I have been so delighted at the response to the first chapter. I think we all agree this looks to be a lot of fun. I will try to come up with lots of funny experiences for our "first time" babysitter….

Chapter 2

Sookie walked in through the backdoor of the house and sighed with relief. She was so glad to be home. She had worked the last six days in a row and she was so looking forward to her next few days off. She did not have any plans except to keep her feet up and lounge around the house. Sookie went into her bedroom and peeled her clothes off and kicked her shoes off as she made her way to the bathroom. She turned the water on for the shower and removed the last of her clothes as she waited for the water to warm up from her old hot water heater.

Just as Sookie lifted her first leg into the shower she heard a pounding on her front door. Who could that be at this hour? Or what could that be, she muttered to herself. She only knew of one creature that kept such nocturnal hours. Sighing in exasperation she turned the water off and quickly wrapped herself in a robe. Experience had taught her that vampires do not give up and go away.

Nothing could have prepared her for what she saw when she opened her front door. She had seen a lot over the past few months but even this was beyond her the scope of her mind. Standing on the porch of her southern homestead was the mighty Viking Vampire Sherriff. That was not the shocking part, it was the small bundle in his arms that had stunned her speechless.

"I need your help." Eric stated flatly as Sookie continued to stare at the pair speechless. The baby appeared to be enamored with Eric and was staring up into his face and cooing and gurgling as if trying in earnest to speak to the mighty vampire.

"Can we come in?" he asked.

"Sure, sorry, I am just at a loss here. Eric you can come in. Um, Eric, where did you get that baby?" Sookie seemed to panic a moment as she thought of something "Eric, where is this baby's mother? Did you do something to her?"

"No, of course not! What kind of vampire do you think I am that I would attack and harm someone with an infant and then TAKE the infant?" Eric retorted a bit hurt by her comment.

"I am sorry Eric. It is just…seeing you here with…..I just…." Sookie stammered trying to get her wits about her. "I just don't understand. What is going on?"

Eric let out an unnecessary sigh as he dropped the couple of bags on his shoulder still carrying the baby in his arms. The baby had one hand fisted into Eric's hair and with the other he was trying to jam his little fingers up Eric's nose. Eric just stood there and didn't seem to mind. Sookie began to giggle as she watched.

"I don't think there is anything funny here. What are you laughing at?" Eric replied harshly, obviously a bit upset by the situation.

In between fits of giggles, Sookie tried to get a hold of herself to ask the million dollar question. Finally she was able to get it out. "Eric, why do you have a baby?"

"It is a long story, but the jest is that the Queen has assigned me to keep the child for 3 days and nights and protect it from some foreseen attackers." Eric explained.

Sookie immediately stopped giggling. "Wait. You mean to tell me someone is after this baby and of all the places in Louisiana you show up on my door. You don't think that me being attacked by a serial killer, nearly raped, kidnapped, almost blown up, staked, locked in a trunk with a starving vampire, and beaten to near death by Were's wasn't enough for me. You had to bring more 'Danger' my way. Gee, Thanks Eric, how thoughtful."

"Sookie, I did not know where else to go. I needed someplace safe that Drexler's enemies may not know about. I also need help with the baby and not just anyone can help. The baby is part demon so I need someone who understands the supernatural world and can keep it secret. Most importantly I need someone who can be up with the baby in the daylight hours since I can not. I need to arrange for a few Were's to protect the house during the day and I thought that you would be an excellent excuse for needing protection as you always seem to find trouble." Eric teased.

Sookie did not look pleased. She crossed her arms across her chest and gave Eric a very determined stare. "Why not get one of your waitresses or your day man to do the job, you could always glamour them after to forget all of this?"

"It is too dangerous. You don't understand this baby is not a normal human child. He doesn't like many people. He and Pam instantly did not hit it off and he did not like Ginger or the other three waitresses when I tried before I left the bar to come here. Sookie, I know he will like you because every Supe likes you. It's a given." Eric tried to butter her up in his weird insulting way.

"Eric, all babies fuss and cry at first, you have to give it some time. I am sure the child would like them if you gave them a bit of time to adjust." Sookie replied calmly.

"But I don't think the bar would have survived." Eric muttered.

"What are you talking about?" Sookie asked as she finally approached the baby in Eric's arms smiling as she came forward. The little one stopped poking at Eric and turned to look at Sookie. He gave a loud squeal and girgle then tried to wiggle out of Eric's arms as he reached for Sookie.

