Chapter 2 - Not So Alone

RING!

The lunch bell rings. He put his books back to his bag and started to make his way towards the cafeteria out of habit. When he gets to the doors, he remembers about Lisa and realizes he wasn't ready to face Dean and their other friends yet. He makes his way instead to the back of the school.

"Clarence, what a pleasant surprise," she says she moves away from her other friends who snickered at Cas. She hooks her arm on his and drags him away. They walk like that until they got under "their" tree that overlooks the football field.

"So, lover boy's got eyes on the new kid, huh?" She says as they sit down. She takes out a pack of cigarettes and lights one. Cas winces.

"You shouldn't smoke, you know," he says with concern for his good friend.

"Oh, I know," she sucked on her cigarette and then slowly exhaled after a few seconds, "Talk."

"You know the gist of it," he says, looking down on the grass around them. He begins to pull at them. "I just…he was just starting to notice me, like, really SEE me, you know? And she just had to come to THIS SCHOOL, at THIS TIME."

"'Told you you should have told him a month ago," she messed up her short blond hair with her hand and looked at her friend.

"Well, I didn't and now it's too late," his eyes catch Dean and Lisa walking towards the bleachers, talking a little too closely.

She rolled her eyes at his dramatic demeanor. "He's not the only person in the world, Clarence."

"It feels like he is," he stares at Dean longingly. "And…I think Jo and Charlie knows…"

"Sure they do. Everyone who has seen you look at him knows. Dean probably suspects it, too."

Cas hugs his knees to his chest. "What do I do?"

Not the hugging type, she moved closer to Cas's side instead and put her head on his shoulder. "I don't know… Hope and pray it doesn't work out?"

"In what universe will THAT not workout?" He says pointing at what probably would be the next prom king and queen. "I can't even hang out with them anymore, Dean would probably bring Lisa to movie and video game night."

"We don't know that!" Meg tries to be defiant but fails.

"Don't you remember when he dated Cassie? He even brought her to my second cousin's wedding…and HE was my plus one."

"Well, you know what, screw them! WE'LL have our own movie and video game night," she says in an upbeat tone, trying to cheer him up.

Cas lifts his head up and looks at her with a smile, "Thank you."

After his last class, Cas walks back to his locker and frowns as he sees Dean wasn't in his. He opens it and throws his books carelessly, still sulking. He feels someone tap him on the shoulder and he turns around.

"Hey, Castiel!" Charlie and Jo were standing behind him. Jo says, "We missed you at lunch…"

"Dean introduced us to Lisa," added Charlie.

Cas turns back to his locker so they wouldn't see his face. He tries to keep his voice neutral, "Yeah?"

"Yeah, she's pretty cool. Dean asked us if it was okay to bring her on movie night…" Jo trailed off.

Cas feels his heart thumping in his ears, "And?"

"We said if it was okay with you, he could."

He takes a deep breath before facing them again, "Well, I can't make it tonight. I have to wake up early tomorrow. I gotta visit Gabe, remember?"

"What about the foreseeable future movie nights?" Charlie asks.

He evades the question, "Why are you even asking me? This is a democratic country, if there is a majority decision, you should go with that."

"Cas," Jo squeezes his arm and just holds him, looking straight into his eyes she says, "we know."

He closes his locker and looks around, making sure no one else heard. "He CAN'T know. I swear to Chuck, Jo, if he finds out…"

"Oh don't worry about that," Charlie waves him off, "but he's probably the only one who doesn't know…"

Just then, Dean appears behind Jo and Charlie. "Hey guys, what's up?"

"Nothing," he replies while giving Jo and Charlie a pleading look.

"Oh hey, we missed you at lunch," Dean told him.

"Yeah, they told me."

"I introduced them to Lisa."

"They told me that, too," he murmurs.

Dean looks at Cas, Jo and Charlie weirdly for a couple of seconds before shrugging. "Speaking of Lisa, is it okay if I don't give you a ride home? I thought I'd give Lisa a tour, you know, as someone who's lived here all my life."

"Yeah, that's cool," he replies while staring directly at Jo and Charlie, "Meg's going to give me a ride anyway, so…"

Dean tilted his head in confusion but didn't say anything.

Cas cleared his throat, "Well, I gotta go. I told her I'd meet her at her car."

Dean watches Cas leave, then asks Jo and Charlie, "Who's Meg?"

They roll their eyes at him and walk away.

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