The Savior

Chapter 2- The Walk Home

I own nothing-but the plot- no matter how much I wish I did.

As I start to eat I get the weirdest feeling that someone outside of the window is looking at me. And then, in an instant, my world got a whole lot scarier. Only once in my whole life had I met a person who's thoughts I couldn't hear. Images started to flash through my mind. HIS face siting in my section that night; HIS face hovering over me as he physically, mentally, and emotionally scares me forever. I am pulled out of my thoughts with the pressure of my brothers hand on my arm. I hear both verbal and mental silence. Then I see the man, the beautiful blond haired blue eyed man, walking towards me and my brothers table. I instantly know that this man is a vampire and for some rezone I know that even if he is a vampire, like the man who attacked me, that he will not hurt me. As he gets close to us he pulls a chair up to the side of our booth.

"Ms. Stakehouse." he says in a smooth cool voice.

"It's nice to meet you as well Mr. ..." I left hanging because I realized I didn't even know his name.

"Northmen. Eric Northmen." as he finished saying it both me and Eric chuckled.

But then the moment was gone and he was all back to business. "I am sorry to have to interrupt this dinner with your brother but in about 2 seconds Bill will be walking threw that door." Just as he finished the door to the bar swung open. My heart hitched in my chest and I felt as if my breath rush out of my lungs. Within an instant Eric stud just in front of me, block HIM out and myself in. Sam came over and my brother got out of out booth. They took Eric's place in front of me when Eric walked over to Bill.

"Bill." Eric says with an iciness in his voice that makes me want to cringe, "To what do I owe the pleasure," he says in disdain, "to seeing you here."

Eric's POV

God, I hate this stupid little git. Not only is a wuss but he turned Sookie from a bubbly fun person (or so I have heard) into someone who doesn't leave her house anymore. How could he live with himself knowing the dramatic changed he made on this girls life. I may have been a Viking when I was human and we were known for our harshness but this was more than even I can comprehend.

In a voice so low that only HE could hear, I say, "You need to leave this place now! She is under the protection of the Queen. As well as my protection. I have friends in high places and if you even set foot in this area of this state I will know about it. Now you either leave quietly on your own or you leave loudly with my help."

At this point I have him backing his way towards the door of the bar. I have given my promise to my Queen to protect this girl with my life, and after watching this girl throughout her recovery and how she now interacted with the people around her, I do not understand how he could have done this.

I now stand in the doorway of the shifters bar as I watch Bill run away from me with his tail between his legs.

When I walk back inside, I see Sookie wrapped in her brothers arms with light sobs leaving her lips. I walk over to her and set my hand on her shoulder. She snapped her head around to look at me and in an instant she had jumped into my arms.

"Thank you Eric. Thank you so so much." she sobbed into my shoulder. I pulled her closer to me and I looked over her shoulder at her brother. 'I will take her home' I mouthed to him. He just nodded his head and sat back down. I removed one arm from her waist and I moved in back behind her knees and lifted her into my arms. Without paying attention to the people around us I walk out of the bar and into the cool night.

As I walk I hear Sookie's heart beat slow to a calm steady pace. She snuggled closer to my chest as she slept and I couldn't get over the feeling of this small girl in my arms. She was so small and warm compared to me. I don't get this girl. She was attacked by someone like me and now she is asleep in my arms. I wonder how she can be so trusting of me when she is so scarred of another vampire.

I look at her face. She is extremely pretty. She looks so angelic, and so peaceful as she sleeps. I could easily see the scars that mark her face in the dark. I hate those gagged pink lines; not because they make her ugly, which they don't, but because I know the pain that she had to go through to get those scares. I start to feel her moving. I know she is still sleeping but her heart rate starts to race and she is shivering and whimpering. I pull her into my chest just a little bit more and I feel her relax even if just a fraction.

Sookie's POV

Again I am running through the forest like I do every time I have this horrible dream. I hear Bill and I fall. But this time something changed. Before Bill was able to start cutting. I white hand clamped down on Bills shoulder. In one instant Bill was gone and I was looking into the eyes of my savior. He pulled me to my feet and into a strong huge. Then he lifted me into his arms and started to walk. He pulled my closed into his chest and I was able to relax just a little bit more.

My eyes drift open and I realize I am in Eric's arms.

"Where are we?" I asked quietly.

"Oh, just a few minutes from your house. It wont be long before you are fast asleep in your own warm soft bed and not my cold hard arms." he replied.

With a light blush creeping onto her cheeks she replied, "I don't mind your arms in the slightest. It is the safest I have felt since the incident."

She left her head on his shoulder as he walked in silence. It was not a awkward silence thought, it was the kind of silence you have when you have known someone your whole life and it is just easy to be around that person. Eric had never felt like this in all his 1000 years. He felt as if he had to protect he, not just that he wanted to protect her.

"Thank you. I know I have already said that to you but I feel as if I can't thank you enough for all that you have done for me. The only reason I left my house tonight was because Jason, my brother, convinced me that Sophie Ann was telling the truth about someone watching over me. You have given me just a little more reason to feel safe, and as of now just a little bit of safety makes me feel a whole lot better about not having bade things happen to me." I ramble. When I realize that I am rambling I stop talking. I can feel Eric's chest shake in a silent laugh.

"it is my pleasure to watch over you, Sookie."