"You really care about him, huh?" Sam squinted off at Hermione as she sat down, scooting over a little to ensure that she had plenty of room to comfortably join him. "What do you see in him, exactly?" Sam hadn't meant for that statement to come out that way. It almost seemed like, to him, he was trying to say that Adam wasn't good enough for her or something. That was hardly the case. Sam ran a hand through his hair and tried again. "I mean, why are you still hanging around this mess of a family when you could be someplace else? Someplace better? We're hardly the picture idea of perfect here." He didn't think Hermione expected perfect, but he did know that most people in their right mind wouldn't want to be a part of this family, nor would they want to bother getting close with them. They all had this annoying tendency to end up dead one way or another. And if they didn't end up dead, their loved ones did. Hermione really had no idea what she was getting herself into, did she?
Sam didn't think he had to clarify that he didn't mind her being her. Sam liked Hermione. He used to admire her when he read the books back when he was younger, so her presence was more positive than most others would have been if they were standing her shoes right now. Still, Sam didn't want to see Hermione get hurt. With his mind on the recent discovery of Brady being the one to kill his last girlfriend, Jessica, and with their recent ghoul hunt only just out of the way, he really couldn't help but worry.
"Don't get me wrong here. I think Adam is a great kid. I just...I know my family. We attract bad things on a regular basis and the people closest to us are always the first to get burned." Like Jess. Literally, burned alive on the ceiling of his apartment. Sam looked down at his hands thoughtfully, biting down onto his lip as he did so. "I like you, Hermione. That's why I'm bringing this up. I think you and Adam...well, I think you make him happy. I just want to make sure you know what you're getting yourself into by becoming involved with this family." It was one thing to be dating him back in Lawrence. It was another to come all the way out here and help deal with the aftermath of one of their hunts. That was...it was a step. A big one.