Chapter Fourteen
A couple of hours later, Addie came downstairs, she heard voices coming from the kitchen and she went to investigate. Piper was trying to teach Paige the subleties of making spaghetti.
"You can brew potions like nobody's business, but you can't cook?" Piper teased her.
"Nobody's life is on the line if I can't make decent marinara," Paige retorted.
"Yeah, but they might die of food poisoning." Addie said, getting their attention.
"How are you feeling?" Piper asked.
"Good, but I want to make a pie," Addie said.
"What kind of pie?" Paige asked her.
"Blueberry," Addie answered. "Do we have the stuff?"
"We can go get the stuff and you can let Piper make the crust." Paige responded brightly. Piper nodded, Addie's few attempts at pie crust making had been spectacular failures.
"A demon free run to the grocery store?" Addie said, "I'm so in." Paige grinned and Piper rolled her eyes.
"Go to the store, don't mind me, I'll just stay here and slave over a marinara sauce that wants to kill me." She said teasing, but Addie was contrite.
"I'm sorry, Piper." She said, honestly. "Would you like us to pick up a loaf of sourdough for garlic bread? And some wine?"
"Yes to both, but don't feel bad, I was only teasing." Piper said, "but would you take Wyatt?"
"Absolutely!" Paige and Addie said in unison.
"I'll go get him, we are walking, right Paige?" Addie said.
"Yeah, I'll get the stroller ready," Paige grinned. Addie shot a smile back as she ran up the back stairs to get Wyatt. He was sitting up and looking at her with big blue eyes. "Hi Wyatt, do you want to go to the store with Paige and I?" Wyatt immediately smiled and orbed into her arms. She grinned and put his coat on him before leaving his room, almost running into Sam. She smiled at him, truly glad to see him. "Hi!"
"Hi," he said, eyes widening, as he noticed the infant in her arms.
"This is Wyatt, he's Piper and Leo's son," she said, the relief in eyes was faintly evident. "Paige and I are walking to the store for some last minute dinner ingredients, do you want to join us?" Sam smiled at her.
"I would love to," He said.
"Great, get your coat or something warm and meet us in the kitchen," she said before going downstairs to greet Paige. "Sam is coming with us."
"Okay, I guess you do need to get to know your boyfriend again," Paige said, teasing her. Addie smiled back.
"I do." She said, "I can tell that I love him, I just wish I remembered it."
"Maybe you can talk to him later," Paige suggested, "like after you make the pie." Addie beamed at Paige. Sam came downstairs wearing a jacket over his tshirt and the two girls looked at him, Addie grinning, Paige assessing. Then they turned to go to the door.
"See you later, Piper." Addie said to Piper as Paige pushed Wyatt's stroller out the door.
"Be safe," she called. "Don't forget, RED!" Addie chuckeled as they walked away.
"What else would we have with spaghetti?" Paige asked.
"I think Piper's just nervous because of our guests," Addie said, smiling up at Sam. He smiled back and she felt kind of floaty. Without thinking much about it, she grabbed his hand and intertwined their fingers. She didn't need to look at Sam to know he was smiling. Paige, who was walking slightly behind them, smiled too. When they got to the store, Paige suggested that Addie go get the pie stuff and sourdough while she went to get wine and cheese. Addie agreed and she and Sam took Wyatt with them to the produce department.
"What kind of pie are you making?" Sam asked.
"Blueberry," she said.
"But you don't like blueberry pie," Sam said. She looked at him for a moment, now convinced that he knew her before she smiled at him.
"You're right, I don't, but I think Dean does." She said, surprised that she remembered that. Sam nodded.
"You really don't remember?" He asked.
"I don't remember much of anything before I woke up to see Leo looking at me with concern after he had healed my fatal wounds." She answered, "I know I was in a sewer in St. Louis, and that there was a shape shifter involved because Leo told me, but I don't remember anything, I barely even remembered my name."
"It's not your name," Sam said. She looked at him in surprise.
