A/N:
1) Chapter Title: Alanis Morisette - Guardian ( A Beautiful Song )
4. Guardian
3 weeks passed. Things were pretty easy lately, I often hung out with Balthy, Chuck and the others (Balthy really became my best friend here), I didn't get in any trouble (And Sam didn't, too) and about Cas…well I didn't really know what we are. I mean, we've gotten good friends, but I still had a crush on him. Although I tried not to make it obvious. So, on this thursday morning, I was standing at my locker and waited for my friends to arrive at school. Surprisingly, a pretty, blonde girl I didn't even know came towards me. She smiled at me, you know, the kind of smile girls have which means they want something.
"Hey, I'm Ruby Masters, schools head cheerleader. And, well, I wanted to ask you something" she said.
I was a bit perplex. I mean, getting asked out by the head cheerleader after three weeks. I started feeling kinda proud. "Just ask" I answered.
"So Dean, it's about a date…" Hah, I was right! "Would you mind asking Castiel Novak if he wants to go out with me?" Ouch…that's embarrassing now…and as if I'd do that! I know I wasn't together with Cas - but I still felt jealous when someone wanted to date him. And that happened often. Why did that asshole have to be that popular?
"Dean?" she snipped with her fingers in front of my face.
"Ruby, when do you understand that Cassie doesn't like you - not even in the slightest" Out of nowhere the voice appeared next to me. I almost jumped when I heard it. Ii belonged to a small, brown-haired boy who had a big grin on his face.
"Tell him I'll keep trying. And don't grin that way. Makes you look like a donkey" she said with an arrogant expression on her face before she walked away.
"Nice girl" I whispered to myself.
"Nah, she's not nice, she's sick. Has been running after our Cassie since our first year at school. But she's hot. I wish she had such an obsession with me. Cassie doesn't know how much luck he has" he told me, watching her leave.
I looked at the boy again. Somewhere I knew him…I bet he was one of Cas' friends. I mean, who else would call him Cassie?
"By the way, I'm Gabriel Novak, your BFF's big brother" he grinned.
"BFF? What the hell?" I asked stunned.
"Yeah, BFF, you don't know how often he talks about you…He's acting like a 12 year old girl who has his first crush. Anyway, I bet this won't be the last time she'll try to convince you to talk to Cas. Don't do it, though. He hates her" Gabriel advised.
"I hope he'll never go out with Robin" I said.
"Robin? Oh my god did you actually call her Robin?" Gabriel pretended to be stunned.
"Yeah…and…?" I answered.
"Cas didn't give you the talk, did he? You would know her if he did." Gabriel looked shocked.
"What talk?"
" 'Important People of Heaven's Gate High?"
"Umm…no" I told him.
"Thank God you got me" Gabriel sighed and shoved me from my locker into the hallway.
"Umm…what are you doing?" I asked.
"Giving you the talk. Okay, Dean , listen: The girl you talked to was Ruby Masters. She's the head cheerleader. Every boy wants to date her, but well, she fell for my baby brother. Her sister is Meg Maters, she's a weird bitch, praying to the devil and such evil shit. Their best friend is Ruby Talbot, she's the girlfriend of my brother Micky Novak. If you ever need anything, like drugs, alcohol etc, talk to her sister Bela. She's got everything, I swear. Not that I tried it or something…So, then there's Lilith, she and my brother Luce have been together for 1 year. Though they just fight all the time, I wonder why they didn't ripped each other apart. You see the two guys standing over there? That are Uriel and Raphael, my two other brothers. And your friend, Anna, she's actually our sister. Big family, huh? But that's none of your business, so let's see…did I forget anyone? Oh, yeah, Balthasar. He's my cousin, he's quite okay, but Castiel and him hate each other. They've been in their diva fight for years " Gabriel explained.
"Why are they fighting?" I asked.
"About everything. But at the moment, the ladies are fighting about who will go to prom with their prince charming" he grinned (The guy was grinning all the time).
"Ah….okay…but I still don't get it" I said.
"They're fighting about you, idiot" Gabriel rolled his eyes.
"So I'm the prince charming? Cool…but why are they fighting? Balthy is my best friend and Cas is well I don't really know but we are good friends too" I said thoughtful.
"Dean, you're quite cool, but not the smartest. Both of them laid their eyes on you. They have a crush on you! Get it?" Gabriel seemed annoyed.
"Cas likes me?" I shouted happily before I could stop myself. I blushed and looked to the ground.
"Sure he does. You've ever seen him talk that much to a person who doesn't belong to his family or his usual group of friends? No, just you. By the way, you know this is such a big brother talk. I've only told you about his crush because he's my little bro and I know him, he wouldn't have done that himself. Don't get me wrong, he's an awesome guy, though his ego is um…too big sometimes. He just isn't good at talking about his feelings. So, Dean, listen to me now: Even though he seems as a cold, egoistic and bad person sometimes, he has feelings. And if you hurt them in any way, I'll make you pay for that. And not only me, Mikey and Luce will, too. You might think Cas is dangerous, but believe me, we are even worse" he said threateningly. I swallowed. There was no doubt he meant every word he said.
"And what if…I wanted to date Balthy?" I asked, just because I wanted to know.
