I was nervous walking into Fangtasia, i had been gone for 6 month, i knew they would be pissed but i couldn't find it in myself to care, i needed this after what the fairies did to me but i do regret any pain i may have caused Eric so after a month i sent him a text message a simple one that wouldn't lead on to anything about where i am or why
Eric
Im fine and safe
Sookie
It was just to make sure he didn't worry especially since i was injured. I walked past the line of fangbangers and tourist and found Pam at the door. If i didn't know better id say her face was relieved but she quickly went stonic and said
"Sookie thank god your here maybe now Eric will stop beating the vermin" with that said she ushered me past and as she did she smacked my arse, id say i was surprised but that would be lying.
I went straight for Eric's office and was disappointed to see both Eric and bill there, they both looked up, Eric looked relieved and almost heartbroken and bill looked relieved and angry.
"hey guys" was all i could think of to say, i was wearing jeans and a white singlet and a leather jacket so i fidgeted with my sleeve
"hey guys? Sookie you've been missing for 6 months and you say 'hey guys?" bill screeched standing from his chair. I rolled my eye's and looked over his shoulder at Eric even though bill saved me he thinks i belong to him and he did rape me and hurt me. Eric was the one i cared about but for know i have to keep it light.
"hey sheriff great to see you" i said
"Sookie what a pleasant surprise" Eric responded, we were both casual but by his gaze i knew he was glad to see me and there was something else in there perhaps hurt
"sookie you ran off half cocked and disappeared so i thought you were dead and now you show up in the middle of my pain and tell Eric its great to see him" by the end he was yelling and it was pissing me off
"okay bill sit down and shut up" out of surprise he did and Eric chuckled it was a familiar sound and i was glad to hear it "now firstly i could care less about your pain and am glad you are feeling it and secondly 'half cocked' we live in the 21st century bill" i calmed myself with a deep breath "now if you will settle your arse down i will tell you where i have been" they both nodded bill tensely and Eric casually but i could see the interest in his eye's.
At that moment Pam walked in and sat on the couch next to bill
"ohh is it story time" she said and i laughed you gotta love her timing
"yeah you could say that" i took the chair furthest from bill and closest to Eric and got ready to answer a lot of questions. "after i had healed significantly, one night i went for a walk in the cemetery where i ran into Claude," every vamp in the room sat forward " and he took me to Faery, where i got to see the rest of my family, including my great grandfather and a fairy named Annabelle i believe you know her Eric" Eric turned to me with narrow eye's
"yes i do" it was simple and direct, i actually appreciated that in Eric
"yes well she knows you anyway it turns out that my great grandfather has been made lord of the fairies, and i spent a month in Faery training my skills and learning who i am and what i am, which is actually interesting but i wont get into that now" i gave a look to Eric saying ill tell him later, he looked pleased and bill looked more pissed which was a bonus "after that i went travelling, i decided it would be smart of me to secure my status in the world especially considering what i am and Claude and Annabelle helped me by teaching me as much as they could, but Annabelle had a limit knowledge since living in faery for the majority of her time" i carefully avoided saying what i was, it was dangerous if people knew "i went to Europe where i suffered the second worst pain i have every felt" that got their attention Eric looked worried and concerned as did Pam and bill but Eric was sitting forward and i knew i had his undivided attention "i was hit with a spell called 'amun dengus" which means on pain of death, i had taken it for a pleasant vampire who kept hitting on me, and i spent 3 weeks in his palace healing since there is no immediate cure it just takes time" i stopped for a breath but Pam raised her hand, which i found terribly amusing and i used all my power to suppress my laughter
"did you say palace?" she asked
"oh yeah it turns out he's a vampire king" i looked over at eric who looked angry
"of which territory?" he seemed very interested and slightly jealous
"all of them, his name was Hayden the vampire king" they all had extremely shocked expressions
"you met the king Hayden" Pam chocked, their reaction were really funny but i didn't laugh, she suddenly composed herself "is he as attractive as people say?" that surprised me i thought Pam only like women
"you should ask Eric" i turned to him, i learnt many things in my travels and all of it useful in some way, Eric glared at me but stayed silent "Hayden knows eric very well and looks a lot like him , but he hates bill" i looked very at a very shocked bill
"why i have never met him" bill said defensively
"yeah but he was very interested in learning about me so i told him everything that happened in my life up until i met him" i looked over at Eric who had a worried expression he probably wondered if i told Hayden about his failure to save me after claiming to feel for me, i am still angry that i haven't received a reason yet "anyway he offered me the protection of his kingdom, which funny enough is all vampires" i gave a fake laugh they all had gone into a thoughtful looks on their faces but they were listening intently "he liked me and offered me to be his mate" their faces went from thoughtful to amazed in 2 seconds flat Except Eric who went from thoughtful to angry and jealous in 1 second
"the king wanted you as his mate?" bill asked at bit to shocked
"yes is that so hard to believe" i was angry, other men like me why was this difficult for them to comprehend
"yes the king usually has many women but if a vampire calls you his mate it is an eternal and monogamous relationship under pain of final death" bill answered still shocked, i remembered the time Eric called me his mate and realised just what that means.
