Authors note: I'm back! So sorry for not posting for awhile, just been super busy with school and finally moving into a new place! Anyways... here is chapter 4! We finally see what Adam means by 'psychic meltdown and some lovely moments between the couple.

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Everyone snapped their heads in her direction, surprise to see the young woman up and walking. She stood in the doorway, barefoot, back in her dirty jeans and the shirt Adam had dressed her in, hanging to her knees. She'd thrown her hair up in messy bun and her skin was still a little pale with dark circles under her hazel eyes, but she had a smile on her face that made the whole room light up, or at least that's how Adam saw it.

Adam immediately leaped to his feet and made his way over to her. Ashley met him half way, throwing herself into his chest, ignoring the twing of pain she felt in her side at the impact. Wrapping her arms around him, she buried her face into the crook of his neck, breathing in his scent. His thoughts were going a mile a minute and she could barely keep up with them, but she was able to get the jist. Reaching up with her right hand she placed it on the back of his head and pushed her own thoughts through, 'I love you too.'

He smiled when he heard her voice in his head, feeling as if all was right in the world again. Ashley was alive and in his arms, where she belonged.

They stayed wrapped up in each other for a few short moments before someone deliberately coughed loudly, pulling them apart. Chuckling, Ashley turned towards the group, a snarky quip on her lips, but then she caught the thoughts or rather strange colors emitting from the dark-haired man. "Angel." She whispered, terror instantly seizing her. Several objects in the room started to rattle from her sudden rush of emotion, her telekinesis flaring up.

Realizing what was about happen Adam pulled Ashley back into his chest. "Castiel block your thoughts and go to another room now!" He snapped at the angel.

Clearly confused, Castiel started to argue, but Dean cut him off, "Dude. Psychic melt down is not something I want to whiteness. Just go to the kitchen until she is calmed down and we can explain."

"Fine." The angel threw his chair back as he stood and stalked out of the room just as an empty beer bottle flew across the room and smashed into the doorway he exited through.

Around the room lights flickered, a few blowing out here and there. "Dude get her calm!" Dean shouted, throwing his hands over his head in protection from a bulb that blew above him.

He didn't need to be told twice. Reaching up with his left hand, Adam started rubbing circles in the back of Ashley's head, "He's gone Ash. You're safe, you're safe." He whispered softly in her ear, "Just listen. His thoughts aren't here anymore. You need to calm down. Okay? Or you're going hurt somebody and I know you don't want that."

"No I don't." Ashley whispered back, concentrating on Adam's fingers massaging her head, calming her. She listened and didn't find a trace of the angle's colored thoughts and let out a long breath. 'We're safe.' she told herself.

The lights stopped flickering and the rattling came to a complete stop, leaving the room silent. Sam and Dean looked around, searching for any major damage, but didn't find any. Not wanting to set the psychic off again, they stayed quit.

A minute later Ashley pulled her self away from Adam chest and looked up at him, tears in her eyes. "I'm sorry." She apologized.

He removed his hand from her head and placed it on her face. Gently he brushed his thumb across her cheek and gave her a tender smile, "Its okay. Your control is a little shot right now with everything that you've been through recently, but you should try and put your walls back up okay?"

Ashley nodded, "You'll keep your mind open, though right? I need your voice in my head."

"Of course. I'm sorry I blocked you out earlier, but at the time I don't think you would liked what I was thinking at the time."

"I understand." Was all she said on the subject then pushed up on her toes and kissed his cheek.

A blush bloomed across his face at the show of affection in front of his brothers, but Ashley really didn't care. Turning, she faced the elder winchesters who were giving the couple idiotic grins. She gave them one in return.

Grabbing Adam's hand, she pulled them over to the table. She took Adam's old seat while he dragged Castiel's empty one next to her and sat down. Reaching across he snagged Ashley's hand, intertwining their fingers. This gave her the connection she needed to share her thoughts with him if she wanted, a small comfort she was grateful for. Putting in what little energy she had, she built up a thin wall to block out everyone else's minds, except for Adam's. His thoughts would keep her calm and focused during the long conversation she knew was to come.

"Sooo…. thanks for saving me." Ashley started awkwardly.

Dean and Sam just stared at her for moment before chuckling, "Really? Thanks for saving me? After all that?" Dean spoke sarcastically.

"Sorry for the light bulbs. It's the only thing I broke… I think." She replied.

Sam shook his head, "Don't worry about the lights. Honestly I think were just a little freaked to actually see what Adam was talking about."

"Yea well that was nothing compared to what's happen in the past." Adam pointed out, "Ow!" Ashley smacked his shoulder in annoyance.

'They don't need to know about all my crazy.' She said mentally, glaring at him.

