Hello again my darlings. Well here's the next one. Enjoy.

Disclaimer: I don't own Supernatural.

Gabriel had been nervous all day. It was one thing to agree to go and talk to Kali but quite another to actually do it. I mean yes he wanted to talk to her, he loved her. But he was kinda unsure about how she would react to him. Nor had he decided what he was going to say. It was with these thoughts that he made his way to the store next to his brothers.

He stood for a minute outside the building, taking a deep breath and checking his reflection in the window before he pushed open the door of the store. Walking in he couldn't spot Kali or Shiva, but he did see Irv.

"hey Kali round?" He asked trying to force a smile onto his face that didn't make him look as nervous as he felt, though he didn't think he had succeeded very well considering the look of sympathy Irv gave him.

"She's in the back with her father." Irv replied.

"Thanks." And with that Gabriel took another deep breath and made his way to the office in the back.

Kali and Shiva where going over some paper work in her office, not that she could concentrate. Her father had told her that Gabriel was coming round today and as such she had made sure she looked her best. With that thought she glanced into the screen of her turned off laptop to check her hair. Not that she cared if Gabriel saw her looking a mess honestly. (Don't lie girly.)

Shiva watched his daughter with an amused smile on his lips as she checked her reflection for the fifth time in as many minutes. He knew that Gabriel would think she looked beautiful no matter what, but at least it showed she cared what he thought. (Oh she does really.)

Gabriel stood in the doorway for half a second just watching Kali, it seemed she was checking how she looked, and to Gabriel, she had never looked better. When she turned back to the papers in front of her he raised his hand and rapped out a jaunty knock on the open door making both Shiva and Kali look up at him.

Kali heard the knock and looked up to see Gabriel leaning in the doorway looking as sexy as ever. Not that she was thinking about that, but from a purely theoretical stand point he was a very attractive man. But he was still Gabriel. With that thought she got up from her seat and walked round the desk until she was standing in front of him. No one had said a word, all waiting to see her response to his presence here. Once she reached him she raised her hand and slapped him across the face. Then folded her arms and stared at him. (Oops.)

Gabriel raised his hand to his cheek, damn that woman had a swing, before he smirked at her and spoke.

"Yeah I probably deserved that." He said. (Yeah I think you probably did.)

"You're an idiot Gabriel." Kali spat at him.

"True." Gabriel agreed, he really was sometimes, and right now he would agree with anything she said about him. "To which of my idiot-ness-es are you referring?" he asked crossing his arms and still smirking at her.

"You should have told me and given me the choice to go with you or not." Kali growled out at him making Gabriel lean his head back and stare up at the ceiling as if he was asking god for patience before turning to Shiva.

"You told her then." He said conversationally to the other man who had taken the seat his daughter had vacated and sat back to watch the show.

"Did you really think I wouldn't?" Shiva asked with the raise of his eyebrows. Surely Gabriel wasn't that stupid. (He's not.)

"No." Gabriel sighed. He knew that Shiva would tell her deep down. He had just hoped he wouldn't.

"I am still here you know." Kali said crossly into the room bringing the eyes of both men back to her.

"I know Kali. I could never forget you were here. I so sorry for-" Gabriel started to say with completely honesty in his voice and nothing else. No tricks or sweet words, just the truth.

"Stop with the sorry's Gabriel. Words are cheap." Kali replied holding up her hand to accent her point, which probably wasn't the best plan as Gabriel reached out and grabbed it, holding it between both of his own as he looked into her eyes.

"Tell me what I can do to show you. Name it. Anything in my power I'll do for you Kali." Gabriel begged. He would do anything to get her back.

"I told you to leave me alone." Kali grumbled distractedly, not looking at him but rather at the image of her hand sandwiched between both of his. Concentrating on the feeling of his skin against hers. It was strange. It had been so many years since he had held her hand, and yet it was as if her body remembered him. His skin was the same, but not. It was still soft and warm, but it had more cuts and burns now. And his hands looked older. But they were still his hands.

"I said anything within my power. Leaving you alone isn't." Gabriel replied gently raising one of his hands to her chin and turning her head up until there eyes met and for a second they just stared at each other, no barriers, no past to cloud there mind, just the feelings they had for the other reflected in their eyes. But then the moment was gone and Kali moved her chin from his hand with a toss of her hair before she spoke.

"God you're annoying." She said, but there was no fire in it. It was more a statement that an accusation, and she didn't remove her hand from his.

"I know. How about I buy you a drink?" Gabriel asked smiling at her behaviour. He was over the moon that he still had Kali's hand in his. If only he could stay like this forever, he would be happy.

"It's going to take more than a drink Gabriel." Kali replied turning back to look at him, her defences up once more.

"What is?" Gabriel asked with fake innocence.

"Getting me to forgive you." Kali replied narrowly her eyes at him.

"Okay. But it's a place to start." Gabriel replied, trying to smirk at her but instead a genuine smile appeared on his face. She was contemplating forgiving him. There was hope. He could get her back. He would win her back.

"Fine. I'll go for a drink with you but get this into your head Gabriel, this is not a Date." Kali said pointing her finger at him with her free hand.

"Of course not. It's just two ex-lovers having a drink together." Gabriel smirked in reply, holding tight to her hand when she tried to whip it out of his.

"Gabriel." She snapped at him.

"What? It's the truth." He said with a shrug before turning back to arranging there not date. "So tonight good for you?" He asked with his most winning smile.

"No." Kali replied. There was no way she was ready to go out for a drink with Gabriel tonight. For a start she had no idea what she would wear. No she needed time to plan and organise.

"How about tomorrow?" Gabriel asked making his eyes go wide and doing his best puppy dog impression. He had been practising it ever since he had seen how well it worked on Dean when Cas did it. He just hoped it had the same effect on Kali.

"Fine." Kali sighed in reply rolling her eyes at Gabriel's pitiful look.

"Excellent. I'll pick you up at 7." Gabriel said smiling like the cat who had just won a whole vat of cream.

"This isn't a date Gabriel I can meet you there." Kali tried to argue, though she knew it was a lost cause. She just wanted Gabriel to realise it really wasn't a date. (Really? You really believe that?)

"I am well aware this isn't a date Kali, but what kind of gentleman would I be if I let you make your own way to meet me?" Gabriel asked in an affronted voice putting his free hand over his heart.

"Fine. 7 it is." Kali replied with a shake of her head at the man. Damn him. He always managed to get his own way where she was concerned.

"Great." Gabriel said and before she could think to react he pulled her closer to him by their joined hands and kissed her gently on the cheek before whispering into her ear, "It's a date."

With that Gabriel made a hasty retreat before Kali got over the shock of what he had just done and slapped him again, or did something worse. (Yeah, I think it would be much worse don't you?)

Kali just stood there in the doorway in shock, she slowly raised her hand to the cheek that Gabriel had kissed and placed it over the area that was still tingling from the feel of his lips against her skin and she knew, she was in deep shit now. Damn the bloody man for being nigh on irresistible. But be that as it may, she would make him work for it. she had the strength to do that, even if she no longer had the strength to say no forever, she could and would say it for a little while longer. (You do that dear. Make him work to get you back.)