Disclaimer: C Harris owns them. I'm just having some fun with her characters :)

A. N. This is set shortly after the events in Something New. So if you haven't read that one this one might not make to much sense. So without further rambling by yours truly I present Protecting Mine. :)

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Okay so you know how when there's a car accident. People all stop and stare in horror at the carnage. It seems like that's all there is to do. You want to help but your just not sure what kind of action you should take. So eventually being the sane person that you are you just sit back and let nature take it's course. And pray like hell everything turns out okay. Well that's what I decided to do.

Okay so this wasn't as bad as a car accident, it was probably pretty close though. I had decided to take my new adopted vampire children to Chuck E. Cheeses. Once little Jason had reveled that he had never been. So I being the kind hearted soul I am began to cry like a big fat girl. My sadness and the pregnancy hormones had taken over. Everything made me cry now. Five months into my pregnancy and I was still hormonally challenged. So Eric trying to calm me down had organized a trip. Bill not being one to be left out had offered to come with us. Pam had offered to tag along muttering something about entertainment value. I should have realized then what a mistake this was going to be. But we piled into our newly acquired family van and headed off for family torture. I mean fun family fun.

As soon as we walked in everyone stopped and stared. Vampires had been out long enough that people were starting to be able to tell who was undead and who wasn't. Most of the faces had the shocked look that one gets at the scene of an accident. Most looked highly offended that we had even graced the family establishment with our presence.

But Eric being his natural charming self let out a growl of warning and every human had quickly returned to what they had been doing before we had arrived. A few had thought of leaving but were afraid that they would offend us and that would have caused Eric to snack on their kids. People are so ignorant sometimes I swear. Without another glance at the crowed Eric whipped out his wallet. I could just hear his Visa card begging for mercy. He gently ushered me into a nearby booth and left to go get tokens. I just decided that I would sit back and let him handle anything that went wrong with the humans. This was going to be a long night.

Things had started off so innocently after that. The kids were playing all the little games racking up tickets like crazy. Eric grinned at me as I nibbled on my chicken fingers. He leaned down a planted a quick kiss on the side of my face and snatched up a handful of tokens. I frowned at him he was worse then the kids going through all of the tokens. I had lost count about a two hundred dollars ago. He backed away quickly and took off towards the games. Damn his vampire distraction techniques.

He and Bill were having a completion to see who could rack up the most tickets. So far they had both tied and this could possibly go one all night. I was fearful that I would never get to leave this place.

Chuckie the giant mouse had come out and was dancing around. Well if you asked me he looked like a giant fish out of water but I imagine it must be hard to move in that stupid suit. My brain was starting to hurt from trying to keep all the thoughts of screaming children out of my head. Since they were screaming out loud and in their little minds it was like having the surround sound up on full blast.

I put my food down and tried to count and make sure my six vampire children were not causing problems or accidentally snacking on another child. Other parents seemed to frown upon that sort of thing. But thankfully they had moved towards the ball pit and were all standing around in a Simi circle. Like they were all awaiting a silent command. Or maybe they were just mesmerized by the giant Chuckie mouse. I would just sit here and eat. All the while vowing to myself I would never enter this loud brightly colored place again. I would harden myself against the children's every whim. They could all beg to come back and I would remain adamant about not returning to this place. Yeah right who was I kidding? They had me wrapped around their little fingers and they knew it. I began to sip my soda. One of the employees approached me carefully.

"Excuse me there seems to be a small problem." She said. I put down my soda. Damn it couldn't a girl eat and drink in peace.

"What's wrong?"

Should I tell her the two guys she's with are beating the hell out of each other?

I jumped up quickly spilling my drinks all over the table and floor. So that's why the kids were all standing around. I raced towards the children. I planned on killing Eric and Bill slowly and with much joy. What can I say pregnancy was making me vicious. They were both in the ball pit. I reached the pit just in time to see the kids dive in. Bill and Eric hadn't been fighting they were just two big kids. They were having a ball fight. The kids all paired off quickly some joining Eric side and some on Bills. Pam jumped in and naturally joined Eric's side. She was making sure to pelt Bill and only lightly tagging the kids. Then the plastic balls of every color began to really fly through the air. Human parents grabbed their kids and began to duck for cover. Even the giant Chuckie was hiding under a nearby table. I stiffed a giggle when little Ivy beamed Eric in the side of the head with a red ball. He lunged at her and scooped her up tickling her the whole time. She laughed and tried to squirm away.

"Uncle Uncle you win I'm on your side now." she gasped out. My heart swelled and my eye's began to water. I was about to burst into tears again. I left them to their fun and went towards the rest room. The employee who had approached me earlier glared at me and my trouble making family.

Ugh isn't she going to gather up her little family of freaks and leave already? Must be one of those fang bangers and I bet she lets them all feed off her and she's just sick.

I stopped in my tracks and shoot her a nasty glare. It took all my strength not to go over and smack her silly. But somehow I managed to resist besides what kind of example would I be sitting for my kids? So instead I flipped her off and continued on my way. Proud of myself for not beating her down.

The bathroom was thankfully empty. I went to the sink and splashed water onto my face. It had been a long journey to get to this place in my life.

I closed my eye's and splashed more water on my face. When I opened them my heart jumped into my throat. A man stood behind me hatred written all over his face. It was the face that haunted my nightmares. It was the man who had kidnapped and raped me. The man who agreed to the testing of vampires to try and find a cure for his little brother Jason. The man who had been killed by me indirectly when I had taken control of his fiends.

He reached out and grabbed my hair.

"hello Sookie dear did you miss me?"

"Go to hell James."

"Been there done that." And without another word he slammed my head into the mirror.