Chapter 3
"Hey honey, you need at wake up," said a voice from Selene's bedside. Selene opened her eyes and saw a older woman wearing a black shiny leather halter top mini dress and had white blonde short hair and wore way to much make up. The woman smiled. "Well hey there darlin'." she said in her southern twang.
Selene sat up and looked around, forgetting for a moment were she was, but soon remembered after looking back at the open secret door. "Uh, hello." Selene said sleepily but smiled at her.
"I'm Ginger. I'm gonna be helping you out while you're here." Ginger said and smiled back. She tossed a heap of clothing into Selene's lap. "Here. Pam looked all over for something more modest. This is as good as we can get it." she said. "I'll let you get dressed and then I'll do you're make up. Eric wants to see you before you report to work."
Selene nodded and immediately got out of bed running into the bathroom to get dressed. She wasn't a stranger to working, so she did what she was told and hurried. She slipped the uniform on and looked at herself in the full length mirror. It was the same shiny latex leather material Ginger had on, but it was more of a gothic Lolita cup cake type dress. It corseted at her waist with all sorts of buckles and belts. She put on a pair of black thigh high fishnets with the dress and a pair of black platform stilhetos.
Ginger came in with a bag of make up. "Okay, now Eric wants the girls pale. You're pretty pale, but the natural blush has gotta go." Ginger slathered on an almost white foundation on Selene's skin. Selene almost never wore make up, but whatever she needed to do to get the job done. "Now we'll add eyeliner…" she said and gave Selene a thick layer of liquid black eyeliner on the top lid, giving her cat eyes. "And lips…" Ginger put on a layer of blood red lip stick on Selene's full lips, and put clear gloss on the top. Ginger stepped back and looked at her. She smiled. "There we go. Just make that your nightly routine before you come in."
Selene turned and looked at herself. "I look like a gothic nightmare." she giggled. "But it's nice."
Ginger smiled again. "Well, let's go then." she started to head out.
They entered Eric's office, and went into the bar. It wasn't open yet, seeing as it was only about 8 pm. The bar opened at 9, and the employees were already in getting ready. Ginger took her to the long black and red bar and sat her down. "Let me get you something to eat," she said and scampered off to find something edible.
Selene sat alone at the bar as the few employees ran around making their stations suitable. She watched a few of them and leaned her head in the palm of her hand.
"I guess I am going to have to get you a mini fridge and a microwave for a while." said a voice so sharp and demanded it cut right through the stuffy bar air.
Selene turned and saw Eric standing next to her. She smiled up at him. "I guess so. It would be nice to eat." she said.
He put a slick black plastic tray in front of her and a pad of paper with a pen. "Here," he said. "Do you know how to wait tables?"
She nodded. "Waited tables in high school."
"Good. Now we don't have to train you." he said and took out a new cell phone. He handed it to her. "This is yours." he said.
Selene took the gadget and looked back up at him. "Uh… Thanks." she said. She had never had a cell phone untill now.
"Its just in case I allow you to go out during the day. It's so you can reach me at any time." he said, his hard expression still the same as the moment they met.
"Thank you sire." she said.
"You know before you become a vampire, you have got to stop being so nice." he said, and walked away.
She smiled to herself, but not so sure that him calling her nice was a good thing.
"Here ya go darlin'," Ginger came out with a tukey sandwhich.
"Thanks." she said and began eating the sandwhich as Ginger walked away.
An few hours later, the club was open, and people clad in fake black leather and white and black make up filed in. There were a few regulare looking people walking around waititng for a vampire to take them home, and a few normal looking vampire's waititng to take a human home. It was about 1 am already and Selene wasn't even a bit tired just yet. She picked up an order for a few people on the dance floor and made her way back to the bar.
She handed in the order to a beefy man with cropped white hair behind the bar. The bartender, Viper. He was a rather young vampire, and he was intimidating looking. He didn't have a shirt on, but a spikey leather dog collar and baggy plack and red pants with chains all over them, and wore big black shit kicker boots with them.
"Two bloods, type O and A negative, and a White Russian." she said, and waited for her order to be filled.
"On it," Viper said and stuck the bloods in the microwave while mixing the White Russian. "You pretty good at this thing for a human." he said to her over the screaming music filling the bar.
