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Dean roughly shook Sam awake grunting for him to get up. As he had done for the past few days, Sam, instead of responding, slapped Dean's hand away curling himself tighter into his warm comfortable blanket.
They had gone through this same routine for the last week like machinery, neither willing to admit their own fault in the massive argument the had.
It started as just a small issue, Dean had forgotten to return Sams laptop and when he did, the history was full of Busty Asian Beauties. But, Sam, not wanting it to happen again, decided to bring up Deans supposed lack of responsibility in every little thing he did making Dean lash out.
When both brothers subsided, it was into a stony silence broken by only the bare minimum of communication.
"Sammy! You have to get to school in 20 minutes!" Dean called as he made his way downstairs, "Get your sorry ass down!"
"Fine, fine. I said I was coming soon, give me a break." groaned Sam, pulling himself out of bed. He quickly threw the closest clean pair of jeans and plaid shirt on and ran downstairs. Sam ate a quick breakfast and, grabbing his books, rushed to his brothers 1967 Chevrolet Impala, which Dean referred to as "baby".
Dean blared Metallica from the cars speakers as he drove Sam to school. "Hurry or you'll be late for your first day!" He said, pushing Sam from the car.
As Sam entered the building, he remembered about a month ago, when he had made that same walk to another school only to have to move again. He was greeted with the usual hustle and bustle that he had come to expect, although this time seemed different. Sam couldn't exactly put his finger on how, but he just felt more at home here at Lakeview High School.
To his suprise, he was immediately greeted by a group of boys and girls, all saying things like "who are you?" And "did you just move?"
One short golden-haired boy stood out, though, sticking his hand out and saying confidently, "Hello, I'm Gabriel! What's your name?"
Sam hesitantly took the bold boys hand, replying with "Hey Gabriel, I'm Sam! I just moved here."
Gabriel then introduced the rest of the group as Anna, Jess, and Crowley. Crowley had moved to Lakeview the year before from England. Gabriel and Sam found out what classes they had together, which was three: science, physics, and American history. As they headed off to science Gabriel asked, "Hey could I have your phone?"
"Yeah sure, could I?"
"Okay, and did I mention how unnaturally tall you are?"
"No, but I get that a lot," chuckled Sam. After the boys exchanged numbers they arrived at the classroom five minutes late, earning them a glare from the teacher.
"Well someone's in a great mood," muttered Gabriel under his breath. They took the only table left, in the back left of the classroom. Perfect for chatting secretly.
"So, friend-" started Gabriel
"Hey! We've only just met a couple minutes ago, I hardly know you!" joked Sam.
Gabriel repeated, "So not-yet-friend, I guess you just have to get to know me better then. My full name is Gabriel Novak, I've lived here my whole life, with my five brothers and a half cousins, and I have a candy addiction."
"Oh what are you brothers names?"
"Michael, Raphael, Zachariah, Lucifer, and Castiel. Oh, and my cousin is Uriel."
"That's cool, you're all named after angels right?"
"Yeah not many people know that. I'll remember that you're smart. So what about you? Any family?"
"Well it's mostly me and my brother Dean, because my dad goes on tons of business trips. We also move around a LOT, like every couple weeks."
Gabriel's face fell, he had started to like the tall, nerdy boy. Sam quickly told him, "Don't worry though, we're moving here for good! Its definitely going to be a change for us, but I already like it here."
"Good. I-I mean good for you." Gabriel blushed slightly, "Hey, Anna, Jess, Crowley and I go to the library usually after school, you wanna come?"
"Sure thanks!" Sam smiled, happy he had made friends in his new home. When science ended, they separated, Gabriel to trigonometry and Sam to his Pre-Law elective.
Sams POV
There was just something about that boy, Gabriel, that made Sam smile. He was so funny and kind and welcoming. He tried to concentrate on the teacher, but as she kept droning on and on, his thoughts kept drifting back to the same topic.
Gabriel.
Gabriel, Gabriel, Gabriel.
Why couldn't he just stop thinking about- no Sam, he told himself, don't think about that! He had never really had reason to doubt his sexuality so he assumed that it was just a phase.
Sam was getting more excited for seeing Gabriel again at the library, in a totally platonic way, of course. He wondered if Gabriel liked the same genres of books that he did, Sam enjoyed reading mostly historical journals.
Gabriel's POV
Hmmm, Sammy. Now that was an interesting kiddo. Gabriel knew that he was bisexual, but he had always preferred boys because they were more relatable. He wasn't sure if Sam was like that though so he decided to find out by himself.
Throughout the class he was distracted so he threw little pieces of paper at the back if other students heads to occupy himself. Gabriel groaned, this was talking FOREVER, the class could literally not go any slower.
After another thirty minutes of pure torture, Gabriel was finally let out. He quickly found Sam and they both started talking at the same time:
"Ugh class was-"
"Finally that took-"
Sam started talking again, "Ugh, class was so boring I couldn't concentrate the entire time!"
Gabriel agreed wholeheartedly, saying, "Yeah trig was very arduous as well. I already know most of it, just barely not enough to skip it. Makes for a pretty boring class."
After school ended Gabriel told Sam, "Meet us at the library at like 4:30, is that okay?"
"Course! See you then!" Sam called over his shoulder, climbing into the Impala with his brother.
Sams POV
Sam was staring out of the window, practically bouncing with excitement. He couldn't wait to see that short boy with a huge personality who made Sam feel so happy and-
"So how was your first day at school?" Dean broke his train of thought, "Make any friends?"
"Yeah, there this kid named Gabriel and he's really nice and he has five brothers and were in five classes together and I'm going to see him and his friends at the library at 4:30!"
"Hey slow down Sammy!" Dean laughed, their previous argument forgotten with Sammy's obvious excitement. " So there's a kid named Gabriel and you're meeting him at the library? Sounds like someone's got a cruuuush!"
Sam instantly went on the defensive, exclaiming, "No I don't, jerk!"
"Bitch," Dean retorted with a smirk.
"So anyways, how was your first day working at the garage?" Sam asked, glad to change the subject.
"It was good, plenty of customers and stuff."
"Well did you meet any of the other people there?"
"Yeah they were okay."
Sammy grinned. "Then why do you have a dreamy look on your face? Maybe I'm not the only one with a supposed crush..."
"Well there was this one guy-"
Sam had known that Dean was gay for about a year now, and that Dean only went out with girls to appease their dad, who didn't approve of Deans sexual orientation.
"-and his name is Castiel Novak."
Sammy interrupted, "Castiel Novak? That's Gabriel's brother! Don't worry I won't tell him."
A few minutes later the Impala pulled up into the garage of the new Winchester house.