The Truth Behind:
Chapter 1
I just got off my shift at a very busy Merlotte's, grabbing my purse and ignoring Arlene's glares.
I feel relaxed and overwhelmed with excitement: that must mean Eric was close. I sigh at the prospect of having our long, drawn out,
"Talk" over our non-existing relationship. As I am heading out the back door I feel an empty spot in my shield. I turn to find my
Ex-boyfriend, Bill Compton waiting by my car with a serene facet.
Bill had pretty much butchered any possibility of us getting together but believe me, that didn't stop him from trying. After a small once over, (I wouldn't have caught if not for the remaining amount of vampire blood in my system) Bill walked towards me and kissed my
cheek,
"Sookie." he says softly in a calming voice. I smile and ask him how he has been adjusting with the new de Castro regime. "It has been very surprising but I have not been greatly affected by the change." he finishes with a little nod.
"I am happy you are well. What did you want to talk about, Bill?" I asked curiously.
A year ago I might have completely ignored Bill over all his betrayals but I would have been ungrateful to do so now. Bill takes my hand
and gives it a gentle kiss working his southern charm.
"I want to talk about us," he finally reveals. I pull away slowly to collect my
thoughts before I answer,
"Bill we were a couple, and I gave you my heart but everything you gave was false! You were sent to seduce me by the Queen and you cheated on me with Lorena. If that weren't enough you never trusted me or shared crucial information about the vampire mess you brought me into... After it all, you paraded, Selah Pumphrey under my nose every night!" I took a deep breath- "I appreciate your words to Victor the night of the takeover but there is no 'us'." I finished my last word softly.
Bill's nostrils flared and he spat "So you think you have a future with, Eric?" -- "You don't know Eric and he will never love you, even if you are 'bonded.' How long do you think it will take until he bores with you?" - "He doesn't care about you! When was the last
time you heard from him, and where is he now when you get off work and your exhausted? N-" My temper had been escalating to an
extreme amount, I felt like the six shades of hell!
"Now you listen here Bill Compton, I do not belong to Eric and even so he has done more for me then you ever accomplished during out relationship! He cared for me from the beginning! In Jackson when I was staked trying to save you, Eric was there. When you raped and almost murdered me in the trunk of a car at Alcide's apartment Eric was there to take me home... Eric has taken bullets for me and has shared more of his personality and 1,000 year of life then you have ever taken the time to divulge... I may have loved you once William Compton but that was a long time ago and it passed after your first betrayal."
~ Bill's face was hard as stone and his eyes glazed over with anger, when Eric appeared at my right side. If I was surprised I would say Bill was a little frightened and shocked. Eric held my hand as he gave Bill a stare that could bury a body, "Compton you heard my bonded. And if I ever hear you speak ill of me again I will have a stake in your heart faster than you could blink, understand?" Eric asked,
I shivered at his threatening tone; he rubbed his thumb in my palm for reassurance. Bill's face went to a frustrated but subservient mode
as he nodded and vanished the way vamps do to scare the life out of me.