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Friday Night
Gabriel hated when Castiel gave him that look. Those blue eyes were staring into his soul, he was pretty sure.
"Is there something I can help you with, Cassie?" Gabriel took a drink of his water, waiting for his beer.
"Well, I was at Dean's last weekend. Sam spent the night at his girlfriend's house apparently."
"Interesting." Gabriel opened and pretended to read his menu, hoping the blush that was creeping up on his neck wasn't on his cheeks yet. He could make excuses he supposed, but his brother could easily read him.
"Yes, I thought so as well. He claimed that his girlfriend's parents were out of town."
"And you don't believe him?"
"Dean was very upset with Sam." Castiel continued.
"I'm sure he was. High schoolers probably shouldn't be spending the night at their significant other's house without..."
"Gabriel, I'm just going to come out and ask it, did Sam spend the night at your apartment Friday night?" Just in time, the waitress arrived with Gabriel's beer and was ready to take their orders. Gabriel ordered a steak whereas Castiel ordered a burger. Once she had left, Castiel looked Gabriel again with those piercing blue eyes.
"Gabriel, answer the question."
"No, he didn't."
"Now answer without lying to me." Gabriel took a sip of his beer to try and kill some time. He let the flavor of the hops wash over his tongue, but even that didn't help the burning feeling of guilt about lying to his brother.
"Cassie," Gabriel began. The tone in his voice was meant to be calming, but it sounded defeated to his ears.
"Let me ask you another question. Are you stupid? You could lose your career. You actually enjoy what you do and you're a damn good teacher. Don't just throw it away."
"Okay, first of all, I love what I do, don't think that I would just throw that away. Second of all, I am a fan-fucking-tastic teacher. Never think differently. Third of all, I know that Sam and I shouldn't be dating, so..."
"Wait, wait wait, shouldn't BE? As in you actually are?!" Gabriel felt his eyes grow to the size of saucers and began to try and back pedal.
"No! No, that came out wrong! I...Sam and I..." Gabriel tried to think of something that would make this better. Some way to explain why he had said what he said. Castiel never said anything. He simply stared at the table. Gabriel continued to stare at his brother,
"So, you are dating one of your students?" Castiel finally looked up after almost two solid minutes of silence.
"I...Cas, look," Gabriel tried to begin, but his words failed him. (Un)luckily, Castiel had thought of something to say.
"You need to stop this. You can't be with him until he graduates. I know you probably enjoy the rule breaking of it all, but he is underage. He..."
"Everything okay, over here?" The waitress popped up again.
"Yes, thank you." Castiel replied, not taking his eyes away from Gabriel. She walked away and Castiel began his lecture again. "He is your student, Do you realize the implications for both of you if you get discovered?"
"Of course I do. It's just that...he's...Cas, he's not like kids his age. He seems so much older than he is and…"
"That's because he had to grow up too quickly." Castiel hissed. "This is a horrible idea and you know it. I have to tell Dean."
"No! No, please don't. He'd kill me!"
"I can't just let this go. He needs to know what's going on with his own brother. His underage brother!"
"Cas, Look, I get that, I really do, but shouldn't he hear that from Sam?" Castiel stared down and at the table and sighed loudly.
"I suppose. I'll tell him I know and give him a week at the very most, but Gabriel," Castiel looked up again and those damn puppy eyes of his met Gabriel's. "Just stop this, okay? You can wait until he graduates." Gabriel didn't answer and took a drink of his beer as the waitress dropped off their food. Gabriel decided to change the subject.
"So, how's the accounting business?"
Sam leaned against the wall and took a drink from his cup. He hadn't planned on drinking, or being there that late, but it was probably better this way. Gabriel had convinced him to go so that he could 'socialize'. Most of the senior class was there, even Kevin and Jessica who normally didn't get out to parties. The three of them had all left in their own cars from Jessica's house, but he'd lost both of them almost immediately after they made it into the house. Sam had texted Dean telling him he wasn't sure if he would be home or not tonight, saying he would be spending the night at Lucifer's if something had happened.
Jessica walked up to Sam and smiled. It was weird seeing her dressed in tight jeans and a tight shirt. Sam was used to seeing her either in the school uniform or sweatpants for their study sessions.
"Having fun?" She took a sip from her cup and then pouted at it. "My cup's empty. I'm going to find some more!" Jessica walked away and she was shortly replaced by Ruby. She grinned up at Sam.
"Having fun, Sammy boy?" Ruby was in pair of skinny jeans, black t-shirt and a black leather jacket.
"Yeah actually, it's not too bad."
"Good, can I get you another drink?" Sam gave her a tightlipped smile.
"Nah, I'm okay."
"Well then escort me to the kitchen so I can get another one." Ruby grabbed Sam's hand and she pulled him with her. If it wasn't for the alcohol, he probably would've protested more, but he decided to just go with the flow.
"You sure you don't want some more of…what have you been drinking?"
"Uh…whiskey mostly."
"Straight whiskey? How many have you had?" Sam shrugged.
"Three?"
"Wow, a man that can hold his alcohol, I like that." Ruby winked and poured herself a cup of something and then the two went back out to the living room, where a lot of people were dancing. Sam drank his whiskey while Ruby talked, mainly so he wouldn't have to talk back to her.
"So come on, Sam, I want to know, why don't you date?" Sam swallowed.
"I…I date!"
