Disclaimer: I still don't own or profit from this at all.
A/N: Thank you to those of you who managed to review for me last time I had a blast reading them. Also to address some concerns. I said earlier in this story that there will be no SLASH. I still stand by that. Cas and Dean will be good friends. The only slash I can think of will be between Principal Novak and Gabriel (But I don't count that) so you my dear readers have nothing to worry about. Thanks for reading and I hope you enjoy this chapter.
Previously
Cas felt something hit him in the shoulder and turned around to see what hit him. Looking down he saw a wrinkly paper airplane and opened it.
"The name's Dean Winchester."
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Lunch passed uneventfully for both Cas and Dean neither saying much of anything. Cas ate his lunch while Dean tried to figure out his schedule.
"Need help with your schedule?" Cas mumbled out around his sandwich spitting crumbs.
Dean nodded and handed the paper over to the older teen who quickly wiped his hands before grabbing the schedule. Looking it over he was shocked to see that most of Dean's classes were for underclassmen, "How old are you Dean?"
"14" Dean signaled not looking up from his bag he was nervously picking at.
Cas was astounded at the new kid. He must be super smart if his Dad placed him in advanced history when he was only a freshmen, "Well I'll tell you what Dean Winchester. I'll help you find the rest of your classes. I know this place like the back of my hand. In case you didn't know my Dad's the principal here and I have spent my fair share of time roaming this place." Cas answered digging into his bag for his Oreos.
Dean nodded but didn't reply. Finally Cas caught on, "You aren't deaf are you?" It all made sense now. Dean was answering questions and Cas wasn't writing anything down and Dean wasn't looking at him so he had to be able to hear Cas talking.
Dean shook his head in reply grabbing his schedule back and looking it over once more.
"Cas! Where have you been?" Jared yelled running towards them and sliding to a stop when he saw his friend sitting next to the new kid, "What are you doing here? I got you a date with Brooke on Friday. Come on." Jared answered pulling Cas by the arm to stand up.
Turning around Cas spoke to Dean, "Wait for me here and I'll show you to your next class."
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"Novak. What are you thinking hanging out with that loser?" Jared asked pointing over his shoulder at Dean as the two athletes quickly retreated into the depths of the cafeteria.
"What do you mean?" Cas asked clueless as ever.
"What do I mean? What do I mean?" Jared asked with increasing volume, "Dude you have an image to uphold and that little freak is doing nothing but dragging it down. We are at the top of our game. It's our senior year baby! We rule this place." Jared answered pulling Cas to a stop in the middle of the busy lunch room, "Kids see you hanging out with that little freak and they'll think your slipping and pretty soon everything is gonna come crashing down."
"But I don-" Cas started.
"Man don't even start. Now come with me and meet Brooke who I managed to get you a date with." The taller kid answered and continued to forcefully guide Cas across the room and right into the lap of a beautiful brunette.
"Hi I'm Brooke." She answered without hesitation even though Cas was practically sitting in her lap.
"Hello I'm Cas." He answered getting up and moving to the bench next to her. Taking in her blue eyes and curves maybe losing Amanda wasn't such a bad thing after all, "I haven't seen you around before."
Before she got a chance to reply the bell rang and Cas quickly took off receiving a disgusted look from his former date.
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As promised Cas lead Dean to each class and was waiting by the door when the bell rang. Finally the last bell rang and he was waiting at the door of Dean's art class, "So need anymore help?"
Dean shook his head his bag heavy with books and papers.
"Well I'll show you to the doors. Are you getting picked up?" Cas asked determining which door to walk towards. Dean answered with a nod.
"Ok follow me. " Castiel answered starting towards the office where the doors were and decided to start up a conversation, "So are you excited about the field trip next week for history? I think it will be cool to see the Capitol building. I'm not sure about NCIS though? What do you think?" Cas asked as soon as he realized he was rambling. According to his brother, Balthazar, and Gabe he did that a lot.
Dean shrugged in reply not committing either way although inside he was bursting with excitement to see all of his new friends.
