Fame Crazy (Sequel to Strings Attached)

Chapter 8

"Who's that?" Dean asks, unable to read the contact name from where he is.

"Lucifer," Castiel replies.

"I should have known," Dean says with a laugh. "Anything important?"

Castiel shakes his head. "No, just a spam. You know. Rants, Bee Movie. That stuff."

Dean chuckles. "He's still into The Bee Movie?"

"Big time," Castiel replies. "He gave up on typing it out, but when I went up for Christmas..."

"Some people never change, huh?" Dean observes with an amused smile.

"Nope," Castiel agrees. "He figured out it was you in the live stream. Well, he guessed, but he's pretty sure. He wants me to call him. You wanna join?"

Dean grins. "Damn straight I do."

Castiel calls his brother up on speaker. Lucifer answers immediately.

"Seriously, Cas? It's, like, nine o'clock. I texted you at ten this morning."

"Nine?" Castiel glances at the clock. "Oh, right. Time zones. But I was busy."

"Is that what you posted on Twitter? Cuz I was about to check it out."

"Yeah, but don't show Dad," Castiel advises him. "He might actually kill me."

"I don't think Dad can hear anything going on here," Samandriel tells him.

"Oh, am I on speaker?" Castiel asks. "Hi, everyone there!"

"Hi!" Michael, Lucifer, Samandriel, and Anna all reply at once. It takes Castiel a moment to remember that Gabriel isn't there because he's at college with Sam.

"Guess what? You're all on speaker, too," Castiel tells them, then looks to Dean to say something.

"Hey, guys."

If Michael, Samandriel, or Anna say something, Castiel doesn't know, because as soon as Dean speaks, Lucifer yells, "MY SHIP IS STILL SAILING!"

Castiel and Dean laugh at his enthusiasm.

"You sound devastated," Dean jokes.

"This is the best day of my life!" Lucifer laughs. "Destiel is back! It's a miracle! Did you ever actually break up? Or did you just lie to me so I couldn't rant about how freaking perfect you are?"

Dean and Castiel share a look, unsure how to respond. It's Castiel that does, after a pause.

"We sorta drifted apart, but then Dean found me a couple days ago and we've been hanging out a lot since then."

"Yassssss!" Lucifer yells.

"Calm yourself," Samandriel advises with a laugh. "You're going to scare your ship away."

"My ship would never leave me," Lucifer says, which sounds sort of like a threat.

"I'm scared," Castiel whispers jokingly.