Previously
Samara's body lay at the edge of the woods behind her best friend home with the fall leaves surrounding her body. The back door to the house opens and the sound of crunching leaves could faintly be heard next to her body followed by a sudden a yell-- more footsteps and then screaming.
"BABE! Babe you need to get out here. Right. Now!" The male voice yelled. Running was heard then a loud scream and accompanying crying. Samara's body was lifted and her hair brushed from her face as her hand fell from her pocket where Hades' note lay crumpled.
SAMANTHA'S POV
I sat in the chair in the living room across from an unmoving body, afraid to blink. I couldn't believe she was sitting in front of me. It was my fault—she'd been gone for a month now and it scared me even more that she just showed up in the same spot we heard she was last seen. What was more disturbing than anything is that she looked okay, her skin was glowing and her rosy cheeks were vibrant. She had been asleep ever since Christian called for me.
"Here you go babe." Christian handed me a cup of coffee and a sandwich. I looked up at him, gently taking the sandwich from him just to set them on the coffee table in front of me and reached up pulling him down to sit with me. He wrapped his arms around me kissing the top of my head as we both watched Mara sleep.
"Thank you..." I murmured against him; it had been such a difficult month. I know I probably looked like shit and I surely smelled equally as bad. Christian stayed with me doing his best to keep me sane. For the first time in a month I wasn't running around crazy with handfuls of posters pissing people off. After my outburst in the coffee shop I had a visit from the Sheriff kindly reminding me that I needed to let the 'professionals' do their jobs and that if they say me being a nuisance I would get more than a warning. I would go to the police every Friday at 1pm without fail it was where Christian and I were heading when he stepped out onto the porch to load up more posters. I hadn't even called the police yet and knew eventually someone would get suspicious and come looking but I couldn't leave her, I could barely even believe that she was in front of me.
"There's nothing to thank me for babe. How about you go get a shower?" He suggested carefully.
I almost argued with him but then looked down at myself carefully. I had a pair of his sweats on and a batman tee with staples from the aforementioned poster hanging from it. Bless his heart for even being near me right now. I had put so much strain on our relationship and even distanced myself from him a little bit but he never doubted me or questioned me. I nodded my head letting him know I was going to shower and got up when I noticed he hadn't moved.When I looked back he was looking at Samara he glanced back at me tilting his head toward the stairs and I smiled at him. He was letting me know he'd watch her so I could get myself together and I loved him for that even more.
Upstairs, I laid in the tub letting the deep conditioner I'd put in my hair stay for the recommended amount of time and closed my eyes resting my hair against the back tub. I knew I'd have to call the police when I got out and let them know she was found but what would I tell them? "Officers remember me? Yes the pain in the ass, well my best friend showed up in my backyard this morning so no need to worry anymore!". I wanted to know where the hell she was and why she didn't at least call me to let me know she was okay.
No-- Samantha you can't be selfish she isn't even awake yet and you don't know what she's been through or where she's been. But, I couldn't wait any longer either. I needed to know what was going on, I quickly stood up unplugging the tub and lathered and rinsed my hair and body and wrapped myself in a towel and walking into my bedroom I put on some jeans and a cute crop sweater and did some light makeup hoping to look less crazed and somewhat better for Christian's sake. I walked down stairs stopping as I noticed Christian hunched over her, she was tossing in her sleep now slightly restless and he was clumsily trying to cover her with the blanket my heart swelled and I couldn't help but feel grateful to him for loving and caring for her as much as I did. I giggle at him and he turned around and looked at me with wide eyes and smiled when he saw me. I walked over to him wrapping my arms around his neck and reached on my tiptoes to kiss him starting with his nose then his lips.
Christian eyes smoldered as he looked down at me and he wrapped his hands around my waist and pulled me into him. He captured my mouth in a searing kiss expertly moving his lips against mine and nibbling on my bottom lip until I gave him access; his tongue plunged into my mouth battling my own and I moaned. He kissed along my neck and then chastely pressed another kiss to my lips and pulled his head up while he still held me to him. My brows furrowed as I looked up at him pouting slightly and my face slightly flushed. It had been a while since I had been this affectionate and my skin was on fire, my cheeks were on fire. He kissed the top of my head chuckling and then tilted my face up to his looking my eyes.
