Just Desserts

Chapter 34

Gabe

I watched Sam turn back to Jess with a frown on my face. What the heck was going on?

The bell rang for first hour and Sam gave me this odd look before walking off with Jess and I couldn't help but stare as I watched them go. "Hey, man... you okay?"

I jumped, startled by Cas suddenly standing behind me. "Yeah... um... why are they headed that way?"

"Their class is that way," Cas said, as though it were the most obvious thing in the world. I suppose it would be, if I didn't know that their class was actually in the other direction. "Are you sure you okay?"

"Hmm... oh yeah. Must've slept weird. Look, I gotta go," I mumbled, following after the two of them, ignoring the odd look I knew I was getting from Cas.

I followed them to the class and frowned even further. I don't recall Sam having JROTC as an elective. I shrugged it off. Maybe he just wanted to get away from me and decided to switch out, and maybe STEM was already full so he had no other option.

I tried not to let the thought hurt too much.

Instead, I turned away and headed towards my Drama class. After the performance, they decided to make the class earlier in the morning, so my classes just got moved around a bit. I was okay with that though, because after yesterday, I don't think I want to see too much of Sam, and that would be hard with nearly every class with him.

I walked into the class, a grin on my face and I sat next to Charlie, a grin on my face. "Hey, Charlie."

"Hi... um... do I know you?"

"Yeah, Charlie its-" I frowned again as she pondered- "... never mind. You just... I think I had a dream about you last night or something," I whispered.

"Oh, okay then!" She was really cheery and excepting of that excuse. It was kind of odd.

I was starting to believe it myself actually. If no one knew me, but I knew all of them, very well... but it had all seemed so very.. vivid. Too vivid. It had to have been real. There was no way it wasn't.

"Hey, are you okay?"

"Yeah. Why do you ask?"

"I asked you what your name was 5 times already."

"Oh. I'm sorry. I'm Gabriel."

"Cool," Charlie stated, a huge smile on her face. I couldn't help but think about how pretty she was and found it kind of upsetting that she didn't have a girlfriend.

"Excuse me, who are you?" Bobby, the drama teacher, waited impatiently for me to answer, despite having just asked.

"I'm Gabriel. I'm new here," I stated, even though I'm fairly sure that I'm not.

"And you have drama now?"

"I believe so," I muttered, drawing off. He just hummed, held up a finger, and walked to the stage where his computer was sat. He did a quick attendance and then came back to me, a kind smile on his face.

"I'm sorry. You have the wrong class. You actually have JROTC right now, and it doesn't appear that you have me at all, but if you would like to switch next semester, I would be glad to have you in here. We could always use more people," he said kindly.

I hadn't realized it, but the auditorium was kind of empty. "U-uh, thanks. I'm sorry for the inconvenience. I'll just be going now." I nodded my head at him, waving bye to Charlie, who looked sad to see me go.

I rushed out of the auditorium, feeling ridiculously dumb because I should have checked for a schedule, especially since everything seems different.

It wasn't all different though. The school was still shaped the same, the teachers were still the same and everything was the same color. The only differences are everyone's classes, the fact that Cas and Dean were pen pals, and that no one knew who I was.

It was like an entirely different universe... but that didn't make any sense. That kind of thing only happens in movies or books, not in the real world. Just like getting the guy of your dreams, despite being the awkward new kid and the fact that he has a girlfriend. This was the real world and the sooner I realize that, the less it will hurt when the real Sam lets me down to go marry Jess.

I groaned as I walked into my JROTC class, blushing bright red when I noticed that they were all at attention, muttering a creed. I quickly skirted around the formation, accidentally brushing against Sam, who was the squad leader for 1st platoon, and cursed myself quietly.

I made my way to the back where a teacher was beckoning me into his classroom.

"You must be Gabriel right?"

"Yes, sir."

"Alright then. Says here that you were part of JROTC in your last school, alongside your brother Cas." I didn't say anything, because I had been, but it was terrible there and I wasn't sure if he actually wanted me to respond. "Well," he mumbled impatiently.

"Oh, sorry. Yes. I was."

"Good. Well your brother is already set up in his new platoon. You are going to be in," he paused, searching through his papers to find the one for this company. "You will be in 1st platoon-" I groaned inwardly- "Right behind Mr. Winchester, who I'll introduce you to when they are done with the creed."

Then he handed me the creed so that I could learn it and then told me to take a seat. The only seat open was in the back of the classroom, so I went back there and waited for everything to be over with. My teacher, who I learned was named Rufus, went out to go tell the platoon leader that I would be in his platoon as 3rd squad leader and take a cadet from both 1st and 2nd squad.

Great, so not only would I be stuck in the same class as Sam, but in the same platoon, and behind him, so now I will always have a perfectly good view of his backside. How am I ever going to get over this?