Opened Eyes
Disclaimer: I do not own any characters I just wanted to play with them a little bit please do not sue it would only be a waste of your money and time as I am as poor as you can get and not live on the streets.
Summary: Sookie makes a discussion on her wedding day to Sam that changes the lives of everyone who knows her some for the better some for the worse but she finally see's what she has to do in order to find the happiness that she has always wanted even if it means giving up a normal life.
As I sat in my room waiting for Jason to come in to walk me outside I thought over everything that has happened to me in the last few years and how I got her between Grans death, Bill, Quinn, Amelia and Alcides betrayal how could I possible know who to trust and I always blamed Eric I don't even know why I did it I think it probably had to do with the fact that I knew from that first night at Fangtasia when I looked into his eyes that he was the one and it frightened me to death. I wanted him more than anything ever before but before I could fully grasp what I was thinking Bill of course interrupted me and then I felt bad for ogling another vampire right in front of the vampire I was with although looking back I shouldn't have since I told him that it was not a date but knowing now about the blood the bastard was using his blood against me. I have finally ended our friendship after I overheard him talking to someone on the phone about how he is working on getting me back and that he was close little did he know that was never going to happen so when I walked into the room and told him very calmly that I never wanted to see him again that any feelings I ever had for him have been gone for a long time and where never going to return no matter what he thought and that I felt we could no longer be friends well let's just say he was not happy and as usual blamed it on Eric who is stuck for the next one hundred ninety nine years thanks to his Maker and also me since he added an extra hundred years for my protection even though I just learned that little detail yesterday and was pissed. Well I lost any cool that I might have had with Bill and stood right in his face and told him that it has nothing to do with Eric and he couldn't blame everything on other people eventually you have to look in the mirror and say this is on me and own it and walked out that was three months ago and I have not heard from him since even though he still lives right across the cemetery unfortunately.
Now I am here waiting to be brought down to my soon to be husband whom I am not in love with because he convinced me that he could give me the normal life I always wanted funny how the saying is you never know what you have until its gone is so right I miss Eric every day and right then I decide that I cannot continue like this for the last year I have been fake to everyone including myself and I cannot keep going like this I have decided to put a stop to my own pathetic wedding that never should have happened I quickly take my dress and shoes off put my jeans and t shirt back on go to the bathroom wash the pound of makeup off my face and put my hair up in a ponytail it has been dark for about an hour know since I invited Pam and Karen to my wedding even though my relationship with Pam is strained she is still my best friend and supports my decisions even though she will probably find a way to report that I am remarried to Eric once it is done and that is why she is coming but she is in for a surprise. I am taking my life back tonight and if I have my way that will include freeing Eric even if he has decided he doesn't want me anymore he does not deserve what his Maker has done to him and I will not allow it any longer I will get him back it is the last thing I do
. Just as I finish this thought there is a knock on my door I open it to see Jason on the other side when he sees me his eyes bug out of his head and he is just staring at me like I have lost my mind so I just smirk and tell him to come in as I walk over to my phone and hit speed dial 2 to call Pam she answers on the first ring and I ask her to come up to talk to me for a second and to bring Karen and then hang up before she can ask me other questions since there are Supes out there and I don't want them knowing what is going on since I am upstairs in Amelia's old room that has been warded so you cannot hear what is going on outside it is perfect for what I am about to tell them I motion for Jason to sit and tell him that I will explain when they get here and then sit next at the chair tucked under a desk Amelia left behind and wait.
