Author Note: This is the second part of The Trilogy of the Life of Eric and Sookie according to my fantasy. I took the liberty of using names and characters of Southern Vampires Mysteries from Charlaine Harris, which IMO, they rock! So please, Ms. Harris, don't sue me, because this is the way I say "I love you" to your works. Besides, I am poor and have only time and hobby. I promise to treat Eric gently, cross my heart ;).

All characters belong to Charlaine Harris. I don't have any rights or whatsoever on them. Except James and Victoria, a new character which I wrote for my friend, Net. And some other characters which might come up later.

Introduction

It was complicated.

Sookie thought, it was going to be just easy-peasy to tell James who his father was. His name was Eric Northman. Sookie had registered him as James Stackhouse, of course, but she never lied to him. His father was Eric Northman. James had heard the name since he was little, but he had never met the man, until recently. By 'recently', it meant, today.

But there was a tiny little complication. Eric Northman was a vampire. Not just a vampire, but as a vampire, he had been dead for almost fifteen years and now, he rose and shone from his undead death.

You see, it was complicated after all.

It was not about the fact that he was a vampire. Since the Japanese scientists were finally successful in inventing and perfecting 'True Blood'. True Blood was a trademark for a synthetic blood. According to its producers, 'True Blood" had every substance that blood had; iron, protein and electrolytes and it was able to replace the function of Blood, too. This 'True Blood' made vampires able to walk among the human and they did. They revealed themselves to the human and agreed not to drink human blood, unless the human themselves allow it. The consequences of their action varied all over the world. Some countries accepted and tolerated their existence without major problems, some refused them and even hunted them down and some were undecided. United States of America was one of those countries that tolerated and accepted their existence almost without problems. Of course, there were here and there refusals against the vampires. Some of the refusals were based on sociological reasons and the others were based on religious reasons. Some of those who refused and actively against the vampires were members of Fellowship of the Sun. For them, the existence of vampires itself was already a sin, let alone to have contacts with them.

Sookie did not give much thought about it, until she had to face the fact that Eric Northman had not died yet. He had been 'sleeping', to take it lightly. A wizard from Siberia – Boris Davydov, had performed a special ceremony and cast a spell on Eric. For almost fifteen years, he had been under a spell. Everybody had thought that Eric's changing into human was temporarily, a week, a month or maximum a year. Nobody had ever thought that the spell would have worked as long as the wizard himself had still lived. During that time, without knowing it, she herself had been also bonded. For almost fifteen years, she had been living without her telepathic ability. Sookie did not regret to live without it; in fact, it had been better that way. She had not had to 'listen' to unwanted comments or thoughts from others.

Now that Davydov died, the spell was broken. Her telepathic ability returned and like a sleeping beauty, Eric Northman rose from his dead. The different was, it was not a kiss that woke him up, but an early version of True Blood, accidentally spilled all over his face and the smell of her fresh blood.

Yet, what was the most reasonable way to tell a child that his father was an Undead? Moreover, how did somebody explain it in a scientific way that an Undead was able have a child?

Sookie herself was shocked to find herself pregnant a month after Eric's had been put in the coffin and taken away by Godric. She had not slept with any other man, but Eric. It took quite some time to realize that Eric had been a human when they had sex in the woods. She had not been in pills and Eric had not used condoms. As simple as that.

If Eric refused to believe that James was his son, both of them should stand in front of the mirror. Sookie was sure they would find many similarities in each other. James had bright blond hair and striking blue eyes. He was too tall for his age (he was 14 years old and around six feet. Sookie was afraid that by the age of 21 he was going to reach above 6'7" if he did not stop growing). Moreover, the way he carried himself; how he bent his shoulder a little bit and his habit, putting his hands inside his pockets and the way he smirked from time to time…all of those were shouting: I am Eric!

It was not getting any easier either when Eric, James and Sookie herself were in the Northman Mansion's kitchen, talking about it. Sookie tried her best to explain the situation to James, with a hope that if James saw and talked to Eric, he would understand, but the result was James paced around the kitchen angrily.

He accused Sookie hiding the facts about who he really was. He also accused her of being ashamed to have a vampire as a lover (this sentence made Eric lift his eyebrow and look at her sharply), or being of losing her job if people knew that she had had a relationship with a vampire. Moreover, he accused her of being hypocrite to hate Godric and other vampires, but behind their back, she had a child with a vampire, not just any other vampire, but Godric's son!

"That's enough," Eric said. "Respect your mother."

James looked at Eric. "Or what?!"

Eric emptied another bottle of his red wine, and put it on the table. His red wine was not any kind of wine. Now that Sookie knew the existence of True Blood, she could not call 'that wine' wine anymore. It was an early version of 'True Blood'. Sookie remembered how Eric had jumped all over her and cleaned up her mouth with his tongue when he had seen her drinking it. Without being able to stop herself, she felt a familiar feeling crawling on her body. That action itself had not given her those certain feelings; it was Eric's kiss afterward. A kiss which could have led to something more, if Eric had not left her.

