Sooo it took me a while to decide what to write in this chapter, i had two ideas but I just decided to go with both lol.

-Sam-

Our teacher dismisses us and we are finally free to leave class. Usually I love English class but today my concentration has been very bad. I have been trying to plan how to confront Gabriel into every detail so nothing could go wrong. Except it is a bit hard when I have no idea why he is doing his best to ignore me?

I cannot remember that I have done anything to offend him or make him sad. And maybe I should give him some space for a week more or so, but I have to know what has happened to Gabriel.

So I have decided that today I will follow him until we are as alone as possible and then I will make him tell me what I have done wrong. He is probably helping his mom shop because if Gabriel was buying things he would be packing different kinds of candy and sodas into the bag and not spaghetti, salmon, tomatoes, milk and a can of tomato sauce.

On his way back out of the mall he suddenly stops dead in his tracks and I think he might have heard me so I duck into the nearest alley which is between some jewelry store and a clothes store. Unfortunately he dives into the same alley and run straight into me. It takes a second before he realises that he just ran into something human and not a wall or a dumpster.

"Sam?!" He exclaims and looks surprised for second before he turns around and peeks out at the street. I get the feeling that he might try to run away from me so I grab his arm. Strangely he doesn't try to free himself or anything. He just stands there and stares.

"Uh ...what are you looking at?" I ask, something out there is clearly interesting. As an answer I get an elbow in my ribs and a quiet 'sssh'. This isn't usual for Gabriel. Who would he hide from? I look over his shoulder and try to figure out what he is staring at.

It takes a while but after a moment I see Gabriel's father. It took a while before I recognised him, I have met him only a few times. He is apparently rarely home. Gabriel has said it was because of work but what could be so important at a church that he needs to be gone from home so much? And why is Gabriel currently hiding in an alley from him?

When his father is gone Gabriel turns to me and he seems to actually realise I am there. Now he does try to walk away but luckily I am still holding onto his arm.

"Hi." I smile at him and he looks away. "Can we please talk?" I ask and at first he's avoiding to look at me but he finally meet my eyes and he nods.

"Yeah ...I think we do."

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We decide to go to our treehouse since it's private there and as soon as we are inside Gabriel gives me a tight hug which I am happy to return.

"I'm sorry." He whispers.

"I'm not entirely sure what you are sorry about and I have many questions. But I am sorry if I have done anything that has made you mad at me." He lets go of me and sits down on one of the slightly wobbly chairs.

"What, no. You haven't done anything. But I owe you an apology and explanations. I will answer any question you have." He fiddles with the hem of his shirt while he speaks.

"Okay. Then I'd like to know why you have been ignoring me for the last couple of days." Gabriel nods and looks down at the floor while he speaks.

"Well. Erm, it might sound really silly to you but the last time you were at my place my mom came home while you had fallen asleep and she took me to the hallway and told me that I am not allowed to see you... I am not sure why, maybe it's because of the relationship your brother and mine has, or maybe she's afraid that I'll fall in love with you." He takes a deep breath.

"Anyways my mom is very terrifying when she is mad but even scarier when she is doing something insane while being completely calm. She must really think she is protecting me by forcing me to stay away from you. And I am scared of her. I should be scared of her, everyone should. Castiel was scared and he was right to. What if she finds out I am with you watching a tv-show wish has a lesbian lizard woman? What if I get thrown out on the street too? I have no idea what she will do to me, she has already thrown out two of her kids, just because their soulmate is of the same gender so I don't really dare to go against her." During the time he has been speaking he has stood up and is now pacing through the small room.

I stop him before he has walked a distance that could be counted as workout and I make him sit down on a chair again. I've never seen Gabriel worried before. He doesn't study before tests and he's still never worried so this is weird.

"Hey, hey. It's okay."

"Really?" His voice is trembling slightly, I could have imagined it.

"Yes, from everything I have ever heard about your mom she is horrifying. She can be nice, I mean I've met her and earlier she was very nice to me but she got much colder when she found out about Dean and Castiel. So no, I do not blame you for being scared of her."

"But please can we still be friends. I know both of us still wants to be friends and here we can meet in secret since we are the only ones aware of this place. I promise to do everything to keep your mom from finding out we are friends." I say and Gabriel laugh a little, it is a rather weird thing to keep a secret if you have a normal family, and nods.

"Thank you Samich, I know I can always count on you."

"Also, I have one more question. Why were we hiding in an alley just a while ago today? I mean I was hiding there because I was stalking you but why did you hide? The only one there was your father." I question, still confused over this bit.

"Oh, well. I don't think you saw everything, but I did. And I saw my dad talking with the woman who runs the shop across from where we were standing and ...I saw him make out with her. Not only is that a bit gross because he is my dad, also because he is still married to my mom so this is quite alarming for me." Gabriel sighs deeply and I feel bad for him. His family is slowly being more and more ripped apart.

Written: 2th June 2017
Published: 2th June 2017
Words: 1234

It is strangely often I write at like 1 am