A/N I am so stoked with the reviews that I have already gotten for this story. I promise I am not giving up on Rescuing Him, Rescuing Myself, I'm just going with the muse and the muse is with me on this story right now.

I own nothing, it all belongs to Ms. Harris, I just like to take this characters out for a spin.

It had been a week since I had returned from New Orleans. I had set up spies to keep an eye on Hadley and my glamour seemed to be working fine. She had moved up to Maine where I knew in the entire state there was less than a hundred vampires, so this was a wise choice. She had gotten a job in a grocery store, was renting a little house and had even found a regular doctor to go see and check on the progress of her pregnancy.

I was pleased with Hadley's progress, but I was growing impatient to see Sookie. I knew that I would have to take the initiative since Compton would hopefully not be in the picture and bringing that beautiful angel into my club.

It was two weeks until Halloween and I had dozens of things to do to get ready for it, but all I could focus on was Sookie. I'd been living on True Blood since none of the trashy fang bangers held any appeal to me and Pam was getting suspicious. I wanted to confide in my child all that was going to happen in the future, but I feared that she would think I had gone mad.

I was sitting at my desk writing out the VIP invitations that still needed to be sent out. Pam had taken care of the ones for the customers on the Fangtasia mailing list. The bar would become just a bit too crazy if we didn't make Halloween an invitation only event. My invitations were for some high ranking vampires, the other sheriffs and of course one for the queen. She would always politely decline since she always held a party of her own at the Abbey, but it was a courtesy to at least send her the invitation.

I had found this task boring the first time that I had done it, so doing it for a second time didn't make it much better, but I definitely had a better reason for doing it a second time. This and everything I was doing lately I was doing for Sookie. There was definitely no better reason than that.

Sookie. I so desperately wasn't to fly as fast as possible to Bon Temps to that old farmhouse that held so many memories for both of us. I would convince myself that I just wanted a glance, a peak to make sure that she was truly all right, but I knew that would never be enough. It wouldn't be enough until I had her permanently back in my arms.

I stood from my work and went over to my wall safe. I opened and looked at the two new items that now occupied space inside.

One was a letter that Niall had given to me to give to himself when the time came when he wanted to meet Sookie again. He had warded the letter so that only the person who it was addressed to would be able to open it. I had no idea what it said, but I had a pretty good idea that he was warning himself about all the troubles he would be facing with the other fairies.

The other item was something that I had been carrying around in my pockets six months before my travels through time and I told the fairy that it had to come safely with me no matter what.

I opened the small velvet box and looked down at the engagement ring that I had picked out for Sookie. It had a blood red diamond in the center with two smaller blood red diamonds on either side. The two smaller diamonds each contained a single drop of blood inside, one with mine, the other with Sookie's. The large diamond in the center was a mix of both of our blood. It was symbol of our blood bond and a sign that our blood would always be connected.

Being back in this time before meeting Sookie I was still somehow to hold onto a slight buzzing in the back of my mind that I knew was Sookie's life force. I don't know how that is possible, but it had brought me a great deal of comfort. I returned the velvet box to it's place, closed my safe and forced myself to finish my work.

When I had filled out the last invitation I realized that I had one left over. I double checked to make sure that I hadn't missed anyone, but every VIP was accounted for. It hit me that I had subconsciously ordered one extra one to give me an excuse to see Sookie again. I had wanted to send her an invitation to the Fangtasia Halloween Party, but I kept telling myself that this was not the right situation that I wanted to meet her in for the second time around.

I realized that I was just making excuses for myself. If I was honest with myself I would realize that I was afraid of meeting Sookie again. Everything would be different between us this time. There would be no Compton hovering around and posturing and saying "she's mine" every two seconds. There also wouldn't be murders as the reason that she would come to Fangtasia this time. She would just be coming to a party to have a good time and enjoy herself.

I realized that she would need a costume and a plan started forming in my head to get her to notice me and make it impossible for her not to come even if she was suppose to be working for the shifter that night.

I opened my lap top and did a little searching. I luckily found a costume place right here in Shreveport that had the exact costumes and in the right sizes too. This plan was going to be easier than I thought.

I ordered the costumes to be delivered here during the day, then I left an email for my day man Bobby Burnham to pick up Sookie's costume and drop it off to her house along with her invitation and a bouquet of daisies to her house.

I arranged for bouquet of flowers to be delivered to her house every other day between now and Halloween. (I didn't want to go completely overboard right off the bat.) Then I decided to make some more plans.

I know that in the past Sookie had seen the darker side of vampires and I wanted to keep that away from her as much as possible. She had been through too much with Compton and I wasn't about to have her experience that pain all over again. I also realized that in this time her grandmother was still alive. That might help my plan to pay Mrs. Adele Stackhouse a visit.

I knew that a crazy man named Rene Lanier or Drew Marshall or whatever his name was, was going to start murdering young women soon who had been involved with vampires. I couldn't let him get away with it, so I called in a favor owed to me. I kept the details as vague as possible and I knew that this matter would be taken care of quickly and efficiently.

I sat there letting my mind wander and letting the music from the bar fill my ears. I realized that I didn't want to sit out there and enthrall the vermin tonight. I had other things that I felt were far more important.

I picked up the VIP invitations and summoned my child. She was in my office in an instant. "You summoned me Master?"

"Yes Pam. I need you to make sure that these are delivered first thing tomorrow evening and I wanted to let you know that I am leaving for the evening."

