Two weeks later and Dean hadn't stopped thinking about the boy from the corner. Sitting in science class, he was glad to have the extra room beside him so he could rest his head on the table and ignore the teacher. It's not like he would ever use anything she was saying, crap about frogs and lizards.
And then he heard the door open and curiosity got the best of him. He looked up, turning to the back of the room where the door was. When he saw who it was, his breath caught in his throat. Standing near the door with a backpack slung over his shoulder and a binder in his hand. His hair looked even more mussed than before. And his eyes scanned the room, Dean watching as they looked to all the eyes that had fallen on him. The boy passed a slip of paper to the teacher as she walked over to him.
"Class, this is our new student. He just transferred in from Astronomy. Everyone say hi to Castiel." She explained to the class, waving her hand in the general direction of the boy. "Looks like our only open seat is over there" Dean heard her say to Castiel, pointing toward Dean. At first he was confused, then he realized that yes, the only empty seat was next to Dean.
And Dean was stunned for a moment, then realized that he had been taking up more than his fair share of space at the lab table and scooted further toward the outer edge. As Castiel sat down next to him, Dean realized he had been holding his breath. He let it out in a slow blow, hoping Castiel didn't notice.
"So, you're Cas?" Dean said, smirking as Castiel looked at him in surprise at the use of the nickname.
"Yeah, how'd you…" Cas trailed off, not really knowing what it was that surprised him.
"I ate lunch in Mr. R's room a couple weeks ago. A redhead told me you and some guy were Chad and Cas. Figured if you were Castiel then you were Cas." Dean said, smirking as he saw a flicker of remembering in Cas's eyes.
"Okay" Cas replied, pulling out a notebook to take notes on the lecture. Dean smirked and realized it was going to be a long hour if he had to sit next to Cas, his heart in his throat.
