"Poppin' Eric's Cherry" One-Shot Contest
Title: Black Belt Bombshell
Pen name: kmsmith1975
Status (Virgin or Almost-Virgin): Virgin (not for long)
Beta'd by: VampAngel79
Primary Players: Eric and Sookie, plus Amelia and Quinn
Disclaimer: I don't own any of the characters from the SVM, I just want to play with them.
I awoke to the sound of my alarm going off. Oh, how I hated that thing sometimes. I wondered why I had volunteered to get up at 5 am on a Saturday to help with my karate school's tournament. It was our school's turn to host the Annual Fall Invitational. Since moving to Shreveport for college, Amelia and I have really neglected our training. I mean we are not the best black belts out there, but we can hold our own. We knew moving here would mean change. Amelia and I were teaching a few classes a week, so we could train for free, but we could only train 2 days a week instead of 5. We were known back home as "dojo rats". Our old Sensei had helped us work out a deal with a school here. So here we were up early to get to the college that we spent 5 days a week at. Well, maybe there will be some cute guys there.
I went into the kitchen and found Amelia, my roommate, ready to go with coffee in hand for me and her. "Oh, Amelia, how you know me so well. Thank you!"
She giggled and said, "No problem roomie, this will be fun. I have all your gear already in the car, now let's go!"
On the way over to the tournament, we talked about the past few tournaments and the people we have met. Every year one school gets to play host to all the other schools in the state. It ends up being a huge tournament, and a lot of fun.
Excitedly, Amelia said, "Oh Sookie, do you remember those guys we met last year? What were their names? Oh yeah, Eric Northman and John Quinn. Those guys were so full of themselves, we showed them, huh?"
Eric and John were both Head Instructors at their school, they managed the New Orleans school who hosted last year's tournament. When they saw us coming, they thought we were spectators there to watch, until they saw us compete. Let's just say they weren't so cocky by the end of the tournament. Amelia and I placed first and second in each of the three categories: kata, weapons and sparring. We left them with their mouths on the floor in awe.
"Of course I remember Amelia, they were so nice to look at, too bad their arrogance stood in their way," I said remembering just how good they were to look at. Eric was 6'5" of solid muscle, long blond hair pulled into a ponytail at the nape of his neck, broad shoulders, and a butt to die for! John, who liked to be called Quinn, was just as tall, but bald, his shoulders were not as broad as Eric's but still looked nice. Not that I was paying attention, but it's hard not to notice them.
Faking a shocked expression, Amelia said, "Sookie, and I thought you weren't looking! You are right girl, they were something to look at, maybe they will remember us."
I replied, "Oh I don't think they would, I mean we aren't the best out there. They just didn't know we were black belts."
"Sookie, they were falling all over themselves just to talk to you!" she yelled.
"Hardly Amelia, come on, I'm nothing to look at!" I said shyly.
"Don't be so sure Sook, if I see them I will ask if they want to get a bite to eat after the tournament."
I interrupted her, "Don't you dare Amelia Broadway, or I will never forgive you!"
We rode the last five minutes in silence. I was secretly hoping to see them again this year, but I was not sure I could talk to them without my drool bib. I get so tongue tied around guys. Amelia says I need to "get on with my virgin self", but I can't just give it up to anybody. Well, at least the scenery will be nice.
As we pulled up to the gym to unload our car, two heads popped out from behind a huge Dodge Ram pickup truck. "Hello ladies, remember us, Quinn and Eric? Why don't you let us help you with your stuff."
Amelia spoke up before I could stop her, "Oh Quinn, that would be so nice of you. Sookie, why don't you let Eric help you with your stuff."
I gave Amelia the death stare, but smiled sweetly at Eric as he came over to me. "Hi, Sookie is it? It's nice to see you again, you were really amazing to watch last year, are you competing again? I was hoping you would be."
Surprised by his shyness, I said, "Yes, it's Sookie, Eric right? It's nice to see you as well. I hope Amelia and I aren't inconveniencing you in any way by helping us?"
