We're Young and Reckless
Story by CherryBlossom210
Chapter Ten: Classic
The sunlight peeked over the horizon and barely lighting up the sky while washing out the darkness with colors of pink and orange. Sun rays seeped through the flowing curtains and glazed over two sleeping teenagers, embraced in each other's arms.
"Mmmm," Sawyer grumbled, stretching her free arm to rub her eyes. It took her a second, but she felt a familiar hand on her lower back and an outstretched arm around her holding her close to a large body of warmth. She looked and literally squeaked when she saw how close Castiel's face was to hers.
'He's so close, so close! Why is he holding me?!'
She began to squirm in his grasp, but quickly tired out when Castiel's hold on her became tighter. Her face got smothered to Castiel's chest, almost not being able to breathe.
It's not like she hated this, she wished she could stay in this position forever. It made her feel safe, it made her feel peaceful, and it made her feel comfortable. Never had a guy held her this close. If it were in her old school, not even one guy wanted to touch her (other than Ken). 'I wish I could tell him how I felt right now.'
As soon as she was getting comfortable, Castiel's arm loosened and he turned his body around, facing away from Sawyer. Carefully not to wake him up, Sawyer slowly crept up from her bed and tip toed to her television to turn it off because it was left on all night. Then she crept slowly to her bathroom, taking the clothes that she hung the day before. Stripping herself down bare, Sawyer stepped into the shower, letting the warm water wash away all of her anxiety. Not really thinking about it, but she forgot to lock the bathroom door before taking a shower.
After Sawyer finished, somehow the sound of the water being turned off woke Castiel from his slumber. He yawned and stretched his arms over his head, completely forgetting the fact he was in Sawyer's room. He sat himself up on the edge of the bed and blinked his eyes a few times to wake himself up. "Gggmmm," he grunted when he still felt the gravity wanting to pull him back on to the bed.
Oblivious to his surroundings, Castiel got up onto his feet and walked to the bathroom to wash his face, hoping it'll wake him up a little more.
As if they both had perfect timing, Sawyer slid the shower curtain open, being completely expose. At the same time she was reaching for her towel, Castiel opens the door.
They stood completely still with their eyes peeled wide open. Castiel slowly closed the bathroom door and stared at the door with the same expression he had on when he saw Sawyer bare and exposed.
'Holy shit,' Castiel said to himself, not really wanting to erase that image from his head.
Behind the door, Sawyer was still frozen still, but her body temperature became hotter than the shower water.
'Oh my God... he just saw me naked..,' Sawyer fidgeted while drying herself off and clothing her body back up. After wrapping the towel around her hair, Sawyer opened her bathroom door letting all the bath steam pour out into the room. Not really expecting it, but when she glanced over to Castiel, who was sitting back on the bed, had the same expression as her on his face.
"I uhh... I'm sorry. I didn't see anything," Castiel said, covering his face and lying right through his teeth. "It's okay... It is my fault for not locking the door."
Sawyer didn't feel like yelling at Castiel, like how a typical girl would yell at the guy she likes, if he accidentally saw her naked. Castiel really was not that perverted, and neither has he ever sexually harassed her in any way. It was her fault that she invited him to her room and it was her fault that she didn't lock the door when she was taking a shower. But now that she really thought about it, she felt kind of ashamed of how bold she had become. She was just glad her dad wasn't here or he might have thrown Castiel into the Gulf of Mexico.
Seeing how cute Sawyer was being, Castiel reverted back to his sarcastic self, when he saw how cute Sawyer could become when she looked embarrassed and troubled.
"But you know, I don't think I would be calling you ironing-board anymore," he chuckled playfully.
If Sawyer wasn't embarrassed enough, she was blurring red all over again. This time, Sawyer took her hair towel and threw it at Castiel, who dodged it so gracefully.
"You said you didn't see anything, you jerk!"
"Hey, it is your fault," Castiel laughed. "You invited me to your room and you slept next to me on the same bed. If I had to say, you are the bold one here."
That was true too, it was bound to happen sometime if Sawyer wasn't at least a little careful. She had no room calling him a jerk or a pervert.
Sawyer pouted, giving Castiel a grumpy face.
