First day at a new school is always hard, especially for the nerdy kid who hardly ever talks. Castiel tried to navigate his way around the unfamiliar corridors. His failed attempts led him to various closets and because he was too shy to ask any other student for directions, it took far more time than he had anticipated to find the room he was searching for.
After about forty minutes of walking into the wrong rooms, he found his History class, shuffling in twenty minutes late and looking rather flustered. He stepped over to the teacher and handed him a note, the teacher nodded in understanding and told him to sit down. Castiel fiddled with the button on his coat as he nervously scanned the room for a vacant seat; he felt all eyes upon him as he made his way near the back of the room and stumbled into the space behind a boy in a plaid shirt and dirty blonde hair and just in front of a pretty red-headed girl.
Just as Castiel had pulled out a notepad, the teacher stood up from his desk and began to address the class. With a gravelly British accent he spoke.
"Right then, as you are all now aware, we have a new student. A Mister Castiel Novak just transferred here from Illinois." Again Castiel felt eyes on him as Mr Crowley continued to speak. "Now this semester you are all going to be working with partners on a joint project about the French Revolution which you will have to present to the class. And no, Meg and Charlie that does not mean you can make us watch Les Misérables."
The thought of having to do a joint project made Castiel shudder, he hated them because he was the one who always ended up doing all the work and he wasn't exactly confident around other people. Worst of all he had to present it and that meant speaking in front of people and that was not something he did voluntarily.
"Castiel, seeing as you don't have a partner, you can go with Dean and Anna."
At these words the pretty redhead behind him tapped him on the shoulder and with a smile she chirped "Hey I'm Anna and that..." She pointed to the boy in front, "is Dean Winchester." Castiel followed her finger and diverted his gaze to meet the greenest pair of eyes focused on him. He felt himself staring but he couldn't help it; Dean had the most beautiful face, extraordinary green eyes, a dusting of freckles over his nose and cheeks but his lips...his lips were the icing of the rather attractive metaphorical cake. They were plump and puckered with a perfectly formed Cupid's Bow and they looked ridiculously kissable. Castiel shook himself and tore his gaze away to look back at Anna and replied to her with a simple "hello."
By the end of the day Castiel had more or less figured out his way around the school, with a little help from Anna. She was a lovely girl undeniably and she seemed genuine and flawless, causing Castiel to feel comfortable around her; which is saying something because he didn't make friends all that easily.
As he stood at the school parking lot waiting for his brother he felt a hand clap onto his shoulder a little too hard. He winced slightly as he turned to meet those green eyes again, but this time they were sparkling in the sunlight and a smirk adorned those lips. Castiel had to stop himself from hyperventilating.
"Uh Anna asked me to give you this." Dean handed him a small piece of paper and on it had a number and a note saying 'sorry, forgot to give you this earlier. Text or call me whenever ok? x' Castiel smiled and thanked Dean, but just as Dean went to walk away he turned back again on his heel.
"Hey, uh you wanna ride home?"
"Oh, um thank you Dean but my brother is driving me home."
"Okay man no problem, see you Monday." He smiled and just as that were his cue, Gabriel waltzed around the corner.
"Ah there you are Cassie, you ready to scoot baby bro?" He shouted across the parking lot and Castiel felt the heat crawl up his face. He scowled at Gabriel and looked at Dean. Dean's mouth was twitching up into a smile. Probably trying to suppress his laughter Castiel thought. Why must Gabriel call me Cassie? Especially in public but this is even worse, this was in front of Dean. He probably thinks I'm a class A loser.
He didn't even know the guy but felt like he needed to impress him.
He stared at the ground trying to cover his embarrassment but inevitably it failed and Dean could see that.
"Don't be embarrassed dude, that's what big brothers do, I do it to my little brother all the time. And hey I think it's kinda cute." This made Castiel cock his head slightly and Dean realised what he had said and he quickly grunted and slapped Castiel's shoulder again. "See you later Cas."
The corners of Castiel's mouth twitched up but he stopped himself from smiling. "Goodbye Dean." With that he stepped into Gabriel's car and watched Dean walk away.