Chapter 2: "Pay Attention, Castiel"

Castiel was so excited to begin his day that he woke up with 20 minutes to spare before his alarm clock went off. Castiel didn't even realize he wasn't alone in his room until he heard a chuckle come from near the door. "I knew it!" she nearly yelled. "You even woke up early for this guy. You've never even spoken to him prior to last night and you're already acting like a dunce."

"Anna, get out of my room" Castiel snapped at his sister, throwing his pillow at her.

"Aww come on, Cassie, I was only teasing, no need to get hostile," she giggled walking out of the door.

"Wait, Anna," Castiel called after her.

"hmm?" she replied poking her head back in. "Need a condom or something?" she joked.

"Damn it. Anna" Castiel sighed before continuing, "can you not tell anyone. Especially Lucy or Micheal" he said, a cold shudder ran through him as he spoke his oldest brother's name out loud. Just then Samandreal, the youngest of all the siblings rushed in and jumped on Castiel's bed.

"Keep what to herself?" He inquired, staring at Castiel.

"That is none of your business, Samandreal" Castiel said ruffling his hair. "now go get ready for school or you'll be late" he ordered his younger brother. The boy sighed, disappointed about being left out of the loop. Castiel gave Anna one last look that begged her to keep what she obviously knew to herself. She nodded and walked out giving her brother privacy to get ready. Starting the day had never been a problem for Castiel. He put on a shirt, a pair of pants, his shoes and was out in the kitchen for breakfast, but not today. Today all his clothes seemed; too big, too small, some outdated, some worn out, some he had no idea why he even owned. "What is going on with me" he said under his breath after realizing he had gone through half of his closet and was still in only his boxers. "Should I wear a tie? Is it too formal? Maybe I should go with a casual look? No, what if I look sloppy. Jeans? Slacks? Shorts? No, of course not. Definitely NOT shorts." he rambled arguing with himself. He ultimately decided to wear his anti-war shirt and some skinny jeans, casual, but not lazy, he put on his shoes, grabbed his school supplies and walked out the door into the kitchen. There Micheal and Lucifer were preparing breakfast and Samandreal was sitting at the table getting some last minute help from Anna on his homework.

"It's nice of you to finally join us, Castiel" Micheal said looking up from the stove, his voice heavy with sarcasm. He pointed to a plate on the table, "there's your plate, there's hash browns on the counter, get as many as you want, but eat fast so I can get you to school on time." Micheal said plainly. Micheal never was too pleasant in the mornings.

"Why such a delay this morning baby bro?" asked Lucifer, his voice dancing with the sound of 'I know things Castiel' Castiel just stared at his brother tilting his head to the side in that very Castiel way of his.

"I don't know what you mean, I am not yet so late I must rush. There is no delay. What are you implying" Castiel rambled pushing past his brother making his way to the food. Lucifer smiled to himself going back to making coffee. Castiel finished his breakfast downed it with a glass of orange juice, and sat at the couch by the door waiting for Micheal to take him to school. Castiel didn't notice how often he was checking his watch nor that Lucifer was staring at him.

"Well, it seems like someone is eager to get to school," he teased. "Why is that? Why are you so antsy to get to school... on a Monday?" He interrogated. Before Castiel had a chance to reply Micheal came to his rescue, car keys in one hand thermostat in the other.

"Maybe it's because some of us actually want to make something of our lives and not follow a silly dream of becoming a rockstar. Which wont happen by the way, Lucy, maybe you should try giving school a second chance" Micheal retorted opening the door and walking out, Castiel following close behind.

"Hurtful!" called out Lucifer with a smirk. "I thought you liked my music," Lucifer said making a pouty face at Micheal before laughing about it.

"Just hurry up and get Anna to work, or she'll miss another shift," said Micheal knowing his sister's tendency to skip work to go out with her friends. "Come on Samandreal, time to go to school, you should have asked for help last night."

Castiel was waiting in the passenger's seat for his brothers so that they could get to school. He saw Micheal and Samadreal turn the corner and buckled his seat belt excited to get to school. When they finally arrived Samandreal went off to meet his friends while Castiel made his way to his Government class. Micheal drove off as a black 1967 Chevy Impala pulled up next to Castiel. The passenger side door swung open smacking Castiel's ass, pushing him forward almost knocking him down.

"S-sorry" apologized a young of about Samandreal's age, Castiel recognized him as the young boy from the diner, which must mean that the car belongs to-

"Sorry about my brother," Dean said cutting into Castiel's rationalization of the situation. Castiel blushed when he looked up at Dean and his face, the rugged looking boy's cheeks splashed with red from the chilli morning.

