"Dean, these are beautiful!" Mr. Murray said while examining the three paintings Dean brought in. Dean blushed a little, "thank you sir." he said quietly, "I'll go hang these immediately, could you please fill out the envelopes for the invitations for the showing next month?" Mr. Murray asked, and Dean just nodded.
Dean grabbed the mail on his way into the house, "bills, bills, bills…" he mumbled while sorting through the stack. He paused when he saw a thick blue and white envelope with Cas' name on it. He felt the anger claw his way up, he threw the rest of the mail on the counter and made his way downstairs. "Explain. Now." Dean said throwing the envelope at his mate.
When Cas saw the envelope his eyes went wide, "Dean." Cas started, "POLICE ACADEMY?! Are you insane?!" Dean yelled and Cas shushed him, "you'll wake up Henry! Stop yelling!… I'm going to join the police force." Cas said, "no you're not." Dean argued.
"Excuse me?" Cas said and stood up so he was level with Dean, "You can't, I can't loose you if some maniac with a gun shoots you." Dean sighed. "Dean, you wont loose me. After what happened over the summer, I just can't sit back and not doing anything about it. I want to help people Dean." Cas said quietly and grabbed Dean's hands, "I don't want anyone feeling the pain I felt when you were taken, I want to help people find their mates and children." Cas said, Dean was quiet for a few minutes and just nodded, "if you die, I'll kill you." Dean mumbled and Cas laughed before pulling him into a hug.
"Alright Dean, no more getting suspended, ya hear me?" Ellen teased when he dropped Henry off at her house before school. "Shut up." Dean mumbled and kissed his son's cheek, "see you later!" he shouted and headed out the door.
Dean and Cas were sitting in Bobby's class for advanced photography when Bobby's class phone rang. "Yeah?" Bobby sighed, "what for? …. Um, okay." Bobby said and hung up, "Dean, Cas, I need to talk to you for a second out in the hall."
The two glanced at each other, worry blending into their scents, as they followed the man out in the hall. "Bobby, what's up? You're kinda scaring me a little." Dean said, immediately thinking something was wrong with Henry. "Dean, your father is in the office… He'd like to talk to you." Bobby explained and Dean could feel his heart sink to his stomach. "Wh-why? He should be in jail!" Dean started to panic, "he must have gotten bailed out." Cas mumbled, "I'll go with you." Cas stated, "okay, um… Just stay in the hall though." Dean said and gripped his mates hand as they walked to the office.
Dean could smell him before he could see him, the smell of alcohol, anger, and pissed off alpha. His inner omega was wanting to stop and kneel on the floor in respect of the pissed off alpha, but Dean pushed that feeling down. "I think it would be better if you stayed out of sight, for now." Dean said quietly.
"Dean. I don't think that's a good idea." Cas started and Dean stopped to face him, "Cas, he's already drunk and pissed… He doesn't like you, if he sees you, he's just going to go on a rant." Dean explained, they stared at each other before Cas nodded and kissed his mate, "I'l be around the corner if anything happens."
Dean took a deep breath before making the rest of the way to the office. "There you are. What took you so long huh?" John said glaring at him, "I-uh, um" Dean stumbled, 'look! You're so pathetic, can't even talk to an alpha.' the voice startled him and Dean shook his head. Now was not the time for a panic attack, "I just needed to finish up something real quick before I left class sir." Dean said quietly, staring into John's chest.
"Whatever, I need to talk to you in the hall." He grouched and grabbed Dean's shoulder, ushering him to the empty hallway, they walked a bit, unknowingly to John, closer to Cas and Dean could feel himself relax a bit.
"There, no one should be able to hear us." John stated and stopped walking, "what do you want dad?" Dean sighed and let out a gasp when John's hand connected with his cheek, "what do you mean 'what do I want?!" John angrily whispered, "I want your ass, in my truck so I can give you to Alistair, where you belong." John growled. The color in Dean's face drained and he felt like throwing up, 'no no no, I-I can't' Dean mentally panicked.
"Dad, I don't belong to anyone besides my mate." Dean growled back, "DON'T ARGUE WITH ME!" John yelled and Dean flinched a little. "I set this up once you presented with Azazel, I wasn't going to let some omega whore prance around un-mated." John started to explain, "but no, I had to wait till you turned 18, I don't fucking know why? I figured it'd be okay to wait because who'd want a fucked up omega anyway? Guess I was wrong, that freak had to show up and get you knocked up, that bastard pup of yours ruined everything. Luckily for you Alistair is so keen on you, he's willing to look passed that."
"I'm not going anywhere with you." Dean seethed, "not only is selling an omega illegal, but your own son? That's what's fucked up John. And don't you dare talk about Cas or Henry like that, ever. Do you understand me?" Dean growled, he was shaking from anger and a little bit of fear. Out of the corner of his eye he could see Cas making his way towards them.
"You little shit." John growled and reached behind him to grab something. That's when Cas went into a sprint and screamed, "No! Put it down!" before Dean could register what was going on, he was being tackled to the ground and a gun shot rang through the halls.
