"Hey Dean!" Benny yelled at the tall, brutishly handsome boy as he crossed Jules High School's hall. They were both juniors and sick of school, ready to get out of the hell. But, for now they were stuck. "Dean!"

"Hey Benny." Exclaiming, Dean embraced the hunk of meat walking towards him. They'd only been friends for two years, but they were closer than ever since they won last year's dodge ball tournament together. That was also the day when Dean first kissed Lisa. Now Lisa, she was one to keep. Brunette, slim, hourglass figure, damn near perfect. However, Dean didn't want perfect, he was only dating her to keep his social status; apparently this was the most important thing to high schoolers, to be popular. And that was what he and Benny were.

"So, Lisa gave me the heads up on the biology teacher, right old bat according to her. We could have some fun with this one." Benny joked, slapping Dean on the back as he said it.

"Cool, but could we avoid Lisa. She's been stalking me all week."

"What do you expect, she is your girlfriend."

"I know that you idiot, it's just, she's a little…"

"Off her rocker, cuckoo, wrong in the head, creepy psycho stalker?"

"I was gonna say clingy, but…"

They both giggled, yes… Lisa may have looked perfect, but dang was that girl annoying. She got the gossip; she had the looks; however when it came to other human beings she was not the easiest of the lot to talk to. She was mega jealous, even before her and Dean had started dating. Dean had heard that she had thrown juice at one of the girls he was flirting with just because she had winked. So, yes. Psycho creepy stalker fitted her personality very well… to well in some cases.

"Anyway, biology teacher, old bat, probably deaf as a doornail." Benny started.

"It's dead as a doornail…" Rolling his eyes, Dean flung his arm around the boy as the two walked to class.

"Who cares? Point being… she's not going to be expecting us, so what d'ya say old buddy, old friend, old pal? Wanna give it a shot?"

"Two things. One: two years. Not exactly 'old buddy, old friend, old pal'. Two: I'm in."

"Cas. Cas. Castiel!" Anna screeched into her best friends ear. He didn't respond again, the boy may have been stunning, I mean drop-dead-gorgeous stunning, but he was deliberately hard to talk to and she knew it. "Come on Cas you've been like this all day."

"What do you want, seriously?" He grunted.

"Not in the mood to even talk to your little sis."

"We are not even remotely related, you are merely my best friend."

"Cas, I didn't mean it literally… you know that right?"

"Of course I knew that, I just love having the chance to correct you."

He smirked at Anna, who through her bouncing red locks was now pouting. Grinning, he began to poke Anna to get a reaction out of her; he knew she couldn't hold a grudge for long… after all she would've jumped at the chance to get him too. They were both juniors as well, but never interfered with Dean and his crowd. They knew better.

Anna had been glared at for just looking at them before hand, and you could guess whom by… little miss Lisa. Anna had no interest in the boy, in fact the only reason she was staring was because he was dangling a ninth grader by the shirt. This ninth grader also happened to be his brother Samuel, and he would've never actually harm him, or yell at him, he was just doing it for fun and Sam enjoyed it, but Anna didn't know this until Castiel had her attention and informed her that the boy would be fine.

Anna also encountered Dean many times while patrolling the halls when she was hall monitor. He would try to hit on her, fail and then would sulk until she shrank away from them and allowed them to roam the halls in peace, obviously skipping a class.

Castiel hadn't been in much contact with the group either, however he had sat next to Lisa in Calculus for a day and that was an hour of his life he never got back. All she did was poke fun at his writing and scores, and talk about how silly he was for trying too hard. Giving him a particular hatred for her that had lasted.

Anna began to lose her patience and began to giggle, making Castiel laugh. They had been friends since they were little kids, never not being there to help one another. They did in fact act like a little sister and brother, however Castiel would never admit it as he refused to agree with anything that wasn't true. He was a bit of a spoil sport like that, but it made him all the fun to be with, at least that was what Anna thought.

"Come on Cas, let's get to biology… There's that new teacher, Miss. Missouri, we don't want her to think we act like those idiots do we?"

"By being a little late, I hardly believe that we are possibly capable of looking like those bunch of numbskulls."

"Now Castiel, be nice. We're above them."

"No. We are very much below them on the predatorial-food chain that is this high school."

"Oh, shut up. Your making me sound like the normal one right now."

"What is normal but an abbreviation for what people believe is perfection."

"Cas. Stop. Now. Class."

She tugged the blue-eyed creature up from his seat and began dragging him down the hall.