"Uh, it's ok reall-" Castiel began to say.

"Hey! You're, you're um," Dean had to think for a moment. "YOU'RE CASTLE, FROM THE DINER RIGHT?!" Dean exclaimed seemingly proud of himself for remembering the boys name. 'how can I correct him when he seems so happy about thinking he got my name right' Castiel thought before replying.

"Yeah," he smiled. "That's me" he said. Dean smiled back at him and got back into his car.

"Well I should go park and get to class, see you later, dude" Dean said waving goodbye to him as he drove off. Castiel stood there waving goodbye even after Dean was obviously no longer paying attention to him. Castiel jumped in surprise when he felt an arm wrap around his shoulder.

"Good morning Cassie!" exclaimed Gabriel, Castiel's best friend and gay guru. Gabriel led Castiel away from the sidewalk and onto the campus headed towards their government class. "What business does a socially awkward book worm such as yourself have with bad boy Dean Winchester?" Gabriel asked very curious about his best friends relation to said bad boy.

"Honestly! Does everyone know about Dean Winchester except for me?!" Castiel said aloud wondering what was up with this 'bad boy' title and the fact that everyone seemed to know more about Dean and his family than he did. Gabriel just laughed.

"Whoa there big guy.. or little guy," Gabriel snickered seeing as how he had always been taller than his best friend. In retrospect, a lot of people were taller than him, even the young boy who hit Castiel with the car door was almost taller than he, and he was probably a freshman!

"Very funny, Gabriel. Just for that, I don't think I will tell you what my business with bad boy Dean Winchester is" Castiel taunted. Just then his best friend stopped chuckling. Castiel felt good thinking he had shut his friend up with his wit only to realize a second later that wasn't the cause for his sudden muteness.

"You think I'm a 'bad boy'?" Dean asked with one eyebrow raised and a grin on his face. Castiel was mortified, and he face made sure everybody knew it too, turning a deep shade of red that proved impossible to hide as he swear Dean's grin grew wider.

"I, uh, I em, b-but. I mean, that is to say" Castiel stuttered looking for the right words, but to no avail, his brain was fried from the embarrassment. "I didn't mean that-"

"Cassie! Let's go we gotta get to class," Gabriel interrupted coming to his friends aid after he felt the boy had suffered enough.

"Right, class. Late. Gotta get there." Castiel said turning around and walking as fast as he could in the direction of his class followed by a mocking and giggling Gabriel.

"BYE CASSIE!" Dean teased as the boys walked, nearly running to class. "See you in English" he called out before heading to class himself. Castiel's face was so red it looked like could set fire to ice.

"You have got to tell me what that was all about!" Gabriel exclaimed as they made their way into class and got into their seat.

"What what was all about?" Naomi butted in giving Castiel the 'i'm going to kill you when no one is looking' stare. Castiel just ducked his head into his history book ignoring them both. Even though her and Castiel were mortal enemies, Naomi and Gabriel were actually great friends. Girls like Naomi seem to be naturally drawn to flamboyant gay boys like Gabriel.

"Well Cassie here seems to be very chummy chum chum, with Mr. Dean Winchester," Gabriel told her saying Dean's name in a sing song voice. Naomi dropped her compact mirror on her desk.

"WHAT?!" she yelled earning herself stares from the entire class. Gabriel couldn't help but laugh.

"Yeah," he said. "Dean was all 'see you in English'" Gabriel added mocking Dean's deep sexy voice. "He was totally flirting with him." Gabriel smiled to himself at the thought of his socially awkward friend flirting with somebody.

"Don't be ridiculous!" both Castiel and Naomi barked at Gabriel. The boy raised his hands in front of him as if though he were about to be struck down. Naomi and Castiel glared at one another before both going back to what they were doing prior the their unanimous surprise at Gabriel's choice of words. Before either of the three could utter another word their teacher walked in, except it wasn't the teacher they were used to, instead of the regular ol' Mr. Turner, which most student knew better by his first name, Rufus, it was a younger woman mid thirties, maybe, light brown hair, brown leather jacket, and a very devil may care vibe about her.

