Ready for more?

"Can I? Please?" Haley gave her uncle the best pout she could muster.

Dean sighed. "I'll tell ya what. If you have some clothes over here that you can wear in the morning, I'll let you spend the night."

"Okay!"

Haley hopped all the way to Dean's room with Dean slowly following her. Once they were in his room, they walked over to his dresser and pulled out the bottom drawer. Dean always kept Haley when Sam and Jess wanted some grownup time. She stayed over at Dean's place often. "Let's see what we got here…"

"Look! There's a t-shirt and jeans and socks and panties! Yay! I can stay the night!"

Dean smiled at Haley. "Are you even going to tell your parents?"

"Oh, yeah…" she said before bunny hopping her way back into the living room and grabbing Dean's cell phone. She started pressing buttons but couldn't get his phone to unlock. "Dean?"

Dean chuckled as he took the phone from her. "And I thought I was bad with technology…" She tried to pay attention to what he was doing, but couldn't keep up. He handed the phone back to her. "It should be ringing."

She nodded her head, waiting for someone to answer the phone. "Hey, Dean."

"Nope! It's Haley!"

"Hey, sweetie," Sam greeted her. "Are you having fun with your uncle?"

"Yes! Can I spend the night?"

"You have school in the morning."

"But I have clothes here. Dean said if I had clothes to wear then I could stay," Haley argued.

"Let me talk to Dean."

Haley handed the phone to Dean. "Daddy wants to talk to you."

Dean took the phone from him. "I promise to feed her a healthy breakfast and get her to school on time," he said rolling his eyes.

"You don't mind."

"Of course not."

"Great!" Sam said, already making plans to surprise his wife with a quiet, romantic night.

"Oh, tell Jess that I talked to Haley's teacher and he's going to let us borrow the sound system."

"I assume she'll know what you're talking about?"

Dean rolled his eyes again. "Because the message is that coded, Sam…" He could practically hear Sam's bitchface in his agitated sigh. "She'll probably already know. I just haven't had a chance to call her."

"Alright, I'll let her know."

"Thanks."

"No, Dean. Thank you."

"Gross…" Dean said before hanging up the phone. "Alright, kid. Bathtime, then you can play video games."

"Yes!"

^O^

The next morning, neither Winchester wanted to get out of bed, but Dean wasn't going to let Haley be late to school. As she got ready, he fixed her a bowl of cereal. It's about as healthy as he could make her breakfast with as much energy as he had. They stayed up way too late watching Star Trek. She overheard Cas and Dean talking about it and she wanted to know what it was about.

On the ride to school, she ended up falling asleep against the car door. Dean let her sleep. She had the rest of the day to live through while he was going to go home and go back to bed. Once they were at school, Dean carried Haley to class. She rested her head on his shoulder all the way to the classroom. All the kids were hustling around, putting their bags away and getting ready for class. Haley groaned and scrunched up her nose at the activity.

"You're the one that kept saying one more episode."

Cas walked up to Dean and Haley. "Good morning."

Dean smiled at Cas. "Mornin'."

Haley still had a disgusted look on her face. Dean chuckled. "I got her addicted to Star Trek last night. We ended up staying up a little too late."

"I don't feel good," Haley lied.

"Suck it up, Buttercup," he told her as he set her down. She huffed and walked over to the hook on the wall that had her name above it.

"How late did you two stay up?"

"Until about two," Dean said guiltily. He should've been the grownup and told her to go to bed, but she was really enjoying the show.

Cas chuckled softly, shaking his head at how angry she looked. He looked back at Dean. "I spoke with Haley's mother yesterday. She wants me to bring the sound system to wedding rehearsal tomorrow night to set it up and give it a test run."

"Great! Do you need help loading it?"

Cas chuckled again. "No, thank you, though. I do need directions to the church though. Jess' directions were…"

"Horrible?"

"Yes," Cas said, relieved to no longer feel stupid for not understanding Jess' directions.

"It's real easy to find. Do you know where the – "

"I don't know where anything is at. I'm still fairly new to the area. I got lost coming home from the grocery store last night."

"Oh… wow. Um, how about I just come and get it? You can either ride with me or follow me."

