A/N: So partly because FF was being weird earlier, I worked more on one shots. BUT! I got a new chapter done. You're welcome.
As the credits rolled for The Return of the Jedi, Charlie checked her watch, six o'clock. Adding in travel time, she only had to keep Dean and Cas occupied for another half hour. As they headed to the lobby of the theatre, she jogged to the arcade, which had a console version of Guitar Hero. "C'mon, Dean! I still hold a record here for Barracuda."
Dean laughed, setting the game up to play Highway to Hell, "Only because you played on Easy."
"Did not! You just can't keep up with this level of awesome," Charlie retorted, laughing.
"Wanna bet?" Dean laughed, just barely keeping up with the guitar solo.
While the two of them played, Cas took out his cell phone and started snapping pictures, catching the friends with genuine smiles, and occasionally rough housing. He was scrolling through the shots to find his favourite to make the backdrop, when looked up to see Dean looking at the phone.
"Whatcha doin', Cas?" Charlie asked.
Cas showed Charlie and Dean the pictures, "I'm trying to figure out which one should be the background on my phone."
Charlie swiped the phone from Cas's hands and looked through the pictures, with Dean looking over her shoulder. Finally they stopped scrolling, and Charlie looked at Dean, who nodded. She held up the phone to Cas, "This one."
Cas laughed. The picture showed Dean being shoved out of frame by Charlie, who was trying to get him to mess up the main guitar solo. He clicked through the options to make it his backdrop. "Done."
Charlie checked her watch again and saw that it was quarter to six. "OK guys... let's take this party on the road."
Cas and Dean both looked at her, confused, but Dean spoke first. "Why?"
"Wouldn't you like to know?" Charlie threw him a wink and grabbed both of them by their shirt sleeves and led them to the car. When the got there, she told them to get in the backseat and handed them each a bandanna.
"What are these for, Charlie?" Cas asked, looking at the white cloth in his hand.
"Well, it wouldn't be a great surprise if you could see where we're going, would it?" She tied the bandanna around Cas's head. Dean looked at her like she was crazy, but with a good glare, he followed suit. After a quick text to Benny to let him know that they were on the way, she hit the road, smiling quietly to herself and humming along with her Pentatonix CD.
"Charlie, do we have to listen to this?" Dean complained from the back.
She switched to a song Dean wouldn't be able to complain about. "Better?"
Dean hummed along for a bit, before joining in on the chorus, "It's the eye of the tiger, it's the thrill of the fight."
"I'm gonna take that as a yes," Charlie said laughing. She turned into the parking lot right when the song ended. "OK. That's our cue. Let's go boys, and keep those blindfolds on."
She helped them get out of the car, and led them to the door, letting herself in. The restaurant was dark, so she let them take off the bandannas as she slid back to the light switch. Right when she turned on the lights, Dean looked back at her, "What are we doing here?"
Before she could answer, their friends jumped out from behind the bar and various booths. "Surprise!"
"Charlie, what is going on?" Cas asked.
"That's what I wanna know," Dean said.
"Well, I talked to you about it, and you shrugged it off, so I thought we could throw a little family dinner. It's only us, Sam, Cas's brothers, my brothers, Benny, and Jo. I thought we needed to do something to get the mood up. I mean, Dean, you've been kinda moody lately, Cas, you've been the same. So I thought we could clear the air, and have some of my brothers' delicious cooking at the same time."
"Benny, did you have something to do with this?" Dean turned to his friend, sighing.
"Brother, you have been tough to work with lately, and Charlie's idea seemed like a good one." Benny said, shrugging.
"Who knew you two would be two peas in a pod?" Dean said, exasperated. Charlie looked at Benny over Dean's shoulder and smirked.
A/N: So what do you think? Let me know!