Disclaimer: I own nothing but have always been in love with the story...please review and if you have any suggestions, please tell me. I am open to anything. This idea came to me as I was reading a story on FanFiction and I thought why not Aussie versions of things...enjoy...

I would live to thank sassyvampama for the edited changes...this chapter is so much better than my own...to sassyvampmama...I bow to you...

Don't worry it's still the same!! But the changes made it so much better for those who couldn't understand it....

Chapter One

"Eric Northman, get your bloody arse out of bed now or else I'm gonna deck you!!" screamed the voice of a woman.

I groaned and opened my eyes to see a face and blond hair staring at me. Ah...Sookie Stackhouse my one and only annoying best friend. I groaned again and pulled the covers over me.

"Fuck off, Stackhouse...sleepy time." I grumbled.

"Okay, that's it." She said before ripping the covers off my bed and jumping on top of me. For someone so small, she can really be a bitch, but I still love her. I groaned as she bounced on me like a child, sometimes she is just so childish really. She was 23 and needed to grow up. I decided to wake up and pull myself up against the bed post. She calmed down and sat on the edge of my bed. I looked at the clock and saw that it was 4:30am in the morning. I groaned, staring at her.

"Stackhouse, why are you waking me up this early in the morning? You know I worked at the pub until 3:00 this morning!" I yelled at her. She simply smiled and smirked at me. I gave her a dark look in return.

"Do you know what day it is?" she asked.

"Is it the day for you to piss off and let me get some more sleep?" I said. She gave me a look and I smiled to myself.

"Today is the day we are going to my sister's wedding? You know, driving to Port Douglas and seeing my sister make the biggest mistake of her life?" she reminded me. Now I remembered, but the wedding was a still a week away and technically Tara wasn't really her sister. Sookie's parents, before they died, had adopted Tara because her family was a bunch of dickheads that drank too much. So Sookie's family asked Tara to come live with them and accepted her with open arms.

I grew up with Sookie and Tara and their brother Jason, who was a Tosser- though apart from all of his flings, he was a pretty decent guy. Sookie and I had met in primary school; we were the odd ones left out, so we joined together and became best friends. Then Tara came along and Jason joined our crew when we entered high school. High school was a blast; we would play Rugby (or Footy as we like to call it) games in the park, Sookie would root for the Maroons while I was rooting for the Blues. Ahh, wonderful times...

As my mind was busy relieving memories, Sookie hit me in the head with my pillow... I growled softly, this girl is going to be the death of me.

"What in the bloody hell was that for?" I grumbled at her. She just smiled sweetly at me.

"Well, you comin' or not? My car waits for no one." Sookie said, with a smirk on her face. I smiled at her, being won over by the excited blonde. I shook my head and got up out of bed to start packing.

"So, what kind of clothing do we need? Formal wear, casual wear, or boardies, shirts and thongs?" I asked her.

"Obviously you need a nice suit to wear to the wedding, but every other day is gonna be casual. So yeah...bring some boardies but not the blue ones." She grimaced at the thought of my Aussie board shorts. I smiled and pulled out the pair in question. She looked away and pretended to gag. I had a lot of memories with the blue shorts, including my very memorable 18th birthday.

"These boardies you mean? But these are famous Stackhouse... though you should know because you brought them for me." I told her, smiling as I packed the shorts and other various items. She gave me a look and I went back to packing, smirking.

"So is it just me coming along for the ride or is Jason comin' too?" I asked, heading towards my bathroom to take a shower. I closed the door behind me, but I could still hear Sookie from the other side.

"Yeah...but Jason and Pam are taking his Holden Commodore. So we have the Toyota all to ourselves." She told me.

Pam, my sister, was also Jason's on and off again girlfriend. Pam and I were close, but their relationship was one of the reasons why Jason was quickly heading towards my shit-list. The only reason he wasn't totally on it yet was because of the way he cared for Sookie and Tara. After their parents died in a car accident when Sookie was 9, their grandmother, Adele, had raised them. Unfortunately, Adele was diagnosed with terminal cancer and died when Sookie and Tara were only 15 years old. Jason, who was several years older than them, took over the role as care-giver for them, and he was brilliant as their guardian. However, he needed lessons on how to be a good boyfriend, in my opinion.

"Anybody else coming?" I hopped out of the shower and started to dry myself off. I looked in the mirror at myself. I wasn't bad looking. I was fit, firm, had the six-pack abs, muscles and I was blond-haired with blue eyes. Hang-on, scratch that, I was handsome. I smiled at myself before putting on my boxers, some shorts and a vintage Cold Chisel band t-shirt before heading back to my room. I would like to have gotten dressed in my room, as it was bigger than the bathroom, but Sookie was in there.

