Fame Crazy (Sequel to Strings Attached)

Chapter 34

It's the last week of June, and that means school's out! That might sound like a good thing, but Castiel isn't in school, so it doesn't really matter to him. But what he knows it will mean is more fighting between Anna and Claire, which, according to Lucifer, has only gotten worse as time progressed.
In an attempt to save Michael from his inevitable doom caused by uncontrollable rebellious teens, Lucifer asked Castiel to come back to Sioux Falls, at least for the summer. Seeing as he doesn't have anything to do for he next month or so until he finally meets Rick Springfield, he sees no reason not to come play peacemaker.

As soon as he opens the door, he hears Samandriel yell, "Dammit, Claire, give me my phone!"

"No fucking way! Not 'til mine is charged!" Claire snaps.

Lucifer quietly walks up Castiel, looking legitimately scared. "Help me," he whispers. "Too many teenagers."

Castiel chuckles softly, then calls out so they'll hear, "Guys, I'm home!"

Almost instantly, both of them are standing in front of him.

Samandriel immediately envelopes him in a hug. "Hey, Castiel!" he greets his brother.

Claire just gives Castiel a small wave. "Hey."

"Hey," he replies. Looking around, he adds, "We're missing people. Where's everyone else?"

"Michael got sick of us and left, Gabriel is with Sam, Anna's out with Cain, and we have no clue where Dad went," Samandriel summarizes.

"Well, I'm offended they didn't stay to see me," Castiel jokes.

"It's nothing personal," Lucifer tells him. "They just don't like you. No, just kidding. Michael wanted me to text him when you got here so he can come see you, so imma go do that."

As Lucifer pulls out his phone to text their brother, Castiel turns back to Claire and Samandriel.

"Should I ask what's up with the phone fight?"

"Claire took my phone!" Samandriel says immediately.

"Samandriel unplugged my phone!" Claire says right after.

"Claire was using my charger so I took it back," Samandriel explains.

"Anna took my charger and I can't find it!" Claire whines.

"Wait, so..." he has to take a moment to put these random accusation together. "Anna took your charger," he begins slowly, directing this at Claire, who nods. "So you used Samandriel's."
Claire nods again. "Exactly."

His gaze on Samandriel, he continues, "Then you wanted to charge your phone, so you unplugged hers?"

Samandriel nods. "Mm hmm. Cuz it's my charger. Claire shouldn't have been using it at all!"

"But —"

"Stop fighting!" Castiel interrupts, then continues, looking at Claire again. "So you took Samandriel's phone because...?"

"Because he unplugged mine so he doesn't get his back 'til I get to use mine," she explains.

"Which is stupid because it's my phone and my charger!" Samandriel adds.

"I agree," Castiel replies. "Claire, give him his phone back."

"But —"

"Now."

Claire groans in frustration and pulls Samandriel's phone from her pocket, holding it out to him. Samandriel takes it with a satisfied expression on his face.