"Then what is it?" She asked.
"Your nickname, Dean used to call you that to get a rise out of you, but it just kind of stuck. Zoe calls you Addie too, but you usually get pissed at anyone else who called you that." Sam explained, she was slightly puzzled.
"What do you call me, then?" She asked.
"Dora," Sam said. She looked at him with in confusion, what was Dora short for.
"You can call me that if you want," She said, "but I think I'm going to let everyone else call me Addie for now." He smiled and bent down to kiss her cheek.
"I'll only call you Dora when you can remember me," he whispered. "Other than that, I'll call you Addie." She felt his breath whisper across her cheek and barely resisted the urge to kiss him, she didn't know why, but it didn't feel like the right time
"We need to get some blueberries," she said, her emotions warring within her. Luckily her head hadn't begun to hurt. She was happy about that.
"Why don't we get some cherries so you can make a cherry pie too?" Sam asked, "I'll even help pit them." She smiled brightly at him, causing his breath to catch in his throat.
"Good idea, there are so many of us, that we will probably need two pies anyway," she said, returning the kiss on his cheek. He blushed slightly and they started looking for blueberries, Sam was also keeping an eye out for Addie's favorite, black cherries. He smiled triumphantly when he found them. She found some good blueberries and placed them in her basket. She looked around for Sam, smiling when she found him talking to Wyatt. He had actually picked the baby up and was talking nonsense at him, it made her heart skip a beat to see him with the baby. She smiled and went to find the sourdough loaf for Piper to make garlic bread. While she was gone, Paige returned to the produce section with a bottle of Merlot and some Parmesean cheese. She smiled when she saw Sam playing with Wyatt, Addie had grabbed the fruit that she needed for the pies and the sourdough. Sam put Wyatt back into his stroller as he saw they were all ready to go.
"Maybe we should pick up some ice cream to go with the pies," Sam suggested, Paige and Addie both nodded and they made their way to the frozen food section to grab the vanilla. They then paid for their purchases and walked back to the manor, Sam and Addie hand in hand. As they arrived, they saw Dean and Zoe driving away. Dean stuck his head out the window and yelled.
"We'll be back, just getting our stuff." Then drove away. Sam shrugged as he already thought they'd gone.
"I have to make these pies, or at least get them ready to go in the oven, but can we talk before dinner?" Addie asked. Sam nodded, looking at her curiously. They walked into the manor and into the kitchen. Piper whistled when she saw the fruit.
"Blueberries and cherries," she said, "glad to see you won't force yourself to eat pie tonight." Addie smiled at her.
"It was Sam's idea," she said. "He knew I like cherry." Piper smiled at her. Addie started the filling for the blueberry pie while Sam pitted the black cherries. Piper watched as they worked together, getting a sense that they were good for each other.
"Addie," Sam said getting her attention. She looked up at him and he fed her a cherry. She moaned slightly at the taste, licking all the juice off his fingers and causing his breath to hitch slightly. She met his hazel eyes with her blue ones in a challenging gaze and he could feel all of the blood in his body center in one spot, making it even harder for him to breath. Piper had a feeling where this was going, and stepped in.
"All right you two," she said, removing the bowl of cherries from Sam and pushing the two of them out of her kitchen. "Go work out your stress. Dinner is in four hours, have fun." She then closed the door and Addie looked at Sam with the same gaze as the kitchen.
"Your room or mine?" Sam asked, huskily. She smiled at him.
"Mine," she answered him. He groaned and she grabbed his hand, pulling him up the stairs to her room. Paige and Phoebe both poked their heads out of their rooms when they heard Addie's door shut.
"Wondered when she was gonna snap." Phoebe said before closing her door and turning her radio up slightly. Paige just put on some headphones and started painting. Sam pushed her against a wall and lowered his head to her lips, pausing just before his lips met hers.
