Hey all! Thanks for the awesome reviews! :D
This is a short chapter compared to the others, sorry! :/ But I couldnt take adding on any more in this chapter. I loved where I ended it too much. lolz.
The next chapter will be all Eric and Sookie, no worries!
I hope you are enjoying my secondary characters as much as I am!
Eric and Sookie forever! 3
Chapter Three: Preparations: Part One
The phone was answered on the second ring, "Hello, Kai Alexander's phone, Anastasia speaking."
"Diva," Eric smiled into the phone.
"Eric! How wonderful to hear from you! Sorry, Kai and I are at his photo shoot right now, which is why I answered. What's up?" Anastasia bubbly told him.
"Ugh, he is still doing the modeling thing?"Eric scoffed, rolling his eyes, leaning back in his chair. He could hear the evil smirk in her voice as she answered,
"You're just jealous he's prettier than you."
Eric sat up, eyes widening as he barked, "Ha! Whatever, Diva. Anyway, I did not call to ask how the geezer's gay modeling is doing. I was cal…" He was interrupted by a female's laughter, "Gay? Is that the best you can come up with? You of all people know he is not gay. Especially with me as his mate of 300 years, thank you very much, mister grumpy britches."
"Anyway" Eric laughed, "I was calling to let you all know that Sookie and I will be heading your way tomorrow evening, and will be staying two weeks. Is this still agreeable to you?"
"Yes! Absolutely! Oh, I am so excited to meet your bonded! We will have such a great time! I will make all the necessary arrangements! You will be flying into Sydney?"
"Yes, we should arrive about 6."
"Alright. I will have Kai and Darius pick you two up from the airport in the limo. Oh! Kai just got finished with his last shoot, I have to go. Unless, you want to speak with him?"
"No, it is fine. I have to get back to my bonded," Eric said, just as Sookie walked through his office door. He smiled at her, and she smiled back, tilting her head in curiosity as to who he could be talking to. He motioned for her to sit in his lap as he finished the call, "Speaking of whom, my bonded just came in. We will see you four soon."
"Goodbye! Please tell her we are all so excited to meet her!"
Eric laughed, "Will do, Diva. Bye for now."
"Bye!" Eric hung up and set his cell on his desk, wrapping his arms around Sookie.
"Diva? Who's that?" She asked, giving him a small kiss.
"That was my sister, Anastasia. She is the mate of my brother-in-arms, Kai, who I met almost 800 years ago. I was confirming our vacation plans with her. When we get to our destination, Kai and my other brother, Darius, will pick us up from the airport."
Sookie glanced down in her lap, "I am kinda nervous to meet them…"
Eric frowned, tilting her chin back up with his finger, "Why, Lover?" he asked concerned.
"Well…What if… What if they don't like me?" Sookie lowered her eyes, shamefully, slouching.
"Lover, that is an absurd question." Eric assured her, gently.
"Why?" she asked, looking up at him, curiously.
"Because, Lover, Anastasia was just telling me how excited they all were to finally meet you. They are waiting anxiously to get to know you." Eric smiled, tucking a stray piece of hair behind her ear.
Sookie's eyes widened dramatically, "Really?" she asked flabbergasted.
Eric touched his forehead to hers, meeting her eyes, "Really. Besides, what is there not to like? "
They both smiled at each other. Eric pecked her on the nose and lifted her out of his lap.
(Sydney, Australia)
Anastasia was smiling gleefully as she hung up the phone with relish, "Eeeee! I have to call people!" She scurried around frantically, collecting her things, grabbing Kai's bag in the process, flung it over her shoulder, and ended up whacking him in the face.
"Woman!" he muffled in annoyance, swatting at his bag, scowling, "What is the rush?"
"Sorry! I just got a call from Eric! He and Sookie are coming to visit! They are heading here tomorrow!" She squealed excitedly, clapping her hands enthusiastically, bouncing on her toes.
Kai plastered a big shit-eating grin on his face, "Is that so, my muse?" He said, stopping her bouncing by laying his heavy hands on her shoulders. Sliding off his bag from her arm to heft it over his own, leather jacket crinkling, he wrapped an arm around her waist, pulling her in close.
"You will tell me all about your conversation at home. It is too close to sunrise to dally much longer," he mentioned, steering her towards the door.
"It is not my fault your shoot ran late, Mister I-had-to-agree-to-a-shoot-at-3am-when-he-should-be-in-bed-cuddling-his-wife." she lightly snarled, wrinkling her nose.
He leaned down, stealing a kiss from her lips, "You know it was an emergency. The new magazine needed the new shots taken last minute for the release in two days. It does not help that I have a generous nature, and help others in need."
"Generous nature my ass; you were just thrilled that they wanted you for the cover as well as a three page spread. Though why they needed to do it at this time of night is beyond me." She grumbled.
Kai smiled cheekily, "You know me so well, muse. You should probably call Kat and D, to get things ready at the ranch before heading down here to meet us. You know how Kat gets with cleaning; it will take her all morning." He handed her his bag for her to put on, sliding on his wind-resistant dark glasses, pulling his leather gloves on.
