A/N- Here's a new chapter of this story, Thank you so much to those of you who are reading it, I hope you enjoy. I don't own SPN or Charmed.
Chapter 2
~2 years later~
Adora sat up in bed. Sweat was dripping down her back and she was breathing hard. Trying to calm her breathing before she woke up Dean, she began forcing herself to take deep breaths. She woke up Dean anyway.
"What's wrong?" He asked her.
"Different night, same nightmare," She grumbled. Then she remembered something from her dream that made her tense up. "I could understand him this time. He said I was a perfect vessel for his daughter." Dean sat up and looked at her.
"You mean this demon wants to possess you?" He asked.
"Either that, or get me pregnant." Adora answered. Dean flushed, he knew that Adora was still a virgin, but that was because he kept every creep away from her. She was a beautiful girl, and two years of hunting had just done wonders for her already fit body, but he knew she didn't want anyone.
"No way in hell he's getting close enough to touch you, Addie." Dean promised, "and we'll call Bobby in the morning and see what we can do about an anti-possession charm or something for you.
"What about a tattoo?" Adora asked, "it's permanent and you know how I feel about jewellery." Dean did know. The only jewellery she wore was the silver ring he'd given her for her seventeenth birthday and a pair of earrings that Sam had given her for her sixteenth.
"We'll ask Bobby and Dad. If they give the ok for it and we can find something, we'll get it for you." Dean promised. She nodded at him, looking relaxed and he smiled, pulling her close to him. "For tonight, I'm gonna hold you close to make sure you sleep." He kissed the top of her forehead in a way that made her think of Sam, but she refused to cry.
"Good night, Dean." She said, already falling asleep.
"Good night, Addie." Dean responded, annoying her. She fell asleep with a slight frown on her face, and Dean groaned to himself. He knew Adora loved Sam, just as he knew Sam loved Adora, but he hated seeing her be hurt like this. He seriously wanted to punch Sam for hurting her in this way, but knew that Adora was happy for Sam in getting what he wanted out of life.
The next day Dean called both Bobby and John and got approval for Adora to get the anti-possesion tattoo without telling them about her dreams. She had confided in Dean about her telekinetic powers a couple of weeks earlier and he had agreed that they shouldn't tell either John or Bobby about them because they didn't want either of the older men to freak and separate them. Dean and Adora spent several days looking through old books, trying to find a symbol that would work before they decided that it wouldn't be as simple as they thought it would be to start with. Knowing this, Adora grudgingly agreed to wear a ring that had an anti possession symbol on it.
"Stupid demons," Adora grumbled, playing with her ring. "Why do they have to want to take over my body?" Dean looked at his disgruntled sister and smiled.
"It's cuz you're awesome." He answered, earning a scoff from her. He grinned at her, then took a moment to truly look at the girl he'd named when he was six and admired her beauty. She was five foot two and very petite. Her skin was covered in freckles that covered most of her visible body, she had long mahogany red hair and blue eyes that sometimes looked at you like they could see into your soul. Dean mentally groaned to himself. He was gonna need a lot more ammo if he was gonna protect her from demons and the creeps who definitely came around trying to get a lot more from her than friendship.
That evening, when they got back to the hotel room, John was waiting for them. He sent Dean on an errand to get dinner while he stayed with Adora. They were quiet while John observed her as she read a book.
"What are you reading?" He asked her.
"Heidi," she answered.
"You read that one a lot." He mentioned. She nodded.
"It's my favorite." Was her response. He nodded, understanding. She had known that she was basically adopted since she was eight and John told her about the supernatural world and how her parents had died. Dean and Sam hadn't spoken to him for a month after that, because she had cried thinking that they didn't really want her around and that John was going to leave her behind somewhere because she wasn't his kid. It was Sam who had bought her Heidi, and the story of the orphan girl who was raised by her grandfather was soon a well-loved tale. John watched her read for a few moments before he took the book out of her hands and closed it, marking her place. Her glare actually startled him, then he remembered how much she hated being interrupted while reading.