"Was it that Jessica girl?" Ruby glared around, almost daring Jessica to meet her eyes.
"What? No, Jess is like a sister to me."
"What about Short Round, where ever the hell he is?" Sam rolled his eyes. Damn she was annoying.
"His name is Kevin, and no, I would never date Kevin for a couple reasons."
"So you like both, huh? Not judging, I'm just asking."
"Yeah, I do. Can we not talk about my dating life anymore?"
"Aw, why? Aren't you having fun?" Ruby moved herself closer so that she was almost touching Sam's chest with her own. Thinking of a way out of this, Sam quickly drank the rest of his whiskey and then looked at Ruby.
"I need a refill. I'll see you later." Sam moved away from her and walked to the kitchen. He ran into Kevin and Kevin was obviously drunk, but there was girl that Sam had seen a few times, Channing?, was taking care of him.
"Make sure that he gets home, alright?" Sam asked her, while Kevin giggled over something he found very funny.
"Oh I will, I already took his keys." She smiled and waved the keys in front of him.
"Thanks." Sam grinned at her and then filled his cup with more whiskey. He wanted to be able to get home, but he wanted to have fun. Maybe he would find Jessica and dance a little before going home. Sam drank almost half of his glass talking to his other classmates before he filled it up again and left the kitchen to try and find Jessica. The alcohol was getting to him now and he was feeling a little light headed. He found Jessica leaning against the wall, watching the people on the make-shift dancefloor.
"Hey, beautiful, wanna dance?" Sam asked. Jessica gave him a strange look.
"I'm not exactly you're type, isn't that right?" A cheeky smile came to her lips.
"Oh no, you're way too far out of my league, but that doesn't mean we can't dance, right?"
"Alright, but I am going to rock your world, Winchester." Jessica grabbed Sam's free hand with her own and pulled him into the living room. The two danced to a couple songs and drank. When Jessica needed a refill, she was once again replaced by Ruby. She looked really angry, but Sam was practically drunk by this point, and didn't care.
"I thought you said that she was like a sister!"
"She is. And why do you care anyway?" Ruby rolled her eyes.
"I care because I think you're hot and…" Ruby grabbed Sam by the collar of his shirt and pressed her lips to his. Sam pulled away as quick as he could tell it was happening.
"I…I gotta go." Sam ran out of the living room, through the kitchen, and into the backyard, where some people were smoking. Suddenly, the only thing Sam wanted to do was call Gabriel. Sam pulled out his phone and dialed as best as he could. He didn't even know what time it was, but he was hoping that Gabriel would answer. On the fourth ring, a tired voice came over the phone.
"H…hello?"
"Gabe, c…could you…um…come get me? I uh…I don't think I should drive home. I drank way too much and I…" Sam realized he was rushing his words, but it seemed like the only way to get everything out.
"Sam, calm down, where are you?"
"Lucifer's. I um…there's a gas station um…I don't remember where though." There was shuffling on the other end of the phone that Sam wasn't sure what it was.
"What's the address?"
"Of the gas station?" Sam heard Gabriel laugh. This wasn't funny!
"No, of Lucifer's." Sam told Gabriel the address and there was more shuffling on the phone.
"Give me ten minutes, meet me two houses up, okay? Can you make sure somebody else gets your car home?"
"Well, I…no, Kevin and Jessica are both drunk." Sam's voice was suddenly thick, like he wanted to cry. He couldn't explain it, but Gabriel must've heard it because he voice was soothing.
"Baby," Sam was pretty sure that was the first time that Gabriel had ever called him that. "Calm down, I'll be there shortly, okay?" Sam nodded. "You still there?"
"Oh, yeah. I um…I'll be there." Sam walked back through the house, avoiding everybody, and actually ended up near his car. It had been parked about two houses up. Sam suddenly didn't feel so well. The ground seemed to be spinning. He sat on the hood of the car with his head in his hands, hoping the spinning would stop. Suddenly, he heard his name.
"Sam, Samsquatch, come on." Gabriel's voice was in his ear. Sam nodded and got into the car. After that, things went black.
Gabriel struggled to get his drunken boyfriend up the stairs of his apartment building. He knew that Sam was going to the party and was probably going to drink, but he hadn't expected him to get drunk. Gabriel got Sam inside the apartment and into his bed.
"Angel?" Sam's eyes opened as Gabriel was fixing the pillows.
"Sh, it's okay, Samshine, go to sleep."
"Ruby kissed me." Sam blurted, but Gabriel was pretty sure he wasn't in control of his mouth.
"It's okay. We'll talk about it in the morning."
"But,"
"No, go to sleep. You need sleep." Gabriel pressed a kiss to Sam's forehead, then left to get some water and aspirin for Sam to have in the morning and got in on the other side of the bed. Sam rolled over onto his stomach, with his head turned towards Gabriel. His breathing steadied and Gabriel knew that he was back asleep. Gabriel watched him for a while. He had never been so scared when Sam had called him like that. His mind jumped to the worst possible conclusion, and he couldn't bear the thought of that. If something had happened to Sam…if Sam had gotten behind the wheel…Gabriel shook that thought from his head. He couldn't picture Sam like that. It had only been about a month since they met, but something about Sam already had Gabriel falling for him. There was just one problem; Gabriel Novak didn't fall in love. Then again, he had also thought he didn't date students and yet, here he was.
