The Best Of Me

Chapter- 14

*One year later*

"What kind of person has hazelnut in their coffee?" Cas questioned, balancing a tray of coffees in his hand as he opened the door to the police car with his free hand causing Gabriel to chuckle from the driver's seat.

"What kind of person spills coffee on their uniform?"

Cas frowned as he looked down at his new deputy uniform to find a small coffee stain on his chest.

Great, one month into his new job and he already ruined his uniform.

"Typical." Cas muttered under his breath as he climbed into the car.

He handed Gabriel his coffee before putting his seatbelt on and taking a sip from his own cup with a sigh.

"This reminds me of our first day at school and you spilt apple juice all over yourself. Well, that one was kinda my fault because I bumped you, but still hilarious as fuck." Gabriel responded trying not to laugh as he looked over at Cas who just glared at him before his face broke out into a smile.

"You're such an asshole." Cas chuckled, shaking his head at his brother who nodded in agreement.

"Yes, I am. I am the asshole."

Cas opened his mouth to respond something sarcastic before his phone began to ring. He quickly put his coffee in the cup holder before he pulled his phone out his pocket.

"Hey, Claire. Everything okay?" Cas asked, holding the phone to his ear.

"Um, yeah. Why wouldn't it be?" His daughter asked through the phone while Gabriel started the car and drove off down the road.

They were just about to start the long drive back to their home town for a school presentation. Sheriff Mills had called their boss a week earlier, asking if anyone could come by to do a school talk.

Most schools usually got a couple Police Officers in to talk to the children about safety and drugs. Gabriel had done school visits a million times and their boss had written their names down to do it since it was their home town.

Neither of them were going to complain since they got the weekend off and only had to talk at the school for an hour.

It was always good to give back to the community, even if said community was the shit hole that they grew up in.

Cas hadn't been back to their hometown since Dean's funeral, and even then he nearly didn't go.

He couldn't bring himself to drive back there. To drive back to the town where Dean had died. Back to the town where him and Dean first met all those years ago. All those memories, all those feelings, all those moments they had spent together, both as teenagers and adults, it was too much.

He couldn't deal with reliving those memories. He didn't want to step foot in the town where Dean should be standing.

Dean didn't deserve this. He had been through so much. He had survived so much, just for his story to end like this. When Cas had finally gotten him back... it wasn't fair.

Life wasn't fucking fair.

First he lost his baby boy and then he lost the love of his life and the mere thought of going to Dean's funeral, seeing his face, seeing his grave... he just couldn't bring himself do it.

Until Jo Harvelle had called him and told him to 'get his ass back home and do it for Dean, because he'll hate himself forever if he didn't come and say goodbye' in her exact words and she was right.

He still had no idea how Jo got his number. But, after the funeral he was glad she did.

It was emotional to say the least, but he got to say his final goodbyes and between him and Jo, they gave Dean the proper send off his deserved.