"Carly, if you want to keep your job here I suggest you pick up the pace. Arlene and Sookie are the only other waitresses here tonight and they can't keep after you." Sam shouted at me from behind the bar at Merlotte's.

It was my third night on the job as a waitress at Merlotte's. My friend Sookie told me that she would recommend me to Sam since they were short on waitresses so here I am. It's not horrible working at Merlotte's; the boss is pretty cute and a lot of the customers are cute too. But the customers usually get really drunk and have no clue what they're doing. Every night since I've worked here, this really cute guy has been coming in at the same time, drinking the same thing, and then leaving. I never had the chance to serve him his drink but Sookie told me that he was her brother. Jason Stackhouse.

It was going on nine thirty and just like clockwork, Jason came into the bar and sat down in a booth. Arlene and Sookie were busy with other customers so I sauntered cheerfully over to where Jason was sitting.

"What can I get for you?"

He looked up at me and his eyes widened; he had obviously never seen me here before. "A...A beer."

I wrote down what he wanted and giggled when I saw that he had not taken his eyes off of me. "Are you okay?"

"Y-yeah I'm fine. I've never seen you here before. I'm Jason Stackhouse." His brown eyes beamed at me.

I smiled and said, "I started working here three nights ago. I'm Carly Weston. I'll be right back with your beer."

If I didn't leave when I did, I was sure Sam would be yelling at me. I went over to the bar and told Sam that Jason wanted his usual beer and Sam gave it to me, not happily I will say. I could tell by the look on Sam's face he wanted to blow up on me. Geez, it really sucked to be the new waitress.

"Sam look I'm sorry if I really suck at doing this but it's only my third night. There aren't many customers here so do you mind if I chat with someone for a bit?" I was really brave to be asking my boss that.

He sighed and said, "Look Carly I'm not trying to be hard on you. I know it's only your third night and I...sure take the rest of the night off."

"Thank you!" I untied my apron and put it in my locker in the back of the restaurant. Then I went back to the bar, got Jason's beer, and brought it to him.

When I got to Jason's booth, there was a girl on each side of him and three squeezed into the other side of the booth. What was I getting myself into? I handed Jason his beer and he thanked me. The girls on the side of him eyed me carefully, as if I was a threat. I think Jason knew this because he told them something quietly and then they got out of the booth and left. Jason patted the seat beside him and I sat down next to him. Across from us were three girls that were really pretty. They all had bleach-blonde hair, tans, and clothes that were so skimpy I would only wear them to bed.

The girl on the left side said, "Jason...Are you going to come party with us or not?"

"Yeah! Come on Jason...we're so...lonely. You can have all three of us." The girl in the middle said.

Jason brushed my strawberry blonde hair behind my ear and whispered, "Wanna catch a movie and then just hang out?"

I nodded and wondered what was so special about me that would make him choose going to a movie with me over going back to his apartment with three girls. Speaking of those three girls, they were getting impatient, and their low-cut shirts seemed to have gotten lower. Did every girl throw themselves at Jason?

"Listen, Yvette, Isabella, Pamela, I'm going to pass. I'm going to hang out with Carly." Jason draped his arm around my shoulder and I felt myself turn bright red.

The girls sighed and scoffed and left the booth. Jason took a drink from his beer bottle and then offered it to me. I declined. I wasn't a very big beer drinker. His arm was still around me and he pulled me closer to his side.

"How about I buy you a drink and then we get of here and go see a movie?" He asked while playing with my hair.

I hesitated because of how Jason may have reacted to what I chose to drink but he seemed persistent in buying me a drink so I said, "A bottle of TruBlood AB positive?"

He froze for a minute taking in what I had said. "You-you're a...?"

I smiled and said, "I'm a vampire. Does that bother you?"

"N-No that doesn't bother me at all Carly. One bottle of TruBlood coming up." He made eye contact with Sookie and waved her over. "Hey Sook! Can you get Carly a bottle of AB positive?"

Sookie told her current customer to hold on for a minute before approaching our booth. "Carly what are you doing with my brother? Does he know you're a...?"

"He just found out. He wanted to buy me a drink before we headed out to a movie." I smiled and realized that Jason's arm had migrated and was now around my waist.

Sookie nodded and left to get my bottle of TruBlood. AB positive was always my favorite blood type with B negative in second place. I laid my head on Jason's shoulder and wondered if it would be possible to have a real relationship with Jason. After all, he was Jason Stackhouse, a real ladies' man...and I, was a vampire.