Castiel had to take a deep breath to calm himself as he walked up to the house. Specifically Dean and Sam's house. They were having a get together that was very distinctly not a party because his parents would never let him go to a party. He'd had to beg to be allowed to come as is, and finally after being adequately assured that there would be no drugs, alcohol, or sex, they'd acquiesced. Castiel was just amazed that only a month into public school he not only had friends but was being invited over to one of their houses to hang out. There would be video game. Castiel had never played video games before.

Despite all the excitement that he'd felt the week leading up to this event he was now feeling nervous. He was comfortable with his friends at school but now they would be in a different environment and maybe things would be different. Of course his anxiety melted away almost completely when Dean answered the door and invited him inside. Everyone one else was already there, lounging around the living room casually drinking soda and chatting away. When Castiel entered the room everyone greeted him, Charlie lept up from her spot on the couch and ran over to hug him with an enthusiastic little skip. "Hey Cassy."

"Hello Charlie," Cas responded smiling shyly. He had quickly grown used to Charlie's outgoing and exuberant personality. He still found it kind of strange how much she could talk, and how excited she got over seemingly mundane things, but he also found it to be endearing. Sensing that Castiel was unsure of what to do and where to sit, Dean motioned for Castiel to take a spot on the couch and Charlie pulled him down next to her. Sam and Kevin were sat in bean bags in front of the TV playing some sort of racing game. Both of them had intense looks on their faces and suddenly Kevin yelled 'fuck' when Sam's car pulled ahead of him and won that round.

"You fucking bastard, I hate you." Kevin muttered bitterly under his breath and throwing down the controller in a huff of anger.

"Aw Kev don't be a sore loser. You don't hate me, au contraire you love me."

"Shut up."

"Never."

"Okay boys," Dean butted in. "Save the pent up sexual aggression for the bedroom. Not in front of our guests please."

Sam and Kevin both blushed scarlet red at Dean's taunting which caused Dean a great amount of joy because he could knew they had a thing for each other but were too daft to do anything. It was just a plus that he loved to tease his brother unmercifully. Both Sam and Kevin jumped up from the bean bags and headed into the kitchen in search of food. This is when Dean took the opportunity to ask Castiel if he'd like to play a video game with him. Castiel nodded his head excitedly and took a seat in one of the bean bag chairs on the floor.

"I don't really know much about video games having never played them before."

"Don't worry Cas, I'll help you out man. I'll even go easy on you, which I never do for anyone ever."

"Dean is a supreme asshole when it comes to video games. He's way too competitive," Charlie butted in complaining about her friend.

"If you're not first, you're last."

"Winning isn't everything," Charlie responded somewhat bitterly.

"Not for you, cause you barely ever win."

"Fuck off, Teach little Cassy here how to play the game and stop being mean to me."

"Okay," Dean said turning his attention to his quiet new friend. "So you've got your controller. This button is what you press to make the cars go, this one will make it stop." Dean said as he motioned to each one. "Then these here will allow you to turn left and right. Got it?"

"I think so, it doesn't seem too difficult."

"Okay here we go! You can be the blue car and I'll be the green."

They started racing and it was apparent very quickly that no matter how easy Dean went on him that Castiel would not win the game. He raced the car about as fast as an elderly woman on her way to church on a Sunday morning would. Charlie was a good friend and tried to cheer him on and tell him to go faster. Castiel has such a look of concentration on his face as he stared unwaveringly at the screen before him. Sam and Kevin had walked back in the room at this point and sat watching the two. Finally Dean crossed the finish line ending the game in victory. He turned grinning to Castiel. "Sorry bro, I've got mad skills at this game you never stood a chance being a beginner and all."

Despite losing Castiel had a smile on his face. He shrugged at Dean's words. "That's okay that I didn't win. This is a lot of fun, I enjoyed it a lot." After this Charlie volunteered to play against Castiel and she was much kinder than him. She still beat him but not by as much because she purposely went a little slower. Castiel had a ton of fun playing but he decided he enjoyed watching Dean and Sam race against each other the best. There was a lot of shouting and profanity but it was extremely entertaining.

Dean was victorious yet again and tackled Sam to the ground in an act of dominance until Sam admitted that Dean was better than him in every way and always would be.

After he was done tackling his brother Dean plopped down onto the couch next to Cas and took a sip of his drink. "Have you been enjoying yourself Cassy?"

Cas nodded enthusiastically. Dean could tell from the way the blue eyed boy's eyes were shining and the corners of his mouth crinkled with a smile that he was. He knew that Castiel had never really gotten to hang out with people his own age like this before. He was glad that his parents had allowed him to come. Dean had even gone as far as clearing out all alcohol from view so that Cas wouldn't feel uncomfortable or like he was lying to his parents about there being alcohol at the house.

"I'm glad." And Dean was really glad that the blue eyed boy was having a good time. It was really important to him. So damn important.