Trouble With The Trickster || Gabriel - Supernatural

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(Six months later)

I was now quite far along in the pregnancy and, boy, was the baby a kicker. Not only did I have to deal with my ever growing bump getting in the way but I also had to put up with the little tyke practising its kung-fu skills inside of me at all hours of the day.

"Oof..." I let out a breath as a foot suddenly assaulted my vessel's lungs, knocking the air from me as I hunched over in pain.

In seconds, Gabe was at my side, panicking as he always was nowadays, "Beth, are you alright? Is it the baby? Is it coming? Oh Father, I'm not ready to be a Dad!"

"Gabe..." I muttered as he continued hyperventilating. Seriously, he was more emotional than I was, "Gabe!" He stopped short as I yelled, looking down at me with fear in his eyes, "Just... help me over to that chair." I gestured to the dining table where Luci was sat with his feet up, knowing full well that I was fine and not feeling the need to get up.

"Okay... okay..." Gabe breathed, cautiously doing as I instructed and sitting me in the seat as Luci shook his head behind his back, leaning back and looking up at the industrial lights that hung from the ceiling, "Are you sure you're okay?"

I rolled my eyes and Luce chuckled lowly, "I'm fine, Gabe. I'm only seven months in, the baby isn't coming yet..."

"You sure?" He glanced down at my swollen abdomen apprehensively.

"Yes, I'm pretty certain. I wish you'd stop overreacting every time something happens... Why can't you be calm like Luci is?" Lucifer smiled sweetly as Gabe looked to him, receiving a sneer of annoyance from the shorter man.

"Yeah, well, it's not his kid, is it? It's mine and I'm worried about it and you... If something bad happens, I could lose both of you..." Gabe looked down sadly as guilt hit me harder than any of the baby's kicks, "I just don't want to lose you, okay? I know that's silly but-"

I stopped him, placing a hand on his arm, "No, Gabe... that's not silly... I'm sorry, I understand..." He looked down at me, tears of frustration glistening in his eyes. I reached up and brushed them away with the back on my hand, "I know you care about me but this isn't healthy for you to be getting worried all the time. You have to calm down..."

He nuzzled into my hand slightly as I stroked his cheek, looking down and catching my gaze,"Okay... I'll try..."

"Good," I whispered, hearing his heartbeat start to slow after it had been racing at around a hundred kilometres per hour, "Now, come here..."

I held out my arms and he stepped into a hug, careful not to push the bump too much in case its current inhabitant got a bit annoyed. Luci cleared his throat, reminding us he was still there, "Sam and Dean went out a while back, Gabriel. Something about a vampire nest in Oregon. What exactly were you doing in the library, anyway?"

Gabe looked up from my shoulder to face his brother, moving to perch on the table in front of both of us, "I was looking for anything about the baby but since it took us ages to find anything about Beth, I doubt we've got much chance of finding any info about it. Then, I got sidetracked reading one of the books Charlie brought last time she dropped in..."

I smiled fondly as I recalled the fun time we'd had during her last visit. She'd been helping out the Winchesters because the ghost of a League Of Legends player had come back with a vengeance on his former rivals and they were all dying in video game related circumstances - she was the one who figured that out, Sam and Dean thought it was just a confused poltergeist. Kindly, she'd offered me the contents of her personal library which she kept in the bunker and which contained about twenty titles, none of which I'd ever heard of.

"Which one?" I asked Gabe though even with a name I'd be none the wiser.

"It's called 'Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone'. I've read it before, I think, or I might have watched the movie at some point... anyway, I know the storyline is familiar. Surely you've read it?" I shook my head as he looked up at my intrigued expression, "Really? It's a classic."

"I've never had much time on my hands to read a book..." Luci looked thoroughly shocked at that, "What? For the first eighteen years, I was traumatised by the monsters under my bed, then I met you lot and for the past ten months it's been more than a little hectic..."

"Fair point," Luci hummed, "We'll have to show you the movie at some point..."

"Why not now?" Gabe tilted his head in question and I perked up a little at the idea. Maybe a movie would be just the thing to stop the baby kicking.

"Because I've got a better idea for now. We haven't been out for a couple of weeks now," his brother pointed out and looked down at me, "Put some shoes on and grab whatever else you need. We're going out."

"We are?" Gabe seemed as surprised as I was.

"Where?" Luci tapped the side of his nose, indicating it was a secret. "Aww, please?"

Luce chuckled as I pouted, "Nope. You'll like it though."

I frowned childishly, hoping I could persuade him by looking cute but he just laughed and shooed me away so I got up reluctantly and waddled up to Gabe and I's now shared bedroom. At the start, he'd been apprehensive about going in my room due to Dad's warning but after a few weeks he relaxed and began coming inside. Since my vessel needed sleep now due to the pregnancy, he slowly started coming in at night and holding me close as I slept, his warmth making me smile every morning when I woke up.

As for the grief after Dad's passing, I was still sensitive about the subject but the tears had stopped though the space in my heart would never be filled. He wanted me to be happy; he wouldn't have wanted me upset at his death - Gabe and Luci assured me of that every day.

We hadn't been back to Heaven since the happenings with Michael. Castiel had confirmed him dead around a month after that day after finding his body, wings and all, in Boston where he appeared to have fled to. An angel named Ezekiel had been appointed the temporary ruler of Heaven in his absence and now ruled with Cas at his side, the trenchcoated angel occasionally stopping by to give us updates although nothing really seemed to be happening up there.

Hell had been quiet, too, and for that we were all thankful. The past six months had been potentially the calmest of my life, living with two archangels at my sides.

Life was good and with a child on the way, surely things could only get better?

A/N

This is the end of 'Trouble With The Trickster' as I think it's a good place to stop. It took me a month and a half to write this story and I think it's my best work as I've enjoyed every second of it. I hope you all enjoyed it, too :)
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