"Sorry honey, but I want to talk to you about something." John said to her. She arched her eyebrow, curious to know what he wanted. "I need you to go shopping tomorrow."
"What for?" She asked.
"Make-up and other girl things." He answered. She made a scoffing noise that rivaled Sam's from when he and John used to fight.
"Again, I must ask what for?" She asked again.
"Because there are some jobs that we will come across that you will need to dress more like a girl." John answered. "I want you to get in the habit of wearing makeup and dressing more pretty." His voice trailed off as he noticed the incredulous look on her face.
"I need to dress more pretty?" She asked, "I'm not pretty?" He saw the tears welling in her eyes and he moved to sit next to her, wrapping a comforting arm around her shoulders.
"Honey, you're downright gorgeous with your blue eyes and red hair, but you hide behind your hair and books and in Dean's old clothes and don't let anyone see you." John explained, "You've been really depressed for the past two years because of Sam and I know it will help you feel more confident." Adora looked at him, not saying anything and he continued, "will you please do this for me?" She finally nodded and snuggled into his side and he felt at peace to have his little girl there.
"Do I have to go shopping alone?" She asked. "I don't know what to get." John looked at her and smiled.
"The manager of this hotel has a daughter who looks like she's eighteen, I can go ask if she can take you." John said. Adora nodded, shopping with another girl sounded like a lot of fun. John smiled and left the room. She walked into the bathroom and studied herself in the mirror. Her red hair hung straight to her waist, and while she was secretly proud that it was so long, she knew it would be easier to manage if she got it cut. Her eyes were big and a wonderful shade of blue and her body was decently shaped compared to the women she saw on MTV and other TV channels.
'I am pretty,' Adora thought, 'but Dad's right, I need a makeover to help bring me out of this funk. Maybe I'll meet someone to help me forget about Sam.." Her thoughts trailed off as she knew it wasn't likely to happen.
The next morning, John told Dean that there was a spirit in a town about sixty miles north of them. It should only take him a couple of days to do it. Dean didn't want to go when he found out that John wanted Adora to stay behind, but she told Dean that she needed some bonding time with their father. Not happy about it, Dean got into the Impala and drove away, leaving his little sister and father to wait for his return. After Dean left John looked to Dora with a wink in his eye.
"The manager's daughter said she'd love to take you to the mall to get 'girlified'." John said, "I'm going to take it easy for a change while you go and have some real teenage girl fun." he pulled out a stack of hundreds and handed them to her. "I want you to buy at least ten complete changes of clothes, get your hair done, and buy whatever else the girl thinks you need." Adora counted the hundreds, her eyes widening as she counted more than two thousand dollars in the stack.
"Dad-" she began but John interrupted her.
"Don't worry, Dora. I won all this last night playing poker. It's not taking anything out of what we have saved." She nodded and pocketed the money. There was a knock at the door and she answered it, seeing an unusual looking girl standing there. She was 5'5" with long black hair that had turquoise highlights and green eyes. Her porcelain skin seemed to glow in the sunlight, emphasized by the black summer dress she was wearing. Adora noticed that the girl was wearing ripped tights and combat boots and knew right away that she was going to like her.
"Hi, I'm Zoe, you must be Adora." She said brightly. Adora nodded smiling at the girl.
"You can call me Dora for short," she said. The girl tilted her head and considered it.
"Nope, I'm gonna call you Addie," Zoe announced at her. John choked in the background and Zoe looked confused.
"Only Dean calls me Addie," Adora said. Zoe looked at her and snorted.
"Too bad for him, it's what I'm gonna call you, unless you would prefer Princess?" Zoe asked.
"Um no, you can call me Addie, just not in front of Dean." Adora answered quickly.
"Right, don't wanna hurt your gorgeous big brother's feelings." Zoe said, understanding quickly. Adora smiled at her and Zoe continued, "shall we go?" Adora nodded, told John goodbye, and left with this strange new girl.