"I want you to kiss me, Addie." Sam said. "I'm not going to force you to do it though." He said, knowing that he was taking a risk. She didn't have any memories of him and her together, so she might not really want this in the state of mind she was in. She leaned in the last few inches and gently touched her lips to his. He reached up to gently cup her face as they mutually deepened the kiss. A flare of recall flashed through Addie as she remembered doing this with him in a cage. Her brain began to pulse, but not in a bad way, as images of life with Sam began flashing through her head. A little bit of overload caused her to break the kiss.
"Whoa," she said, panting a little, she then grinned at him. "I remember something."
"What?" He asked, curious. She pushed him back on the bed and straddle him.
"Your favorite food is pancakes with real maple syrup, like me. We always split our omlettes, which is probably why I can't eat a whole one, the first time we made love was in Idaho, just after our first kiss which was in a cage in Minnesota, but I don't know why we were in a cage." She stopped for a breath, he was looking at her seriously. "I've been in love with you my whole life, but didn't tell you for a long while. You went to Stanford and left me behind, but it was my choice to stay.. and I can't remember anything else." She looked at Sam with her eyes large and blue, and he leaned up to kiss her again. Another wave of recall passed through her, and she knew that it was intimate contact with Sam that was bringing her memories back. "Holy crap!" She interrupted the kiss again. He looked at her strangely.
"What?" He asked, maintaining eye contact with her.
"It's you," she said, looking at him.
"What's me?" He asked, confused.
"Everytime I kiss you, I remember a little more." She explained.
"So being intimate with me is bringing back your memories?" He asked. She nodded, and he continued. "So if I seduce you, there's a chance you'll remember a lot more than if I kiss you?" She nodded again and he grinned, "So Addie, how do you feel about being seduced?" She looked at him, confused.
"Seriously?" She asked him, not sure what to say to him. He flipped them over and pinned her to the bed.
"Never been more serious in my life," he said. "I love you, I want you to remember me, but if for some reason it doesn't work, then at least I still get to hold you."
"Careful, Sammy," Addie chuckled, "we're dangerously close to a chick-flick moment here." Sam's eyes darkened, and he bent down to kiss her. She kissed him back, almost desperately.
"So is that a yes?" He whispered, huskily. "Am I allowed to proceed?" She looked at him and he was giving her this puppy dog look that she literally could not say no to.
"Yes, Sam," she answered. "You have my permission to proceed." He sat up, pulling her into his lap, facing him.
"If something goes wrong, your head hurts, or anything. Tell me to stop," Sam said.
"It's not pain exactly," she said, causing his hands to still and he looked at her. "It's like there's a wall, and you're the sledgehammer knocking it down." He pulled her in for another kiss when there was a crashing sound from downstairs that distracted them.
"Wait here," she said, pulling out of his arms, "I have to check on Piper." Before he could say anything, she was out the bedroom door and it was closed behind her. Paige and Phoebe were on the landing as well.
"What was that?" Paige asked. Phoebe shrugged, and they heard more noise.
"Piper's still downstairs," Addie said, "she might need backup. You can put Wyatt in my room with Sam. Phoebe nodded, taking Wyatt into the room. Sam looked at her confused, but didn't say anything as he took the baby from her. She smiled at him briefly and left the room, closing the door again. The girls crept down the stairs to see a small group of Thorn demons trashing the living room. Piper was walking out of the kitchen to see what the noise was, but Paige orbed to her, grabbed her and orbed her to the stairs where Addie and Phoebe were.
"How the hell did Thorn Demons get in, they shouldn't have been able to cross the salt barrier." Phobe asked. "Addie laid those lines over a year ago and they haven't needed to be fixed."
"Maybe some salt got moved when I cleaned," Piper said.
"I'll fix them after we get the demons out of our living room." Addie said.
"What demons?" Sam asked coming up behind and startling the four.
"Sam, you should be in my room, where it's relatively safe," Addie said to him. He just looked at her.
