This is my second fic only, and I hope you guys like it…

Chapter 1

The last bell for the day rang and there was a huge uproar among the students. The school was finally out for summer! The sound of cheering and hooting filled the previously silent corridors and the students exited the classrooms for the next three months. The crowd in the corridors was louder than usual. People were talking loudly, making plans to beat the heat this summer. If you lived in a coastal town, you were sure to have the best beginning of the summer break parties. The teens went crazy with the bonfires and the surfing in the night sea (which was technically illegal). Life on the beach was a long vacation.

Castiel walked the crowded corridor with his friends, speaking as loud as he could like the rest of the school in order to be audible to his friends. Next to him were Pamela, Ash, Bella, Jo and Chuck. They had been his best friends since kindergarten. They all lived on the same block and grew up together. They knew each other inside out and always had each other's back.

'School's finally over! I'm sooo glad! I can't wait to get to the beach! It's so freaking humid! I'm sweating like a pig. I feel so unsexy right now!' whined Bella.

'Unsexy? Is that a real word?' asked Chuck.

'Sorry, word police. Not everyone spends all their waking hours writing books! You are in high school for god's sake! Act like a teenager! How many have you written so far? Thirteen?' said Bella.

'Well, I'm almost done with the fourteenth part. The Winchesters are in a lot of trouble, as of now. Anyway, you'll be kissing my ass, once I'm published and have a fan following! I don't care for your smart-ass comments till then.' Said chuck in a pretend stuck-up tone.

Everyone laughed.

'It doesn't matter if you're sweating like a pig. With that accent, you'd be sexy even if you were a pig!' said Jo trying to cheer Bella up.

'A pig with an English accent. Hawt!' Joked ash.

'Shut up ash!' scowled Bella.

'Tell me something; you've been as American resident since the age of five and I've known you almost all your life. You grew up with us! How come you have a British accent?' asked Castiel genuinely curious. He had thought about it before, but never asked.

'Well, for starters, I learned speaking before I turned five and moved here. And then my parents have the accent and I talk to them and hear them at home all the time. Even though I'm pretty sure I can do and American accent, I just think English comes a little more naturally to me, plus Americans find it sexy… so, two birds, one stone…' Bella explained as they walked to the parking lot where their cars were parked.

'So Cas, will we see you tonight, at the party?' asked Pamela, speaking after a long time.

'Yeah. I'll be there. Plus I want to spend as much time with you guys as possible before my house starts crawling with people and I can barely get out.' Everyone laughed a little and then they got in the cars and went their ways. Even though they usually carpooled with two cars between the six of them, today almost all of them had to go to different places after school so they got their own cars. Cas was still going home with Chuck in his car.

'So, when is the big family reunion?' asked Chuck.

'Next week, I guess. Everyone will come home and then we are going to this resort/retreat sort of a place for a week and I don't know… I just tune out whenever they start talking about this stuff… planning the holidays kind of bores me. I'll just see what happens when it happens…' said Cas.

Cas had a huge family. Even though it was just him and his mom and dad at home, he had a lot of siblings, who had now moved out or where in college. There was his mom and dad, his brothers Gabriel, Michael, Lucifer, Balthazar and sister Anna. They were all coming home for the summer, some family bonding time. Family meant a lot to all of them and they were as close as they could be with all of them living in different states. There was also Sam, Gabriel's boyfriend. They had been together for a long time, and Sam was pretty much like family. When cas' parents had found out about Gabriel being bisexual they had thrown a real fit. They were so shocked and angry and embarrassed and confused. For a while then, Cas thought that what he had always known as a family was about to break. But their bonds were deeper than Cas realized and Gabe was finally forgiven and Sam was accepted in the family. Sam was Gabe's first boyfriend; at least the first he ever told his family about and they had been together since Gabe came out of the closet. Cas' mom, Eve, was now a member of PFLAG and just as proud of her bi son as of the straight ones. Sam's calm and charming nature also played a very important part in Cas' family accepting Gabe's choice of life. Once they got to know him, they realized that it was quite impossible not to like him.

Castiel loved his family and his friends and he was living what he would call the perfect life. He had a great family with minimum drama and extremely supportive friends who knew how to have fun. Cas had a pretty decent school life too. Sure, he wasn't a jock or into sports or had cheerleaders in his arms, but he wasn't a guy who got picked on either. He wasn't in the limelight, but he wasn't invisible either. Everyone didn't idealize him at school but they sure liked him. Teachers like him, his classmates liked him.