"You children are not going to misbehave in my class, as I won't allow it. You are young adults now, start acting like it." Miss. Missouri spoke clearly, standing in front of her desk looking out at the rowdy students standing in front of her. "Now BE QUIET!"

The class fell silent as the old woman's voice boomed throughout the classroom. They all went to their desks, and she stared at them, puzzled.

"What are you all doing? I believe this is my classroom after all, isn't it?"

"But miss, we always sit were we want." Said a scrawny blonde kid at the front of the classroom, he was a friend of Castiel and Anna's… Sam. Samandriel if you wanted the long-winded version, however when it came to him and Dean's brother, no one bothered with the long name.

"My class, my rules child. Now everybody get up and stand at the side."

Without a word, the class began to shuffle out of their seats and move over to the windows. They were a little intimidated by the woman, however harmless she seemed. But silence wasn't going to last for long, as Dean and Benny came crashing through the door.

Dean slid into a chair and propped his feet up on the desk, smirking at Missouri who was not impressed with the boy.

"Class bell has gone young man, yet you still choose to blunder in like a moron and take a seat without saying a word to me let alone apologising."

"Oh I am sorry miss, however I happen to own this seat, so taking it wouldn't really be possible."

"Well boy, you better watch that chair as it may have a couple of loose screws tomorrow. What are your names?"

"Dean. That's Benny. And your?"

"Your worst nightmare. You both have detention this afternoon during your lunch period, if you do not turn up I think I shall have enough evidence to get you punished severely." She said, pointing at the security camera above her head. "I'm guessing it was you two who snuck in before class and tried to unscrew the bolts of my chair?"

Dean looked gob smacked, she clearly hadn't sat on it, as she wasn't limping or had her back-arched, wrenching over in pain, nor had the chair moved. So how did she know? He figured the woman must've checked her security footage before class had started. It was plausible, Jules High had a reputation for pranks on teachers on their first day, but none of students had ever been caught out.

"So I shall see you two at lunch, no?"

"Yes miss." They both muttered, as they stood up and joined the rest of the class on the side of the room.

"Now. Before we were rudely interrupted, I was going to say I am setting up a seating arrangement for this class. Clearly, we need to after-all."

A wave of moans and grumbles swept through the class was silenced by a glare from Missouri.

"Pair up with a person you would like to sit with."

Lisa clung to Dean's arm, making Dean want to reach out for Benny even more, but refusing to out of pride. Benny, trying not to laugh, grabbed another friend (Jo Harvelle) and linked arms. Castiel and Anna were of course together, and their friend Sam picked another geeky sidekick to be with.

"Now I suppose, you have all chosen a friend." Miss said, looking down now from behind her desk at the gleaming hopeful students. "Well let's change that."

She broke pairs up and began to seat them as far away from each other as possible. Most had been standing in a group of friends and had divided themselves up in-between them, so Missouri could tell who was going to be trouble. She had sat half the class down, all at a different desk and began writing names down on a small notepad, holding a seating arrangement inside.

"Each of the people still standing will be place in a minute next to which ever person I choose."

After spending at least a minute writing down, she rose and walked out from behind the desk. She tapped Anna on the arm. "Come child, let's seat you few down."

The old woman looked around the class, choosing the worst places that she could put Anna, and then the best. Weighing them out, she placed Anna next to a glaring Lisa, who was clearly not amused by the fact her boyfriend was on the other side of the room to her. Anna was not best pleased either, but when she tried to protest Missouri silenced her with a short glanced and she sat down quickly and silently.

Next was Benny, and now Missouri knew not to place him anywhere near Dean or Lisa, she knew exactly were to put him. He ended up at the back of the classroom next to a shivering Samandriel, who was acting like a Chihuahua, shaking with fear at the sight of Benny. Benny, on the other hand, looked quite pleased to be seated next to Samandriel… He knew he could get the boy to do most of the work for him and wouldn't ask for anything in return, he knew this because they were friends… long ago now, but they were. It was just Samandriel took the path of knowledge, and Benny chose Power. Besides, when Benny became friends with Dean it eliminated any chance of them ever being friends again. Now all that Samandriel was to Benny was another slave to agree to every request.

After seeing where Samandriel and Anna were sitting, Castiel grew nervous. Never before had he been any further away from his friends than their houses, which were literally right next to one another. However, this wasn't the cause of his nerves. The fact that Sam and Anna had been placed with the people they hated most in the world was not a good one, and could lead to him being even more miserable than he always was. And as he suspected, his fears weren't in vain…

"Awhh man, come on Miss!" Dean groaned, staring at the mysterious geek now seated next to him. "I don't want to be sat next to this nerd."

