Okay, everyone! We got ourselves a brand new story (yes, I know … another one!) And, basically the premise of this one is that because I was so p****d off with CH after how she finished the SVM series of books – with Sookie being married to Sam and Eric being basically auctioned off to Freyda. In After Dead, it is revealed that Sookie goes onto have four kids with Sam, while Eric eventually settles into his role as King Consort and he also turns another human. Well, I wondered what would happen both of their settled lives were suddenly mixed up once again when Eric's youngest progeny arrives in Bon Temps.

Anyways, I hope that you will enjoy the story and the updates!

Disclaimer: Not Mine

Enjoy!

SPOV

"It's good to be home" my husband Sam said, as he came walking in through the door, and even though it was well after midnight, and all of our four kids were already in bed, since they had to go to school in the morning, I had come to learn that this was his usual time for coming home.

I had stopped expecting him to be home at a decent time so that he could actually spend some time with his children and his family.

But, all the same I couldn't stop the smile that spread across my face as I turned around from the kitchen sink and dried my hands off on a tea towel, where I had been scrubbing the last of the pots that I had used when cooking the dinner – which had been pork, scrambled eggs, boiled potatoes and mixed vegetables.

"I'm sure it is – you have been doing such long days recently, Sam and you have barely seen the kids or me in that time" I said, barely able to keep the words from tumbling out of my mouth, or the tears from forming at the edges of my eyes - I had missed my husband, and up until that very moment, I hadn't realised exactly just how much that I had missed having him with me and the kids.

"I know Sookie – and believe me, it hasn't been easy for me either, being stuck at the bar whenever my gorgeous wife is at home by herself, you know that I would really much rather be with you than be at work, but it's only a temporary thing until I can manage to find someone to replace Tammy, plus I have been covering the bar and chipping in in the kitchens as well. On top of that, there is mountains and mountains of paperwork that I haven't had time to look at, and it's been about three weeks since I last did the pay roll for any of the staff purely because I simply haven't had the time to do it. To make matters even worse, it's getting closer and closer to Christmas and there's not even one single decoration put up in the bar! We are so seriously understaffed it's not even funny! If there's very much more of this, we will not be able to cope! Everything is so disorganised – there's bookings here there and everywhere for Christmas parties and that needs to be sorted out. I can't remember the last time there was a stock take done, the delivery men have just been giving us a standard order. The bare minimum is being done just to keep us afloat and even though things are going extremely well at the minute, I'm not so sure how much longer that we can last but I'm so wore down with work that I haven't even had the chance to deal with any of the business side of it" Sam said, taking off his coat and flopping down into a chair at the dinner table, running an extremely stressed and exhausted hand through his shaggy hair.

I couldn't help but gasp at that. I had known that the bar was busy, but I hadn't realised exactly just how bad things had gotten, mainly due to the fact that I had been so busy trying to sort out and plough on with our personal lives, our family life, raise the kids, look after the house, get everything prepared for Christmas and so on and so forth, that I hadn't had the time to even think about Merlotte's.

"Sam, why didn't you tell me how things were at the bar?" I said abandoning any attempt whatsoever to deal with the egg covered pot, and sat down at the table directly opposite my husband of almost fifteen years.

"And add to your already stressed life, baby? I could see that things are just as busy as ever for you, especially with the four kids. I guess that I thought that I would be able to handle it just as I had been for so long before we got together. But I need help. I can't keep doing it this way – for one, the business will sink if we keep going on the way that it has been, and to make matters even better there's a drinks convention coming up in Shreveport this week– I'm not exactly sure of the date, or the exact whereabouts of it, though it is something that I would definitely be interested in attending, to get some new drinks ideas and so on for the bar, to shake things up a bit for one" Sam said.

"Yeah" I said. "I think you should definitely go to the convention, Sam. It might be a good idea to bring some new drinks back to the bar, just for a little change – as far as what I can remember it starts the day after tomorrow in the Plaza Hotel, Shreveport, but I will need to check it out. And as for the rest of the problems, I will come in tomorrow after dropping the kids off at school, to see if I can sort out the paperwork, payroll, staff rotas and deliveries"

"Thank you baby – I just can't believe that I have let things get this bad, I should have asked for your help months and months ago" Sam said, with the sliver of a smile on his face.

I just wasn't feeling quite as hopeful, because dealing with my husband's mess was really all that I needed right now on top of everything else.

"I love you" he said, breaking the silence that had fallen between the two of us after a few moments.

"I love you too" I answered, even though it felt like there was the weight of the entire world on my shoulders.

"Come on, let's go to bed – I want to show you just how much that I have missed you, Sookie" Sam said, his voice taking on a seductive tone that he knew would turn me on.

"Gladly" I said, standing up.

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