Summary: AU. Castiel joins Lawrence High and finds himself falling for the sister of Dean's girlfriend Jo. When he wants to ask her out, he finds out that his love 'em and leave 'em style isn't going to get him anywhere and decides to make a change. Please R&R!

Disclaimer: I don't own Supernatural or its characters. I only own Faith Harvelle.

A/N: Hope you enjoy this chapter! Thanks for the support so far and I hope you like how the relationship grows.

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Trust Issues

Chapter Two

Looking into Faith's eyes, Castiel took her soda can from her hand and placed it on the coffee table as he held her hand gently, moving a little closer to her. He wasn't going to give her some big chick-flick speech, but he was going to be honest. He needed to be honest with her, it would give her the grounds to trust him.

"I've been at Lawrence High for a month, and I've known you for a month." He began, "I know that I've been just having one night stands with a lot of the girls, and that I seem like a total manwhore to you...But I've only ever really had my eye on one girl and I want to change to be able to be with her."

"And you want me to help with that?" She asked, Castiel gripping her hand a little tighter.

"I'll help myself change because I want to really make her happy," He said, "And the girl I want so much is sat on a couch in a baby blue sweater and her soft jeans that sometimes she wears for school especially if we have double science, like on Wednesdays. She has strawberry blonde hair and gorgeous brown eyes with a beautiful smile and a beautiful personality."

Faith moved away from him a little and released his hand, suddenly pulling on her fingers and becoming rather embarrassed. She'd realised when he'd started describing her clothes that he was talking about her, and she needed to make things clear to him. She did really like him a lot, and she had from the moment he'd sat next to her in English class.

"Um...Are you talking about just dating or...or a boyfriend-girlfriend relationship?" She asked, Castiel squeezing her hand in response.

"Boyfriend-girlfriend relationship." He replied, "If you'd rather date first, we can date first. I'm leaving you to work things out at your own pace."

Faith bit her lip and took the words in, deciding to tell Castiel what she needed him to know. She hoped it wouldn't push him away, but she needed to let him know.

"Cas...I..." She began, trying to find the right words, "This sounds awful, but I'll need to build...um...trust in you. I trust you as a friend, but as a boyfriend I need to know that you won't leave me or use me...or hurt me..."

"You know I would never hurt you, Faith." Castiel whispered, deciding to play dumb about what Jo had told him, "Did somebody hurt you before? Is that why you're having trouble trusting me...?"

Faith just nodded and bowed her head, while Castiel moved a little closer and rubbed her arm gently.

"I won't hurt you, I won't leave you and I certainly won't use you." Castiel promised, "Do you want to do this?"

Faith looked back at him and nodded softly, allowing Castiel to pull her into a hug. She didn't want to have things move too quickly because she needed to know that Castiel would really look after her and was certain about taking things at her speed.

"Dating first?" She asked softly, Castiel feeling a hint of disappointment rush through his system at those words.

But he nodded all the same, gently rubbing her back. She needed to be able to trust him, and as upset he was that they weren't going into a relationship, he knew how important the dating process would be to her, and maybe he could learn something new about working on a relationship. When they pulled back from the hug, Castiel had the urge to just kiss her, but he knew that if they were just dating, a kiss might spoil things. But when Faith leaned forward a little towards him, her lips in his view, he leaned forward himself and allowed her to kiss him gently. It was quick, but it felt amazing at the same time.

"Do you want to come to my house tomorrow night?" Castiel asked, "My Uncle Balthazar won't mind. We can get a pizza...Watch some movies?"

"Sure." Faith replied, "Um...what time?"

"Um...if I pick you up at five, I'll bring you back for eleven?" He suggested, "Plenty of time to watch movies."

"Okay." Faith said softly, "Thank you."

Castiel smiled and they kissed gently again, sharing a hug before going for the door, Faith picking up the soda she'd gotten out for Castiel. He took it from her as she kissed his cheek and they hugged one more time before Castiel drove home, leaving Faith with the first true smile she'd had on her face for a long time.


Balthazar Novak, Castiel's twenty-nine year old Uncle who was more like a brother, looked up as Castiel walked through the door with a soda in his hand.

"What did she say?" He asked, Castiel sighing softly.

"She just wants to date for now." He said quietly, "I can understand it, she's had a lot of reasons to not trust...well...men."

"Just be yourself..." Balthazar began, "Don't be as much of a whore, though. It's time to grow up, my lad."

"Uncle Balthazar?" Castiel said softly, approaching his uncle, "How do I not scare her off?"

"You just try and notice the signs that tell you if she's comfortable, or if you're moving too fast. You'll be able to tell if you're scaring her." Balthazar said softly, "Cas, I never minded when you brought girls home and whatever, but...This girl seems too important to you to screw things up with. Am I right?"

"Yes." Castiel replied, running his hands into his hair, "I really, really, really like her. I don't want to mess it up. She's so..."

"Special, perfect, wonderful?" Balthazar asked, earning a nod from the eighteen year old who sat down with his head in his hands, "Let me guess, when you look at her she seems to have a glow around her that sets her apart from all the other girls, you feel hot, your heart beats faster and it feels like you have butterflies in your stomach."

Castiel nodded and buried his face in his arms, sighing and shaking his head softly.

"I'll get you sorted for tomorrow." Balthazar promised, rubbing Castiel's back and going to the refrigerator for ice cream, "You wanna watch Die Hard?"


Ellen and Bill arrived home to a quiet, tidy house, apart from Faith who was sitting on the stairs waiting for them.

"Faith?" Ellen said softly, "Baby, it's two in the morning. What are you doing up?"

"I need to talk to you guys..." Faith replied, standing as Bill and Ellen locked up, approaching their child, "I have a date tomorrow night...with Castiel Novak. I...I'm nervous and I don't want to come across as miserable or...or anything like that."

"Honey, just be yourself, smile plenty, and don't be afraid to tell him if you're uncomfortable with what's happening." Bill said, "Castiel's a nice boy...despite his obsession with one night stands."

Ellen took in the nervousness in her baby girl's eyes and she hugged her close, pressing a kiss to her temple. She'd been through her own personal hell recently, and perhaps Castiel was the one to change all that. Jo, no doubt, had already told Castiel to be very careful around Faith, and Ellen knew that it was just sisterly protection and nothing truly malicious.

"It'll be okay. Get yourself to sleep and we'll talk more tomorrow. I'll take you out to buy a new outfit, huh?" She said softly, "Some new jeans and a new top...maybe some shoes and a purse?"

Faith smiled and hugged her parents, kissing them both goodnight and going into her room, avoiding the sounds of Dean and Jo making love in the next room. They were quieter now that Ellen and Bill were home, but Faith and Jo's walls were paper thin so poor Faith could hear everything that was going on next door. It didn't matter, though.

She had a date the next night.

-TBC-


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