Hello my darlings. Okay um, wow, this kinda snuck up on me but apparently my mind has decided that this is the last chapter. But don't worry there is to be another story in this series which will be a series of one shots about all these lovely people's lives. Therefore if there is any scenes you'd like to see then feel free to send me a prompt. I can't promise I will write every prompt I get I will do what I can.
Anyway I would like to thank all you lovely people who have reviewed throughout this story and stayed with me until the sweet end. I would also like to thank those of you who have followed and favoured this. You are all awesome and I love you all so much for the support throughout this series.
I will post another chapter when I post the first part of the new story as I'm not sure when it will be due to the craziness of this month. Anyway can't wait to hear from you all about what you want me to write about. And thank you once again.
Anyway here we are, last chapter, enjoy my darlings, enjoy.
Disclaimer: I don't own Supernatural.
Gabriel returned mid-afternoon, all he wanted to do was sit down with a drink and his Kali. He was tired and stressed and he just hoped that his chat with Michael did the trick, if not he was going to have to do some serious work to sort out his god damn family. Walking wearily through the front door of The Bakery he was confronted with not Missouri being all motherly but Kali glaring at him Castiel frowning and Dean looking at him in surprise. When he saw those looks he closed his eyes and ran his hand through his hair before taking a deep breath and turning to look at them speaking before any of them could get a word in.
"If you want to berate or yell at me that's fine, but can we please do it up stairs where I can have a whiskey in hand?" With that he turned to the back of The Bakery and made his way to the stairs leading to his apartment above smiling at Missouri and offering his thanks as he pasted her. Missouri sensibly didn't comment on what had been going on here, she thought that Kali and Castiel would be much better at dealing with Gabriel's silly idiocies than she would. With that she went back to her work.
Once they got to the apartment Gabriel headed straight to the whiskey and poured himself a good amount and downed it in one before pouring another that he would sip leisurely.
"That bad hu?" Dean asked from behind him obviously trying to dispel some of the tension in the room.
"Something like that. What's going on then?" Gabriel replied turning to the three who had followed him. Dean went and poured everyone a drink, he had a feeling they were going to need it, while Castiel sat on the couch and Kali stood opposite Gabriel with her arms crossed and fire in her eyes.
"Where have you been Gabriel?" She spat at him making him sigh and lean back against the side with a frown on his face.
"You know where, I told you in the letter." He replied after taking another deep breath, he really didn't want to be fighting right now, or ever really.
"Letter what letter?" she screeched making him frown, hadn't she got his letter? But…
"I left it on the table over there." He said gesturing at the table making Dean stand once more and go over to investigate, coming back with the letter Gabriel had written for Kali un-opened.
"It fell down the back." He said as way of explanation and held it out in-between the two people, not that Kali or Gabriel moved to take it, or removed their eyes from each other.
"Everything is in there Kali. I'm sorry I didn't tell you, but I thought I needed to do this alone. It wasn't until I had a chat with your father that I realised what a stupid idiot I had been thinking that. But then when I wanted to call to apologize I found that I didn't have my phone with me. And I'm sorry but I haven't yet memorised your number." He said in a weary voice, he knew it was no explanation but it was all he had.
At his words Kali found some of her ire retreating, but definitely not all. One thing she did know was that she was not going to let Gabriel get off the hook that easily.
"You should know by now not to leave things in letters Gabriel." she growled grabbing g the envelope from Dean and opening it, pulling out the two sheets of paper she started to read.
Once she finished it she sighed inwardly. Gabriel was right, everything was here, from how he was going to go and accept her father's job offer so that they could be together in New York and how he had got Missouri, the woman who was like a mother to him, to look after the bakery, to how he was also going to see his brother to try and get him to back off of Castiel so that he and Dean could come and visit them, and exactly what incentive he was going to use to do it. She couldn't fault it really, it was all there along with cheeky Gabriel comments and intersected with comments on his love for her. But still, she wasn't ready to let him off just yet. He needed to learn that he didn't have to do these things on his own, though from what he said her father had been making the same point. With that thought she looked up at him and for the first time took in his appearance with a frown.
"Is that an Armani suit?" she asked confused about why Gabriel, who as far as she was aware didn't wear suits that offend, though he had a few in his closet, was wearing it.
"Yeah well, when in Rome. Or when confront Michael Novak in his office, it's always best to blend in I find." Gabriel replied with a small smile at her that that was what she went with.
"I like it." Kali replied folding the letter back up and putting it back in the envelope.
"Good." Gabriel replied softly. He was wondering if she had forgiven him enough that he could go over there and give her a hug and kiss that he so desperately needed or if she would be more likely to slap him if he tried.
"You're wrong you know." Kali said looking up at him and he knew that no, going for that hug would not be a good plan right now.
"Wrong about what?" He asked warily, there was after all rather a lot it seems that he had been wrong about over his life time.
"There not your family. They may share your blood but that doesn't make them family." Kali stated simply looking at him.
"I know. This is my family. I sorry Kali, so sorry for not taking you with me, for not trusting you, for leaving 15 years ago. I'm so, so sorry." And as he spoke, Gabriel carefully took steps towards her so by the end of the sentence he was standing in front her, looking deep into her eyes, and looking at her he said the first and only thing that came into his head. "Marry me Kali, please, help me not be alone anymore. Trust me to never make the mistake of leaving you again."
Kali looked into his eyes and she could see no artifice, only truth and love shone from inside him. He was laying his heart at her feet and she had only two choices, she could pick it up and cherish it for the rest of her life, or stamp it out of existence. There was no middle ground anymore, no prevaricating. She either had to trust him to remain with her or she had to walk away. But the choice was hers alone, he was not going to do anything to influence her decision. And that fact, the fact that he was letting her decide without gimmicks or persuasion made up her mind for her like nothing else could.
She needed to trust that this time there love would be enough, just as he was.
"Yes." She finally whispered in reply. With that word Gabriel swept her into his arms and kissed her as if they were the only people in the world, as if this was their first kiss, and as if this was there last. The passion that swirled around them, through them, had them both finally releasing their hold on what had been, on finally deciding to throw themselves into what could be, and if they had any say, what would be.
And Castiel and Dean just sat on the couch with their arms around each other smiling at the sight of the two people so obviously in love, then they turned to each other with the same understanding about what Gabriel and Kali had gone through together to get where they were in there eyes. With that they too joined together in a kiss that expressed their love for one another.
All was right with the world, finally.
The end.
So as I said this is the end. I hope you enjoyed the story and will follow the next when I start it. It will be called To Live Happily Ever After and I'll give you a shout when I post the first chapter.
So anyway thank you again for your reviews and comments. Time for me to go now.
Tatty-bye-bye's.