"Princess, you're lucky it was me instead of another guy, or they would've jumped on you. In all honesty, you're pretty sexy," Castiel said in a husky tone and winked at her playfully.
"Sh-shut up," was all Sawyer could spat out, before she went to the kitchen to pour up two bowls of cheerios. "Hahaha," Castiel laughed really hard, seeing how troubled Sawyer was getting.
"How are we even friends?" Sawyer said as she placed the bowls of cheerios on the table. "You toppled over me when we first me and when your nose bled, you passed out on me," Castiel replied as he pulled out the chair and sat down.
"I guess I have a weird way of making new friends."
Watching him eat from across the table, Sawyer suddenly calmed down. She imagined what it would be like if this happened every day, them eating together, playing video games together, and sleeping next to each other. This wasn't some normal friendship; they were too close to be called a friends. It really felt something more and something real. It wasn't just her imagination that overwhelmed them both. Sawyer knew the first time her eyes met his, it was more than just a shock wave, it felt like the red thread of fate tying them together and their chemistry intertwining into one.
'I hope it wasn't just me that felt that way when we first met. The way things are now, it seems he may feel the same, but I'm not sure.' Sawyer thought to herself, scooping up a pile of cheerios into her spoon.
Castiel glanced up from his bowl, feeling all the butterflies jumping around in his stomach as he watched Sawyer.
'The way she reacts when I tease her, she isn't rejecting me. Can it be safe to say that I can keep my hopes up?' Castiel was thinking the same thing as her.
One thing they will never know at this moment, that just by being near each other, they were thinking the same thoughts, holding the same fears, feeling the same butterflies, and wanting so say so much but in so little words.
'I hope one day I could convey all of this to you,' they both thought together, with the same heart, but separate minds.
When Castiel and Sawyer both got to the designated hallway, their classes were right across from each other. They were lucky that they left early enough, so Castiel wouldn't get caught being in a girl's dorm room. Standing in front of their classroom doors, they both turned their head to look at each other and spoke their au revoir's.
"See ya later princess," Castiel waved.
"See you during lunch Castiel," Sawyer smiled and waved back, holding up the lunch she made for Castiel as promised.
Castiel smirked at her before turning his head back around. He opened the classroom door in front of him and disappeared into the classroom.
Before Sawyer could reach the handle, a tenor but low voice called out to her.
"Sawyer Stuart, right?"
Sawyer jumped, not exactly expecting someone to pop out of nowhere and greet her. When she turned around, she met a innocent face with hazel eyes and blonde hair.
The person outstretched his hand to greet her. "Oh my God, you startled me a little. And yes, my name is Sawyer. " Sawyer replied and shook the person's hand.
"I'm very sorry about scaring you. I just need to talk to you about a private matter. My name is Nathaniel Bellerose, I'm the student body president here. It's nice to meet you."
Sawyer felt a little weird from this random meeting. Out of all times she was here, why did he choose now to greet himself?
"Umm hi, but why are you greeting me now when I transferred here months ago?" Sawyer raised an eyebrow suspiciously.
"A lot of this were going on, I was just too busy getting things ready for the talent show coming up," Nathaniel smiled, as if he had no sin to his name.
"Well, what did you need me for?" Sawyer wasn't buying this innocent and pure persona, she knew this guy was hiding something if he had to act so nice.
"I know it is late, but I want to apologize on the behalf of my sister, Amber."
Sawyer's eyes went as wide as dinner plates and her jaw dropped so hard it could've fallen to the floor. "Amber is your sister?!"
"Surprised?" Nathaniel was rubbing the back of his head, feeling a little bit of sweat drop from his forehead. "Far from it!" How was a guy like him even closely related to a witch like Amber? His hair was very much the same color as hers, but their personalities were polar opposites.
"I'm really sorry. I overheard Amber talking to her friends about what she did just a few days ago. If I would've known sooner, I could've went straight to the principal. I lectured her more about that, which is probably why she's keeping her distance."
Nathaniel was truly sincere in his apology. There was no opening or anything that could've made him look like he was lying.
"Ohhh that, it's okay! It is over and done with and I am not even worried about it anymore," Sawyer replied to him, tried to be just as sincere as Nathaniel was.
