Imaginary Lover

Chapter 2

A/N- Apologies for the lateness!

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A couple of weeks passed by and Dean had settled into a routine of sorts. He'd wake up, go to his classes, spend about an hour or two in the library after classes and then head home. He hadn't met Castiel again after that day and had become a distant memory of sorts.

The weekend was approaching and he was making his way toward his Engineering Thermodynamics class when he bumped into a girl.

"Uff! I'm sorry I'm so sorry!", he said as he helped her.

"It's okay. You're Dean, right?", she asked.

"Yeah.", Dean replied, a bit stunned.

"I'm Charlie. Charlie Bradbury. I've been meaning to come up to you and talk but you rush out faster than the Flash", she said with a grin.

Dean blushed slightly. "Yeah, I guess. I'm not much of a people person.", he said.

"Well, I'm better than people. Wanna sit together in class?", she asked.

"Yeah! That'd be nice", he said with a smile.

Class went by in a breeze and for the first time in a while, Dean felt at ease. He'd had a lot of bad luck when it came to making friends but it looked like things were changing. They hung out together after their classes at the same ground where he'd met Cas all those weeks ago. They talked endlessly about their favourite movies and TV shows and music. After a comfortable silence had settled between them he asked her a question,"You take A lot of computer science classes right?" She nodded and he went on,"Do you know a Castiel Novak?"

"Yeah, he's in my graphics and security classes. Why?", she asked.

"I met him a couple of weeks ago and haven't met him since. I just thought that if you knew him, maybe you could tell him I want to hang out with him or something?", he said in almost a whisper.

Charlie smiled at him with a knowing smile,"You like him don't you?"

Dean blushed and nodded.

"As it turns out, you've come to the right place! I happen to have his number. You want it?", she teased.

Dean was unable to reply and started blushing even more. Charlie took his phone and entered his number.

"I think you two will be great together", she said and nudged him a bit. They spent a little while longer before Dean headed home. He'd known that he was gay for a while now but Cas was the only boy he'd been so strongly attracted to. He planned to text Cas as soon as dinner was over. Even though his stomach was crammed with butterflies, he was resolute.

He shovelled his food at dinner and quickly headed to his room saying he had homework. He grabbed his phone from his desk and searched Cas's number. He typed out a message and waited a while before he finally sent it.

Dean- hi

Cas- who's this?

Dean- it's Dean Winchester? I don't know if you remember but we met in the park on campus?

Cas- oh yeah! Dean with the green eyes and glasses! How'd you get my number?

Dean blushed at what he said. Cas knew his eye colour. That meant something right?

Dean- Charlie gave it to me.

Cas- so, Dean Winchester with the beautiful eyes, do you want to hang out sometime?

Dean couldn't believe it. Castiel Novak was asking him out.

Dean- yeah sure. You got a place in mind?