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The rest of Cas's classes weren't so bad. Dean, as he had found out what the boy's name was, was also in his art and lunch periods. During calculus he met a strange boy named Garth who he assumed had about as many friends as he did. He was nice though so Cas wasn't complaining. He was nervous about finding a place a sit at lunch, but thankfully Dean's brother, Sam, saw him and waved him over. Sam sat with Garth and an Asian kid named Kevin Tran. Dean sat across the cafeteria with two boys and a girl who Cas recognized as one Anna was talking to this morning.

"So, where are you from?" Kevin asked as he munched on the school's gross looking mozzarella sticks. "Washington," Cas answered simply as he ate his homemade pb&j. "Any brothers and sisters?" Sam asked. "Six brothers and two sisters." Cas waited for the response to his large family. Garth whistled. "Your parents must have their hands full," he commented. Cas's eyes dropped to his sandwich as a knot formed in his stomach. "They did," he agreed. The three boys noticed the change but decided not to pursue the subject any further. "So, Kevin how was your break?" Sam asked him. They jumped into conversation and Cas half listened just in case they decided to talk to him again.

His phone buzzed in his pocket, which gave him a jolt of surprise. He took it out and read the text he received from Michael. 'Gabe is picking you up. I have to stay late. Make sure he feeds you guys.' Cas smiled at this. He hadn't seen Gabriel in a few a months and he missed him. Gabriel was pretty out there which contrasted Cas's personality, but Cas always thought that that was why they got along best. Like Michael and Lucifer did before; he only hoped they didn't end up like those two. Cas replied with a simple 'ok' and continued to half listen to the conversation about Kevin's girlfriend's crazy summer studying that almost drove him up a all. "I mean, I'm guilty of super studying, but it's summer!" He exclaimed to which they all chuckled.

Cas walked out of school with purpose. Anna and Sam were getting rides from their friends. He tried to get a look over the crowd of students to find his brother. When he spotted the familiar brunette leaning against a familiar red car he smiled. When he reached him the two hugged. "How was your first day?" Gabriel asked when they pulled apart. "Decent," Cas said and it was. "Hey, uh, Castiel, right?" A familiar voice asked from behind him. He turned to see Dean standing there leather jacket and all. "Uh, yes," he answered weakly. He was completely confused. "You left this in art." He handed Cas a green notebook with his name written on it. Cas looked at it surprised. Dean had held onto this since art? "Thank you, Dean," Cas said. Dean just gave a short nod.

Their eyes met and they stood there awkwardly for a moment. Cas couldn't help but notice the dazzling shade of green Dean's eyes were. "Are you going to introduce me to your friend?" Gabriel snapped Cas out of whatever trance he had fallen into. "Oh, um," Cas faltered embarrassed. He could feel the blush on his cheeks. "I'm Dean," Dean introduced and offered his hand. Gabriel shook it with a sly smile. "Gabriel, Cas's big brother." Dean nodded with a small smile. "It was nice meeting you. I'll see you in History tomorrow, Cas." With that Dean walked away leaving Cas both embarrassed and confused.

"So, Dean is cute, huh?" Gabriel teased as they drove home causing Cas to blush furiously. "Shut up." Gabriel laughed. "You have History together?" Gabriel questioned the sly smile never leaving his face. "Art and lunch also." Gabriel's smile grew. "Do you sit together during lunch?" Cas groaned regretting ever being excited to see his brother. "No, we aren't friends. We just have a few classes together," Cas told him. "Dean seems to think otherwise," his brother pointed out. "He was just caught in an awkward situation," Cas insisted; although it did confuse him. The only time Dean talked to Cas was when he snapped at him this morning and then he held onto Cas's forgotten notebook, brought it to him, and introduced himself to Gabriel. Not to mention he called him Cas.

When they pulled into the driveway Cas instantly noticed the silver sedan parked there also. "What is Balthazar doing here?" Cas wondered out loud. "Oh, I told him to come make dinner since I'd probably burn the house down," Gabriel explained. Cas nodded and walked into the house. Cas went to his room to ditch his bag. He had no homework seeing as it was the first day. He walked downstairs just as Sam and Anna were walking through the door. "Gabe and Balthy are here?" Anna questioned. "Yeah, Michael is working late," Cas explained. "Already? It's only his first day," Sam said bewildered. Cas nodded and the three went to find their two older brothers.

The five siblings sat at the table eating a delicious dinner of baked chicken thanks to Balthazar. He wasn't the famous on tv cook for nothing. "I got a letter from Luci today," Gabriel said suddenly. Everyone stopped eating and just stared at him surprised. "Said he wants us to visit." No one moved to touch their food. "I thought he didn't have visitation," Balthazar said, the lingering accent from his schooling in Britain still there. "They're allowing him visitation now because of good behaviour," Gabe explained. The family didn't usually talk about Lucifer anymore. He was the elephant that sat in every room whose name was never spoken. "What are we going to do?" Samandriel asked. "I haven't told Michael yet, but Naomi and Raphael are completely against it," Gabe told them. "Shocker there," Balthazar rolled his eyes.

"I think we should go. Just to see how he's doing," Cas spoke up. Now all eyes were on him. "He killed three people, Cas. I think we all know how he's doing," Anna pointed out using her finger to circle the air by her temple, gesturing that he was crazy. "I know, but he's still family." Balthazar shook his head. "I can't. The publicity would be terrible." Cas could understand that. "I have a reputation to uphold too," Gabriel reminded everyone. It was true, Gabriel was the head of the candy business with Novak's Sweets. "I can't look at him after what he did to that poor girl Lilith." Anna shook her head. Samandriel agreed with her. "I'll go then," Cas offered. "Are you sure?" Gabriel didn't seem too keen on the idea. "He's in prison what's the worst he could do to me?" He had a fair point and his siblings agreed to let him go. Whether Michael would agree was another story.

"Absolutely not," Michael refused for the billionth time. "Michael, he obviously misses us. What harm could come from it?" Cas tried to reason. "He's a psychopath, Cas. I know it's hard to accept because he's our brother, but he's a murderer!" Cas was getting annoyed now. "But he's still our brother! I'm not asking for this to be a regular thing! I'm just asking for one visit!" He exclaimed. Michael sighed and pinched the bridge of his nose and closed his eyes. "Fine. You can go tomorrow after school, but this is the last time," he finally broke. "Thank you." Michael rolled his eyes. "Just go to bed you have school in the morning." Cas did just that. As he lay in bed Dean's green eyes haunted his mind. He's never seen eyes that were such a beautiful colour. The thought made him blush. He was thinking about some guy he barely spoke two words to for Pete's sake! Cas shut his eyes tightly and willed himself to sleep.