When they got back to the house it was a little past 9:30 at night. By 12, Sam was looking for a new case on his laptop and Dean was getting antsy.

"Got anything yet?" Dean asked hovering over Sam's shoulder

"Working on it," Sam sighed

"Well let me know" Dean said walking away

"Going somewhere?" Sam absently as Dean grabbed for his keys

"Someone has to bring home the bacon in this family" Dean shrugged on his jacket and looked over at Bela who was trying hard to look busy by flipping through one of Bobby's books

"Doing some research?" Dean asked

"Uhm, yes" she mumbled awkwardly at him, her eyes never leaving the pages. She didn't need to look up at him to know that he was confused.

"Right, well I'm heading out, are you coming along? Pool is always better in pairs"

"I can't," she said quickly "I'm feeling a bit beat" she looked at him and nodded reassuringly

Dean tilted his head and shrugged "Alright, see you later" and left.

Bela heaved a sigh of relief when she heard the car pull away a bit too loudly; Sam peeked over his computer at her suspiciously.

"This is a good book," she explained. Sam squinted his eyes for a better look at the cover.

"Are you reading an encyclopedia?"

Bela threw the book down and walked over to Sam.

"So what have you found so far?" Bela leaned over his shoulder

"I thought you were tired?" Sam asked accusingly

"I am" Bela smirked "I'm just trying to help"

Sam turned to face her "Are you?"

"Sam, I know you don't have any reason to trust me"

Sam scoffed in agreement

"But," she continued, "you can at least try"

"Why?" Sam raised and dropped his shoulder in a half shrug "Why should we trust you when all you have ever done was mess with us and try to get us killed"

Bela looked down at the floor "I've made mistakes" she raised her head slightly to make eye contact with Sam again

"But I paid for them handsomely" she continued "over and over, day in and day out for years, I paid for them. And I'm sorry but I can't take back what happened before."

Sam looked away uncomfortably

"I know you've made mistakes too so I know you understand" she pressed

Sam sighed defeated "Okay"

"Okay?" Bela shook her head in surprise "After four years of holding a grudge against me, we have one conversation and we're suddenly okay?"

Sam shrugged again "Yeah" he said simply

"Okay" she smiled hesitantly

"So you trust me again?"

"No" Sam answered shortly

"Right. But we're okay" Bela said with hope

"Water under the bridge" Sam agreed "for now"

"Well I'd say that we're making progress" Bela said teasingly

"Why don't you go get some sleep? We'll probably be heading off in the morning" Sam half smiled for brief moment before turning his attention back to his laptop

Bela straightened up "Speaking of sleep, maybe you should call it a night, you look like you haven't slept in days"

Sam's eyes met hers and lingered "Yeah, I will. Soon"

"Good night" Bela called over her shoulder as she headed towards the stairs

"Night" she heard Sam call back at her