Something shifts between the two as Stan reaches out and grasps the knife "Ms. Stackhouse, no Sookie" Stan whispers her name softly drawing her attention away from the knife staring down at Sookie a silent understanding passes between them gritting her teeth tears leaking from the corners of her eyes Sookie nods and Stan jerks the knife out swiftly pulling a scream of pain from betwwen her clenched teeth lifting her from the floor Stan props Sookie up on his knee and bites his wrist tearing it open.
"Sookie you need to drink" he gently presses his wrist to her lips feeling her hands come up she grips onto his arm and drinks slowly from the wound feeling it close up Stan feels her grip loosen and he pulls his arm away to look into those brown eyes that had so drawn him from the start and gently caresses her face before lifting her into his arms as she falls asleep from the days events pulling Hugo up by the collar he slings him over his shoulder and takes off back to the Dallas Nest hoping that someone could clean Sookie up.
Arriving a few minutes later he enters the Nest and tenses when all eyes become focused on him "HUGO" Isabel shouts rousing Sookie from her fitful sleep sighing he lowers Hugo to the floor and backs away "What happened to him" Isabel cries reaching out to him when Sookie's voice is heard "He's with the FellowShip it was a trap all along" she whispers softly drawing Eric's attention to them and he vamps over to them shame clear in his eyes for having doubted her and not going to check if she was trapped.
"I'm terribly sorry Sookie" Eric bows his head only lifting when Sookie laughs softly "It's alright Eric, Stan saved me" her voice so soft he had to strain to hear her Eric lets his gaze wander over her broken and bloodied form but scenting no wounds her tilts his head in confusion Stan noticing this "I gave her my blood" he states simply drawing gasps from many of the surrounding vampires who were well aware of Stans strong dislike of humans and they all wonder what spell this woman had cast on him to bring out his gentler side.
Nodding Eric is prepared to leave them be when he see's something else in the texan vampire's gaze and his eyes widen in wonderment seeing something so rare and pure he calls over another vampire "Can you prepare a bath for her it seems as if Sookie could use a hot bath" nodding Beth leaves to do as she had been asked and brings along a change of clothes for Sookie once she had bathed to her content setting Sookie on her feet Stan breathes in her scent before letting her follow the other vampire.
The minute the two women were gone from sight Eric turns and grins widely "So she's your soulmate then" he asks receiving a nod in return "Yes Northman she is mine" Stan grins once again shocking many of the vampires in the nest "Are you going to tell her" Godric appears a knowing look in his ancient eyes "Eventually but for now she has been through too much and I want her to accept me on her own terms" Stan eventually says after several moments of contemplations.
"Why Stan I've never heard you say that much" Eric teases lightly glad that the man had now lightened up enough to even be teased and it all entirely thanks to Sookie Stackhouse and instantly ducking away when Godric moves to slap the back of his head in light reprimand "Leave the man alone Eric it's not every day you find your soulmate" Godric smiles softly nodding his head knowing that Stan would follow the woman until he met his True Death.
"I'm leaving with her" Stan speaks suddenly quietly eliciting more gasps followed by outrage "Are you insane Stan she is Human you are Vampire" a female vampire growls out from the back of the room drawing everyones attention "Did you not just hear what was said she is my Soulmate it no longer matters if she is Human and I am Vampire" Stan vamps over to the woman and holds her up by the throat "You will do well to stay clear of me understand" Stan snaps before dropping her unceremoniously on the floor.
The woman nods before vamping out of the nest and out of range of Stan as fast as she can shivering in fear "Well done scaring the newbie Stan" Eric laughs before falling silent as Beth and Sookie re-enter the room looking at the clock he realizes that it had been near close to an hour since she had departed from the room Eric watches as Sookie leans heavily on Beth obviously tired before taking shaking steps and practically falling into Stans arms once he realized where she was heading and opening his arms in response.
