A/N: New chapter time! Anyways, so I played around a bit more with Cas' character here, I like to think that he wouldn't just be a quiet, nerdy, workaholic, book word. So I decided that he can be a bit geeky as well. I know he's probably a bit OOC and I apologise for that but there shall be some very awkward, dorky, Cas. It's just in his element more here~

Anyways, enjoy~

When Monday came around Cas had to fight himself to get out of bed. Like most people, he hated mornings with a passion and would much rather sleep through half the day. But, unfortunately, he cared about his schooling too much to skive.

Castiel shuffled over to his wardrobe, feeling like complete zombie before using nearly all the effort he could muster just to open the doors. The teen grabbed a plain white shirt, pair of black trousers and a blue tie, the usual clothes he wore to school. Occasionally he'd wear a coloured shirt or different coloured tie, maybe even a patterned one if he was in a particular mood, but today he honestly just couldn't be bothered.

He shuffled down the stairs and into the kitchen where Gabriel, his sister, Anna, and his mum were sat at the table. His brother was, as always, talking loudly when he walked in. The short man was going on about something to do with his bakery and, at a guess, Castiel would say it would either be him gloating about his success or ranting about how his staff weren't working hard enough. It didn't take the dark-haired teen very long to realise it was the latter.

"I mean, it's like he wants to get fired or something!" Gabriel exclaimed while shoving most of a slice of toast in his mouth. "To be honest, if it wasn't for the fact that he was family I'd have fired his ass long ago."

Castiel slipped into the seat next to Gabriel, swiping one of the many slices of toast off of Gabriel's plate as he did so. His brother made an annoyed noise before shoving the rest of the food into his mouth before Cas could nick any more.

"Is this about Samandriel again?" He asked curiously, nibbling at the toast.

"Yep, you got it in one baby bro," Gabriel said with a nod.

"Apparently he dropped a cake," Anna chipped in, sipping her drink.

"No, no, I don't think you get the gravity of this situation sis! It wasn't just a cake, it was the cake! It was huge and took me a freaking week! It was meant to be for some wedding and the couple were gonna pay a ton for it! Not to mention that the bride's sister is pretty hot…" The shorter man trailed off with a sigh. "Remind me never to hire family again Cassie."

Castiel nodded, finishing his piece of toast and slipping off of the seat. He padded towards the front door where his bag, trench coat and shoes were. he slipped them on and was about to walk out of the door when his mother called after him.

"Cas, sweety, it's awfully early to be going! I can drop you off so you don't have to leave so soon if you want!" Even though she couldn't se, Cas shook his head before starting to fish around his bag for his phone and headphones.

"No it's fine," he called back, "I'm going to meet Balth there anyways." The teen heard a quite "okay" from Becky before he shoved the headphones in his ears and left the house.

When Cas got to school, he tugged his headphones out of his ears and scanned the crowd for the familiar face of his best friend. He spotted Balthazar fairly quickly, noticing that he was talking to someone he didn't recognise. It was a tall guy who, at a guess, Castiel would say looked about his age. He had long, floppy brown hair, a very lost look on his face and, for some reason, kind of reminded the dark-haired teen of a moose. He suspected that this was the Sam Wichester that Bal had mentioned the other day.

Castiel waved as he walked over, smiling as his friend saw him and gave a big wave back. The new guy, Sam, just smiled kind of shyly.

"Hey! Cassie! What took you so long!?" Balthazar called to him, still grinning.

"I walked, what do you think?"

"Walking? As in exercise? And here I thought you cowered away from the stuff!"

"Just because I like to stay inside doesn't mean that exercise scares me," Cas said, pulling his friend into a hug when he was close enough.

"Oh, by the way, this is Sam Winchester, you know that guy I was telling you about?" Bal said when they released each other and proceeded to thump the shy teen on the shoulder.

"Hi," he said, looking even more awkward now he knew that people had already been talking about him.

Cas didn't really understand why Sam would have reason to feel awkward in him and his friend's company. They were friendly, weren't they? He knew he'd not had chance to talk to the guy yet but he was already fairly certain that they would get along. So what was there to be worried about? Maybe this was just another one of those times when he really did have no understanding of other people.

Anyway, the dark-haired teen stuck his hand out to shake with the taller teen, a large smile was spread across his face.

"I'm Casitel, it's a pleasure to meet your aquaintence. I'm sure you'll settle in here very quickly," Sam shook his hand, still looking like he really wanted the ground to swallow him up.

"Uh, yeah, well, Balthazar has made me feel very welcome already," he said with a small nod.

"Yes, I gathered. Don't worry if he's a bit... overbearing. He's like it all the time," Cas smiled again, both teens laughing at Balthazar's disgruntled: "Hey!"

After that, the three of them slipped into easy conversation, Castiel finding that he had a lot more incommon with Sam that he might have though. With them both being younger siblings, they understood eachother's frustration at it. They had read mostly the same books and watched a lot of the same TV shows and films, however, many of them Sam had watched because his brother, Dean, had forced him too. Cas, on the other had, had takn interest in them on his own terms. Not many people knew this, since most of them though he was too much of a nerd to understand anything outside of work, but he was very into his films, TV, games and, most of all, comics.