"well he was a nice person i can't imagine him cheating on anyone. I of coarse declined him saying there was someone else i wanted" i gave a glance to eric and he suddenly looked very smug "so he let me continue on my journey he wanted me to stay but there were some things i had to do. When i returned to America i was in California and i met a very nice man named Loki he was the god of shifters or something" Eric almost fell from his chair
"you met Loki" he asked regaining his composer
"yes he wanted to in his own word 'fuck me until i cant move' but i told him i am not interested so instead helped him save the California shifter pack and in his gratitude he took me to a place that Eric I'm sure you've heard of mount Olympus" Eric's face didn't change he was still in shock as was all the vampires "it was beautiful and i met very nice gods, like Odin, he took a fancy for me and was very grateful when i saved his favourite daughter who is a shifter that he offered to help me enhance my skills and he taught me a lot, he's a very knowledgeable person. He said i could come back anytime and offered me a place at his palace but i refused i wouldn't feel comfortable in a place like that so i headed home after he gave me this beautiful protection necklace, he felt i needed it after all the trouble i attract" i pulled my necklace from under my shirt it was a multicoloured jewel with different animals circling it. "now I'm home"
I looked at them they weren't moving and all of them had their mouths agape, i stood up because they were making me uncomfortable "you know ill be in the bar, come get me when you come out of shock" with that i walked into the main bar, i really hated Fangtasia but it had decent alcohol so i could manage, i walked over to the bar and ordered a gin and tonic.
A couple minutes after i finished my drink, Pam came and sat next to me
"you may have sent Eric into shock permanently" she said casually
"is he okay? To be fair he wanted to know so i told him" i defended, it wasn't my fault he didn't take it well
"yeah well now he wants you in his office" she said and grabbed my arm gently to guide me to the office, we stopped abruptly outside
"he's not mad is he?" i asked suddenly thinking of about 60 things he could be mad about
"no but he has got questions and lots of them" Pam opened the door and we walked through.
Eric was back in his big boss pose with his feet on his desk and his arms folded in front of his chest. Bill was sitting in the chair his face unreadable and cold. I knew i was in trouble, i slowly entered the office and sat in the other seat and Pam sat on the balls of her feet net to my elbow
"sookie after careful contemplation we have decided we need proof" Eric said calmly, i knew they would
"about which part?" i had expected this from them and was fully prepared to produce any proof they needed
"all of it" he stated, in a firm voice, though his eye's looked apologetic, that is when i realised he was doing it for bill's sake.
"well ill start with Loki shall i" i pulled out my mobile, i found it interesting that all the gods had mobile phones.
He picked up on the first ring
"sookie?" he sounded hopeful
"hey Loki are you busy? I need you to do me a favour" i asked, i knew he would, he said teleporting across the world was as easy as taking a step.