Falling into Stan's arms Sookie sighs in relief feeling his arms wrap around her and she breathes out deeply feeling relaxed and as if all her troubles were now million miles away and that while she was in Stan's arms nothing could ever harm her again 'Wait why do I feel this way' she suddenly thinks before shaking her head and deciding to think on it tomorrow yawning widely Sookie lays her head on Stan's chest and slowly ever so slowly her breathing evens out and she falls asleep standing there wrapped in Stan's arms.
"Well I'll be I've never seen her do that before" Eric murmurs in amazement eyebrows raised high and his jaw dropped just ever so slightly as he stares at Sookie, Sookie who had just fallen asleep standing wrapped in the Texan Vampires arms "Eric on some level she knows at least her body knows she is safest closest to Stan" Godric speaks up softly unwilling to wake the petite blonde who was currently being lifted into arms and taken from the room and out of sight.
Holding the small blonde closer he slowly as not to jostle her lifts her into his arms and takes her from the room and down a hall pushing open a door with his foot he enters and heads straight for the bed in the middle of the room settling Sookie in the center of the bed he carefully removes her shoes and sets them on the floor before covering her in the dark brown comforter and the undersheets going back to the door he shuts and locks it before heading over to the desk and writing her a quick note before sitting in a chair and just sitting there thinking over everything that had happened in the last couple of days.
Soon Stan feels the pull of dawn and hating that he would be leaving Sookie alone while he was dead for the day she would be safe there in the room and hoping that she would find and read the note he had written to her Stan heads out of the room turning around and making sure that it was secure he heads into a room across the hall he makes sure the light tight shutters were working properly before climbing into his own bed and dying for the day.
-4 hours before Sunset-
Sookie's eyes pop open in panic she looks around wildly before calming as she realizes she is safe even if she is in an unknown room she sits up carefully the sheets pooling in her lap looking around in slight awe a folded paper on the desk catches her eye slowly Sookie rises from the bed jumping slightly at the cold floor before walking the short distance to the desk seeing her name on it she picks it up unfolding it Sookie looks up at the clock briefly not really taking in the time before glancing back at the note to read the content with in the note.
*Sookie
I hope you are well when you wake please stay within the room until sunset if you wish to wonder around then at least make sure you are back in the room before I rise for the day.
Stan*
Looking at the clock Sookie sighs seeing that it was only 3 and half hours before sunset so she sits the note back on the desk and walks back to the bed and sits in the center hoping to get her thoughts in order 'Ok first off Bill is a traitor and apparently he had always been a traitor' Sookie breathes out feeling anger swell up within her at everything she had been through because of him not one to hold a grudge she shoves him out of her mind knowing that sooner or later she would need that knowledge and locks it into a mental box.
'Ok second Eric isn't an outright bastard like Bill tried to tell me he was and that he actually does have feelings he just hides them very well also the vampires here are all nicer than Bill and poor Jessica what are we gonna tell that poor girl' Sookie feels tears well up in her eyes at the thought of Jessica being abandoned by her obvious pathetic maker and she aches to take her into her arms and hold her tightly allowing her to cry to her hearts content swiping her eyes Sookie resolves to do that the minute she gets a chance to.
Rising for the day the first thing Stan feels is Sookie's sadness and he wonders what idiot would be foolish enough to upset her after the trying day she had yesterday jumping from the bed he dresses quickly opening the light tight shutters to gaze out at the night time sky for a few minutes before typing in the code to unlock his door pausing briefly in confusion as the sadness he had been feeling from Sookie suddenly fades finally entering the last number in the code he opens his door and crosses the hall to knock on the door.
Taking a deep breath Sookie prepares to delve deeper into her thoughts but is interrupted by a knock on the door and the voice she was becoming very familiar with calls out her name from the other side "Sookie may I come in" Stan asks when a rush of happiness fills him and her voice calls out from the other side in affirmative "Yes Stan please do come in" her southern accent doing funny things to him he opens the door and see's her sitting in the middle of the bed brown eyes immediately focused on him the minute he comes through the doorway shutting the door behind him for privacy knowing that they needed to talk.