He returned her glare, but didn't reply. Instead he turned his attention back to his brothers, "Seriously though, thanks again for everything you did for Ash. Probably wouldn't have made it if it weren't for you two."

"Like I said no thanks needed. Anything for you guys, especially now that we know your back." Sam stated, raising an eyebrow at his younger brother. He wanted to know how and why Adam was out of the, especially with it involving angels.

Adam rubbed the back of his neck, "Yea about that…" he looked over at Ashley for support, but she only shrugged.

"Hey I'm not the one that was pulled out of hell and then avoided my long-lost half-brothers because I was pissed at something that really wasn't their fault." She pointed out. He scowled at her, "Just saying. I told you over and over again to just contact them. Hell, I even I saw them a few times and kept your secret. It was so hard not to tell them, especially after Dean let me inside his mind. Gah! The guilt over the brother he couldn't save. If only they knew what you were really up to."

"And what was that?" Sam asked.

"Running around with some psychic chick hunting monsters." Dean replied for Adam, "I mean clearly Ashley hasn't stopped hunting and brought you into the fold."

"Ashley didn't bring me into the fold. I already knew what was out there and was hunting on my own before we were captured. That's how the angle's caught me." Adam explained.

"What made you start hunting?" Sam asked.

"Naomi, the angel chick who pulled me from the cage." He replied, as if it was obvious.

"Angel controlling Naomi pulled you from the cage so you could hunt?" Dean asked in disbelief.

"Well no not exactly. Apparently, she wanted to show you a sign of good faith to 'those Winchester boys'. She figured, your lost brother would put you two on her side. I of course said no thank you and she about pushed me back into hell, but then something extremely important came up and she flew off. The next time I saw her she was handing me your basic hunter weapons and apologized. Told me where to find you guys and wanted me to join in the crusade. Never saw her again after that." Adam leaned back in his chair, "Wasn't very good at first. Had literally no clue what I was doing. After some tips from some fellow hunter's things got a little easier, but it wasn't until I started to hunt with Ashley that I felt confident enough to call myself a true hunter. She is one hell of a teacher." He looked down at the woman and gave her wink, making her blush.

"Hunting runs in the family, both sides for us, but I don't understand why you didn't just walk away after Naomi basically let you go?" Sam questioned

"A monster killed my mom and myself before I was brought back the first time. And since there was no way I could go back to my old life, I figured why not stop monsters from doing what they did to my mom to others" His explanation was straightforward; a basic hunter's tale of how they joined the supernatural world.

"So, after a year of blundering around you were captured by angels, rescued by a psychic, who then trained you and then fell in love before riding off into the sunset chopping down monsters along the way." Dean summed up mockingly.

Ashley busted out laughing at his summarization of her and Adam's tale, "You make it sound like some bad romance novel. Ha, yea not exactly."

Adam nodded in agreement, "We didn't start hunting together after the escape. I had to track her ass down first."

"Track her down? You ran off?" Sam asked surprised.

"I didn't understand what was happening to me and just knocked out the man who saved my life without lifting a finger. I was scared… so I ran. Didn't see him again until two months later and he was pounding on my safe house door. Never got to thank me for saving his life or at least thats the story he still sticking to." Ashley said rolling her eyes at the memory, a smile starting to play at her lips.

"You knocked me out before I could and there was no way I was letting someone like you walk out of my life that easy." Adam stated giving her a cheesy grin, earning him another eye roll.

"Yea well…I was expecting a bullet to head given what you'd witnessed. Most people would run away screaming and a hunter would have taken me out. But instead all I got was bumbling idiot standing in my doorway saying thanks for the save. You'd think after all that time he spent looking for me he would come up with some grand speech of some sort, but no it was more like being asked to prom all over again." Ashley joked.

"Can't help that I have trouble talking to beautiful girls who save my life." Adam gave her another wink, once again making her blush. She couldn't seem to stop herself whenever he praised her like that.

"Jesus, you two are just sickening." Dean gagged.

"Come on Dean really?" Sam sighed in annoyance

Adam and Ashley both chuckled, "Its fine, we get it a lot when we run into other hunters as well. But we weren't always like this. As you already know, Ashley isn't the easiest person to warm up to and when we first started hunting together she made sure things stayed strictly professional. Even got separate motel rooms."

"Hey I agreed that we should stick together until the whole angel mess abided. We were pretty the most wanted humans by the angel… well after you guys anyways." Ashley gave the brothers a sly smile, "But after awhile keeping things all business like became more and more difficult with each hunt. Feelings and what not were developed. Then one day after vampire hunt gone wrong, we finally pushed each other too far."

"Well you were being reckless and almost got yourself killed, again." Adam reminded her.

"It was a little bite and it wouldn't have happened if you stayed out of my way and let me fight." She argued.

"A little bite? That blood sucker almost ripped out your whole throat!"

