Caroline and Sam talked on the phone from time to time since their encounter at the motel. Even had phone sex a few time. She couldn't deny that he had gotten under her skin. She knew vampires felt things more intensely, but Sam took her to new highs. She drifted from town to town before she decided to get an apartment in a little town called Sioux Falls. It was quiet and a lot like home, which she missed terribly but couldn't bring herself to go back. Bonnie Visited when she told her she found an apartment.

"Care, why don't you just come home?" bonnie asked as they sat in the floor of her 2 bedroom apartment sipping red wine as they unpacked.

"I'm not ready," she said looking at the DVDs as she pulled them from a box and organized them under her TV set.

Bonnie sighed taking a drink from her glass. "It's been over a year," she pointed out.

Caroline sighed and stood up to start on another box, "I know, Bon, but I just… cant" she said knowing she couldn't go back to the home she shared with her mother. "I've got to start over. I don't know if I will come back anytime soon." She said

Bonnie helped her finish with the unpacking before they had dinner. They stay up half the night talking about everything they had missed in each other's lives, and in the morning Bonnie left. Caroline spent the day making sure that her apartment was perfectly Caroline.

She heard her phone ringing as she sat on the couch watching reruns of Gossip Girl. "Hello?" She said not reconizing the number.

"Hey Care, It's Sam…"

"Oh, Hey," she said tossing the empty blood bag in the waste bin. "Havent heard from you in a few weeks I was worried you forgot about me," she teased.

"I never," he chuckled through the phone. "We have been working on a case, been pretty busy. Finally crashing at Bobby's" he said taking a drink from a beer.

"Well, I'm glad you have a real bed, not some roach motel," she teased

Sam laughed "Yeah, where are you this week?" he asked.

"Well, I've kind of got an apartment. I found this quaint town called Sioux Falls, its a lot like my home town, so I decided to get a place."

"Sioux Falls? As in South Dakota?" he asked

"that's the one. You know it?" she asked

"Know it?" he laughed at the irony. "I'm here, Bobby's house is just outside of the town," he said

"Really?" she said realizing she sounded a little too excited. "I… um… That's cool," she said.

Sam smiled a little to him self "Why don't you text me your address ill pick up some take out"

Caroline smiled " Yeah sounds awesome, see you soon,"

"See you," He said and hung up.

Caroline texted him her address before grabbing a quick shower. She slipped into her Denim shorts and white tank top. She didn't need make up her skin was Flawless so she simply added some mascara and blush. She downed a blood bag not wanting to vamp out again. He was delicious.

There was a tap at the door and had to force herself to walk human speed to the door. "Hey, Care," he said softly. He couldn't deny he had missed her. She was sweet and funny and the last time he saw her was the first time.

"Hey," she said. Sam set the bag with the food in it on the floor inside the door and caught her in his arms kissing her. Caroline wrapped her arms around him kissing him back deeply. They stood there holding and kissing each other before they pulled away. "Hi," Caroline said again a little breathless.

Sam chuckled, "Hi," he said stepping back and grabbing the food before setting it on the table. "I got Thai. I swear my brother could eat burgers 3 meals a day for the rest of his life and it wouldn't bother him" he said and shaking his head. "um, Drink much?" he asked seeing the empty and half empty bottle of Bourbon.

Caroline laughed and grabbed them "Yeah, It helps with cravings." She said taking a swig before putting it back in the freezer. Caroline grabbed plates. "You want some wine?" she asked

"Yeah sure"

Caroline put the plates on the table before grabbing a bottle and 2 glasses. They sat down and served up the food. Sam told her all about their most daring cases. Caroline laughed till she cried. They moved to the couch and sat there talking and laughing till they lost track of time. Only reason they stopped is they ran out of wine.

"Shall I open another?" she asked

Sam chuckled "Or something stronger" he said.

Caroline smiled and rose from the couch returning with scotch, "How's this?" she asked. Sam smiled and nodded "Perfect" he said.

She decided to turn on a movie on low for back ground noise.

"So… Can I ask you something?" Sam asked as she filled their glasses.

"Sure, why not" she said and sat agasint the arm of the couch her legs over his since he sat in the middle of the couch.

"You say you left Mystic falls cause of you mom, but I feel like there is more," he said, her face told him that he was right. "What is it?" he asked his thumb stroking her leg softly.

Caroline looked at the glass in her hands. Sam waited as she downed the whole thing and refilled it before she answered. "Stefan." She said "I met him when I was human," she said. "An old flame of his turned me to get back at him for dating a friend of mine. He helped me, taught me how to feed off animals, but I prefer blood bags. " she looked at Sam his deep eyes understanding. Most guys wouldn't want to listen to their fuck buddy talk about some other guy, but Sam was different. He listened to her. "He became my best friend, When he and Elena left him for his brother. I helped him through that. I fell for him" she said shaking her head. "Stupid," she said softly. Sam touched her cheek she hadn't even realized a tear had fallen.

"Hey, He is the stupid one, any guy who doesn't see how special you are is stupid." He said.

"It's not that" she said looking at him, "He kissed me, made me believe he cared… Then my mom died. He shut down, I needed him and he wasn't there. So, I flipped my switch. I killed people, forced him to turn his off so they couldn't use my feelings for him to turn mine back on." She looked ashamed. "We killed together, Fed together." She shook her head. "then they flipped his switch, our friends, then he flipped mine and I remembered everything we had done and I couldn't face… him… or me… I had to get out, so I did" she said

Sam looked at her "I've killed people… Innocent people… I lost my soul which I guess is the same as turning off your humanity" he said and kissed her lips softly "You aren't that person any more, even Dean told me to tell you hi" he said and chuckled. Caroline smiled and slid into his lap and kissed him.

His hands held her hips as he kissed her back. Sliding his hands up her sides he lifed her shirt touching her smooth skin. "I forgot how soft you are" he said kissing down her neck.

Caroline opened the buttons on his shirt. Her hands tracing the grooves and planes of his chest before she slid off his lap and breaking the kiss. "This way" she said and pulling him along. He pulled her against him a few times to pin her against the wall. Leaving a trail of clothes behind them. Caroline moaned softly as his hands gripped her ass as he carried her into the bedroom. Last time they were ravenous he want to explore her this time.

They were Nude by the time they made it to the bedroom. "Mm, Sam, You are so perfect" she said straddling him has he sat on the edge of the bed on hand sliding down her ass to her pussy, slipping his fingers inside her.

She moaned softly moving her hips a little. Moving her lips down his neck, she enjoyed his scent. "Yes, perfect" she said and kissed his lips lifting off his fingers positioning herself over him. He teased her entrance with the head of his penis. Caroline rolled her hips on him. She slid down on him slowly working her hips on him. "Oh damn" he said softly.

Caroline kissed his lips deeply as she works her hips up and down on him. She moaned softly letting her head fall back. "Mm, Sam" she moaned feeling his lips on her neck. She felt a sharp sting as his hand smacked her ass. She gasped and moaned gripping his shoulders.

She lost track of how many times he sent her over the edge. He lasted rounds longer than any human ever had. "Shit," she gasped as he pushed her over the edge for a final time and filled her again.

Sam kissed her as he slid out of her. "Damn it, Care" he said and dropped on the bed beside her. The sun was coming in the window he knew she should be heading back to Bobby's. Caroline rolled, laying her head on his chest, making the choice for him. He pulled the blankets over then wrapping his arm around her shoulders.