"im never to busy for you my dear and i hope the favour is oral" his voice was like silk, i had to giggle
"no sorry just need help proving to the Viking that i have a good reason for being gone" i answered
"oh okay ill be there in a second" he answered and he hung up, i closed my phone and turned back around
"well?" bill said mockingly
"give him a minute" i said i was about to show him up so i was pleased, suddenly the air in the middle of the office started to crackle with energy and then suddenly their stood Loki. He was a little taller then me but looked like a seventeen year old boy, he had scruffy black hair and he was wearing nothing but black boardies and thongs, he looked over at me with yellow eye's and winked. Eric was staring emotionless and bill looked dumbfounded and Pam was checking him out
"Eric, Pam, bill this is Loki the god of mischief and transformation" i introduced, in a second he was in front of me leaning down to kiss my cheek, Eric visibly tensed and was ready to pounce at any minute
Without looking at him Loki said "settle Viking wouldn't want you to do something you regret" Loki laughed and sat in the seat across from bill with his feet on the desk "so who didn't believe i met this gorgeous angel" Loki said, i was hoping they took goddess as an endearment instead of what i actually am, because im not ready for them to know that yet, but unfortunately Eric's eye's flashes understanding and he looked up at me before resuming his usual composure. They all stayed silent but Loki's eye's focused on bill "are you bill Compton?" Loki asked and i knew where this was headed
"no he's not he's just some minion of Eric's" i said quickly before bill could answer.
"you lying to me, i respect that" Loki laughed in Norse
I looked over at Eric he was going to have even more questions now "no he's not bill Compton" i said back in Norse
Eric stared at me
"well i must be off. chow" with that Loki disappeared from Eric's office with Pam and bill looking dumbfounded
"happy" i asked grudgingly and sat down intentionally avoiding Eric's eyes, knowing he had a lot of questions.
"bill go home. Pam go tend to the bar" Eric ordered in his 'no argument' voice, they quietly and quickly left but not before i got a glare from bill and a 'tell me everything later' look from Pam who firmly closed the door behind her.
So here i was alone with a man who left me to be tortured then saved my life, who then ran away from for 6 months without telling him and met his superior and his gods and now he has just found out i can now speak his language, a language that hasn't been spoken in a thousand years.
"ill start easy" Eric said effectively stopping my internal rant
"okay" i got up and sat in the chair across from him, he leaned on the desk and focused his soft gaze on me, his blue eyes had so many questions and i didn't know if i could answer them all, i know of one big one that is coming and i don't want to answer i don't even know if i can
"how do you speak Nordic?" he asked
"i spent months with Norse gods Eric don't you think they would teach me their original language" it wasn't the question i was excepting and he sounded a little slow for asking it
"yes of course" he paused "why did you leave?" and there it was the one question i was dreading, there were many more but this was the worst
"i thought you said you'd start easy" i couldn't look in his eye's i felt like a little kid who knows they have done something wrong, but i haven't done anything wrong have i? Eric was still silent as i reached my silent resolve and i met his gaze with equal defiance and stubbornness. " i had nothing to stay for" it was harsh but it was true, Eric's face fell and not even him the king of stonic could cover the pain that could be seen in his beautiful features.
"you had me" he stated looking at me like i had just staked him
"do i?" i asked, this was not a conversation i want to have but it looked like i was going to so i just kept going "Eric i don't have you, we can't work together"
"why?" he asked
"don't do this Eric we both know in the end there's someone is going to get hurt and it most likely won't be you" i answered he didn't want to hear it but it was true he would hurt me
"you don't trust me, i would never harm you" he didn't get it but he was trying
"Eric i know you will never harm me and i trust you with my life, i just don't trust you with my heart" there i said it the one thing that i wanted to trust him with and i couldn't it was to dangerous "Eric i have to protect my heart from you" a tear escaped my eye, but i blinked the rest back "i have had it stomped on by bill and Quinn and i can handle that but i only barely survived last time you left me, and i don't blame you for it, you didn't remember or know what you were leaving and you didn't know how badly you were hurting me but i won't survive that again but more importantly i won't want to" i stood up "Eric i know you have a lot of questions and I'm willing to answer them but i will answer to sheriff Northman because i am your asset but nothing more, i won't do that to myself, I'm sorry but i can't have you used me and dump me I'm not a fuck and feed" i knew i shouldn't have said it but it needed to be said.
Eric lost it and threw the table through the wall and into the employees bathroom, he pinned me against the wall holding me hands either side of my head.