He smiled as he said, "No, it's no problem at all. We were done unloading Quinn's truck here, so we are free and available to help you out."
Knowing a thing or two about cars, since my brother Jason had been fixing cars with my neighbor Terry back home from the time when he could walk. I asked Eric where his truck was.
He replied, "Oh, I actually have a corvette, not the most practical to drive with my gear, but I love the speed of it, and how it hugs the road!"
I could see his eyes sparkle when he talked about his car, so I added, "It's good to see other people appreciate fast cars! My brother and I like to fix old cars and race them in the summers. I haven't done much since moving to Shreveport for college, but I do miss it."
"Wow, I'd never picture you for a fast car lover! But then again, I didn't expect you to be a fantastic black belt either." He blushed as he said this looking down.
I gave him a genuine smile and said, "Thanks Eric, you and Quinn are pretty good yourselves, how long have you been training?"
He picked up my gear bag and threw it over his shoulder like it weighed five pounds, as he said, "Well, Quinn and I met training when we were about 10. We were in the same class at school and ended up in the same karate class as well. We became instant friends and now we run the school together. How about you and Amelia?"
"Well, it was the same thing for us. We were in the same grade at school and the same karate class. My parents were killed in a car crash when I was 7, and I was going to have to quit training until Amelia's dad stepped up and paid my tuition. I became an adopted part of their family. We've been friends ever since. He's real proud of what we have accomplished, and encourages us to continue with our training. We actually don't get to train as much as we used to, we teach a few days a week, so we can train a few days for free. Our Sensei back home helped us work out the deal with the school in Shreveport." I realized I was rambling, so I said, "I'm sorry, you probably don't want to hear my sad story."
He looked at me with one eyebrow cocked and said, "Sookie, I could listen to you talk all day. I'm sorry about your parents. That must have been rough on you being so young. I'm sure your parents would be proud of you, you are very beautiful and so passionate in your studies."
Thank God Amelia came back over to me, I was getting a little overheated and I had not done anything yet. She said, "Excuse us Eric, we are needed to set up. We'll see you guys later!"
Relieved, I said, "Thank you, Amelia. We were talking so freely, I'm not sure what came over me, but I felt comfortable with him and was rambling on about nothing. He must think I am such a moron!"
Amelia chuckled, "Sookie, that boy is as smitten as I've seen 'em. He could not keep his eyes off of you. We'll have to see where this goes. We definitely need to go out after we are done here today."
Just as I was about to object, our Sensei Bill Compton walked up to us and asked, "What are you two doing? I need you to organize the trophies! I don't pay you to sit and look pretty with the boys. Now get to work!" He huffed off to delegate another group to set up chairs.
Amelia and I burst out laughing at him, "He is such a dork, I swear Amelia, and it's not like he pays us anyway. I can't wait until we don't have to work for him any longer."
Between laughs, she said, "I know what you mean. Now, wouldn't it be nice to work with those two fine specimens there?"
As I turned to see who she was talking about, my eyes met with Eric, and I swear he winked at me. I blushed and turn quickly almost knocking over the trophies in the process.
Trying to cover up what I almost did, I said, "Amelia, can you help me with these? I think they are mostly set up. They just need to be arranged by place, bigger ones in the back, don't you think?"
Amelia shook her head as she spoke, "Girl, you got it bad for him, and I think he's quite smitten with you too. This is going to be one interesting tournament!"
Over the course of the next few hours, we all had pitched in to set up the gym, and by the time the competitors were arriving we were all set, and headed off to change. The black belts traditionally competed first, and then the lower ranks followed. Today was no different, only my head was not in the game as they say, I couldn't get Eric out of my head!
I dressed in a daze, and as I was tying my belt Amelia snapped me out of my daze, "Sookie, are you trying to kill your belt? It's tied already, are you OK? I've never seen you this nervous, what's going on?" A light bulb must have gone off in Amelia's head because she broke out into the biggest shit eating grin I have ever seen. "I can't believe it, the great Sookie has lost her cool! I love it, you can't even focus! Snap out of it Sookie, we got trophies to win!"
