Chapter 16

Missouri always turned in early because she was an early riser. She quietly made her way to the kitchen, glancing in the parlor as she walked by the door. She wasn't at all surprised to find neither Sam nor Amelia sleeping in there. She had known there was something between those two, even if they didn't know it yet. She looked at Sam's list and notes from last night. It suddenly occurred to her she had forgot to mention she had stayed in touch with Jenny Cooper and her kids right here in Lawrence. They were the reason she knew no one would turn Sam down when he asked for help saving Dean.

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Sam thought it was going to be another hot day since he was already sweltering while lying there half asleep. He felt something shift on top of him and opened his eyes as Amelia finished rolling away from him onto her back. 'Well, that explained the warmth' he thought. "Good morning." He said as she stretched her arms over her head. She started just a little, like she too had forgotten he was there.

She turned and smiled back at him. She started and then resisted the instinct to lean over and kiss him. He just watched her and smiled even wider until his dimples were in full view. She quickly rolled off the other side of the bed; 'what had she been thinking' running through her head. She didn't need to read his thoughts; he was openly chuckling at her reaction by then. "Shut up and get up you big…big…" She knew she was already 'in way too deep' if a man had her tongue-tied. He was outright laughing by the time she reached the door headed for the bathroom.

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Sam was still smiling when he reached the kitchen and found Missouri pouring coffee. "Amelia doesn't drink coffee." Sam told her.

"That's why I made her a cup of tea." Missouri said as she pointed to the steaming mug on the counter. "I hope you know what you're doing." She added, making it quite clear she hadn't needed to read his thoughts to know what had just happened.

It dawned on Sam he had no idea what he was doing. It had felt like he was teasing a friend when it had started. But now, somehow it felt like he dipped Amelia's pigtails in the ink well. 'Okay, not only am I crushing on an ancient goddess, I am apparently doing it on it on the Little House on the Prairie'. The look on Missouri's face said all that needed to be said, but she added an "Uh huh" just for good measure. He was just starting to blush when Amelia came into the kitchen. She closed her eyes to concentrate and keep his thoughts from entering her mind. The three of them just stood there; two of them trying not to read minds and the third hoping they were successful.

Missouri broke the silence. "Sam, I forgot to tell you; Jenny Cooper still lives in your old house. I see her a couple times a year. I know she will want to help you." That was all it took, everybody was back in Saving Dean Mode.

"That's great." Sam said; glad for the change of focus. "Any chance she's had a baby recently?" Both women stared at him for the abrupt way he'd asked the question. "What?" He asked, and then added, hoping they weren't too pissed at him. "I'm sorry, but I couldn't find anyone on the list that has had a baby." They were still glowering at him when his phone rang.

"Saved by the bell." Missouri said, and he wasn't sure if she read his thoughts or was just thinking the same thing as he was.

He checked his phone but didn't recognize the number. "Yeah?"

"Sam?" It was, or at least sounded like Jody.

He handed the phone to Amelia. They had already determined she could sense if a caller was possessed or a Leviathan. "May ask who's calling please?" Sam and Missouri looked at each other, neither expecting such formal phone etiquette.

"Amelia? It's Jody Mills." Jody was surprised to hear the woman answer Sam's phone. Last time she had seen them, neither she nor Sam knew who or what she was.

"Hello, Jody. We're glad to hear your voice." Amelia said like she was talking to an old girlfriend. "I'll give you back to Sam." And she handed the phone back to Sam with a smile and a nod of her head.

"Sorry, Jody. It turns out she is a great demon and Levi screener, even over the phone." Sam said as way of explanation. "Where are you calling from?

"A payphone in the middle of no-where." The disgust in her voice evident. "Spending time with you guys has made as paranoid as you are. I assumed all my phones are being tapped. "

"Probably the best way to go." Sam knew Jody wouldn't risk exposing his location. "How's it going out there?"

"How's it going? HOW'S IT GOING?" Are you kidding me? My office has been crawling with feds for the last three days! That's how it's going!"

"Jody." "Jody." Jody!" Sam finally yelled to get her attention through her rant. She stopped. "Are you safe?"

"Yeah." She took a deep breath. "But everybody and their uncles, the FBI, the NSA, even the INS and Weather Service are all over Bobby's place. Seems they found a few dead bodies, including a G-man, out there. Only none of the agents that were there can say what happened, apparently they couldn't see a thing because a huge dust cloud came out of nowhere. And for some reason they think I had been near the area at the time." Sam could hear the sarcasm dripping off her words.

"You think you can get out of there?" Sam knew Jody was going to be in trouble for what had happened. 'Come to…"

Jody cut him off before he could say anything more. "Sam! Don't say anything else. They may not know where I am, for now. But, it's only a matter of time before they find this phone and trace all the calls."

"Shit." He could feel Missouri scowling at him for swearing. He thought for a second. It wasn't a great plan but it was the only message he knew Jody would understand. "Can you get to where we worked together that time?" He paused to give her a second to think. " And do you remember who helped Dean?" He paused to make sure his cryptic message was being understood. " I want you to contact him there, via General Delivery mail. We'll be there in three days. Be careful." With that he hung up the phone. He turned to find worried expressions on both of the women's faces. Being with mind-readers saved a lot of time repeating phone calls.

"Missouri, I need to ditch this phone. You got any slow boats to China coming through Lawrence?" Sam tried to reassure the ladies with, what even he knew was lame, humor.

"I've got a better idea." Amelia was already headed to the back door. Sam and Missouri followed her. She turned her face to the clear summer sky and held out an arm. Sam knew immediately what she intended and asked Missouri for a piece of strong twine. He downloaded all his contacts to his laptop and then erased them from his phone. By the time the pigeons had arrived, Sam secured the string around his phone. Amelia asked the largest of the birds if he would help her. About 10 minutes after hanging up on Jody, his phone was travelling rather erratically in a Southeasterly direction.

'Crap, I really liked that phone.' He thought as he watched his phone disappear. "Missouri, can you pack a few things quickly, looks like you need to come with us." He said as he turned back to the psychic.

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Author's Note: This and the last couple of chapters are a little shorter than usual, and so are the next few. I'm not running out of story; they all just felt like natural story breaks. Continued thanks to all of you reading the story and sharing your thoughts. Who knew you could have so much fun sitting at a computer screen, and my typing skills are really improving!