Selene smiled. "Thanks. I think Eric and Pam are pleased." she said and looked over at Eric's throne like chair with Pam standing at his side. They were both looking at her, watching her every move, waititng until she screwed up somehow she bet. Selene locked eyes with Eric, keeping his stare as if she was being glamoured, but she knew she wasn't. Her smile dropped as they both stared at each other, but Selene quickly turned her head away as Viper set the drinks back on her tray.
She smiled at him. "Thanks V," she said and slipped through the crowd to deliver the customers their drinks. She handed one of the vampire's their drinks, one very tall and muscular biker vamp. As he took it she grinned down at her.
"You know True Blood doesn't beat the real thing. And you're pretty fucking hot." he said and grabbed a lock of her hair to smell it. She pushed his hand away from her and smiled.
"No thank you sir, I don't date customers." she said and began to walk away.
As quick as a flash, he got back in front of her. "Who said this had to be a date? This would be pure fucking and sucking." he put his hands on her hips and pulled her to him.
~*~
Eric saw everything and heard everything that happened with that thug biker vampire that came in atleast once a week. In a blink, Eric was behind Selene, facing the biker.
The biker stopped, andhis malicious grin fell. Eric grabbed Selene and yanked her behind him while delivering a vicous kick to the biker's chest, sending him flying into the bar. He crash landed on some bar stools that were extremely close to staking him, and laid in pain while some desprate humans came to his aid. Eric turned to Selene who looked up at him frightened. Not of him, but of what she had experienced. Eric turned back from Selene to the biker. He walked over to him and kneeled down at his side as the humans scrambled out of Eric's way. Eric bent down and got into the other vsampire's face. The vampire tried to shrink away, but grunted in pain. "I have a strict no sexual harrassment rule here in my bar. You mess with my girls, you mess with their boss, got it?" he said and patted the vamp's chest, and stood up looking at Selene.
By now the whole room was looking at them and the music was off. Eric didn't care about the attention in the least. "Selene, my office, now." he said and began walking to the back where his office was. Selene followed him like the obedient puppy she was. Eric sat down behind his desk as she shut the door.
"Yes sir?" she asked.
He looked at her. "Did that scare you?" he asked.
Selene shook her head. "No." she said quietly.
Eric sighed. "You need to be more careful. Hell, you need to be more like Pam." he said, referring to the bitchyness that made everyone stay clear. He couldn't afford for Selene to be taken advantage of by a hulking vampire. She hung her head as if she was being scolded. He sighed again. "You are done for tonight. You may retire."
Selene's head popped up. "No no, it's fine. What happened back there is completely fine." she said and stepped forward. "I can keep working."
Eric appeared in front of her, taking her chin between his fingers. He looked into her innocent pale blue eyes as she calmly looked up at him as well. He felt her heart beat was steady, so she wasn't nervous or excited around him like all the other women. Her eyes looked like they were empty, but filled with kindness. "Why do you want to become one of us?" he asked in a whisper, his lips so close to hers, if she moved even slightly, they would be kissing.
Selene was still. "Because I have no one… No one wanted me as a child, no one would want me now. I'd rather take my chances and live forever to find something or someone, than die without anything…" she whispered back.
Eric's fangs unsheathed as her answer flooded his mind. God, this woman had no idea what she could do to a man. Selene didn't react to his fangs at all, in fact, she almost invited him in.
"Why does Sophie Anne want you?" he asked with the hiss of his fangs.
"I don't know…" she whispered.
He bent in closer, pressing his nose to her neck, right over her jugular. He inhaled deeply, taking her scent in again. Selene closed her eyes. Having him this close was intoxicating. He let go of her chin and stepped back. "You are done for tonight." he said and mentally commanded the secret door and office doors to open. As he left and shut the door behind him, Selene was left breathless and dizzy.
A/N: Well, this is my first True Blood Fan fic. I am a HUGE fan of True Blood, and I am Pro Eric, Con Sookie/Eric (I just really don't like Sookie… She's just a ditzy whining over dramatic little woman child) I hope you like my story, and tell me what you think of Selene please? I like hearing peoples opinions on my OC's. Thanks guys! Please review!!!
PS: This is kind of what in my mind what Selene looks like, so go on photobucket or google images and search kierstin koppel. She's got the basics, just Seene has Blue eyes not Brown.