I must have looked really stupid, because all I could say was, "Huh, I'm sorry Amelia, what did you say?"
She laughed and just grabbed me and we headed to the gym for our divisions. At some point I realized that I was being stupid, this was insane. I'm a Stackhouse for God's sake, I don't act like this. I forced everything "Eric" out of my head until after the tournament, I needed a clear head.
The next hour was a blur of commotion. We went from kata to weapons, and ended up gearing up for sparring. It wasn't until Amelia and I were fighting for first and second place that I realized I was on auto pilot the whole way. I was giving her a run for her money. She never lost when we sparred, but I just kept at her. I stopped when the judges called it. I had finally beaten Amelia at her best event. She was always much faster than I was. I was grinning from ear to ear. Now we just had to wait for the results of kata and weapons.
I was nervous, Amelia and I had always placed, but there were some really great girls in our division, so we both were pacing. I stopped in my tracks when two large warm hands descended on my shoulders, and a low voice was at my ear, "Relax Sookie, you did great, both you and Amelia have this locked up!"
I felt a shudder as I visibly relaxed by Eric's touch, "Thanks, but I am so nervous right now, my stomach is in knots."
"Speaking of stomachs, I know you haven't eaten anything, how about I take you out after we are done, and we get a bite to eat? Amelia and Quinn can come along too, you two deserve it. So, what do you think?" he asked.
"Um, what?.." Just as I was going to answer we heard the announcer come over the loud speaker to declare the winners in our division. I instinctively grabbed Eric's hand and buried my face into his chest.
I felt a chuckle rumble through his chest, it felt nice, but who was I kidding, he could have whomever he wanted.
I heard the announcer's voice saying, "In the women's black belt division, our winners are as follows: for kata, fourth place: Jan Stevens, third place: Emily Rogers, second place: Amelia Broadway, and first place: Sookie Stackhouse."
The arms that were holding me tightened as Eric picked me up and swung me around, "Sookie, you just won first place, you go girl!"
Amelia ran up to me, and hugged me so tight. We were jumping up and down. The announcer had to ask us to come up and get out trophies, and all we could do was apologize, "Sorry, this was unexpected, thank you."
Again the announcer came over the loud speaker with the results of our weapons division, "forth place: Emily Rogers, third place: Selah Pumphrey, second place: Amelia Broadway, and first place: Sookie Stackhouse."
"OH, Amelia, I can't believe it! I've never gotten all first places before, this is so awesome!" I said as I hugged her tight to me.
"I know, right? We need to celebrate tonight. What do you say to going out with the guys?" she asked tentatively.
"Oh, hell, Amelia, why not, what have we got to lose? Let's go out with Eric and Quinn after!" I think my friend was so shocked, she just nodded.
The rest of the day was a blur. The men's division went similar to ours, with Eric winning first place and Quinn second in all three of their divisions. After that, we really didn't see much of each other. We all were assigned as judges in different rings, so we couldn't talk until later. My mind was running wild, could things be this good? Stop thinking Sookie and just go with it for once. My mind really has its own agenda.
Before I knew it, all the trophies were handed out, and the clean up began. We all worked fast to get it done in no time. Amelia and I headed for the locker rooms to change. The guys said they would wait for us out front. We changed quickly and fixed our hair as best as we could, and headed to meet the guys.
We decided that the local Bar and Grill, Merlotte's, would be best. Our friend Sam's family owned it, and the food was awesome. We spent almost three hours there with Eric and Quinn. We all got along so great together, not to mention that Eric and I had so much more in common than karate. We both liked fast cars, as well as the same music, books, and movies. When we noticed the waitress trying to clean up and close for the evening, we decided to head back to the hotel the guys were staying at. This made me a little nervous, but Eric assured me we would just talk and have a drink. I was hesitant, but felt very comfortable with him, so off we went.