"You don' talk much do you? Kind of quiet and mysterious." Castiel answered and realized that they were at the door, "I'll see you tomorrow. Want to meet here and I can help you find your classes again?"
Dean nodded before walking out the door leaving a confused Cas behind.
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It was nearly 5:00 when Caleb looked up from the orders he had just finished putting together when he spotted the clock on the wall above the door.
"Shit!" Caleb yelled quickly locking all of the orders and weapons away in the back room and grabbing his keys. Pausing only to flick the lights off and lock the door on his way out.
"Tony asks me to do one thing. One damn thing and I screw it up. Damn it!" Caleb mumbled to himself as he found himself caught in rush hour traffic. Pausing his self inflicted rant only when he heard his phone ringing. Picking it up he saw it was Kate, "Hey baby. What you up to?"
"Where are you? Tony said you would be at his place with the boys?" Kate asked in all seriousness pausing Caleb in his womanizing ways, "Why?"
"Where are you?" Kate asked again as she watched Gibbs and McGee gently place Tony on the couch.
"I'm going to pick the boys up. I kind of lost track of time and now I'm stuck in traffic." Caleb answered, "What's going on?"
"Just get back here Gibbs will go and pick the boys up." Kate replied and hung up.
"Damn it Tony what the hell did you do this time?"
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"Winchester get your ass in interrogation now." Gibbs yelled as Tony walked down the hallway and was about to walk into observation. Gibbs shoved the file into his hands as he was pushed into interrogation.
"On it Boss." Tony answered and stepped into the room where a muscular Marine was sitting and looking pissed. Sitting down at the metal table he sat himself down in the opposite chair leaning back in his chair and started reading over the file in front of him. Apparently this guy was suspected of aiding in the black market selling of military grade weapons.
"Corporal Lance. Right?"
"Yes sir."
"It says here that your superiors suspect you in participating in a hinky little side business. That true Corporal?" Tony asked crashing his chair forward and leaning forward across the table.
"No sir. I would never do that." Lance answered eyes roving back and forth and hands fidgeting in his lap.
"You know what?" Tony answered getting up to pace the room, "I have a hard time believing that. You know why?"
"No sir why?"
"I can tell that you're lying. Fidgety hands. You can't look me in the eyes. I can see you're thirsty. You're definitely a liar Corporal Lance."
"Oh come on. Who are you trying to fool here? I know you did it. You know you did it. Hell the janitor two doors down knows you did it. You freaking radiate guilty. Just admit it." Tony teased turning his back for a moment and that was fast enough for Corporal Lance to jump from his chair and send a punch to Tony's nose.
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Gibbs stepped into observation and watched as Tony sat down and read the file. He couldn't figure out why he couldn't crack the Marine. It should have been so easy but the guy just wouldn't admit and it was damn frustrating. Tony though he had a way about him he could get anyone to admit. McGee always used to tease that he annoyed the confession out of them and sometimes he couldn't help but agree.
He watched as Tony got up to pace the room and listened as DiNozzo- no not DiNozzo anymore, Winchester. Started to tease the suspect calling him out on all of nervous habits and Gibbs could see the veins threatening to burst in the Marine's forehead.
"So you think we should replace him? Kate could probably get good results. Might not annoy him as much." McGee added coming in and standing next to his boss.
"Let's just see where this goes. I think he's close." Gibbs answered punctuating it with a big gulp of coffee.
No more had Gibbs said this then Lance attacked Tony.
"Shit! McGee get Ducky. You-"Gibbs yelled pointing towards the recording man in observation, "call security." Both of the other men quickly nodded and ran to their duties while Gibbs ran into the other room.
Bursting through the other door Gibbs pulled Lance off of Tony just as he was about to take another swing at the downed agent.
Swinging the Marine into a chair and handcuffing him to the flipped table, "Now we can add another charge to your file. Assault of a federal agent, can't get out of that one." Gibbs yelled before kneeling next to Tony who had managed to prop himself against the wall.
"You ok?"
Tony looked at Gibbs dazed before spewing his lunch onto the floor besides him, "Think I got a concussion Boss."
