Dean sat down and sighed. He rubbed his belly, his stomach was rumbling. He hadn't eaten anything all day, his dad was gone longer than anticipated (again), so Dean had to make sure that Sammy had his breakfast- it was his first day after all- but there wasn't enough left for himself. Dean didn't mind of course, it wasn't like this hadn't happened before.

Castiel turned to Dean with a knowing, concerned look on his face.

He walked over to the trolley, the lady pushing it gave him a gentle smile.

"Hi, can I have one slice of steak and kidney pie, one pumpkin pastie, and one butter beer please."

Cas handed over his money and returned, his hands barely holding onto the food, looking triumphantly at Dean.

Dean stared at him in confusion.

"Cas, why did you buy all this stuff? You hate all this stuff, plus you can't even eat any of it because eating on the train makes you feel travel sick. We learnt that the hard way in second year, remember?" Dean chuckled.

Cas glared at him.

"I know, but you're stomach was rumbling so loud I figured that you didn't have breakfast today."

Dean looked at him sheepishly.

Cas rolled his eyes.

"Dean, what did I say about looking after yourself? Now eat up."

Castiel barked, but he couldn't repress his smile as Dean started to wolf down his pie.

After a few hours of travelling, they finally arrived at Hogwarts.

Cas and Dean filed in, separating to sit at their house tables, with Dean going straight down to the Gryffindor table, where a familiar looking red head was beaming at him. She patted the table, and gestured for him to sit down next to her.

"Hey Charlie."

He gave her a smile and pulled her in for a hug.

"Dean Winchester, you grew taller- no fair!" Charlie squealed.

Dean chuckled.

"And by taller, I think you mean more attractive."

Dean pouted slightly before bursting into a fit of laughter.

He blushed as he noticed some ravenclaw girl across the hall wink at him.

Charlie noticed his smile fade.

"Charlie, could you help me out here?"

Charlie nodded, and pulled Dean's face down and gave him a quick kiss on the cheek. She glared at the girl.

The Ravenclaw's face fell and she rolled her eyes.

She and Dean sat down.

Dean turned to her.

"Thanks."

Charlie sighed.

"No problem, anytime."

Charlie knew that Dean didn't want anyone knowing he was gay, like she didn't want anyone knowing about her and Dorothy's relationship. There just wasn't room for acceptance at Hogwarts- they both knew that.

It was better this way, she and dean would pretend to be a couple to avoid suspicion, and any unwanted advances, it would keep them out of trouble.

"Have you told Cas yet?"

Dean looked at her in shock.

"No, why would I?"

"He's your best friend."

Dean sighed.

"Yeah, but he might not accept me."

Charlie placed a hand on Dean's shoulder

"I accepted you."

"Yeah, well it was different with you."

"Just because Cas isn't gay, doesn't mean that he won't accept you."

"You don't know that!"

Dean brushed her hand off, apparently a bit more aggressively than he had intended.

Dean softened his gaze as he turned to look back at Charlie.

"I'm sorry, I just don't want to risk my friendship with Cas over something that I don't even understand yet."

Charlie sighed.

"It's okay, Dean- just promise me you'll tell him once you figure it out."

Dean smiled.

"I promise."

The hall fell silent as Dumbledore rose to welcome the first years.