A/N:So, so, so sorry for the late update! It was my birthday this weekend and some other stuff came up and didn't get a chance to just sit down and write! Anyway, to make up for Saturday, I promised myself I would upload a new chapter sometime during the week and here it is. Hope you like it!

I liked this guy, and I thought he liked me too. He was my first boyfriend, and he was my everything. I even thought I loved him. So I made a fool out myself, thinking I was with someone who I loved and who loved me too. I was devoted to him and he didn't even care. I don't even think he really liked me. The whole time he was just using me. I thought I knew him so well, but clearly I didn't because I was the only one who didn't know he was cheating on me with half his grade. I thought I meant something to him, but in reality I was just some toy he could play with until he got bored.

Finally, he told me. And the funny thing is, that was about the nicest thing he had ever done for me. I guess he had a conscience. He told me I was great, and that because I was great there were some things I needed to needed to know. For months I wondered that if I was so great, why did he have to cheat on me?

I was so relieved when my dad decided to pack up and move. It was hard, seeing him in the hallways. He was this constant reminder of my biggest mistake.

Cas says nothing. It means a lot to him that Dean trusted him enough to tell the story of his relationship with Alastair (even though Dean never mentioned him by name he thinks that's the boy Sam was referring to before). He notices that Dean had looked at him through the entire story. He sees hope in his eyes. He wants Cas to understand exactly what he's saying.

So, as they get up to walk around, he tells him about Balthazar. But he doesn't stop there. He talks about other disastrous dates he's had. From the pizza man to the exchange student who wanted him to pretend to be Mulder when they were together, Cas told them all.

Then they're both talking about the worst dates they had. And as they both talk he forgets about Balthazar and he hopes Dean is forgetting about Alastair. Finally, he thinks, he's found someone he thinks he can move on with.

They talk about school and they talk about the other kids in town. They talk about their brothers, Dean with extra fondness. They walk around until Cas gets tired and they decide to take a break, sitting down on a park bench. Dean puts his arm around his shoulder and Cas leans into to him. He studies the curve of Dean's jaw, the smoothness of his cheeks. He leans in and kisses him and feels it long after they've pulled away.

He begins to show Dean around town, taking him to all the memorable places around town and explaining the history behind them. He falls in love with the wondrous look in Dean's eyes. After a while they walk back to Dean's house.

"My dad will be there," he says.

"That's okay. I'd love to meet your father." Cas replies.

"He's not like your parents," he warns.

"That's actually a good thing."

"Believe me, it's not."

Suddenly he thinks of Alfie's parents, who need to think that Cas is very straight and dating Anna in order for Alfie to leave the house with them.

"Does your dad know you're gay?" Cas asks.

"My dad couldn't care less. He's got more important things worry about."

Once they get to his house they walk inside and Dean calls out, "I'm home!"

"Who cares?" Sam yells back from a distance room. They walk into the kitchen for popsicles. Cas notices the wad of cash sitting on the counter.

"Dad? I'm home!"

Sam walks into the room. "He's not here. He says he's sorry he missed you. He also left some money so we could order something."

"Where'd he go?" Dean asks.

"He said Bobby found some proof of a ghost up in Topeka."

"A what?" Cas says.

"Ghost," Dean says. "My dad writes books on supernatural creatures. That's why we used to move around a lot. Every time he got a call about a supernatural occurrence in a city we'd move there."

Sometime during Dean's explanation of his father's work Sam pulled a popsicle out Dean's hand and walked back to his room.

"I guess we've got to stay in," Dean says.

"Isn't he old enough to be alone by himself?" he asks.

"I don't want him to feel lonely. Dad's never home and I'm always out…"

Cas nods. "I understand." He feels guilty for suggesting leaving. He's never even once thought of wondering if Gabriel feels lonely.

"You don't have to stay if you don't—"

"Nonsense." Cas says, cutting him off. Cas tries not to fall in love with the way Dean's face lights up when he smiles.

He follows Dean to Sam's room where Sam sits on his bed, watching TV with a glum look on his face. He looks at them as they walk in.

"Is something wrong?" he asks.

"Nope. We were just wondering if you wanted to go out." Dean says.

Sam looks up at him with a sad little smile. "I'm good. You guys can go have fun without me."

"Okay, pizza and a movie it is." Dean says, leaving before Sam can decline his offer.

Cas trails after him. As they head back to the kitchen he asks, "Is he always like that?"

"Not always. I think he's mad at my dad. And I think he's trying to give us space."

"Space?"

"Sam's a smart kid. I think he's picked up on the fact that I…like you."

"Does he realize I like you back?" he asks, drifting closer and moving his fingers under Dean's shirt.

"Definitely."

"Then I must say, you have a very observant brother." They're inches away from each other, and still moving forward. Dean leans in for the kiss and—

"Not in the kitchen!" Sam shouts, covering his eyes. "People actually eat there."

Dean and him burst out laughing. Dean picks up the cash and they head back to town.