Hello my lovelies. I would like to thank rainystv for the lovely review. I would also like to say sorry for the long time for this update. My brain has been refusing to play ball and I was having a serious Case of writers block. But this morning while in the bath I had an epiphany about how I was going to get this story to where I wanted it to go. So here we are, and I'm back baby.

Now I would also like to say that I won't be updating much in August (if this story isn't finished by then) as I have holidays and stuff. I am trying to get this done by then, and for those of you wondering how I will get through everything that needs to be finished by August I think I should say that there will be one more instalment in the series which will consist of a collection of short stories and one-shots to finish everything off and answer all questions, so never fear.

Anyway enough from me, here's the next chapter, enjoy.

Disclaimer: I don't own Supernatural.

Kali woke alone in Gabriel's bed, not that this worried her. She was usually the last up, even on Gabriel's rare days off he was up and out of bed before her. It seemed 15 years of having to get up a four had programed him to think a lie-in was until about 7 in the morning. (Crazy man.) So anyway as she usually did she pulled herself out of bed and threw on some causal clothes and went down to the kitchen of The Bakery below where she hoped to be able to get a coffee and a breakfast pastry of some sort from Gabriel, and maybe a good morning kiss. She made sure that the door wouldn't lock behind her, she still didn't have a key and she didn't like pulling Gabriel away from his baking to open it for her again. She had learnt that that was one way to annoy Gabriel on a previous morning. And so anyway without a care in the world she made her way down to the kitchen, humming One Direction under her breath, damn she was going to kill Gabriel for getting that in her head. But still thinking of the song did bring the memory of Gabriel and his friend's karaoke on the street, which now she was looking back with the love of her life as hers, she could see was actually highly entertaining. It never failed to bring a smile to her lips remembering Gabriel's very dodgy dancing. (Oh me too honey, me too.)

And so she wasn't really paying much attention as she made her way to the kitchen, if she had been, and maybe if she had had her morning coffee to wake her, she would have noticed that Gabriel's jacket was missing, and the sounds from the room which she was heading for were very different to the ones she would hear when he was in there. For a start the music was classical. But she didn't, therefore when she walked through the doorway a smile and a morning greeting on her lips for her lover she was taken by extreme surprise to find that instead of Gabriel moving round the kitchen there was an older woman.

"What are you doing here?" She asked before she could think of trying to rephrase that more politely. At her question the woman turned round with a frown on her face, which quickly melted into a massive and rather maternal smile at the sight of her.

"You must be Kali. I must say that Gabriel does have good taste in women, you are without doubt the most gorgeous creature I have ever laid eyes on. And from what I have heard, you have a personality to match. I'm so glad I get this chance to get to know you without that trickster of a boyfriend of yours around. Oh listen to me rambling on, no doubt you have just woken, here these croissants are just out of the oven and I'll go get you a coffee. Be back in a mo." With that speech the woman turned and left the room, and left Kali standing there with her mouth open at what had just happened. Cos she sure had a lot of questions. The first being who in the hell was that woman? (You'll find out soon-ish.) What was she doing here? (Again find out soon my dear, I promise.) And where on earth was Gabriel? (Ah, umm, yeah. Can I get back to you on that one?)

"Here we are, just how you like it." The woman returned handing Kali a mug of streaming coffee.

"Who are you?" Kali asked completely confused by the whole thing.

"Oh how rude of me. I'm Missouri. Gabriel asked me to cover for him while he's away." Missouri answered with a gentle smile for the confused woman, she had a feeling that Gabriel may have neglected to tell where he was going and why to not just her, but everyone else in his life too. How very Gabriel of him. (So very true. He is an idiot. Just in case anyone had forgotten.)

"Away? Where's he gone?" Kali asked with wide eyes starting to panic. What was going on? (Well know that is a question. Promise it will be alright, in the end.)

"He didn't tell me that my dear, sorry. But he did say he would be gone a couple of days." Missouri replied putting her hand on Kali's arm in the hopes of being able to offer the girl comfort while internally shaking her head at the stupidity of the boy she had helped to raise.

"Right." With that Kali turned and walked back out of the kitchen in a daze. Because Gabriel wasn't there, he had gone, and no one knew where he was or when he would return.

Missouri just watched the shocked Kali leave. There was nothing she could do after all, at least not right now. When Gabriel returned she could berate him for his thoughtlessness. Though considering where she suspected he had gone and what she thought he was planning on doing there she knew she wouldn't be able to be too hard on the boy. But he really had to start thinking about that lovely woman or he would lose her again. And it would serve him right. With that she turned back to her baking, getting the products ready for the store to open in an hour.

Kali made it up to the apartment before the mug in her hands slipped from her grip and smashed on the floor as the realisation hit her that Gabriel had left her once again. With that she found herself having to use the wall to keep her upright and her breathing became erratic as the feelings washed over her, that it had happened again, that she had let him into her heart and how it was breaking all over again, and that voice which had lived in the back of her mind for so long was suddenly at the forefront of it taunting her with I told you so's. (No, he's coming back, I promise.)

Kali didn't know how long she stayed there like that. She only knew that somehow she had ended up sitting down on the floor, her back against the wall and her knees drawn up to her chest as tears coursed down her cheeks. She had no idea what she had been thinking in that time, but when she came back to herself she did know two things. One gave her hope and the other the strength she needed to fight. The two things she knew were, one that Gabriel would never leave without telling Castiel where it was he had gone, and two, that if he had truly left her for good she could and would survive. She wouldn't let Gabriel Novak destroy her this time. No this time she would stand tall, and not let anything affect her. But the woman downstairs had said that he would only be gone for a couple of days for god's sake, she could get her answers from him then. No need to let anyone else know how pathetic she was just because Gabriel hadn't told her he was going away for a few days.

With that she stood and went to have a shower and get dressed. Once done she collected the few things she had around the apartment that she would need to take back to her own and pulled the door closed behind her making sure it locked. And then she made her way stately down the stairs and out the back door to her car so she could drive round to her store and start her working day. And throughout all of this she didn't notice the cell sticking out from under the sofa or the corner of the envelope sticking out from behind the table.