The story won't follow the show's storyline, there will be some major changes

Chapter 2

Mi casa es su casa

9 months earlier

"Welcome cousin," Christian said while Sam followed him into a nice little house. "Mi casa es su casa and so on. Arlene! I'm home, sweetness!"

A blue-eyed blonde woman hurried to the door and kissed Christian. She was wearing a peachy dress that complimented her breasts. Not bad. Sam could see why Christian had been so eager to get home.

"Welcome home, baby," the woman purred.

Christian smiled and touched her hair before turning to look at Sam.

"This is Sam."

"Hello," Sam greeted his hostess.

The woman gave him a wide smile.

"Nice to meet you, Christian has told me a lot about you."

"Good things, I hope," Sam replied, smiling politely.

"Of course," she giggled. "You're more than welcome here."

"Thank you, ma'am."

She huffed and waved her hand.

"Don't be silly, call me Arlene. We're family!"

She seemed like a perky woman and judging by the delicious smell, she could cook. However, her bright smile vanished as soon as Esme came in. For a moment Sam had forgotten her completely, she was usually quite unnoticeable. Arlene glanced at her tensely before looking at her husband.

"Couldn't Mark take her for a change?"

Christian gave his wife an apologetic look.

"I'm sorry, he couldn't."

Arlene sighed.

"Fine."

Sam observed the scene curiously. Clearly Christian's wife didn't want Esme in her house. Why was that? As far as he could tell, Esme didn't bother anyone, she usually stayed quiet. Christian's father, who had also been a hunter, had found her when she had still been a small child and he had raised her. After his death, Esme had stayed with Christian. Sam had noticed that Christian was sometimes quite hard on her, but he understood why. She needed to remember her place and follow orders. Mark usually called her a freak, but as Samuel had said, she was a very useful tool.

"I'm sorry," Arlene said as she suddenly seemed to remember Sam. "Please, come in."

Sam smiled and complimented the decor of the house while following Christian and Arlene to the living room. Esme came in after him, there was no expression on her face. If Arlene's words had insulted her, she didn't show it.

"Dinner is almost ready," Arlene chirped, returning to her role as a polite hostess.

"Do you need help?" Christian asked. "Esme can…"

"No," Arlene cut in. "But she can go and prepare the guestroom for Sam."

"That's really not necessary," Sam assured. "I'm more than happy to sleep on the couch…"

"Absolutely not," Arlene chirped. "You're our guest."

"Alright, thank you."

"Beer?" Christian asked after Arlene had gone to the kitchen and Esme upstairs. "I also have some pretty good whiskey."

"No, thanks," Sam replied. "I appreciate you invited me here."

"Of course. I think we both need a good night sleep."

"Yeah." Sam paused, trying to choose his next words right. "About Esme…"

"Yeah, Arlene doesn't really like her," Christian sighed. "Not that I can blame her, I would like our home for just the two of us as well, but… You know. I can't just dump her to Mark or Gwen. I've been thinking about asking Samuel…"

"I have a better idea," Sam cut in. "I could take her."

Christian's eyes widened.

"You? Why?"

Sam smiled.

"She's a nice girl, we get along fine. I wouldn't mind looking after her."

"Wait, wait, have you two…?"

"No, no," Sam assured. "I wouldn't do something like that behind your back."

Christian crossed his arms.

"But you would like to?"

"Well… I do like her very much and if that's alright with you, I would like to find out does she feel the same way."

Christian was quiet for a moment. Sam kept the polite smile on his face, waiting for the other man's reply. The real reason why he wanted Esme wasn't his attachment to her, definitely not. She was useful and he knew he could make her agreeable with few kind words.

"I don't know," Christian sighed. "I have use for her…"

"That won't be a problem," Sam assured. "We hunt together, that won't change. She would be with us, just like before. The only difference is that you wouldn't have to take care of her anymore. You and Arlene could finally be alone."

"I'm not sure if my dad would agree her living with a man before marriage," Christian replied. "Even though she is what she is, he cared about her and I promised him I would look after her."

Sam considered his words for few seconds before offering the obvious solution.

"I wouldn't mind marrying her."

"What?" Christian asked disbelievingly. "Are you serious?"

"Yeah," Sam replied smiling. "I think we both know how lonely life is for people like us, I've dreamt of having what you have with Arlene. Esme is a very sweet girl and I really believe we could be happy together."

"She can be very difficult," Christian argued. "Not to mention, do you really want to have kids with someone like her?"

"I don't want to have kids at all," Sam replied. "I just want someone I can talk to on the road, someone to share this life with. I really care about Esme; I wouldn't be having this talk with you otherwise. Do I have your permission to date her?"

"I guess so," Christian replied after a moment of silence. "It would be great to have her out of this house, but she can't exactly go and find herself some random guy. But since you already know what you're bargaining for, go ahead."

"Thank you," Sam said smiling. "I'll take a good care of her. I promise."