[ caroline smiles. a really, big, genuine one. she lives here. and jenna - it means a lot to her that jenna would care so much. ]

I'll totally pull me weight, though. No couch potato for me.

[ getting a job, for one, would be her pulling her weight around here. ]

I'll go job hunting. Whoever wants a blonde vampire, they're getting one. [ she smiles.

then, with an inhale - and all the tension sapped from her body - she smiles warmly: ] Thank you, Jenna. It means a lot to me that you're even giving me a chance.