Sookie Compton thanked the cab drivers who handed her bags to her and walked towards the large, white antebellum house she had grown up in. The old Compton house. She had just arrived back from finishing her four years of college at Louisiana College at Pineville, LA. It had been a very studious and hard working four years, but it was good to be home.

Kinda.

Sookie walked into the house and called out a hello. Mr. Compton appeared suddenly before her and gave her a tight smile.

"Hello Sookie. Welcome back." He said. "Dinner will be ready soon, take your bags upstairs to your room and….. please change into something more appropriate." Sookie looked down at her jeans and hoodie sweatshirt and sighed. She trudged upstairs and opened the door to her room. Nothing had changed.

When Sookie was three years old there had been a flash flood that took out her entire family, every single one of them except her. She had been on the bridge with them when it happened but had been saved by Mr. Compton. She had no recollection of the event; doctors said it was due to trauma. Ever since then she had been adopted by Mr. Compton.

Being as young as she was, it hadn't been long before he found out about her telepathy and as soon as she was old enough she was told that Mr. Compton was not like everyone one else. He was vampire. There were others like him, but she had never met any. While she was away at college, vampires had "come out of the coffin" finally. Sookie pretended to others that she was as surprised as them, but mostly was relieved because it was one less thing she had to hide.

Mr. Compton had warned her from a very young age that she was never to tell ANYONE that she was a telepath under any circumstances. As she got older she saw the wisdom in this and with Mr. Compton training her to block people, by the time she was at an age where adults started paying closer attention to a child's words, she knew not to speak about what she heard in people's minds.

Mr. Compton was quite puritanical and had not evolved much socially over his many years. He raised Sookie to be a conservative woman who never went on dates, had many friends, or was allowed make up and revealing clothing. Sookie was grateful to Mr. Compton for all he had done, because he told her of the terrible things that would have happened to her in a foster home if he had not adopted her. Mr. Compton also told her that her family and grandmother would have wanted her to act this way, as he knew them and knew what they would have wanted. Sookie wanted her family to be proud of her.

The only time Sookie had gotten into a large argument with him was over her decision to go to college. Mr. Compton thought it was unnecessary for a woman to go to college, but this one time Sookie was adamant. She won, and it was one of the best decisions of her life.

Sookie learned a lot about life in college, and not academically. In college she made friends, started dressing the way she wanted and putting make up on. She was still very effected by Mr. Compton's upbringing, but for the first time she started to question her upbringing and rebel even in the slightest way.

And now she was back. College had ended and Sookie was unable to get a job nearby the college so she had to move back to Mr. Compton's house. She had gone to school to be an interpreter for the deaf, specifically children. She enjoyed helping people communicate and it helped that she could read people's minds when she or they needed help communicating something. She had hoped to get a job at a children's school for the deaf, but had no luck.

Sookie started changing into a summer dress that Mr. Compton would approve of and walked back downstairs for dinner.

Mr. Compton was sitting at the long empty dinner table with a True Blood and a dinner plate full of food sat across from him. He had help who cooked for her and cleaned the house for him. Sookie sat down silently and when Mr. Compton nodded, she began to eat.

After a few minutes he spoke up. "Goodness Sookie, it seems like you have forgotten all the manners I had taught you."

Sookie straightened her back, not realizing she had slouched slightly. "I'm sorry Mr. Compton." From the day she had moved in she had referred to him as Mr. Compton.

"I was thinking, Sookie, that now that you have graduated from your studies you now an adult. Therefore, I think it would be appropriate and I would like if you called me Bill."

Sookie was startled and looked up at him. She could never remember a warm moment between the two of them while she was growing up. She had nannies that she was close to during the day, when Bill was sleeping, but never had she received a hug or term of endearment from Bill nor had she ever expected to.

Now here he was smiling at her warmly, but something felt off.

"Okay….Bill." She said stiffly. Bill nodded once in response and the rest of the dinner was filled with small talk about their lives. Sookie knew very little about Bill's life or job. Only that it involved vampire politics and that he was someone of importance. Bill told her it was unnecessary for her to bother herself with the details.

They retired to the sitting room and for the first time Bill asked her if she would like an alcoholic beverage. Sookie asked for a Gin and Tonic, a drink she had found she liked in college, though she was not a big drinker she hoped it would lessen the tension she felt tonight. Growing up with Bill had always been stuffy but never suffocating like tonight was.

After a while of talking Bill put a hand on Sookie's knee and she nearly jumped out of her skin at the contact. Frozen she turned to Bill.

"You know, I believe college did wonderful things for you, Sookie. You have never seemed more beautiful." Bill said intensely, staring at her.