At the mall, Zoe made a beeline for Victoria's Secret, stating that her instructions were to make sure that Adora had all the proper equipment. Adora sighed, as she had never really gone bra shopping. Being the only female in a family full of boys had that effect. Zoe was quick to understand and told the clerk that both of them needed to be sized as they had just had growth spurts. The clerk happily complied and told both girls their correct sizes. Thanking the woman, the girls began to wander the store.
"So," Zoe said, "your dad says you have a pretty athletic lifestyle so we will need to get you some sports bras as well as these, which will be for when you aren't working out or doing stuff." Adora nodded as she stopped to look at a lacy black one.
"I like this one," Adora said, Zoe smiled at her.
"Black is a good choice for a bra if you want someone to see it." She said, pulling a similar looking red one off the rack. "Or you could get this red one if you already have someone in mind." Adora blushed and shook her head.
"No, there's no one right now." She said.
"But there might be in the future," Zoe said optimistically. "You should get both, you'll be amazed at how much confidence you'll feel knowing you have sexy undies on." Adora agreed and grabbed both bras in their correct sizes. They wandered through the rest of the store with Adora getting three more bras, two in white and one in purple and their matching underwear. After paying for her purchases, Adora and Zoe walked to a clothing store where Zoe made her get five pairs of jeans that hugged her hips in all the right spots.
"With curves like yours, you should flaunt it a little," she said.
Adora smiled and insisted on a couple of pairs of yoga pants and some pj bottoms as well. Zoe also insisted that she buy some knee-length skirts and some mini skirts that were bound to give Dean a heart attack. They also got some curve fitting shirts in all sorts of colors as well as a couple of halter tops, the sports bras and some really nice sparkly leggings. After purchasing the halter tops, Zoe said they needed to go back to Victoria's Secret to get a couple of strapless bras to go under them.
After buying all the clothes, Zoe suggested taking them out to the car so they could eat lunch and then move on to accessories. Adora smiled and shyly asked if they could also stop at the bookstore.
"Yes," Zoe answered, "I love reading and books and I'm going to be a writer after college." Adora smiled at her and Zoe continued, "Just a quick question, why are you being so quiet? I hear you with your dad and brother and you have no problem making yourself known to them."
"I'm sorry," Adora said. "I'm not really used to being around other people, we move alot for Dad and Dean's work and I don't get much of a chance to socialize." Zoe looked at her.
"Well, that's bull shit." She said frankly. "I wanna be your friend, but we gotta talk for that to happen, so while we're eating, I want to learn ten things about you." Adora looked at Zoe and smiled.
"And I wanna know ten things about you." She retorted, some of her fire coming out. Zoe grinned at her.
"That's more like it." She threw her arm around Adora. "Ya know Addie, I think this might be the start to a beautiful friendship." They decided to go with chinese food, as it was Adora's favorite but she hardly ever got any because John didn't like it very much.
"So," Zoe said, digging into her fried rice and orange chicken. "First thing?" Dora took a bite of her almond chicken and lo mein while she thought.
"My favorite color is purple," she said. Zoe nodded.
"Mine is turquoise." Zoe said. Adora smiled.
"Is that why your hair has turquoise in it?" She asked and Zoe nodded.
"Second thing," Adora took another bite. "I hate bananas."
"Really?" Zoe asked, Adora nodded. "Why?"
"Because they have a really weird texture when you eat them and they taste funny." Adora answered.
"Hm," Zoe said, "I hate sausage." Adora snorted, but didn't question it. "Third thing."
"My favorite book is Heidi," Adora said.
"Mine is Dracula," Zoe countered. "Fourth thing."
"I don't like the color yellow." Adora told her.
"I hate purple with a passion," Zoe snorted. "Fifth thing."
"I love cats, especially tigers." Adora answered.
"I like frogs because they come in all sorts of colors." Zoe said, "sixth thing."
"I love to cook, but hardly ever get to do it." Adora's response was swift.