It was a mistake on Sam's behalf to get Cas talking about his comic obsession and Balthazar had groaned when the moose asked about it. Especially since Cas had gone into a full fledged ran about how Batman was the best superhero and that he was also way better than Ironman in every respect, especially since he didn't hide behind a super suit. He also delved into the Thor comics, comparing them to Norse mythology and stating every detail that Marvel had gotten wrong. After that, he went straight onto villians, not letting anyone get a word in as he rambled on about how much of a good antagonist the Joker was and "why they ever though that getting rid of him was a good idead was a mystery". He also went into how he, and the army of fangirls, could sympersize with Loki and understood why he was so evil.

Through out the very one-sided conversation, it was very obvious which comics he read the most.

By the end of Castiel's rant, it was just about time to head into school, the blond teen asked Sam if he had his timetable yet so they could compare lessons. He had and they did. The three parted ways, Cas and Sam heading to Biology where as Balthazar had Geography.

"Oh, before I go Cas, I just wanted to know when you're brothers were coming to visit again," the blond asked before he went, referring to Cas' other to siblings, Michael and Lucifer.

"I have no clue and as if I would tell you anyway. I know you've been eyeing up Luci for ages," he said disaprovingly. Balthazar chuckled.

"Ah, you know me too well Cassie. But I can't help it if he has a nice ass,"

"No. Don't even start that again!"

"Oh but Cassie-"

"No! I don't want you talking about any of my sibling's asses!" He said before practically running off.

Biology had gone well, Cas thought; the lesson was interesting and, for once, his classmates weren't being loud or shouting things at him from across the room. He was also pleased to see that Sam didn't seem to have any catching up to do with work and what not, and that his loud-mouth classmates didn't seem to overly care about there being new meat for once. Normally they would be all over anyone new, especially since it was a rare occurance. Cas' next lesson however, English, didn't go so well.

Although the teen loved the subject, especially the creative side, his class was less than desirable. The moment he walked in, the noise they were making hit him like a punch in the face. His teacher also looked pretty overwhelmed by the teens, who were acting more like apes at this point in time, and couldn't seem to get them to quieten down.

The teen took his seat and the front of the class and hunched over the table, trying to make himself look as small as possible so no one would try to talk to him. His class was full of idiots who he mostly tried to avoid which was easy enough when he wasn't shut in a room with all of them.

"Hey Clarence," he heard someone say from behind him. So much for no one talking to him. "I saw you with the new guy earlier, what's he like?"

"I'd rather you leave him alone, Meg," Castiel replied coldly.

He had know Meg Masters since they were both little. She'd gotten along well with him back then but had always been more attached to his cousins since apparently he was too easy to mess with. Meg mostly hung around with those cousins now and tended to quickly change from being "best buds" with the dark-haired teen, or avoiding him like the palgue like most of their friends did.

He heard Meg laugh sarcasticallyand he turned around to face her.

"Oh why would that be Clarence? Scared I'll corrupt your new friend?" The girl grinned. "I think you should be more worried about Ruby and I know she's already been checking your moose out." So someone else though he was a bit moose-ish as well, that was good. No, wait, this was bad. Ruby was wanting to get her claws into Sam? Crap.

Cas knew he probably shouldn't go telling his new friend who he should and shouldn't talk to but Ruby was seriously bad news. She was a bitch through and through, liked to get guys wrapped around her fingers then completely destroy them. She used people and, when she was bored, dropped them and just hopped along to the next one. She was nearly as bad as her sister, Lilith, who Cas had had the displeasure to meet a while back when she'd latched her claws into Lucifer. That was a whole other story entirely.

To make things worse on the Ruby side though, Cas has also heard rumors about her recently. Something about her taking drugs that her sister would provide her with and also that she was spreading them around her inner-circle of friends. That was definitely something he would never get involved in and prayed that none of his friends would either.

"Tell her to keep away from him,"

Meg laughed again, just not sarcastically this time. She wasn't a big fan of Ruby either and they very much had one of those relationships where, to eachother's faces they're all sweetness and pie but the minute they're apart they bitch about eachother insesantly.

"Oh so the kitten had claws! Don't worry though Clarence, I'll tell her. Wouldn't want your moose boy ending up around the skeeze anyways," she said with a smirk.

Castiel turned back around to face the board, noticing that the class had started to quieten down. Maybe now they could get some actual work done.

After English, in which, as it turns out, Castiel didn't get any work done because of his loud-mouth classmates, the day seemed to fly by effortlessly. He had two of his remaining lessons with just Balthazar, one with just Sam and another one with both of them. This coupled with Bal's humor and Sam's surprising sass made these lesson very enjoyable.

When the bell finally rang, signaling the end of the day, the three teens left together. Cas and Sam were discussing books while Balthazar slipped in crude comments every so often. Once they reached the front of the school, the moose of a teen pointed towards a black '67 Chevy Impala parked by the gates.

"Whelp, that's my ride," Sam said pointing to the car, "see you tomorrow then,"

The two other teens waved goodbye, as he shambled to the car.