She drove over to her house, well technically, Amelia's. She had promised her that she would come by after she saw Sam. She still hadn't told her about the wedding news, she wanted to do it face to face. She pulled into the familiar drive and smiled. She loved this house, she loved the sound the gravel made under her tires, she thought of Eric. She pulled the phone from her pocket and pressed the preset speed dial.

"Lover, are you coming home to me." even his voice through a cell phone sent shivers down her spine.

"Not yet, I just left Merlotte's. I'm stopping by to see Amelia right now. I was just pulling into my driveway and I thought of you. What time will you be home from work." He voice was borderline whiny and begging.

"I should not be that late, there are no distractions here to occupy my time. Tell me, did you tell the shifter?"

"Are you calling me a distraction? I can think of a lot better things to call me? And yes, I did tell Sam." She had been asking him for months to call him by his name. Sometimes he remembered, sometimes he didn't. "It went very well, he is happy for me…for us." He could feel how happy she was.

"I'm happy to hear that. Now, get done with that witch friend of yours and get your beautiful ass home so I can touch you, kiss you…fuck you." His voice was dripping with lust. As soon as she heard the words she felt her insides start to burn.

"Is that a promise?" She teased back.

"Not a promise, a fact. Hurry home lover, I have plans for us. I love you." The phone clicked dead. She didn't even get a chance to say goodbye. Her cheeks were flushed and her mind was dizzy thinking about the night still to come. She got out of the car and walked right into her old kitchen.

Amelia met her and grabbed her for a long, swaying hug. "Sookie, I have missed you so much. It's just not the same without you here. Want some coffee, cocktail, anything?" She was so excited.

"No honey, I'm fine. The house looks great, you're doing me proud. I miss you too. So, how's Tray, happy with the new living situation I'm sure?" She looked at her and grinned.

"Well yeah, we've had sex like everywhere. It's nice knowing that no one is coming walking through the door. Plus, that security system Eric had installed is super crazy." She was always one for sharing.

"Wow, way too much info Amelia. You stayed out of me and Eric's room though, right?" She looked around hoping that her and Tray hadn't christened her private space.

"Of course not, I would never do that, besides, I have no idea what the code to the lock is. Eric set it, remember?" She thought back to the last night they were here together. Eric had a special lock put on their private area, safety first.

"Alright then…" She motioned for her to come and sit with her in the living room. She looked around and remembered making love to Eric in front of the fire. She remembered the time they laid in front of the fire while he was without his memory, when they talked and listened to each other. It pulled at her heart and made it ache, she was happy. "Amelia, do you remember the other night? Do you remember the conversation we had when I called here late" She questioned her teasingly.

"This would be the night that you told that dead Viking that you would move in with him? We talking about the same night?" She laughed.

"Yup, that would be the one. Well, I finally told Sam that I was going to have to leave the bar. It just isn't going to work with me being so far away." She had purposely hid her hands in her pockets to make sure Amelia didn't spot the sparkler. "It was hard, I love working for Sam. He's been the best boss I've ever had, he's my friend. I'm gonna miss that place so much." She let her voice trail off.

"Oh, Sook…it will be ok. I'm sure Sam understands. You know that he only wants you to be happy. I can put a spell on him if you want, you know, make him forget that you quit. He'll just go about his day to day stuff and keep thinking it's just your day off." She was smirking a little.

"Seriously…that won't be necessary. He took the news pretty well. Besides, he knows that my husband is really going to want me to be at home with him as much as possible." She paused for a moment and kept talking. "He understands, really. He knows that it would just be a pain in the behind to drive back and forth each day." She paused and looked at Amelia. She was nodding her head, completely agreeing that it was a good decision. And then she saw her eyes, it was like she needed to rewind the conversation about thirty seconds.

"I'm sorry, did you just say your husband. Did you just say HUSBAND, Sookie!" She shrieked and flapped her hands at her sides. She pulled her hands out of her pockets and flashed her left hand in front of her face. She waved it back and forth and laughed as it caught the light.

"You bitch, you've been here for how long and you didn't tell me! I can't believe you. Oh Sookie, I am so happy for you. I knew you would end up marrying him, I knew the night he came here when Victor was helping Felipe take over. I knew right then that he was it." She grabbed her and hugged her. She was genuinely happy for her friend. "You have no idea how happy I am for you, really. You deserve to be happy Sookie."

"Thank you, I am very happy. I can't wait to marry him. I wish my Gran was here to see me get married. She wouldn't care that Eric's a vampire, she would see how happy he makes me and that would be all she needed." She thought about her Gran

"She is here with you Sook. She's with you everyday, you just can't see her." Her words meant more than she knew. "So…details. I want to know when, where, how, sex, all of it." She always wanted details.

