Chapter 1 - A New Kid in School

"It wouldn't be the same without you, though."

Cas laughs at Dean, secretly happy. "It's just another game, there will be plenty of other games where you'll play."

"Just sayin' Cas." Dean says as they near their neighboring lockers.

"I promise I will be there next time. It's just…" Cas paused to enter his locker combination. "I rarely see Gabe and I really want to check out the school, too. I've told you about it when I started planning weeks ago."

"Yeah, I know. It's cool," Dean says, somber, as he takes out his books. "Anyway-" he starts saying but he suddenly stops, "Whoa…"

Cas steps back from his locker to look at Dean. He notices his friend was looking at something and follows his gaze to a group of girls.

She was beautiful, divinely beautiful. Long black hair with soft waves. Sparkling black eyes hidden behind long lashes. Kissable pink lips. Tanned skin. Slender figure. The girl looks their way and gives them a winning smile before turning back to the other girls around her.

Dean sighs, "Man, wow! Just wow! I wonder what her name is."

Cas turned back to his locker to hide his frown from Dean. Cas saw the appeal. She is indeed very beautiful, and Dean was, too; they would look good together. He takes a deep breath before he says, "I don't know. We could ask Jo and Charlie." He suggests with a convincing smile.

They made their way to Jo and Charlie. Dean tries to keep his cool as they walk past but fails to keep the blush from his cheeks. Once they made their way to Jo and Charlie, Dean positions himself so he could look at the new girl.

"I see you noticed," Jo teases him.

"So who's that?" Cas asks for Dean.

Charlie replies, "That gorgeous new specimen right there is Lisa Braeden. Recently moved from Canada. She's a senior, too."

"Dibs," Dean says without taking his eyes off her. Cas rolls his eyes at him. Dean looks at his friend, "What? You don't think I can get that?"

Cas was tempted to do another eye roll. "No- Just- Whatever," he says stupidly before walking away.

"Cas! Come on!" Dean shouts after him, then asks the girls, "What's wrong with that guy?"

Jo and Charlie look at each other knowingly and then roll their eyes at Dean, who looked at them in confusion.


"Hey, Cas. Why'd you run off?" Dean asks as he sits down beside his best friend at the back of the room.

Cas looks out the window, avoiding to look at Dean. "I… really needed to go to the bathroom," he reasons.

"Hm," Dean responds while pressing his lips together, obviously not convinced by his answer. He wanted to ask Cas again but was interrupted when their English teacher enters the room.

"Good morning people," says as he puts down his stuff on the table. "Today, we have a new student." Students start to whisper around the room. Mr. Wyatt raises a finger to quiet the room and motions for someone outside the door to come in.

Castiel couldn't help rolling his eyes. Great! Now my currently non-existent love life has turned into one of those cheesy high school stories. But instead of being the lead, I play a side character. Typical. He thought as Lisa Braeden entered the room.

Mr. Wyatt cleared his throat to quiet them, "Ms. Braeden, please say a little something about yourself."

Lisa gives everyone a smile and introduced herself. "Hi, I'm Lisa Braeden. We moved here from Canada after my father was reassigned in his job. I hope to be friends with all of you."

Okay, for that last one she was totally looking at Dean. Cas ranted on his head. He was starting not to like her. She's obviously perfect. Chuck, I hate that!

Their teacher directs Lisa to the empty seat in the corner beside Castiel. Dean grabs Cas's arm and begs to switch seats with him. I'll do your shop project. He glares at Dean because he didn't want to switch…

"Hello, Alfie," he greets his new seatmate who smiles at him. They both look forward as Mr. Wyatt starts discussing something Cas didn't really hear because he could see Dean and Lisa sneaking glances at each other on the corner of his eye.

Their voices were barely audible but Cas just keeps getting distracted. He suddenly realizes the class was almost over when Mr. Wyatt catches their attention again.

"Okay, so we have five minutes left. As I have said earlier, we will be reading 1984 by George Orwell." Some whooped and some groaned. "Now, I'll be asking you to pair up and each pair of you need to write a comprehensive book review to be submitted in a month from today. Please use the remaining time to look for a partner."

Cas looks over to Dean and of course he would already pair up with Lisa. He should have expected it, but it still hurt. They always paired up for projects. Dean didn't even ask if it was okay. Not that he needed Cas's permission. He groans, Could my life be anymore of a cliché?

"Uh, Cas?" Alfie says nervously for some reason, "do you want to pair up? I think we're the only ones who don't have a partner."

"Yes, Alfie. Thank you." He takes out his phone and hands it to his seatmate, "Can I get your number so I can contact you?"

"How do you want to do this?" Alfie asks as he types his number on Cas's phone. "Finish the book in say, two weeks?"

Cas finishes tidying up his stuff. "Yeah, I'll text you when I finish reading it." He takes his phone back and goes off to his next class. He'd usually wait for Dean, but…

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