you had gotten hurt on last weeks hunt so you weren’t allowed to go in physical hunts for a little while. sam was your boyfriend and he didn’t want you getting hurt again too soon. he let you take the majority of his research job so you didn’t feel left out. most of the time they’ve come back to the motel to find you drinking some sort of alcohol. it wasn’t to get drunk, you were just bored most the time. this time they came back to find you with deans hidden whiskey flasks. 