The glorious life of Sookie Stackhouse.
I sat alone in my kitchen like I had done so many times before, but this time there was something in the air. I had just gotten home from my shift at Merlotte's. Something was not quite right. I could feel it in my head. There was someone outside. A quick glance at the clock on the wall informed me that it was 2.30 at night. There was only one type of creature that would be out this late on a regular day. Vampire. But it couldn't be, I realized with relief, I can't hear their brains.
I sneaked out of the kitchen on my knees and grabbed the shotgun that I always had hanging beside my front door. I stood up and just as I was reaching for the doorknob there was a knock.
"Sookie. Open up." said a familiar voice.
I opened the door to find one of my favorite people behind it.
"Alcide!" I said with an enthusiasm I didn't think I had in me right now.
"I went by Merlotte's to find you but Sam told me that you had already gone home." He said.
There was a moment of silence as we stood staring at each other.
"Are you going to let me in?" Alcide asked and I just stood there smiling like an idiot.
"Well?" He asked and I stepped out of the way, finally realizing that I must have looked like a moron.
I gestured for him to take a seat in the living room but he walked past me and took a seat in the kitchen instead. I cursed myself for thinking that I wouldn't have to do the dishes. I poured him a cup of coffee and took the seat opposite his.
"So what brings you here?" I asked.
"Official were-business." He said with a formality I had never heard in him before.
"Official were-business?" I repeated and could almost contain the hysteric laugh that was building up inside of me. Alcide couldn't hold the formality up when he saw that I was almost exploding with laughter.
"Stop it. I'll lose my cool if you don't stop it now." He said smiling.
"Okay." I said and successfully stopped laughing. "What were you going to say before you were so rudely interrupted?" I asked.
"I was going to tell you that you are invited to a wedding."
My eyebrows shot up to the ceiling.
"Whose wedding" I asked.
"My sisters." He said calmly.
"She's getting married?" I asked dumbfounded. "But isn't she already married?"
"Yes, she is. They are going to renew their vows."
"Oh, okay. When is it?"
"Next Saturday at noon." He said. "Are you going?" He asked.
"Of course." I said. "How could I not go?"
"Great." Alcide was pleased, I could tell. "I'll pick you up at Friday 'round five pm?" He asked.
"Friday? Why Friday?" I asked but I figured out the answer for myself. His sister lives in Jackson, Mississippi. "Yeah, right. We have to go to Jackson." I answered my own question.
Alcide and I spent a moment on catching up but after an hour he needed to go. He had to work in the morning. We hugged each other briefly, reminded each other of the time for next Friday and then he was off.
As I went inside again and got ready for bed I made a mental note saying that I needed to find a dress and some shoes to wear. Alcide had said that it wasn't so formal, but I knew that every were was going to look fabulous and I didn't want to dress too casually.
I jumped in between the covers of my bed and fell asleep instantly. But unfortunately for me I wasn't going to get much sleep done.