"That's good, I'm glad. Ohh and there is something I also want to warn you about," Nathaniel lowered his voice, tensing the tone he was speaking.
"Warn me?" Sawyer repeated the question over again, really confused what was going on.
"I saw that you've been more involved with Castiel in your social life," Nathaniel said as he locked his eyes on Sawyer.
"What about him? What are you getting at?"
'What the hell is this guy trying to prove?' Sawyer began to back away a bit closer to her classroom door. She didn't feel comfortable about what could be leading on here.
"I'm not going to judge you for who you call as a friend, but my advice is, be careful."
Bewilderment struck through Sawyer's body, she could've believe what she was hearing. "Be careful? Castiel isn't a bad person?"
Nathaniel sighed, it is as if he knew that she was going to defend Castiel.
"Castiel is tied into something that could probably hurt you. Just tread carefully is all I'm asking," Nathaniel's eyes begged for her to believe him. His face expressed true concern for her, he did not want to see any one get hurt.
"I don't know what you're talking about."
Sawyer balled up her fist and held it against her chest, standing in defense. Even if Nathaniel seemed like a very nice guy, but it was really mean to warn her against someone who she already deeply cared for. 'Why all of a sudden is he telling me all of this?!'
"Hey Sawyer!" Another voice called her from behind. As they reacted to the voice, both Nathaniel and Sawyer turned that way to see who it was, and it was Ken running down the hallway, putting a piece of toast in his mouth.
"Ohhh, hey Ken," Sawyer said.
"I'm in the same class with you! Yay!" Ken exclaimed cheerfully and proudly, and munched on the toast till crumbs were left. He was being way more excited than a teenager should be.
Ken then noticed Nathaniel in the hallway with them and realized the tension in the air was thick. "Did I interrupt something?"
Nathaniel's stern face turned into a smile, which turned the situation ninety degrees. "No, it wasn't anything really important."
Ken also sensed that something was wrong. "Okay..?"
"I'll be taking my leave now. I hope you both have a good day," Nathaniel waved at them then walked the other way. Both Sawyer and Ken watched the president walk down the hall until he turned a corner and left their sight. "What was going on, Sawyer?" Ken asked out of concern.
"It's nothing really," Sawyer said and looked away and tried not to make eye contact with Ken.
Ken didn't respond anything else, he just gazed at Sawyer's face concernedly. Her face looked really uncomfortable; she didn't want to show any spec of distress, because she knew Ken was the type to really worry about her. He has been like that since they were kids.
"We better go inside Ken. We can't be late when we're standing right outside the door." Sawyer reached for the door handle and pulled it open.
"No no no, ladies first," Ken took the door instead, waving her to go inside first. "Thank you Ken," Sawyer said, then gave him a small smile.
Lunch then came around, and as promised of their bet, Sawyer had cooked lunch for Castiel. She had quickly made it this morning before she and Castiel left for class.
"I wonder if I made it too spicy" Sawyer asked herself as she sat down against the fence on the roof of the school. "Then again, he did say he liked spicy foods," Sawyer continued to talk to herself while looking at the Japanese made bento lunch box that had Castiel's lunch in it. Surprisingly, she was good at cooking, not as good as playing the guitar, but she was better than most people. Sawyer learned most of her cooking skills from her mom before she died.
"I don't know how I got the time to make this but I did." Sawyer opened the lid to the bento to reveal one of her Filipino favorites, a spicy hot-dog and cheese dish, where she basically added hot sauce.
"Hot-dogs were all I had to make this. If I had the ingredients, I would've liked to fry some lumpia." (A/N: Lumpia is a Filipino eggroll)
"Are you going to continue to talk to yourself more?" Someone said sarcastically from above her. Sawyer, who was not really surprised, looked up to see Castiel standing over her.
"I was not talking to myself!" Sawyer puffed up her cheeks to make herself look like a little child throwing a fit. "I was standing here the whole time you were talking to yourself. I was wondering if you gone crazy or something," Castiel said as he plopped himself right next to her.
"Shush your mouth, I could've put mushrooms," Sawyer said and gave Castiel a serious expression.
"You wouldn't," Castiel looked back at Sawyer, a little pissed off.
