"The answer is the same as it is every time, no," Dean replied annoyed.
You see Crowley owned a club three blocks over called 'Hell's Gate', which had earned him the nickname King of Hell, and about six months ago now, he'd offered Dean a job at his club for 3 times what Ellen paid him. Of course Dean had turned him down, and for several reasons, the first being the type of club 'Hell's Gate' was. It was a sex club, for lack of a better term, it was place where you could go and display you and your partners most intimate of moments or pay one of Crowley's employees to work you over. It was mainly a place for people with kinks, kinks that ranged all over the spectrum of taboos and clichés.
Another reason he'd turned Crowley down was because of the job he'd offered Dean. It wasn't just a DJ; he also wanted Dean to be a toy, someone who was willing to play with the clients. Dean was so beyond not okay with the very idea, that it wasn't even funny, he was not going to whore himself out to strangers for a bit of extra cash. His last reason, and the one Dean view as most important was Ellen. She'd hired him and Sam out of the goodness of her heart, she was like family now and Dean saw family as the most important thing in this world. Apparently Crowley didn't seem to get this though, because he continued to hound Dean about working for him.
"Why do you let him in?" Dean asked Ellen exasperated.
"Because he's a paying customer, and I know you wont say yes," Ellen replied with a smile.
Dean glared at Ellen half-heartedly; she just continued to smile at him. Crowley cleared his throat, trying to gain Dean's attention once again. Dean shot daggers at him with his eyes, Crowley gestured behind him at a girl on the barstool next to him. She had brown wavy hair that flowed down to just below her shoulders, she wore tight jeans and a low cut top. Dean recognized her as Meg a girl who worked at Crowley club, she smirked at Dean from her seat. You might wonder how he knew this, well Dean was ashamed to admit he'd visited 'Hell's Gate' with a now ex-girlfriend of his, that was when Crowley had spotted him.
Out of all of Crowley's employees that Dean had met, he liked Meg the best though that wasn't saying much. She didn't obey Crowley like the others; she had spirit and guts, Dean admire that. Her constant sarcasm and condescending nature annoyed Dean though, and Meg knew it. Dean had also met Meg's sister Ruby; she'd dated Sam for a bit before he'd met Gabe.
Dean hated Ruby, she'd messed with Sam's head, and even got him addicted to drugs at one point. It was something that often went around Crowley's joint; it was nicknamed Demon's Blood because of that fact. He'd had to do some major work on Sam after that, getting him help and being there for him. Another employee he'd met was a guy who called himself Lucifer; he'd taken an interest in Sam when Ruby had introduced them.
It took Dean a little bit to figure it out but Ruby was Lucifer's little minion. She would find club goers, or in Sam's case random people and then fuck them up; she messed with them until they'd do practically what ever she said. Then she'd send them down to Lucifer so he could play with them, you see Lucifer had a special place in 'Hell's Gate' called 'The Pit'. It was a place for only the most fucked up of kinks; it was where everything was taken to the extreme. It upset Dean even more because Lucifer still pestered Sam, even after he and Gabe had gotten together.
Dean rolled his eyes as Meg got up from her seat and approached him, so now Crowley was trying seduce him into working for him? He would have to do a hell of a lot better than Meg, no pun intended, she was nowhere near his type and couldn't compare to Cas. Dean eyes widened when he'd realized what he'd just thought, Crowley took this as a sign he liked what he saw of Meg.
"Ready to reconsider my offer now?" Crowley inquired.
"Hell no," Dean replied rolling his eyes.
Crowley glared at him and grabbed his Jacket, he whispered in Meg's ear and left. Once he was out Meg sat down in the seat next to Dean and ordered a drink. Ellen handed her a mimosa smiling at Dean, he rolled his eyes at her, dang woman would be the death of him.
"Thank God, I thought he'd never leave," Meg said frowning.
"Why do you work for him again?" Dean asked taking a drink of his beer.
"Because his club is the only I can play in, Sunshine," Meg replied smarmily.
Meg glanced over at Cas, who was sitting next to Dean; he'd been sitting there quietly watching the whole scene unfold. He was currently swirling the ice around him glass, trying not to look at Dean and Meg. She smirked, glancing at Dean then back to Cas, Dean didn't like the look she was giving Castiel.
"Hello Clarence," she said referring to Cas.
"My name isn't Clarence, its Castiel," Cas told her, a confused look on his face.
Meg looked at Dean, trying to figure out if Cas was being serious. Dean simply shrugged his shoulders, Cas was odd and he had no idea how his brain worked. Smiling Meg took a sip of her drink, leaving a lip print of dark red lipstick on the glass.
"You know he wants me to convince you to come home with me and play, so I can convince you to work for him, right?" Meg asked taking another sip.
"I'd guess as much," Dean replied taking a swig of his beer.
"It's not gonna happen, is it?" Meg asked looking at Dean.
"Nope," Dean replied with a shake of his head.
