Pam wasn't far. She was with Tara discussing the bitch that threatened her maker back at Fangtasia. Eric appeared before them, and Pam turned to him, angry.

"Who the fuck was that? The cunt messed up my hair." she asked, as she rolled her eyes, and swept her blonde locks to the side.

"Don't disrespect my maker, Pam." he angrily advanced toward her.

"Your maker Eric? Godric's your maker! Did that bitch come with a stupid witch and erase your fucking memory again? Fuck, where's Sookie, Tara? She still owes me one." she spat sarcastically.

"Stop it, Pam.." Eric warned. He gripped her shoulders painfully tight, and Pam became frightened. Tara panicked.

"Eric what are you doing?" Eric ignored her.

"Tara go away!" Pam pleaded.

"Fuck no!" she refused.

"Pam, command her to leave area 5. You don't want her to witness this..." he insisted.

"Eric, whats happened?" tears threatened to escape her eyes.

"NOW PAM!"

"Tara.. as your maker... I command you to leave area 5... now." she choked out through sobs. Against all her might, Tara left the area. Eric carried Pam in his arms back to Fangtasia. He gently set her down in a chair positioned by the bar.

"Stay." he demanded, and then went back to Minka to retrieve the stake. She was sitting in Erics throne, emotionless hands folded at her knees, watching closely. He tried to make eye contact with her, but she refused. He was immediately reminded of Godric. She was so small, but her presence demanded respect, and attention.

He slowly returned to Pam, almost completely broken down. Her tears spread to her chest. Eric immediately felt her pain through the bond they shared. He lightly kissed her forehead, and apologized sweetly in her ear.

He raised the stake slowly, as Minka watched intensely. Pam began to bawl even harder.

"Just do it!" she demanded through tears.

Another 3 seconds passed by with the stake raised above Erics head. He set his arms down, and turned toward his maker.

"After I do this, both you and Pam must know that this will be my last night. I will be meeting the sun at dawn." he said it as if he couldn't believe his own words.

Simultaneously Pam, and Minkas eyes widened in shock. The elder vampire quickly recovered from disbelief, she simply nodded her head. Pam, sat a complete mess unable to even speak another word.

Eric turned back to his progeny. He gave her an affectionate touch of the cheek before once again raising his arms, stake in hand.

Pam held her breath as the stake spiraled toward her heart-

"STOP! Eric as your maker I command you to stop!" Minka interrupted. "Do not kill her. It was never my intention to make you go through with it."

A sudden hush of silence fell over the vampires, as each of them glanced back and forth at each other, unsure of what to do.

Eric let out a sigh of relief, and rushed to kneel before his maker. Pam, traumatized, left Fangtasia to find Tara.

"I'm so sorry, I challenged you, I'm so so sorry. Please forgive me. Please." Eric pleaded, over and over almost to himself as he knelt before his maker. Minka cupped his chin, and raised it to face her. Then she knelt down before him. She lightly brushed her lips on his lips, down to his chin, and traced with her fangs his jawline. The sensation of her 2000 year old fangs caused Erics to unwillingly come out.

Her eyes lit at the sight of them.

"Eric, they're beautiful" she gasped.

"Have you seen yours? Breathtaking..." he pulled her in close.

"Forgive me.." he pleaded once more.

"There's nothing to be apologetic for Eric, I expected such a reaction... If anyone needs to be forgiven it's me. I should have been there for you."

"Stop. We have over a thousand years of love making to make up for... Shall we begin now?"

Before she could reply, he forced his lips on hers, bared fangs and all.

They lay, bodies intertwined, in Minkas vampire friendly hotel room. Her head rested in between his shoulder and chin, and wrapped her right leg over his hips, with her arms positioned across his chest, right hand landing right above his left shoulder. Eric lay on his back, right arm used as a "pillow" for Minka, and his left arm lay over her leg, grazing her soft inner thigh.

"1000 years have gone by, I never knew my maker had such-"

"Eric do not finish that sentence." she laughed to herself. "Godric is the male replica of me. There is only one obvious difference between us."

His expression flattened as he realized what she said was true.

"In all sincerity though, Minka, know that I am equally as loyal to you as Godric." he assured her.

Minka raised her head to look up at her child.

"You have no idea how much that means... I always planned to be apart of your life Eric, and Nora's. In fact I was the one who pointed you out to my brother. I wanted to turn you myself, but at the time we thought it was better for a male to do it. We wanted you to be willing. It didn't matter to us anyhow, the bond would still be created between the three of us."

"You don't have to explain any-"

"But I do! Let me finish, please." Eric nodded.

"Just days after you were turned, we got into an argument on an issue I would prefer not to relive. We almost killed each other. I cared so badly for you Eric, but to save the relationship with Godric, we decided that since he made you himself he would raise you alone, and I would turn someone else. It was devastating loosing you.."

"Forget about it." Eric dismissed the topic, as he began to feel tension towards Godric.

"Okay.. well where is Nora? Have you seen her recently. Last I heard she worked for the Authority. The pride I feel for her is unmatched." she said excitedly as she sat up on the bed. Eric pouted.

"No pride left for me? Pooh."

She ignored his comment, and summoned Nora.

"She's in the area?!" she exclaimed, and then immediately dressed herself.

A/N: okay so this chapter is a bit shorter, but I just wanted to put one up because I found out that people actually READ my first chapter so I was pumped with adrenaline. The next chapter will be up tomorrow, the once a week upload doesn't sound that great to me now lol. Sookie appears in the next chapter, and there will be some references to the finale of season 5 so just bear with me! Please review, it means the world- in all honesty it DOES. Thanks3