"why do you run? I know you feel for me so why fight me" he asked angrily
"yes i do" it surprised us both when i said that "but you don't feel for me and you never will, you care for you first and that works for you, it helps you survive but it will kill me in the end" i pushed against his hands holding my wrists, he let me pull my hands away but kept his face inches from mine with his fangs out
"that's how I feel is it, please continue, Id love to know how I feel, because obviously i don't and you do" he spat
"Fine if your so clear about how you feel you tell me" i demanded yelling at him pushing at his chest
"i love you, you stubborn infuriating women" that stopped us both in our tracks, Eric's eye's went wide and I'm sure i did the same. Did he just say he love me? No that's impossible, Eric cant love me can he? My head was spinning and there wasnt enough air in that room, i ran out the door while Eric was still in shock, i ran through the club and into the parking lot, i couldn't breath, i pulled my jacket off i was suddenly boiling
"sookie are you okay?" pams cool arm went around me holding me up
"Eric said he loved me" i chocked out
"is it normal for humans to react this way to love?" Pam asked letting me lean on her, i probably weighed nothing to her
"your not surprised?" i was starting to feel better the air felt nice on my face
"surprised? Please I've know he loved you since he tricked you into drinking his blood in Dallas" she said, "just like i know you've loved him since he stayed with you after you got staked in Jackson" then it hit me i loved Eric shit
"and you couldn't clue me in" i asked leaning against the wall and sliding downwards, surprisingly Pam joined me
"no this way was far more amusing" she smirked
"so what do i do?" i asked, Pam may not be the best source but she was the only one i had
"hum, dear Abby has never cover 'when my Viking vampire sheriff tells me he loves me after i run off for 6 months to secure my place in the world'" that's where i lost it, i started laughing and Pam joined me
"that's the most ridiculous thing i have ever heard am i really that sad?" i was still laughing but it was more out of self pity then amusement
"no my friend your just interesting" we settled down "i suggest you just accept it, there's nothing you can do to stop loving him, i know I've spent months watching Eric attempt to forget you and it doesn't work, it nearly drove him mad" she unnecessarily sighed "sookie you make each other happy just go with it" she got up and head back into the club. I sat there for a few moments thinking about what Pam said i don't want to forget, i just don't want to feel, but i do want to feel for Eric i thought myself in circles for a while driving myself crazy, until i figured i should get off the ground, i stood and walked over to the edge of the trees at the back of Fangtasia.
What am i going to do? I love Eric and not just the sweet Eric that stayed with me but vicious Viking sheriff as well "I'm so screwed" i whispered to myself
"yes lover we both are" Eric said from behind me, i didn't feel him in the bond approach but i was caught in my thoughts, i stayed turned away from him for a while until i finally turned to see my Viking standing with his hands in his pockets and his intense gaze on me.
"what does this mean?" i honestly had no idea i was hoping he had something
"I'm not sure" he whispered
"great" i mumbled kicking the trunk of the tree lazily then leaning back against it
"what do you want to do?" he asked walking over and leaning against the tree across from me
"i want to eat a cheese burger with bacon and watch gone with the wind" i smiled shyly at Eric's raised eyebrow
"okay lets go then" he turned to walk away but stopped when i didn't follow "well come on I've never seen gone with the wind and your hungry so lets go" it was startling but i followed him to his corvette and he drove us to MacDonald's where i bought a cheeseburger with bacons and a large coke then he drove through the streets of Shreveport going in the opposite direction of bon temp, i was confused but stayed quiet until i couldn't anymore
"Eric where are we going?" we drove into the main shopping district in Shreveport
"Amart" he answered, i stayed quiet and Eric pulled into their car park, we got out of the car and walked in heading straight to the dvd section
"Eric i have gone to the wind at home" i said somewhat baffled at his actions
"yes lover but i don't and we're going to my house" he said grabbing a dvd and heading to the checkout, as Eric paid for the dvd the check out guy was leering at me, i dipped into his head and was instantly disgusted
'wow look at that girl, i want to fuck her, i just gotta get her away from the big guy, maybe i could take her to the computers and how her my hardware'
"we are having a big sale on computers you should check it out" he said to me, i felt like puking, Eric raised an eye brow
"no thanks" i said gagging slightly, i walked over to Eric and slid my hand into his, i had to touch Eric so i could concentrate on his closed mind because the guy was a loud broadcaster and i didn't want to see the images of what he wants to do to me, i smiled up at Eric.
He must have picked up on my problem because he looked over my head and growled showing his fangs, i heard crashing behind me but didn't turned, i just walked with Eric out of the store.
Once we were outside the car i pulled my hand from his and said "thanks he was a loud broadcaster" we got into the car and Eric took my hand again and gave me a small smile before pulling out of the car park. He held my hand the whole time we drove and grubbed soothing circles into my palm, we eventually pulled into a gated community and drove until we came to a small white house, it was simple and one story, not what i imagines Eric living in.
