The Best Of Me

Chapter 2

*21 Years Ago*

Dean was walking home from the café after declining Lee and Jo's offer to drive him home.

They knew why he didn't want them driving him home, but they still offered to drop him off a few streets away or something, but Dean didn't want to risk his family seeing them and putting them in danger.

He walked along the footpath down the main street when sudden honking and shouting erupted behind him.

He turned around in confusion spotting Jo's small Toyota hatchback stopped in the middle of the road while the cars behind her continued to honk.

Dean quickly jogged back towards the car as Jo kept trying to turn the key in the ignition, but nothing was happening. Lee leant over from the passenger seat, but he didn't know what to do either as Dean came up to her drivers side window and she rolled it down.

"I'm sorry, Dean. I don't know what's wrong, but if those assholes keep honking-" Jo began to threaten, but Dean quickly cut her off.

"It's fine, okay? Just put it in neutral and we'll push." Dean responded gently, trying to calm her down. "C'mon, Lee."

Lee climbed out the car and they both walked around the back about to start pushing when the honking and shouting continued.

Dean stepped back from the car as he raised his hand towards Lee. Silently telling him to wait there before he began to walk towards the car that was honking and yelling.

He shouldn't have been surprised to find that it was just one car that was making all the noise, while the other cars must have realised what was going on and were waiting patiently.

He stared at the convertible sports car spotting the eldest Novak brothers, Michael and Luci in the front seats while five other jocks from school sat in the back yelling out insults.

Dean walked up the bright red sports car stopping beside Michael who was staring up at him in amusement. Dean didn't say anything for a second as he stared at him, sparing a quickly glance to the rest of the assholes in the car before he spotted Castiel sitting in the back quietly beside Gabriel.

"You guys wanna get out and help us push, or are you just gonna sit there and keep honking?" Dean questioned, glancing around at the guys in the car before they all quickly nodded and sat back down in their seats.

"It won't happen again."

"Yeah, sorry." They all quickly apologised.

Dean nodded, glancing back towards Castiel who looked down, almost ashamed of his friends and brothers before Dean walked away. But, he barely took two steps before the honking started up again.

His hands began to form fists by his side, but he kept walking.

It probably wasn't a good idea to take on five guys at once, but boy was he considering it if they kept that shit up. He didn't even care that they were Castiel's friends and brothers, he'd knock them out for yelling at Jo like that.

"They aren't worth it, man. Let's just push." Lee called out, noticing the anger in his features.

Dean sighed but nodded as he instructed Jo to steer the car towards the side street while they pushed.

Lee pushed by the passenger window while Daryl pushed from the back and it didn't take long to get the car rolling.

Suddenly someone appeared beside him, helping them push. Dean glanced to his left and had to do a double take when he realised it was Castiel. Why the fuck would he want to help?