Chapter 2
Pam walked in a few minutes later followed by Karen they both took one look at me and let out an unnecessary sigh, Pam was smirking as she reached into her huge bag and pulled a pink blouse and dark jeans out of it and changed quickly then sat down staring at me while I watched every move she made as Karen stood up against the wall and wait for me to speak. As I look around I realize that Sam needs to be here also to hear what I have to say and although this is going to be really hard to explain but it was time for me to do what was right for me not what everyone else thought I should want because this was not it. With that thought in mind I sent Jason down to get Sam to come upstairs and once again waited the few minutes but know I was worried and not feeling quite so confident but I knew this was the right thing to do. When Sam came in he immediately came to my side and asked what was wrong and I guess the look on my face told him everything because he immediately started pacing and yelling and even though I usually try to stay out of my head I dropped my shields to hear what he was thinking and let me tell you it was not what I thought at all "this cannot happen everything I have done to get her to agree to marry me and now she is going to just walk away I cannot allow this to happen the king will kill me he wants her and he knows the only way to get around the contract is if she is married to me and I give her to him it's the only way he will be able to keep her and there will be nothing Eric can do because she chose this well not really of her own free will but she doesn't know that" I had heard enough and before I could stop myself I punched him in the face causing him head to jerk back and at the same minute he realized I heard him Pam had him in her grip waiting to see what was going on, I looked at her to find her smirking down at him waiting but he was staring at me with a mix of anger and worry in his eyes as I explained what I hear from his head and then gasped as Jason punched him again breaking his nose and both Pam and Karen growled at him. I looked to Pam to see what to do and she immediately took charge of the situation sending Karen out to get rope from her mini-van she was back quickly and Sam was tied to the chair while I was thinking about how to explain to the guests when Jason spoke up and said that I should tell them the truth about Sam was going to betray you and why it's not like everyone attending doesn't know about me anyway so it shouldn't be hard for them to understand at least the important ones and the rest I don't really car but I was worried about Sam's mom turning on me so I asked if Karen would escort me outside. When we got out there and everyone saw me there was a loud gasp and then complete silence at least on the outside but the thoughts were bombarding me so I grabbed Karen's arm to stop the thoughts took a deep breath and then stood on the raised platform that was put up for Sam and I to be married on and explained it all when I was finished I waited to see what everyone would say and of course it was Sam's mom who to everyone's surprise laughed before standing up and looking around at everyone staring at her and then said I tried to warn him but he wouldn't listen to me, never listen's to me and know he has gone and pissed of not only an entire town that he lives in but some really old vampire's also well it's meeting you all but I am going back to Texas but before she could finish Karen had her by the arm dragging her into the house and then everyone was quietly watching me waiting to see what I was going to do so I shrugged my shoulders thanked everyone for coming told them to enjoy the food and but to stay out of the house and Jason would be out shortly and walked back into the house as calm as I could and as soon as I got inside I started laughing hysterically I couldn't believe how this day was going and I thought my first wedding night was bad this totally topped the worse wedding days in the world and the night has just begun things really are always exciting when I am around Pam no wonder she likes to keep me around.
Chapter 3
The Truth Hurts
The look in Sam's face in laughable when we walk I walk in he cannot take his eyes off his mother being tied up to one of my kitchen chairs which I assume Karen brought up with her, I nod at her and go to stand directly in front of Sam and although I don't want to I know I don't have a choice but to go back into his head to get the information I need because he will never tell me on his own that would just be to simple, I reach out put my hand on his neck since his hands are tied behind the chair and I touching his face is to intimate unless its with my fist and drop my shields to listen to him again "She will never understand I was in debt the $100,000 she gave me wasn't even close to enough but how could I tell her it's bad enough I made her a partner in my business because I knew if I did she would never ask for the money back now I will be lucky if the fuckin' vamps don't kill me tonight maybe they will make it quick so that De Castro cannot torture me for failing him. It doesn't really matter if I fail tomorrow night Bill will show up and take her by force since I re invited him into the house without her knowing.
Sam I say startling him out of his thoughts, he looks up at me and realized that I am touching him and that I was listening to his thoughts and snarls at me like the animal he is and then looks down in defeat and I know that it is time to ask my questions. I take a deep breath and start with a simple question. Sam what exactly was your plan and what did you mean when you thought earlier that I did not really choose this of my own free will what have you done to me to take away my will? He just stares at me with a shocked look on his face and doesn't want to say it out loud but I have already heard it all he was ordered to put a potion in my drink every Sunday evening before bed that the king ordered his witch in Las Vegas to make for me, when ingested it would make me think that I was in love with the person who served it to you and want to do anything to make them happy he started giving it to me a week before the Were war when I used the Cluvial Dor on him and was extremely happy to see that the potion was working, he knew she didn't really love him but he didn't care he stopped loving her a long time ago but she was a loyal employee willing to drop anything when he called, he was glad that Jannalynn tried to kill him because it took the only thing that could have saved Northman from his contract and left her for him to swoop in and take his place. He was trying to figure out what went wrong with the potion that it stopped working all of a sudden and he chose that second to speak out loud and asked why didn't it work?
