Hello again. So here's another chapter for you all today, enjoy.

Disclaimer: I don't own Supernatural.

Kali lasted until midday with her I don't need to know policy. But by then she was driving herself crazy with possibilities at what is was Gabriel was doing and where… and with how. (Now don't be silly, he loves you and would never cheat.) As such with a shake of her head at her own stupidity she made her way to Angel Books next door, startling Charlie when she made the bell ring as she opened the door.

"Kali, hey what's up?" Charlie asked when she saw who her latest customer was.

"Charlie, I was actually hoping to have a word with Castiel if he is around." Kali replied still standing by the door, as much as she liked Charlie and they got on she really wasn't in the mood to talk to anyone at present. Well expect Castiel it seemed.

"Sorry, you just missed him. Dean came by and was saying something about taking him on a romantic picnic. Course I pointed out it was raining, but it seemed that the place Dean had in his mind for a picnic was indoors if you get my meaning." Charlie said with a wink at the other woman, but when Kali didn't really respond a frown appeared on Charlie's forehead.

"Umm, yes I do. Okay, well maybe I'll catch him tomorrow." Kali replied turning to leave when Charlie spoke again.

"You alright Kali?" She asked gently.

"I'm fine Charlie, just fine." Kali responded with a nod and a forced smile on her face as she left the store to return to her own.

"Okay." Charlie replied frowning at the back of the woman as she made her way back out of the store. What had Gabriel done now? (Been a complete and utter stupid idiot.) Because she wasn't stupid, the look in Kali's eyes was one of heartbreak.

Kali spent the rest of the day working on autopilot. She couldn't tell you what she had done that day, or what she had agreed to. But anyway by that evening she somehow found herself back in her apartment. Once there the first thing she did was make her way to the fridge and pull out a bottle of wine. She had spent the day thinking. Okay, so Gabriel had gone off without telling her and she was definitely going to rip him a new one for it. But maybe he had thought that he had told her? (Sorry, but no, well yes now what with his letter, but you know what I mean.) It seemed he had arranged everything else, cover for The Bakery and stuff, so maybe he just forgot that he hadn't said anything to her. In which case, this evening she would expect him to call her and tell her how his day (doing whatever it was he was doing) went. She could yell at him when he made the call, but being forgetful was not a reason to end a relationship. So she would give him a second chance, though she would expect many make-up presents from him. With this reasoning in her head she made her way to her sofa with the open bottle of wine and her cell phone, placing both on the coffee table as she got comfy and poured herself a glass of wine as she sat and waited for Gabriel to call. (Oh honey. I feel so mean.)

Gabriel had just finished his meal at the restaurant and was contemplating leaving to get his cell from the hotel before he made his way to Shiva's so they could talk when the seat opposite him was suddenly filled by the man himself.

"I was just about to leave to come and visit you." Gabriel said in a conversational tone as he sat back and smiled at the man who was so soon to become his boss, and he hoped his father-in-law one day soon.

"Well that would have been rather pointless as I'm here." Shiva replied with a smile of his own at the man across from him. He really did wonder what he was doing here, and what he was doing here alone.

"So I see." Gabriel responded with a smirk.

"Did you enjoy your dinner?" Shiva asked, yes he had other questions he wanted answering, but this one was just important in his mind.

"It was good, though dessert could be improved." Gabriel replied honestly. Desserts had never been Shiva's thing as they were for Gabriel.

"Is that so? How?" Shiva asked leaning forwards, forgetting all about his other questions for the moment in the hopes of getting some insight from the man he knew could be the world's best dessert chef if he put his mind to it.

"Uh-uh. Not telling. But I will say that when I come work here I'll sort it out for you." Gabriel replied smirking even more and crossing his arms. At that Shiva sat back and raised his eyebrow at the man across from him.

"You are coming to work for me then?" He asked causally.

"Well I imagine that this is the place my intensive training to take over your business will happen." Gabriel replied with a shrug not answering the question directly.

"Very true. So am I to take that as your acceptance of my business proposition?" Shiva asked fed up with beating around the bush with Gabriel, he wanted a direct answer from him, now.

"Yeah it is." Gabriel replied with a true smile on his lips. Yeah working here would be good. Taking over from Shiva would be very good. In all honesty he couldn't wait to get started. Not that he was going to tell the other man that fact.

"Good." Shiva said with a nod sitting back himself and watching Gabriel from across the table as the other questions he had returned to his mind. "Why are you here alone Gabriel?" He asked breaking the silence that had descended between them.

"There's things here I need to do alone." Gabriel replied seriously turning to look at Shiva.

"And does Kali know that and accept it?" Shiva asked, because he was pretty sure that his daughter would not let Gabriel do what he was doing alone no matter what the man across from him said or thought.

"I left her a note." Gabriel replied with a shrug no longer looking at Shiva as if he knew that the man was about to berate him for his treatment of his daughter.

"A note? Tell me Gabriel, did you learn nothing over the last 15 years?" Shiva asked in complete disbelief. Because there was no way that he was that stupid, was there? (Umm, yes.) I mean really? (Yes.) A note from him to kali? (Yes.) Was he insane? (Probably, yes.) Did he want to lose her? (Definitely noooo.)

"What? This one explained everything." Gabriel defended. There was nothing wrong with what he had done. At least that was what he was telling himself, even if he was starting to have doubts in the face of Shiva's disbelief.

"And tell me why could you not do that in person?" Shiva demanded.

"Cos she would have wanted to come with me." Gabriel replied with the answer that they both knew to be the truth.

"And what is wrong with that idea?" Shiva asked puzzled by Gabriel.

"This is my family, my problem Shiva. I'm not giving Michael any chance of going after Kali." Gabriel replied with a tired voice. He didn't want to have to explain this to the man across from him.

"Last we spoke like this, face to face, it was just after you had asked my daughter to marry you. Are you still planning on asking her that question again?" Shiva asked taking a different direction to see if he could knock some sense into the Gabriel.

"Yes." Gabriel replied without thought. Of course he wanted to marry kali, she was his life.

"Then it is not just your family Gabriel, it is hers too." Shiva said in a gentle voice as if he understood the other man completely.

"It's not that simple Shiva." Gabriel tried to say, but even he could start to see the other side of this situation, and how Kali will react to what he had done. Which would not be good. (No, it isn't.)

"Yes Gabriel, it is." With that Shiva got up from the table leaving Gabriel with his own thoughts. It took a while but finally Gabriel realised that he has been an idiot. Again. (Thank you god. He's seen the light.) With that realisation he quickly got up from the table leaving a pile of money on it for his meal, before quickly making his way back to his hotel. He had a phone call to make and some grooving to start.

But when he got back to the hotel he couldn't find his cell anywhere, he must have left the damn thing back in his apartment. He tried to think of a way to be able to contact Kali but he drew a blank. It wasn't like he had her number memorised, though as soon as he got home it was the first thing he was going to do so this never happened again. With a sigh he pulled all the little bottles from the mini bar and slumped down on the couch in his room. If he couldn't talk to Kali, he might as well get slightly drunk. Though not too much, tomorrow he had the joys of talking to his brother after all, though you never know, that conversation may well go better if Gabriel was still inebriated. (I doubt it darling.)