Sorry for short chapter been busy with college and had writers block but should be back to uploading soon and longer chapters hope you enjoy

Fifteen minutes had passed as the pair had reached town. Naomi was admiring all the stores and people passing them by while Peter concentrated on finding a parking space. One was available outside of his go-to Comic Shop. It was a win-win situation.

"Here we are, a little piece of suburban America's town" Pointing towards places for Naomi to follow his guidance "Right in front of us is the Comic Shop, over there is my favourite Diner and that's the Crystal Shop I was talking about and down there is the mall where I'm sure you're going to drag me to for our clothes"

Naomi peeked in the Comic Shop window "Looks good, how about we go inside and say 'Hi' instead of lingering out here, seems a little rude"

Peter nodded in agreement "Yeah, plus knowing me I've probably ordered something and forgotten about it"

Heading into the shop the owner, named Jeff, was perched behind the front counter reading to himself perked up at the sound of customers "Hey Cas, how are you today? I see you've brought a friend"

"Hey Jeff, I'm good thanks, you? This is Naomi, she's a friend from the school. I'm just showing her around town before we head out to the country for a little fresh air"

"Nice to meet you. I'm Jeff, good to see you're finally coaxing yourself outta that shell you made for yourself, Cas"

"Yeah, yeah" Peter dismissed "Have I left anything here?"

"Uh huh, your batch is in the back, wait here and I'll get 'em"

'Dream On' by Aerosmith began to play over the speakers, Naomi sang along under her breath while browsing the comics and CDs

"You know this song?"

"Yeah, it was something my Dad listened to a lot"

Peter had to think about his words for a second "You never talk about your family"

"Says you" Naomi spat defensively "Besides, what do you want me to say? Everything was all sunshine and roses? He was the world's greatest father known to man? No! He wasn't, he was a selfish prick!"

"Okay," The elder mutant surrendered and backed off from his friend. It was true, he didn't talk or give too much thought towards his own family, it still hurt too much to think about them after all the years that passed "Sorry, just thought I'd ask"

"Well don't" Naomi shot back, the good mood between them had vanished for now. Peter believed Naomi was a good person beneath all of her confusing behaviour switches but given her life compared to his, he figured she had rarely let her guard down for anyone and at a drop of a hat was ready to pull it back up again

"Here ya go, Cas. All still in their packaging and ready for use" Jeff returned, placed the box in front of him. Peter paid his discounted amount and muttered that he'd be back in a second

"You OK there, shorty?"

Naomi glared at Jeff "I'm not that short bitch"

"Better watch your mouth in here, jerk"

Naomi smirked, "Why? Are Archangels going to smite my ass if I get close enough? You consider me that much of a threat" Naomi couldn't keep a straight face, laughing by the end of her sentence

"You got me, so which are you? Cas over there doesn't get any of my jokes"

"Don't worry, I got Cassie's back" Seeing a lollipop Naomi took her chance to rip it cleanly out of the packing and shove it in her mouth, "Here" She handed over her pocket-fill of change to pay

"You're alright, keep it. Metabolism is a bitch for shifters too"

Stunned Naomi asked, "How...?"

"The mirror up there, I saw your eyes glowing reflection. You and Peter aren't the only Mutants I've dealt with, you cause any trouble and I'll load your chest full of silver"

Peter returned, confused and concerned as to why Jeff was threatening Naomi.

"I like him" Naomi grinned, returning to browsing the aisles for something she liked or just caught her interest

Seeing as there wasn't much point in staying now Peter gestured for them to both go, he received his cards so all there was left to do in town was waste the day, they still had the countryside to visit however with the tense atmosphere between the Mutant pair Peter was determined to figure out how to broach the subject of Naomi's Father without pissing her off to the point of screaming. "So why do you like Jeff?"

That caught Naomi off-guard "What?"

"Jeff?"

"Oh, inside jokes... you'll understand when you start Supernatural. When you get to Season 4, you'll get why I'm calling you Cas" She joked.

The stiffness between them was still there but it wasn't choking anyone now. Peter decided he'd ask tonight, maybe when Naomi was half-asleep and wouldn't be able to yell at him, yeah, that would work.

The pair re-entered the Impala "So," Peter began "where do you wanna go next?"

"The countryside," Naomi replied "like we planned"

"Sure, I've got a couple of beer in the back if you want one when we get there" Answered Peter, he started the Impala, its beauty purring back to life.