Laffayette felt nervous but had to do it on his own terms. Dealing V gave him a better lifestyle, but meeting Jesus had knocked his "side job" out of the water. The experience of being in a real relationship made Lafayette realise that he could shut the V job down, with or without Eric's permission. He lightly tapped on the door and Eric knew how it was going to go before he even came in.

"Lafayette, long time no speak" Said Eric.

"Yeah"

"I take it there's been progress?" When it came to V Eric left Lafayette to his own devices but was pleased to know that Lafayette was still in the picture, doing his bidding, unaware that it was all about to change. Lafayette didn't know how Eric was going to react, of course, he knew he'd get a cold calculated response, or Eric would rip his throat out and have another chow time without chow and Pam. But he had to take that risk. Jesus was worth it.

"V ain't for me" Eric smirked, thinking that Lafayette was trying to test him and push him to his limits. Eric decided he would play along until Lafayette took something out of his pocket.

"I'm done" Lafayette put the keys on the table and Eric glanced at them but didn't take them as a real physical message. Lafayette had to be bluffing. He would give up all his potential for something or someone. Lafayatte walked out and Eric said: "I'll come over later, so you can say sorry" Lafayette shook his head as he walked away and Eric was left pondering over whether he was serious, but thought better of it. Lafayette went back to his place, a little worried about how Eric was going to take it, but his nervousness turned into relief when he saw his reason for quitting on Eric on his sofa.

"Did ya do it?" Jesus asked.

"Walked into fangtasia, and still couldn't get a vamp that would turn your ass"

"Ha-ha, how did he take it?" Jesus asked.

"He was typical Eric"

"Is that good or bad?" Jesus asked.

"Never use the words "good" and "Eric" in the same sentence, it's always a screwed up kinda bad" Lafayette told him. The spent the evening together but Eric spent it alone in his apartment wondering what the hell was going on. There was only one way to find out. He took a swig of the plastic bottle of blood he held and put it back in the fridge. He hated to admit it, but he was confused. Leaving to go to Lafayette's nearing the house he realised that he didn't exactly looked as refined as he wanted to, but hey, this was Lafayette's place after all. Eric lightly put his hair behind his ears to look respectable. He had to look the part to play it. Lafayette opened the door and tried to look stern.

"Lafayette I know you're quirky, but not even you are that stupid"

"I'm sticking to my guns, I can't, I won't" Eric decided to be subtly threatening to get his point across. "Lafayette you have no choice in this" Lafayette knew what game he was playing. "I do" He said. "So do what ya have to" Eric was surprised and very pissed off at this point. It was when Lafayette hovered by the door that Eric realised the someone else was there.

"You have a vistor?" Eric asked.

"So?"

"A special one?" Eric asked again but before Lafayette could answer Eric was already in the house, he could smell a different scent, and he didn't like it. He'd be lying if he said he wasn't slightly jealous. This intense hold that Eric had on Lafayette made Eric feel powerful but he was starting loose his grip and wanted to know who was responsible. Lafayette though, wasn't amused. "Eric it's not what ya think, ok? He didn't..."

"I don't care what trick you bring home, but when they force you to make stupid decisions they answer to me"

"He didn't make it, I did"

"You're lying"

"You'd do same for Sookie"

"I'm a businessman, I'd never lose money for a human"

"But she's not just a human to ya, and neither is he"

"So there is a he, where is he?" Eric walked around and then sped over to Lafayette's room. Lafayette followed him to see Eric watching Jesus put his T-shirt on. Eric smiled back to Lafayette. "This?" Eric nodded towards Jesus. "This is what you quit for?" Eric tried to act like angered boss instead of a hurt lover, but it wasn't easy. Eric felt that him and Lafayette were partners of some sort, they had both been put in impossible postions and had been forced to work together and although in the beginning, it was a chore, as time went on Eric liked it. Almost too much. To throw away something so promising for a human that Eric wouldn't even use as a doormat was like a punch in the gut for Eric, and he was taking Lafayette's emotional beating as well as he could.

