A.N.= I am so sorry you had to wait this long I had the crappiest writers block EVER. Here's the chapter, you lovely people you xD

Chapter 2: And So Our Heroes Regain Sustanence

Walk away, right now, before you embarrass yourself. Cas sighed in exasperation and glared at the back of his flirting brother's head. "Goodbye, Grease Monkey." He huffed, leaking faked dislike into his voice and stalking of past the gorgeous boy, pushing his way through the lunch crowd in his haste to get away. Once he made it outside he made his way to his usual table, only to find it occupied by a familiar boy. Taking a deep breath in through his nose, he tried to ignore the younger boy he'd seen this morning with his totally-not-crush.

The kid was too busy reading a book to notice Castiel quickly changing direction and head for a spot under a tree on the grounds, trying to avoid sitting near the stoners and general rabble of the school, especially when he noticed Luce sitting among, looking half gone himself. Pulling out his own book, Cas lent against the tree and ate his sandwich in peace, trying not to think about his brother's new friend and failing miserably.

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Gabe dragged Dean into the line at the cafeteria and, as he waited, Dean searched the huge room for a boy overly engrossed in a book. Not finding his brother, Dean picked out every unhealthy food he wanted to eat and sat at Gabe's table instead, with Gabe and his Jwow lookalikes and a wisecracking blonde boy named Zaza.

Gabe grinned at someone over Zaza's shoulder and waved, making Dean look up at a pretty dark haired girl who glared at Gabe and sat down pointedly so close to a jock that she was basically on a his lap, making Gabe chuckle. "She loves me really." He boasted to Dean, as Jwow sulkily picked at her salad. Zaza slid down the table and bumped her shoulder with his, giving her a dazzling smile when she looked up and stealing a baby tomato off her, making her laugh.

Dean pulled a sour face and made a comment about the diabetes he was getting, before taking a large bite of pizza. "So, who was that guy, anyway?" He asked through it, "nonchalantly", as Gabe cracked open a can of soda and took a gulp. "That was just Cas, my pet nerd. He basically has no life outside his own hobbies, poor kid doesn't know what he's missing." Cas… "So, he's your brother and he's not a total party animal? How does that even work?"

Gabe snorted and pulled the wrapper off a candy bar. "He's about as impressionable as adamantium when it comes to us." At Dean's raised eyebrow, he jerked his thumb over his shoulder. "Me, the leader of this school's resident pack of brown-nosing goody-two-shoes over there and our stoned punk rock rebel." Dean's other eyebrow joined his first, turning in his seat to see a table of seniors that could only be described holier than thou, wearing pastels and whites, looking like every teacher's wet dream. Their "leader" was a tall boy with brown hair, the others leaning in to listen to whatever he was saying.

Letting out a sound that was probably 'posers', Dean took another bite of pizza and washed it down with his own soda. "Stoned punk rock rebel?" He asked, genuinely curious about exactly what kind of family churned out a stoner, a party animal, a goody-two-shoes and an introvert all in one batch. "Yeah, he's outside getting high with his douche-bag friends, probably." Gabe rolled his eyes and pulled out another candy bar. "You got any siblings?"

"Yeah. Hey, maybe we should set our geeky little brothers up for a play date!" He joked. And then maybe I'd get to see yours again. "Well, I'm hanging out at the mall this afternoon. You bring yours, I'll bring mine, we'll pack them off to a bookstore together or something." Gabe said, gesturing with his candy as Dean did an internal happy dance picking up a fry and stuffing it his mouth to keep from grinning. "Yeah, why the hell not?" Where ever Sam was, no matter what plans he had for this afternoon, he was going to the mall if Dean had to drag him there by his unruly mop of hair.

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"Sure, I'll go to the mall. I need some new shoes, anyway." Dean grinned and ruffled Sam's hair, opening the Impala's trunk for their backpacks. "Great, because I found you a friend." Sam narrowed his eyes at Dean over the gear stick. "It's not some stupid chick you want to bone, is it?" Dean ignored Sam and his bitchy look, reversing out onto the road before answering. "No, actually it's so geek who likes books." I think he likes books. Maybe I should read Sammy's classic… "Do you wanna bone her or not?" Sam asked, pulling his seatbelt across, not looking away from Dean. "It's a dude and you're too young to even know what that means, just go back to your books."

"Dean my book is about a man being put on trial for rape." Dean almost crashed the Impala, which would have been hard to explain when Dad got back. "What!?" He spluttered, as Sammy smirked across at him. "Yeah, shut up, jerk." Dean had righted the impala and decided that he was in no mood to cook. "Bitch." He muttered back as he took the turn and head for his new favourite place to eat.

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The diner was pretty full this time of day and as Sam did his homework with one hand and ate his salad with the other, Dean daydreamed about shy blue eyes and messed up hair and the way Cas moved and paid no attention to the young waitress when she flirted with him, making Sam raise an eyebrow at him. "Who are you and what did you do to Dean?"

"Can I not not flirt back when she's about your age?" Sam stared for a few more seconds, waiting for some sign that his brother had been abducted by aliens, before shrugging and going back to his homework. "Hey, don't you have any homework to do?" Dean rolled his eyes and shovelled potato into his mouth. "And your point is?" he grumbled.

"Dean, Dad said we'd be in this town for a while. Like maybe all semester. You really want to flunk an entire semester?" Dean shrugged and drained his coffee cup, ignoring Sam's trademark bitch face number five 'This is important, Dean.' The waitress sauntered back over and refilled Dean's cup, her blonde hair falling into her eyes as she bent down a little too far over the table.

Sam cleared his throat as she stood back up, a blush staining his face, making Dean smirk and they both completely forgot about their little spat and got on with teasing one another.

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Pulling into the mall's parking lot, Dean tried to stop his ands from shaking on the wheel, pulling in a deep breath before reaching into his pocket for his cell phone, Gabe's number one of the only ones in his contacts. Well, here goes nothing.

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Cas rolled his eyes as Gabe bypassed the dish of steaming casserole on the kitchen counter and went straight for the cake that had been left in the fridge instead, cutting himself a slice and pouring them both a huge glass of soda as Cas got their plates from a cupboard.

"So, I'm going to the mall this afternoon and you're coming with me." Gabe announced as he transferred the dessert to the plate Cas was holding out to him. "Am I?" Cas asked, as he filled his plate with tuna casserole. "Yes, I found you a geeky play mate, so you can go to a bookstore or the food court or… something." Cas sighed in frustration, but nodded.

Gabe did a touchdown dances and, instead of slumping in front of in front of the tv like every other day, puts his plate down on the table and sits in the seat across from the one Castiel usually uses. "Thanks, bro!" Cas rolls his eyes and sits down, content to let Gabe talk about the party next week and the girls that'll be there and the booze that he'll drink and how Cas should come with him, even though they both know he won't.

Not even bothering to ask if they're allowed out, Gabe picks up his keys and Cas traipses after him, pulling the spare helmet out of the hallway cupboard on the way past. Wrapping his arms around Gabe as he starts up his Vespa, Cas wonders just who his new 'geeky playmate' is.

So, I don't even know what this is. This is my second attempt from scratch it this I can't tell if it sucks or not. Verdict?

Love, Phe xxxxxx