"Well, believe it or not, we were leaving Bill's, just the other night. I went there to tell Bill that while he was gone Eric and I fell in love…again… and decided to move in together. It did not go well, as you can imagine. I wouldn't let Eric tell him because I thought it would be easier coming from me, so I went over to his house. Amelia he was so angry, he was like something I've never seen before. He was grabbing, yelling, and shaking me. I didn't know who he was." Her voice was intense.

"Bill hurt you? He actually physically hurt you?" She was surprised.

"Yes, but I really don't think he meant to. It's like he had no idea what he was actually doing. Anyway, Eric felt me and knew I was scared and hurt. He crashed into Bill's house and gave this long speech about him loving me and spending the rest of his life showing me. He yelled at Bill for hurting me, you know, in the past. I watched him telling Bill, of all people how much he loved me. Amelia, it was incredible. He was standing in front of my first love, who still apparently loves me, and he was laying it all out on the table." Her eyes were bright with the memory of his words. "He was just so matter of fact. I love her, she loves me, deal with it. There was no rubbing his nose in it, there was no waiving our relationship in front of him. It wasn't to make him feel bad, it was to get the words out and to move on." She smiled and looked at her friend.

"So, he didn't kill Bill for attacking you? Wow, was it because you wouldn't let him? Did you jump in between them and break the hole vamp takes vamp out thing up?" She seemed pretty concerned that she hadn't heard of Bill's final death.

"Oh no, he didn't kill him. He punched him out cold, but didn't finally kill him. I told him that I didn't think he knew what he was doing. I couldn't live with myself if I let him kill Bill, it just wouldn't be right. Besides, I think seeing me and Eric happy is harder than death to him." She nudged her friend.

"I suppose your right. Bill has been kind of toxic to you though, I'd of just let him kill him and gotten on with it. No harm no foul, that's what I always say. But back to happier thoughts. So, when did this ring come in to play?" She grabbed her hand and pointed to the engagement ring.

"OK, we left Bill's after that whole episode. Of course we were walking out, but Eric being Eric, turned around and went back inside. They exchanged some words, I guess it's better to say that Eric yelled and Bill kind of argued…I was outside and didn't hear it all. The conversation ended with Bill unconscious on the floor, and we just started to walk back over here." She was feeling her stomach flutter as she thought about the actual proposal again.

"Sookie, you're making my head spin. You went to Bill's, you told Bill, he attacked you, Eric saved the day, declared his never ending love…so far do I have the timeline right?" She waited for a response and smiled. Sookie nodded. "He and Bill fought, well, argued, Bill hit the floor, and still he hadn't proposed yet? You are so complicated…get to the good stuff." She was eager to hear the meat of the story.

"Well fine, just stop interrupting me. We were walking back here and talking about what had just happened. I was just so overwhelmed by the whole thing. He literally said everything in Bill's house that I had wanted to say, but couldn't . It was like we were thinking and feeling the same things. I told him how happy I was and that I loved him. He took a box out of his pocket and he actually got down on one knee and asked me right there in the grass." She pointed out the window to a little clearing at the edge of the woods. "I didn't even hesitate, I said yes right away." She felt her eyes tear.

"Wow, that's just beautiful…and then I'm hoping the next words out of your mouth are we had sex right there in that very spot." Her face lit up like a candle. "I want the good stuff, I want to know about the post engagement sex young lady."

"Amelia, you never cease to amaze me." She gave her a disappointing look. "But if you must know…the sex was amazing. We did, right there in the grass. I didn't care if there was an entire pack of Were's watching, or hundred's of vamps surrounding us. It was incredible, just incredible. I'm telling you, he is unbelievable, just thinking about it and I'm gonna need to take a cold shower before I drive home." Her face was read with embarrassment. She was usually a very, very private person. "After we got done making love outside we drove back to Shreveport and we stayed up all night. God, the things he can do with his tongue." She giggled and fanned her face with her hand.

"Ok, stop right there. Tray isn't stopping by tonight and if you keep going I'm gonna need a cold shower myself." She held her hand up in a stop motion. "When do you think you'll actually get married?"

"I haven't thought about it yet. We haven't even talked about that. Guess we should though, maybe we can settle something tonight." She stood up and looked at her friend. "I'm gonna grab a few things from my room." She hugged her friend. "Thank you Amelia."

"For what?" She sounded confused

"For being happy for me. I mean for really being happy for me. You have no idea how much that means to me." She squeezed her and walked towards the room that Eric had turned into their private space.