Imaginary Lover

Chapter 5

A/N- Surprise double post because I will be a little busy next week.

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When Dean woke up, he was surprised to feel a body next to him but relaxed when he realised who's it was. He turned and saw a pair of the bluest blue eyes staring at him and it almost made him lose his breath all over again. "Hi", he said in his husky sleepy voice. Cas just smiled and leaned toward him pecking his nose lightly. Dean felt like a fire was burning around his face as it heated up. The other boy got out of bed and stretched as Dean looked on. The tshirt Cas was wearing hitched up higher than anyone expected and Dean got a more than satisfactory view of his lower back. Gulping slightly, Dean got out of bed and Cas turned to face him.

"I- I should go and tell my mom you're here. I'll be back", he said and walked out. He found her in the kitchen making breakfast. "Morning sweetie. Do you know whose car's standing out front? It's kind of blocking our drive and you are going to get late for class if someone doesn't remove it soon", she rambled before Dean interrupted her. "Yeah I know whose it is. It's Cas's. He uh, he came by last night and it was late so, he stayed over. Nothing funny happened!", he said as his mother turned to give him a look of pure anger. "Why did he come here so late?", she asked in a stern voice. "Mom, I will tell you. I promise. Today when I finish class, I'll come home and tell you. But right now, could you just treat him like a regular guest? Please?", he begged her and put on one of his puppy faces too. It was an earnest request so she gave in. "As soon as you get home okay?", she said as she turned back to the bacon. Dean walked up to her and gave a quick kiss on her cheek and left to go to his room and get dressed.

Cas was observing Dean's room when he walked in and jumped in surprise. "Hey. Sorry I was just looking around. I hope you don't mind", he said sheepishly. "Not at all", Dean replied with a big smile on his face. "If you want to use the bathroom is just down the hall on the left but I think Sam's in there so, you might have to wait", Dean started walking to his closet. "Oh god. Gabriel can't stop talking about your brother. Apparently they met at the park or something?", Cas asked surprising Dean. "Yeah. I think they're hanging out together on Saturday, at least, that's what Sammy told me", Dean said.

"It's the happiest I've seen him in a long time. I mean, he is happy generally too but, this was seriously genuine happiness", Cas said. At that precise moment, Dean's bedroom door was flung open and in walked in Sam. "Dean! Wait- is this Cas? Does mom know?", he asked in a rush. "Yes and yes. He also tells me Gabriel can't shut up about you", Dean replied to Sam. Sam blushed and looked down, failing to hide the smile on his face. Cas was looking at him curiously and then chuckled and left the room to go to the bathroom. Sam looked back up just as Cas was leaving and looked at Dean. "I thought you liked Jess?", Dean asked with a slight amount of surprise in his voice. "I do! Who said I didn't?", Sam said defensively and gave Dean one of his famous bitch faces and walked out. Dean smiled, shook his head and went on to get dressed.

Dean and Cas went down together laughing and entered the kitchen. The minute Mary turned and laid her eyes on Cas, they went wide. "Yeah I know, it can be a bit much at times", Cas said and smiled at her. Mary relaxed and smiled. "You must be Castiel. Nice to meet you", she said. "Nice to meet you too, Mrs. Winchester", he replied. "Call me Mary", she said as she slipped some scrambled eggs and bacon onto their plates along with toast.

They left after eating and Dean proceeded to go to his car when Cas grabbed his arm gently and stopped him. "Two cars? No, you're coming with me honey. We're going together", he said. Dean beamed at him and they walked hand in hand toward the silver car.

They got to school fairly quickly because Cas had literally no regard for speed limits or traffic rules and they went their separate ways but not before Cas pulled Dean to him and planted a kiss so fantastic that when it ended, Dean swayed. "Easy there kitty cat. I know cats land on their feet but I'd rather not test that theory out right now", he said as he steadied him. Dean pushed up his glasses and gave a defiant look to Cas. "Meow!", he said and walked away leaving Cas behind laughing like a maniac.

Dean was happy that Cas was back but he couldn't shake off the feeling that there was more to the story than he let on. He let the feeling go as he walked into class and sat down on a seat that was slightly isolated from his class. This was the only subject that he did not have with Charlie because she had taken computer security instead of fluid mechanics, which is what he had right now. He let his mind concentrate on what the professor was saying and took notes.

His phone buzzed a few times but he was too busy concentrating to notice. When he walked into his next class, he was almost assaulted by a tiny (compared to him) red head. "Whoa whoa! Calm down there, ginger!", he said as he shielded himself from her blows.

"I texted you! Cas is back!", she said in an angry whisper. "Yeah I know. We came to college together today", Dean said casually. Charlie's eyes went as wide as headlights and she starting hitting Dean again while saying,"Why didn't you tell me?! Am I NOT your best friend?"

"Calm down! I'll explain everything to you", he said. On their way to their next class, Dean recalled last night's events and relayed them to her which ended when they took their places in class. "What I don't understand is, throughout all this, he couldn't have texted you? I mean, I don't think the cops took his cellphone and said- 'No texting!'", she said in a mock police officer voice.

"I don't get it either", Dean said softly as the teacher started the lesson. There were so many questions that he had but he didn't want to ask him so soon. One day, he promised himself.

The day came to an end sooner than he expected but he was glad that it was over. He was standing near a tree when he felt a body ram into him and arms wrap around him to keep him from falling. "Sorry I didn't text. Had a lot of teachers on my case", he said panting.

Dean turned in Cas's arms to look at him. He cupped Cas's face in his hands and kissed him gently. "It's okay", he whispered. "I missed you", Cas said. Dean smiled and said," I missed you too."

They made their way together toward Cas's car in comfortable silence. Dean wasn't ready to leave so soon but he had a lot of explaining to do to his mother and reluctantly turned to get out of the car but was stopped by Cas saying his name. "Dean?", Cas said. "Yeah?", Dean said and he turned to look at him. "This may sound cheesy but I've been getting the guts to do this the entire ride so here goes. Will you be my boyfriend?", he asked nervously and looked at the emerald eyed boy. Dean's face broke into a smile, "Yes, Cas. I'd love that." Cas grinned and pulled Dean by his collar to kiss him. It was nice and sweet and it sent tingles through Dean's body. Dean looked at Cas one last time before he got out and walked to his home, turning to see Cas sitting in the car staring at him as he walked. "Quit checking me out!", Dean called out. "I can't help it! You have that ass and those legs and damn!", Cas said dramatically. Dean acting slightly flustered crossed his arms over his chest and said, "Don't objectify me." Cas started laughing again at that and Dean smiled back and he continued smiling as Cas drove away who was still laughing.

Dean walked into his house and called out, "Hey mom! I'm home", he said looking around. "Mom? Where are- there you are", he said as he saw her sitting at the table with her back to him. "I did promise I'd tell you so here goes", he said as he went to sit in the chair next to her. He looked up and stopped short. "Mom? Mom what's wrong? Why are you crying? What happened? Is Sammy okay? Did something happen to Sammy? Mom say something!", Dean said with panic building in his voice.

Mary looked up, her face stained with tears as more cascaded down. In a small voice she started, "Baby, I got a call from one of your Dad's friends and- and", she tried to control herself as she took a deep breath and let it out before continuing,"Honey I'm sorry. Dad didn't make it. I'm sorry", she said as she broke into more tears. Dean was shocked. "But- but that's impossible. He was coming back home. A week you said, he was supposed to be back in a week. How mom? How?", Dean said in a small voice as his eyes glistened with unshed tears. "I don't know", his mother said as she hugged her son. Dean let the truth hit him and felt the sobs wrack his body and the tears fall freely as he hugged his mother tightly.