"You're not best pleasing yourself." Castiel muttered under his breath, glancing way at Anna making sure she knew he was okay.

"Decisions are final Mr. Winchester, and as I see no reason why I should give you special treatment, you shall stay that way." Missouri explained, as she grinned at the blonde idiot who seemed to be sulking his way through the class.

"But miss!" Dean moaned, so he hadn't heard Castiel's snarky comeback. Thank god.

"Decisions are final, you and Mr…"

"Novak. Castiel Novak." Cas murmured, glancing at the teacher who had already forgotten his name. Typical.

Moaning again, Dean wailed: "Oh great, I've got frickin' James Bond seated next to me..."

"Mr. Winchester would you kindly shut up." Missouri's voice clattered against Dean's eardrums, "No one wants to hear your input. As I was saying, you and Mr. Novak will be seated together for the rest of the year."

Grumbling, Dean flung his head over the edge of the chair. He was looking backwards for Benny's approval that this sucked, but no such luck. Benny was already chatting at Samandriel, who was still shaking, about the good old days and how the two of them were great friends. Buttering him up for extra homework, Dean supposed.

He pulled his head back up as Miss. Missouri began to lecture the class on the work they would have to do this semester. Looking at Cas, he tapped the boy's arm.

"Yo nerd. Hey. Nerd. James Bond." He whispered, poking Castiel every few seconds.

"What." Cas mumbled, not in the mood to talk to him.

"Gee-wiz mate, I just wanted to talk. I'm bored."

"Well maybe if you turned your attention to the teacher, you may not be as disinterested as you are now."

"Come on Bondy, you do know who I am right?"

"Unfortunately, I have known you for almost five years."

"And the rest of them."

"No. You forget, you weren't even in this school five years ago."

"Yes I was, for a geek you don't know your facts."

"Clearly you don't. This school was two schools, they combined five years ago to create one massive high school, to save money and have another field and another gym."

"And that's a bad thing?"

"Yes. Some of us dislike sports."

"Yeh, geeks, wimps, freaks and punks."

"We're not undermined by labels, Dean."

"So? Easier to keep you all under-control."

"To keep us under-control?" Castiel turned to face Dean. His eyes, piercing daggers at the idiot.

"Well… Yeh. Somebody has to run this joint and it sure as hell isn't the teachers."

"So you reckon that you and your friends own us."

"We do own you."

"You really don't."

"Oh, we so do."

"You honestly don't"

"Oh we definitely do."

"You clearly don't, otherwise I wouldn't even be having this conversation with you."

"Well maybe you shouldn't be having a conversation at all." Missouri turned to face the boys, the class was silent and had been for some time now, listening to them arguing. Missouri wasn't impressed, and Anna was looking as if she feared for Castiel's life. Benny however was loving it, laughing it up and staring at his best friend make a fool of himself in front of absolutely everyone that could ruin his social life forever. They weren't going to though, and he knew it. He was a little more scared about what Missouri would do to him.

"Now, Mr. Winchester, Mr. Novak, I expect better behaviour from two-year olds. You should be ashamed."

"Of what?" Dean asked sarcastically, he was already losing his lunch to the old bat, what could she do… take his football practise away too?

"That you have the indecency to admit that you believe we are all your possessions." She answered, making the class glare at him.

"So what? At least I'm not a washed up hag teaching a bunch of teenagers what the difference is between a cat and a dog."

'Taking back control over the class, smart move Winchester' Castiel thought to himself, laughing on the inside… but still scowling on the out. The rest of the class, apart from Anna and Sam who were clearly worried, was trying not to giggle.

"Well, if you children didn't know the difference, maybe this hag wouldn't have to teach you. You don't even have the brain to figure that out yourself."

This made the class light up with 'oh's and 'burn's. Missouri had sass, and she was not afraid to use it. Even Dean was impressed, even Cas was impressed at her sudden outburst. But, only Cas knew what it meant… Detention for him as well.

"Now, you two will be behind after school, until five. Call your parents, tell them you love them as I don't like them worrying."

"What about my lunch one miss?" Dean asked, smirking once again trying to regain his snipe.

"Demolished. Vaporised. Gone. Only after school."

"So does that mean mine is too?" Benny yelled from the back of the class.