Sookie quickly jumped and stuttered something about needing sleep and fled to her room. She sat down on her bed shaking, unsure of what had just happened.

The next few weeks went more smoothly and neither of the mentioned that night again. Sookie was busy during the day trying to find a job at a local school and when she wasn't she was sun tanning. Summer was just around the corner and she already had a healthy bronze. Despite growing up with a vampire, she had always craved the sunlight.

Sookie continued to wear the dresses that she had worn while away like tighter shirts, skirts, and dresses that showed more of her legs and cleavage and for the first time Bill stayed silent about her wardrobe and makeup.

She got a job at the Shreveport library for the time being, which Bill had expressed his displeasure in, but had not pushed the issue. Sookie was very happy there. She had even made a friend, Amelia. Amelia was the opposite of Sookie in almost every way, which Sookie enjoyed. She was loud, promiscuous, and very friendly. Sookie had mentioned her to Bill, but had not gotten into detail. She was stuck between feeling like she was 22 and old enough to make her own friends and still not wanting to upset Bill and the memory of her family.

One night a few weeks after Sookie had started, Amelia invited her out for dinner and drinks. Sookie was excited to go out for the first time she had been home and was surprised when Bill made no objections.

Sookie dressed up in her favorite white dress with red flowers that was form fitting and showed her best features. Amelia had teased her mercifully about it, but it was one of her favorite dresses. Amelia was dressed in a spandex skirt that just covered her butt and a tight revealing top that showed midriff.

While they were having drinks Amelia had been getting several texts, and as the alcohol flowed the giggling that accompanied them grew more frequent.

"Sookie, do you want to get out of here and go to a place that a friend of mine owns?"Amelia asked.

"Is this the same friend that you're texting?" Sookie asked sassily.

"Maybe. The bar is so much fun and I think it's just what you need!" Sookie had consumed a couple drinks and normally she would have just gone home but tonight she was feeling adventurous. So they called a cab and headed over.

When the pulled up Sookie couldn't help but gasp. "Fangtasia? Amelia, are there vampires here?"

"Who else would have a name like that? Come on! Have you ever met a vampire before?" Amelia grabbed her arm and pulled her towards the door. She did not know much about Sookie's past or who she was living with, only that she was adopted.

Sookie did not respond as the approached the door and a large man let them in after IDing them, nodding at Amelia in acknowledgement. Apparently she was a frequent customer.

Fangtasia was dark, loud, and kind of scary to Sookie. She silently took in the sights, of tourists being frightened, scantily dressed men and women in leather and black clothes, and of course the vampires. They glowed like Bill and to her were easy to identify. She had never understood how people hadn't known what Bill was, because she was able to tell at a young age. Sookie dropped her shields as they got to the bar and were ordering drinks. She immediately started blushing, she heard deeply sexual things coming from the humans minds, especially about one certain blonde man. That is when she noticed the throne at the end of the room on a platform, it was empty at the time.

"A throne…really?" Sookie drawled, looking at Amelia with an exasperated expression. Amelia giggled and shared a knowing look with the American Indian bartender.

"Oh, Sookie. Just wait." She replied knowingly. Before Sookie could respond further, a beautiful blonde vampire appeared at Amelia's side.

"Pam!" Amelia greeted overly-friendly and Sookie almost dropped her glass when she witnessed the proceeding over-friendly kiss that the two shared. Amelia's a lesbian?

Amelia giggled when she spotted Sookie's expression. "Oh Sookie, did you not know?" She started to crack up and Sookie grew embarrassed. She ignored Amelia and looked at Pam who was also staring at her. Except she was staring at her like she was lunch, it reminded her of the expression Bill had the night she returned and she grew even more uncomfortable.

"So…Is the throne yours, then?" Sookie asked the blonde vampire. For the first time she cracked a smile.

"Oh no, that would be my master's. Who I take it, you have not met." Pam stated rather than asked as Amelia snorted in agreement.

"I don't believe so, I might have." Sookie glanced at the bartender and the vampires around her.

"Oh trust me, sugar. You would know if you met him." Pam said mysteriously and drifted off into the crowd.

Amelia and Sookie got a table and continued talking and drinking as Pam had work to do and had disappeared. Shortly after, Amelia and Pam had gone to dance and Sookie, feeling uncomfortable butting in between the two decided to stay at the table.

That was when she saw him.

He looked like a god. She had never seen someone as attractive as him with his long blonde hair and his Statue-Of-Davidesque body. Most notable to her was his piercing blue eyes. His piercing blue eyes which were. Staring. At. Her.

Sookie blushed and looked down at the table, only to find she couldn't look away and looked right back at him, he never removed his gaze from her. When Pam and Amelia returned, Amelia only had to look at her face to know exactly what had happened.

