Castiel, sprawled out on his bed, his thoughts roaming uncontrollably. He didn't want to be mad at Michael, but there was an overwhelming sensation of rage that pooled in his chest. He wasn't certain why Michael was pissed though. Dean was merely a friend, who happened to be a male. Dean wasn't interested in him or gay/bi/pan etc as far as Cas could tell.

Michael finished his packing and stood outside Castiel's door. He wasn't trying to be a dick. He was worried about this other male's intentions. Though he didn't approve of Castiel's sexuality, he wanted to make sure his younger brother ended up with someone who wasn't going to take advantage of him at a party. Sticking an ear to the door, he heard a loud sigh and what sounded like a book being slammed.

"Castiel?" Michael knocked as he slowly opened the door. Cas glared at him sideways and look back at the book on his bed: the same book Cas had been reading since he met that boy, but Michael was not aware of that.

"What would you like, Michael?" Castiel replied sharply.

"I was just coming in to inform you that I am now leaving. I'm sorry about the party, brother." Michael started.

"Do not apologize for something you are not sorry for, Michael." Castiel replied. With that Michael exited.

Castiel wasn't sure of why he was mad at Michael either. He had never been interested in parties, and as soon as they would get there, Dean would start in on Lisa or Ruby or Cassie or someone who wasn't him.

Soon after, Gabriel meandered into Castiel's room. He didn't say a word, knowing his brother was about to tell him exactly what was on his mind. Cas didn't like to be provoked, and when he was, he spilled.

"He was probably just being nice. It was supposed to be a friend excursion of sorts. Sam only came over to invite me because he wants Anna to attend. I don't know why you all got my hopes up to only have them come crashing down around me, Gabriel." Castiel sputtered.

There was a slight shifting of weight, then silence. Cool air breezed through the open window and rain droplets formed, loudly splattering to the ground. Everything was still and hesitant.

"Cas, do you really think that this boy only asked you because of his brother?" Gabriel said quietly, examining his brother's face. Castiel shook his head and Gabriel frowned, "Cas, this guy, if nothing else, asked you because he's your friend. Maybe he does like you...You can't just go all flipped-out-mental-patient Cas on me."

"Sorry."

"Take a nap bro, I'll wake you when food's ready." Gabriel smiled. He headed towards the door and shut it softly, letting Castiel and his thoughts to himself. The clock blinked a neon 3:30.

Five hours from now, Dean would be on his way to the party with Sam and Anna, he'd probably hook up with the sluts and then go home wasted; and Cas sulked because he wasn't going to get to be the one to be there with Dean. The one person Dean would surely ignore but he would be happy anyway because he got to spend some time with Dean Winchester.

From there, he fell into a deep sleep.

In the downstairs of the house, Lucifer was helping Anna clean up. Gabriel had made an awful mess in the living room, and kitchen; this left Anna with an hour's worth of cleaning.

"Sam?" Anna said into the phone, motioning to Lucifer to shut off the vacuum.

"Yeah, hey, so Dean's idea, it's a go, correct?" Sam stammered.

"Yes sir. You'll be here at 8 then?" Anna smiled while Gabe and Lucifer fake gagged.

"Awesome, see you then." Anna clicked the phone off.

Lucifer seemed more than happy to clean up. He went to the basement, grabbing three of the bean bags, tossing them up the stairs like they were pillows. Gabriel was walking to the store for more candy, which seemed to be the only thing he ate, while Anna drove herself to her house to grab different clothes; Lucifer had deemed her original outfit to unfit for the evening.

Everyone- Gabe, Anna, Lucifer- met back up at the house by five. Lucifer was the one to offer to wake Castiel up. He climbed the stairs, and shuffled into Cas's room.

"Good morning to you, good morning to you," Lucifer sung in Cas's ear. Castiel hit the floor with a loud thump.

"What is it?"

"Go shower, Cassie, we're going out in a while."

"Can't I just sit here and mourn peacefully?"

The look on Lucifer's face was a No, so Castiel picked himself up and grabbed a new set of clothes along with a towel.

Lucifer smiled widely and waited until he heard the click of the lock before he ran down the stairs to his apprehensive cousin. She grinned as she heard the water turn on, and nodded. Gabriel seemed perplexed.

"We've got 30 minutes to finish cleaning before he suspects anything." Anna said to Gabriel. Gabriel whined and skittered to the hallway to pick up the backpacks and coats off the floor.

Though Gabriel enjoyed helping his older brother out, this whole cleaning business was a whole bag of horse shit. He loathed the idea of having to pick up anything that was not a) a chick/guy; b) a puppy; c) food. Speaking of food, he hadn't eaten in twenty minutes.

Anna was mopping the floors of the kitchen, the linoleum shining like a polished diamond in sunlight. She enjoyed the silence that came with cleaning and the feeling she had accomplished something. Plus it was an added bonus that Castiel would be super surprised he didn't have to clean.

As she was finishing the job, Gabriel stomps his way in through the door way with dusty shoes. Grime tracks followed, Anna leaned on her mop tiredly and glared at him, blowing her bangs up while she did so. She may love her cousin, but he was a pain in the ass.

"Gabriel, you just ate."

"ARE YOU CALLING ME FAT?!" Gabriel shouted as he fake-sobbed out of the kitchen with a package of Skittles. She rolled eyes and began mopping where he had tracked his dirt ridden feet.

Anna sighed, the only real reason she was cleaning is that Sam was coming over. The sophomore was way nicer and smarter than most anyone, he made her happy. She tried to cover up her going with Sam to the party with 'He's just a friend and he wants someone to come with him' when really, she wanted him to ask her since the day he found out.

Castiel glanced around the room, the clock blinking 7:45. In front of him were three sets of calculus notes with "DW" scribbled into the margins.

"Castiel, come down here." Lucifer shouted from the bottom of the stairs. He smiled and glanced at Anna, who merely flipped her hair and pretended to read some magazine that Gabriel had left on the table. Gabriel hummed happily on the couch.

Castiel sauntered down the stairs wearing a black tee-shirt and black jeans.

"Cas, you're not going to a funeral!" Lucifer laughed.

"I am mourning the loss of Dean Winchester." Cas snarled.

"He's not dead."

"Yet I cannot see him."

"Sassy. I LIKE IT!"

Castiel plopped down on the couch and waited for further instruction. He waited a good ten minutes before getting aggravated. But then there was a knock at the door.

"CAS, CAN YOU GET THAT?" Lucifer shouted.

"Yes, because I'm totally the closest." Castiel replied, walking over to the door.

Slowly, he turned the knob and came face to face with the smiling Winchesters. Dean had his hands shoved in his jeans and a tight Led Zeppelin shirt. Castiel's face slowly turned red and he could feel it reaching his ears. Sam just smiled.

"Hi." Dean said.