A/N: Since I was feeling pretty awesome about my first reviews I decided to whip out another chapter! All mistakes are my own. I do try and read it over a few times to catch anything I may have missed, but I'm not perfect! With that being said, enjoy!
"Cassie? What in the hell are you doing?" Gabriel asked while flopping down on his bed. The last bell rang and I had rushed to get home. I don't think I had ever pushed my old 10-Speed that fast before. Once home I dumped my bike in the front yard and high tailed it up to my room. Gabe walked in as I was tearing through my closet.
"I'm going over the Dean's house for dinner. I need something nice to wear."
"Dean Winchester?" he asked his voice full of confusion. "As in that deaf kid?"
"Yes, Dean Winchester. What's so wrong with that?" I asked while throwing another shirt on my bed.
"Nothing, I guess. Don't you think it's kind of weird that he spends so much time in his mom's classroom?"
"No I don't. Do I think it's kind of weird that the only people that give him the time of day in that school are his mom and brother? Yes. He's a really cool guy once you get to know him." I said in Dean's defense.
"Whatever. Wear the blue shirt with that vest Mommy Dearest got you last year. Dark jeans and your Chucks are fine."
"Thanks." I mumbled while scooping up the clothes and taking them into the small bathroom. Twenty minutes later Anna found me in front of the mirror trying to tame my hair.
"Gabe tells me you have a date."
"It's not a date."
"Well Gabe said you were freaking out about what to wear. You're never this nervous when it's just a friend, Castiel." Anna entered the small bathroom at that point. She removed my hands from my hair and started to fix the mess I had created.
"Do you believe everything your brother tells you, Anna Banana?" I sighed as she scratched at the hair behind my ears.
"I don't believe anything Gabe tells me. It's not hard to see that you're nervous though. What's going on?"
"I think this is the first time Dean's invited a friend over."
"And that makes you nervous?"
"Only because I think I'm Dean's first friend." I whispered sadly. Anna had finished with my hair and turned me around to face the mirror. She stood behind me, hugging me as best as she could. I looked her reflection in the eye as she responded.
"Then Dean has the greatest first friend ever. He should feel honored to have you as a friend."
"Thanks Banana. You're my favorite you know that right?"
"Of course I am. Look at how cute I am!" she giggled. "Have fun tonight, Cas. I expect to hear all about it when you get home." At that Anna skipped out of the room and down the stairs.
**Love Without Sound**
It was four o'clock and I had just parked my bike on the Winchesters front porch. It took me a few minutes to find the house and I was still a little nervous that I might have made a mistake. I was smoothing out my shirt when the front door opened.
"Hello Castiel. Come on in!" Mrs. Winchester must have been watching me from the kitchen window.
"Hello Mrs. Winchester."
"Dean's upstairs in his room. He's a little nervous." She said as she walked into the kitchen. I followed so as not to seem rude or awkward.
"Nervous?" I asked.
"Yes. Cas, honey, I don't want to scare you but Dean doesn't really have any friends. You're the first person he's ever felt comfortable enough around."
I didn't know how to respond so I just sat in the closest chair I could find. I watched as Mrs. Winchester rolled out the pie crust, making sure it was just the right thickness before laying it in a well-loved pie tin. In another bowl she had neatly sliced and peeled apples, waiting for a special mixture of what I was certain had cinnamon and sugar in it. I must have zoned out at some point because before I knew it, Mary was fighting a laughing Dean off with a wooden spoon as he tried to sneak a slice of apple out of the bowl. She signed something to him and before I knew it I was being dragged up the stairs.
We stopped in front of a door at the top of the stairs; a poster of a band I'd never heard of hung on the outside. Dean took a deep breath before opening the door. His room was like any other boys room I'd been in. Posters on the walls and a rumpled bed, closet doors just barely closed. I'd say his room looked a lot like Gabe's half of our room. The only difference to his room was that there were two lights on the ceiling. At this Dean pulled out a notebook and wrote an explanation.
One of the lights I control. The other one is how mom and dad wake me up or get my attention. The switch is in the kitchen. Sammy calls it my dinner bell.
So they just flash a light to call you when food is ready?
Dean's laugh made me blush. Kind of. But say I'm up here and we're about to leave and go somewhere. Mom can't exactly call me and Sam was tired of running up and down the stairs. Thankfully I have my own alarm clock now so mom doesn't have to come and wake me up anymore.
How does the alarm clock work? I couldn't help my curiosity. I'd never heard of an alarm clock for the Deaf. Dean chuckled then showed me how it worked. It looked like a normal alarm clock, kind of like my iPod docking station. It was round with a digital display, nothing special from this angle. That was until Dean pulled a petal shaped object out from under his mattress. Upon closer inspection I could see that it was attached to the clock. Dean motioned for me to sit on the bed and put the object back under the mattress right under where his pillows were. I watched with curiosity as he set the alarm up and moved me into a laying position on his bed.
He crossed his two index fingers under his middle fingers and shook them side to side. READY? But before I could nod my head the bed began to shake. I could barely feel it at first but after a few more seconds the bed began shaking harder. That little petal shaped piece of plastic was a bed shaker! It seemed fun at first but then I realized that this alarm was just as annoying as my alarm back at home.
Wow! That's annoying!
RIGHT? Dean chuckled as I struggled to turn the alarm off.
**Love Without Sound**
The night went better than I had hoped. Dean stuck to his word and helped me out with my ASL assignment. It was interesting to see how he could turn my simple sentences into something more complex. It took several tries to convince Dean that if we didn't tone it down some, his mom was sure to find out that he helped me. The entire hour it took us to get the work done was spent bumping into each other and laughing at our stupid notes. Just as we had finished the lights started flashing. I jumped despite knowing what was going on.
Seems as though we are being summoned. I scribbled out on the notebook we had been passing back and forth. His only response was: PIE!
Dinner was fun. In Casa Milton/Novak dinner was never something I enjoyed. Anna spent most of dinner begging for some new gadget or clothing item. Gabriel would egg her on knowing it made dad and Naomi frustrated. I usually tried to stay quiet. I found that staying quiet guaranteed a speedy exit once the plates had been cleared. Dinner in Casa Winchester was light and full of conversation. I didn't feel like an outsider when everyone talked about their days. Watching the way they interacted with each other, always signing while they spoke was amazing. Dean was never left out of the conversation and I couldn't help but be in awe of this family.
After Dean packed away his third slice of pie and the dishes were done, I thanked Mr. and Mrs. Winchester for having me over. I was told that I was to feel comfortable enough to make it a habit. That alone had me grinning. At the door Dean slipped me a piece of paper with his number on it.
Makes talking easier until you can sign. He wrote under his number.
I texted him before I got down the street.
At home I striped down and got ready for bed. Anna forced me to tell her about everything that happened once I stepped foot on the Winchester's lawn. Once the run down was done and Gabe finished teasing me about my crush, I climbed into bed. I was almost asleep when my phone went off.
I called you silly. ;) Good night.