"I think that should be the last of them" Alcide said while wiping the sweat off his forehead with his sleeve. He had helped me bring a few side tables and an armchair down from Sookie's attic. I would've done it myself but the striking gentleman thought that I need not worry my pretty little head. My baby was all packed up and ready to go, which was great since it was getting quite late. Sookie asked me if I wanted to stay for dinner but I told her that I'd better get going if I was going to make it back to Alabama in time for breakfast. Besides, one less minute spent in this town, the better.
Just as I jumped into the drivers seat, I heard Alcide yell "Yeah Sook, I'd better be going too. Thanks for the offer though." His dark powerful eyes found mine and his voice lowered and said "You sure that truck of yours can carry all that? Looks about two heartbeats away from breaking down." I shrugged and replied "My baby's carried much more than this and still made it through, I'm sure it'll be fine." I pated the steering wheel and waved goodbye to Sookie as I pulled out back onto Hummingbird road.
I heard the growling of Alcides truck behind mine and started putting some distance between us. Insulting my baby, HA! I went through hell and back with my pick-up and it was still in pretty good condition. I lost sight of Alcides vehicle and soon turned off onto another road. When about twenty minutes later, my baby started making odd sounds. I tried to ignore them until smoke started emitting from the hood. My view of the road got foggy and my truck started slowing down until, it simply could not go on.
I pulled over to the side of the road and started swearing like a sailor as I got out and lifted the hood. Smoke greeted me with a large warm hug. "FUCK!"I exclaimed. There was really no way of fixing my baby that time, I closed the hood and rubbed it. "Why of all places did you need to die on me HERE?" I kicked the tire and sunk to the ground next to it. I don't even want to BE here. I kept remembering all the deaths that made me leave and really started to analyze my situation. I was on the ground next to my broke down truck in the middle of nowhere, at night!
Finally let myself think what I was blocking from my mind: What if a damn vampire showed up? Panic set in and I started looking around as if I was paranoid. I pulled the knife kept in my boot out and started polishing it. As if making it prettier was going to make it any better. There was a slow growl coming from down the road and soon lights. I stood and concealed my knife to my side and leaned against the door of my dead baby.
A truck approached slowly to my side of the road and I saw that it was no one other than handsome Alcide. I slid the knife back into my boot. He made his way towards my truck with a little smirk on his face. "Still sure it'll be fine?" I smiled and admitted defeat by showing him under the hood. "Yeah, your "baby" is dead. I'm surprised it lasted this long. Do you know what you'll do?" I sighed and kind of shook my head. His smirk just widened as he said "Well, we'll just have to figure that out, wont we?" His arm reached around my waist and guided me back to his truck while the other one opened the door to the passenger's side. I got in as he shut it and tried not to go crazy when the smell of his cologne mixed with his sweat reached my nose as he leaned in.
"I'll put your things in my truck and give you a ride. Since your car is pretty much useless, we'll have to leave it here. That alright with you babe?" I nodded and said "Yeah, was bound to happen eventually. I just want to get out of this town as soon as possible." I let out a nervous laugh as Alcides eyes scanned my face. "Well, I might not be able to drive you to Alabama tonight because, to tell you the truth I'm dead tired from doing manual labor all day, but I can drive you first thing tomorrow morning. You can stay at my place in Jackson for the night." I simply nodded. Just before he turned away I caught his hand and held it between my own. "Alcide, you really are..." My voice trailed as he took both of my hands and kissed my knuckles. "Don't worry about it Annie, figured that you've been through enough if you're trying to leave so fast." He ran a hand down the side of my face and cupped my cheek. "We've all got painful memories from painful places Annie, getting away from them is the best thing we can do" My eyes started to water and one tear fell down my cheek. He understood! Out of all the people who actually live in Bon Temps, it took one man who didn't to understand!
I pulled out all the stops and leaned my face into his hand. He leaned in, closing the rest of the gap between us and kissed my salty lips. His mouth was at the same time rough, but soft. Tingly because of his beard and his lips were about as delicate as his hands. I opened my mouth a little wider and slid my tongue into the first opening I got into his marvelous mouth. His mouth openeed wider to accept it and delivered its own sweet tasting tongue. An intense feeling of wanting ran through me as I rested my hands on his shoulders and pulled at his shirt. A type of hunger seemed to have erupted inside him because he was kissing deeper and with much more intensity than before.
Finally, he pulled away abruptly, breathing heavily and stared intently at my lips. Desire was playing in his gaze as carnal emotions measured my mind. "I'll get your things." His pace was quick set as he hauled the furniture into the back of his truck. My fingers traced the contours of my lips, as if to really be sure they were there.