Summary: AU. The story of Dean and Castiel through their lives from meeting as children. Please, please, please review! Girl!Cas fic.

Disclaimer: I don't own Supernatural or its characters.

Pairings: Dean/Girl!Castiel, possible other pairings in later chapters.

Together Forever

- Chapter Eleven: Fight for This Love -

December 1995

Castiel had cried everyday since she and Dean broke up. She was bordering on being depressed, and it was worrying everyone sick, especially Dean. Dean had lost his best friends and the one girl he'd truly loved for being used by Lisa and hanging out with her stupid pathetic friends. One of the girls in Lisa's group knew that this was totally wrong. Ruby had abandoned her sisters to hang out with the others, and she'd heard all about Lisa's plan when Lisa was bragging to one of the other girls that morning. She felt sick and when Dean had fallen for it she flipped.

She grabbed Dean by the arm one day at the end of school when Lisa was at the bathroom and pulled him to one side.

"I can get you out of this pathetic little game she's got going on."

Dean blinked and shook his head.

"Excuse me?"

"Yeah, I'm gonna tell Castiel what's going on and then she can kick Lisa's ass and you can be together again." Ruby said, with an eager nod.

"You'd do that for us?" Dean asked with a questioning eyebrow.

"Damn straight." Ruby replied, "I know I'm a bitch, but I hate seeing you guys apart and Castiel's broken…so broken."

"I know." Dean said, noticing Lisa was coming back, "Shit…"

"Leave it to me." Ruby said before heading off to find Team Free Will.

She spotted them sat on one of the grass verges just outside the gates, Castiel sat with her head on Anna's shoulder. Anna was stroking her fingers through Castiel's hair and hugging her tight as the older girl cried silently against her. Making her way forward, Ruby had no doubt she'd be getting glares.

"What the fuck do you want?" Chuck asked, Ruby raising her hands in surrender.

"I wanna help get Dean and Cas back together…I've found out why Dean's with Lisa."

Everyone looked up and Jo pulled Ruby down to sit with them. Castiel looked at Ruby with hopeful eyes that were as alive as they'd been in the month she and Dean had been apart.

"Lisa blackmailed Dean into being her public boyfriend." Ruby said, the others giving her incredulous looks, "I know it sounds crazy, but she basically said that if Dean didn't dump Cassie and date her, then Castiel's safety would be jeopardised."

"Holy fuck!" Jo whispered, "I knew something wasn't right…Dean never looks happy with her."

"You mean to tell me that my boyfriend was stolen from me…" Castiel began, earning a nod from Ruby, "And he only left me to protect me?"

Ruby nodded again.

"He misses you, Cassie."

Castiel growled to herself before standing up and wiping her eyes.

"Get Lisa over here, like make up a plan that you're gonna come and taunt me or something, get her over here so I can deal with her." Castiel said, thinking about what to do.

Ruby grinned and headed back to get Lisa and Dean.

"What are you gonna do?" Becky asked, seeing how Castiel smiled to herself.

"I'm not gonna hit her. I'm not violent, but words can sometimes be more powerful than actions." Castiel said, carefully planning what she wanted to say.

Lisa appeared near the grass verge and Castiel stood up.

"Lisa!" She called, the slutty cheerleader turning to look at her.

Dean was suffering so much, his eyes revealing a whole new world of pain and sadness.

"What?" Lisa asked in her usual cocky attitude, the one that made Castiel want to wipe the bitch's smirk away.

"I know what you're up to with Dean, and I have to say it's very clever." Castiel said, earning another smirk and a mocking curtsey from Lisa, "But it's time it came to an end, huh?"

"What, you mean you want him back?" Lisa asked, looking at Dean who couldn't even meet anyone's eyes, "No chance."

"You'll never love him like I do. And he'll never love you like he loves me, I can guarantee that." Castiel said, her body language strong and authoritative, "So why don't you save yourself the embarrassment and end it?"

"Embarrassment?" Lisa asked.

"Yeah," Castiel replied, jumping from the verge and getting right in Lisa's face, "I can let everyone know how desperate and pathetic you are. You'll lose all your friends because I bet they don't know, do they?"

There was something unsettling in Castiel's eyes. Lisa was met with an intense blue stare as she moved so close their faces were millimetres apart.

"You wanna keep your reputation don't you?" She asked, earning a nervous nod from Lisa, "Good…so let Dean come back to me, where he belongs and we'll let this go. I won't ask twice."

Lisa looked at Castiel, shivering where she stood because not only had Castiel outsmarted her and figured this out, but she was so damn intimidated by how calm Castiel was. The cheerleader nodded and released Dean's hand before turning away and heading home.

Dean stared at Castiel who continued to glare coldly at Lisa until she was out of sight before her eyes warmed and she looked up at Dean. Team Free Will watched from the grass verge as the former couple stared at each other, Dean slowly unleashing the emotion he'd been suffering with for the past month.

"I'm so sorry, Cassie…" He breathed, tears filling his bright green eyes as Castiel reached up and wrapped her arms around him, stroking the back of his head and his back soothingly.

"Shhh…it's alright, Dean. Thank you for protecting me." Castiel whispered, "It's all over now."

"I love you, Castiel Novak." Dean sobbed quietly into Castiel's shoulder, "I love you so much."

"I love you too, Dean Winchester." Castiel replied, pulling back and meeting Dean's lips in a slow, sensual and passionate kiss.

The others on the verge cheered and applauded as the couple made up and got back together, sharing loving kisses before sharing a hug again, at home in each other's arms where they belonged.

-TBC-