Quiet. She noticed that everything around her was just… quiet. She sat in the living room and looked out the massive windows. There was no sound, no noise, just the hum of his life in her mind. She sipped on her cup of coffee and reflected on her life. The sun was still about an hour away from setting. The horizon was starting to turn a slight shade of orange and the sky just above it was darkening. "Life is what happens when you're not looking", she thought to herself. Isn't that the way the saying goes?
Five months ago her life had changed significantly. Five months ago she allowed herself to accept what was inevitable, she accepted him. Or maybe she just gave in to the fear that was holding her back for so long. She dug her heels in and fought her feelings and emotions for what seemed like years, only to end up in this very place. And this very place was what she had dreamed for her entire life, it was quiet.
She looked at the birds in the tree's and she watched as the squirrel's ran around the grass and down the sidewalk. It was a beautiful day, the animals were still enjoying the time in the fading sunlight. It wouldn't be much longer until her love was awake, her heart skipped a beat as she thought about him. Why had she fought her love for so long?
Technically she was still living in Bon Temps, Eric had her house renovated and made into a state of the art "paradise". It had everything you could imagine, while still keeping it's southern antique feel. They both had decided that the house held too many good memories to erase. It was still her home, her Gran's home, just better. Now, she was spending ninety percent of her time in Shreveport at Eric's. He loved having her with him at all times, and she was happy to stay. Amelia was happy as could be having the house to herself most of the time anyway.
She drove to Bon Temps when she needed to work, and Sam had been generous enough to cut back her hours when she finally asked, and schedule her for mostly day shifts. After she and Arlene had there incident, as it was now called, they were pretty much always scheduled on opposite shifts. The less she saw of Arlene the better, and Arlene had felt the same way. Eric had "taken care" of the boyfriend of Arlene's that had almost hit her. He found out where the boyfriend and the best friend, or as she liked to call them, Dumb and Dumber, had been hanging out recently. He managed to sneak up on them one night as they walked out into the parking lot of a dimly lit shopping center. Eric broke the neck of the boyfriend in one quick motion and drained him of every drop of blood. He Glamoured his friend into spouting some story that his friend had met some other woman, quit his job, and up and took off to Oklahoma City. He had absolutely no memory that he witnessed the murder of his friend. All he knew was what Eric had placed into his head, and that was what he was certain happened.
She never questioned the fact that Arlene's boyfriend was there one day and gone the next, she didn't want to know.
She thought about how her life would be so drastically different today if she had never saved Bill from those drainer's. She would have never been pulled into this life of vampire shit as she so fondly called it. She would not be fearing for her life a good part of the time, she would not be getting pulled in hundreds of different directions by everybody all wanting a piece of her, she would never had met Eric.
When this thought crossed her mind she tensed at the notion. She could not even imagine her life without him now. She went so long purposely pushing him out of it, and now he was so important to her that her heart ached when she thought of not having him. She pressed her hand to her chest and felt her heart beat. Her heart beat for the both of them now. She decided that she would go upstairs and wait for him in his favorite place, the bedroom.
She could feel the hum in her head get louder and more intense, along with the feeling of longing and desire in their bond. She peaked into the door where Eric was resting and watched him as he restlessly began to wake. He had the hideous afghan wrapped around his body, a sight that would always take her breath away. She quietly closed the door behind her and slipped herself into the bed right behind him.
As soon as he felt her body next to his their bond filled with ease. She nuzzled close to his back and rested her check on his shoulder. He was not quite awake yet but she knew that he was awake enough to feel her with him. He turned towards her and wrapped his arms around her body and squeezed her to him. He mindlessly kissed her hair and her neck as he inhaled the smell that was her body.
She rubbed his arms and locked her fingers in his. She loved this part of the day, the part where he was still technically asleep, but alert to her body. Anyone else and a vampire would be ready to strike and fight if they were disturbed during this time. Not her, he held her, he simply loved her.
"There is nothing I enjoy more than waking up with my lover by my side", he whispered in her ear as he became alert. "Well, maybe there is something I enjoy more…", he began to kiss and lick her neck in just the right spot. To be honest, there was nothing she liked more than to make love as soon as he woke up either. There was something so needful and hungry in the way he made love to her when he first woke. It was like he was desperate to have her, to feel her.
"Well good morning to you too, honey", she teased him as he kissed her neck. "Miss me much?" She didn't even have to ask.
"I miss you always. I have not touched this body in hours, I love you Sookie." His voice was raspy with sleep and want. She allowed him to continue his exploration of her body, it was as though she was just as desperate to have him.
He laid feather light kisses all over her trembling stomach and watched as her body reacted to his touch. He let his fingers glide inside of her body and she let out a very thankful sigh. He bent down and kissed her, her mouth responded like it was the first and last kissed all rolled into one. Her body flared with the heat from his kiss alone, not to mention what his hands were busy doing.
She thought she was about to come when he pulled his fingers from her body and replaced it with himself . She wrapped her legs around his waist and locked them behind his back. He had broken their kiss for only a moment and quickly placed his mouth back on hers. They moved together in perfect harmony and knew each other in the most intimate ways. He caressed her body as he made love to her and she grasped at his flesh begging him to push into her harder. He whispered in her ear some very intimate descriptions of what he would like to do to her, she was just to ladylike to repeat them out loud. She grabbed his face in her hands right as she felt herself begin to orgasm, "Eric, I love you, more than I ever thought possible." And she came, he was right behind her. Her declaration of love had pushed him over the edge.
"I love you too my lover. More every day, but first things first. I needed to have you the minute I felt you beside me, but right now I am…famished." He grinned and bit.