"Yeah, Amelia and Sam. You know, those two are going to be the next to get married. I swear, those two are so love-sick for each other, I mean it. Just the other day, I went shopping with Mia, and Sam was calling or texting her every fucking five minutes...far out mate. Fair dinkum - they were texting each other the whole time, saying that they missed each other. I almost gagged on the spot." She shivered at the memory of her best female friend and my best guy friend acting that way since they have been together.

Sam and I had been friends for years; we were next door neighbours as kids. We still are close, but things were different now. Amelia, otherwise known as Mia, had moved in with him at the same time Sookie moved into my spare bedroom downstairs. Sookie and Mia had become besties, so they were close, just like me and Sam. Sam had had a troubled childhood but he always came out on top.

"Are they driving with us or going on their own?" I asked. She groaned, which answered my question.

"Well you shouldn't have offered to drive them." I told her.

"How could I not? I mean their car is at the shop getting serviced, just like you car after that stupid accident you had when you went drag-racing." She scolded at me. I smiled at the memory of what had happened for Sam's car to need to go to the garage for repairs.

Sam and I loved to drag-race against each other and would do it on the highway. Since we lived in Townsville, Queensland, the roads were wide enough to race side-by-side and so every chance we could get, Sam, Jason and I would race our cars. Only last time I was driving too fast and crashed my beloved Holden Ute SVZ into a tree. Sam's car, a Ford Falcon XR6, had really burnt out tires and was getting them replaced with new ones just like my Ute has. Jason owned a Holden Commodore VE whilst Sookie's car was a Toyota RAV4 that she brought while she was in Uni. studying business. I studied Aviations and Mechanics, as I loved planes and fixing things. She wanted to run her own business but for now she was running the bar, Merlotte's, along with Sam, who was the owner. I was the bartender there for now, but I was hoping to find a job at the airport. Soon I will work for either Qantas or Jetstar or Virgin Blue, but for now I was Eric, the hot bartender.

"Hey, you can't keep a man from racing and showing off his prize." I told her, grinning sheepishly.

"Which would be what exactly?" she asked.

"See whose car is the fastest!"

"Or to see who the biggest dickhead in history was." She said. I gave her a look, from which she smirked and tried to keep her laughter in.

"Take that back, Stackhouse." I warned, grabbing a pillow.

"Or you'll what?" Sookie teased, egging me on. She grabbed my Doona in an effort to use it as a weapon. I playfully hit her with the pillow and she jumped on me with the Doona as we fell down onto the floor, rolling and laughing at the same time. Then somehow I ended up on top of her. Our eyes met and I looked at her properly. Although she was annoying at times, she was incredibly beautiful, and as I was on top of her, I stared into her blue eyes for what seemed like forever. Her hair was naturally a light blonde but she had dyed it a darker ash blonde. But just laying there, my heart quickened at the sight of her as I thought over and over in my head, "She is beautiful."

She smiled at me and I felt a pang in my heart. Oh fuck, what in the world was happening? I quickly rolled off her and she got up, laughing,

"Ha-ha, I win. Let's get going, loser, or Mia and Sam will be mad." She got up and walked out. I got up as well, and grabbed my bag, with the thoughts of moments earlier swirling around in my head. I had never felt this way about Sookie before and I was clueless about what to do.

As we headed out towards Sookie's red Toyota, I noticed Sam and Mia heading towards us and I waved to them. I wanted to talk to Sam about what had happen earlier but couldn't because Sookie was there.

What the hell? I mean Sookie is my best friend yet I was having all of the feelings towards her all of a sudden. But I couldn't keep it in; I needed to talk to Sam, but it would have to wait until I could get him alone.

We all hopped into her car and I pulled out Sookie's CD case, putting the latest Nickelback CD in. Sookie and I both loved Nickelback and all things rock. As we drove towards the highway, heading towards Cairns, Sookie noticed the love-sick couple making out in the backseat. I was riding shot-gun, so I didn't know what was going on until Sookie yelled at them.

"You two better bloody cut it out or I'll deck ya!" Sookie warned, as I smiled as the couple gave her looks. Then, our song, 'Never Gonna Be Alone' came on and all four of us started to sing.

Time, is going by, so much faster than I,

And I'm starting to regret not spending all of here with you,

And I'm wondering why I've kept this bottled up inside,

So I'm starting to regret not selling all of it to you

So if I haven't yet, I gotta let you know

As we were singing, I was remembering some early memories of Sookie and me. The first time I saw her, I had a crush on her. I thought about the time she lost her parents and the when she lost her grandmother; how I was there for her both times when she cried. I remembered my 18th birthday, when we lost our virginity to each other and swore to take the secret to our graves.

You're never gonna be alone, from this moment on

If you ever feel like letting go, I won't let you fall

When all hope is gone, I know that you can carry on

We're gonna see the world out, I'll hold you 'til the hurt is gone

Holy crap and dung shit, I was in love with my best friend, Sookie Stackhouse. Fuck me...