"But Master, don't you want to enthrall the vermin before you leave?"

"Not tonight Pam."

"Eric, excuse me for being so blunt, but what the fuck is wrong with you lately? You have been acting strange ever since you got back from New Orleans. You haven't had fresh blood, you don't want to sit out on your throne, you seem constantly distracted. What the fuck happened to you?"

"I discovered that I lost something and now I'm doing everything I can to get it back." I was out the back door and had taken to the sky before she could even reply.

There was a flower shop a few blocks away from Fangtasia that I stopped in. I was about to go inside, but I needed a piece of information first. I went over to the payphone, deposited the change to make my call and dialed a number that I had memorized, but had never used in this time before. "Merlotte's, this is Arlene speaking, how can I help you?"

The horrible red head who had been involved with the killer and who will soon defect to the Fellowship of the Sun. I would like to end her now, but I knew that would win me no points with Sookie, so I pushed that aside. "I was wondering if Sookie Stackhouse was working tonight?"

"Yeah, she's working until closing, would you like me to get her for you?"

I hung up the phone pretending that we had been cut off. I knew enough about this Arlene that if I kept her on the phone that she would pepper me with questions and I didn't have the time or the patience for that tonight. I went inside and purchased a bouquet of daffodils for Mrs. Stackhouse. Hopefully she would know that they mean chivalry and understand that I would be chivalrous to her and her granddaughter.

As I flew down Hummingbird Lane and landed in the backyard I realized how different the house was going to be, or would have been. The next time I see that Charles Twining, I'll take out his other eye, but he would only come looking for Sookie if Longshadow attacks her for finding out that he was stealing from me. That was another matter I would have to deal with, but right now I had a "Gran" to meet.

As I walked up to the back door I realized that it would seem suspicious for me to come here without a car, but I would deal with that if necessary. I knew that I would not be glamouring Mrs. Stackhouse. That would also not get me into Sookie's good graces. I would have to work with my god given good looks and charm.

I knocked on the door and there stood Mrs. Adele Stackhouse, her long gray hair flowing down her back, bathrobe knotted tightly around her waist and fluffy slippers on her feet. At first glance you would think that she was just a sweet old lady, but I could see the stubbornness that was just below the surface just like Sookie. "Can I help you young man?"

"I hope so Mrs. Stackhouse. My name is Eric Northman and I need to speak with you. I know it's a bit late, but we need to talk about your granddaughter Sookie."

"What about Sookie? Is she in some kind of trouble?"

"No, but she might be someday. May I come in?"

I watched as her southern manners kicked in. "Of course Mr. Northman. Please come in. Can I get you something to drink?"

"No thank you ma'am, and please call me Eric."

"Alright Eric, then I insist you call me Adele." She led me into the living room. "Please have a seat."

I sat on the sofa and she sat across from me in an armchair. I pushed aside the memories of being with Sookie and the fact that I could smell her all over the house and focused on the awkward conversation I was about to have with Sookie's grandmother. "Adele, I know that you don't know me, but I know quite a bit about you."

I could tell that she was shocked, but she hid it well. "And how is that possible?"

"That is where this gets a bit complicated, but I've made it so that your granddaughter with have some semblance of peace in her life."

"I don't understand."

"I know that Sookie is a telepath."

I could hear her heart rate increase as I said that, but her face still gave nothing away. "I don't know what you are talking about."

"Adele, you realize that I am a vampire and I can tell when you are lying to me?"

That fact didn't get any reaction out of her at all. "Why are you here Mr. Northman?"

"I am in love with your granddaughter, but I need to convince her to love me again."

"Again? Sookie has never even mentioned a man that she interested in let alone a vampire. I don't think that she has even met a vampire before."

"She hasn't." I went along and told her the story of how I came to be here and certain things that had happened in the past that I was not going to let happen again. "Adele, I want to be with your granddaughter, but I think I am going to need your help and I know that I would like to have your blessing as well. I will always take care of Sookie and I will keep her safe and make sure as few people as possible know about what she can do."

I watched her as she sat there processing what I had told her. "So you know that her real grandfather was part fairy?"

"Yes, I also know her great grandfather as well. It will really never be safe for her to meet them, but it might be better if she were to know the truth."

"She wouldn't understand why I did what I did."

"You aren't giving her enough credit. She's a lot stronger than you think."

"That is something that I will think about." She stood up, came over and stood in front of me. "What are you intentions with my granddaughter?"

I had to suppress the smirk that wanted to appear on my face. I wanted Adele to know that I had only the best of intentions when it came to Sookie. "If I had my way, I would marry her as soon as it's possible which is actually going to be possible in a few months time. If she ever wants it, which she never has, I would turn her so that the two of us could be together forever."

I watched a tear slid down her cheek. I knew that the thought of her granddaughter dying in any sense was not something that she wanted to think about. She quickly regained her composure and held her head up high. "You have given me a lot to think about Mr. Northman."

"All I ask is that you at least consider what I have said to you tonight." I stood up and made my way to the back door. I stepped out on the back porch and turned back to Adele. "I love Sookie with all of my heart. She is the light in my darkness and has given me a reason to live after a thousand years. No one with ever love her the way that I do." With my final words I ran off into the woods and took to the air.

I wanted to turn and head to Merlotte's to try to catch a glimpse of Sookie, but I stopped myself. Halloween would be here soon and I knew that Adele would help me. I would be back with my love soon.