Title : The One (Les deux expressions sont differents en Francais et Anglais. En Anglais, on dit l'une, mais vous ne devez pas le changer).
Summary : Sookie is a young graduate, with a degree in fashion. She's just been hired by the editor in chief of a famous fashion magazine. Now Sookie's moving to Miami, and living with all the other journalists at her editor's house. A/H A/U
Disclaimer : All characters are the exclusive property of Charlaine Harris.

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What am I doing here? Me? There is a huge difference between Bon Temps and Miami. I studied for my fashion and style degree in New York, but being in Miami is still all new. Graduating two years early, I attracted the notice of the Editor in Chief of The Only, a famous fashion and music magazine aimed at young people. She immediately asked me to relocate so she could take me on. She explained that she lodged all of her journalists in her huge loft, and they were all around my age. I accepted her offer, much to the pleasure of my brother Jason, who wanted me to get out of Bon Temps and make a name for myself, and I was given a week's time before I would get on a place to Miami. When I did arrive, I had to find my new boss, Pamela Ravenscroft, in that immense airport. From talking on the phone, I knew she was a really brusque woman, and I needed to get used to her sense of humor if I didn't want to be offended. After years of dealing with jokes from Jason and my Dad, I figured it wouldn't be too hard. She was about 30 years old, and she insisted we be informal and I call her Pam. When

I finally did find her, I approached a bit hesitantly.

"Hey, finally!" she cried, giving me a hug. "Did you have a good trip?"

"Yep, everything went well"

"Great. We'll drop your bag at the loft, then we can do some shopping, just the two of us. You'll see, you'll feel right at home. We're like a big family, everyone gets along really well."

She glanced at my bags. "Oh, you play the guitar! I'm sure Eric's going to be really excited to have someone to play with! He covers sports and music news. Well, really, we all do a bit of everything, but in general everyone has a specialty. Bill, for example, usually covers computer stuff, but when he doesn't have much to say about that, he becomes the resident paparazzo. Coming back to Eric, he's adorable. You'll never meet a nicer person. He's impatient to see our new stylist. Right now, nobody knows who I chose, I wanted to leave it a surprise. Ah! I forgot, all the rooms are soundproofed, so feel free to play whenever you like."

"That all seems great," I smiled.

"I need to introduce you to Amelia. She covers the health and psychology section. She's my girlfriend."

I laughed. "Marking your territory, Pam?"

"A bit," Pam admitted with a smile. "But I'm happy to see you don't have an issue with that. Quinn, our gossip guy, was completely shocked when he found out and afterwards he acted like a real pig, making lewd jokes at every turn, it's tiring! Well, enough of all that. I'll introduce you to everyone in person, you'll love them."

She dragged me to the parking garage and bundled me into a candy pink convertible. Why was I not surprised? After half an hour on the road, we arrived in front of an immense eight storey apartment building, which had numerous balconies at different levels.

"Look good to you?" Pam asked me happily.

"It's amazing," I breathed.

"You haven't seen anything yet! Come on, let's go in!"

I obeyed and followed her inside. The décor was modern and airy, kind of warm and familiar. Tons of photos ornamented the walls, but I didn't have time to dwell on them. She led me straight up a white marble staircase, then directed me to a door painted white. She turned the knob and let me enter. The room was amazing! White floor, white walls with silver accents and a huge four-poster bed with diaphanous white curtains. There were a bunch of couches and throw pillows in the same colors scattered throughout the room. There was a door that opened onto a balcony leading to the bathroom. The room had to be five times the size of my old room in Bon Temps. I put my suitcases on my bed and went back to Pam, who was puttering around near a pretty desk.

"Here's your welcome gift," she announced. A laptop, the latest technology, with integrated wifi, in white to go with the room.

"I don't know what to say," I murmured, shocked. "Everything seems too good to be true."

"You're part of the family now, Sookie!" Pam told me. "Come here, give me a hug!" She stretched out her arms to me.

I went to her and hugged her affectionately, recognizing everything she was offering me.

"Let's go introduce you to your new brothers and sisters," she laughed.

I smiled at her in return and followed her back downstairs, while she went through the corridors clapping her hands and calling out that everyone should meet downstairs. Quickly, four people appeared.

"Sookie, this is Bill, Amelia, Quinn and Leonard," she introduced one by one. "Everyone, this is Sookie, our new fashion and style person."

Everyone came to hug me and welcome me to the staff. I knew instantly that I was going to get along well with Amelia, she was bubbly and really nice.

"But where's Eric?" asked Pam.

"In the gym," grimaced Amelia.

"He better know what he's doing," Pam said angrily. "Lafayette has nothing left to do here!"

"Suits me fine," Quinn stated, with a perverse grin in my direction. "Especially if we're replacing him with such a pretty lady."
Pervert! By contrast Quinn didn't look like he was risking doing too much.

"Don't pay attention to him," Leonard recommended, rolling his eyes. "He doesn't know how to control his hormones."
Everyone laughed, but Quinn frowned.

"Go do a workout with Eric," Pam ordered him. "You need to trim down if you want to attract the ladies. And tell Eric that I want to see him in my office in 5 minutes."

Quinn left grudgingly, dragging his feet.

"I have things to discuss with Eric, so you should go shopping with Amelia, okay?"

"Sounds perfect," I grinned.

"Good, we'll get together later. Have a good time!"

"I have a feeling we're going to be good friends," said Amelia enthusiastically, giving me a huge hug.

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