She stared down at him and no longer saw the man that she thought of as a friend and only the monster he became for money something she could never understand because money was never important to her she stepped back and just watched him not knowing where to begin to tell the others everything she has heard in the last few minutes she was embarrassed, sad, and most importantly angry, she had a Vampire who loved her and she loved him even through this entire year of him being gone she still loved him and because of the greed of so many others she lost him and then pushed him away to the point that even after she rescues him she doubts that he will want her back and with that thought she finally let the dam break as the tears flowed down her cheeks she told everyone what she had heard and then walked out the room and down to her bedroom and crawled under the covers pulling one of Eric's shirts out of the drawer next to her bed she laid back and hugged it to her chest. She knew she wasn't done with Sam and his mother but she needed to come to terms with all the information she had just learned and then she could go back and finish what needed to be done she was more determined than ever to save Eric and needed to find out from Pam what to do about Bill because she had no doubt that he would be there first thing tomorrow night and with that in mind she sat up and whispered into the darkness William Thomas Compton I Rescind Your Invitation to My Home.
A few minutes later her door opened and Pam quietly laid next to her and rubbed her arm until the tears that she didn't even realize were still flowing stopped. I sat up and Pam followed next to me watching to make sure I was ok I nodded my head and she gave me a small smile that turned into a smirk than quickly her deadpanned expression and I knew right then everything would be fine I would do what need to be done and think about everything else later Eric needed me to save him and I needed this chapter of my life to end so I could hopefully be happy. I got out of bed and headed back up the stairs to finish the interrogation.
Chapter 4
Mommy Dearest
I stand outside the door listening to Sam tell his mother to not say anything that I will not allow any harm to come to them because I don't like violence and although its true he is going to learn right along with his mother and Bill I am done letting everyone walk all over me it is time for me to embrace who and what I am if I truly want to prove to Eric that I want to be with him than I need to stop running so with that in mind I open the door and walk straight over to Bernadette and grab her shoulder right above the tacky green dress she is wearing and drop my shields and ask her the only question I have for her. Bernadette I ask what is your part in all of this and her thoughts are awful is she kidding this whole thing was my idea why else would allow my son to marry a non-shifter as soon as she is gone I will introduce him to Talia in Texas he can sell his stupid bar and come back and start a family and have more pure bred shifters they will be good together.
I interrupt her thoughts to get her back to what I need to know by asking her again what her part was the entire time I haven't stopped listening but I am getting tired from trying to get through the snarly red of her mind but I keep pushing Sam doesn't know exactly how much I am involved with this but what he doesn't know won't kill him this Bitch better not tell him or I will take great joy in killing her after Bill takes care of the two Vamp Bitches he said he would get them to agree to stay in his house and would fight the sun and stake them before he dies for the day so they will not be able to help her tomorrow when he takes her and I am sure that Bill will not live long after he kills the Northman's Children so I won't have to worry about him for long either its great I can wipe that debt out and then go home with my boy and watch my grandbabies grow up she probably doesn't even know that I only spent $150.00 on her ring she is so pathetic but soon it will be over she won't do anything to us so when she lets us go I will send Bill right away to get it over with.
When I am done listening to her I let my hand fall away and step back I don't even care how else she is involved she has plans in place to kill the only real friends I have she will not get out of this alive not know and if I thought that I wouldn't have to kill Bill before now I know for sure he needs to go but maybe we will hold him in silver so Eric can have the honor of getting rid of him once and for all I know he never killed him before because of me but I just cannot find it in me to care what happens to him. He has hurt me for the very last time he just doesn't know it yet but he will very soon.
I turn and look at Sam who has been yelling at me to stop listening to his mother she had nothing to do with it, I just stare at him and realize that he has no clue how fucked they really are because Bernadette did let him in on everything but still he is just as culpable as she is and I cannot allow our fake friendship to cloud my judgment in this matter and an idea pops into my head and I run back down to my room and grab the silver chain and a pair of leather gloves and two scarves from my closet to keep the shifters quiet from my closet and my cell phone on my way back upstairs I hand the gloves to Karen to put on then hand her the silver and ask her to put Sam and Bernadette in the room next door for a few moments. When she returns I pick up my phone and dial, after three rings he answers.
Chapter 4 Oh Bill You Have Been A Very Naughty Boy
This is Bill he says as he answers and I cannot help but roll my eyes at his greeting but I just sigh into the phone then start my academy award winning conversation with my douchebag ex
Sookie: HI Bill its Sookie how are you?
Bill: I am good why are you calling I thought you were getting married tonight?
Sookie: I was but we got into an argument after the wedding and he left with his mother a few minutes ago said he needed to be alone for a little bit so I left the guests to eat the food and enjoy there evening and I know that you are always willing to listen to me when I have a bad day could you come over for a few minutes.
Bill: Sure I will be there in five minutes.
