Manipulation

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A week had passed since our fight and we had moved back to the apartment now that Crowley was home. 

Things had been frosty between us for a day or so but we were getting back on track. 

Lucifer has seen Lily a couple of times but I'd made sure we didn't cross paths. 

I'd been on a hunt with the boys  and we'd just got back a day ago. 

Charlie was coming round for a catch up and I was looking forward to seeing her.

"Hey" I greeted as she let herself in, everyone still had keys. 

"Hey you" she replied, pulling me into a hug.

"How've you been?" I asked

"I'm okay" she replied "I've been meaning to talk to you though, we got cut off the other day"

"Is everything ok?" I asked

"I just need to get something off my chest" she sighed

"Should I be worried?" I asked giggling

"I don't know" she replied, it filled me with concern when she didn't laugh back.

"It's Crowley" she started, my stomach dropped 

"What's he done?" I groaned

"I don't know" she continued "I could be reading too much into it"

"Spit it out Charlie" I told her

"The night that we rescued Lily" she said

"What about it?" I asked, feeling sick

"I think he knew which of the three locations she was at before we got there" she sighed

"What do you mean?" I asked, nausea climbing through my body

"When Dean was dishing out the locations we would scout, they weren't random, Crowley had told Dean we would search that one, so when Dean gave his orders it seemed like it was just random but it wasn't" she explained

"And Dean didn't question him?" I asked, sure Dean would pick up on something like that.

"No it was quite manipulative the way he put the idea in Dean's head" she sighed "and then when we got there, he didn't seemed surprised that we'd found Lily, but the way he scouted it out, it was like he was figuring out if he could take them alone, he seemed hesitant to call the others"

"Son of a bitch" I yelled pacing up and down my hall, head in my hands. 

"I could be wrong Grace" she tried to back track "this could all be a misunderstanding that I've read too much into"

"No" I snapped, and then smiled apologetically, my anger wasn't directed at her, "I know Crowley" I continued "he wanted to be the hero and was willing to leave Lily there a little longer to achieve it"

"Why would he do that?" Charlie quizzed

"To win me back" I sighed "Lily's wellbeing was never something he was bothered about"

"That's changed now though right?" Charlie asked "He's amazing with her"

"Does that excuse what he's done to worm his way back into our lives though" I asked

"Only you can decide that" she told me "I'm sorry to dump this on you"

"No I'm glad you've told me" I replied "It was clearly bothering you"

"It just wasn't sitting right with me" she agreed "I should have brought it up sooner but there's never been a right time"

"Thank you" I told her

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