We pulled in and Eric was around my side opening the door before i could even reach for the handle and he offered his hand which i gratefully took. I stopped around the front of the car, looking up at the house
"what's wrong?" Eric asked still rubbing circles in my palm
"nothing just not what i imagined you'd live in" i answered truthfully
"what did you expect gargoyles and dungeons" he chuckled
"yes actually" i giggled
We walked into the house and it was white inside to but something wasn't right. "you don't use this house do you?"
"why do you say that?" he asked
"because its plain, this is not a lived in house, its bare and theirs no personal effects just furniture, this isn't a home its a house" i clarified
"very observant, i will perhaps get some personal effects for this section of the house to make it believable" he walked us over to a bookcase and he opened a compartment in the wood and placed his hand on a screen, it scanned his hand and the bookcase across the room opened it was impressive, their were stairs heading downwards and i felt like i was headed into the bat cave. At the bottom of the stairs were double doors and Eric punched in a code and the doors swung open to reveal a large foyer, with a archway that lead to a hallway there were 3 doors along the left side of the hall and the right side opened into a large living room with a huge flat screen television, the biggest i have ever seen and it was flanked either side by book cases full of books. There was art all on the wall and paintings and there were papers and a gold lighter on the coffee table.
Eric walked over and put the movie on the table "would you like a tour?" he asked
"yes that would be nice" i used her polite voice that i turned to when i wasn't really paying attention i was distracted by the feel of the room it was warm, this was defiantly a home.
Eric placed a hand on my elbow to guide me around "this is the living room" he walked me to the foyer and turned down an archway that went to the left and it lead to a fair sized room, filled with musical instruments and the main attraction of the room was a black grand piano
"do you play?" i asked running my fingers across the keys lightly imagining him playing
"i play over 20 musical instruments" he answered, he just watched me from the doorway until i walked over to him and he pointed to a door that lead off the music room "that is my home office" with that we headed back to the hall and walked past the first door, that is a powder room" we kept walking past another "that is my spare bedroom" then we came to the doors at the end of the hall way, i found i liked that the all the rooms i had seen were earthly colours different shades of brown, green and yellow.
He opened the door to reveal a large indoor pool with a hot tub at one end "this is the pool room" he pointed towards the door at the other end of the room "and that is the sauna" The whole room was white tile and it had plants in the corners
"its beautiful" i said
"yes it is" i looked back to see him staring at me with a longing expression "come we should get to the movie and there's one more room i wish for you to see" he walked us out of the room closing the door behind him and he stopped at the only door on the right side of the hall "this is my bedroom".
He pushed open the door to reveal a room witch black walls and a huge crimson bed with heaps of silk pillows and a large fur blanket, i ran my hand threw the soft fur looking around, there was a sword mounted above his bed, it was long and iron and beautiful, it had marking carved along it "wow" i whispered temporally speechless from the sight of the sword
"you like?" he asked from next to her shoulder "that was my best friend when i was out raiding but that was a thousand years ago, i wish i could fight with him again" his voice was soft and wistful.
"i can see you swinging that around like a warrior" it slipped out and i quickly turned as a blush covered my face, i knew he was staring holes into the back of my head, i had closed my eyes and when i opened them i saw another piece on his wall,
My breath suddenly disappeared, it was a portrait of Eric sitting on the edge of a bed, completely naked except for a fur blanket coving his gracious plenty, his hair was loose and hanging from his shoulders and there was a sword next to him, no it was his sword.
The portrait was breath taking, he really is gorgeous "now that's art" i said and heard Eric chuckle
"glad you like it" he was standing behind me very close, i wanted him and i could feel him lean into my hair and take a deep shuddering breath. I quickly spun around taking a step back, i couldn't do this, i promised myself, if i was going to get with Eric i was going to actually date him first, i had never done that and look how my relationships turned out.
"Eric do you want to be with me?" i had to ask it
"yes" he answered without hesitation but his fangs were down and his eye's dark with lust.
"i want to be with you to" he stepped forward but i put my hand on his chest "but this time were doing it right, were actually going to date before we have sex" i straitened my back.