Sookie: Thank you Bill can you come to the front door since guests are still in the back?
Bill: Sure Sookie I will see you soon.
I roll my eyes as I hang up the phone and Pam starts clapping her hands at my acting skills, she smirks at me and then we go downstairs to wait for Bill to arrive Karen decides to go around back and then follow him into the house while Pam goes and waits in the kitchen so he has to escape unless he goes out a window which would be funny but doubtful a couple minutes later there is a knock on the door, I answer it and invite bill into the living room and leave the door open so Karen can just walk in.
Would you like a blood Bill? No Sookie tell me what happened, I sit on the chair across from him and start my story with a smile on my face. I tell him about what happened and that I just couldn't go through with it and I see the panic on his face and give a single nod to Karen and she quickly raps the silver around his neck and pulls him over the couch onto the floor and kneels on his chest, He hisses out his pain and demands to know what is going on. I rise from the chair and walk around the couch and smile down at his surprised face as I tell him that I learned all about his plans by listening in to Sam and Bernadette's thoughts and that he was not going to get away with it, I look at Karen and ask her to tie him up with the others and to watch them while I take Pam to check out Bills house to see if we can find any evidence of what Felipe has planned because that could be a simple way of getting Eric out of his contract and watch as she drags and smoking bill up the stairs and then go to get Pam in the Kitchen.
When we get to Bills I notice that there is a void in one of the rooms upstairs and whisper to Pam and she Vamp runs into the house and a few seconds later she is back with a naked hissing Thalia with Blood all over her I run into the house and straight to the fridge and grab all the blood and throw four into the microwave and take two outside since it will not make a difference at this point because she will just slam them down quickly I give them to Pam and then run inside to get the rest of them for her and shake them as I run back outside. Pam is standing over her as she drinks making sure that she gains control and I go inside to look for clothes for her to wear as I walk into the room across from Bills all I see is blood and it makes me angry knowing that it is Thalia's I always had great respect for her and know that she is really old so it must have been very difficult to capture her and to see what she must have been through at the hands of Bill makes me want to stake him myself but I now know that that will have to happen at the hands of Thalia for what he did to her I think I might have felt bad for him if it wasn't for what I am seeing now as I walk in I see that her close are nothing but rags on the floor covered in blood so she will have to wear his clothes I know she will not like it but she cannot go to my house naked so she can change into my close when she gets there so I cross over to Bills room and what I see shocks me he has a floor to ceiling shrine of me its sick and twisted and makes me want to throw up I quickly go to his dresser and remove a shirt and shorts and run them down to Thalia who is finishing her last blood I hand them to her and tell her that if she is able to control herself around humans she can go to my house and change into something of mine so she doesn't have to keep his clothes on she nod quickly dresses and runs through the cemetery in a blink of an I, I look to Pam and she shrugs and walks towards the house with me following behind her.
This time when we go in I go straight to his desk and tell Pam to check his room since I do not want to go back up there. I open his computer and see type in his password that is a mix of my name and birthdate stupid if you ask me since it has been the same since we were together but made it easy for me and when it opens up I want to throw up he has all the pictures that he pinned to his wall on the cover page and I know that I did not pose for any of them and that he has been spying on me for a long time a couple are of me and Eric making love and I just want to rip his eyes out of his head that was not for him to see that was for me and Eric only when we were happy he had no right. I feel myself losing track of what I need to do so I shake my head and start looking through the files a lot of them are for his data base and so I scan them quickly and then move on to the next eventually I get to one that says Northman and click on it as I read through the document I see red it says
Dear William Compton,
I would like to Thank you for your help in finding a suitable wife for my child I have contacted Freyda earlier and we are meeting next Friday to begin our contract negotiations I have already contacted Felipe De Castro as he would be the only person who would be able to go against the contract and have informed him that he would get the Telepath that he wants once my child is out of his state and he was more than willing to go along with whatever I decide is best for my child. I am believe that my new child can use some time with his brother so I have decided to visit Louisiana after the contract is signed and then I will notify him of his new station in the Vampire world. I was curious as to why you are so invested in my child life as to help me to find a wife for my child and would like to know how this benefits you.