Sookie took him in her arms and began to talk sweetly too him and nuzzle him to her. Little Drex took to Sookie immediately just like Eric said. All Supe's love Sookie!

"What's his name?" Sookie asked.

"Drex"

"Drex. So tell me Drex, did Uncle Eric take good care of you?" Sookie cooed to the infant who looked totally enamored with Sookie. She carried him over to the couch and sat down and turned to the side so she could lay him out on the couch beside her. She carefully unsnapped his outfit in the center and stuck her finger in between the diaper and his skin near his bottom.

"What are YOU doing?" Eric asked.

Sookie looked up into Eric's shocked face and only giggled. "Calm down Eric. I am only checking his diaper to see if he needs changed."

"Changed into what?" Eric asked, obviously clueless.

"I mean to see if he has a wet diaper and needs it changed silly. Don't you know anything about babies?" Sookie asked with a bit of mirth.

"No, when I was human the men did not spend anytime with the children until they were old enough to hold a sword then we began our teachings. Before that time the children were tended to by the women." Eric calmly replied as he leaned over to watch Sookie continue to unsnap the legs of the sleeper to free the baby from waist down. She then dug in the bags to pull out a new diaper and a tub of wet cloths. She removed the diaper and placed the new diaper under the baby and wiped him clean then quickly pulled the sticky tapes at the sides to refasten the new diaper. She then put the baby back into his sleeper and snapped him back up.

Sookie then took the baby back into her arms and asked Eric to bring the bags to the kitchen. After he deposited the bags on the kitchen table he informed Sookie there were more in the car and before she could say anything he quickly went to retrieve the other bags and items.

Eric returned to see Sookie sorting through the bags and pulling out items and stacking them on her kitchen counters. Seeing Eric return Sookie quickly took in what he had returned with.

"Great, open the highchair and set it up by the table." Sookie told Eric.

Eric just stood there staring at the items in his arms, not sure exactly what a High Chair was. Sookie snorted in exasperation and pointed to the large bulky item he had forced into the back seat of his car. It took Eric a few minutes but he figured out how to open and set the chair up and lock the legs in place.

Sookie immediately slipped the infant into the chair and buckled him in with a belt then snapped the front platter to the front. Drex immediately began to slap the table and babble continuously in an indiscernible language. Sookie then moved over to the kitchen counter and grabbed a jar and spoon and came back to sit in front of the baby. She opened the jar and began to spoon the food into the baby's mouth.

Eric watched in awe as Drex eagerly opened his mouth for Sookie to feed him but yet he continued to blow imaginary bubbles and allow the food to dribble down his chin and drip onto the table. Drex then immediately slapped his hand into the dribbles and began to smear them eagerly on the table top.

"He is making a mess. Stop that. Don't do that." Eric ordered but the baby ignored him and continued to accept the spoons of food and play with the dribbles on the table.

"Eric you can't order him around, he is not one of your minions, he is just a baby. He doesn't understand what you are saying and to him this is fun." Sookie calmly replied as she continued to spoon the gooey contents of the jar into his mouth. "Come here and sit down beside him."

Eric sat down and then Sookie crammed the jar and spoon into his hands. "Why are you giving me this? You were doing just fine." Eric replied startled.

"Because you have to learn and I will have to sleep sometime. I found a list of instructions for his care in one of the diaper bags. It says he is on a late schedule and doesn't go to bed till 3am so you are going to have to do some of the work too as I will have to sleep sometime. According to the schedule he has his dinner at 1am then he has a bath and bottle and goes to bed about 3am and sleeps about 6-8 hours. He then rises at around 11am for breakfast and playtime. First nap is 3-5pm and then he wakes for lunch and then more playtime until about 9-11pm a second nap and then more activities, dinner, bath and bed. I think if we stick to the schedule he is used to it will be much easier for us to care for him." Sookie explained.

"Okay." Eric replied, obviously he was way out of his comfort zone and he was going to go along with whatever Sookie said. Sookie thought this was funny that the Big Viking Vampire Sherriff was submitting to her. Sookie fought to hide her giggle as she watched Eric try to convince Drex to open his mouth for the spoon of food.

"While you finish feeding him, I will go start the bath. When he is done eating, pull the table off the chair and set it on the dining table then unsnap him and bring him to the bathroom for his bath.

Sookie stood and walked off to start the bath. The entire time she imagined Eric trying to spoon feed the obviously full baby. She wondered how long before he realized it was hopeless to get Drex to eat any more.

TBC