Don't Give Up

By: PeNzRcOoL

Dean straightened Sam's tie one last time before giving him a quick pat on the shoulder. Sam thought it was a bit much, since he was already wearing a button down shirt, but Dean had insisted. Dean smiled to himself as Sam walked out the door.

Sam was 17 and going out on his first date. Except, he didn't actually know who it was with. Over the past week he had been getting notes in his locker and he wasn't sure who had been putting them there. Sam had tried to figure out who they were from but no he knew seemed likely.

Jo liked Dean, Gordon hated Sam, Meg was all over Cas, Cas was all over Dean and Charlie was into girls.

Sam was instructed to meet his date at the mall by Belk. Sam drove to the mall quickly. When he got there it was 5:45. He had fifteen more minutes before meeting his date.

'Maybe I should go buy some flowers.' Sam thought to himself. He didn't. He sat in his truck instead. Sam felt like he would look stupid if he showed up with flowers when he didn't even know who he was going on a date with.

At 5:55 Sam got out of his truck and went into the mall. He was still a minute or two early so he waited patiently for his date to appear.

Sam stood there alone. He pulled out the last note he had received and read it again. He had the place and time correct. He checked the time on his phone, it was five after six. Sam took a deep breath. They were probably just a little late, no reason to get freaked out. Sam sighed. This was stupid why would anyone arrange a date like this in the first place? Sam looked around for anyone he recognized. No one. Sam shoved his hands into his pockets. He considered just leaving and going home. Then he saw him.

Gabriel.

He and Gabriel had rarely spoken. He was Cas's brother, but the two had never seemed that close. Sam smiled, he was just happy someone had shown up.

Sam suppressed the urge to run to him instead, waiting as he bounced on his heels. This was it, his first date.

"Hey sorry I took so long, traffic." Gabriel apologized as he approached Sam.

Sam nodded. "It's alright, I haven't been waiting very long. So where to?" The note had only said when, where, and that this was a date-that part was very clear. Sam was beginning to get nervous. He didn't know Gabriel well and he wasn't sure of why he was suddenly asked out. There was a chance that this was all a prank of some sort, Gabriel was famous for pranks, though he had never dated anyone as a prank.

Gabriel shrugged. "I assumed you'd take it from here, I mean I did all the work to get us both here."

Sam's eyes widened. "Uhhhh."

Gabriel smiled. ""I'm just messing. Relax kid. Come on." Gabriel started walking and Sam kept up easily.

Sam wasn't sure of what to do. He felt like he should he and Gabriel should hold hands, but was it too soon? What is Gabriel didn't want others to know that they were on a date? He settled on stuffing his hands into his pockets again. He didn't want to ruin his first date before it even really began.

"Chill out Sam. "Gabriel said, snapping Sam back into reality. "No need to be nervous."

Sam blushed. "Sorry I've been on a date before."

Gabriel shrugged. "I thought so."

Sam wasn't sure if he should be offended or not so he just stayed quiet. Gabriel stopped walking. Gabriel turned toward him. "Hungry?" Sam nodded. "Good me too."

Gabriel bought some fries and they shared it. Gabriel talked a lot about himself, about school, about Cas, and Sam loved it. Gabriel's life was normal compared to his, but it was really nice to just sit there and listen and be with him. Gabriel wasn't what Sam had expected.

"Alright kiddo, your turn." Gabriel said at the end of his speech, leaning back and smiling at Sam."

"Oh, uh, well, I'm assuming you know my brother Dean."

Gabriel nodded. "Of course he's all Cas can talk about."

"I've lived with him the past few years, before that I was living with a family friend named Bobby. My mom and dad both died when I was younger. My mom died in a house fire and a few years later my father got hit by a truck. Now it's just me and Dean." Gabriel put his hand up to stop him.

"Hold up, it's just you and Dean?"

Sam nodded. "We're ok though, Bobby sends up money and Dean has a job as mechanic."

Gabriel tilted his chair back. "Tell me more."

Sam continued with telling Gabriel about himself. Gabriel asked a lot of question, but it was nice to have someone listen.

After they had finished off the fries and Sam had run out of things to talk about, Gabriel led them to the other side of the mall, where the movie theater was. Gabriel picked an action movie.

The movie was good, but Sam was way more interested in the hand was slowly making his way to Sam's knee. Gabriel rested his hand there for the rest of the movie. Sam was too nervous to hold Gabriel's hand.

By the time the movie was over Sam had three texts from Dean and one missed call. Sam ignored them. They stood outside the movie theater awkwardly. Sam wasn't sure if they should hug or kiss or what.

"That movie was lame."

Sam jumped at Gabriel's sudden outburst after what seemed like ten whole minutes of silence. "I liked it."

"Good. I was just making sure you were paying attention. You seem like you're up in space all the time."

"Sorry."

"No it's ok."

Sam rocked on his heels again.

"I gotta get home." Gabriel said apologetically. "Do you need a ride home?"

Sam shook his head. "No I drove here." Sam answered quickly. Sam reached out and hugged Gabriel quickly. Sam turned to walk back to his truck, but Gabriel stopped him.

"Hey! If we're gonna keep this up, I'll need your number." Gabriel handed his phone to Sam who quickly put in his number and gave it back.

"See ya kiddo." Gabriel said pocketing his phone as he walked away.

Sam got back to his truck and drove home as he smiled to himself. He got home to find Dean asleep on the couch. Sam wanted to tell Dean all about his date, but he knew better than to wake him up. Dean had probably been trying to wait up for him, since the TV was still on. Sam turned the TV off and put a blanket over Dean before walking to his room and going to bed.