I couldn't believe my eyes when we got there, the hotel was gorgeous. I gasped at the sight, "Eric, this place is gorgeous. How can you afford a place like this? Oh, I'm sorry, that was rude, forgive me."
He chuckled, and put an arm around me as he said, "Don't ever apologize Sookie. I have invested well, I actually own this hotel. I take it you like it?"
"What!?" I said a little too loudly, "You own this place? How, I mean why? Oh, I'm making an ass of myself, sorry…"
"Sookie, relax. I own this because my family has money. I actually own several properties in Louisiana. The karate school is just one of my many businesses. My father taught me well. He taught me to buy places and fix them up and make a profit from them. When I bought this place five years ago, my intent was to fix it up and sell it, but I fell in love with the architecture of the building. I just couldn't sell it."
"Wow" I was really very articulate today, "Eric, this is so overwhelming. There is so much I don't know about you. I guess I just thought you were running the karate school, and I feel like the poor cousin." I looked at my feet to avoid his eyes.
"Come, let's sit and have a drink. It's still just me, Eric. And just because I own this place, doesn't change who I am. I like to keep my business and personal life separate, it makes things easier." He said as we sat in the corner of the lounge on a very comfortable couch. Amelia and Quinn were talking off in their own little world.
I really was feeling bad about what I said, "I'm sorry Eric. I'm just not used to this, my Gran struggled to raise my brother Jason and I, so I never asked for anything that wasn't necessary."
He took my hands in his as he said, "Really, Sookie, it's OK. My parents were very well off, and they taught us well how to make money, but it wasn't all roses in our world. My sister, Pam, and I grew up in boarding school. That's where I met Quinn too. We rarely saw our parents, and when we did, my father would lecture us about how to keep and make more money. I was so tired of him controlling everything I did, that when I turned 18, I left. Pam followed a year later. We lived together for a while and struggled to make ends meet. We ate Ramen noodles many times for our meals, but that all changed when our parents died. They were vacationing off the south of France, when their yacht blew up. They left all their money and assets to us. We really weren't sure we wanted it, but we knew that we couldn't let our family home go, so we sucked it up and took the money."
I was listening intently. I wanted to know more about this amazing man, so I asked, "Eric, what did you and Pam do after your parents died? You must have been in shock. I'm so sorry you lost your family. I mean you were living alone and suddenly had all this money?"
He chuckled, then said, "Well, we partied a lot at first, then after waking up in a house filled with half naked people we didn't know, we sobered up and called the family lawyer and accountant. Bobby Burnham was my dad's money man for years. He was more like a father to me than my own dad was. He was our contact if we needed anything while we were at school. It was hard to make that call and ask for help, but Pam and I were in over our heads. We knew there were businesses that needed attention, and we had no clue what to do. That's when Bobby suggested we invest our money. Pam thought it was a great idea. She has several retail stores in her name. I have this hotel and the karate school in mine. The rest is in the Northman name and we split the profits 50/50. I bought the karate school when I was 20, I needed to be involved with something I loved. Quinn and I were already teaching, and the school was in need of some major repairs, so I did it, and I have never looked back."
At this point Amelia and Quinn came over to us with a bottle of wine for me and her, and a couple of beers for the guys. We sat and started talking about random stuff: movies, music, where we liked to eat, and what we wanted to do in life. Amelia and I told them about our dream of opening a day spa / gym. Since we were both Marketing and Business majors in school, we thought it fit perfectly. Eric liked the idea, and I swear I could see the wheels turning in his head thinking of the possibilities.
Amelia was always much more brazen that I was , so I cringed when she suggested a game of Truth or Dare. "Come on, it will be fun. We can learn more about each other, and have a little fun too!"
"I'm in," said Quinn
"Me too," said Eric, "How about it Sookie, you in?"
I finished off the wine in my glass in one gulp and said, "Why not, this couldn't be too bad, right?"