"Well, Balthasar is my cousin…but Cas is my baby brother. And I'm sure you dating Balthy would hurt his feeling - so I wouldn't do it if I were you. Dean, but who are you trying to fool? I know you've fallen for Cassie" he said, grinning again.
"I won't tell Cassie what you just said to me and you won't tell him that I like him, okay?" I suggested.
"Okay Deanie"
"Don't call me Deanie"
"Sure Deanie"
"I'm gonna kill you" I throated.
"I'd love to see you try. But no fight, I'm not allowed to hurt Cassies lap dogs" Gabriel laughed. "Oh, look who's coming" He looked behind me. I turned around…guess who was standing there! No, not Cas, Balthy.
"Hey, Gabe. Hey, Deanie" he said.
"Fuck you" I shouted angrily.
"He doesn't like his new nick name. Anyway, you two, I've gotta meet Luce. See ya later. And remember what I told you" Gabe said and walked away. Don't know why, but I kinda liked this guy, though I couldn't believe he was Cas brother. They were just that different - looks and character. I mean, Gabe was good looking too, but not in the same way. But it was obvious they were really close.
"Good. Dean, I' ve gotta talk to you anyway…Would you like to meet me today evening? I mean, not with Anna and the others…just us two, you know, a date"Balthy said shyly.
I swallowed. I couldn't believe this was happening! I liked Balthy…but I liked him as a friend. I didn't want to date him. Without thinking about it, I just turned around and ran away. He shouted after me, but I didn't care. I shoved many students out of my way (most of them got angry) until I reached an empty part of the school. After looking around I recognized it as the gym. Maybe I could have some time to think here, I just missed English anyway. But no, of course I wasn't lucky; I heard the noise of the door opening and closing. In sighed, without a doubt Balthy was here. I got angry, turned around, ready to tell him I wasn't interested- and looked right into Crowleys face.
"Hello Dean" he said.
"Crowley!? What the hell are you doing here?" I asked.
"Look, Dean, I wanted to talk to you" he said, looking at the ground. 'Please don't tell me you're in love with me, too' I thought annoyed. But one second later, he surprisingly moved and punched me. Hard. Right in my face.
I fell to the ground. That punch came that fast, I couldn't even react! And it hurt. I already know that would become a black eye. I was about to get up, when Crowley moved towards me and kicked me into my stomach. I fell to the ground again and tried to avoid his kicks.
"Asshole. That's what you get for destroying my reputation" he shouted.
He kept kicking me, and all my attempts to get up or avoid them were useless. When he hit my face, I could feel blood coursing out of my mouth. Crowley suddenly stopped. He must have noticed I'm almost unconscious. He stood in front of my, a smirk on his face, pointed at my face again and tried to punch me - but just before he could do that someone hold his hand. I couldn't see who it, I just noticed Crowley suddenly looked shocked. The person threw Crowley to the ground (not only to the ground, he threw him about 5 meters!).The person shouted something, it made Crowley got up and ran out of the gym as fast as he could. When he turned around, I recognized him as Castiel Novak. I sighed with relief.
"Dean, you okay?" he asked as he ran towards me. He sat down next to me with an worried expression.
"Nah, I just got beat up by Crowley. That's embarrassing" I told him. I tried to get up, but my head hurt too much.
"Yeah, but didn't I tell you? Crowley isn't as harmless as he seems. God, I'll kill him for doing this when I see him again" Cas looked really pissed off.
"No, you won't. I don't wanna seem like a vulnerable little kid that needs his protector" I spoiled.
"So you're trying to tell me you were just fine on you're own?" he grinned.
"No…he surprised me! It wasn't fair! But thanks Castiel" I looked at him and smiled softly.
"No problem Dean, it's my job to take care of little vulnerable kids" his grin got even bigger.
"Fuck you Cas! Anyway, how did you manage to throw him like that…about 5 meters Cas! That's impossible!" I was confused.
"Dean, I didn't. You were almost unconscious. Maybe you imagined it" his smile was away - now he had this cold expression.
"I know you're lying. And I think you have some kind of secret you don't wanna tell. I just wonder why" I said.
"Because it's none of your business" Cas got angry, stood up and intended to leave the gym.
"Cas, wait" I screamed. I tried to get up, but suddenly my head hurt. I whined. Castiel turned around and came towards me again.. He looked slightly worried again, though I could tell he was trying to hide it.
"Don't get up, Dean. He got you really bad"
"I know. Look, I'm sorry, if you don't wanna tell me it's okay, just don't go" I asked him.
"What did Gabe and you talk about?" he asked as he sat down. Yeah, of course he had seen me and Gabe talk to each other. That guy saw everything.
I thought about our conversation. I needed to find something that made Cas happy and didn't break our deal. "He told me what will happen to me if I ever hurt your feelings"
After I said that, Castiel started laughing. " He really did that? Oh my god…Don't even listen to Gabe, if you hurt me, I'll hurt you myself. I don't need my big brothers" he said threateningly before he started laughing again.
"That's…reassuring" I said ironically.
"Dean, there's something I need to ask you…god I never really id this before, I've always been the one who was asked this…but listen, you wanna go out with me…like…a date?" I've never seen him looking that shy. Kinda sweet.
Without even thinking about it, I answered. "Yes, Cas, sure I want"
