Author's Note: Thanks for the reviews! Here's Chapter 2!
Chapter 2
Aleksya got out of the dingy bed and showered, tugging on her clothes and left without even sparing so much as a glance at her bed partner. She left the motel and got back into her car, driving off to her intended destination the night before, before she was distracted by her guest.
She reached into the passenger seat and pulled out a sandwich from the plastic bag of goodies she'd gotten the night before.
She preferred Adele's cooking, or Lafayette's, but food was still food, no matter whether it was fast or not.
Sookie invited Bill into her home and he was real polite, greeting everyone. As usual, Jason was being a prick when it came to vampires and just stuffed his face with food, staring Bill down.
There was a knock on the door before it opened and Bill had his fangs out immediately in defence. Her eyes widened when she saw Leksy walk right in.
"Woah! Don't need to get defensive, Fangs! I come in peace, seriously!" Leksy said jokingly, holding both her hands up and Bill raised a brow in confusion. "Someone convince the vampire that I'm friendly before I get bitten or something," Leksy laughed before she grinned and ran up to her friend, hugging her tightly.
"Leksy! You're home!"
Leksy hugged her back, "Hey, Sook!"
She was surprised to find a vampire in the house when she walked in the door, but it didn't really faze her all that much. She saw that he wasn't that bad a guy and the atmosphere was tense, but not malicious. Besides, Adele wouldn't be so relaxed if someone threatening were in her home.
"Relax, Bill," Sookie said and the vampire assessed her before deeming her to not be dangerous and his fangs retracted.
Nifty.
She glanced at Jason who had paused in stuffing his face and Tara who was staring at her before they both got up and hugged her.
"Welcome back, Leks," Jason smiled.
"Thank God you're here," Tara added.
"Why, you both know just how to make a girl feel special," she grinned and they laughed heartily, the tense atmosphere dispersing immediately. "Jase, I sure hope you left some for me. I'm starving!"
"I'll make more for you, sweetie," Adele smiled and she hugged her.
"Thank you, Gran. You did promise me a whole lotta food when I get back," she laughed.
"It's wonderful to have you home."
"I know. It's so good to be back!"
Jason went to get her a plate and cutlery while Adele went to the kitchen to cook up more food and the smell was heavenly.
"Leksy," Sookie said and she looked up at her friend and the vampire, who in her opinion, looked olden with the hair cut and was just dressed in modern clothes.
But hey, who was she to judge?
"What's up?"
"This is Bill Compton. He's new in town," Sookie smiled and she could see her friend was smitten with him, thereby explaining the tense atmosphere earlier.
Tara and Jason were totally against vampires!
"When you say 'new', do you mean old in town, but just returned in the more modern age 'new'?" she asked, just to clarify. "Because if I remember clearly, there was a Compton in town who... well... you know," she said, bringing her hand across her neck to get her point across.
"Yes. He was a descendant of mine," he said and she nodded.
"Ohh."
"Bill, this is Aleksya Devereaux. Mine, Tara's and Jason's best friend. She lives right next door. We all grew up together though she's younger than us," Sookie said.
"I'm only three years younger! Being twenty-two doesn't make much of a difference," she scoffed.
"She's real smart. Jumped a few grades and became mine and Tara's classmate," Sookie informed.
"Aww, you're making me blush with all the compliments," she laughed before smiling at him. "Well, it's nice to meet you, Bill. Pardon my lack of a Southern accent," she said and whispered conspiratorially, "My mom had an American accent."
"It's nice to meet you too, Aleksya," Bill chuckled.
"You're all right," she smiled and looked at Sookie who looked so happy that she could cry.
Sookie was so happy that one of her friends approved of Bill! Leksy's indirect approval meant so much to her...
"Thank you, Leksy," she whispered soft enough for Leksy to hear and knew Bill could hear it too.
Leksy winked at her, "No need for thanks, Sook. I'm just saying what I honestly think, that's all."
"Still, thank you, Leksy."
"Then I'll take your thanks."
"Enough whispering. Come here and have your dinner, sweetie," Gran said and Leksy nodded, bounding over to the table and sat down beside Jason where her plate was and she ate the food on Jason's fork, winking at him while Gran and Tara burst out into loud laughter and Jason gave her a noogie.
She looked at Bill and smiled happily, "She's a nice girl," Bill smiled and she nodded in agreement.
"She is."
Leksy began piling her plate with food as usual and she smiled. Her friend ate a lot and never put on weight. Leksy said it was the exercises she did. As Leksy ate, Bill told them where he was from and that he came back because the last of the Compton line died and he was living at their old place.
"Bummer," Leksy said. "I mean no one really wants to outlive their descendants. And you're like two to three generations past."
"Yes," Bill agreed.
"If it makes you feel any better, you wouldn't have met us if you died a long time ago and Gran wouldn't be so excited since you lived through the Civil War. You're pretty much a walking legend," Leksy said sympathetically, though with a little joke at the end and Bill smiled with Adele mirroring it.
"Thank you, Aleksya. That does make me feel better actually." Leksy grinned.
Everything was pretty much going well until Jason became prejudicial when Bill said he expected the Vampire Rights Amendment to pass. Leksy elbowed him, shutting him up before Gran had to.
"Did you own slaves?" Tara asked and Bill regarded her.
"No, I didn't, but my father did."
Just when things were going south –no pun intended- Bill began to charm Adele with tales of times long past. She smiled, not having seen the elderly woman so excited in such a long time. It warmed her heart to see the woman she loved like a grandmother, seem like such a little girl.
It was pretty sweet when Bill asked Sookie out for a walk, but Jason stood up to protest and was shot down by Adele.