"I love cooking too!" Zoe exclaimed. The girls smiled at each other. "Seventh thing."
"My favorite movie is the Princess Bride," Adora said.
"I'm in love with Revenge of the Nerds, but I also like the Little Mermaid." Zoe responded. "Eighth thing.
"I love to dance." Adora said, "I sometimes dance around when Dad and Dean are out and I know no one will sneak up on me." Zoe snorted at the image.
"I love to dance too. Music is actually a big part of my life." Zoe said. "Ninth thing."
"I've never had a pet because we travel too much," Adora said, Zoe looked at her.
"I've had plenty of those," She responded "And I hate holidays, I think they're pointless.
"I have to agree with you on that, my family doesn't really celebrate them." Adora said.
"Now that we've gotten all that superficial stuff out-of-the-way, I want to tell you something." Zoe said. Adora nodded slowly. "I know I dress weird and that I'm a bit odd, but there's a reason for that," she leaned in to whisper confidentially. "I've seen things. Things that other people don't think exist." She looked Adora in the eye, and caught the barely hidden panic that was beginning to bloom before she laughed. "I'm just kidding. I saw your brother walking around your room the other day in just a towel and I almost fainted at how hot he is." Adora snorted, and the two girls finished their lunches together.
The rest of the afternoon passed more quickly than Adora wanted it too. She and Zoe bought every color of eyeshadow imaginable among other makeup and tons of hair accessories and other girly things before they went to a salon to get Adora's hair cut. The man behind the counter looked up as they came in.
"Welcome to my hair palace, darlings and oh, look at your beautiful hair." He said. "What can I do for you today."
"I need to completly change my hair." Adora said, "It's too long and it gets in the way." The man nodded at the girl who was obviously used to dressing like a tomboy.
"I know what you mean, stand here and let me take a look at you." The hair dresser said. "Hmmmm, I'm thinking we cut off about eight inches in the back, and put in lots of layers to frame your face and bring your beautiful eyes out even more. You will still be able to pull it up into a ponytail when you need to, but it will need very little maintenance to wear it down."
"Could you also add some highlights to her hair for a little dimension?" Zoe asked.
"Absolutely!" The hair dresser was ecstatic for the challenge and ushered Adora into the back room. Zoe waited in the lobby with Adora's purchases.
About three hours later, the hairdresser came out with a shy Adora behind him. Zoe gasped. Adora had been beautiful before the hairdresser started, but now she was downright stunning. Her mahogany hair was now mid back length and was cut to shape her face. The highlights added to her hair not only managed to add depth to it, but definitely made her eyes the focal point of her face. Adora thanked and paid the man, being sure to give him a good tip. On the way home, Adora asked if Zoe would come over and help her learn how to put the makeup on.
"Yeah, sure." Zoe said, "Tonight or Tomorrow?"
"How about tomorrow?" Adora said, "we can order pizza and do stuff."
"Stuff is good." Zoe smiled as they pulled into the parking lot. She helped Adora carry her bags to the hotel room and said goodbye till the next day. John looked up and smiled as she walked in.
"Your hair looks fantastic!" He said, smiling at her. She grinned at him.
"Zoe is going to come over tomorrow and show me how to put the makeup on, I thought we could order pizza and veg out in front of the tv or something. Is that ok?" She asked.
"Yes, that's fine. I got a call from Dean, he said that he took care of the ghost and would be back tomorrow night and to tell you he misses you." John smiled at her. She smiled at the thought of Dean missing her. Her face got serious and she looked at John gravely.
"I want to tell Zoe what we do." She said, "I think she could handle it, and I want to be able to have a female friend I can tell everything too." John nodded just as gravely.
"Are you sure about this?" He asked, "once you tell her, you can't untell her."
"Yes," Adora nodded. "She hinted this afternoon that she knows there's more out there than what everyone believes." John nodded.
