Hello there! This is my first time, so please be gentle. This chapter is a bit on the short side, but I can assure the rest are much longer.

All mistakes are my own.

I own nothing.

"Yes, Sook, I'm still holding on to the ladder." I told her trying not to laugh at her. "And, I swear I'm not looking up your dress."

In reality I was really hard trying not look. Sookie Stackhouse has one of the most stunning legs I had ever since on a woman. Just because she was my best friend, gave me constant headache and she saw me as a big brother of sorts, it didn't mean I couldn't admire what God had given her and he had given her many things that required admiring.

"Eric Northman, you are so dead as soon as I'm on the ground again." She screamed from the top step.

"You're not treating to fall on top of me, right? 'Cause I'm sorry to tell you, but you're not that big. I mean, you could probably break a leg or an arm at the most. Unless, you fell on my head then maybe you could probably knock me out for awhile-"

"Then maybe you could actually shut the fuck up for once!"

In that precise moment a small breeze blew, blowing her dress up giving me a great view of her laced cover ass. I could feel the blood rushing to my face, "Fuck! Grown ass men do not blush!" I told myself as I looked away before anything else rose.

"Do you have that little shit already?" I asked annoyed that her stupid cat had managed to climb up the tree once again.

"Come with mommy... Yeah that's it..." I could hear her coo at her cat. "I got him!" She screamed down at me.

"Finally!" I yelled back at her.

"Tina, next time you feel like climbing something, go climb my bed like any other lazy cat in the world. That way I don't have to ask this asshole that tries to look up my dress anytime I ask for his help, okay?" Sookie told her cat as she climbed down with her under her arm, while I tried to hold the latter without rolling my eyes at her last comment.

"You know I heard what you said, right?" I told her as soon as she was on the ground.

"That was my intention," she said sticking her tongue at me. God, how I wished I could taste that tongue."Now, tell me how is it possible that a six-foot-four giant is afraid of heights? You know, if you were a gentleman you would have offered to rescue Tina instead of letting me climb up there."

"It wasn't my fault that fur ball runs up a tree every time she sees a dog. Now, that's what call a real coward. I mean, dogs are just walking slobber, plus you spoil her way too much. You should teach her to get out of trouble she gets herself." I told Sooke in a serious tone, earning me a laugh from her.

I closed the ladder and went to put away in the tool shed that in the backyard before following Sookie into the house, the same house we been sharing for the past six months. We had been friends since we were kids, but not even time or distance had ever come between us.

I took a seat on one of the dining chairs and watched as Sookie fed her cat. She seemed like the same old Sookie as always, but since she had come back from New York something seem different about her and even though I didn't know what it was and, I'm determined to find out.

"You're doing it again, Northman."

"What?" I asked startled by the fact she had caught me staring.

"Staring. Lately, that's all you do and it's starting to weird me out."

"You know, that ego of yours is a little too big for such a small girl. Do you really think I don't have anything better to do besides look at you?" I said trying to save face.

Sookie turned around, leaned against the kitchen counter folded her arms under her breast, the ones I was trying not to look at, and gave me the look. The one that said, "Bullshit, Northman! I know you're lying."

"Really? Because from where I'm standing, it does seem that way. Seriously, why don't you tell me what's going on?" She said with a pleading look.

"I have no idea what you're talking about." I said trying to sound innocent.

"You know you can't lie to me, Northman. Whatsamattaferu?"

"What's the what? Is that like a Yankee thing?" Poking fun at her new developed accent.

"Don't try to change the subject, Mister!"

"I wasn't trying to change the subject, but please enlighten me. When do you think you'll go back your southern accent?"

"Shut the fuck! I never lost it!" She fired back.

"Ah, ha! You did it again! You totally lost, I told you shouldn't have bet, Stackhouse." I said feeling smug.

She opened her mouth trying to say something, but she closed just as quickly. I have given her hell ever since she had come back and today, I had decided to make things a bit more fun. I had bet her that she couldn't go a whole day without sounding like a Yankee, of course, she failed miserably. Ever since she had come back, she had come back with that horrible accent. The one of the things had always loved about Sookie was her thick southern accent. Since I had moved to Louisiana from Sweden when I was young, I knew I had never heard an accent like hers. It also didn't help that my parents had moved us around a couple of times during my teen years. Sookie's parents had always been gracious enough to let me visit them during the summers, until my parents decided that they wanted to go back to Louisiana a few months before I turned eighteen, because they had enjoyed the quiet living. Of course, that's when Sookie decided that she wanted to go to The University of New York. But, I like I've said time and distance never meant much to us. It just meant that now that I had finally turned to Louisiana she had been the one that had to do the visiting and of course, she did it when she had free time.

"Fine! Name your price" She said bringing me back to reality and sounding more southern than she had in weeks. I loved how easily I could annoy her, even after all these years.

"Well,... I think I need time to think about it." I told her wiggling my eyebrows at her, I was going to let her suffer.

"Next time, we need to name our terms before we place a bet."

"Where's the fun in that? This way is more exciting!" I said getting up and walking to the door.

"Ugh! You're so annoying!"

"You know what? I think I'll tell you after the dance" I told her as I stopped at the door.

"Just get the fuck out of here, before I do some that I'll regret." Sookie threatens before throwing a rag at me.

"Like always, making promises you can't keep. One of these days, I think I'll just ignore all your threats just to see what kind of things you'll regret doing," I promised her as I walked out the door.

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