"Hello student," the unknown woman greeted them. "Mr. Turner has been called away due to some family issues, and so for the rest of the school year, I will be your teacher." she said making her way to the white board. "My name, is Ms. Harvelle. I know Mr. turner personally and I expect the best behavior from you as his students," she said after writing her name up for the student to see. Castiel didn't know why, but he liked this woman. She had them take out their books and read a few sections before handing out a worksheet, the class ended five minutes after a short animated film on the economic crises around the world and Castiel made his way quickly out of class. He was shortly cornered by Naomi while trying to make it to his chemistry class.

"Stay away from Dean," she said threateningly. "Guys like you don't get far with guys like him" she whispered into his ear before shoving him against a wall and walking to her posy of savages. Even though he was good at hiding it Castiel couldn't deny that Naomi scared the hell out of him. Chemistry class was boring to Castiel. Micheal was a physics and forensic science major at KU, and Castiel knew more on the subject than the teacher seemed too. So when it was finally time to go, Castiel was the first one out. At the end of the hallway Gabriel was waiting for him so they could go get lunch.

"Come one! Let's go get our food so you can tell me all about you and Mr. Bad Boy" Gabriel teased his friend.

"There really isn't anything to tell," Castiel said as they walked. "He just went to the diner last night with his family and recognized me from school." Castiel explained as they got their food and made there way to there usual spot. On the way Castiel saw Dean hugging a girl he had never seen before. She was blonde and very pleasant on the eyes. He felt a pang of jealousy at the sight, and Gabriel didn't miss a beat.

"Ooo, trouble in paradise" joked Gabriel giving his friend a nudge of reassurance. "relax, tiger. I'm sure it doesn't mean anything" Gabriel said leading the boy to the sequoia tree on a field of grass where they ate lunch everyday.

Castiel blushed, "I don't know what you mean." He said trying to hide his embarrassment at being so obvious.

"Sure you don't" Gabriel said giving him the 'I'm your best friend, don't try to pull this bs on me' look. They ate and conversed about their weekends until the bell rang and Castiel all but shot up and would have sprinted to class, had Gabriel not pointed out that he should was his hands that were covered in grease. 'Why did I get pizza,' Castiel thought to himself. 'pizza isn't appropriate lunch food' he said making his way to the bathroom. "See you after school!" Gabriel called out to him making his way to his class on the other side of campus. When Castiel got to class he realized he was the last one in. He hated being the last one in, everybody always watches you until you reach your seat as if anticipating something no one can anticipate.

"Ah, Mr. Novak, so nice of you to join us" spoke professor Crowley. "Would you mind reminding us what the assignment due today is?" Even though it was vocalized in the form of a question it felt more like an order.

"Prepare notes for a socratic seminar on chapters 2-4 of The Great Gatsby," Castiel said. Taking his seat. Two seats behind Dean's.

"Very good," said Crowley writing it up on the white board. "Now I have predetermined your groups so you little shits don't partner up with your friends and go off on irrelevant tangents," stated the professor earning himself a few laughs from the students. Castiel let his mind wander to the real of how wonderful it would be to be partnered up with Dean, so much so that he didn't hear when professor Crowley did call out his name and Deans name for the same group. "Ahem," Professor Crowley cleared his throat. "Perhaps you would like to take a seat with your group, Mr. Novak" Crowley said to Castiel who hadn't moved at all. Castiel had no idea where to go until he saw Dean's hand wave him towards his group. Castiel tried to hide the blush that spread across his cheeks. Tried.

In Castiel and Dean's group was also Garth and Charlie; the only two people more socially awkward than Castiel. "Hey, dude, do you mind if I can look at your book, I left my copy in my car this morning," Dean whispered to Castiel.

"Y-yeah, of course," Castiel stuttered.

"Mr. Novak! Is their something you would like to share with the class?" Crowley asked. Castiel only shook his head. "In that case, refrain yourself from interrupting me while I am trying to teach!" Professor Crowley snapped at the boy.

"Sorry about that," Dean whispered moving his arm and resting it next to Castiel's so he could read from the book. Castiel felt his head become light and his thought get all scrambled up having Dean so close to him.

They began their socratic seminars in their individual groups once professor Crowley instructed them to so so. Charlie and Garth made some good point Dean just repeated what they said in his own word. He obviously didn't do the reading. "What are your thoughts on Nick, Castiel," Charlie asked noticing that he hadn't said a single word, but before he could answer Dean turned to him with a serious expression on his face.

