Author's note: many many thanks to Evenflo78 for her wonderful betaing J she deserves a bit of credit for most of the details, or magic in here. Be sure to read her stories as well, and review hers, as well as mine
I wake up in Sookie's bed, and it is soaking wet!
I also seem to feel the need to breathe and my chest feels heavy from the action but I continue breathing out of need. The scent and the wetness surrounding me reek of urine. I look over to my Sookie and notice she is not there. I then glance to the clock and see it's 4 am. I'm wondering what is going on and why I'm in the bed without Sookie, especially since it's only a few hours until dawn. The putrid odor causes my stomach to clench and I feel a foul taste form in my mouth. I jump from the bed in what seems to be slow motion.
Not liking the confusion I feel, I go looking for my bonded. It only takes a moment to realize my senses are not as sharp, and I can't seem to see as well in the dark. I stumble through the poorly lit house and find Sookie in the laundry room. I ask her what's going on but my voice sounds strangely rough and shaky.
"Eric, I'm afraid somehow you've turned human while we were resting. You must have gone into downtime and fell asleep or something and…" She pauses watching my reaction. "Well, you wet the bed." She turns back to the cabinet.
I stumble forward and a strange noise that almost sounds like a whimper bubbles up my throat.
"I'm getting new sheets from here and I'll change the bed. I'm not mad at you." She takes my hand and her skin feels like velvet on mine and it's the same temperature. "You probably didn't realize it was happening. Just try to remember, if you feel any kind of discomfort, try going to the bathroom and remember to put the toilet lid up." Sookie says matter-of-factly a hint of a smile plays on her lips.
Hmm, I think to myself, this is quite interesting. I remember earlier when Amelia was in her room chanting and shifting things around. Now I know what she was doing; the only question is, was it on purpose?
I remember hearing about her 'accidentally' turning her boyfriend into a cat, and her mentor had to turn him back into a human. I must have a talk with her, but I think first, I shall scare her shitless.
I go back and get the soiled sheets and mattress pad off the bed and put them in the washer, in order to prevent Sookie from having to touch my disgusting mess. I'm sure she had a rather nasty awakening from me wetting the bed. I help Sookie remake the bed and can't help but to notice how breath-taking she is, quite literally, even with my weakened vision.
Before I can get too carried away with my thoughts of Sookie and what I could be doing with her, I excuse myself.
Trying to focus in the dark and sorting through my jumbled and now slow thoughts is beginning to cause a throbbing in my head. But I have plans for the witch that must be tended to.
I take the stairs up to the witch's room and lay waiting in Amelia's closet.
After what seems like a very long time, I finally hear Amelia start moving
around. I also notice it seems to have gotten lighter. With a evil grin on my
face and laughter inside, I quickly get up and hide as best as I can in the
corner of the closet. I see the door open and jump out while shouting
"AARGHH".
I hear Amelia scream and watch her as she runs to Sookie's room,
frantically knocking on her door. She's saying "Help! Help! Eric just
jumped out of my closet. I think he's gonna do something to me"
I've follow Amelia without her knowing and when she turns around, she
screams again. I believe my lover may be outside where she can't hear. I
grab Amelia, attempting to calm her down and as her breathing slows, I ask her
to tell me what she's done.
"Oh my god, Eric! You nearly gave me a heart attack doing that to me." Amelia shrieks. "Get that smirk off your face, right now. It is NOT funny!"
The witch thought she could frighten me. I snicker at the thought and watch amused as she continues.
"Pam was here last night and she wanted me to try to put a spell on her to make her human for a month. I guess, somehow, I made you human instead. She gave me a few strands of hair that she pulled out of her head. She must have given me yours instead. It's not my fault."Well, well, I ponder only to myself. It seems as if Amelia's magic and Pam's never-ending trickery has struck again. Of all things, why would Pam do this? I know she loves to do things like baby showers and bridal showers and all those odd things she reads about in her "Dear Abby.""Thanks for telling me this witch. I mean, Amelia." I say as I begin urging her to the door. "Now, I believe Sookie may be outside if you will go fetch her and explain this to her. Leave me woman, I have a call I need to make." I watch as she leaves, obviously relieved.I remember Pam styling my hair like she enjoys doing sometimes. That, I assume, is how she managed to get hair out of my head. The mischievously annoying woman, most certainly will have a lot of explaining to do. I call Pam's cell and leave a message, since it is still daylight. "It seems that Amelia has managed to turn me human. The witch tells me she needed some of your hair for the spell. I'm positive you gave her my hair instead. We will discuss later whether it was intentional or not and what reasoning you have behind this. Exactly, what were you thinking even asking Amelia to try this? Don't you know she's botched her spells up before when she turned her boyfriend into a cat? I am sure that you now realize that the fact that I am human makes it easier for me to be killed. Have you not though of this?"
I hang up the phone, not only in anger, but in annoyance, at the fact that I seem to be out of breath due to my ranting.
