Author's Note-

I'd say I own the SPN characters, but we all know that'd be a lie. So, let's just move on to the story.

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Dean scooted closer to Dan to make space for Cas and his tray. Pursing her lips in disappovment, Alex sat at the far end of the bench, leaving only the place next to Charles free. Feeling overall awkward, Rose seated herself next to the tall brown-haired boy.

Cas cleared his throat and looked at Dean, "I hope you don't mind, but they asked me to sit with them and I wanted to sit with you but also them so I made them join us." Cas rambled a little as he blushed.

Everyone was quiet, and then Charles cleared his throat, "Well," he started, "this is awkward."

Rose giggled nervously, and lowered her gaze toward her Caesarean salad. Alex rolled her eyes, "Now that we've established that it's awkward, and made it more awkward by pointing it out," people nodded in agreement and Alex turned to Cas, "I'd like to know more about you. Professor Michael said you were from Amsterdam? How come you moved to Croatia?"

Cas raised his head from his hamburger. "I'm sorry, what was that?" he asked.

Alex huffed; she didn't like repeating herself, "I asked: why have you moved here to this God forsaken land."

"O-oh!" Castiel's confidence seemed to fade. He chewed on for a few extra moments before replying, "You know, change of scenery." He shrugged gingerly.

"Lucky you," Rose said, "I always wanted to travel around the world. Or at least see as many countries as possible."

"I second that," Dan nodded, "Can't wait till we go to London."

"Hold up, guys," Cas said, confusion written all over his pretty face, "Who is going to London?"

Charles opened his mouth, but Dean rushed to explain "It's a school field trip. We're going in three weeks and we'll stay there for 12 days. Well, 10 days actually, since we are travelling by bus, it takes us 2 days to get there and back."

Cas raised his eyebrows, "Why not simply travel by plane?"

"Well Castiel," Alex said, "Not everyone has the money to hop on the plane whenever they like, just for the change of scenery."

Dan smirked, "Besides, some people can't handle planes. Isn't that right, Dean?'"

Dean blushed furiously and raised a finger at him, "Hey, man, those things are dangerous!" he pointed out and everybody chuckled.

"As a matter of fact, Alex doesn't like planes either," Rose grinned as Dan and Alex blushed.

Dan looked away and scratched the back of his neck in a nervous gesture, "I'm sorry, I didn't know..."Dan trailed off.

Alex sighed, "It's fine."

Dan wanted to bang his head on the desk repeatedly, but he couldn't do so in public so he settled for a mental slap. How does one manage to fail at every attempt of conversation with the person they like?

Alex swung her black hair on the other shoulder, trying to cover as much of her face as possible. She could already feel the blush on her cheeks, but she decided not to let Dan see how much he still affects her. She wheeled the conversation around, turning to Charles, "Well you've been awfully quiet today. Cat got your tongue?"

Rose scoffed, "Wow, Alex, what a subtle change of the subject. I'm sure no one will notice."

Charles just stared at them, then after a moment he squinted. He sat up right, held out a hand and said, "What's in a name? That which we call Rose, by any other name would smell as sweet."

Rose's head fell onto the table as they all started laughing.

Charles smirked and turned to Alex, "How's that for a conversation."

Alex clapped slowly, "I must say, I'm impressed. Didn't know you had it in you." They all nodded in agreement while Rose groaned. Charles patted her back sympathetically but it didn't help. His hand lingered at the small of her back just a moment too long.

Dean cleared his throat. "Lunch break is almost over, we should get going."

"Excellent idea," Rose jumped on her feet, almost knocking Charles's tray, and continued "We wouldn't want to be late for Latin, right? And I need to go wash my hands first." She dashed off. Charles smirked lazily and strolled after her.

Dan and Alex left the table together, but Cas still hasn't finished his hamburger.

"Want me to wait up for you?" Dean offered.

"If you want to," Cas said casually, but inside he was doing a little victory dance. He really liked this guy. He was funny and he was hot. If History class was anything to judge by, he was smart too. What else do you need in a guy?

"Greetings," Gordana said, passing by. Dean nodded, but Gordana already left.

Swallowing the last mouthful, Cas apologised, "Sorry this took so long, but hamburgers are my favourite food. I just want to savour every bite of it."

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Sam watched his brother interact with the new kid. He watched the slight glimmer in Dean's eyes as his big brother looked at the guy. Sam smirked knowingly; oh, his brother was so falling for this kid. A wave of a hand brought Sam back to reality.

"Helloou, Earth to Winchester. Let's go we have Chemistry," Gabriel smiled at him. Sam shook his head, a slight smile still playing on his lips. "Relax, Professor's probably still sick. And by the looks of it she'll stay that way for a while."

"Still, I want to finish my candy bar in peace before whatever substitute arrives," Gabriel fished out a Snickers bar out of his pocket and grinned. Sam nodded and they left for class.

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Out of the corner of his eye, Dean saw Sam and his friend leave. Wait, Dean squinted; did Sam just wink at me?

Was he that obvious? Did everyone already know about this crush of his? He knew the guy for 3 hours, for God's sake! How did this happen?

"Dean, you alright?"

Dean shook his head, clearing his mind, "Yeah, sorry, let's just go. We have class." Dean pulled him by the arm, but instantly dropped it.

Cas silently followed, slightly frowning. Did he do something wrong? Why the sudden change in Dean's behavior? He looked at the boy in front of him. He could see the muscles moving underneath the shirt. He was so deep in his thought that he almost bumped into Dean.

"Here we are," Dean guided him into the classroom.

As they entered the classroom Charles waved to Cas, motioning for him to come over. They were seated almost the same, except this time Dean and Dan were at his right. Suddenly the teacher entered and the room fell silent.

Dean felt his blood freeze over as the woman entered. Dan leaned in and whispered, ''is it just me or did it get colder in here.'' Dean nodded in affirmation. She was a nice lady but she was a dictator when it came to grading tests and correcting homework.

"Are there any volunteers?" she asked without any unnecessary into.

Cas leaned towards Charles, "Volunteers for what?"

"Oral examination. But you're safe, you just got here."

She looked around the room, "Since there are no volunteers, two of you will be orally examined." The class groaned. She opened up her little notebook and flipped through a few pages, " Castiel Novak?" She exclaimed and frowned.

Cas looked at Chuck, "So, I'm safe?" He asked with a raised eyebrow.

Charles gave him a sheepish smile and nudged him, "Stand up, Cas." Castiel did as he was told.

She raised an eyebrow, "You must be new. Excellent, let's see what you know." Castiel walked over to the front of the classroom. "You have taken Latin before?" She asked.

Castiel shook his head, "We didn't have it as a regular at school, but I've taken a few classes."

"Oh?" she quirked an eyebrow at him, "Alright then."

Dean watched as the Professor shot questions at Cas. The guy didn't even stutter. It was like…It was amazing. Dean was pretty sure his mouth was gaping open, but this time he didn't even try to cover it up. The whole class was staring at Cas. Even the teacher was slightly taken aback. Two minutes later, she quietly wrote a huge A under his name and closed her notebook.

"I won't question anyone else today," she said, "You can thank your new classmate for this." She smiled warmly at Cas and sent back to his desk.

Dean randomly started clapping and soon the whole class followed. Cas blushed and bowed a little, which made them clap even more.

"Look who just became teacher's pet AND our person of the day," Charles shouted over the noise and Cas smiled. He might like this place after all.

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