A/N: As much as I liked Sam when he didn't have a soul, I kinda missed him being himself. Because, strangely enough, when Sam and Dean are both somewhat normal and they get to act like real brothers again, they kinda remind me of my own brothers. It's kinda confusing really since my oldest brother reminds me of Sam and then the other one reminds me of Dean but, I'm guessing that my brothers are really what make me love Sam and Dean so much. Anyway, enough of my random facts, let's get on to the story! xoxo, Avril
Chapter Two: Safe To Say
"I don't trust them Caroline." Stefan said, sitting on the edge of Caroline's bed in her room as Caroline was getting ready to leave to go meet Sam and Dean.
"Well, I do." Caroline said
"They're hunters, they tried to kill you last night!" Stefan said
"But, they didn't" Caroline pointed out "And I think these guys can really help us with our little problem."
"And you think they're just going to kill whoever you tell them to and leave the rest of us alone?" Stefan asked
"Yeah." Caroline smiled and nodded
"Care, you can't trust people like that, it's bad enough they know what you are and that you made a deal with them, you can't-"
"Stefan, I'm a big girl, I can make my own decisions." Caroline sighed
"And your decisions happen to be making choices for everyone else too." Stefan said
"So…you and Damon lay low for a few days then, until the Winchesters leave." Caroline said
"You know Damon won't." Stefan sighed "You have any idea what they'll do to you when they figure out that you haven't been pointing out all the vampires in town?"
"Judging from last night, chop my head off and burn me up into a pile of ashes." Caroline said
"And you're okay with that?" Stefan asked confused as he heard that careless tone in her voice
"Look, as long as they at least kill Katherine before Damon exposes that I'm a liar, then I can die somewhat peacefully." Caroline sighed "And before you say anything, no, I don't really wanna die. But if it happens…it happens, it was fate, can't change fate." Caroline said and looked at her cell phone before Stefan could speak "I gotta go, just…try to keep Damon inside today." Caroline sighed and walked out of her room and out the front door downstairs leaving Stefan standing there confused by Caroline's actions and intentions with the Winchesters.
"Well, you're not sparkling and you are not a pile of ashes at our feet, so tell us how exactly a vampire can walk in the sun" Dean said to Caroline as she stood there in front of them by their car and both the brothers were staring at her strangely
"It helps if you know a witch." Caroline said and showed off her ring that she was wearing
"Well I'll be damned, vampires found a loophole." Dean said and studied the ring for a minute.
"How old are you? I mean really because, none of the vampires we've ever fought, young or old, know about anything like this." Sam said
"Seventeen." Caroline said "But, my best friend kinda told me she was a witch before I was turned and she made this ring for me."
"So you're not even a year old?" Dean asked
"Technically, no" Caroline said
"Then who changed you? Or did they just get up and leave once they changed you?" Sam asked
"Uh, they left." Caroline said
"And you hold yourself back that well?" Dean asked confused and Caroline remembered what he was talking about now
"It takes a lot of practice" Caroline said
"Guess so." Sam said and looked at Caroline and could tell she was a little uncomfortable talking about that, she was hiding something, but he had no idea what
"So, tell us all about these vampires in town" Dean said and waited for Caroline to start talking
"She's hiding something Dean." Sam said while Dean was researching the history of Mystic Falls on the laptop in their motel room
"Who? Vampire Barbie?" Dean asked
"Yeah, you saw how uncomfortable she was talking about the whole 'Where her creator was' thing, right?" Sam asked
"Didn't really notice." Dean said "That ring she has though is pretty creepy, if other vampires found that out, it'd make our job a hell of a lot harder than it already is." Dean sighed
"Dean, focus!" Sam said
"Whoa, calm down there Sammy, maybe her creator is still in town. We'll find them and kill him, okay?" Dean said
"What if she's having us kill whoever created her?" Sam asked
"And that's our problem how?" Dean asked
"Maybe she's trying to cover her tracks." Sam said
"Cover what tracks? The girl is a baby vampire, not even a year old, what could she have possibly done that she needs to have her creator killed to cover up?" Dean asked "Look, if you wanna find out more about Barbie, why don't you go meet up with her somewhere then? Get to know her and try to weasel something out of her."
