A/N: This is for a prompt from avikingandhisheartbrokenqueen and a re-working/continuation of a prompt that I received from someone else ages ago. I'm ashamed to say that I have forgotten who this person is, but I hope they will forgive me for taking so long to get my act together and finish this. It's quite different from stuff I've done before and something that I never thought I would do. Anyways, this is set (roughly) after S4E12, but ignores the showdown at Sookie's with Debbie. The title comes from the Queen song of the same name. Hope you enjoy it :)

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Who Wants To Live Forever

…
Who wants to live forever,
Who dares to love forever,
When love must die.

But touch my tears with your lips,
Touch my world with your fingertips,
And we can have forever,
And we can love forever,
Forever is our today,
Who wants to live forever,
Who wants to live forever,
Forever is our today,
Who waits forever anyway?
-'Who Wants To Live Forever,' Queen
…

Jessica woke up slowly and stretched languidly.

Opening her eyes slowly she took in her surroundings, her brow furrowed a little as she realised she couldn't hear much beyond the low hum of voices nearby. Normally she would be able to hear the full conversation.

Sitting up she made for the door at vampire speed, only to end up in a tangled mess of blankets on the floor.

That was when she became aware of something else – she couldn't feel Bill any more.

Panicked she tried to disentangle herself from the blankets, suddenly desperate to find him.

Her door opened and she was relieved to see Bill come striding into her room. He checked mid-step as he caught sight of her on the floor.

"Are you all right?" he asked, uncertainly, coming to help her up.

"What's going on?" she demanded, ignoring his question, "I can't feel you any more…I feel…" she looked into his eyes as he helped her up, biting her lip nervously.

"You feel what?" he asked.

Jessica wasn't sure that she wanted to admit how she felt until she saw her confusion mirrored in his eyes. "I feel…human," she confessed finally.

It wasn't until she said the words that she realised that Bill looked different from what she remembered, he had more colour in his face and his dark eyes had a light in them she had never seen before.

She broke from his hold, "You're human too," she gasped.

Bill looked down at his hands, noticing their colour for the first time. He looked back up at Jessica, "How did this happen?" he murmured, more to himself than to her.

Suddenly Jessica's face broke into a wide smile, "We're free," she said, joy creeping into her tone as she realised all the possibilities that this change meant.

Bill felt an absurd urge to laugh that was quickly squelched as he suddenly thought of what this change could mean for himself.

"Sookie," he murmured and was gone as fast as his legs could now carry him.

Bill wasn't entirely surprised to see Eric's car pull up in front of Sookie's house as he came stumbling, a little out of breath, from the woods. But he had been hoping that this strange transformation had occurred only to himself and Jessica.

"I see you're still a bit muddled, Bill, if you didn't think to use the car in your new state," Eric taunted as he stepped out of his car, visibly revelling in the feel of sunshine on his skin after so long.

"I did not realise you had been affected by this as well," Bill replied, ignoring Eric's comment.

"You're just upset because I realised its benefits, just as you did," Eric retorted.

Bill remembered Jessica's easy acceptance of their new state, she had adapted to the idea much faster than he had. But then she had not been a vampire as long, he was impressed by how well Eric seemed be coping with it, "How is Pam taking it?" he asked.

The change in Eric's face would have been comical were it not for the fact that Bill had developed a new respect for Pam over the last couple of weeks and his sudden concern unnerved him.

"I don't know," was all Eric said before he jumped back into his car and sped off at a speed Bill did not think was entirely safe now that he was no longer immortal.