"Look, Gran, I am the man in this family," Jason reasoned and Gran gave him a look that had her grinning.
"Sassy," she whispered to Tara who smiled despite the situation.
"You are a man in this family, but I am the oldest person here and this is my house. You better respect me boy," Adele scolded.
"Oh snap," she said. "She's got you there, Jase."
"Actually, I'm the oldest person here," Bill said and she couldn't contain her laughter, nearly ending up on the floor.
"Oh! That was a good one! I like you more and more, Bill!"
"Leksy!" Jason said and she shrugged, managing to sober up.
"Just let them go out, Jase. Bill was born and raised in the era where men were respectful to women. Chivalry. Vampire or not, those values were instilled into him. Sook will be perfectly fine with him," she said and he considered her words, but she saw he needed a little more push. "Think about it this way. If he wanted Sook for her blood and sex, he could have gotten his hands –or rather, fangs- on them a long time ago and none of us would be able to do a thing to stop him. Why wait?"
"Fine," Jason conceded. "But just this once!"
Sookie smiled at her, gratefully and she winked. "Well, I'm gonna do the dishes!"
"You just got back, sweetie. I'll do them. You look tired, so go get some rest," Adele said in the way that always warmed her heart.
"You sure?"
"If the last decade or so were anything to go by, then yes."
She laughed and gave Adele a kiss on the cheek, "Thank you. But I'm going to take the dishes into the kitchen at least, before going to my place."
"All right then," Adele said.
"You kids play nice now," she warned jokingly before bringing the empty dishes to the kitchen sink.
She hugged Jason, Tara and Adele. "I'll come by tomorrow to get lunch. You're working there now anyway," she said to Tara, noticing her friend's frown.
"You'd better be there," Tara said.
"Definitely," she said. "Night!"
"G'Night, Leksy," they said.
She left the house with Sookie and Bill and she turned to them. "Don't do anything I wouldn't do," she said.
"What wouldn't you do?" Sookie nearly snorted.
"Good point. Hmm... Then no getting too frisky!"
"Leksy!" Sookie blushed and she grinned, hugging her friend.
"Just a warning. Have a good night," she laughed.
"You too," Bill said.
"Night, Sook," she smiled.
"Night, Leksy. I'm really glad you came home."
"Yeah. Sorry I couldn't get here sooner though. I got caught up in work. But we will talk about what happened," she said and Sookie nodded.
"I'll explain everything."
"Especially about Jason's arrest." Sookie nodded again. "Thanks for taking care of Sookie, Bill."
"It was my pleasure."
"I'll be seeing you around then," she said before going to her car and grabbing her things from it.
She went into her home as Sookie and Bill went on their walk, in the direction of the Bon Temps graveyard. The irony. They were going for a walk there when Sookie was already walking with the walking dead.
She went to wash her clothes before having a quick wash up and sank down on her bed in her pjs. Yup, nighties were perfect for sleep. She sighed contentedly, having had a warm, home-cooked meal and being back in her own hometown, her own home and her own big bed.
"Goodnight, mom..." she whispered, clutching onto her necklace and drifted off into a dreamless sleep.
She had her first kiss with Bill and all was going great until he pushed her away, his fangs out and he insisted on walking her home which she allowed him to. It was her first real kiss... and it was with a vampire. It was... amazing.
Sookie was thankful when a road crew guy ran off the four rude guys who thought of nothing but lewd things. Sam called her into his office then to ask her about reading people's thoughts and suggested she should read his sometime. She refused to. She'd already gotten into enough trouble with her previous bosses because she knew what they were thinking. She didn't want to lose another job.
She went out and found Leksy coming in, announcing her arrival with a cheerful 'Good morning!' that had all, or most of the locals responding the same. Leksy had that effect on people for some reason. They were all drawn to her and she was still amazed whenever she thought back to the Leksy of the past.
Leksy exchanged a few sentences with Dawn, laughing before continuing to the bar where Tara was.
"Told ya I would keep my word," Leksy said. "Sook!"
"Hey, Leksy," she smiled.
"My bitch is here?" Lafayette asked, looking out and Leksy waved.
"What's up, boss?"
"Nothing's up with no cute bitch walking in," Lafayette replied crudely, as per normal and Leksy laughed.
"I'm sure one will come right in for you," Leksy smiled.
"You'd better be sure."
"If not, I'll hunt some down and introduce you to them."
"They'd better be my type."
Leksy held a hand to her heart, "Lafayette, I'm hurt! I'm your bitch and you think I don't know your type? We went man hunting together! I'm devastated."
"Keep your drama to yourself. Whaddya wanna eat?"
"Whip up anything and I'll eat it!" Leksy said cheerfully.
"One special coming right up," Lafayette said as Sam came out.
"What's shaking, boss?" Leksy asked.
"Leks, you're back," Sam smiled.
"Yep. Just got back last night," Leksy replied, taking a seat at the bar. "I'm pretty up to speed on everything that's happened so far. Especially why there's a new bartender here and she's not even wearing a uniform."
"She's convincing," Sam shrugged and Leksy laughed.
"Boy, don't I know it."
With Leksy back, everything seemed peaceful as usual. It was always a relief to have Leksy around. More so because Leksy's thoughts always reflected her words. Leksy was always honest for some reason, but not that she minded. She had Bill, whose mind she couldn't read and Leksy, whose mind and words didn't conflict, at least not that much or greatly.
Sookie saw the news about the anti-vampire reverend and his wife being killed in a car accident and knew she needed to have a talk with Bill. She drove to his house and noticed a car with a license plate that said 'FANGS 1' out front. She went up to the door and it opened, with two vampires in front of her and a bald, tattooed one behind her and all of them bared their fangs at her and hissed.
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