He grabbed my hand and gently raised it to his lips, kissing each finger "whatever you wish lover as long as i get to be with you, i will wait as long as you require" he was so sweet i almost jumped him then and there but i soon realised his bedroom was a bad place to spend any amount of time because it will surly lead to mind blowing sex
"come on we have a movie to watch and my food is getting cold" i walked past him, and out into the lounge room, Eric and i settled onto the couch and watched gone with the wind, while i ate, when i had finished, i snuggled closer to Eric burying my face in his chest smelling his scent
"lover did you just smell me?" i could here the smile in his voice
"you smell me all the time" i stated, i was a little embarrassed but a smelt so good
"true" he wrapped his arms around me pulling me closer. We watched most of the movie in silence. I knew i would be staying here, in the spare bedroom, since it was midnight and my car was still at Fangtasia.
We were snuggled up on the couch near the end of the movie, when my phone went off, I reluctantly disentangled from Eric and grabbed my phone
"hello?" i asked somewhat tiredly
"sookie where are you I've been looking for like an hour, your gone and Eric will kill me" she was panicking, i stood up and walked behind the couch
"Pam settle down" that got Eric's attention and he looked at me with a puzzled expression "Pam I'm with Eric at his house" she gave a relieved sign
"tell me next time i was how you humans say freaking out" i laughed "wait your at Eric's, did i interrupt crazy wild monkey sex" i blushed and i saw Eric smile, he heard what she said i quickly made my way around the corner to gain some resemblance to privacy "PAM! Don't do that, you know i have no intention of having sex with Eric"
"your going to making him wait? That's rich he'll have you under him in a week, i would bet anything" he laughed
"okay ill take that bet, i bet i can make Eric wait a week and i will last that long" i challenged
"okay what's the bet?" she asked still slightly laughing
"if i win you have to dress in you Fangtasia dresses on your night out for a month" i suggested i could jut see the scowl on her face and she stopped laughing
"fine but if i win i get to join you and Eric in bed" Pam suggested i could hear the smirk in her voice and kind of didn't want to accept but i had faith in my stubbornness
"deal" i agreed somewhat nervous "neither of us can tell Eric what's going on or we instantly lose deal" there was a pause before she said
"deal, good luck your going to need it with Eric sexual appetite" then she hung up laughing
As i walked back into the room i muttered "bitch". Eric must have heard me because he raised an eye brow
"who's a bitch lover?" he asked inquisitively as i settled back next to him
"you child" i said knowing he wouldn't be mad
"oh of course" he said and un paused the movie
"your not going to ask why?" i thought for sure he would
"its okay lover i am very aware that Pam is a bitch, though i would like to know what she has done to upset you" he asked looking down at me
"I'm not upset, its just something i have to do and its irritating but i can handle it, lets watch the movie" i caught his inquisitive look but ignored it and luckily he didn't say anything.
Scarlett was being carried by Rhett when i fell asleep being drawn into the peaceful abyss.
I awoke from the most peaceful safe sleep i have had in 6 months, it was amazing and i felt fully refreshed, it wasn't until i opened my eye's that i realised why, i was staring at a pale defined chest, i looked up to see Eric's eye's closed he looked beautiful and i realised he was in his day sleep, i revelled in the feel of his arms and relaxed into his embrace.
After a few minutes i knew i had to get up which was easier said then done, i would pull one of Eric's arms away and get the other but the the first one would pull me back, i checked a couple times to see if he was just screwing with me but he was still asleep. When i finally disentangled myself i went to find a bathroom, there were two doors on the far wall, i checked the first one to find a walk in closet bigger then my lounge room. I could get lost in there, so i went to the other to reveal a huge black bathroom, with red towels he had a huge Jacuzzi tub and a 4 person shower, and i momentarily got excited thinking how we could enjoy it, but then a voice in my head reminded me that i had to wait a week. Damn this was going to punish me as much a Eric.
I quickly used the bathroom and realised i was in Eric shirt, my jeans had disappeared had did my shirt and i was wearing the shirt Eric was wearing last night.
I walked back out to him and found my cloths and purse on the chair in his bedroom with a note on them it said.
Lover,
feel free to explore the house or snoop as they say
When i awake there is much we need to dicuss,
Please don't run
E.
I had a feeling there were still questions he wanted to ask and this time i wasn't going to run, I'm going to settle this in a mature manner and talk it out, or i could seduce him and stall but unfortunately i made that bet with Pam, I'm going to have to do this like an adult. shit.
