Chapter 11 – Torture

The questions were still in his head. One day after Gabriel had come to the garage, and Dean was still thinking about it. The questions were so many; he didn't know where he could start digging to find out the answers.

What does he want? Why is he doing this? Will he stop? What is going to happen to Sammy? What can I do to make him stop?

What Gabriel had said about just wanting to talk to Sam wasn't something that Dean believed in. He figured that it was just Gabriel finding excuses to do what he wanted. If Dean wasn't thinking so hard about it, he would have heard Charlie calling him –actually it was more like yelling for him- in the distance.

"Dean!"

But Dean was too deep in thought that he didn't listen. Charlie ran up to him and jumped on him, taking him to the floor with her.

"Ow!" Dean sat himself, and pulled Charlie to the side. "What was that for?"

Charlie looked at him in disbelief.

"Did you seriously not hear me yelling your name in the distance?!" She was pissed. Why was he taking it out on her? Why should he blame her if he could stay up when someone jumped on him?!

Dean seemed to realize how off he was and looked at her apologetically.

"I'm sorry."

Charlie smiled slightly.

"I know…" She started getting up and so did Dean. "Can I talk to you?"

Dean didn't have class until next period so he was fine with it.

"Good. Come with me!" Charlie grabbed Dean's hand and pulled him around the school until she found an empty classroom.

Dean sat himself on a chair and waited for Charlie to say what was on her mind.

"Dean… I need to tell you something…" She started a bit tense.

Dean eyed her suspiciously.

"Is everything ok?" Charlie was never one to be nervous, she would just chill around while drama happened, but she looked nervous, so it worried Dean.

"Yeah." Charlie tried to sound as usual!Charlie would, but it just wasn't going the way she wanted. After a few seconds of trying to be alright she shook her head. "No…"

Dean pulled his chair closer to Charlie's and placed a hand in her back.

"What's the matter?"

Charlie's face fell to Dean's shoulder and she hugged him. Dean hugged her back and started drawing soothing circles in her back. Charlie was like the sister he had never wanted, but as soon as he found her, he knew they would always be there for each other. He cared deeply about her and when something made her like this it made Dean angry. He wanted to understand what made her so fragile, almost like glass… And he was too afraid that she would break if he stopped holding her. So he kept her as close to himself as he could.

Charlie was crying softly in his arms, and it took her a few seconds to calm herself down enough to reply to Dean.

"I- We-" She was trying to make sense but she didn't know where to start. She sounded hurt and lost, and Dean hated hearing her voice break like this. "Anna… S-She cheated on me."

Anna was Charlie's girlfriend for the past three months. They met online and started dating when they realized they went to the same school. They seemed like the happiest couple Dean had ever seen, so it bothered him to hear that Anna had cheated.

"What?" He asked in disbelief. "She cheated?!"

Charlie nodded and buried her face in the crook of Dean's neck. Dean felt the tears in his neck and he wanted nothing more than to calm her down.

"It's ok, Charlie… You're going to be ok…" He told her once he realized he couldn't ask her much more without her breaking into a deep crying mess all over again.

Charlie raised her head slightly and searched for Dean's eyes.

"You know who she cheated on me with?" Charlie asked. She felt the need to tell him. She needed to tell someone, but it hurt too much… She knew better than to let it all inside of her; it would consume her if she didn't let the pain out.

Dean was afraid of knowing. He didn't really want to know because it would make him be very mad at whoever it was. But he knew that Charlie needed to talk about it.

"Who was it?" He asked.

Charlie grabbed Dean's arm, seeking for the strength she had lost.

"She was giving a blowjob to Castiel." And with that, another cry came out of her.

Dean didn't know what to think. Why? Why would she do something like this? He was lost. As much as he wanted to blame Anna, he also blamed Castiel. It was known all over school that Anna and Charlie were an item. Everyone knew it because who in their right minds wouldn't know of the only lesbian couple in their High School… So Why did he do it? Was it to affect Charlie? Still trying to figure that out, he realized that it takes two to cheat on someone. And it wasn't a kiss, something Anna could say it was because Cas had kissed her… She was giving him a blowjob. That was a bit more difficult to explain… A sudden rage came to Dean and he wanted to make some justice. But he kept feeling Charlie shacking.

"She was wrong to do it, Charlie. But you need to be strong." He told her, making her sit in his lap. It was easier to hold her like this. Whenever Sam was crying, Dean would put in his lap and rock him to sooth him, so it was instinctive to do it with Charlie too. "You're going to be ok… You can't let them win."

Charlie fisted Dean's shirt. It was good to know that someone still cared about her. Despite all that pain, she still felt loved.

"Thank you Dean." She said as she tried to pull herself together.

Dean raised an eyebrow.

"For what?"

"For being my best friend…" She told him, still not letting go of his shirt. "For being always there for me whenever I need you… You're more like a brother than a friend to me, you know?"

Dean smiled.

"Hey… Don't you dare think for even a second, that I don't feel the same way." He felt Charlie smiling against his neck. "And I'm always going to be here for you… Like you have always been for me! No matter what happens… I'll be here. Always." He tried to sound as reassuring as possible.

Charlie let go of Dean's shirt and her hands flew around his waist. She placed her chin in Dean's neck.

"I know…"

They stayed embracing each other for a few seconds, before Charlie raised her head.

"Why were you so lost in thought earlier?" Being with Dean made her almost forget the pain, it made her think about the way Dean didn't hear her calling his name. "Did something happen?"

Dean, who had started to relax, suddenly stiffed. His mind was now heading back to the topic.

"Yeah…" He started. "Something happened yesterday."

Charlie waited for him to explain.

"Basically, Sam is being stalked by Gabriel Novak. The guy came to Bobby's garage and he kept staring at Sam. I talked to him and he told me that he just wanted to talk to Sammy. And when Gabriel left –Sam went to the house- he asked me to say goodbye to Sammy." Dean stopped himself for a moment. Now that he had told her the problem, she would start telling all the possible scenarios she could think of. "I don't know what to make out of it…" He confessed.

"You know what?" She asked, making Dean look at her. "I think that what he said isn't the truth. Sam is a really interesting guy, true, but that wouldn't make someone like Gabriel go after him… I think that this is part of something bigger…"

Dean knew that trusting Charlie was the best thing to do. She was a genius after all. She could have skipped a year, but she insisted that being with her friends was better than graduating earlier, so she stayed in the same grade.

"Part of something bigger…" Dean thought out loud. "Something like what?"

Charlie gulped.

"Something to mess you up? Messing with Sam would mess you up… Messing with me… Same thing… This is probably a plan that intends to hurt us both, to get to you, Dean." She told him.

It made sense. But who? And then it hit him… The only person that could possibly be behind this was Castiel.

"I think that Cas is behind this…" Dean confessed.

Charlie shivered when Dean told the name. They had momentarily forgotten about the whole deal with Anna, but the name 'Cas' brought it all back.

"Sorry, Charlie… I didn't mean to…" He started apologizing.

"I know…" She cut him off. "It would come up sooner or later." A few seconds later she realized why Dean had said his name. "What makes you think it was him?"

Dean started explaining how he and Cas were friends, or so he thought they were, and how he always said he liked to torture people psychologically.

"It fits… He is making us feel bad mentally… He isn't beating us up, but it's almost the same thing…" Charlie agreed. "I can't believe I called him your boyfriend."

Disgust was the best word to explain Charlie's voice. She was disgusted by Castiel, the person who ruined her life.

"I couldn't believe it either, but now we just need to understand one thing… Why us?"

A/N: So... How do you like this chapter?