Suddenly Eric turned around and looked at her with a faint smile on his lips. On his eyes was that tempting look, which Sookie knew very well. He touched his own lips with his thumb, wiping the non-existing trace of wine and gave Sookie one more look before he took another bottle. He had drunken four bottles of his red wine and it looked like he was still thirsty. After fifteen years of being locked up in a coffin, Sookie believed, Eric could empty every bottle of True Blood, which was available in the whole area of Louisiana!

Damn! Sookie sighed. She had forgotten that Eric could sense her feelings because of her blood that he had sucked. Maybe after fifteen years, the effect of her old blood had faded away, but certainly not the fresh one, which Eric had just sucked from her some hours ago. Damn, damn, damn!

Eric drank the wine, and then put the bottle on the table. Slowly he rose and walked toward James. His broad shoulder blocked the lamp and James from Sookie's view. She did not know what he was doing, but she did not like it because she was not able to see James' reaction.

What is he doing? Why is he asking me to obey him? James thought.

Sookie was shocked to hear James' thought. Eric was trying to glamour him! Without waiting any longer, Sookie put herself between them, and pushed Eric away. "Don't you dare glamouring him!"

"I can defend myself!" James said loudly. He was clearly offended by her act, but Sookie did not care. There was no way that she would allow Eric to glamour him.

Suddenly Eric growled.

Sookie moved backward, she felt James hand grabbing hers. That hand was shaken. James was scared. Anybody would be scared seeing how Eric was now. His fangs were out and his eyes flickered; and the voice that he had just made, Sookie believed it would make anybody's hair curl.

"Now I have to deal not only with one, but two Stackhouses!" Eric said. "Stubborn, reckless and emotional beings."

Sookie folded her arms in front of her chest. What did he say?

Eric snorted. "I can see now that you are your mother's son."

Sookie turned her head to see what Eric meant and she saw James was also folding his arms in front of his chest. The different was, he pouted his mouth, just like Eric when he was angry. Hastily Sookie unfolded her arms, so did James.

"What are we going to do now?" she asked James. "Somehow we have to get along, James." She touched James' hand. "I am not ashamed of having a vampire as a lover." (Eric looked at her with calculating eyes, as if he wanted to make sure that he was hearing her sentence correctly) "Otherwise, you wouldn't have been born. I do not hide the facts about your father. You've known his name since you were a child, haven't you?"

James nodded.

"My relationship with Godric…let's just say, it is complicated. So many things happened between Godric and me that make us…not go easily on each other. And how could you accuse me of being afraid of losing my job, when in fact, I work for a vampire?"

James looked unease.

"We have always been honest to each other, haven't we? Did I ever lie to you?"

James shook his head. "Except about him," he said. He did not point at anybody, but Sookie knew, he meant Eric.

"I didn't know that he's still alive…not dead…ah…" Sookie tried to find the right word to explain Eric's condition. She knew it was useless, but she had to try somehwow. "Your father was a human the day I conceived you. He was willing to be a human in order to be able to say goodbye, but no he didn't do it for me." Sookie added the sentence hastily when she saw James opening his mouth, protesting. "He did it for his lover." Sookie emphasized the word 'lover' so that Eric knew how she felt about his decision to choose Aude over her.

"I did it for my wife," Eric jumped in the conversation. He seemed not to be very happy with her choice of word.

The word 'wife' was not exactly the right word for the moment. James, who had been a little bit calm down after hearing her explanation, was again in rage. His eyebrows met in the middle and his eyes were watery. "What? You had a wife when you were with my mother?!"

"It was…complicated." Eric turned the bottle upside down.

"You cheated on your wife with my mother?! You've got my mother pregnant and left her for your wife…"

"Now, wait a minute…" Eric said, but too late. James shook Sookie's hand and moved away from both of them.

"What are you for a man?!" James walked to the door, but suddenly he turned around. "At least you loved my mother, right?"

Eric looked at Sookie and then James, opened his mouth, but nothing came out.

"Right?!" James' face was getting redder. His mouth was trembled.

Sookie waited nervously for Eric's answer. Right, Eric?

"I chose to spend my last night as a vampire with her," finally, Eric opened his mouth.

Great! That's not what your son wants to hear, you stupid man!

"Aaargh!" James stormed out of the kitchen, slamming the door behind him.

"Great, Northman. Great!" Sookie ran after James.

Eric looked at her. His eyes were as cold as ever. "I told him the truth."

"Oh, men can be so stupid sometimes!" Sookie said, opening the door and calling James' name.

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