Gibbs looked his agent over and couldn't agree more. Tony was sporting an already swollen, bruised and bleeding nose along with a nice size gash on the back of head where he must have connected with the table, "You think?"
Before Tony could reply Ducky stormed in followed by McGee and Kate, "Timothy would you help me get Tony to autopsy so we can clean him up." Ducky ordered as he did a quick once over on Tony to make sure there weren't any life threatening injuries.
"Sure Ducky." McGee answered and bent down and eased Tony up to lean against him, "Come on kid."
"Taller then you McGee. Not a kid." Tony pouted as they exited the room.
"Your younger making you kid. Deal with it." McGee answered as they left Gibbs's earshot.
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"Come on Dad. Please?" Cas begged as he trailed behind his Dad out of the school building on their way home.
"I said no. You are grounded until your grades are better. Besides its Gabe's birthday this weekend and Balthazar is coming home to help celebrate." Michael answered as he turned to lock the school doors behind him before they started down the sidewalk to the parking lot.
"Come on. I have good grades in all my classes and I got accepted into Georgetown just like you wanted. It's just one party, please?" The teen continued to beg as he shrugged his jacket closer to his body noticing the January chill.
"Quit asking Castiel Braden Novak or you are grounded until your 30." Michael answered in a no nonsense tone and was reaching for his car keys when he nearly tripped over something on the shoveled path. Looking down he was surprised to see the new student, Dean Winchester, sitting on the sidewalk shivering noticeably in his leather jacket. Checking his new watch he was surprised to see that it was already quarter after five, "Dean what are you doing here? Do you have a ride home? Where is your brother?" He asked bending down so he was level with Dean.
The smaller teen shrugged and looked down to his lap.
"Dude if you needed a ride you should have let me know." Cas asked coming to sit next to the boy.
"Come on let's get you inside and we can call your brother. " Mr. Novak suggested standing up and made sure the other two boys followed suit.
Just as they started towards the building a Charger sped up through the parking lot and stopped releasing an older man, "Dean. Come on we need to get Sam."
Turning around Principal and pupils turned towards the man, "And just who are you?" Michael asked coming to stand in front of his son and Dean.
"I'm a friend of Dean's brother and I was asked to come and get him. Now if you would let me take him I need to get his other brother." Gibbs answered getting impatient.
Turning towards the youngest boy Michael asked, "Dean, do you know this man?"
Dean nodded and headed eagerly towards the Charger and getting into the front seat.
"Make sure someone picks him up on time from now on. School has been out for nearly four hours. If a ride is a problem I would be more than happy to give him a ride." Michael said and stepped forward followed by Castiel.
"Won't happen again." Gibbs answered bluntly and hopped into his car.
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"Sam did you want to try calling your brother again?" Mr. Collins asked looking at the clock and saw it was nearing 5:30.
"I'm sure he will be here in a minute. He probably just got held up at work or Caleb lost track of time. It's ok." Sam answered and settled himself onto the front steps of the school where he and Mr. Collins were waiting.
"You know Sam you did really well today." The young teacher said as he came to sit down next to his student.
"Really?" Sam questioned watching his teacher with fascination.
"Really. I think you'll do really well on the team."
Just then Gibbs pulled up and stopped in front of the elementary school, "Here's my ride. Thanks Mr. Collins." Sam yelled as he took off for the mysterious car.
"I'll see you tomorrow Sam."
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The rest of the evening was chaotic at best. As soon as Gibbs had led the boy's into the apartment and Dean saw his older brother laying unconscious on the couch he had taken off to his room and locked himself in. Sam on the other hand was calmer and asked about what had happened.
"What happened to Tony?" Sam questioned Ducky who was helping Kate prepare some pasta in the kitchen.
"He broke his nose and has a mild concussion. I gave him some medicine and he is sleeping it off."
"He'll be ok?" Sam asked worriedly sitting in the armchair not bothering to take his jacket or boots off.
