Dean smiled a little. He was pretty sure that the responsible, big brother thing to do would be to send Sam off without him rather than drag him in deeper, but he just couldn't bring himself to do it. He just got him back. Didn't want to lose him again so soon.

"Alright. You don't have to go to meet the sheriff. I'll come back and pick you up after." If Sam hadn't liked Eric, he almost certainly wouldn't like the local sheriff and a half dozen of her 'employees'.