Around a week into the school year, it had become a ritual of sorts for the four friends to meet on the roof for lunch. Castiel and Dean had become especially close, with Cas often disregarding the latter's personal space. It was debated between Sam and Balthazar how much the older Winchester actually minded though, as despite all of his complaining, he never actually enforced his request that Cas keep his distance.
That particular day, however, the Novak boys couldn't help but notice that Sam wasn't there. "Where's shortie?" Balthazar asked curiously. He'd taken to calling Sam out on his lack of height, after discovering that he was actually an inch shorter than them. "Oh, Sammy's in a gifted class that started up today." Dean explained. "He was in it last year too."
Cas cocked his head. "Gifted class?" Dean shrugged. "I dunno, but Sammy's pretty damn smart. So is his friend Andy, he's in it too." Balthazar raised his eyebrows. "Huh. Well, his loss. Gabriel made cookies yesterday." The three of them spent lunch talking about classes and eating butterscotch cookies.
Afterwards, Castiel looked at Dean. "Balthazar wanted to go to the arcade after school, would you... like to come?" The older boy gave a lazy grin. "Sure, why not? I'll bring Sammy." He looked at the door into the school. "I gotta go, but I'll see you later!" He left. Balthazar put a hand on Cas's shoulder. "Getting cozy huh?" The black-haired boy blinked. "Huh?" He chuckled. "Nevermind, Cassie."
Exiting the shower room after Gym, Sam shook the water out of his hair and shouldered his bag. Spotting Jake Tally, another member of the gifted class, he jogged up to the taller boy. "Hey Jake! Wanna walk together?" Jake looked down at him and shrugged. "Sure. We're goin' to the same place anyway." The two left the gymnasium and walked down the hallway.
They met up with the other four members outside the classroom. The teacher hadn't arrived yet, it seemed. "Hey Sam." Andy grinned sheepishly from beside his brother. Ansem always stuck close by him, and everyone knew it. The two hadn't known about each other until they reached high school, and it didn't take long for Ansem to start shadowing Andy nearly everywhere. Frankly, Sam found it creepy.
"Hey, Andy." He smiled back. Ansem scowled lightly at him, and Sam resisted the urge to roll his eyes. Lily crossed her arms over her rather impressive chest, and shook back her mane of blonde hair. "Where is he? It looks pretty bad when the students all beat the teacher to the classroom." Jake nodded in agreement.
"Oh, patience is a virtue, students." Came the low, silky voice of their teacher. "Mr. Azazel! We didn't see you there." Andy said, startled. He tweaked at his over-long sleeves as he spoke. Azazel chuckled. "That's because you don't pay attention. Follow me, now. I though we... might have class outside." They all looked at each other, then followed him.
Out on the field, the group sat together in a half-circle, looking up at Azazel who was in a chair in front of them. He looked at each of them in turn, before beginning to speak. Sam had never been sure what kind of class this was, really, because the topic varied all the time. Sometimes they studied history, sometimes they'd have an almost 'free period' of physical activity, sometimes they'd discuss things as controversial as religion. Today was the latter.
"Today I thought we might discuss the book of Revelations." Azazel told them casually. "Seeing as that seems to be the one that holds your interest." Sam perked up almost imperceptibly. "Does anybody remember the four horsemen?" His hand shot up. "Conquest, although he's often replaced by Pestilence, War, Famine, and Death." Azazel chuckled. "Exactly. The four horsemen were signs of the Apocalypse, and-" The class lasted for around an hour and a half, with the students sometimes interrupting to comment or ask a question.
When the buzzer on Azazel's phone went off, he stood up. "You all did very well today, especially Sam. You seem to have a knack for Biblical Studies." He smirked, ruffling Sam's hair briefly. "Very good... Alright, I'll see some of you in class tomorrow, and the rest next week. Make sure and study up on Sodom and Gamohrra, I think we'll discuss that soon." The group all stood up, and parted ways.
Sam walked back to the school, and spotted another blonde at the doorway. He couldn't help a grin. "Jess!" He reached her, and felt a soft brush of her lips on his cheek. "Hey Sam~" She smiled sweetly. "You wanna come to the arcade with me and Dean today?" He asked her. "Oh, as fun as watching you and your brother try and run each other off a virtual race track sounds, Lily and i have plans." She said teasingly. Sam laughed. "Okay, maybe we can go out this weekend? To a movie or something?" Jessica nodded. "That sounds perfect." She smiled, then let him pass by her.
Sam walked through the school, until he saw Dean. He walked up. "Hey." Dean looked at him. "Hey Sammy, how'd class go?" A shrug. "We talked about the book of Revelations." Dean looked confused. "That's a really weird class you've got, y'know?" Sam chuckled. "I know." Castiel and Balthazar walked up to them. "Hello." They looked. "Hey Cas, hey Balty." Dean grinned. 'Balty' scowled. "No." Everyone laughed, before starting off towards the arcade together.
Slowly, the remaining students trickled out of the school, and then the teachers. Detentions were still going, but the left over teachers began locking the doors. When the last open door was clear, two students were not seen darting back into the school. Two heads of long blonde hair disappeared around a corner of lockers when a teacher passed by. "Shh!" Lily shushed Jessica's giggles. "I've never snuck into the school before!" The grinning blonde whispered excitedly.
Her begrudging friend groaned, then led the way. "C'mon, Jess. It's this way." Jessica followed, then thought of something. "Lily? What are we looking for?" She rolled her eyes. "I told you, I've been getting suspicious about Mr. Azazel. There's just something so weird about that class... and dad always told me to trust my instincts." Jess nodded a bit. "Sure sure... but what are you expecting to find?" Lily shook her head. "I don't know."
Reaching the door, she pulled her student ID out of her pocket, and worked the side of it. Soon enough... Click. She smirked. "Bingo." Opening it up, they crept into the classroom. Detentions were never held here, and he always left early. Slipping inside and shutting the door, Lily began rifling through his cabinets. Jess looked around, and started searching the desk.
For a half-hour they searched without progress. "I guess there isn't anything. Maybe he's just weird?" Jess suggested. Lily looked doubtful. "Maybe... hm?" She saw a large file on top of the cabinet, but when she reached for it... "What are you girls doing here?"
They spun around to see another student. "Brady!" Jess said in relief. Lily wasn't as much. "We were... looking for something I thought I lost in here. Guess not. We'll be leaving now." Brady eyed her, nodding. "That might be a good idea. I won't tell him, but my father wouldn't like you being here without his permission. He might get... angry."
The two girls managed to leave without further incident. "There was something suspicious about that." Lily scowled. Jess sighed. "Maybe you're just over-reacting, we didn't find anything!" The other girl's mind flashed to the folder. Her fingertips had brushed it, it might've fallen but she couldn't be sure. "... Yeah."
As they exited the arcade, Castiel listened awkwardly to Balthazar and Dean's bickering. "I didn't cheat, you moron." The blonde argued. "Yeah you did! You pushed me before I could hit my button!" The senior growled. "You leaned over too far." Balthazar rolled his eyes. Sam sighed, then heard his phone go off. "Hm?" He took it out and answered it. "Hello? Jess? Hey, slow down, what's wrong?" The other three froze to look at him in concern. He heard a sickening crunch over the line. "Jess? Hello? JESS!"
