Chapter 3: Let's Get Down to Business

Caroline led Sam towards to dorm rooms; they had a relatively silent drive back from Mystic Falls. Caroline knew she was going to have to explain a lot in the next few days, but she hoped Sam would understand. They entered the room, and Bonnie was sitting on her bed reading.

"Hey Care, next time you want to spent the night with boy toy just give me the heads up" Bonnie glanced up with the look of surprise when she laid her eyes on Sam.

"Sorry Bon" Caroline apologized.

"Samantha?" Bonnie asked in shock.

"Hey Bonnie" Sam smiled and gave a little wave.

"Sam is going to be staying with us for a little while if that's okay?" Caroline asked.

"My favorite Forbes staying with us, of course" Bonnie smiled, getting up and rushing towards Sam.

"Funny Bonnie, but we all know I'm the favorite" Caroline laughed before turning her attention towards Sam.

"Okay, it's time to get down to business" Sam stated after hugging Bonnie. Caroline nodded and sat down on her bed.

"What would you like to know?" Caroline asked.

"Mom, what happened to her?" Sam asked her eyes full of tears. Caroline motioned for her to come closer, Sam sat down beside her and Caroline wrapped an arm around her shoulders.

"She had cancer, I tried to save her with my blood but it didn't work" Caroline quietly spoke. Bonnie looked over to Caroline with a questionable look, Caroline nodded and in that nod Bonnie understood. She knew that Sam had found out about her sister being a vampire.

"I tried too, Sam." Bonnie said sitting down beside.

"So am I in a vampire sandwich?" Sam questioned.

"Bonnie isn't a Vampire" Caroline laughed.

"I'm a witch" Bonnie looked towards Sam, noticing the Gilbert ring on her finger.

"Care, you know that ring has side effects" Bonnie quietly muttered.

"Witches are real too and what side effects?" Sam was shocked, she quickly stood up distancing herself from the situation.

"It was to make sure we were able to get out of Mystic Falls" Caroline stood in an attempt to calm her sister, while also explaining the situation to Bonnie. "I wasn't going to let anything happen to her" Caroline watched as her sister dropped onto the floor. Sam had a lot of news to take in these past few hours, and she wasn't quite sure where to store all this information let alone process it.

"You'll be fine, Sam. Just be careful" Bonnie smiled before getting up. Bonnie knew Caroline and Sam needed to have a sisterly conversation and didn't want to freak Sam out anymore. Bonnie left the room quietly.

"Did she suffer?" Sam asked.

"No" Caroline carefully said, as she joined her sister on the floor.

"It's hard to believe she is gone, I feel like I missed so much" Sam brought her hands to her face, trying to hide her tears.

"I know, I understand" Caroline said as she brought her arms around her sister.

"Did mom leave you a letter?" Sam asked.

"She did, but I was in a rough place and I ripped it up." Caroline confessed, her eyes began to fill with tears. Caroline was mad at herself, having not been in the right place to be able to comfort her sister through this, when she should have. She was also relieved to know there was another copy of the letter she had stupidly ripped up during her lack of humanity stage. Caroline knew she would read it someday but for right now she needed to spend time with her sister.

"Mom wanted me to come back here" Sam sobbed. Caroline knew that her mother was trying to protect both of them, but why bring Sam back to the place that could ruin her? Caroline thought to herself."And she attached a letter to you in my letter" Sam said as she pulled the envelope out from her back pocket.

"It's like she knew I wouldn't handle it well" Caroline smiled as she grasped the letter.

"Mom knew us better than anyone"

"Thank you, Sam" Caroline said bringing her sister into an embrace. They stay in that moment until the door opened and a handsome man in leather walked in.

"I didn't think I was that drunk… I's be seeing two of the Caroline" he spoke as he stubble into the empty bed. Caroline instantly stood up and went over to him.

"Damon, I'm kind of in the middle of something" Caroline muttered.

"Drunk friend?" Sam asked. Sam was curious about this mystery man, he was very attractive and somehow was brooding from something which caused even more curiosity for the young Forbes.

"You could say that, he has been going through a bit of a rough time" Caroline stated as she turned to her sister.

"Anything I can do?" Sam asked. As she stood up and walked over to this man.

"Yeah would you mind grabbing a blood bag from my fridge?" Caroline asked, she didn't want Sam to close to Damon at this particular moment especially with him dealing with the whole Elena being alive tied with Bonnie situation. Sam gave her an odd look but went and grabbed one. Caroline ripped the bag open and handed it to Damon. A few moments later Damon stood up and looked over at the two.

"So there really was two of you" Damon smiled.

"Damon, I don't think you ever had the pleasure of meeting my little sister." Caroline smiled.

"Oh right the other Forbes, I think we met once" Damon smirked, as he held out his hand.

"It's Sam, and I can't quite recall" Sam replied and accepted the hand shake. Damon sent a frown to Caroline who knew exactly where they had met, only six short years ago.

"Not all memories are as good as mine" Damon smiled.

"Well Damon it was nice meeting you" Sam smiled back at him. Damon responded with a devilish grin before he felt a swift kick in his knee cap. He turned his attention towards Caroline who gave him a disapproving look.

"Well thanks for the pick me up Care bear. Sam I'll see you around sometime" Damon turned and left the room.

Caroline turned immediately after Damon left and gave Sam a similar disapproving look. Sam smiled at her older sister. "You know were not twins, we don't have telepathy" Sam snorted.

"Just be careful with that one, he is a little off hinge at the moment" Caroline responded. She didn't want Sam remembering the real reason why she left Mystic Falls. And like most of that have left before and after Sam it all surrounded the same similar factor of knowing Damon Salvatore. Caroline could help but laugh when she heard Sam's stomach rubble from across the room. "I think our discussion might need a little break, let's go grab you some food" Caroline smiled as she led Sam out of the room.

"And then I want to know everything" Sam muttered.

"Let's just do a little bit at a time, I don't want your head to explode" Caroline joked.

"Could that happen?" Sam eyed her sister. After everything she had started learning she had no idea what could or couldn't happen.

"Well if it did, I wouldn't clean it up" Caroline grinned at her sister. "And no it couldn't."

Sam still had a lot of questions, but at least she knew the answer to the most important one. Her mother had not suffered nor was killed by some supernatural being or fatal accident. She was weary of Caroline, but her big sister seemed to be in control for the time being. Only time would give her the answers she was looking for and being close to family and friends felt better than being across the country.

A/N: So that's the end of Chapter 3. If any readers have some feedback it would be awesome to share! Thank you to the review I have received. Reviews help me judge if you guys like it or not so let me know!