what the hell Cas?" he asked his eyes going wide.

"It seems my brother felt that I would need it." Castiel replied still looking at the money and wondering what to do with it. He had no real concept of commerce, oh he knew the theory, but actually buying things? That was a foreign idea to him. With that he realised what he should do.

"Here." He said holding the roll out to Dean whose eyes went wider, if that was possible, and held up his hands taking a step back from the money.

"Hold on there Cas. I'm not taking your money." He said defensively though his eyes never left the roll.

"I have no use for it Dean and I am travelling with you. So it would only make sense that you have the money." Castiel said reasonably. It made perfect sense to him.

At that Dean frowned. Yeah okay, it may be logical that he take the money, but he couldn't spend Cas' money, it wasn't right.

"You can use it to pay my half of the expenses and then keep the rest for me if you prefer." Castiel said when Dean still didn't speak. He did not understand why Dean was so reluctant to take it. It was after all, only money.

Dean heard Cas' words and when the other man didn't lower the cash no matter how long Dean was silent he realised that Cas wasn't going to take no for an answer and so with great reluctance he took the roll.

"Okay, I keep it safe for you." He muttered.

After that sentence the strangest thing happened. It wasn't the smile that appeared on Castiel's face as if he had just done something miraculous. Or his "thank you Dean." said in his low voice. No the strange thing was Dean's reaction to them both. The smile and voice combined seemed to do some very strange things to Dean's insides. Things he really didn't want to dwell on in connection to his travelling companion thank you very much. Even if he did find himself staring into said companions so very blue eyes.