POST LDiD Sookie and Bill have married and split. Now she is a single mother with an abusive ex. Can she find a future for herself and her daughter? After waiting for years, will Eric finally win her heart?
Take the first 2 books as cannon, except for a few minor details. Mainly that her friendships and relationships did not recover from the pits she encountered in book 1. I am sure you will spot them =]
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If I hadn't been grieving for Gran then I know I would have seen right through Bill. I couldn't believe had I overlooked all those times that he had manipulated me, dismissed my feelings or just outright laughed at me.
I looked at the phone again. Damn him, he was such a control freak! Ok vampire I know, but even Eric could see that if he wanted to work with me then he had to give a little. Guess that comes from surviving for over 1000 years huh, you know how to work people? Or was that how to play people? I smiled a little. A least with Eric I always knew that his intentions were manipulative, but we had discovered two can play that game. I looked at the message on the phone again, bringing my mind back to the vampire that was currently making me want to pull my hair out, or grab the nearest stake.
More demands, accusing me of trying to 'play' him. I got up to walk down the hallway, and I looked into my old room. I leaned against the doorway looking at the small form sleeping in the bed, absently rubbing the empty spot on my finger.
Part of me wished I had never said yes to Bill when he had proposed to me so soon after Grans death. But I was so lonely. Jason had hated me because Gran had left me all of the old farmhouse and land. Sam couldn't really forgive me for dating a vampire, and I just couldn't feel comfortable with him after I found out about how he really felt about me. Arlene couldn't stand to be near me after Rene, and my only other friend Tara and I hadn't been that close for a while. I had no-one, I was so lonely. And there was Bill.
I leaned my head against the door Jam and sighed, thinking back on that year. He had really swept me off my feet. He had been so sweet and ok a little possessive, but I was just so glad to have someone I could be comfortable with. And the possessiveness just proved that he appreciated me right? That he didn't want to lose me?
We had spent hours talking about his family and my family and he had even come clean about the queen. He had promised that he had fallen in love with me before Gran died, almost as soon as we had met. At least that was what he had said then. And I had believed him. And we had talked about having a family of our own, of me doing IVF. He had known exactly what to say to keep me happy. To keep control of me.
I walked back to the kitchen and sat at the table thinking of the man who had taken possession of my life so thoroughly, even after I had left him.
I couldn't turn back the clock and not be with Bill, I wouldn't have Lilly!
I just don't think he had ever expected what would happen to me once my maternal instinct kicked in. And I don't think either of us had expected his reaction to fatherhood.
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A/N Ok, so I would love to hear your thoughts and comments in a review =] Got any ideas on things you want to happen? I have a few (duh!) but would really like to hear yours too. Hope you enjoyed this. If you want to know my inspiration, or a little more about this story, please check my bio.
Quick note on why things did not recover with Jason and Arlene and Sam in the same way that they did in the book. Well I am looking at it that after Grans death, Bill became even more possessive of Sookie and did not let her see her friends quite as much as she did in the book. Also if you look in the 'Companion' it is only 4 months between Grans death, and when she goes to the orgy with Eric. Wouldn't have been hard for Bill to keep her ostracized for that long. So yeah, I bent cannon here ;)
And remember some of Sookies actions will be slightly out of Character. This is a Sookie who has come out of a very controlled relationship, she is a little mentally and emotionally bruised.
All mistakes are mine. These are not my charactars, they belong to Charlaine Harris. I am just borrowing them for a little bit of stress relief.