Castiel Novak turned up the collar of his beige trench coat as he walked towards 'A Little Piece of Heaven Daycare.' The late June rain in Lawrence, Kansas meant that the kids would have to stay inside all day, which meant they would be completely stir-crazy. He sighed as he unlocked the front door to the building and let himself inside. He shook his head trying to get his black hair rid of all the excess water. The rain droplets clung to the eyelashes that framed his electric blue eyes as he looked over to the clock on the wall. It was about 6:30, which meant that parents would be dropping their kids off in about fifteen minutes and his other 'teachers' would be there about the same time. They were all supposed to be there by 6:30 too, but they never showed up on time and Castiel would never write them up either.

Castiel flicked the lights on. He walked into the coat room and hung up his coat on the hook and heard somebody walk in.

"Castiel? Are you here?" Castiel's sister Anna walked into the building, her burgundy hair falling down past her shoulders, soaking wet. Her big gray eyes were searching the area for her older brother.

"Well I hope so, otherwise somebody left the building unlocked all night."

"Very funny." She took her royal blue Kansas Jayhawk sweatshirt off and put it on the chair behind the reception desk. She was wearing a plain blue t-shirt, black yoga pants and white tennis shoes. Tennis shoes were really the only uniform Castiel required. Castiel himself was wearing washed out jeans, black tennis shoes and an old Colorado Rockies t-shirt. He scratched the stubble on his face that had been there for a couple days now.

"Who works this morning?" Anna worked in the daycare as the secretary. She was a sophomore at Kansas; she was working on getting her biology degree, going pre-med. Anna and Castiel's mother began the daycare when they needed daycare for themselves, and it began to grow. Castiel even got his degree in early childhood education because he wanted to help his mother out. About a year ago, around Castiel's 25th birthday, his mother got sick. She became too sick to work at the daycare anymore, so Castiel took over.

"Um, Bela, Lisa and Charlie should be here soon." There weren't very many male employees at the daycare, actually it was just Castiel; he didn't mind though. He liked everybody he worked with and he loved his work and the kids loved him. Castiel walked into his office, keeping the door open like he always did.

As if on cue, Bela and Lisa walked into the daycare.

"I hate when it rains." Bela's British accent came out from underneath the hood of her hot pink raincoat. Her long light brown hair was slightly curled and some mascara was running down by her green eyes.

"I know; plus the kids hate being inside all day." Lisa said, closing her umbrella and shaking her shoulder length dark brown hair out. Her brown eyes looked tired.

"Movie day! I vote for Lord of the Rings." Charlie walked in; her red hair was in a long side braid. Her pale blue eyes were excited at the thought of watching her favorite series. She unzipped her sweatshirt and all three ladies put their jackets away. They were dressed similarly to Anna.

"We're not going to introduce the 3 and 4 year olds to Orcs!" Castiel called from the office.

"Why not?!" Charlie called back.

Castiel stepped out of his office and looked at her.

"Do you want to explain to their parents why they're having nightmares?" Charlie sighed.

"Fine, but one day Novak, you will watch the whole movie series with me!"

"Sure, Charlie. Sure." Castiel went back into his office and started writing the new schedule when the kids and parents started making their way in. The girls said their typical greetings and made their way into the play room.

"Oooh, and who's this little guy?" Castiel heard Bela ask. He had forgotten that there was a new boy, Sam Winchester, starting today. Castiel figured he should go introduce himself to the boy's father, but he heard a deep gruff voice respond.

"I have to get to work, but I'll be back to pick you up okay, Sammy?" There was a pause, and then he heard the door open and close again. Well, maybe when he came back to pick up, did he call him Sammy? Castiel finished up the schedule, walked into the play room and heard Bela describing to Lisa how "totally hot" Sam's dad was. Castiel rolled his eyes and looked around the room.

The regulars were there: Gabriel, Jessica, Michael, Kevin, Jody and the rest. Then there was a little boy over in the corner. He had shaggy brown hair, and his back was facing the rest of the kids. Castiel walked over and knelt down beside him. He was playing with a little black toy car; Castiel didn't know much about cars, but it looked like an old muscle car.

"Hey there, buddy." Castiel said in a gentle voice. Sometimes his deep voice intimidated the kids, so he tried to keep it light.

"Hi." His voice was quiet, and he didn't take his eyes off the car.

"That's a pretty cool car, is that yours?" The boy nodded. "What's your name, bud?"

"Sam. Sam Winchester." He finally looked at Castiel. His eyes were a weird combination of blue and gray.

"Hi Sam, I'm Castiel."

"Hi." Sam said again.

"Don't you want to play with the other kids?" Castiel knew it would probably take a couple days for him to warm up to anybody. Sam shook his head. Maybe Castiel could ask Jessica or Gabriel to play with him; they were the most outgoing in the group.

"Okay, well I'm going to head over there for a little bit, alright?" Sam nodded again and Castiel stood up. He knew it was always tough to be the new kid. He walked over to where Gabriel and Michael were fighting over a toy. The girls were focusing on others, and Gabriel and Michael hadn't escalated to physical yet.

"I had it first!" Michael said. It was a little stuffed dinosaur that the boys often argued over.

"Hey Gabriel, come here for a second." Castiel said, beckoning the young boy over with his hand. Gabriel looked between Michael, the toy and Castiel until finally releasing the toy and walking over to Castiel.

"What?" Gabriel often had an attitude. His blonde hair was getting long, and his golden eyes looked irritated that Castiel had dragged him away from Michael.

"You like making new friends right?" Gabriel nodded, a little hesitantly.

"Want to go play with Sam over there?" Castiel pointed at Sam, and he still had his back towards the rest of the group. Gabriel looked at Castiel and smiled.

"Yeah! Sure!" Castiel smiled back and watched Gabriel walk over and sit next to Sam. The two seemed to hit it off, and Castiel even saw Sam smile. Castiel loved making kids smile; it was the best part of his job.