It seemed like hours before Nan and Eric emerged from his office neither of them looking in any way in good spirits but at least they were walking in her direction, "It was nice meeting you Mrs. Stackhouse good luck" Nan turned walking from the bar without another word.
"Is this a good thing" she turned and asked Eric who didn't look too happy at that moment,
"As good as it gets for now" his answer wasn't what she was expecting after all she had made it through her interview with Nan unscathed she was allowed to live and not in captivity what more could Eric have wanted. thth
Sookie wasn't in the mood for one of Eric's mood swings she was starving and that sneaky little feeling she would get deep inside was bubbling close to the surface,
"What the hell is your problem" she snapped
"What" he spun his head around to look at her
"I passed the fucking meeting and I get to live but you are sitting her like I was just sentenced to the true death, so tell me what the problem is."
Eric just sat staring at her in disbelief he had seen this so many times before, Sookie's anger was getting the best of her and she needed an outlet he could usually wait it out but there have been times when it has come to blows between the two of them but it always ended in sex.
He watched her hands start shaking and her skin seemed to crawl over her bones it was then that he could see Ocella in her,
"Sookie calm down" noticing the red glint in her eyes she was hungry and a true blood wouldn't be enough no matter how much she would regret it once she calmed down she needed human blood and quickly.
Eric wrapped his arms around her waist puling her out of the booth behind him and carrying her through the crowed to his office, Sookie didn't fight him closing her eyes as they brushed past a group of fang bangers who had gathered near their table she knew what was coming and hoped it was in time to calm her down.
Ocella's rage was only one of the wonderful things she had inherited through the blood she was given so close to her death, it became clear to them quickly that Sookie somehow had taken a small piece of every vampire she had drank from toward the end of her life Ocella's rage, Eric's strength, Pam loyalty and several quirky vampire trait that usually got in the way of her being herself.
At this point the only thing that was keeping her from becoming a rouge vampire was the memories of her human upbringing and the general kindness she had always tried to show others, Eric pushed the office door open slamming Sookie down on the couch.
"stay" he barked sitting on the edge of his desk trying not to look at her while they waited for Pam to bring a willing donor in, Sookie could feel the burning in the back of her throat telling her it may be too late the last time she had gotten so angry really took its toll on Eric and she hated to do that to him again.
"Where is she Eric" Sookie's hands shook harder with every passing second
"She's coming"
"When Eric when" her fangs ached and she couldn't help but claw at the leather couch
"She's coming" Eric started to sound irritated with her, he loved Sookie and he could handle a lot of things but he had hoped she would have been able to control herself better by now. His biggest fear was that if that side of her that she inherited from Ocella continued to be so dominant the Authority would step in and she would end up meeting her true death,
"Sookie damn it will you sit still and control yourself" Eric screamed at her knowing it was the worst thing he could do at that moment.
"Fuck you Eric this is your fault, you have to act like my father instead of my fucking boyfriend don't forget I am as strong as you and I can leave any time I want"
"SIT DOWN" he screamed again
"FUCK YOU"
Eric flew across the room pinning her to the couch underneath him he was well aware that she could have pushed his weight off of her if she wanted to and the fact that she didn't was why he continued to put up with the bullshit every night, he knew Sookie wanted to be normal that she wanted nothing more than to be able to drink the synthetic blood and function like any other vampire and it wasn't her fault she couldn't.
"Can I play" Pam laughed from the door as she escorted in Sookie's meal,
"Sorry I took so long but I brought you something special to help you celebrate not fucking up" Sookie's eyes had been locked on Eric's face as she watched the sadness grow in his eyes she was hurting him again, she didn't hear Pam's words and she would have stayed trapped under Eric as long as it took but the smell that filled the room was so intoxicating.
Sookie slid from under Eric her eyes gleaming at the sight of the man standing beside Pam, A-B negative she whispered to herself walking over and running her fingers along the man's neck. Sookie took his hand leading him to the chair in front of Eric's desk
"Sit" she said looking in his eyes and he did
His pulse pounded in her ears and the vein on his neck looked so inviting she tilted his head preparing herself for what she was about to do 'don't kill him please don't kill him' she thought to herself, Sookie sank her fangs into his neck and let her mouth fill with what could only be described as pure bliss compared to any other human blood she had tasted.
"Oh you're not going to ask permission" Pam snickered
Sookie would have replied but she couldn't stand the thought of releasing the man yet that was if she could at all without draining him first, his heart started to slow and she knew it was time to stop but it was so good and she could feel the blood calming her with every drag.