"Ok then. Go ahead and tell her. It will be good for you to talk to someone outside of the family." He said. Adora hugged him and kissed his cheek.
"Thank you for today," she said. "It was nice to feel kinda normal for a change." John smiled indulgently for her.
"You're welcome sweetheart," He said. "Now are you gonna show me what you bought?"
"Everything but the underwear." Adora said, and John quickly agreed. He did not need to know what his daughter was wearing under her clothes. The rest of the night was spent with Adora modeling her clothes for him, he raised his eyebrows at the mini skirts.
"You know Dean is going to pitch a fit the first time he sees you wearing those." John said.
"Yeah, but you wanted me to dress like a girl, this is what girls wear." Adora retorted. John just agreed, but he knew his son was going to freak when he saw Adora's makeover. After putting on a set of the P.J.'s, Adora put her clothes away and bagged her old ones for John to take to Goodwill the next day. As she settled into bed, she realized that he was right, she had more confidence from knowing she looked amazing.
The next day, Zoe came over around eleven to help Adora figure out how to put on her makeup. She was very patient as she spent over an hour explaining how to use the different things that she had gotten to highlight her natural beauty.
"The thing to remember is you aren't a clown." Zoe said, "You have such amazing eyes, that it's easy to make them pop. Just wear subtle colors for everyday, and if you are going out then do your makeup a little more dramatically." After about two hours, Adora had the hang of the basics and was now confident enough to experiment. She was starving so she suggested they order pizza.
"What kind do you like?" Adora asked Zoe.
"Cheese or pepperoni." Zoe answered. "With garlic sauce instead of tomato."
"So cheese with white sauce is ok?" Adora asked, Zoe flashed her a grin.
"Sounds perfect." She said. John had been sitting in a chair watching TV as the girls giggled over the makeup, but he decided to go donate the clothes that Adora had bagged up and see if he could find another job so they could leave soon. After John left, Zoe looked at Adora.
"I like your dad, he's really nice." She commented.
"He's the best," Adora answered. "Sometimes he doesn't feel like a dad and more like a freind though." Zoe shrugged.
"At least he cares." She said. Adora nodded in agreement. She suddenly felt very nervous about telling Zoe the secret, but she knew that there could be no major secrets between friends, so she looked at Zoe.
"I have something to tell you." Adora said. Zoe could tell she was serious and gave her full attention to her new friend.
"What is it?" She asked.
"Yesterday, when you said that you've seen things that other people don't believe in, did you mean it?" Adora asked her. Zoe nodded slowly and Adora continued. "I know that they exist, too. My family hunts evil monsters." She held her breath gauging Zoe's reaction.
"You mean monsters like ghosts and werewolves and vampires?" She asked, Adora nodded, seriously. "I knew it." She whispered.
"You did?" Adora asked.
"Not about you, but about the creatures that go bump in the night." Zoe clarified.
"Oh," Adora said, "you don't seem surprised."
"I'm not." Zoe answered, "I knew there had to be a reason you travelled so much."
"So we can still be friends?" Adora asked almost hesitantly. Zoe laughed and hugged her.
"I told you yesterday that it was the beginning of a beautiful friendship." She said. Adora smiled and pulled something out of her pocket. It was a ring, Identical to the one she was wearing.
"You need to wear this all the time," Adora told her. "It will protect you from being possessed by demons." Zoe nodded and slipped it on her thumb, ending the conversation. The pizza delivery guy showed up five minutes later and the girls spent the rest of the afternoon eating pizza, watching TV and painting each others nails.
John came back at around five as Adora was painting Zoe's nails green with black stripes. Her own nails had been painted a deep blood-red color tipped with black. She was also wearing a pair of black yoga pants and a dark red tank top. Her makeup had been lightly done and John thought she looked fantastic. Around six, Zoe decided to walk back to her room and told Adora she'd be back later to watch a scary movie.
"You had a good day then?" John asked her.
"Yep," Adora smiled. "She didn't act surprised at all at what we do."
