Chapter Seven

Dean parked his baby in yet another motel and Cas sighed deeply.

"I'm surprised we are actually making it anywhere on this trip"

"What do you mean by that?" Dean asked curiously.

Cas rolled his eyes and turned in the passenger seat to face his boyfriend.

"I mean…there is one driver on this trip and there is only so far you can drive us before you need to sleep and we need to stop."

Dean sighed and got out of the car, swiftly followed by Cas.

"Not this again baby…"

"You know I'm right Dean…I'm just saying we might have a chance to see a lot more of this trip if you let me take the wheel every once and a while…" Cas asked, following Dean to the motel reception with pleading eyes.

He shook his head, before turning back around to face Cas and bringing his boyfriend to a halt.

"Look…I love you, but even if I did let you drive baby…which I never let ANYONE do…you don't have a licence so you couldn't drive her anyways." Dean said confidently, knowing that would stop Cas' rambling.

Cas' mouth snapped shut and he let Dean continue towards the motel reception.

Once they were settled in their room for the night, Cas sat on the edge of the bed wringing his hands together.

"I do you know…"

Dean stopped unpacking his duffel and raised an eyebrow at Cas.

"Do what?"

Cas looked up sheepishly at Dean and took a deep breath.

"Have a drivers licence"

"Yeah right, I've never seen you drive a car dude" Dean huffed a laugh and continued to unpack.

"I'm serious Dean…we fell out for a while back in school…I did take drivers Ed in that time…and I did pass. Ok I was pretty damn awful, but he passed me anyways. I never had the desire or chance to get in a car again after that but I do have a licence…look." Cas explained, pulling out his wallet and handing a card to Dean.

The Winchester frowned suspiciously and took the card off his boyfriend, eyeing the details and the photo of a younger Cas looking incredibly stiff and uncomfortable. Dean laughed and handed Cas his licence back.

"Well I'll be damned, I stand corrected. Why didn't you tell me this?"

Cas shrugged and pocketed his wallet, looking to the floor.

"I don't know…I guess I was pretty bad, passed by the skin of my teeth…didn't think you would let me get behind the wheel of the impala if you knew the truth."

Dean smirked and sat on the end of the bed.

"And now? You what…changed your mind? Why would you wanna split the driving if you don't really trust yourself behind the wheel?"

"I figured you could teach me. Take me out in a quiet area for a drive, get used to your car…you're a good driver and I trust you. I changed my mind the moment I seen how tired you were getting, it's not fair you chauffeuring us around like this without help…I just wanted to be of assistance."

Dean smiled and pulled Cas to sit down beside him, cupping his face and kissing him gently on the lips.

"You're adorable you know that."

Cas smiled shyly and nudged Dean playfully.

"Besides I always did like your car" He mumbled quietly, causing Dean to raise an eyebrow.

Dean sighed heavily, seeing the glint of hope in Cas' eyes…how bad could it be, really?

"Fine…I guess it would do me good if we split some of the driving…"

Cas grinned widely and pulled Dean into a hug.

"Thank you thank you…I'll be so careful with her Dean I swear and you'll always be there…and…"

"Woahhh hold your horses' angel…Firstly I'm taking you for lessons around a quiet parking lot…just to see how 'bad' you are and if I can work on it. Then we will see how it goes, you won't be able to get behind the wheel and do a long drive straight off"

Cas sat nodding eagerly like a good student, trying to fight the smile on his face.

"Don't make me regret this you hear?"

"Absolutely, I hear you Dean"

Dean smiled as Cas hugged him again, laughing at his boyfriends enthusiasm. How bad could Castiel actually be?

O-O-O-O-O-O-O-O-O-O

As it turns out…really bad.

Dean sighed heavily as they bunny hopped along the parking lot, a frightened looking Cas trying to steady his driving.

"Ok just bring her to a stop…gently …"

Cas hit the brakes roughly, causing the car to jerk to a stop. Dean braced himself with both hands on the dashboard and threw Cas a glare.

"I said gently" He gritted out through his teeth.

"Sorry Dean" Cas mumbled like a naughty child.

"How did you get your licence, I mean seriously?"

"I think the examiner was just happy to survive first time round, the idea of him having to get in a car with me for more lessons scared him a little…so he just passed me for an easy life"

Dean closed his eyes and took a deep breath.

"Ok…maybe you're just not cut out for this…"

Cas felt panic surge through him, he wasn't used to being bad at anything and he desperately wanted Dean to teach him.

"No no I can get better…I'm a good student Dean, I just need patience…I take instructions well…I know I can do this with your help…please?"

He glanced over at Cas who was practically begging for another chance and sighed, nodding his head slowly.

"I'm sooo gonna regret this"

"You won't Dean, I promise." Cas sighed in relief, smiling and gearing himself up to have another go.

"Alright, alright…just check your mirrors and put her in drive again. Take off slowly, press the accelerator gently"

Castiel nodded, listening carefully to instruction. He did as he was told and the impala started moving off slowly and Dean smiled in encouragement.

"There we go, you got it…ok now carefully press the accelerator down more…only slightly…we're gonna go a little faster, head towards that trash can down there…just a straight line for now."

The car continued up the deserted car park, the speed increasing slightly as Dean instructed him to press a little more and as they reached the trash can, he asked Cas to turn the wheel to the left.

"Yep, that's it baby…just turn it carefully to the left…"

Cas co-ordinated his hands and concentrated on turning the wheel, he accidently pressed a little harder on the accelerator and the impala jerked forward.

"Woah easy does it…remember the brake is your friend and ease off the accelerator dude…"

Cas nodded, but hitting the brake too hard once more before panicking and switching to press the accelerator again a little too much, the car shot forward at a greater speed towards the lamp post.

"Cas ease off….CAS…"

He blanked, his foot not responding to Dean's instructions…the volume of his voice causing Cas to panic even more.

"Don't yell at me Dean"

"WELL EASE OFF THE GOD DAMN PEDAL CAS…."

Cas could see them heading towards the lamp post, his foot seemingly doing the opposite to what it was supposed to. Dean's eyes went wide as they approached the post ahead.

"CAS BRAKE ALREADY…DUDE HIT THE BRAKES…CAS BRAKES!"

Suddenly the car came to an emergency stop as Cas' brain kicked in and he hit the other pedal, bringing them to a stop just inches away from the lamp post.

Dean put the car in park and glared at Cas who was currently breathing erratically. He turned to Dean with a panicked look.

"Ooops?"

Dean sighed, flopping forward in his seat and banging his head against the dashboard.

"Maybe I need more practice?"

"You think!?" Dean said with an added look of annoyance.

"Maybe another day…" Cas suggested with a nod, diverting his eyes away from Dean and turning off the engine, he handed the car keys to his boyfriend with a sheepish smile.

"Yeah I think we are definitely done for today Speedy Gonzales"