Detention Drama

Gabriel POV

"This is stupid." Gabriel moans to himself. "I shouldn't be here. Yes I did swap the class DVD with a porn film but come on! It was funny, and much more interesting than watching a film about some guy who died ages ago who did a thing we should all remember and learn from."

Gabriel leans back in his chair, exhaling loudly every few seconds.

""Wait until your dad hears about this!" Dad doesn't care about anything unless it's a bottle of gin. He'll just sigh, say how disappointed he is with my behaviour and I'll be grounded for a few days. No biggie."

Gabriel glances over at Balthazar who is sitting across the room from him, arms folded, staring at the clock on the wall.

"I wonder how many times it'll take for me to make this noise before he snaps." Gabriel thinks gleefully to himself, making the noise again purposefully.

"Can you not?"

Gabriel grins. "Oh ok, just one more time."

"What?"

"Can you not make that noise? It's rather annoying."

"So's your face."

"Great comeback, is it one of your best?"

"Don't want to use my best ones too early."

"Sure."

They both fall silent for a few moments, while Gabriel ponders about why Balthazar is even here. Yeah he doesn't give much of a crap about school, he's talked back a few times, but not enough to get him in detention after school.

"There is something a bit off with him, he's usually happier than this." Gabriel thinks, suddenly slightly concerned. "Maybe if I irritate him enough he'll tell me what's up?"

"So what you here for?"

"I killed someone. He was an annoying little tyke just like you."

"Tyke?" laughs Gabriel. "What century you from?"

Balthazar doesn't respond. He just keeps his gaze on the clock.

"Is that your best comeback?" Gabriel teased.

"How about we don't speak?"

"Not sure I can do that."

"God you talk a lot."

"Do I really talk a lot?"

"YES! Dear god you must drive your brothers mad."

Gabriel sighs quietly. "Oh great my brothers have come up in conversation." He thinks bitterly. "Joy. I do love talking about my brothers. At least one's in college now so I don't have to look at his stupid chiselled face that all the girls swoon over. I mean get a grip. The guy has a stick so far up his ass that the stick in his ass has a stick up its ass! And Lucifer. He never stops moaning about, EVERYTHING. "Ugh daddy doesn't pay enough attention to me, so I'm going to piss him off until he does." I swear the grumpy cat is more cheery than Lucifer. Certainly has more of a personality."

"You know my brothers?"

"Yeah, I knew Michael before he left for college and Lucifer is in my year."

"What do you think of Lucifer?"

"Talks a lot, much like you, is about all I got really."

"So you're not best buddies then?"

Balthazar scoffs. "Hardly."

"Not surprised, not many are. He can be a bit difficult."

"I got that impression."

Ok change the topic, let's talk about his brother.

"Not like your brother. Cas is a sweetie."

"You think?"

"Yeah, always bright eyed and ready to learn. I have classes with him."

"That guy works so hard, doesn't always do well but her tries." Gabriel thinks smiling. "It's hard to not like the guy." Then Gabriel starts to wonder, is Cas the reason Balthazar is grumpy?

"Sounds like him." Continues Balthazar. "Anyway, what happened to you being quiet?"

"I told you I can't be quiet."

"Try."

"Alright you won't bite?" Gabriel thinks, an idea coming to him that might start to make Balthazar his old self again. "Let's have a sing song. A bit of Bowie? Why not?"

Gabriel grins before saying;

"You know, you remind me of the babe."

"What babe?"

"Babe with the power."

"What power?"

"Power of voodoo."

"Who do?"

"You do!"

"Do what?!"

"Remind me of the babe!"

"Yes he's playing along!" Gabriel thinks gleefully. "That's more like it." But Balthazar then spoils the moment by exclaiming;

"Jesus Christ!"

"Ok he's being boring again." Gabriel thinks bitterly.

"Oh come on you played along there! Part of you wants to have a bit of fun while we're here."

"Look I just want to go home. Wait, what are you doing? Sit down!"

Gabriel had stood up for a stretch and a wonder around the classroom, and was quite frankly taken aback by Balthazar's outburst. This really wasn't like him at all.

"Woah chill dude! I need to stretch my legs."

Balthazar sighs. "Look, normally I would be all up for screwing around with you. But not today."

"Seriously what's up with him?" Gabriel is now worried. "This isn't like him. He doesn't usually give a shit. A bit of flirting? That might put a smile on his face."

"You want to screw around with me huh?" Gabriel smirks as he wiggles his eyebrows at Balthazar.

"Not like that. Just sit down will you."

Gabriel frowns. "No not playing along. Ok something has happened. Psychiatrist hat on. I need to get to the bottom of this. Keep asking questions. Keep him talking."

Gabriel walks defiantly towards the teacher's desk and jumps onto it so he is facing Balthazar and begins to swing his legs in the air. Balthazar narrows his eyes at him but doesn't say anything.

"Why not today?" asks Gabriel, legs swinging back and forth.

"Cas is waiting for me to take him home and I don't want him to wait too long. We need to get home."

"What for?"

"We just do. Look don't you want to get home?"

Gabriel shrugs. "Not fussed really."

"Well I am. So get your ass back on your chair."