The Wrong One (Destiel)

Chapter 11

CAS' POV
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I wake up and Dean is nearly on top of me softly snoring. I gently push him off of me and get out of bed and grab my phone checking the time, 9:21 I groan wishing I could've slept in a little longer.
I walk down stairs to see Claire sitting on the couch watching Sesame Street, I head towards the kitchen but I'm stopped by a small voice "Uncle Cassie?"
I turn around, Claire is leaning over the back of the couch staring up at me "What is it sweetheart?" I ask as I walk over to the couch and sit next to her.
"Where's Anna and Daddy? I thought I had daycare today but no one woke me up."

I feel a tight pain in my chest and debate if I should tell her the truth or not. A small lie would keep her happy for a little longer but as I look into her big eyes I know I can't lie to her. I take a deep breath hoping to keep the tears at bay "Well, Anna and daddy won't be taking you to daycare anymore.." I pause wondering how I'm going to tell her such horrible news, "Anna and daddy had to uhm, leave us and go somewhere else. They got hurt really really bad when you all got in the car crash and they just won't be coming home again." My voice cracks at the end as I feel the water works starting.
"Are they angels?" Her question surprises me and I stutter out an answer.
"Y-yes daddy and Anna are angels now." She smiles and turns back towards the tv. I just kind of stare at her, I can't believe she took it this well but maybe she just doesn't understand what happened.

I get up to go back to the kitchen and Claire stops me again "Cassie my tummy hurts."
I realize she probably needs her pain meds so I go to the kitchen, crush up half of a pill, then mix it in a glass of water.
"Here ya go Claire this will help" she takes it and quickly gulps it down, she turns back to her show so I head back into the kitchen and sit at the table. I'm so tired but I haven't even done anything yet have so much to do. I go through my to do list in my head and decide to work on the easiest one, get a job.

I head outside to get our mail and newspaper, I get back inside then sit at the table ignoring the bills and search the newspaper for job openings. As I read through them all I think is not qualified, not strong enough, not smart enough, not good enough. I throw the paper down on the ground in frustration as Dean walks in rubbing his eyes.

He stands in front of me and slowly picks the paper up off the ground, "Cas, you okay babe?" I groan slamming my head on the table a little too harsh, "Woah, Cas! Don't do that! What's wrong?" He kneels down putting an arm around me. I try to shake him off but he only holds on tighter, "Cas, I need you to talk to me. Let me help you."

I sit up tears rushing down my face, "I'm already stressed out and all I did was look in the paper for a job. All I found are things I'm not good enough for! Plus I still have funerals to plan and bills to pay!"
Dean slowly rubs circles on my back, " Hey, I'll get you a job! That's a start at least, remember Jo she works at the diner I took you on our first date?" I smile slightly at the memory and nod as he continues, "Jo's mom owns the diner and were pretty close I can put in a good word for you! You'll have a job so you can pay the bills and and you know what I'll get Gabriel to help me plan the funerals so you can concentrate on Claire, work, and school." I freeze at the thought of school. A part time job won't support three people, hell it probably wouldn't even pay for Claire's daycare!

"Dean I think I'm going to drop out. I have more important things to take care of. My family is more important, Gabriel can get an education, he can take my college funds and add it to his then I'll work my ass off to keep Claire in school and put her through college. I-I just can't go to school." He's just staring at me with a blank look.

The silence is getting unbearable as I shift in my seat unable to look him in the eyes until he finally breaks the silence, "Castiel, you are one of the smartest people I know. You cannot just give on school." I look down at the ground, I don't want to argue with him but I know deep down school isn't going to fit in with everything else I have to do. We sit in silence again until he sighs, "I know I can't tell you what to do with your life but I can voice my opinion, it's up to you to decide what you do. It's your life."

I just hug him. He hesitates but quickly hugs me back. I hold him tight thinking this all I can do, if I open my mouth I know I'll disappoint him so I let silence be my friend and just hug him.
We're still hugging when I hear the sound of little footsteps, "Cassie, I'm hungry."

I let go of Dean and smile at her "okay how about scrambled eggs?" She nods and I get up to get everything together when Dean stops me.
"How about I make them and you go be with Claire and watch Sesame Street" he winks at me and I smile back. I tell Dean where everything is then go with Claire and sit on the couch.

"One bat ah ah ah, two bats ah ah ah, three-" the count is cut off by Dean calling Claire and I into the kitchen. I walk in to see three plates filled with eggs, toast, and bacon.
We all sit down and dig in, devouring Dean's amazing cooking. We sit in a comfortable silence until Claire speaks up "Hey Bean did you know my daddy's an angel?" Dean freezes, a forkful of food halfway to his mouth. He slowly lowers his utensil glancing at me.

"Uhm no I guess I didn't know your dad's an angel" he looks at me questioningly but I'm speechless.
"Yeah he's an angel! I bet he's watching over us, he'll make a good angel" Claire just smiles and continues eating.
Dean looks at me then let's out a little chuckle and continues eating. I'm dumbfounded at Claire's little statements but then again she's coping better than me, so I just shake it off and pretend nothing happened.

After our brunch Dean and I clean up the dishes while Claire runs off to play. Dean washes and I dry while we make small talk, "So Cas, how about we head over to Harvelle's to work out that job arrangement after this?"
"Yeah that'll be fine I'll have to get Claire ready though....and put a shirt on" Dean throws his head back laughing and I whip him with my towel in response.
He raises an eyebrow at me, "So that's how you want to play?" I look at him confused when I'm suddenly doused in soapy water. I quickly scoop water from the sink into my hand and throw it on Dean. Handfuls of water quickly escalate to bowls being filled then to Dean pinning me down and using the pull out spray to almost drown me. The water fight ends with me laughing and screaming mercy at the top of my lungs.

Dean accepts my surrender and helps me up off of the ground. We survey the damage we've done in the kitchen, everything is wet, we even got water on the ceiling and it's dripping down on our heads. Dean and I dash to my bedroom to change. I go through my closet searching for something to wear when Dean speaks up, "Uh Cas I don't have any clothes.."

I smile as I continue my search, "That's fine you can just walk around naked" I laugh and throw some clothes at him that should fit. When I choose my outfit I turn and see Dean standing in just his boxers, looking at the shirt I gave him. I stop just to admire his figure, he has the body of a god. I zone out for a minute but then Dean clears his throat bringing me back to reality. I stop staring at his chest and look up at his face and his grin is as big as the Cheshire Cat from Alice in Wonderland.

I quickly turn away knowing my face is going to be bright red, "Awh Cas come on don't be embarrassed! I know you like what you see." I keep my back towards him and quickly get dressed. I'm about to put my shirt on when Dean hugs me from behind and whispers in my ear, "You're cute when you're embarrassed." I turn my body to face him and look into his eyes. We're silent, only centimeters between our lips, our naked chests pressed together. I slowly lean in nearly closing the space between us(and then there's a knock on the door...jk). Dean quickly leans into me slamming his lips into mine. His tongue brushes against my bottom lip and I grant him entrance. People say that when you meet the one you feel a spark of something but this, this wasn't just a spark, it wasn't even fireworks, it was an explosion. The passion in this one kiss was unlike no other. I felt needed by Dean, I felt loved by Dean, and knew right there just how strong my love for him was.
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This was going to be longer but then I had to bike to the store so yeah sorry... But seriously guys I wrote this while pulling an all nighter and I needed coffee to keep writing so I had at least half of a good chapter for today and then I realized we didn't have sugar for the coffee I made so I had to bike all the way to the store for damn sugar. Life sucks....but my coffee is making it better;)
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