"That's Eric. It's his throne." Sookie only nodded in response, the whole thing making sense now.

"And he wants to meet you." Pam stated cooly, a small smile playing at her lips. Sookie was confused as she was led up to the throne by Pam and Amelia. She had never seen Pam and Eric interact, how had she known?

Her question was left unanswered as she found herself in front of him. He was slouched down arrogantly in his chair and had made no effort to straighten himself as she approached as proper. If Pam had stared at her like something to eat, Eric stared at her like he wanted to devour her. The look sent shivers up her back, which she swore his smirk increased at.

"Hello." He greeted smoothly, the sound of his voice almost made her close her eyes and savor it. "I'm Eric and this is my bar. And you are?"

"Sookie Compton." Sookie responded with more confidence then she felt.

"She's my friend at the library!" Amelia piped up and Eric glanced at her in annoyance.

Eric was silent for a moment as he took Sookie in, and then proceeded to talk to Pam in a language she had never heard. This was a particularly sore moment for Sookie because it reminded her of how deaf children feel when they can't understand what it going on around them.

"You know it's quite rude to talk in a different language around people who don't understand you." Sookie piped in angrily. All three of them stopped what they were doing and stared. Amelia in horror and Eric's smirk grew even bigger.

"Is that so?" He asked, staring at her. Sookie felt her cheeks redden, but refused to back down.

Unbeknown to Sookie, Eric had been trying to glamour her from her seat at her table earlier and had been unable. That, combined with the feeling of being drawn to her like every other vampire in the room made him curious.

"What are you?" He asked softly.

"I studied to become an interpreter for deaf children" Sookie responded nervously, thinking the question was intended to explain her previous actions. Amelia started to look a little frightened, as she knew Sookie was a telepath.

"How sweet you are," Pam quipped.

"Not especially." Sookie shot back, and then berated herself for responding like that. All her life Bill had told her to act like a proper lady and never talk like this, and here she was standing up for herself to vampires no less.

Sookie let her shields drop for a moment and caught that an undercover cop was in the bar and it was about to get raided.

"We have to get out of here!" Sookie told Amelia urgently.

"What is the rush?" Eric responded cheekily.

"The place is going to be raided!" Eric's smirked dropped and he sat forward quickly. "And there's a vampire feeding on a human in the bathroom!"

"How do you know this? Are you a cop? Did you bring a cop here!" The last question angrily directed at Amelia. Amelia looked terrified of him and exclaimed, "No she's a telepath, and we need to listen to her and get out of here!"

Sookie was horrified when the words came out of Amelia's mouth and both vampires zeroed in on her. Their attention was thankfully diverted when a loud noise started at the front door and the vampires ushered them out the back door. As Sookie and Amelia ran for the nearest cab, she heard Eric calling out from behind her. "I'll see you soon, Sookie Compton."

Sookie and Amelia finally found a cab and were riding home safe when they finally spoke.

"Sook – I'm so sorry. I didn't know what to do." Amelia pleaded. Sookie was drained. She felt she should be more angry with Amelia, but the whole situation was so horrible and she was only glad to be on her way home away from it. Sookie just nodded and exited the cab silently when she got home.

Sookie thankfully made it to her room without being disturbed, as Bill was not home and went to sleep, wanting to pretend it never happened.

Which see did, expect at night while asleep and a thoughts of a blonde vampire – not Pam – plagued her dreams. Dreams she had never had before about a man.

A couple nights went by with no consequences of that night and Sookie finally started to relax. One night she and Bill were having dinner when suddenly he tensed and exited the room at Vampire speed. Sookie continued eating but jumped up when she heard a large banging noise coming from the entrance room.

Sookie hurried in and gasped loudly at what she saw.

Eric had Bill in a choke hold up against the wall, Bill's feet inches off the floor as they snarled at each other. Pam, the female vampire was watching with an entertained expression on her face, all of their fangs down. At the sound of her gasp, the three vampires turned and stared at her.

"Well, well, well… what do we have here?" Eric asked staring at Sookie, a large smirk on his face.

A/N: WOW! I was not expecting this to be so long! But I got sucked in. I got this idea in my philosophy class while wondering how different Sookie would be if raised by Bill.

This story will have dark parts, but also some humor, the same goes for Eric. He will be lethal and scary but also kind. Mostly because I believe in multiple dimensioned characters.

This story is for Bill Haters – you probably will hate him before its through, just a warning.

Also Sookie will have some problems (who wouldn't growing up with Bill?) And will be very different from the way she is in the book.

I hoped you enjoyed, I haven't written a multi-chapter story in years and I haven't decided if I want to continue this, maybe. Please let me know what you think, and again, I hope you enjoyed!