Castiel didn't understand female humans. He had been perfectly polite. Or at least made a thoroughly genuine attempt. It was a tad difficult, as this wasn't quite the sort of school he was used to. Okay, that was an understatement.

Cas had never gone to public school before, let alone one situated in the scariest part of Chicago. His childhood had been a sheltered one, spent in Catholic schools, little league games, and neighborhood potlucks. His days had been full, familial, and filling. And he had liked it. If his father could have just stayed... But no matter.

His father had left, and his mother was not the type of woman to spend her divorce sitting around moping. No, she had taken a job as CEO at a some home security systems company. In Chicago. So that's where Cas and his little sister Anna were. They were the only two children left that were under 18, and therefore subject to their mothers rule.

Anna had probably gotten along better than he had, Cas decided. She was always much better at the whole "socializing" thing. In his previous schools, study had been the main focus, and so his dedication to learning had been applauded. It was not met with the same level of enthusiasm here.

Although, he supposed, Meg had seemed very enthusiastic about intimidating him. And capitalism. She was a lot like his mother. Well, if his mother was tiny, had great blondish hair with pink ends, and really knew how to smirk.

Cas had to admit that, though she might have been overly aggressive, she was a very attractive young woman. Oddly enough, he didn't think he'd ever had that thought about a girl for... well, ever. Hm. His body certainly liked her. His mind began to think back on how close she had come to him, how her body had pressed up against his, her perfect little lips spitting venom...

"Castiel! You done?" Cas started from his seat outside the school to see Anna, his pretty little sister tapping her toe and looking at him with a bemused expression on her face.

"Um. Yes, Anna, I am finished for the day. Let's head home."


"I'm back!" Meg shouted into her dark apartment. She knew her dad didn't particularly care if she was back, but she always figured it was a good idea to give him some warning. She didn't want to walk in on anything she'd have to lie about to the police.

Meg strode through the spacious living space, grabbing a bottle of water from the kitchen as she made her way to her room. She threw her over weighted bag on the already messy floor of her bedroom with a sigh. God, this had been a long day.

Meg slumped onto her bed and yanked her laptop over to rest on her stomach. She yawned as she opened up Facebook. She hadn't checked it for a couple days now, and she wanted to make sure she didn't have any pressing friend requests.

Nope, she only had one- shit. Meg clicked on the notification.

"Fucker." She breathed. "Castiel Novak. Sent me a friend request."

Upon further inspection she saw that it was from several days ago. So before he came to school. And, he had evidently added several other classmates. Meg pored through his pictures. He had quite the family.

5 siblings? Yuck. Meg shuddered.

She contemplated his profile picture. Him, standing in front of a small white church with his arm wrapped around a skinny ginger girl-Anna, his little sister-, and a smiling baby in his arms. One of his brothers, probably. His smile took up most of his face, and his blue eyes shone.

Meg bit her lip. They were classmates. She should probably try to be friendly to him, even if he was a know-it-all pain in the ass.

She hit accept.