"…Alright" Sam sighed "What are you gonna do then?"
"Try to find more out about this town before we go charging into tomorrow night and start chopping heads off. Might try to get Cas too and see if he knows anything about this place, it looks like something intervened here in this town to stop all the vampires, and it wasn't hunters." Dean sighed
"Well, good luck with that then." Sam sighed
"Yeah, have fun bonding with Blondie" Dean said as Sam walked out the door
Caroline sat there quietly in the park on the bench, waiting for Sam to show up, she had been here when he called her a few minutes ago to meet up somewhere, and not wanting to leave the park, she just told him to meet her there. Apparently, it was just Sam, he said Dean was researching something, but he didn't say what. Caroline guessed it was probably about the town, they already didn't trust her even after all she told them, and they had every right to not trust her since she wasn't being completely honest about the vampire count in this town, leaving Stefan and Damon out. So Caroline sat there, quietly thinking about what could possibly happen to her now. And just as she was starting to drift off to the bad side of things, the Impala pulled up and Sam walked over to Caroline and sat down on the bench beside her.
"So, what do you not trust about me already?" Caroline sighed and asked straight forward
"Who said we didn't trust you?" Sam asked
"I can tell when people don't believe me. You forget that my mother's a cop, she never believes a thing I tell her." Caroline said
"…We're just a little weary to trust you. I mean, you are the first vampire we've met that hasn't tried to kill someone because their bleeding." Sam shrugged
"Not all vampires are like that you know." Caroline said
"We know that now" Sam said
"So," Caroline said and looked over at Sam now "What can I do to make you and your brother trust me?"
"We trust you…just not completely." Sam shrugged
"Alright then Winchester," Caroline said with a smirk "I'll give you a few reasons to trust me and you can ask anyone of my friends if I'm telling the truth or not, got it?"
"Let's hear it then." Sam said and faced Caroline now
"Well, I haven't killed anyone since I was newly changed a few months ago, I've been living off of stuff from the blood bank and believe it or not, bunnies occasionally." Caroline sighed
"How very Twilight of you." Sam said with a smirk
"Shut up," Caroline laughed "I only compel people when they ask me to make them forget something they've seen, like, a murder or something"
"Impressive, vampires usually abuse that power." Sam said
"Ever since I've been changed into a vampire, I've been trying to be less shallow and selfish, which I know is weird for a vampire probably, but I'm sick of being know as the girl who's as shallow as a kiddy pool." Caroline said
"A vampire working on improving themselves, it's different" Sam said
"And…my favorite color is blue." Caroline smiled
"…What does that have to do with trusting you?" Sam asked confused
"Nothing, I just thought you should know." Caroline shrugged "Share something normal for once."
"I didn't know vampires had favorite colors." Sam smiled
"We do. We also have favorite blood types" Caroline said
"And what's your favorite blood type?" Sam asked
"Yeah, right, like I'm tell you that" Caroline laughed "You'll find you'll find out when I trust you more"
"When you trust me more?" Sam asked
"Yeah, I have reasons not to trust you and Dean too, trust me, people have given me plenty of reasons, but…"
"But what?" Sam asked
"I don't know, I just trust you two for some reason, it's weird but, I kinda trust you two more then my own parents" Caroline shrugged "Maybe it's because you guys seem to know so much about what's really out there."
"…Maybe" Sam sighed and looked at Caroline and could tell she was telling the truth there, she really did put all her trust into them and even though everything Caroline told him was yet to be proven true, Sam trusted her a little more now too. "So do vampires like ice cream? Wait…can vampires even eat?"
"Yes, we can eat." Caroline laughed "And vampires happen to love ice cream, especially this vampire" Caroline smiled
"Come on, we'll go get some and you can go tell everything you told me to Dean, might as well have him trust you more now too, right?" Sam asked
"I guess so" Caroline smiled and got off the bench and followed Sam back to the Impala "Is your brother always that sarcastic?"
"Pretty much, you'll get used to it though." Sam said
"I already am, I know someone a lot like Dean believe it or not." Caroline sighed and got into the car