The Viking is always late and it's annoying, as I slide into the only open booth in the joint I glance at my watch, "Oh, I'm super early" I say this out loud even though I know no one is even listening to me. I look around for the first time since I walked in, the place is packed and noisy, I can't help wonder why Eric picked this place, it's so not his "type" of place. Well, since I am so early, I think to myself, I may as well get something to eat. I'm not hungry, I'm never hungry, that is at least not since the early part of last century. I look around again to locate some wait staff and catch the eye of a beautiful blond waitress, I realize she has been looking at me the entire time I've been in this booth, she smiles big at me and I smile back and she walks over.
"Hi, welcome to Merlots can I get you something?" she says really sweetly
"Um, yes, what do you have here that's good?" I curiously wait for her response, does she know? Does she think she knows?
"Oh, we have Tru Blood type O" she smiles again, she is as cute as a button and smart that she picked up that I'm a vampire, except that I am absolutely positive I am not like any kind she has ever come across before.
"Actually, I was thinking more along the lines of chicken fingers and fries oh do you orange soda?"
No answer, yeah, I shocked her, she stammers for a minute gaining her composure.
"It's ok if you don't have orange soda, I'll just take a coke" I say this in a way so she will know I am joking, trying to put her at ease because I don't like to "screw" with people, but when your me, it kinda just happens. I figure after that she would walk off and get me my food but instead she stares at me intensely.
"Aren't you a vampire?" she asks me, I am somewhat surprised at how bold she is, when people know you're a vampire, they tend to not ask questions.
I smile out of surprise, "what's your name?" I ask her, I mean, if I am going to have to explain myself, I want a name.
"It's Sookie , what's your?" bold again, I like this girl
"Most people that know me call me Day walker, but I much prefer Danny" I let that sink in a minute "yes, I am a vampire, but I also eat food and as you may have guessed, I don't have allergies to sunlight" ugh are we still telling that lame lie, allergies, do people really buy that.
"Day walker?" She asks
"Yeah, but Danny ok?" I hate that nickname, it sounds worse when mortals call me that
"Oh yeah, ok, sorry, I just never heard of that, I mean you don't drink blood?" she sits down across from me, she still has a smile on her face, her curiosity isn't so strange, but the fact that she is plucky enough to sit down and talk to me is.
"Oh, yeah, occasionally I do, but not very often and never that fake stuff" tried it once, hated it.
"Then how do you" she hesitates like maybe she shouldn't ask me, but then continues "you know, how do you , um drink?"
"well, when I want to, you know drink, someone will offer me um.. a drink" why we are talking cryptically I have no idea, but I'm going with it
"You glamour them?" she asks me not realizing how offensive that is to me
"No, never, I never do that for any reason, it's just happens" I try not to sound annoyed , to me using glamour is dishonest and I consider it cheating, even though all the vamps are doing it.
"Sookie" a voice calls out "are you gonna help me out with these tables or what?"
"Sorry Arlene, I'm comin" Sookie answers back, I am disappointed to lose her company, but I want my greasy food. "I gotta get back to work; I'll bring your food right out"
"thank you Sookie" I find using people's names puts them more at ease with me, not that this one needed any help, she seemed pretty relax already. She disappears to the back after taking another tables order, she didn't write anything down, I really hope she remembers I wanted fries too. I kill some time by checking my I-phone for messages, emails, texts, nothing. Viking should be here fairly soon, I hope he brings his side kick, Pam; she hates me because Eric doesn't. Yet I find there interaction very interesting, almost amusing, if she's with him, whatever he wants will be something simple, easy. If he's alone, it's going to be unpleasant; maybe I will actually say no this time, yeah, not very likely. I was so deep in thought I barely noticed the itchy feeling, I can think of no other way to describe it other then, my brain felt itchy. My thoughts shifted, what is that weird feeling, I looked around and saw Sookie staring at me again, what is she staring at, oh yeah, the vampire, Sookie's face suddenly looked funny, like she realized something, she was still looking at me and then I realized what she had "Hey, are you in my mind" Can you hear me?" she looked stunned but thought "Can you hear me?" her lips never moved, "yes and you hear me?" "I do". Sookie came running over to the table, we just looked at each other for a moment, she spoke first "I've never been able to read a vampire's mind before, so clearly, are you a telepath?"
"I didn't think I was, that never happened to me before" I said out loud, but then added by thinking "can you?"
She answered back in her mind "Yes, human only, I'm a telepath"
I was about to ask her how long she had this gift when I heard Eric's car coming down the dirt road, he's alone. I didn't realize I had said "Eric" out loud.
"Eric?" Sookie asked "Why did you say that?" she asked a little too remarkably.
"Eric is the vampire I'm meeting here, he is pulling up now, he's driving a new BMW" I don't know why I added that part about the BMW, it sounded like I was pretentious.
"I know Eric" Sookie said , there wasn't enough time for her to elaborate on their relationship.
"Sookie, I think it would be better if we kept this" I motioned from her to me "Between us"
"Totally agree" she smile and sounded relieved.
"He's walking up to the door now"
She was just back at the bar when Eric appeared at the door, he looked around for a slit second and then he was already sitting across from me, show off.
"Hello Day walker" he said very seriously
"For the 100th time Viking, call me Danny"