Sawyer stared at him silently for a few seconds before smiling like an idiot. "I'm kidding, you moron, here," Sawyer laughed a little as she handed Castiel the bento.
"Lucky that you're a girl, or I wouldn't have let you get away with that," Castiel said and snatched the lunchbox from Sawyer's hands.
"Hey, you can be a jerk sometimes. So it would have been payback if I did," Sawyer sat back, pulling out another bento of the same food she cooked.
"Bento boxes? How Asian can you get?" Castiel raised an eyebrow at Sawyer, not being very surprised since Sawyer was clearly half-Asian.
"Well, what do you expect from a half-Filipino and half-white girl?" Sawyer said as she opened up her bento box.
"You're Filipino? I thought you were Japanese, because of all the anime shit you have."
"I get that a lot," Sawyer said while digging her fork into the spicy hot dog.
As they ate their lunch next to each other, they both felt somewhat comfortable sitting next to each other. It's as if they grew closer as friends, probably more than that. They both stole glances at each other as they sat there quietly munching down on their spicy-cheesy hot dogs, not even one time did they catch each other glancing at one another. The atmosphere was friendly and clear, no stress was built upon them. But then Sawyer remembered something.
"Hey Castiel," Sawyer began to speak after she finished her lunch.
"Hmm?" Castiel replied while his fork hung out of his mouth, which was held between his teeth.
"Are you part of a gang or a club?"
That's where Sawyer struck a big nerve, and instantly it pissed Castiel off.
"What kind of question is that?! Is that how you really think of me?!" Castiel snarled and slammed the lunchbox to the concrete floor.
Sawyer jumped and immediately regretted opening her mouth. "No no no! I just over-heard a rumor saying that you were," Sawyer lied, she was actually thinking about what Nathaniel said to her earlier this morning.
"You can't listen to that kind of shit. Seriously, you almost really pissed me off. You know I'm not like that," Castiel said as he folded his arms against his chest. Clearly he was trying to let his anger steam off, he didn't want to become too violent towards Sawyer.
"I'm sorry... I was just curious," Sawyer nervously replied. She was a little bit afraid what Castiel was going to do next. 'I can't help but remember what Nathaniel said,' Sawyer thought to herself.
"Look," Castiel started as he patted Sawyer's head like he would pet his dog. "I don't know what you heard, but I would never put you in any kind of danger. Trust me okay?"
Sawyer looked up to Castiel's cheesy smirk, and couldn't help but to trust the guy who was sitting next to her.
"I trust you Cas," Sawyer answers sweetly. Castiel felt a tug at his heart as he saw how sweet of a smile Sawyer was giving him. Although he felt guilty, he didn't regret any moment he spent with her. The wind buffeted against them, tussling Sawyer's black long hair up into the air. Sawyer's own hair was going all over the place, but she just tucked some strands behind her ear while giggling and complaining how silly she looked. "My hair is getting everywhere! Hahahaha," she chirped cheerfully.
But from beside her, Castiel stood in somewhat awe and infatuated with the moment. Subconsciously, he wrapped both of his arms around her and pulled her close.
Surprised by Castiel suddenly making a move, Sawyer could not help but to feel a bit bashful. "C..Cas?"
Castiel didn't reply to her calling him out. He was too busy getting drunk on her scent and becoming memorized by the smell of strawberries and vanilla on her skin. 'I refuse to give her to anyone else. Not even that military brat.'
"Castiel.. are you okay?" Sawyer became flustered and confused. Her pupils had dilated and her body became warmer than before. As much as a mess as she looked right at this moment, Castiel still found her irresistibly cute. "Haha," he laughed a little before releasing the blushing girl. "I just wanted to see how you would react if I hugged you randomly," he lied.
'She may not ever forgive me and she may not ever smile at me again the way she did now. But I don't want to give her to anyone else.'
Sawyer baffled at Castiel's teasingly smile and smacked him in the shoulder as pay back. "You're so mean," Sawyer puffed her cheeks like a child would. "I don't give anyone the special treatment," Castiel replied.
"You sure do like to cause trouble," Sawyer said.
"Princess, I am trouble," Castiel stood up from his spot, taking in the cool breezy air, and walked away waving Sawyer goodbye.