Title: One about Vikings (translation)

Author: anira22

Synopsis: After a night with the vampire Eric, for Sookie comes the time to meet Eric the Viking, courtesy of her great-grandfather Niall. POST DEATH IN THE FAMILY.

Disclaimer from the author: None of the characters in Southern Vampire Mysteries or True Blood belong to me. They are owned by Charlaine Harris and Alan Ball.

Translator's note: I know this is weird, but I read this story in Spanish and I wanted to share it in English. This story is written by anira22 a fabulous writer. So here is it…. Anira22 Espero que te agrade mi traducción… even with the disclaimer from the author, I will try to make this clear Eric is MINE!

Rated: M

Chapter 1

"Oh, Eric," I bumped into him when I was leaving home.

"Are you going somewhere, lover?"

"I was going to call you."

"Were you going to let me down, Sookie?" I smiled and nodded. "And what about that bouquet? Do you have a date with some another man whom are you bringing flowers?"

"What a fool" I stood in my tiptoes and reached to kiss his chin. "Tara gave birth this afternoon. I was going to see her and the twins at the hospital. I won't take long (She will be tired), you can wait at home."

"I'll go with you."

"No need, Eric" I didn't see him in a maternity ward's hospital room surrounded by blue bears, pink bunnies and colorful balloons, kids crying everywhere, elated parents and aching women in labor.

"When I was human I saw many births, animals and women, I do not think they changed a lot in 1000 years."

At the hospital I asked for Tara's room and I was a little bit upset when we were escorted there, all the way, while not losing Eric of sight as if they thought that at any moment he would pounce on the babies to steal them from their mothers. Eric didn't mind and even pleased a pair of frightened mothers showing his fangs in a threatening way. Tara pretended she was glad with my visit, not because it bothered her that Eric came with me, but because she had been admitted at the two in the morning and the twins hadn't wanted to born until two in the afternoon. 12 hours of labor. She told me she was exhausted but happy and JB also saw overjoyed. (I think Eric and him has developed a mutual dislike almost instantly when they knew each other.)

The two babies were much like JB, were extremely handsome, but at least Jack (the name they had decided to put the boy) had those open and lively eyes that gave him a living look which his father lacked, because JB had many virtues, but intelligence was not one of them. I didn't waited for Tara or he gave me permission to take the girl from her crib, once she was awake and carry her in my arms. I laughed watching JB juggling to hold his newborn son. It's amazing that despite big hands and big arms most men doesn't manage well to catch just a child. I melted when the small baby in my arms began to pout and made kitten like sounds. I stroked her cheeks soft skin with my nose and cooed her a little while putting a shrill and childish voice as I dropped absurdly meaningless drivel. Eric just was there standing, quiet, impassive, waiting.

Little Jack began to squirm and whine uncomfortable in the arms of his father. I noticed that Eric stretched arms and with an easy, simple and slow movement accommodated the child face down on one of his hands.

"Well I never thought a vampire..." JB began to say.

"I had children when I was human" Eric defended himself "they like to be in their tummy. He has a strong neck" Eric said when he lifted his head to look around.

Tara and JB smiled, but I felt the cold invaded my guts and veins like my blood had frozen in that very same moment. It wasn't the first time I thought about my situation with Eric, I knew that the fact of being with a vampire meant that I couldn't have a normal life, and knew that being Eric's girlfriend means that I couldn't get pregnant either from him or any another guy… and probably, knowing the opinion that Eric had about some of the methods of modern medicine, even not through artificial insemination.

We were there to visit, and we would never get someone to visit us in the hospital for this happy reason. I would never be Tara and he would never be JB. He already had his children and it hadn't been with me.

Eric looked at me again and handed the baby to his father, he opened his eyes and roused himself while JB was trying without succeed, putting his on his tummy with the same grace that Eric had.

"We should go now," said my vampire "Women should rest."

I nodded, I handed the girl to Tara, and I gave them both a kiss and congratulated them for the last time. I walked out the door of the room with Eric behind me, his hand on my back, pushing me to leave that place.

I tried to cheer up with Eric on the way back home, but in the times he glanced at me I knew that he knew I was a bit sad at the time.

Perhaps because of the influence of his blood or maybe because I knew what I was going to get when we arrived home I began to feel a little more happy. Eric and I showered together and then we had dinner in my kitchen (or I had dinner and he looked at me) I told him I had spent four days working at the bar in the morning shift and if Sam don't change my shift soon, I would be soon like an indigent. Eric tried to talk about the hospital several times, but after my jogs he left it away and told me that Pam and he had spoken with the lawyer about opening a striptease club on Shreveport (Eric laughed at me and said that when he told me I put the same face that would have fairy after taking a bite of a sour lemon. Excuse me Mr. Viking I don't like that my boyfriend is going to open a place where he will be surrounded by naked beautiful women who will be more than happy to give him a private lap dance.)

Although I fell asleep exhausted, I would have preferred Eric to stay overnight, however, it must not be one o'clock in the morning when he approached and kissed me goodbye. I threw my arms around his neck and pull him toward me (Is not that I have enough force to knock Eric if he doesn't want to be knocked.)

"Stay, stay, stay..."

"I have work at the bar, my sweet little baby."

"What if something happens while you're not here?" Low punch. He chuckled.

"I will come flying if I notice something weird. Bill also is a minute from here and I am sure he will be happy to be a hero with you."

"What if I get horny before dawn, should I call Bill?" Eric roared, buried his face in my neck and tickled me while I kicked the bed laughing. He lifted his face and gave me a big kiss.

"Tomorrow I'll stay all night" I clicked my tongue disappointed "Sorry you become sad at the hospital. I know you want to be a mother" I bit my lip and said nothing "Sorry I cannot give you that" I nodded and shrugged my shoulders. You cannot want a normal life, a normal family, a normal first love, a normal job, and children and also want to have an undying love. You have to give something away, and now I do not want to give Eric away. I think I will not want to give it up him ever.

I got out of bed because our activities had made me thirsty. I rubbed my eyes and turn on the hall light. I felt a presence behind me as soon as I set foot on the step. I froze the guts when I realized it was a fairy, a fairy who was not Dermot or my cousin Claude. I lost my balance noticing his hand on my back and I fell down the stairs. Before I hit my head, I seemed to see my great-grandfather Niall smiling at me.

Translator's note: If you like it please send your reviews I will translate all of it but you have to be patient there are 105 chapters. Cheer me up and I will hurry ok … bye

Sorry for the troubles this moving may have caused.