Oh, how wrong I was. We started out small in a round robin with Truth, and told silly things about our childhood. Then the Dares started. Since we were technically in a public place, we couldn't get to outrageous, so we diverted back to Truth. It was Quinn's turn to ask, so he looked at Amelia and asked her, "So Amelia, why don't you start this round off with telling us about how your cherry got popped, huh?"
I choked on my drink and started coughing, both Eric and Quinn looked concerned, while I simply said, "Sorry guys, I wasn't expecting that, go ahead Amelia, tell us." I grinned knowing that Amelia's first time was so not what you would expect, so I just knew she would chicken out and change the subject, sparing me to have to tell about my "Virginal State".
Again I was wrong. I wondered how much Amelia had to drink, because she was just going on and on about her first experience, and how it was so awful, she couldn't wait for it to be done. She had us laughing, so when it came to Quinn's turn, he told us a tale of his girlfriend at the time. She had went to the extreme and had rose petals all over the bed, soft music playing and candles lit, and right as they were, ah, finishing, her mom walked in and interrupted them. "I was so embarrassed I just threw my clothes on and ran out of there. Needless to say, we didn't speak after that. I guess I was banned from her house or some shit like that. But my story doesn't hold a candle to Eric's story. Come on brother spill it, you know it's hilarious!"
Eric laughed, but I could tell he wasn't really comfortable with telling his story. However, in true guy fashion, he forged on with his tale.
"So I was 18, right before I left my parents controlling house. I wanted to spend the night with my then girlfriend. She was cute and sexy, and we both decided to wait until prom night to seal the deal. So after all the pictures, dinner and dancing, we took off in my dad's limo which was tricked out to the max, with sound system, lighting. You name it, it had it. Nothing was too good for my dad. We just wanted to get away and have our own party. I told the driver just to drive around the city and not to open up the partition no matter what. So here I was with a pretty girl, whom I thought was "the one". We were undressing in the backseat, I start taking off my tux and soon we just had our underwear on. We started kissing and rubbing ourselves all over each other, and when we are both naked I grabbed the box of condoms, which was a really large box. Quinn thought he was funny and packed the biggest box he could find in my bag. Anyway, I'm sorry ladies, there isn't any other way to tell this, so I hope I don't offend you. We started doing it. She was tight, and it was awkward, but we soon got a rhythm going, when she starts yelling "Oh Eric, yeah, that's it, just like that. Oh that feels so good, you are so big, give it to me harder". I'm loving this. I couldn't believe this was happening to me, she just went wild on me. So naturally being my first time, I didn't last long. When we are coming down off our high, I realize that the limo isn't moving. I wondered what was going on, so I opened up the sunroof and stood up. What I saw before me, were my parents and grandparents, along with the Mayor and the Police Chief, and a whole slew of VIP's outside the Art Gallery just staring wide eyed at me naked from the waist up. My girl then gets up into the roof as well, half dressed in only her bra and panties. The look on my dad's face was priceless. Apparently my dad had called the driver and told him to get over to the Art Gallery. He had some big wigs in town he wanted to impress, and here we pull up getting busy in the back seat! And that isn't even the worst part, somewhere in the middle of all this the PA system gets kicked on, so our moans and grunts were being broadcast to everyone outside the gallery! I dressed quickly, and then helped her back into her dress. We casually got out and walked past my parents. I knew they wouldn't do anything with everyone watching. We ran after we got passed the crowd. I got in so much trouble the next day. It was at that point when I decided to leave and go out on my own. We were just having a little fun, but my dad didn't see it that way."
Amelia and I had tears running down our faces from laughing so hard at Eric's story. Quinn just sat there and smiled, he knew we would react like this, that's why he egged Eric on. When we calmed down from the hysterics, Eric turned to me and said, "So, Sookie, let's hear about how your cherry got popped!"
I sobered up immediately from that question, and all I could muster up to say was, "Um, what?" Uh oh!