"This has a name" Said Jesus. Eric was stunned. He'd thought in many ways that him and Lafayette were alike. Especially when it came to relationships. They were both cynical and Eric sensed that Lafayette was bitter and twisted as a result of being hurt and for that reason stayed away from that kind of attention. Eric respected that and sometimes thought about ways to heal Lafayette himself but had always put that on the back burner. Now it seems he would miss his chance now this preachy, ignorant do-gooder was on the scene.

"It's best that I don't know your name, you're of no importance, I'd forget" Said Eric patronsing him.

"No chance, It's Jesus" Said Jesus. Eric glanced at him, then looked at Lafayette, to show him how ridiculous this was. "You're fornicating with Jesus" Lafayette looked at the floor as Eric slowly walked out of the room and Lafayette followed him out due to embarassment, which Eric was secretly pleased about. Eric leaned on the sofa, determined to make Lafayette confess.

"How long have you known him? one hour, twenty minutes, and five seconds?" Eric teased. But Lafayette had to prove to Eric how replacable he was.

"It don't matter, you don't give two fucks" Lafayette threw back at him.

"You're going break a promise because of a hook-up that actually stays the night?" Eric asked. He knew that sounded like an insult, but he really did want to clarify this. "You don't even know him" Eric pressed. "I don't know you, But I like him, yeah you heard me, and let's face it I could never say the same about you" Said Lafayette. Eric looked up at him then turned away. If Lafayette even began to suspect that Eric was hurt by those words Eric would never live it down, even as a deadman. Eric opened his mouth to say something. But Jesus came out, fully dressed.

"Lafayette you got a problem?" Asked Jesus, looking Eric up and down, which made his blood boil. The worst thing was Eric knew that Lafayette liked this hollier than thou son of a bitch. It wasn't just the way that Lafayette looked at him, it was that hormonal rush that a teenager feels when they see their crush alone, Eric could sense Lafayette going through that motion through their blood connection. At times Eric reveled in that fact, and let thoughts of Lafayette wash over him until he went to sleep, but now he hated having to face the force of what Lafayette felt about this asshole. It was such a pity that Eric could force Lafayette to do physical things but couldn't control his emotions, which stung Eric because he'd distanced himself from attachment because he wasn't any good at it and it seemed such a human trait that it was better for him to ditch any glint of likeability, even with Sookie sometimes. But Lafayette was unbelieveable, too unbelieveable for a homcare hippie anyway. Eric watched Jesus smirk and walked outside, taking in deep breaths of air even though he didn't need it. Lafayette walked towards the door and poked his head out.

"You not gonna rip my guts out?" He asked Eric in surprise.

"Not tonight" Eric said. He walked back to his apartment, Eric sat down, watched talk show crap while leaning into the sofa, wanting it to swallow him whole. He didn't really understand why he felt rejected. He just didn't understand why Lafayette would let the money go for someone he barely knew. He knew that for humans, there was more to life than money and objects, but this was Lafayette he was thinking about here. His life revolved around hustling, selling physicality, selling V, getting that rush, getting the money, and getting the rewards he felt he earned. Lafayette was creature of survival, so why didn't he want to survive anymore? Eric new he would never alter himself, but wondered if Lafayette was sick of having him as boss. Would he stray from Pam, if Pam took Eric's place? Eric figured that Pam would stray from the deal first. She'd always been a little moany, and flighty she always seemed to want to go higher, follow projects that were better, and now, it seemed Lafayette did too, to Eric's disgust. The bad news was that Lafayette had offically jumped ship, but the good news was that humans weren't perfect. They all had flaws, even if they were named Jesus. It was a good thing that Eric never had been religous because there was no way he was going to repent for revenge he would have to wreck on this stranger that was trying to destroy a bond that Eric for the first time in a long time, was desperately trying to hold on to.