"Pam, hey Pam" I heard the words but still being lost in my daydream I wasn't sure if it was in my head or if it was someone trying to talk to me. "Pam are you alright, Pam talk to me" came a frantic voice into my head and I knew it was Chow trying to get me to snap back to reality. Well, I should have made him wait but I opened my eyes and stared into his black ones and almost for a minute wanted to crawl back inside my head but I didn't. "I am alright Chow" I answered quietly has he swept me up in his strong arms and pulling me into a strong embrace. "I was thinking about the day we got the call, this sure has been a wild ride hasn't it and we are only a week into it all" I tried giving a sexy giggle but it came out as more of a worried one. He held me tighter and whispered that everything is all right and we would come through this stronger and better people. I searched his face for doubt and when I found none, I took in a deep breath and decided to get back on the topic that started it all.
"Chow, I want to return to work" I said firmly with my eyes focused on his and my voice carrying the power of the words. Sometimes with male vampires you have to prove to them who the boss is or they will walk all over you. "Ever since the news of a vampire getting pregnant has gotten out you have forbidden me to leave the house and worst of all you have Eric forbidding it as well. Do you think that every person that walks through the doors of Fangtasia is going to wish me ill and try to off me.. I want my job back and my life." I gave him my signature pouty face and waited for his reply.
"Pam this can wait for later sweetheart I need you to listen up. I talked to Dr. Ludwig and she said your blood count was way down and your just going to get worse and no amount of true blood will be able to help you regain your strength. Pam, she thinks we should go to New Jersey and see a man named Dr. Gregory House. He specializes in Diagnostics and cases that no other doctor's can solve. I called and set up an appointment with him so we are going to leave just as soon as your stuff is packed. Eric, Bill, and Sookie are coming along as well." He finished by lowering his eyes to the floor.
I just starred at him. Chow had made all the arrangements without even consulting me, the patient, first. I also new he added in the last part about Eric because the thought it would calm me down and I wouldn't get so angry with him. Well, buster you were wrong. I let the anger well up in my eyes like storm clouds on a stormy day. Chow new he was in trouble but didn't know how much. I inhaled and started letting him have it. "Chow, how could you have done all of this without speaking to me first. I am glad you care so much but we are a team and seeing some doctor in another state should have been a choice made by both of us. Another thing, exploiting Eric's name to try to calm me down won't work, if anything it makes me angrier. I can't believe he just sat back and allowed you to make all of these decisions for me." I could feel the rage starting to boil over and I was hoping that I could calm it before I really did something I would regret later. I took in a deep breath, lifted Chows chin so we could look in each other's eyes and continued softer but with an edge of ice. "I will see this doctor, not because you already decided I was going to but because if it is good for my health and the babies then I will try anything but you hear this, next time something like this comes up you better consult with me on it or I don't know if I can push aside my vampireness again." Chow just starred at me with a mix between a sorry puppy and a very confused vampire and I couldn't help but let loose a loud laugh that rang through the whole house.
The next night I started to pack for the trip to New Jersey when I heard a knock on the door. Normally I would have skipped over to the door and opened it but since the news of my pregnancy got out, I have been a lot more cautious whom I open the door for incase it's a zealous vampire or one of the fellowship crazies or anything a-z in the supernatural world that would like to see me and my unborn child dead and gone. I walked over to the door and looked through the peephole and saw four people. One was my friend Sookie Stackhouse and she was holding a young boy that I had never met before. The second was Eric, my creator and "father", and third was a man I had never met before. I opened the door and allowed all of them to enter thought I was a little weary of the unknown man but if Eric and Sookie trusted him I would try too.
Sookie and Eric sat with each other on the small loveseat I had bought a couple years back for Chow and I, thought we don't use it very often, and the stranger sat on the couch closest to the fireplace and kept his eyes on his shoes. I giggled and went and sat on the arm closest to Eric and ran my hands through his hair. Sookie looked up and smiled at me and so did the little boy on her lap. That was the first thing I wanted to solve so I opened up the conversation.
"So Sookie, who is our little friend here?" I said with a slight too much accusation in my voice. I would think if Sookie and Eric went as far as to adopt a child together one of them would have the guts to tell me. Sookie looked at me strangely and then down to the napping little boy and back to me. Her cheeks blushed and she said quickly "He isn't mine, he is my cousin Hadley's son and I am just watching him for his dad while he is away on business. His name is Hunter and he is four." This caused a laugh from Eric who looked up at me and said "Pam, I hope one to day that my lover and I will have a child of our own but until then "You" are our child" at this he looked over at Sookie and they shared some kind of quiet joke cause they both chuckled and seemed to forget I was there. I looked over at the stranger and he was just watching silently.
I went and looked the stranger over. He had brown hair, brown eyes, and a nice suit jacket on and most notably was human. "Hi I am Pam and who might you be sir?" I said in my most sexy work voice. He looked at me clearly taken aback by my other worldly charm and said " I am Doctor James Wilson of Princeton Plainsboro teaching hospital and I have come with the paperwork you need to fill out for when you see Doctor House. I decided to bring the paperwork with me because it is faster for you and I was in the area at an oncology convention anyway so Doctor. House asked me to bring it by." With that he reached into his briefcase, yes he carried a briefcase, and took out the papers that I would need to spend hours filling out just to see some doctor. He handed them to me carefully, like if he made a sudden movement that I would eat him or something. This brought a smile to my face and I grinned pulling out my fangs as I did so. He flinched just a little but other than that kept a straight face. I giggled, put away my fangs and started looking over the paperwork.
"Pam, I have to get back to Fangtasia and our friend James here wanted to see the place so I am going to take him over there. Sookie says she wants to stay with you tonight if that is ok?" Eric asked as he walked towards me and our guest. I gave him the "we have to talk later" look and said "I would love Sookie to stay and I hope James here likes Fangtasia. With that he gave me the "we will talk later" face, gave a slight bow, kissed Sookie full on the lips which sent a longing down my spine for I would love to lock lips with the luscious Sookie Stackhouse but have never gotten that far. James also gave me a slight bow and walked towards the door with Eric and after a few more pleasantries they left in Eric's red Corvette with the license plate "blood sucker" on the bumper.