The Teacher Ship (Destiel)

Chapter 8

1:30 am

"Dean, Dean, I'm sorry! Why can't you just-"

"Just what?" I felt my anger seethe through me. "Forget it ever happened?"

Cas stopped, collected himself, then said, "Yes. Because I have Ben. And I love him. And I don't know why I did what I did, but just forget it."

My body jolted as my eyes shot open. I, for some reason, am dreaming of impossible scenarios for impossible reasons.

Yesterday was Monday. We didn't sit together as usual. Charlie didn't know why. kids whispered in the halls, as if everyone knew what we did. I know it was just me being paranoid, but I've been paranoid a lot lately. The school year is no where close to being done and we have so much work to do for these kids. But I have never felt so much for a person in so little amount of time. I'm not even sure I know who he is. 

That doesn't seem to matter.

Tuesday morning finally came. I saw him walk into the building right before me and a surge of anger passed through me. Anger. I didn't have a chance to feel that before now.

I caught up with him in the hallway. "Cas," I got his attention, "Cas, please can we talk? It's been days..."

He turned to me. "Please don't, Dean."

I stopped dead in my tracks. "Please don't?" I repeated, "How about, 'please don't kiss me'?"

He shot me a glare, then whispered "We're in the hallway. Anyone could hear." he leaned closer. "Don't."

He walked to his classroom. I went upstairs. To Charlie.

_-_

Kids giggled and stared. Not just in the class, but in the hallways, also.

"...yeah, hear he's a real faggot. He's probably fucked him here..." the kid stopped once he saw me, but his friends still were laughing. I tore my eyes away and walked off.

There's no way they could be talking about you... I thought to myself.

_-_

Rumors stopped and eventually everyone seemed to forget. Turns out they were talking about me, more specifically, me and Cas. But there was no way anyone actually knew about anything. Only me, Cas, and Charlie knew. Plus, there was snide comments beforehand. I blame Amara, honestly.

November was coming to an end and break was coming up. Which means no student was working.

"As you all know, break is soon..." I addressed the class. That statement was met with relieved sighs, and even some whooping.

"However..." I started again, and I could physically feel the disappointment and eye rolls. "There will be no slacking off. During the break I want you all to get a head start for when we get back. I will be giving you all a book to read."

"This is discrimination." Someone said.

"This is school." I replied. "Just read a little bit everyday. Look through it."

"What book will we be reading?" Another kid asked.

I gestured towards the boxes in the back I hadn't opened yet and smiled. "Romeo and Juliet."

Some groaned. A group of girls looked at each other and squealed in mutual excitement.

"The book I chose is a bit easier to understand than the original, though, so that should be easier for you." I clarified. "Can anyone tell me what they know about the story before I pass the books out?"

One of the girls from the squealing group raised her hand. "It's a love story." she said.

Another girl put in, " A forbidden love story."

"They both kill themselves." A boy deadpanned. The girls glared at him.

"Yes...but there's a bit more to the story than that." I say. "We'll discuss more after the break."

_-_

"What are you doing over the break?" Charlie asks.

"Nothing much. Seeing my family. You?"

"I don't really talk to my family much. I'll probably text them 'happy thanksgiving', but that's about it." She said. She didn't seem sad about it.

"You can eat with my family on Thanksgiving." I suggested.

She stopped walking. "Really?"

"Of course!" I said. "It's just a dinner, right?"

She smiled. "I'd love to. Thank you, Dean."

We both walked off to our cars, happy about our plans and excited for school to end. My mood dropped when I walked closer to my car and saw a note attached to it. It was folded and had my name on the front, written in Cas's handwriting.