1 - Why do I have a crush on YOU of all people?

"No probs! I'll see you soon", Charlie answered, then waved at him before walking off again.
Yes, one of Castiel's brother would have definitely found that one flier in his bag, later on that night. A brother that definitely liked parties a biiit too much

The party was quite large, and oit in the open - luckily enough it was the beginning of summer, and the weather was nice and warm. A lot of people were already dressed up - of course a lot of costumes were very Medieval-oriented. Charlie herself was all dressed up like a Queen, with a crown and a sword (she was a cool queen) when she came to greet Cas, smiling brightly. "Heyy, so glad you made it! That's an original get up you chose - pretty nice! Who's your friend?", she asked curiously, watching behind me.
Because of course Balthazar had NOT warned him that he would have followed!

Balthazar laughed - granted, he didn't really have a proper disguise. Just the cape of his old Dracula costume from Halloween. "You really didn't notice me following, Cas? I didn't think I was so sneaky!", he said, patting his brother's shoulder. "But, yeah, hello. I'm Balthazar, Castiel's older brother", he said to Charlie with a large grin.
She laughed as well. "I'm guessing you hadn't invited him?", she asked to Castiel.

Dean peeked over his younger - and taller, damnit - brother's shoulder. "Oh! Yeah, that's him." He squinted. "I didn't expect him to come actually - I think he is pretty shy or something. But cool! At least he got out of his place!" He glanced at Sam. "You ever actually, uh, went out with the guy?"

"Another brother of yours?", Charlie asked, curiously. Then she laughed. "What, was he too much of a party animal to join our little rendez-vous?" She laughed again, echoed by Balthazar. Who sounded a bit nervous, actually. "No, the problem is that... yeah, he is too much of a party animal", he sighed. He looked back to Castiel. "Besides - you really wanted to leave me alone to that awkward dinner? With Lucien just out of... summer camp?"

Dean rolled his eyes. "Geez, I meant did you ever go out with him for fun, Sam", he said, sounding almost exasperated. Still smiling, though. "Like, is he your friend or just your fellow bookworm?"

"Of course! I did tell you to bring someone along, didn't I!" Charlie winked at him, then made a gesture to get them to follow her. Balthazar smiled brightly, made a small curtsy and followed her while she showed off the place. "-we will have a knight's tournament in half an hour, if you guys are interested", she added, seemingly very excited. "There is a lot of place for the public, but we do need some other knights to serve the crown." She eyed Castiel.

Dean made an impressed sound. "Really? I would have never said that. He glanced at Cas once again, then squinted at Sam. "And the guy told me he has no friends? The nerve!" He smiled. "I didn't know you were close!"

"Me, on the other hand", Balthazar chimed in, smiling brightly. "I think I'd be a good knight. Or I can try, at least. Either that, or I could be the announcer. I am pretty good at talking." He turned to Cas. "What do you think? Which would I do better?"

Dean snorted. "Well, yeah, I guess you should. In the other hand, I don't think he wants to be my friend that much. Every time it looks like he wants to flee the conversation so bad!"

Charlie brightened up. "Oh, that's good! I was actually looking for that too - you aren't against me stealing your bro then, Cas?" She had already clawed Balthazar's arm - he was her prisoner now - and was now staring at Castiel with a hopeful smile.

"Well, that's not my fault if I am popular!", Dean protested. "Maybe he thinks I am a airhead in fact. But whatever, I can't force him to like me." He seemed to be a bit grouchy as he thought that, though. Usually, almost everyone liked him!

"Yesss", Charlie made a victory gesture and waved at Castiel as she walked off with Balthazar, pulling him away with an unsuspected strength. Balthazar simply faked a desperate expression, while he theatrically brought his free hand to his forehead. "Oh no, I am being kidnapped! My own sibiling, blood of my blood, has forsaken me!"

"Or maybe he just does not like me", Dean repeated, crossing his arms... stubbornly. Yeah, he was stubborn. "But whatever. Maybe I will go talk to him." He looked away, and grinned as he spotted a dark haired girl not far from them. "Hey. Isn't that the deaf girl you like?"

Dean just grinned. One could say diabolically. And then, before Sam could stop him, he was already half-running towards Eileen, and poked her, just to tell "Hey, my brother wanted to talk to you!" As soon as she had turned towards Sam to wave at him, he shot him a shit-eating grin, mouthing 'You're welcome', before walking off. Maybe to reach Castiel!

Seeing as Sam had reciprocated her greeting, Eileen walked up to him. Not like she was feeling that confident either, but hey! At least she tried to act like it. She smiled. "Hey Sam", she started, talking out loud as she helped herself with signing. "I hadn't seen you! How are you?"

Dean flopped down in the part of the makeshift tournament arena that was reserved for the public. Not far from Castiel actually - hey, maybe he could still try to talk to him! He tried to catch his attention by waving his hand.

"I am ok. Worn out by studying for the finals, but it's good to be out." Eileen's eyes were drawn to Sam's hands, and she lit up. "You're signing too now? I didn't know you were learning", she smiled gently. She was genuinely inpressed - not a lot of non-deaf people knew the language, or bothered to study it!

Dean noticed it - Castiel looked much more at ease. He smiled back at him and waved again. "Hey Cas", he replied. "Glad you decided to come! Here on your own?" He looked around. "What do you think of the place?"

Eileen's smile softened, getting more cheeky. "You wanted to talk to me?", she said, a bit playfully. And then she chuckled, because aw. Sam was a cute. "And to ask me to study! Wow." She laughed again. "Well, why not. I'd like that - they say you're the most brilliant of our year!"

"Hell yeah", Dean said, all too much enthusiastically. "Hey, you got a cool get uo. An angel? That's original. Suits you!" He smiled. "I'll be one of the knights! Did you see?" He got up to show off his costume - a medieval-like armour, not a real one of course. A good fake. "What do you think?", he asked with a grin.

Eileen started to laugh at that point - not in a mean way, not at all! Sam was just so adorable he couldn't help it. She smiled, actually looking a tiny bit embarrassed. She was trying hard not to show it though, she was sure of herself! "Sure. I'd like that too", she answered. "Do you have my phone number?"

"Oh, Charlie did", Dean answered, sitting back down. "She's pretty good with this stuff. She even sells clothes for fairs online. I would never have the patience. I'm better with cars!" He laughed. Then something hit him, and he turnedbto Castiel again, pointing at him accusingly. "How come you said you have no friends? You lied to me!"