"Your name is CASTIEL?!" Dean said his face very very close to Castiel's. Unable to find any words in his head the boy only nodded. "oh shit! I'm sorry, dude! I've referring to you as Castle," he chuckled, "that's probably why nobody seemed to know who I was talking about!" he said sitting back into his seat with an expression of sudden realization on his face. 'He's been talking about me to other people?!' Castiel thought to himself. He felt his face get warm and he couldn't help the smile that spread across his face. Charlie saw this and pointed it out to Garth then they were off discussing the new topic, in clingon no less, so that Castiel and Dean would not listen in. they giggles a few times and Castiel was so distracted by them that he yet again missed when Crowley called him out to talk about the chapter.

"Pay Attention, Mr. Novak!" the man said sternly. He seemed more annoyed than usual to Castiel. The boy just nodded his head and went back to his group discussion. During the rest of the class Professor Crowley had to tell Castiel to pay attention fie more times. Once even smacking him upside the head with his own teacher's copy of the novel. A few students laughed at the boys misfortune. Dean still seemed lost, but Castiel did notice that he picked up on the general ideas behind the novel.

"So, you seem to really get this stuff, huh?" Dean asked Castiel when the bell rang.

"Uh, I suppose I do," Castiel replied, neither of the two noticed Garth and Charlie following close behind.

Dean ran his hands through his hair and shifted his wait from side to side until he finally gathered the courage to say what he had wanted to say. "Well, I, uh, I was wondering if you wouldn't mind tutoring me a little. Most of these metaphores and symbolisms just sort of fly right past me" Dean said trying not to make himself sound too stupid.

It was as if God himself was handing over Dean to Castiel on a silver platter. "Yeah, of course, dude" Castiel said regretting instantly trying to add dude to his vocabulary. Dean just laughed at it. Castiel felt his face get red.

"So, today isn't good for me, I have to take Sam to baseball practice, but tomorrow would be great, is that ok with you?" He asked hopefully. It took Castiel a second to process what just happened. His brain seemed scrambled, but he finally managed to nod in agreement to the terms.

Dean just laughed at the boys loss for words and began walking over to meet his brother, but not before turning around and saying "Pay Attention, Castiel." and with one last smirk him and his brother were off in the direction of the parking lot.

Micheal picked Castiel and Samandreal up at the front of the school as opposed to the back were he drops them off. Today Gabriel would be joining them since he was not going to let Castiel leave without telling him every detail about his new found friendship with the Winchester boy. "Gabriel, will you be joining us today?" Micheal asked from his seat at the driver's side.

"Damn Skippy," Gabriel said flicking his wrist in a generic 'gay' way Micheal just laughed and unlocked the doors.

"Will you be staying for dinner as well?" Micheal asked as they pulled out of the school.

"That is a positive," Gabriel said in a deep manly man voice. On the ride home Samandreal and Gabriel chatted about new episodes of reality TV they enjoyed, and Castiel just looked out the window at the scenery.

When they got home Castiel and Gabriel went to his room to put there stuff down. Gabriel went to the bathroom while Castiel put their belongings where they wouldn't get in the way. As he was doing so he felt something in his shirt pocket which had a peace sign sewed on, by Castiel himself. In his pocket was a folded up piece of paper with the words 'to Castiel' written across it in slightly messy handwriting. Castiel sat on his bed and unfolded the paper. There was a crude stick figure drawing with a peace sign drawn on the left under his arm and a halo on his head. Castiel took it to be a drawing of himself. Under the stick figure in the same messy handwriting were words that made Castiel's heart skip a beat, and he knew it had been Dean who wrote it. 'But when did he slid this in my chest pocket?' Castiel wondered trying to recall, but he had been daydreaming nearly the entire time he was with Dean so he gave up trying to remember. Instead he just laid back on his bed and smiled to himself feeling happier than ever before. The note simply read:

'Pay Attention, Castiel'

NOTE:

Ok so i might make Garth and Charlie a "thing" because i think they would be so cute together, but i'm not sure yet. hope you guys enjoy chapter 2. Also i didn't make Gabriel a brother because I thought he would be a way better fit as Castiel's Gay BestFriend, but if it matters the Novak's treat Gabriel like if he was one of their own.

Lucy is a rockstar
Anna is a wild child
Samandreal is just doing his thing being adorable
Micheal is the strict anal brother we all need
and Hester is that cousin that nobody likes.
and yeah those are the Novak's so far.

P.S. get ready for some Joe and Ash Brother Sister Kick Ass Action next chapter. There will also be Sam and "stop it Becky" action and some Sam and Ruby action. And Cas will get some action too. you never know!

P.P.S watch out for Meg. Meg will become more important as the story progresses. Do Not Drop Your Gaurd!