'you will kill him' she told herself picturing his cold dead body on the floor in front of her and the look on Eric's face while he tried to figure out how to cover it up and she pulled away just in time,
"Thank you" Sookie said as she wiped her mouth slowly licking the last of his blood from her fingers,
Pam escorted the weakened and dazed man from the room shooting a look of surprise at Eric who was sitting on the couch in the corner looking anywhere but at Sookie, Eric was never the jealous type and Pam knew that but when it came to his Sookie there were different rules. He knew Sookie preferred drinking from men because taking blood from a human was a very sexual thing but for Eric any the thought of any man other than him arousing her was unbearable.
Sookie could feel the tension in the room and she waited for the office door to close completely before turning to face him,
"I love you" she said walking over to stand in front of him
Eric didn't look up at her, it was clear what she wanted but he still had to figure out a way to tell her what he and Nan had discussed in his office.
"I love you too" he said pulling her onto his lap still refusing to meet her eyes "I need to talk to you"
Sookie ignored the seriousness in his voice nuzzling her face in his neck and kissing the spot on his that made him forget his troubles, "can it wait" she whispered in his ear but Eric knew he had already waited too long to tell her and he was sure she wouldn't like what he had to say.
"NO" he said sliding her off of his lap and moving to stand on the other side of his desk far away from her lips
"Sookie things didn't go as well as you think they did with Nan" he paused for her reaction
"She thinks you could be dangerous"
"What" Sookie was stunned by what he was telling her she had thought things went well with Nan, she had done everything Eric told her to even fighting the urge to rip the little blonde bitches face off when she disrespected Eric in his bar.
Her hands started to shake and sounds of the bar pounding through the door was driving her crazy "what did she say?" her teeth were clenched and her hands were balled into fists to prevent the shaking, Eric came to sit next to her he could see that she knew she was over reacting and she was fighting her emotions so that he could explain.
"She said you were a media bomb just waiting to explode not to mention she heard about the attack at Merlots and the show you put on the first night you came to Fangtasia, she thinks it will only be a matter of time before you turn into a rouge vampire and with no master to help control you you're a threat.
Eric didn't tell her that he had pleaded with Nan and the authority to allow her to live and that he had taken full responsibility for her actions knowing that if she messed up it wouldn't only be her life on the line but his and Pam's too, Sookie knew that night at Merlots would come back to bite her in the ass and she regretted every choice she made leading up to it.
She had only been a vampire for a few months and she was still holding on to the thought of her human life and part of that meant going back to work at the bar and facing her world, the bar was busy with its usual crowd and Sookie thought she was getting back in the swing of things pretty easily.
"Two beers and a shot of jack" she hollered over the bar at Tara who had been watching her every move all night, her energy level was high and it was feeling good to be back to her normal life waiting tables and serving food. Halfway through her shift Sookie could feel the tension in the room shift from its usual laid back atmosphere to something totally different,
"Sookie I just seated a four top in your section" Arlene called over to her as she carried a pitcher of beer to Jason and a few of his road crew buddies.
"I'm coming" she yelled back turning on her heels and heading in that direction "what can I get you tonight?" she put on her best smile and recited the specials for the group of men that she had never seen before, she thought it was odd that in a small town like Bon Temps she would run into anyone and not know them but she found even stranger that the whispers from the usual customers told her that most of the crowd was afraid of these men.
"They're the ones who killed those vampires" Jane Boathouse mumbled to the woman next to her
"Oh shit" Jason's voice stuck out from the crowed, Sookie quickly put the pieces of the story together and realized that these men called themselves vampire hunters and they had set out around town killing anything they could catch with fangs.
She could feel her temper rising with every minute that passed as she stood at the open hatch near the kitchen waiting for Lafayette to finish with her order, Sam was the first to approach her voicing his concerns he assured her that he wouldn't let anyone hurt her which struck her as funny considering she was about a thousand times stronger than all four of the men at that table but she nodded and thanked him anyway.
Sookie knew that even though nothing had ever happened between them Sam had made it a habit to look out for her through the years and she loved him for it, 'that's the one the blonde' Sookie turned to see the four men leaning in close and arranging her capture.
"Fuck this" she said to herself as she walked to the table feeling her blood boil under her skin, she sat their food in front of them asking if they needed anything else and hissing at them exposing her fangs when they looked up at her "you wanna catch me come on then" she stepped back from the table allowing them space to get up from their seats.
The men didn't move a muscle and lucky for them Sam appeared besides her asking those to leave before there was trouble giving them an out, the vampire hunters jumped from their seats sliding carefully past the pissed off vampire and her shifter friend.