"Because you distracted me!"

"Oh I get how this all started…" Dean observed.

"What? How?" Sam asked confused.

"Sexual frustration which eventually led to angry sex." He replied with a huge ass grin.

Adam's face instantly turned bright red, while Ashley gave Dean such a death glare, he almost regretted even mentioning it, almost. "Shut it Dean!" She hissed.

"Hey its quite obvious from the way you two argue about that hunt. You defeated the vamps, adrenaline was still pumping, so ya'll fought over what went wrong, and then bam!" He smacked a hand down on the table, "Next thing you know your both tangled in a mass of naked limbs and afterwards came to the realization that it should of happened a long time ago. No judgement here. Clearly things worked out between the two of you and I'm betting the sex is awesome."

"I can't believe we're talking about my sex life." Adam mumbled dropping his head into his hands, clearly embarrassed.

"Well isn't that what big brothers do? Torture the little ones about said sex life. I mean come on man we have a lot of catching up to do and I intend to get all the embarrassing moments I can, especially considering who you're with. A psychic chick. Damn…" Dean let out a low whistle.

"Don't even think about it Dean." The young hunter said looking up with a warning glare towards his eldest brother.

"Oh, he has several times… just you know without you in the picture." Ashley told them, her ears tinged pink.

"Whoa. Hey that was before I knew about you two okay? Ashley stay out of my head!" Dean snapped.

"You let me in there in the first place." She replied.

"I thought we got over this whole Ashley can see into minds. Meaning we need to keep our thoughts clean and with clothes on." Sam reminded his brother who just shrugged, "At the very least try to block them out, for Ashley's sake."

"Blocking your thoughts out will help out immensely so I don't have to use so much energy to do it myself. It'll make my recovery go a lot faster" She said reminding them of her fragile state of mind.

"Speaking of your recovery… how are you feeling?" Sam asked.

Ashley smiled, "Better. Some mild pain from the bullet wound and a small headache, but I'm alive and will hunt another day."

"Until then you should rest up. You and Adam can stay here until you're 100%." Sam proclaimed with a clap of his hands.

"Actually… we should probably head out. Hole up in a motel for awhile." Adam countered.

"Adam, you don't need to do that." Sam argued.

"Yes, we do. I get that this is the long-awaited family ruin you all wanted, but I'm not up for brotherly bonding. I am beyond grateful for what you did for Ashley and we owe you one, but I'm not here to be your baby brother." He looked at both brothers sorrowfully, "I don't want to be a Winchester, being a Winchester put me in the world of supernatural in the first place. I'm sorry guys but we really shouldn't stay."
Adam rose to his feet and put his hand out towards Ashley, ready to help her up. She didn't take his hand, instead just glared up at him. 'Come on Ashley you know I'm right.' He told her mentally.

"No Adam, we're staying. I am not letting you walk away from the only family you have." She stated firmly.

"You're my family. Haven't I told you that's enough?" He stressed.

"Yes, and maybe I am enough, but you have blood that is alive and cares for you. You know I would kill to have to that again." Ashley reached down and gripped her necklace, "Please Adam give them a chance." She looked up at him with wide pleading eyes.

Adam searched her gaze, trying to think of a way to convince her it just wasn't worth it, but when she gripped the chain around her neck with the small round locket, he gave in. "Okay. We'll stay, but only until you are in the clear. So that means no family hunting trips to bond." He looked directly at his brothers, "Then we head back to the safe house."

Sam and Dean both smiled, "No hunting trips, or at least no hunting trips for Ashley and we'll talk later about the whole leaving thing." Dean said altering the agreement.

Adam opened his mouth to object but Ashley quickly cut in, "Great! Now please tell me you have food in this bomb shelter of yours. Blood loss and psychic trips have made this girl very hungry."

He glared down that small brunette, 'Seriously? We can't stay here forever' He thought.

Ashley ignored him and listened to Dean, "We don't have much here, but I can send Sam and Cas out for some grub while you two get cleaned up." Dean said, laying out a simple plan..

"The angel is staying?" Adam asked wearily.

"You don't need be afraid of Castiel. He's a friend, practically a brother. He won't harm you at all you have my word." Sam promised.

Adam looked down at Ashley, knowing she was the main reason he worried. She met his concerned look with a confident smile, "His thoughts seemed gentle and if you two trust him, then we can be civil."

Dean clapped his hands, "Great. Sam grab Cas and go get us something eat. Something greasy and loaded with carbs. And I'll show you two where the bathroom is. The water pressure here is amazing." He said lightly with a small smile. Leaping to his feet, he motioned the couple to follow and led them out of the room.

So Winchester family has possibly expanded! Stay tuned for the next chapter! Likes, reviews, and follows are always welcome!