"Um, you're a hunter, right?" Paige asked, he nodded and she looked at Addie. "You can't keep him away from a fight any more than he could keep you." Addie nodded, not liking it, but there was nothing else to be done.
"There's a group of Thorn demons trashing our living room," Phoebe said. "I suggest a double attack." Addie looked at Phoebe, knowing where she was going with this.
"You mean the one where you and I go get knocked around while Paige and Piper get the vanquishing potions?" She said, casually.
"Or I could freeze them," Piper said helpfully.
"That didn't work so well last time, and demons are acting weird right now." Addie said. Piper nodded.
"Okay, we go with Phoebe's plan." She said, "Sam you come with Paige and I, Addie, Pheebs.."
"Be careful," the two said in unison. Piper smiled and Sam looked at Addie with concern, before Paige grabbed his arm and they orbed to the attic.
"Females spit poisonous thorns," Phoebe reminded her.
"Then we should take her out first," Addie said. "These guys have fireballs, right?" Phoebe nodded, Addie groaned.
"Okay, let's go get ourselves singed." The two ran downstairs to fight the demons physically.
Meanwhile, in the attic, Paige was flipping through the book, only to be distracted slightly when there was a thud downstairs.
"What was that?" Sam asked Piper.
"Demon probably," Piper replied, "Phoebe and Addie are both skilled fighters."
"I know about Addie," Sam said, "I helped train her, but you guys are Hunters?" Paige snorted.
"No, we don't hunt evil, we just destroy it." She said to Sam. "We protect the innocent, it's our destiny." Sam looked confused.
"What does Addie have to do with it?" He asked.
"Nothing, Leo was instructed to save her by his bosses when she was being beat to death by a shapeshifter. He healed what injuries he could, but she was still in a coma," Piper said, "when she woke up, she had no memory of who she was. It only dawned on us recently that she is the Adora you've been searching for." Sam nodded and Paige made a sound of exclamation.
"Aha!" She said, reading quickly. "Thorn demons are mercenaries sent by a stronger demon to kill. Male thorn demons throw fireballs while females spit poisonous thorns at their intended victim. A basic vanquishing potion will kill them." Piper grabbed several bottles of the required potion, handing some to Sam and Paige.
"We throw these at the demons, and the fumes will kill them." Piper explained to Sam, who just looked confused.
Paige orbed them downstairs to see Phoebe getting thrown out of the living room, she hit a wall and was knocked out. Addie was pinned by one of the demons, who was taking pleasure in snarling at her, before she mentally pushed it off her body. She shuddered briefly at the contact and found herself face to face with the female. She opened her mouth, showing the thorn ready to fire and Addie was looking for something she could summon to block the poison.
"Hey," Piper yelled, getting the females attention before blasting her away from Addie, who sagged against the wall in relief. Sam chucked a potion bottle at the demon nearest to Addie, surprised when it went up in a poof of smoke. Piper and Paige handled the other two and then went to check on Phoebe, who was regaining consciousness with a groan.
"Addie?" She asked.
"Here," the younger woman responded.
"Good thing they didn't require the Power of Three," Piper said, dryly. "Addie will you fix the living room?"
"On it," Addie said, standing up. Sam immediately offered his strength for support and she smiled at him, before surveying the mess. She frowned slightly, before chanting. "Demons invaded the Charmed ones house, They were more than a mere mouse. Before anymore join the mix, The furniture could use a fix." The furniture started to repair itself, Sam swallowed as he watched and Addie continued. "Windows were smashed and broken, it's not good to leave them open." The glass started fixing itself. Addie nodded in satisfaction, before looking at Sam to see puzzlement on his face. She sighed, "I'm guessing by your reaction that you didn't know I was a witch?" Sam shook his head. "Damn, I was hoping that you knew." Sam looked at her, knowing that it didn't matter to him one bit what she was. He pulled her in and kissed her.
"I don't think you even knew," Sam said. "Except for your telekinesis, we never suspected a thing." She looked at him, with hope shining out of her blue eyes.