Not knowing where to start he reverts to Southern Gentleman "Ms. Stackhouse I believe we need to speak about some things" taking his hat off he bows his head raising an eyebrow when she giggles "Stan there's no need to be so formal with me" Sookie laughs before growing more serious "But your right there is some things we need to talk about" patting the spot in front of her she waits until he is settled before nodding "Something is obviously going on between us I don't know what but I know that whatever it is it feels right to me" Sookie starts off to get that off her chest.
Processing her words Stan realizes she is right and he nods "I hope you don't think this forward of me but may I come back to your home with you" he states bluntly hoping to get this part over with so that they may move on with their evening shocked at the blunt question Sookie takes a few moments going over the words in her head and realizing that she wouldn't be comfortable going back home without this vampire by her side so she nods not questioning him but somehow knowing that even if she argued he would still follow anyway.
"That was quite easy Sookie I thought that maybe you'd put up more of a fight" Stan can't help but question her willingness to allow him to follow her home "Well even if I did argue you'd still more than likely follow me and besides I just don't feel comfortable going home without you" she blurts out her cheeks turning a rosy red color as she realizes just how the statement sounds and is rewarded with a deep chuckle from Stan "With that settled what do you say to getting some food" Stan winks at her and she blushes even deeper as her stomach answers in a rumbling growl.
Standing from the bed quickly Stan holds out his arm for Sookie to take and leads her into the kitchen where there was a platter of food sitting on the counter "Just go ahead and help yourself" he whispers nudging her forward before vamping off to find Godric to get the transfer papers he needed to transfer to Northman's area "Godric it has been agreed upon that I will be going with Ms. Stackhouse back to her home in BonTemps" Stan announces his presence with those words "Ah I see and you wish for the transfer papers am I correct" Godric quips holding out a folder of just that.
"I admit I already knew that you would most likely be leaving with Ms Stackhouse and I organized these papers last night before I died for the day" the 2000 year old vampire admits sheepishly as Stan takes the folder from him "Thank you Sherriff I'll be sure to give you regular updates" the texan offers before vamping off back to Sookie who was feeling rather annoyed by something upon seeing the scene he see's the annoyed expression on her face as a red-headed vampire taunts her mercilessly walking over to the two women he raises an eyebrow at the look of surprise on the red-heads face at his appearance.
"Just what is going on here" Stan asks a deep growl emanating from with in and he places himself between the two women to make sure there was no chance Sookie would be harmed "She's just a blood-bag and yet she is being treated better than me" the haughty red-head sniffs in disdain sneering at Sookie from over Stan's shoulder only to stop upon hearing his fangs snick down "I suggest you leave her alone" he warns growl growing in pitch as the woman sneers at the girl he was slowly growing warm to and not really minding all that much "Why should I" she snaps glaring at Sookie with hatred only to realize her mistake to late.
"I warned you" Stan growls vamping in front of the woman just like he had done the last one and lifting her up by the throat "I suggest you do as I say or you will regret crossing me" Stan snaps fangs bared completely and his hand clenching tightly around the arrogant womans throat in warning just itching to rip it out for daring to snarl or glare or even look in Sookie's direction "She has done nothing to you and yet you treat her like a pest go now or it will be your last night" the texan growls once more before letting the woman drop at his feet turning he ignores her.
"Sookie may I ask what had you so saddened earlier in the evening" Stan asks walking away from the woman and seating himself right next to her warning others away from bothering her "Oh well I was just thinking about Jessica she's a newborn vampire that was made I don't know how long ago by Bill and with Bill forbidden from returning to BonTemps I just wondered what was gonna happen to her" Sookie rambles turning red when everyone within hearing distance laughs and she huffs before laughing as well realizing how silly she sounded.
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I have started writing the next chapter and should either be done tomorrow or the next day