"No. I believe you two should spend a little less time together in detention, lets call this therapy for being together for too long." Missouri was on a roll. Although, Castiel wasn't best pleased. The boy had to stick behind and miss his extra tutoring with Mr. Singer, they worked on Castiel's knowledge of folklore and legends, and he was one of the best people Cas knew. Weirdly, Dean also took the same tutoring but neither of them knew. It also meant Castiel would have to call his dad and tell him he wouldn't be home in time, although he wasn't so bothered about that. Dinner with his family was like the apocalypse. His family consisted of a few people, his dad, Chuck, his brothers: Nick (nicknamed Lucifer by Cas because of how evil he could be), Michael, Gabe and Balthazar and his sister, Naomi. He didn't know his mother, although he kept her name. He was the youngest out of all six of him and his siblings, she had died giving birth to him when Michael, the eldest, was around eleven. Only Michael, Nick and Gabe could remember her properly as Balthazar, him and Naomi were only children… him only just been born. Balthazar, and Naomi were twins, now seniors, leaving Castiel as the baby. His family all took his fathers last name, Shurley, however Castiel had hated it. He wanted to be named Novak as it seemed mysterious and interesting, and not a girl's name.

"Oh man Cas, stuck behind. Woop-te-do." Dean whispered to Castiel.

Castiel gave him a strict glance, how dare the idiot use his best friend's nickname for him.

"What, don't you like Cas?" Dean said, protesting. He seemed to be a little less cold to Castiel now they had to be stuck together in detention for almost two hours.

"No. It's just only my friends call me that."

"Oh jee, I'm not your friend now?"

"You didn't know I existed until this morning."

"Okay Bondy, you win. I'll just call you James instead."

"Please don't call me anything."

"Then how am I supposed to talk to you?"

"That was the idea."

Castiel gathered his things as quickly as possible; he really didn't feel like talking to Dean anymore after class bell hand rung. He grabbed his rucksack, and walked quickly back to a surprised Samandriel and Anna.

"Cas. What the hell?" Samandriel gasped, he shook Castiel's arm in fear, and in desperation.

"Cas, you can't get a detention. It'll go on your permanent record, and then you won't get into a good college, you won't have a good job, you won't have a good life and…" Anna stopped dead in her tracks, Castiel wasn't listening to her. He was to busy glaring at a certain Dean Winchester, who was talking to Benny whilst gathering his own things. "What is it Cas?" Anna asked, suddenly over her little rant.

"Nothing." Castiel replied, shaking himself back into consciousness. He smiled at the two worried faces. "Nothing, I just… nothing."

"Alright, nothing… Cas, are you sure?" Anna glared again at the boy, who had once again turned his attention to a now leaving Winchester, "Cas." Still no reply. "Cas!"

"Yes?!" He moaned, stomping as he turned to face his friends again.

"Are you okay?" Samandriel asked.

"Just fine why?"

"You seem…"

"A little…"

"Weird?"

"I'm absolutely fine." Cas answered squinting his eyes at his friends, how could they think he was different? He wasn't exactly doing anything, well other than staring at the boy who had possibly ruined his whole high school experience. He didn't even know what happened in a detention, I mean he had his ideas from classic eighties films, but he suspected that Miss. Missouri's detention would be a little different from a group of teenagers, dancing and becoming best friends. No. He was going to hate it and he knew it. When Dean and Benny had finally left the room, he turned his attention back to his two best friends, whom were now squabbling over who had the better levels. 'Is this all we have come to?' He asked himself, "arguing over levels"

He only realised he said the last part aloud as his friends looked over to him, hurt.

"Oh Cas, what's wrong with you today? This is one of your favourite discussions to get in on." Anna spoke, hands on hips.

"Sorry Anna. I'm a little on edge."

"About the detention? Listen Cas if you wanna get out of it, Missouri's over there. I'm guaranteeing she'll take you off if you explain to her it wasn't your fault. I mean, it wasn't, it was Dean's."

"Yeh, Cas she'll listen. You have back up." Samandriel piped in, he didn't feel like being left out, however he didn't particularly want to argue with Missouri, she was a little crazy.

"No friends, leave it be. I did begin to yell, so I shall do the time for what I did."

"Castiel you idiot."

"No, not an idiot, hopeless."

"Shut up." Anna laughed, punching her best friend in the arm. She grabbed the boys' shoulders and walked them out of the room. They had had enough, and it was free period so they decided to go sit out in the sun.