"I have to check the salt lines," she said. "They got in here somehow, but they aren't supposed to cross the salt. I think Dean taught me that. I wondered how I knew." Sam smiled.
"May I come with you?" He asked and she held out her hand for him and they made a quick check of all the salt lines in the house. They found a broken one in the basement. Addie didn't like the basement, but she went in there anyway. They replaced the salt, checked the rest of the house and returned to her room. "You're a witch?" Was the first thing he could manage to ask her.
"Yep, I fight evil demons, brew potions, move things around with my mind, cast spells and can even change my appearance when I want to," she said, sighing. Sam looked at her.
"You fought evil demons before, Addie." Sam said, "and you've been able to move things with your mind since you were ten. We never checked to see if it meant you were a witch because before now, Dean and I assumed all witches were evil."
"I think Dad knew," Addie said. "Piper mentioned he was an old family friend." She stopped and her eyes got big. "Oh God, Sam. Dad's dead! I've known this whole time, and never even knew." Sam wrapped his arms around her as she sobbed. She didn't just cry because of finding out her adopted father was dead, she also cried because she thought she was losing everything important to her, before she could even remember it.
"Addie, it's okay," Sam said, softly in her ear. "You're gonna be okay."
"Am I really, Sam?" She asked him, the tears making her blue eyes even more blue and Sam had to suppress a groan at the sudden wave of desire he felt.
"Of course you will," he said, pulling her as close to him as he could. "We're together again, nothing is going to change that." She looked at him, almost afraid to hope that what he's saying was true. "I've loved you my whole life, Addie Winchester, I can't imagine that anything would make me stop."
"I love you too, Sam." She said, leaning up for another kiss, which he readily gave her. The kiss gradually grew more intense as Sam pulled her into his lap, holding her close to him. He felt her body jolt in surprise as more memories were revealed to her. He slid his hands underneath her top, marveling at the smoothness of her skin, until he reached the scar that had been given to her by the Wendigo. She pulled out of the kiss as his hands stopped. "I don't know where I got that. Leo said it had been taken care of expertly as the scarring was minimal."
"I know where it came from." He said to her, remembering the incident. "You had been kidnapped by a Wendigo. I guess it thought you'd make a tasty meal. It slashed open your stomach and drank your blood. You actually fired a flare gun at it to kill it. I cleaned the wound, I was just glad I didn't have to stitch it up." She smiled at him.
"You did a good job." She said, "when was this? Before or after you went to Stanford?" He blushed slightly before answering her question.
"After," he said. "I went to get over you because I didn't think you loved me at the time. I even went so far as to have a girlfriend, but all I felt with her was guilt, never how I would feel just being around you." Addie nodded, knowing that he didn't have to tell her this, but was glad he was.
"What happened to her?" She asked.
"She died in a fire." Sam said, "the yellow-eyed demon, that we'd been hunting killed her." Addie nodded sympathetically.
"I blamed myself for not being honest with her." Sam explained. "I was planning on leaving her and giving up the rest of my schooling because I wanted to be with you again. I couldn't imagine being anywhere else." Addie took his hand in hers and let him talk, as she was sure he didn't usually talk about this. "You're taking this well," he observed.
"Yeah," she said, shrugging. "It doesn't seem like something I should get mad at you about. Although I could change your hair color to something obnoxious if it would make you feel better." Sam smiled, pulling her in for another kiss.
"Do your worst, Addie." He challenged. She raised an eyebrow at him.
"Until I decide it's good, Change Sam's hair to match his mood." She smiled at him sweetly. "Your hair will now change color depending on how you feel. Basic rainbow colors, that is. Red for anger, Orange for unhappy, Yellow for anxious, Green for horny, Blue for peaceful, Indigo for content and Purple for happy."
"What if I'm feeling something that's not one of those things?" He asked, his hair turning slightly yellow.