Cas didn't want to say, "Okay." He actually wanted to tell Dean to give him the address to the church so he could just put it into his GPS, which he was now carrying with him at all times.

"Great. Give me your address and I'll be over there tomorrow around… 5-ish?"

Cas hesitated for a second. He still had time to change his mind. He could simply tell Dean to write down the church's address – but his address was just easy to write. He handed the piece of paper to Dean. Dean smiled down at it. "Thanks, man."

"No problem," Cas told him.

"I'll see you at three," he hit Cas' shoulder and winked at him before leaving. As he walked down the hall to the exit, Dean asked himself why he did that. He didn't know this guy from Adam. Maybe he just felt bad for him. Moving to a new town without anyone to hang out with was probably pretty hard. Dean bet Cas was probably just as bored as he was. Maybe he could befriend the third grade teacher. Together, they could probably woo the pants right off of girls just by telling them what they did for a living: saving kittens from trees, teaching kids to read, the girl getting business.

^O^

Dean spent most of the day at the reception hall. He helped Benny, Jo, Jess, Jo's brother, Ash, and her mother, Ellen, decorate the reception hall. He didn't have anything better to do and they needed help carrying tables and chairs in. During a break, Benny brought up the bachelor party to Dean. "So what are we doing, man?"

"What do you want to do?"

"I don't know. I don't want to go to some strip club or bar or anything. Maybe a poker night or something?"

"Sounds good. What's Jo doing for her bachelorette party?"

"A slumber party with the girls."

"Do you want to have a slumber party, too?" Dean asked, trying to hold back his smile. Benny rolled his eyes. "Hey, do you mind if I invite Cas?"

"Cas? Who's that?"

"He's the guy that's letting you borrow the sound system."

"Oh! Haley's teacher. Right. Um, sure, go ahead. I didn't think you knew him?"

"I don't. He's just new to the area and I thought we could welcome him to town."

Benny nodded. "You sure you want to subject him to that?" Benny asked, chuckling at the memory of how stupid they get during the poker parties. All the farting, burping, drinking, smoking, and sex jokes aside, it was pretty clean fun.

Dean shrugged. "At least we can say we tried, right?"

Benny chuckled. "Invite him over. When do you want to do this?"

"Well, we got rehearsal tomorrow night, so why not the night after?"

"Alright, I'll let everyone know. You cooking?"

"The fuck do I look like? Paula Deen?"

"I want some of that jerk chicken you make." Benny laughed at Dean's blank expression. "It's my bachelor party, Dean. Come on."

"Fine! Fine… I'll fucking cook for you. Jeez. You're like a nagging girlfriend." Benny batted his eyelashes at Dean and moved closer to him, trying to nuzzle his face against his neck before Dean pushed him off. "Dude, seriously…"

Benny laughed. "So, have you figured out your gay yet?"

"What?" Dean asked in shock.

"I'm just figuring that's got to be the reason you ain't married yet. Sam's married, I'm getting married, hell even Ash is engaged to that Pamela chick , and here you are and you haven't had a girlfriend in two years. When was the last time you even got laid, Dean?"

Dean frowned at the ground. His life was in a rut was all. He figured once he found a nice job and a nice house, then he'd find a girl to share his life with, but no girl could hold his interest, and to be honest, he hadn't even thought about having sex in a long time. He wasn't gay, he just needed someone that was more than a pretty face, but it seemed all the girls with substance didn't look twice at him. He knew there was a downside to looking this good.

"Because I'm the last of my friends to get married… that's what makes me gay? Really, dude?"

"Well, that and you're an awesome cook."

Dean narrowed his eyes at his best friend. "Shut up."

Benny chuckled. He loved fucking with Dean about being gay. It had been an ongoing thing for Benny since high school when Dean dated Rhonda Hurley. Rhonda was known for having a thing for gay guys. It was the dirty little secret that everyone passed around: Rhonda Hurley got off to gay porn. Dean found that out first hand when he snuck into her room one night and found her watching it. She made Dean watch it with her that night as she had sex with him for the first time… and every time after that. He never told anyone about it… or that he sometimes still watches it…

Once they were finished at the reception hall, Dean went back to his place and took a shower. His parents wanted to have a family dinner tonight so he was just going straight over there after picking up Haley. Dean was so tired by the time he got to the school. He didn't get to sleep like he wanted to. He wondered how Haley's day went as he waited in the parking lot of school to end.

