It was nighttime in the small town of Bon Temps. People were getting drunk and eating away their money at Merlotte's Bar and Grill. Sookie was waitressing that night watching all the low lives play pool and drift back and forth some of them even fell on their asses trying to stand up straight. She would roll their eyes at them as she shook her head. She stood there in wonder of the new whispers around town and the rest of the world. Vampires were out of the closet and not everyone felt so fascinated by it.
"Sookie! Your order for table three is ready. Get yeo sexy ass over here and grab my delicious food!"
Sookie quickly turned and smiled at the African American chef named Lafayette. She began to make her way over to the ledge to grab her table's food. She watched the gay man swish through the pots and pans carefully seasoning everything he could. Sookie looked over beside her to see another one of the bar and grill's waitress come up and place a plate down with an uneaten burger and fries on it. Lafayette turned and looked at the worried red head.
"What's wrong?" Lafayette asked. The girl looked down. "Arlene, what happened?" Lafayette went on as he slammed down the cloth that lay on his shoulder.
"It's nothin'," Arlene said. Lafayette put his hands on his hips and gave her a look.
"God damn it Arlene just fucking say it!" Lafayette demanded. Arlene looked down and let out a sigh.
"Well they refuse to eat the food," Arlene paused. Lafayette raised his eyebrow. "They say if they eat it they'll get aids," Arlene finally said. Lafayette nodded then put down his and Sookie gave each other a look and watched from the cash register as Lafayette brought the plate back to the table.
"Excuse me, who ordered the hamburger with aids?" Lafayette asked looking at the three red necks. They looked at each other and gave a laugh.
"I ordered the hamburger deluxe," one of the men said with a straight face. Lafayette looked at him.
"In this restaurant a hamburger deluxe comes with French fries, lettuce, tomato, mayo and aids! Anybody got a problem with that?!" Lafayette snapped as he looked around the room.
"Yeah! I'm an American and I have a say who makes my food," the redneck in the booth said. Lafayette turned to him.
"Oh baby it's too late for that… Faggots been breeding your cows, raising your chickens, even brewing your beer long before I walked my sexy ass up in this muthafucka. Everything on yo goddamn table got aids!" Lafayette said with pride. The man bit his lip.
"You still ain't making me eat no aids burger," he said. Lafayette raised his eyebrow.
"Well all you gotta do is say hold the aids," Lafayette said.
He then grabbed the top bun of the burger and licked it. He looked at the disgusted red neck then slammed the bun into his face. The other two rose and went to swing a punch at him. Lafayette dodged the first and punched the guy in the gut. When the second went to throw his punch Lafayette need him in his groin before he was able to touch him. He then turned to the red neck who still had a hint of mayonnaise on his face and uppercut him. He then reached and grabbed the plate with the rest of the food on it.
"You come in my house you gonn' eat my food the way I fucking make it! Understand me?" Lafayette finished as he threw the plate on the guy. The man looked at him as he rubbed his bruised chin. "Tip yeo waitress," Lafayette added with sass.
As Lafayette walked back, the bartender, Tara, his cousin put out her hand for a high five. Their hands met quickly then separated. Lafayette looked at Arlene and Sookie who stood there.
"Bunch of stupid ass white red neck mother fuckers," he cursed with his anger then headed back into the kitchen. Sookie gave out a suddle smirk then turned and grabbed her table's plates. After she put them down she stopped by the bar to visit her best friend the bar tender.
"So Tara, gran was wondering if you wanted to come for a dinner tomorrow night," Sookie asked with a smile. Tara gave her a look. "What?" Sookie wondered. Tara let out a sigh and slammed her towel down.
"Depends. You still seeing Bill the vampire?" Tara asked. Sookie's smile disappeared and she looked down. Tara rolled her eyes.
"Oh come on Tara, you can't possibly hate him! You don't even know him," Sookie stated. Tara bit her lip and smirked.
"I know enough to see that he is gonna suck your blood and eat your flesh," Tara said. Sookie thought for a moment.
"Vampire's don't eat flesh." Tara and Sookie jumped and looked over at the woman sitting on the bar.
Sookie glared at her. She was beautiful. She had long black wavy hair with bright green/blue eyes and a perfect body only seen on a model.
"Vampires are blood suckers nothing more. You're thinking more so of something you see on 30 days of night," the woman said with cold eyes as she leaned back.
"You're not from around here. I can tell cause you don't have an accent," Sookie stated. The woman smiled and gave a nod.
"That's right," she confirmed. Sookie and Tara gave another look to each other.
"My name is Sookie and this is Tara," Sookie introduced. Tara observed the mysterious woman more carefully.
"Sookie? That's an odd name," the woman said. Sookie looked down.
"Yeah, I get that a lot," Sookie smiled. The woman looked at Sookie more carefully.
"And your name?" Tara asked after she saw the look given.
"Sorry, how rude of me. My name is Colette," she said. Tara nodded and looked around at the drinks.
"Well Colette, what can I get you?" Tara asked as she grabbed a glass and held onto her bottle opener. Colette hesitated.
"I wouldn't mind some True Blood, if you got it," Sarah said. Tara froze. Sookie got more excited and intrigued with the woman.
"You're a vampire?" Sookie asked with a suddle smirk. Colette sighed.
"Couldn't tell from the start?" Colette asked her. Sookie looked at Tara and shrugged. Tara didn't seem too impressed. She hated vampires. Anything supernatural made her quiver.
"Do you know Bill Compton?" Sookie asked. She quickly leaned across the bar shoving Tara to the side. Tara looked at her friend like she was crazy.
"Well indeed I do. In fact I'm waiting for him right now," Colette informed. She thought Sookie was odd for being so interested. That's when Sarah realized who she was. "So you're Sookie Stackhouse? You're as beautiful as he said," Colette smiled. Tara rolled her eyes and before Sookie could say anything Tara shoved her out of the bar.
"Sorry but we don't have no true blood, try someplace else," Tara snapped. Sarah gave her a look.
"Well alright then. My meet is here anyway," she said with a smirk. Right then Bill came in from the front doors. Everyone froze at the chill of his presence. "You're late," Colette said as she looked down at the bar. Bill came up and leaned against the chair beside her.
"Sorry, vampire business that I would rather not discuss here," Bill said with a raised eyebrow. Colette knew what he meant and let out a nod.
"Thank you for your services Sookie and ….. your colored friend," Colette said with a smile. Tara placed her hand on her hip and played with her lip. Sookie watched as Bill nodded at her and the two vampires left.
Sookie stood their glaring in the direction they had left. She was mesmerized by the whole vampire lifestyle. She was inlove with Bill. All she wanted to do was see what they could do and who they are. Her thought came across the new face in Bon Temp. She wondered how long the black haired beauty would be here for and if there was trouble to come.