Chapter thirty-three

Mid- July

They had been watching T.V. at Cas's house in his room when Cas's phone started buzzing. He took his phone out of his pocket and frowned at it.

"Hey, what's wrong?" Dean asked as he sat up and muted the television.

"Meg just texted me."

It was true that Dean and Meg were on better terms now but it still didn't stop Dean from being mildly annoyed that Cas still texted his ex-girlfriend.

Dean made a face. "Why is she texting you? She does remember you have a boyfriend, doesn't she?"

Cas rolled his eyes. "Yes, Dean I think she does remember as you have reminded everyone in school about us more than a couple hundred times. Anyway, she's texted to say that's she moving."

"Moving where?" Careful Dean, don't let the excitement seep through your voice, Dean thought to himself.

Cas checked his phone again. "New York. Her brother finished his sentence and their mom wants a clean slate for him so they're moving."

A sigh escaped Dean's mouth. "Okay, when are we meeting her?"

Cas turned to him, a question written all over his face.

"C'mon, Cas, I know you, you're going to want to see her before they leave."

"That's true," said Cas. "I guess we can go see her next weekend, if you don't have any plans?"

Dean smirked. "Baby, all my plans include you."

Cas laughed. "Dean, where do you come up with that stuff, it's so freaking corny."

"Yeah, but you love it anyway."

Cas beamed at him, "You're right, I do."

Then he reached over to Dean and pushed him down onto the bed. All thoughts of meeting up with Meg soon diminished.

After they met with Meg for coffee the next weekend, they went back to her house and helped her finish packing. Although, most of what they helped with was then redone by Meg and her mother as they preferred things "their way." Dean wondered what then was the point of him and Cas helping out but did not dare to voice his question.

Later, when they stepped outside to say goodbye, Meg said "See you around, Clarence" after she hugged Cas goodbye. Regarding this, Dean questioningly mouthed "Clarence" to Cas, to which Cas responded with "I'll explain later."

Then Meg turned to Dean and said, "Take care, assbut."

Dean shook his head but smiled nonetheless, he had expected nothing less from Meg. "Right back at you."

Then, Meg went back into her house and Cas and Dean walked to Dean's car.

Noticing that something was off with Cas as they walked down the street, Dean asked him what was wrong.

"Nothing's wrong, I just wish -" Cas scratched at the back of his head, "I just hope they'll be alright. I mean I know I don't really know Meg's mom or Luke that well but I think everyone deserves a chance at happiness."

This is what made Cas special; he genuinely cared and believed that should get a chance at being happy.

Dean clapped him on the shoulder lightly, a bright smile on his face and said, "Don't ever change, Cas."

Later, when Dean got home after dropping Cas off, he walked into his house and the first thing that greeted him was Sam as he jumped right in front of Dean and chanted excitedly, "She said yes, she said yes."

"What?"

Sam stopped jumping, which Dean was pretty grateful for because his head was starting to get dizzy. "Remember how I wasn't sure if Madison liked me?"

Dean nodded.

"So today, I was hanging out with her and I asked her if she would want to go on a date and she said yes!" Sam looked like he was ready to burst any second.

Dean laughed. "If you're this excited about a girl saying yes to being your girlfriend, I wonder how excited you'll be when a girl says yes to being your wife. Oh who am I kidding, as if someone's going to marry such a geeky nerd."

Sam stuck out his tongue, "Shut up, Dean."

"Real mature, Sammy. I don't even know how you managed to get Madison to say yes."

"Real funny, Dean." Sam said as he walked to the kitchen. Then he hollered, "Do you want to eat or have you eaten already?"

"I could eat." Dean answered back and then sat up, "Why are we yelling?" He muttered to himself. Then he walked to the kitchen and sat at the counter. "Hey, maybe we should wait until dad gets back from work?"

Sam appeared to contemplate this for a few seconds as he scanned over the delivery menus that were sprawled out on the kitchen table. Apparently, he wasn't too hungry because he then said, "Yeah, I guess we can wait until dad comes home to order some food."

Dean wasn't sure about Sam but he was definitely excited when their dad texted them to say that he was coming home because that meant that they could finally order the pizza they had been patiently awaiting.

However, when John came home, their excitement disappeared and both boys immediately sprang to their feet, sensing that something was wrong. The last time Dean had seen that look on his dad's face was after his mom died.

And Dean definitely did not like seeing the look back on his dad's face, especially when he was proven right when his dad sat down at one of the kitchen stools and said, "I've got bad news."