Castiel didn't see Dean again until lunch where he sat alone in the corner. His eyes were on a book in his lap so he didn't notice him there until Dean loudly set down his tray on the table and sat down. "Hey, Cas" he smiled and took a huge bite out of his burger.
"Uh, hey" Castiel shifted uncomfortably and continued reading his book while quietly chewing on his sandwich. "So where'd you move here from and why'd you come back?" Dean asked right away as if it were nothing. "Oh…uh…I moved here from Colorado. We came back because…we just move around a lot" he said vaguely.
"Huh, cool. Never been to Colorado. Have you ever – wait, Sam! Sammy! Over here!" Dean waved at a rather tall boy who had just walked in with a blond girl. They both came over and sat down with them.
"Oh hey, who's this?" Sam asked Dean and looked at Castiel. "Sammy, this is Castiel. Cas, this is Sam, my little brother. Oh, and this is his girlfriend Jess" he pointed at the blond girl. "Nice to meet you" Castiel murmured shyly and closed his book out of manners.
"So you're new, right?" Sam asked him. "Yep" Dean answered for him "But get this, he was here for a while couple years back" Cas shot him a look, but Dean reassured him "Cas, it's okay, it's Sammy"
"Castiel…the trench coat guy? I saw you around a bit, but I was in middle school at the time so I wouldn't really know…Dean was he the guy you-" "Sam" Dean said with a warning tone and looked back at Cas "So why do you move around a lot?"
"I uh…" They must have noticed how uncomfortable he looked because Jess said right away "I was new last year. How're you liking Kansas?"
"It's hot" he said simply and they all laughed making Cas smile a tiny bit.
They all ate while having a surprisingly pleasant conversation that ended when the bell rang yet again. "What class do you have next, Cas?" Dean asked him. "Uh…" he fumbled with getting his schedule out of his bag and read "Religious studies AP"
"Jesus, you're in advanced placement?" Dean stared at him with wide eyes then cracked a smile "Well no wonder you're always pouring over books" "I'm not always pouring over books" Cas said. "Well I've only seen you twice today and one of those times you had your nose in a book so technically half of the time I've known you you've been reading" Dean told him with a cocky grin on his face. "He's got you there" Sam smirked and then departed with Jess.
As Dean watched them leave, he said to Castiel "Well, I've got history next so I've got to go. Oh, say hi to my friend Kevin, will you? He's also in AP. See you later" he waved and took off leaving Cas utterly alone.
Cas easily found his classroom, much to his relief, and took his seat next to a short boy with fluffy black hair. "Oh hi" the boy smiled at Cas when he sat down. "Hello" Castiel nodded. "I'm Kevin" the other boy stuck out his hand. Cas shook after a moment of hesitation and said "My name's Castiel. Dean says hi". Kevin laughed and shook his head "So you met him, huh? He's pretty awesome. Sorry, you said you're named was…Castiel? Sounds familiar…"
Since his conversation with Dean, Castiel had felt a new found confidence in himself. "I…went here for a few months couple years back" he explained. "Oh! Trench coat guy! I remember you! That was my first year here. Dean and I didn't become friends until a year later so I didn't know about…well, you know" Kevin trailed off.
"Uh…I don't know…" Castiel stared at him, confused. "Oh!" Kevin went a bit red "Sorry, I thought you knew about Dean and…never mind"
About Dean and what? And him? Hadn't Sam said something similar earlier? Dean had what? Castiel's mind started to teem with the possibilities. His attention was snapped to the board, however, when the teacher walked in.
Although Cas was focused on the lesson the whole class, he couldn't stop Dean from popping into his mind. Those pretty green eyes…that dazzling smile…every reason why Castiel had crushed on him came rushing back which was why it was more important to him ever to find out what exactly everyone was hiding from him about Dean.