"Then it will mix, giving you the appearance of highlights." She said, kissing him. "I came up with it when Paige and I were having a color war. I have another version that will let me know if I'm being lied to or deceived based on the color of hair it turns. Glamour and appearance spells are something I've become really good at." Sam smiled kissing her. His hair turned a deep green and Addie smiled into his kiss. "Now what was it you were saying about seducing me earlier, Mr. Winchester?" He smiled and kissed her, hard. He was pulling up her shirt when they heard the front door open and shut.
"Sam?" They heard Dean yell. Sam groaned, his hair turning a mixture of orange and red. "Come and get your bag."
"Please tell me I can sleep in here," his hair added some yellow into the mix. Addie smiled and kissed him.
"Of course," she said. "I think it's the only way we're going to get away with testing our theory. But I am so turning Dean's hair neon pink for interrupting us." Sam smiled and she quickly muttered. "So I won't raise a stink, turn Dean's hair neon pink." She grinned at Sam and he kissed her. Green and purple mixed with the colors already there. "Later," she whispered. He grinned back and they walked down the stairs to get Sam's duffel out of the Impala. Dean and Zoe were standing in the foyer, with Dean holding Sam's bag. Addie had a rush of joy at seeing the man she now knew was her older brother and she hugged him.
"Whoa," Dean said, surprised at Addie's rush of affection. Addie smiled at him. Dean then took a look at Sam with puzzlement. "What did you do to your hair?"
"I could ask you the same thing," Sam retorted, grinning. Dean looked at his brother in puzzlement. Paige and Phoebe came down, only pausing a moment when they saw the boys' hair. They then looked at each other and busted up laughing. Sam looked at them, glad he was in on the secret as his hair turned completly Indigo. Addie smiled and grabbed Sam's duffel. He shook his head at her and pulled it out of her hand before heading upstairs to drop it off in Addie's room. Smiling to himself, he went downstairs to find Dean in front of a mirror, freaking out because his hair was a violent shade of pink. Addie was nowhere to be seen.
"How did my hair turn pink?" He asked Zoe.
"I don't know," She answered. "One minute it was it's normal color, the next, Yowza! It's pink."
"Maybe you pissed off a witch," Sam said, as Paige came in and exchanged a smirk with him.
"That would be my luck," Dean muttered, shaking his head. "I hate witches."
"Aw come on, Dean." Paige said, realizing he didn't know. "They can't all be bad."
"Yeah, Bobby said he worked with witches, and so did your dad." Zoe chimed in. "Besides, pink hair isn't all that bad. You could have been turned into a girl." Addie came out of the kitchen with the pasta sauce that Piper had made, smirking at the idea of a girl Dean.
"Hey, Sammy, would you put this pot holder on the table so I can set this down?" She asked him, even though she knew she could hold it up with her mind. "It's getting kind of heavy." Sam's hair changed quickly from Indigo to Green to Purple at Addie using his nickname. Dean and Zoe just watched Sam's hair with fascination.
"Did you piss of a witch too, Sammy?" Dean asked him, astonished as he watched Sam's hair turn Orange.
"Maybe I did," Sam said.
"Dude! Your hair changes colors!" Zoe said, "that's so cool! I want my hair to change colors too. I have to go buy my color from the store. Why are you guys so special?" Sam blushed as his hair flashed yellow. Addie got his attention by stretching up to kiss his cheek.
"Would you like me to take the spell off?" She asked him quietly.
"No," he said. "I like it, besides it's not like everyone knows what the colors mean." Addie raised her eyebrow at him. "Am I right?"
"The girls all know," Addie said. "It's a favorite of ours to use when no one is talking to each other." Sam blushed, his hair staying yellow. "But it's not like they're gonna use it against you. Besides, if I can get you to change your hair a certain color, they'll leave us alone and we can test our theory." Sam's hair immediately turned green and Addie chuckled. Dean wondered why his brother's hair was turning so many different colors so fast, but Addie seemed amused by it, so he didn't say anything.