I went to the living room, still in Eric shirt, it was comfortable and i liked the smell of Eric covering me i must be around vamps to much. I explore the books he had on the shelves finding books that were published centuries ago. I found the book 'weathering heights' which was one of my favourites and i settled into the big plush chair in the corner and allowed my mind to be lost in the words.
"good evening lover" i jumped a foot off the chair, i hadn't even felt him waken, i was so engrossed in the book "sorry i didn't mean to scare you lover" he walked over and kissed my forehead then my eyelid and finally my lips. Eric had, had a thousand years to practice kissing and he had put them to good use, he was amazing. I was melting. "i love that i get that reaction from a kiss" he smiled and sat on the couch patting his lap.
I got up, put the book away and climbed into Eric's lap straddling his waist. He wrapped his arms around my waist and pulled me into him kissing me with all he's worth. Suddenly their was music playing, it was 'time is on my side'. I jumped from Eric's lap and grab my phone with a smile, i know who's ring tone that is
"hello?" i said excitedly, Eric looked annoyed at being interrupted
"hello gorgeous" a smooth voice came from the other end, Eric instantly straitened and narrowed his eye's but didn't look at me, he wanted to listen
"Hayden how have you been?" Eric looked at me and raised an eye brow and i did the same to him
"i don't have ranging health, but i did here about you adventures with the gods, congratulations you have to be the best protected fallen angel in the realms" i could tell he was talking through his fangs
"thank you so to what do i owe this pleasure" i asked politely
"i will always give you pleasure you have only to say" i closed my eye's as i heard Eric growl, this was not going well "ah the Vikings there. Good tell him i will be there in a couple of days, to see what you find to appealing about Louisiana and the Norse man" great
I looked over at Eric who was deep in thought "yeah he heard, well i am looking forward to seeing you"
"and i you, see you soon gorgeous" and he hung up, vampires are quite rude in that way.
I looked up at Eric "so we need to talk" it was obvious but still an unpleasant thought.
Eric watched me move with narrow eye's and after i settled on the couch he sat across from me on the edge of the chair and locked his eye's with me "did you have sex with Hayden?" straightforward you gotta respect that.
"what! NO! why would you think that" what would spur that question, I've never been unfaithful to any of my boyfriends, although at the time Eric wasn't my boyfriend it would still feel like betrayal
"he called you 'gorgeous'" Eric stated like it explained everything
"so? He thinks I'm gorgeous why do you assume i had had sex with him" this was ridiculous and the complete opposite of what i expected him to ask.
"no women has ever refused king Hayden" he stated
"Eric they said the same thing about you and it took you 2 years, 2 explosions, multiple near death experiences and amnesia to get me" it was true, but i would never go with Hayden any way
"true" he sat there quiet for a while and i tried to figure out what he was thinking 'need her, want her cant survive without her. What is she? And why is she with me?' i tensed and Eric looked up, i must have had bug eyes because he looked extremely puzzled, he could probably feel my terror though the bond, i tried to settle myself but my thoughts were not helping 'dead I'm so dead' my mind kept chanting.
"sookie are you okay?" he was concerned but i couldn't tell him it would be like signing my death sentence
"yeah just" my mind wasn't working "im fine just not feeling well" lame but plausible
"are you sick? Do you need a doctor?" he was beside me in a second and i felt his love through the bond and knew i had to come clean Eric
"I'm fine. But there is something i have to tell you" i thought for a moment and decided to just come straight out with it "i heard you" he looked confused
"yes?" he stared at me like he was trying to figure me out
"no Eric i heard what you just thought" i was staring at my hands but knew i was being a coward and raised my eye's to Eric's. He was completely still with a thoughtful expression
"what did you hear?" he seemed very interested in my answer
"you thought 'need her, want her, cant survive without her, what is she? And why is she with me?'" he was slightly surprised "this is only the second time this has happened and the last time was years ago" i was trying to tone it down but we both knew if anyone heard of this even happening even once id be dead before i could blink
"who was it last time? and when?" he was emotionless and it was making me nervous
"it was you and it was the night you staked long shadow" i spoke silently
"why are you scared?" there was anger in his voice
"I'm not" i lied
"i can feel it and i know you lying, are you scared of me" he was trying to tamper his temper but it wasn't working
"fine. Its just that i know how vampires value their privacy" and that's when he lost it.