I turned my head to see him, hoping it wasn't too obvious that I'd been worried. His hair was wet and curled over his collar. "Gabriel, why are you wet? Have you been out in the rain?" Cas sounded worried. "No, curious Cathy, I took a shower." Cas tilted his head, puzzled. "Why? We don't need to. Our Grace keeps us clean." Gabe rolled his gorgeous eyes at him and sighed. "Because, Captain Oblivious, I like to shower. Clears my head a bit." Gabe walked past me and I surreptiously caught a drop, falling off his hair. It was icecold. I couldn't help it, I smirked. Gabe shot me a glance, somehow knowing why I smiled like that, and almost imperceptibly shook his head. I deadpanned. It seemed we had to keep this quiet. "Soooo, what are we doing?" Gabe asked, clapping his hands.
Sam and Cas looked non-plussed, but Dean smiled and said: "I don't know about you guys, but I was planning on filling in Gwen." In unison, Sam and Cas called: "Dean!" warningly, making me and Gabe grin. Dean widened his eyes innocently, and spread his hands. "What? We're stuck, votes are 2 to 2. And it concerns her, so let's get the swingvote." Cas was the first to recover from shock. "Well, we might as well. We cannot do this without her knowing." Dean smiled and winked at Cas. "Thanks, buddy." Cas fixed him with a stare. "This does not mean I agree that we should do it, Dean. But since you have decided to drop this on her now, we must." Gabe eyed me uneasily. Again Dean caught it, and he directed me to a chair right next to Gabe. Gabe waited until Dean was gone, and Sam and Cas were watching him, before putting a hand on my knee and squeezing it reassuringly.
"Well, Gabriel, since Gwen is your charge, you wanna do the honours?" Dean said, once we were all seated. Gabe sighed. "Right. Gwen, Samshine here has found a spell that might restore your wings." Joy coursed through me. I'd get my wings back! "But..." Castiël piped up in his gravelly voice. "... it could be extremely dangerous. Since you're not a full angel, we don't know if this is safe. You could perish in the process." He and Sam stared at me worried. But I couldn't share their concern. So what if I died... I would become an angel. All pro's for me! I wanted to point that out to them, but Gabriel pinched my knee warningly. I shot him a confused glance. 'They don't know you'll be an angel. I shouldn't even have told you, but you made me slip up.' Gabe's voice rang in my thoughts. It was all I could do not to gape at him. 'Oh Dad... You're hearing me, aren't you?' He stared at me, realising what was happening. His whiskey coloured eyes begged me to keep it all a secret. I gulped. "Any other catches?" I managed in a squeaky voice.