Sincerely,
Appius Livius Ocello
Chapter 5 Proof We Need
I can only stare at the screen as a million thoughts go through my head, Pam comes into the room and I point at the screen she leans over me to read it and when she finishes she hisses I get up and let her continue to scan through the rest of the documents and she comes to another letter from De Castro Dated two weeks ago
TO William Compton,
I am writing to inform you that the shifter will be marrying my Telepath in two weeks' time I want you to stay home that day and not attend the wedding I know that I told you to confirm that they did indeed marry but I have decided to have Sam call me the next evening to confirm since I think that you being there may upset her since you have not received an invitation I do not want anything to interfere with the wedding as it is my only chance to get her as my own. Be ready to take her the next night as I do not wish to wait longer than necessary and I promised Sam that it would happen immediately and since they are married he can move into her house without her brother having any say in it. I will have my private Jet waiting for you at midnight do not be late.
You're Majesty,
Filipe De Castro
King of Nevada, Louisiana and Arkansas
That is exactly what we needed to help get Eric out of his contract I pick up my cell phone and call Mr. C to see if I can set up appointment to see him after a couple of rings a female answers speaking really fast and I know its Diantha even if I barely understand what she said
Diantha: HiSookiehowhaveyoubeenmyuncleisinameetingaskedmetoanswerthephone
Sookie: Hi Diantha I am well how are you? I am calling to see if it would be possible to set up an appointment to meet with MR. C as soon as possible.
Diantha: SureholdonandIwillsee
Sookie: Ok.
Diantha: Hecanseeyouintwohoursinshreveportifyoucanmakeit.
Sookie: I can make it just tell me where
Diantha: ThecoffeeshopdownthestreetfromFangtasia
Sookie: I will be there thank you Diantha it was nice talking with you.
I hang up the phone and look to Pam and she just nods her head I open the top draw and pull out a flashcard and hand it to Pam to save all the files to as I walk to the closet that I know that he spends his days in and crawl into the back to see if he has hidden anything in there and find inside his coffin another flash drive and some disks so I grab them and the laptop that is next to them and crawl back out to were Pam is standing I hand her the items and we leave the house and head back to mine. When we get there I see Karen and Thalia sitting on the sofa with bloods in their hands Thalia looks better and she is wearing a pair of my jeans and a t shirt and she looks as pissed. I sit in one of the chairs as Pam drops the computer and files in front of Karen and sits on the arm of my chair and waits while Karen and Thalia reads through everything I hear Karen hiss and then she gets up and runs out the front door I second later I feel the ground shake and I am pretty sure she just ripped a tree out of the ground but I wait since nobody else moves and she comes back in and sits back down like nothing happened.
She looks to me and I explain that I have a meeting with Mr. C in two hours and that someone would have to stay and guard the house so that our prisoners don't get away since I don't have enough silver to wrap around all of them. Kim and Thalia decide to stay so Pam and I go get ready. A few minutes later I have my sneakers on and found a duffel bag for the laptop, flash drives and disks that I want to show the lawyer and we get into the car to head toward Shreveport since it's only an hour drive when doing the speed limit with Pam driving it takes us half an hour and we stop at Fangtasia since she scheduled a few meetings that would only take a few minutes so I sat on her new couch and waited while she finished her business when she was done we still had forty five minutes to wait so we went to the bar to see how everything was running and I was amazed at what I saw Pam has done a great job on everything and although the uniforms are still not something I would ever wear they are better to look at then what they used to be. As I sit in what used to be Eric's old booth a waitress come up to me and tells me nobody is allowed to sit there it is Master's booth and held for his return only the children and true wife of the Master can sit there I drop my shields to listen to what she is thinking stupid bitch thinks she can sit wherever she wants because she came in with Pam she has a lot to learn I don't know who Master's wife is I never met her but I know that if I ever did I would do anything in my power to get her to the King that's why I was sent here in the first place get cozy with the Sheriff so she is willing to tell you all that is going on in her area keep her distracted so she doesn't figure out what I have planned for the Telepath and inform me immediately if the Telepath ever shows her face in the bar those are easy orders and I make sure to stop anyone from sitting in this booth so that the telepath has to identify herself as his wife in order to sit here. I stare at her for a minute and then walk up to the bar and wait for Pam to come to me as she does I whisper everything I heard so that only the Vampires closest to us can hear since I recognize them all from the war with Victor Madden I know they are on our side Pam nods her head and then walks towards where the waitress is taking an order from a vampire I don't recognize and they disappear into the back employee only area.
We head to the coffee shop down the road and get there at the same time as Mr. C and Diantha pull in so we all go in together and take a seat at a booth towards the back of the shop after our greetings Mr. C gets right to business by asking why I wanted to see him I lift the bag onto the table and tell him everything that I found out that night and then show him the letters on the laptop and sit back and wait for him to tell me what my next step is.