"That's good, I'm glad you have a girl to talk to about things." John said. "What scary movie are you girls going to watch?"
"A Nightmare on Elm Street." Adora said.
"Ah, one of your favorites." John said, nodding. "It's a classic. I'm going to go to the bar, I won't be back until late."
"Okay," Adora responded, "What time is Dean getting here?"
"He said around ten." John answered. "We need to get you a phone so you can stay in touch too." Adora nodded her agreement. "I'll get that now, so I don't forget." He walked out of the room and Adora smiled. Her life was slowly getting better.
John came back and dropped of a phone for her before going to the bar and Adora spent an hour reading the manual and learning how to work it. When Zoe came over, she was excited to watch the movie and the girls made popcorn and snuggled in together. The movie ended and it was still early, so they decided to watch Thirteen Ghosts, another good scary movie, even if it was newer and highly inaccurate. The girls were huddled at the foot of the bed really getting into the movie when Dean came barreling through the door, causing both girls to scream and Adora to throw the popcorn bowl at him with amazing accuracy.
"Whoa, good shot." Zoe said, pausing the movie.
"Thanks," Adora grinned at her. "It's what I do." Dean, startled by being greeted by screaming girls, entered the motel room cautiously.
"Hi!" Zoe chirped at him as if nothing was out of the ordinary.
"Hi?" He answered, looking at the girl in the bed next to her. "Do I have the wrong room or something?"
"No, Dean." Adora said looking at him. He stared at her in shock, surprised at the change in his sister. "Zoe and I were just watching a movie, that's all."
"Oh," Dean said, still not sure what to say to this. He looked at the girl next to his sister. "And you're Zoe?"
"Nope!" Zoe said, "I'm a figment of your imagination. Ignore the girl under the blanket." Adora snorted as Dean looked at her in bewilderment.
"Dean, this is Zoe," Adora said. "Dad introduced us yesterday, and we've been hanging out."
"Dad introduced you?" Dean said.
"Well, yeah." Adora said. "He thought I could use some girlification, and change some things about how I look so he asked Zoe to take me to the mall while you were gone yesterday. He said it would help me feel better."
"What do you mean, change how you looked?" Dean asked. "There was nothing wrong with how you looked in the first place."
"Oh look at the time!" Zoe said, looking at an imaginary watch. "I have to get home, I'll see you tomorrow, Addie." She got up and walked past Dean. "Later, hot stuff." Adora snorted as her friend walked out the door. Zoe turned and winked at her before closing the door. Dean had a completely unrecognizable look on his face.
"Hot stuff?" Dean asked, "wait, why did she call you Addie?"
"I told her not to." Adora said, "she said it was either that or Princess and I sure as hell wasn't letting her call me Princess." Dean nodded.
"So you let her call you Addie?" The hurt was slightly evident in his voice.
"Do I let you call me Addie?" She said, "I don't like it, but she was bound and determined to give me a nickname. I told her not to use it in front of you, but she must have forgotten. I'm sorry." Dean smiled at his sister.
"You're forgiven," he said. "So about this new look, what all does it entail?"
"New clothes, makeup, haircut." She said, shrugging. "Things that actually fit properly. Dad said it would help me feel better."
"Does it?" Dean couldn't help but ask.
"Oddly enough, yes." Adora said. "I don't feel as depressed, or as frumpy as before." Dean looked at her.
"Well? Are you gonna show me your hair?" He asked finally. She stood up, feeling slightly nervous and shook her hair down her back so Dean could see it. He motioned for her to turn around slowly so he could see it from all angles. When she finally turned to face him, he noticed that her eyes stood out even more than usual. "It looks beautiful. Will you show me the clothes tomorrow?" She nodded, then noticing that he looked about ready to drop, she suggested that they get some rest. Dean agreed as he hadn't slept well the night before, mostly because he tried to crash in the Impala and didn't have a blanket. As he drifted off to sleep, he realized that part of the reason he couldn't sleep was because Adora was so far away from him.