Challenge Accepted: College

Chapter 1: Moving in

The flight had been peaceful.

For Gabriel at least, Dean was hyperventilating, "I still can't believe you're afraid of flying."

Gabriel had said, "Shut up!- it's a totally normal fear!" Dean replied still scared as ever. It'd been a fear since he was six and made family vacations that required flying somewhat hard.

Gabriel scoffed muttering under his breath "Yeah, normal" Though teasing Gabriel got Dean to relax on the flight by feeding him candy and watching whatever movie Dean wanted which surprisingly for Gabriel worked, it wasn't even a long flight but Dean managed to fall asleep on Gabriel's  shoulder during.

Gabriel had pictures..allegedly.

"Sweet digs." Dean said putting his bags down, baggage claim was a bitch but they forced a good mood because of the apartment. Gabriel nodded "Yeah sure is." The apartment was big  furnished well enough to Gabriel's liking, it was a surprise since the deal for the other apartment fell through.

Dean yawned; tiredness from the flight taking over "Just don't forget I have to check into the dorms tomorrow-"

Gabriel whipped his head around "What?-you're not staying there."

"Then where am I gonna stay?" Dean asked raising a brow, "Right here you dimwit!" Gabriel exclaimed "You can't leave me alone, no for the next year this is our apartment."

Dean lazily rolled his eyes "You're not gonna let me say no aren't you?" It's not like he wanted to protest anyway, staying with Gabriel couldn't be that bad and the apartment was nice enough. Gabriel smirked wide at his friend "Not a chance."

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They had tried to unpack but they were too tired to do much so they ended up passing out in the living room on the couches till dark, leaving their suitcases a mess on the floor. "Code red!" Dean yelled; he had woken up first and when he did he realised that they had a big problem..no food.

"What?- who's dead?" Gabriel groggily asked waking up, "We don't have any food."

Gabe shrugged "So? we'll just order something" Dean laughed "'We'll just order something'- from where?!"

Gabriel opened his lips to answer but nothing came out, proving Dean's point "Exactly."

"Hey hold up, I used to live here, I know all the best places, so we can just go out to eat- might even get some things for the apartment."

Dean sighed "Fine, but I want pizza..and burgers..and fries" Gabriel nodded and he stood "Sure thing buddy, so you want a heart attack?"

Dean rolled his eyes at Gabriel's teasing "Let's just go."

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After the food- (which Dean had to admit was delicious) they went hunting for apartment supplies and groceries so they could start unpacking when they got back.

Gabriel bought anything he liked with colors on them and Dean tried to do random things to make his friend laugh the whole time. They stayed browsing and buying from stores for a good three hours before taking an uber home and hauling their stuff up to the apartment.

"Aren't we supposed to call Sam and Cas?" Dean mentioned as they were unpacking the kitchen appliances, Gabriel shook his head "Theyre like two hours ahead and knowing Sam they're  already in bed."

"..I miss him already" Dean admitted sadly and Gabriel offered a small smile "Of course you do, but it hasn't even been a day Dean."

Dean looked at him quizzically "You don't miss them?" Gabriel shrugged "Of course I do- but I can handle myself, as long as nothing crazy and majorly life altering happens I'll be fine."

Dean sighed, popping the cap off of a beer with his hand he jumped up onto the counter, Gabriel grabbed a beer for himself and joined Dean, "We should probably finish unpacking."

"Nah, we can do it later, we got like two weeks before school starts."

Gabriel shrugged his brows, "True." Dean sighed "We're not gonna make it through this first year are we?" But Gabriel just grinned and they clinked beers "Challenge accepted"