Later that night Sookie agreed to stay and close up letting Arlene and the other waitresses go home to their lives, Eric wouldn't be home for hours and she was planning on going back to her house for the day so she wouldn't have to make the drive back to Shreveport. The salt shakers were full and the coolers fully stocked and it was time for Sookie to head home and find something to eat, throughout the night she had gulped down several true bloods but being so new at main streaming she knew that if she didn't get something human soon the burning sensation in her throat would cause her to lose it.
She was a few feet out the door when she heard footsteps coming in several directions and before she could react she was covered with a silver net one of them pulled over her head and she was being pushed to the ground, Screams filled the air as the metal burned its way into her flesh keeping her from defending herself.
"fucking vampire bitch, run your mouth now" the four of them took turns kicking her as they tied silver chains around her legs and feet to keep her from getting free and killing them, argued over what to do with her one that they had caught her one of them insisted they kill her quickly before someone showed up to help her while the others wanted to play.
"We can hang her form that tree over there and shoot her with the silver tip arrows" before they pulled a rope out of the back of their truck and tied it in a noose,
"Get it up there and then we will hang her" another man instructed while he stood watch over Sookie.
The burning slowed and Sookie wasn't sure if it was a bad thing or if her luck was changing but everything was made clear when her rage allowed her to yank the chains to pieces and free her legs, the silver didn't burn anymore instead it felt cold and heavy on her face where she left it as she pretended to scream in pain waiting for the men to come for her.
When her captures appeared above her again kicking and cursing her she knew it was time, Sookie jumped to her feet pulling the silver net from her face and wrapping it around the closest man's neck and watching his head fall to the ground. The other men watched in horror unable to believe this was possible a vampire who was immune to silver it was never seen before, the men started to scatter running for their lives from the tiny blonde pissed off vampire.
The burning in her throat was strong and the rage building in her chest was taking over as Sookie chased the men around Merlot's parking lot taunting and teasing before drinking them dry, her mind was not her own it had been taken over by something far more powerful and angry than she had ever been in her human life and she found the hunt and kill to be quite enjoyable.
Her mind was off somewhere far away as she sat in the parking lot drinking the last of the man who suggested hanging her from the tree when she heard another set of footsteps charging in her direction, without thinking Sookie turned grabbing he culprit and throwing him to the ground she paid no mind to the human under her hand as she reared her head back and tore into his neck.
"SOOKIE nooooo" she drank fiercely taking long drawls of blood into her mouth when she realized the blood wasn't human
"Oh god Sam I'm so sorry" she quickly released him from her grip and watched him fall to the ground unable to stay on his feet,
"shit shit shit" her brain was burning as she tried to focus "blood" she said sinking her fangs into her wrist and forcing it to Sam's mouth "please drink Please it will help."
Sookie paced the floor of Sam's trailer waiting for Eric she couldn't believe what she had done in a moment of pure rage she nearly drained one of her closest friends, Sam drank from Sookie's body but his body didn't seem to heal the gash in his throat continued to ooze blood and no matter how hard she tried he still couldn't get him to respond and she was worried that she may have killed him.
"Sookie" Eric pounded on the door to the trailer
She pulled the door open looking panicked "I don't know what happened" tears streamed down her face as she tried to explain,
"How did you get inside?" Eric asked ignoring the fact that there were four bodies behind him in the parking lot and Sam was lying in the middle of the floor bleeding.
"What, I don't know" Eric looked at her unsure of what to say or do "Eric I gave him my blood but I didn't work he's dying"
Eric wasn't sure why her blood hadn't worked and he couldn't believe she had lost it so bad but he knew if he was going to save Sam he needed her to bring him out of the trailer,
"Bring him outside" Sookie did what she was told
Eric bit into his wrist pouring his blood into the shifters mouth and within a few minutes they could see Sam's wounds closing and he started to regain consciousness "now what happened."
The tone in Eric's voice was enough to make the hair on the back of her neck stand up, Sookie explained the events from earlier that night and made sure to tell him about the silver net and how easy to was to escape leaving him speechless by the end of her story.
Sam sat up startled he pushed himself across the ground trying to get as far away from vampire Sookie as he could "how could you do that" he screamed getting up and running inside his trailer, Sookie started to follow but Eric pulled her back telling her it probably wasn't a good idea directing her on how to clean up the mess she had made with the four vampire hunters instead.
It was close to dawn by the time Sookie and Eric erased all signs of the murderous scene in the parking lot of Merlot's and she didn't feel right leaving without checking on Sam, she knocked on the door getting no response for several minutes but when she knocked again the door flew open as Sam stood there with shot gun aimed at her chest.
"it has wooden bullets and I will shoot" he barked at her as she backed down the stairs and into the yard
Sam warned Sookie that she was no longer wanted around his home or his bar and if she showed her face again he would shoot her without thinking twice "you're a monster" he screamed as he watched her get into her car.