"I'm stopping myself now-- before I can't stop. You don't know how much I've been holding back from grabbing you and selfishly taking your worries away, making you completely filled with and consumed by me and me alone."
He tilted his head back glancing at Samara and continued.
"But I knew how you felt so I suppose I'll just have to make up for lost time... later." He murmured kissing my forehead a sexy smirk lining his lips.
I almost turned into a puddling standing in his arms and if he wasn't holding me I'm sure I'd collapse into a puddle of desire.
THUD
I looked over his shoulder to see the weighted blanket that was once on Samara on the floor and I stilled. She had flown up out of her sleep and was frantically looking around the room her hands clutching her head and her eyes wild; my hands tightened around Christian who was also now looking at her. She looked as if she was hyperventilating and I frowned, she looked more terrified here than I've ever seen her. Why did she look like she was distraught about being in my living room? She turned her head and finally made eye contact with me as I stepped around Christian and she sunk back into the chair away from me and my eyes widen.
"Samara..." I started carefully slowly approaching her my hands helped up to show her that I didn't mean any harm.
Her eyes began to tear up and she pulled her hands away from her head and looked at her hands then back up at me.
"S-Samara" She repeated her own name which confused me, her voice was even more meek than usual. She sounded as if she was testing out her own name on her tongue as if it was unfamiliar to her and then she continued. "I-Is that who I am?" My eyes flew toward Christian whose hold had tightened on me almost like a warning not to have an outburst that may scare her but I was shaking. Christian pulled me against him as she sat up swinging her legs off the couch and she looked at me her head tilted almost similar to the way a child would look at an animal in a zoo. That is when I felt it, the warm tears falling down my face. I wasn't able to form words so I nodded my head in the affirmative at her, almost falling apart in the process. I was sad but I was also furious I couldn't even be upset she didn't remember anything.
"Christian could you call Joe?" I said to him that was the name of the local sheriff I didn't want to say police because Samara looked skittish enough to bolt. Christian nodded his head letting me know he'd explain the situation to him for me and I moved closer to her but she didn't move I frowned noticing the beautiful and somewhat extravagant necklace around her neck, I had never seen it before which was alarming because I had known her my whole life we'd even worn each other's bras at some point growing up but nothing about our childhood could prepare me for the words she'd speak next.
"Where's Hades?" She asked looking around the room her small brows furrowing and I tried not to look at her like she was insane.
"W-who?" I tried hoping I had heard her wrong.
"Where is Hades? He'll tell me where I am... Who I am..." I couldn't believe my ears.
SAMARA'S POV
Something was missing—no, everything was missing. I don't know who I am, I can't remember anything...
Then a memory suddenly flashed before my eyes, I looked into the eyes of the most beautiful man and he smiled down at me caressing my cheek in the darkness.
"Say it again Samara..." He voice was rough and husky.
"Hades." I heard my voice responded it sounded so different from me -- I sounded weightless.
He leaned down, softly kissing me and as I moaned. His body pressed into mine as I moaned and his body covered mine.
I blinked and then the memory was gone Samantha had left me here after telling me her name and saying she was my best friend. How was it possible to have a best friend that I can't even remember...but then again, I can't remember a lot of things. The one thing I remember more clearly than my own skin?—Him. I clutched the necklace tightly around my neck it was faint but it was almost like I could feel him. I looked around the room and saw pictures of me doing things I don't remember. I got up walking to the mantle above the fireplace and looked at the photographs; I was on the back of Christian the man Samantha had said was her boyfriend and she was in his arms while my legs wrapped around his waist in a piggyback ride. We all looked like we were laughing at something very funny. I reached up to touch the photo frame when I heard a voice.
"That was two years ago it was Sam's birthday and you guys demanded a piggyback ride to the car but Sam said she was my princess and demanded she be carried like one." A male voice said which made take a step back, it was Christian.
I set the photo down, my chest hurting. I didn't like that there were memories I made that I couldn't remember it was upsetting. Christian hadn't moved it was almost as if he was analyzing me and I didn't like it.
"I-I'm sorry I don't remember..."