He skipped the stations on the radio looking for a song he liked as he sat next to chuck in his car. He finally found 'school's out' by Alice Cooper on one channel and maxed the volume and started to sing along. It was obvious that he was tone-deaf but Chuck didn't mind. He joined in as both of then began to roar along, singing on the top of their voices and they drove home.

Castiel entered the house to find his mom in the kitchen, cooking lunch for him. his dad wasn't home yet.

'Hey, mom!'

'Hi baby, you're home already. How was your day?'

'You know, normal. Mom, I wanted to ask if I could go out with some friends' tonight. There is this party, and I really wanted to go, if it's okay with you…'

'Tonight? Yeah, I guess it's okay if you go. Well, enjoy yourself. But you know the rules, no drinking, and be home by midnight Cinderella!' his mom teased.

'Mom!' Castiel whined. With that he ran upstairs to him room.

He had lived in the same house since he was born and since all his siblings had moved out over time, there were a lot of unoccupied rooms in his house. This meant that he didn't have to make space in his own room for the upcoming family reunion.

Castiel threw his bagpack on his bed and went to the bathroom. He splashed cold water on his face and, then made his way back to the kitchen. He sat on a chair opposite the kitchen counter and started popping grapes into his mouth. He had some lunch with his mom, and they talked about the upcoming visit of his siblings, well, his mother talked while he nodded absentmindedly.

After lunch, Cas went back to his room, lied down on the bed and stuffed his ears with the earphones and fell asleep even before the first song he was listening to came to an end.

When Castiel woke up, it was around seven in the evening. Ohmygod! How long was I out? He checked his phone and he had six missed calls. One from Pamela, one from Jo and four from Chuck! Shit! We were supposed to meet! They all were supposed to go to the party together! Cas pushed some numbers on his phone and called chuck. After a few rings, Chuck picked up the phone.

'Where the hell are you? I called you four times! Four freaking times! Did you die and are now back from the dead 'cause I can't think of any other plausible reason why you didn't pick up your phone!'

'Chuck… calm down! I'm really sorry! I dozed off and I didn't hear the phone ring... im soooo sorry!'

'Stop wasting time by apologizing. Get your ass to the beach. When you didn't pick up your phone for the fourth time, we went ahead, so we are on our way to the beach and we'll meet you there. And don't go to sleep! Get there!'

With that the line went dead. Great! chuck was mad. I hope he calms down by the time we meet! I really don't want to see his wrath!

Castiel jumped out of bed, washed his face, pulled out some new cloths from his closet, changed and ran down the stairs.

'Mom, I'm going out!' he yelled as he ran out the door.

'Have fun! And be home by twelve!' his mom yelled after him.

Castiel reached the beach in about fifteen minutes and then he called Pamela to ask her where they were, since he didn't want to ask Chuck, as he knew he'll get another yelling from him and by giving Pamela a heads-up, he was probably getting some back-up against Chuck. He didn't want to be thrown in the water again!

When he finally reached the spot where his friends were lying on beach towels, they had already spread one for him. He lied down next to Bella. They all lied there and talked about random stuff and then the girls went for a game of volleyball while the guys kept lying, watching the girls play. In their group the girls were a lot more athletic than the guys. That's how it was in their group, no generalizations or stereotypes. They just fir together like puzzle pieces and accepted each other the way they were.

The bonfire started at nine and then there was a lot of dancing and singing and eating and drinking (which Castiel avoided due to his promise to his mother). They danced like crazies and had the time of their lives. They weren't good dancers, but they did let go of themselves and enjoyed to the fullest.

They decided to go back together, since they all lived on the same block. Castiel house was at the end and he dropped everyone on the way. When he finally reached home, he saw a new car in the driveway. It wasn't his father's car so that mean that they had guests. But his mom hadn't said anything about the guests, so, who was this?

Castiel rang the bell to his own house still wondering who it was. The door opened and a man stared back at him. The green eyes stared back at the blue ones and the latter crinkled with confusion.

The man at the door gave a throaty laugh at Castiel's expression and then raised his hand to shake Castiel's.

'You must be Castiel. I've heard a lot about you. It's a pleasure to finally meet you.' The man smiled as he moved backwards, giving Castiel space to enter his own house.

'And you are…?'

So, I guess, everyone knows who this stranger at the end is? I'll try to update ASAP. Reviews, good or bad, are loved!