Hello my darlings. I am sorry for the long time between my last update and this one. Life once again got in the way and I had another story that I wished to finish, but I'm back now, I hope.

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So anyway here we go again. I hope you like it.

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That night, once Dean had cleaned off the dust from the road and he and Cas had had dinner, Cas once again ordering the same as him. (When his brother arrived tomorrow Dean was determined to ask him what Cas liked to eat. He couldn't just always have the same as Dean could he?) Dean had decided that they might as well go out for a beer, get to know each other a little if they were to be travelling companions for the foreseeable future.

With that in mind he took Cas to the dive bar down the street. It was the sort of place that Dean would normally visit. No one really cared who you were or why you were there and he liked that.

Castiel followed Dean into the bar and his eyes went wide when he saw it up close. Oh he had seen Dean in many of these places but, as with everything on earth, it was so different seeing it down here rather than from heaven. For a start there was the smell of stale alcohol that seemed to permeate the air no matter how many windows the owner opened to try and air the place. The other things was the patrons. They all seemed rather gruff and isolated, as an angel he could get a sense of their feelings and they all seemed to be suffering from some sorrow or another. It was rather overwhelming so Castiel tried very hard to only concentrate on Dean. He was after all the reason he was here.

Dean sat at a table with his back to the wall and looked around. Yep this was just like all the others he had ever visited. He took a quick note of who was there and what they were doing before turning to Cas. When he saw his wide eyed face he smiled.

"Let me guess, your first time in a bar?" Dean asked.

"Yes Dean. It is very strange." Castiel replied though not looking round. He instead stared straight at Dean.

"Not really. So have you ever drank alcohol?" Dean asked, wondering if this guy was a light weight or not.

"Not that I remember." Castiel replied quietly. He realised that this was going to be his reply for many of the questions Dean would ask him while he was here.

"Then we'll start out easy." Dean said with a smile for Cas before he gestured to the waitress that they were ready to order.

"So what can I get you lovely boys then?" the waitress, Sue, asked smiling at Dean briefly but her attention was caught by Castiel, and for him she had a very special flirtatious smile.

Castiel looked at the woman who was smiling down at him and gulped when he read her intentions. It seemed she was interested in him, for fornication, which was not something he was planning on doing while he was here.

Dean watched the waitress flirt, or try to flirt, with Cas and inwardly he was laughing out loud. The guy just stared at her like a rabbit caught in the head lights, so being the kind person he was he thought he should probably rescue him.

"We'll have two beers please." Dean said with his charming smile fixed in place. The waitress spared him barely a glace as she nodded and with one more flirtatious smile she left them to it.

"Well looks like you're in there." Dean said to Cas with laughter in his voice.

"I don't want to be 'in there'." Castiel replied vehemently to Dean using finger quotes around the slang. It had never crossed his mind that some humans would find him attractive. He did not like it. At all.

"Why not? A night of fun could be just what you need." Dean replied as the waitress returned with the beers, trying to flirt once again with Castiel through he refused to look at her instead just staring straight at Dean, which in turn made her storm of in a huff.

Dean took a drink of his beer and watched Cas as fidgeted in his seat after she had gone. Though he didn't take his eyes off of Dean's.

"You've never had sex have you?" he asked conversationally to the man opposite him whose eyes widened at the question and shook his head. "It's okay. I mean you probably have, you just don't remember it." Dean said with a shrug and what he hoped was a friendly smile on his lips.

He tried to remember back to before he had lost his virginity, how he felt. But it was so long ago and he had been so young he had no idea how the man opposite him was feeling. Though he did decide that before they finished this trip of theirs he was going to get the guy laid. But right now he should probably change the subject.

"So what your brothers name?"

At the question Castiel let out a relieved sigh. He did not want to think about having sexual intercourse with anyone and he hoped that Dean would leave him be in that department, but knowing the man as he did he had a feeling that he wasn't going to be so lucky. Oh well he would have to deal with that problem if and when it arose. Maybe he would have Dean paired off before it came to that situation.

"His name is Gabriel." Castiel replied taking a sip of the beer in front of him and frowning at the taste. It wasn't as bad as he had thought it would be.

"So what's he like?" Dean asked trying to get an idea of the sort of man who would let his mentally injured brother roam free.

"He can be a bit of an assbutt, and he has terrible ideas on occasion, but he is my brother and I love him." Castiel replied with complete sincerity making Dean smile softly. Loving your brother was something he understood.

"I've got a brother. I'm actually heading in his direction so if you're still with me no doubt you'll meet. He's called Sam and he is a complete bitch sometimes, but yeah I love him." He nodded to Cas.

At that Castiel smiled, yes Dean did love his brother. That was a well-known fact in heaven. He also knew that Sam was the only one that Dean was truly close to. Maybe he should investigate their relationship to see what he needed to do to help Dean find happiness? With that thought he proceeded to ask Dean Questions about Sam, answering the ones Dean had in return about Gabriel, and it was in this vein that the two new acquaintances pasted the evening and slowly started the long journey to becoming friends. Not that either of them realised this, not yet at least.