Adam walked up to the front door of his cottage remembering some of the good times he's had there over the years. Shaking the memory's of the past from his head he opened the door and walked in while looking around.
The dust had piled high on all of the surfaces over the years, whether they had been covered or not. Knowing that he needed to get to work if he wanted this place cleaned up today he rolled up his sleeves and pulled back the first of many covers and coughed at the amount of dust coming off it.
Realising the extent of dust Adam quickly opened all of the windows and doors, letting in some fresh air then continued removing the covers. Once all the covers were removed he went into the kitchen to get a bowl of water and then set to work wiping down all the surfaces then quickly moved on to the next task.
It was just after 1300 hours when Adam sat down on the front porch to have a coffee and to relax for a few minutes before having to get back to work. There was a noise off to his left and then he felt the buzz warning him of an approaching immortal. He swiftly jumped to his feet and retrieved his sword from just inside the doorframe, never taking his eye off the direction of the noise.
A few minutes passed but there still no movement from anywhere around and Adam started to get impatient. "Will you just get your ass out here rather than hiding in the bushes like a coward."
"Adam you have no sense of humour" a voice drifted through the trees, then the bushes parted to reveal Richie standing there with a duffel bag over his shoulder.
"I have a sense of humour, but not when I feel an unidentified immortal hiding in the bushes around my cottage…"
"Gees… sorry Adam I was just having a laugh."
"That may be so… but I think your helping me tidy this place up is funny… then I may be able to get this place tided up before I have to go somewhere" Adam pushed Richie in to the house.
"Oh come on Adam… I just got in to town a few hours ago… I'm tired" Richie looked up at Adam with puppy dog eyes hoping to get away without doing any tiding up.
"No… you're here… you're helping… living rooms done, dining rooms done, there's just the kitchen, bedrooms and the bathroom to do… You can take care of the spare room, as that's more than likely where you'll be staying and then you can do the kitchen as well… I'll take the main bedroom and the bathroom… now drop your bag there for now and get to work" Adam didn't wait for a response, he just walked off towards the main bedroom to get started in there.
Richie sighed heading towards the kitchen wanting to get his work over and done with as soon as possible.
"Richie"
A few seconds passed and there was no reply.
"Richie?"
There still was no reply so Adam walked to the spare bedroom and opened to door finding Richie sprawled out on the bed fast asleep.
Shaking his head he mumbled, "Youth of today… no stamina."
Not bothering to write a note as he'd mentioned to Richie earlier that he had to go somewhere all he did was grab his coat and headed out the door.
The drive was quiet and when he reached Sam's house and knocked on the door there was no reply. He decided he'd wait in his car for her, as he knew that she wouldn't be that long and he was right. Ten minutes later Sam's car pulled up in the driveway.
She got out of the car and walked to the front door and Adam could tell just by her stance that she had that she wasn't in a good mood. She opened the door and entered the house slamming the door hard, which in turn shook a plant pot off a ledge by the door, the pot smashed spreading dirt over the porch.
Adam got out of the car and walked calmly up to the front door and knocked, almost certain what her reaction was going to be for being disturbed while in a bad mood.
Sam opened the door just as hard as she'd slammed it a few moments before and snapped, "What."
"Hey… do you want to talk about it?" Adam smiled trying to cheer her up, even if only slightly.
"Adam… sorry I'm just… they've taken me off active duty till… 'Oh for crying out loud… I can't even tell you why," Sam leaned up against the hallway wall.
"I'm sorry Sam… is there anything I can do?"
"No… it's my own fault I guess I should have mentioned something earlier… I knew I should have but… but I… I was trying to protect you" Sam wasn't sure how Adam was going to react to her trying to protect him.
Adam came in to the house and closed the door after himself. Taking Sam into his arms, "Sam… what in the world could they have wanted you to tell them straight away that could have endangered me?"
"The visions… we've had something like that happen before and the person it happened to… he… he almost died… So when they found out this morning that I'd been having some visions I had to spend the rest of the day in the infirmary. Janet's done just about every test known to man and a few more on me … Then I was ready to come home when I got dragged in to the General's office, he told me I'd been taken off the active duty roster until we got things sorted out."
"So… why do you think you suddenly started having these visions?…"
"That would be the classified bit… I'm sorry Adam I can't… I wish I could tell you but I can't."
"Ok… I'll accept that… How about I take you somewhere and try and cheer you up."
Sam nodded with a small smile on her face and went to grab her coat, which she had dropped over a chair a few moments before. Coming back to the front door where Adam was still standing, "you ready to go then."
"Yeah" She smiled glad that he was trying to cheer her up.
The drive seemed to go on forever to Sam and she was starting to get inpatient wanting to find out where they were going.
"So where exactly are you taking me?"
"You'll find out soon, we're almost there… Just about another five minutes I'd say." Adam never took his eyes off the road but could tell by the tone of her voice that she was working through possibilities to where he was taking her.
They soon pulled up into a clearing as the sun was just going down. The setting sun making the scene playing out in front of them seem deadly romantic.
"This is your cottage?… it just how I saw it…"
Switching off the engine Adam gave her a puzzled look, "when did you see the cottage?"
"The last vision I had… but I saw it from the back not the front… but it looks just the same."
"Oh… come on then I'll show you around the inside" Adam started walking knowing that she would be right behind him.
They entered the freshly cleaned cottage, "Oh it's so beautiful… where did you get all this furniture?… half of it look years old… it's almost like they were made for the cottage."
Adam came up at the side of Sam putting his arm around her waist and smiled, "Yeah… some came with the cottage when I got it back in the early eighteenth century… but some of the other stuff I've picked up over the years."
She turned to face him with a smile placed on her face replacing the upset look she had back at her house. "It's great… I love this place and I'm glad you'll be sticking around for a bit." She gave him a gentle kiss to say thank you for cheering her up.
A loud sigh came from the hallway which led to the bedrooms, "Oh come on Adam… you could have given me some warning… I could've at least gone out and picked up a lass to spend the night with then."
Sam looked up at Adam questionably only to see a mischievous smile in his eyes, "Sam… this is Richie, MacLeod's son… it seems that he pictures himself as a lady's man… but needs to learn the most important thing about women."
"Oh… and what would that be 'Old Man?'" Richie shot back at Adam as he sat heavily on the sofa.
"That you're not god's gift to women… 'I AM'" Adam laughed and Sam thought it was time that she had a bit of fun at Adam's expense.
"Well I don't know about that… I think if I really wanted to I could always go out with the girls… I'm sure I could pick up someone 'younger'."
Richie was now laughing so hard that he was starting to cough. "Sam you're right you know that… but who else do you know that's got five thousand years of experience in how to please a woman in bed?"
Richie suddenly stopped laughing and Adam could have sworn that if his eyes opened any wider they might have just popped out.
"Adam… does she know?"
"Yes Richie… Sam knows about the whole immortal thing… no I didn't tell her she found out herself… yes she also knows about the whole death, Methos thing as well… no that wasn't me as well that was one of her friends that just happens to be immortal and my ex as well."
"Oh ok then" Richie turned back around and flicked open a book that had been lying around.
TBC
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