"I wish she wouldn't stay up so early. It's too dangerous; even with the light shutters." Anastasia sighed worriedly, waiting on Kai to get on their motorcycle, before sliding on behind him, wrapping her arms tightly around his waist, resting her head between his shoulder blades.
"You know how she gets; we just have to hope Darius makes her sleep. There is nothing we can do, my love. When we get to the Penthouse, give her a call to update her on the visit, then we will go to bed, and I will cuddle on you before we go to sleep, okay?" He started the bike, facing them towards home. "Love you," she said, kissing his leather covered back, resting her head once more, eyes closing.
"Love you too, my muse," he replied; as they sped off into the night, quickly disappearing in the bright lights of the city.
"All Hell is about to break loose, isn't it?"
"Oh, yes, my muse. I cannot wait."
(AT RANCH HOUSE - 30 MINUTES LATER)
"Alright, thanks girl. See you tomorrow," Darius ended the call and calmly turned to his wife.
"Okay, bambina, when I tell you this you have to promise not to freak out," Darius stated, then added, "or no sex before bed."
"Okay, I promise. Wait. What?" Katalina screeched, getting right up in his face, "Whatchu mean 'or no sex before bed'?"
"You heard me. Now, you still promise not to freak out?" He leaned down close to her upturned face, gazing intently at her.
She sighed dramatically, crossing her arms, "Yes, yes. Now, what is it?"
"I just got off the phone with Stacie," he told her.
"And?"
"And..." Darius cautiously looked at her, uncharacteristically hesitant.
"Oh, come on! Tell me!" she yelled, exasperated.
Darius took a deep breath, "Eric and Sookie are coming to visit."
A beat of silence.
The windows shattered as the air pressure in the room forced the high pitched shriek to explode any and all glass outward, bending them, before breaking in an unnatural explosion of glittering prisms to the ground.
The horses in the paddock, quietly sleeping, jerked awake before lying their big heads back down with a huff. Birds flying above the house suddenly stopped their flight and most dropped and sprawled on the ground, dazed while one hit an oncoming tree with a startled chirp. The two big dogs cowered under the porch, their big expressive eyes opened wide, as they huddled together, not liking when their master did this. All the wild animals within the vicinity of the 200,000 acre ranch skittered away in terror, tripping over themselves trying to get away.
"Jesus Fucking Christ!" he yelled, covering his ears with his hands, wincing, "You need to stop using your freakish bat sonar every time you get excited. This is the fifth time in the past two months you have broken all the windows...it's a good thing we have the shutters, or we would be fucked. Look at our poor dogs!"
Said dogs were peering over the deck floorboards, a pleading look in their eyes, whimpering softly.
"Sorry," Katalina said sheepishly, "but, really? Eric is coming?" she asked, eyes sparkling.
She stilled. "Oh my god." Her eyes got round, pupils dilating.
The dogs whimpered again and disappeared back under the porch.
"I have to clean!"
Darius sucked in a breath, "Bambina... No. You need to slee.." Air whooshed past his face, cutting off what he was saying, "God damnit."
Tracking his blur of a wife with his eyes, he stood perfectly still, "Katalina Elizabeth Callahan! Stop this foolishness right now!"
With a blur of his arms, he swiftly plucked Katalina out of the air as she passed him, heavy-laden with cleaning supplies.
"You can clean the already spotless house tomorrow evening. We will have three hours before we should head down to Sydney," he stated calmly, setting her down but not letting go of her.
"But..." Katalina hung in his arms, knowing she would not be able to get down even if she tried.
"I know. But the house is clean enough; it is perfect. There is no need for you to clean." Darius looked around, "Well, except for the broken glass everywhere which we will clean up before we leave. Now, we need to go to bed, so we can pack and head out at first dark to meet Kai and your sister," he said softly.
She pouted, "Fine."
He leaned down, nipping at her lips. "Thank you. But you know, you broke your word. So... no sex!" He laughed, letting her go and sprinting away from her to the bedroom.
"Hey!" She yelled after him, "No fair! Cocksucker!"
"Now, now bambina, watch your language," she heard him say from inside their bedroom.
"You watch your language," she huffed. Katalina slumped, looking around the sparkling living room, and walked slowly toward the bedroom, opening the doors, looking sadly into the room.
Darius was lounging on the bed, stark naked. His dark skin gleaming in the light of a dozen candles, hands behind his head, with an eyebrow lifted and smirk on his face.
She squealed in delight, perking up immediately, the doors slamming shut behind her as she rushed into the room, jumping on him.
Hey! Hope you enjoyed!
I am going to take a small break from this for the next week or two. My college finals are coming up, and after December 9th, I will back at this each week, I promise! I may update sooner since it will be my winter break, but I will keep you updated! So no new chapter next week. I will update on my profile if I will be able to upload the next chapter the week after. But this will be continued, I swear! Just a break until classes and finals are over!
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Wish me luck!