"What about you Clarence?" Meg asked looking at Cas.
Dean froze, would Cas say yes? He really hoped not, he wanted Cas to be his; he wanted Cas to be his bad. Trying not to show how much he was freaking out he took a drink of his beer. Cas seemed to be at a loss for words, he wasn't use to being hit on especially not this bluntly.
Finally he found his voice and replied, "Not that you aren't beautiful, or that the offer isn't tempting, but I'm going to have to turn you down."
Meg seemed just as surprised by his answer as Dean, though they were surprised for different reasons. Dean was surprised because Cas said the offer was 'tempting', was he into that kind of thing, or was he being polite? Meg was surprised because he'd called her beautiful, she didn't hear that a lot.
"If it's tempting, why are you saying no?" Meg asked, really wanting to take him home now.
"I have my eye on someone else," Cas replied in an apologetic tone.
That answer caught Dean's attention; he thought about everyone Cas had met so far, did he have a thing for Jo? Or maybe someone on the floor had caught his attention and Dean just hadn't noticed. Dean frowned, a few hours and he'd already lost him, this night just kept getting better and better. He downed the last of his beer, and stood getting ready to head back to the booth.
"Well, I've got work to do so I'll talk to you later Meg," Dean said turning to leave.
"You've got something to do alright," Meg replied with a smirk, sipping her mimosa.
Dean rolled his eyes, Meg could be a real bitch sometimes, and then walked to the DJ booth. Glancing back he saw Cas was following him, good it was a little hard to DJ by himself. Cas's eyes were glazed over like he was deep in thought; Dean thought he looked kind of cute like that. Dean cleared his throat to get Cas's attention, Cas blinked before smiling sheepishly and then moved around Dean to his laptop.
"You want lights, or mix this time?" Dean asked as Cas took it off auto play.
Cas chewed his lip think for a moment, "I'll take lights."
As they were playing Dean noticed the dance floor looked empty and people were slowly starting to leave the dance floor. Looking up he flashed Jo the signal; she gave him a thumbs up and walked onto the dance floor. Dean put on her request and she started to dance, working the crowd, he smiled, she really loved her job. You could tell by her smile how much she loved to dance; this was the best job she could have.
Castiel smiled bittersweet as he watched Dean, he really cared for Jo and from the looks of it they were most likely a couple. Wouldn't that be great, first person he'd be interested in in years and they were already taken. Dean saw Cas's expression, why did he look so upset? Thinking about the last few moments he tried to pinpoint a reason, and then it hit him. He'd been right Cas had a thing for Jo; he must have misunderstood Dean's feelings towards her. Well just because he couldn't be with Castiel didn't mean he had to ruin Jo's chances.
"Jo's a doll isn't she?" Dean said putting on a fake smile.
Cas's face fell even further, "Yea, she's real sweet."
"Her, Ellen and Bobby are the closest thing I got to family, except for my brothers. She's the little sister I never had, and sometimes I never wanted," Dean said chuckling, trying to keep up his fake happiness.
Cas grinned in relief; little sister was good, no romantic feelings then. Then the rest of Dean's statement hit him, he'd said 'brothers' as in more than one. Castiel had only been aware of one brother, Samuel, another one was news to him.
"You have another brother?" He asked, wanting to know more about Dean.
"Yea, my mom died when I was young and my dad remarried when I was about 13. A few years later they had my little brother Adam, great kid," Dean said, smiling a real smile now.
Adam was around 9 years younger than Dean, and currently in his senior year of high school. He went to a board school in another state, Dean didn't like the distance but it was a good school, plus it help Adam with his career goal; he wanted to be a doctor. Dean chuckled, one brother was going to be a lawyer and the other a doctor, and here he was DJing while teaching self-defense on the side.
"You might actually get to meet him," Dean informed Cas, "he's in town for about a week and he always visits at least once."
Then it hit Dean he was such an idiot, Adam had a crush on Jo, how could he forget. His little brother likes a girl and here he was helping a stranger get with her, way to go Dean. Well best to break the bad news now, sighing he looked at Jo the dance floor having fun, lucky.
"Adam has a thing for Jo, that's why he makes sure to stop by," Dean said, trying to sound casual about it.
Dean prepared for Castiel's response, "Well I wish him the best of luck, if he's your brother, I'm sure he's a great kid."
Dean blinked in surprise maybe he was wrong about Cas liking Jo, the smile on his face sure said he was. Then why was Cas so upset earlier, maybe it was the encounter with Meg? Yea that was probably it, Dean turned back to his equipment thinking. That was another thing he needed to figure out, what where Cas's feeling on kinks. He was sure Cas was smart enough to figure out what Meg had meant when she'd said 'play' and he said that sounded tempting. Did he really like those types of things, and if so which?
Castiel smiled, so Dean's brother liked Jo, that for sure meant that there was no romantic feeling there, at least no on Dean's end of things. This had been a lesson though, Cas would have to woo Dean quickly or he'd lose him to someone else.