August 4th

9 (1 of 2): Surprise guests

When November rolled around Jimmy and Dean spent loads more of time together because, sadly, competitions and games where over for the band and the football team. Even though soon they wouldn't be able to go outside because of the cold but they were going to go outside when they had the chance. Most of the time they spent together was in the forest behind the park

It was a good forest and they knew it well and one of the main reasons they went there instead of the park is because the park did get boring after several years of going there to hang out. For them it was mostly school, forest, home, repeat and they liked it like that.

Time was passing and November was coming to a close but that meant one thing to Jimmy and Dean- food.

They loved Thanksgiving. It was one of their favorite holidays to celebrate.
Jimmy's parents had Thanksgiving off and a few days before and after the actual holiday and they invited Dean over for Thanksgiving over the phone.

Dean thanked them and immediately started thinking of Sam and Bobby. Sam had said something about going somewhere with Gabriel and Bobby really doesn't celebrate any holiday, even birthdays. He forgets every year and Sam usually says happy birthday to Bobby when it is his birthday.

"You can bring Sam and Bobby if you'd like. They'll be plenty of food with leftovers" Mrs. Novak said over the phone one day.
"Ok. Thank you very much and I'll tell them. I'm sure they'd be thrilled to come. I'll call you back as soon as they left me know if they're coming or not."

"Oh. Don't worry about that. If they say yes bring them if not then they don't. It's ok no need to call me back."

"Thanks. Good Bye. I'll see you soon."

"Bye, Dean."

Dean had told Sam and Bobby about the invitation. Bobby didn't want to come and Sam said that he was going somewhere with Gabriel so he couldn't. There was something about how Sam answered the question that didn't seem right but he brushed it off.

Dean or Sam never really had a proper Thanksgiving because of his dad never being there, Bobby not celebrating anything majorly, and there was an accident involving Sam and Dean's mom where she was at the wrong place at the wrong time and passed away a long time ago and neither Sam nor Dean ever, ever, talked about what happened but both of them do know what happened to her.

School was first whether Dean liked it or not. Dean couldn't be much more excited for Thursday. Jimmy, Sam, and Dean had school Monday through Wednesday but they had Thursday through Monday off so that was good. It was Dean's goal to get through school without starting to drool over the thought of food on Thursday. He could already tell that it was going to be very difficult.

School passed like 15 minutes were worth an hour but eventually Wednesday passed and Dean thought that he'd explode if he were in school any longer than he had to be (thank goodness he didn't).

Dean was just going to go home with Jimmy after school and he would probably stay for most of the weekend.

Believe it or not, Jimmy likes to cook. He likes to do it with his mom when he can but his favorite is helping is helping his mom with Thanksgiving. Dean would try to help as much as possible without getting in the way (he got in the way a lot).

After several hours of preparation through the week and many others that were put in before by Mrs. Novak it seemed as if it were ready.
There was lots of food and before anyone knew it people were coming in the door with smiles and hungry stomachs.

Jimmy had went to the bathroom and Dean was just relaxing in the living room when people he didn't know started coming in. Jimmy's grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins came and someone that Dean did not expect whatsoever to come or even be invited really.

"Gabriel?" Dean asked

"What? Hi, Dean." Gabriel said "Didn't know that you'd be here. I should've guessed seeing how you guys are best friends."

Dean thought of how they were more than that but of course he didn't say anything. Apparently it was too long of a thought and Gabriel was too curious.

"Unless there's something more there that I'm not seeing?" Gabriel said then he ate a few pieces of candy corn sitting in a bowl on a table nearby with a grin spreading across his face.
At first Dean didn't know how to respond so he didn't and Gabriel smiled widely.

"Holy crap! You two are so cute! I've always thought 'Hey maybe they are together but I could be wrong.' but now I'm sure of it." Gabriel gasped "Does Sam and Bobby know about this?" Gabriel asked in a slightly quieter tone.

Dean laughed. He couldn't help it. Life is ridiculous. "No. They don't know but Sam has thoughts. Please don't tell them. I don't know how they'll react." Dean said

"Too late for that." An all too familiar voice said behind him. Then it hit Dean; if Gabriel is here then so is Sam.
Dean turned around to meet Sam face to face.

"Hi, Sammy." Dean said.

"So," Sam said, crossing his arms "You're dating Jimmy. Interesting." Sam said

"Yea. There's things I don't tell you. But now that you know are you all right with it?" Dean asked

"I am. But ask his cousin. He's standing eating candy corn behind you."
Dean turned around and low and behold, Gabriel was standing behind him eating candy corn.

"Are you ok?" Dean asked

"Yep." Gabriel said

Dean turned back to Sam and he still had his arms crossed for a few seconds. His heart started to race and it was louder than anything else. Did I say something I wasn't supposed to? A thousand other questions were racing through his mind too.

Then, all at once, Sam started to smile then from behind him Gabriel started to laugh hysterically.

"What?" Dean said furiously. Sam then started laughing and Gabriel went to a silent type of laugh and he was leaning over his knees. That made Dean even madder. Almost to the point of yelling at Sam and Gabriel even though he knew that people were around and could probably hear them now.

"What?!?" Dean nearly shouted as he twisted around to Gabriel. He took a deep breath and looked back at Dean and went back to laughing.

"Nothing, nothing. It's just," Sam chuckled "I've known for a long time and I've been fine with it since I knew. You're over here like 'Are you ok with my boyfriend?' and it's hilarious."
Dean's heart was still racing but the invisible elephant's weight on his shoulders was lifted off.

But what did Gabriel think?

Dean turned to Gabriel and he was leaning over his knees again taking deep breaths and he looked up at Dean

"If you're wondering if I'm ok with everything, the answer is a yes. I actually thought you two would look adorable together way back from when I was in 3rd grade. Basically that's when I started shipping. 3rd grade was a crazy time." Gabriel said. Then he laughed a little bit more "Did you see the look on his face, Sam! Ha! Priceless!"

"Wish I got that on camera!" Sam said

"Sam," Dean said "for one, I'm glad you're fine with it and for two this was very, how shall I put it, immature of you. I'm a little bit disappointed."

It was quit for a long time among them. Dean didn't take his eyes off Sam and Sam avoided all eye contact with everybody.
This was a normal reaction to something like this it would've been different if it were Dean and Sam had switched spots or if it were Bobby in Dean's place. And it also depends on a bunch of other things. And by the look of Sam it made him feel very guilty.

"I'm sorry, Dean. I'll be more mature next time." Sam said while finally looking up at Dean. They were quiet again but it looked as if nothing had actually happened between Sam and Dean.

After a minute or two Jimmy came out of the bathroom and found Dean, who was with Sam and Gabriel.

"What'd I miss?" Jimmy asked.