"He'll be just fine, Sam." McGee replied coming in the door holding a bag, "I got his medicine Ducky." He answered setting the little white bag on the counter and shrugged his jacket and shoes off.
"Can you help me with my math?" Sam asked bringing his backpack to the table and pulled out his folder.
"I would be honored."
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"Come on Dean. You can't sit in there all night." Gibbs yelled through the door leaning against it trying to persuade the boy to come out.
There was no answer but then again he wasn't really expecting one. He was about to try again when he heard the front door slam shut and Gibbs maneuvered up and started down the hallway and was surprised to see Caleb walk in and throw his jacket over a chair back, "Look who finally decided to show up."
"I'm sorry I got caught in traffic." Caleb apologized quickly pressing a kiss to Kate's forehead before grabbing a beer from the fridge and settling against the counter.
"Call next time." Gibbs answered shortly and grabbing a beer for himself.
It was silent for a minute as Caleb took in his friend sleeping on the couch, "How bad?"
"Broken nose and mild concussion. He'll live." McGee informed him from the table and Sam concentrated on the long division problem McGee had just given him.
"Supper's ready." Ducky called as he brought the noodles to the table and Kate hurried behind with the sauce. The table was already set.
As they sat down Caleb looked around and noticed that everyone was at the table except for Abby, Tony and Dean.
"Where are Abby and Dean?" He asked as he helped himself to the pasta.
"Abby had to work and Dean is in his room." Kate replied from next to Caleb. Looking over he saw the worry in his girlfriend's eyes. Dean couldn't afford to miss this meal and he was beginning to worry himself.
"I'll go and get him." Caleb said and left the table.
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"Dean get your whiny ass out of your room and come eat supper." Caleb yelled as he pounded on the door and was surprised when it cracked open. Moving the door open a little more he found Dean asleep on his bed wrapped in his leather jacket with a couple of dried tear tracks on his face. Stepping quietly towards the bed Caleb carefully eased himself on to the bed and moved a strand of hair from the Dean's face and whispered, "We'll be here in the morning. Get some rest kiddo."
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It was nearing 10 o'clock before the team started to pack up and leave.
"Tony will need concussion testing every two hours throughout the night." Ducky informed the adults as Sam had gone to bed hours ago and Dean had never left his room.
"I can stay here tonight." Caleb offered.
"I got it kid why don't you go home and get some rest." Gibbs answered setting his jacket down, "Besides he is gonna need a ride in the morning."
"If you're sure?" Caleb questioned unsure.
"Just go West. I have done this more times then you can count." Gibbs finalized.
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Gibbs sat down after locking the doors and making sure all the windows were secure and sat in the armchair letting the city lights illuminate his SFA's sleeping face. God he was so damned worried about the Winchester boys. He couldn't explain what it was about these kids, kids that's all they were. Tony was no more than 24 and Dean only 14 and both having to suffer through the loss of both of their parents, remembering the loss of them both. He couldn't imagine having to go through that. It was hard enough losing Shannon and Kelly. But he imagined that Sam was lucky to some extent to only have to suffer the loss of one parent as he hadn't really known their mother from what he gathered.
What made them so damn loveable? He couldn't figure it out for the life of him what made him connect with Tony and Dean so much more then Sam? Maybe it was that Sam was into books and academics where as he liked to shoot stuff and work with his hands, much like the eldest two Winchesters. Or maybe it was that Sam was just a normal kid something that Dean and Tony weren't. Maybe it was his fatherly instincts kicking in after going dormant. Wanting to protect these two boys from the evils of the world but he realized he couldn't protect them from anything worse than they had already seen in their short lives.
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He wasn't sure when he drifted off but suddenly he was woken up by a blood curdling screaming. Bolting up Gibbs took off down the hallway ready to take out what ever threat was coming to his young charges. Stopping at the door he determined the screaming was coming from it was Dean's room. Pushing the door open he stormed into the room and saw Dean thrashing around on the bed eyes open wide in fear in the depths of a night terror.
Gibbs slumped against the wall. A nightmare. How do you protect someone from that?
A/N: Reviews please?