When the bell rang, Dean walked into the school, dodging kids like yesterday as they ran like their lives depended on it. He remembered that feeling of hearing the last bell of the day: freedom. Dean walked up to the classroom, watching as Cas reminded them of their homework. "So, you're that kind of teacher, huh?"

Cas looked up to see Dean. Cas smiled. He'd been thinking about him all day while he was simultaneously trying to make himself stop. Cas needed friends and Dean was straight. There was no point in trying to romanticize anything about Dean Winchester. "The kind of teacher that teaches? Yeah, I am."

"Man, I always hated those kinds," Dean told him, winking to let him know he was joking.

Cas wished he'd stop fucking winking at him. "So, you'll do me a favor tonight and make sure Haley gets some sleep?"

Dean's face fell. "Dear God, what did she do?"

"She just didn't participate in class today. She's usually one of my more active students."

Dean nodded. "Yeah, no Star Trek tonight," Dean told him as they walked into the classroom.

There were a few students still there, packing their bags like Haley. Dean walked up to Haley and squatted down beside her. She looked over at him and he could tell she was so tired. "I'm hungry."

"We're going over to Nana's house for supper. You're going to have to perk up, though, or we're going to get in trouble. We don't want your parents finding out we stayed up past your bed time." Haley sighed, nodding her head. "Finish packing up, I need to ask your teacher about something."

Haley nodded again and continued to pack her bag as Dean walked over to Cas. "So what are you doing Friday night?" Cas panicked. His hopes skyrocketed. Was Dean asking him out? "Benny is having his bachelor party and I figured since you were new to town, you could come over and meet some people. We're pretty decent folk. Ash is a little weird, but you'll learn to love him."

… oh. "Um, yeah. Sure, that sounds fun. What are we doing?"

"Poker night. We don't play for money, though."

"Poker? I'm not too good at poker. I've played once and never really understood it."

"I'll help ya out," Dean told him, patting his shoulder as Haley walked up.

"I'm ready."

Cas knelt down in front of her. "Are we going to go to bed on time tonight?"

"Yes, Mr. Novak."

"Good," he told Haley, giving her shoulder a little squeeze. "I'll see you in the morning."

Haley held up her arms, reaching for Dean. Dean smiled down at her and picked her up. Her head fell onto his shoulder, making a soft thud noise. "Ouch," she said softly.

"I'll see you tomorrow," Dean told Cas as he waved goodbye to him.

Cas waved back as he watched them walk out. He was really going to have to get his hormones in check. He would just have to repeat to himself that Dean was straight and that he didn't have a chance.

"Wow…" Cas looked up to see his sister walk into his classroom. "Was that Dean?" Charlie whispered.

Cas sighed. "Yeah…" He had told Charlie about Dean last night. There wasn't much to say. Just that some guy came and picked up his niece at school and Cas thought he was the hottest thing since the discovery of the sun… and that he was straight… and how he so readily agreed to help out his family.

"I don't know," Charlie said. "He looks like he's maybe seen one up close."

"Charlie…"

"I'm just saying."

"Well, let's not say. He's coming over tomorrow to show me how to get to the church."

"Why didn't he just give you the address?"

"I – I told him about how I got lost coming home from the grocery store last night. He told me he'd just come get me. Also, he invited me to the groom's bachelor party."

Charlie narrowed her eyes at her brother. "Are you sure he's straight?"

Cas nodded. "He mentioned girls, remember?"

"Oh, right. Maybe he was testing to see if you were gay."

"Charlie… don't. I don't want to get my hopes up."

Charlie nodded. "Okay, but I won't be shocked if you come with a smile on your face."

"Charlie…"

She threw up her hands. "I'm shutting it up now."

"Thank you."

Cas tried not to let his sister's words get to him. He over thought everything and his sister wasn't helping his optimistic brain because now all he could imagine was Dean dropping him off tomorrow night after the rehearsal and kissing him. Goddammit Charlie!

Poor Cas... it's so hard being gay with a straight Dean... Heh... I said hard...

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