Jessica regarded the pair across from her uncertainly as they took a chartered Anubis Airways flight back to Shreveport. Eric had barely said a word since they had bordered the plane which appeared to be unnerving Sookie just as much as it was her.
"What are you going to do?" she asked finally, breaking the silence.
Eric shot her a dark look, but said nothing.
She sighed inwardly, "Who is Sebastian?"
"That is between me and Pam," Eric replied evenly, although his eyes glittered dangerously.
"Why did you decide to help me once you heard his name?" she pressed.
"Just drop it," Eric hissed, clenching his hands into fists where they rested on his knees.
Sookie laid a placating hand on one of his hands, but he shook her off with a snarl. Sookie drew back, looking a little stung, but he didn't notice as he turned to look out of the window. Pointedly ignoring them both.
Jessica took the hint and kept her mouth shut, but she continued to regard him curiously.
She'd had her doubts about the new arrival ever since Pam had introduced him, but she'd seemed so happy that Jessica hadn't felt right voicing her concerns. The fact that he was clearly ill did concern her, but Pam didn't seem to mind.
If anything, it appeared to deepen her connection with the other vampire.
She was almost completely under his thrall and Jessica couldn't work out exactly why that was, but something clearly bound them together very strongly. It was when Pam had started to become almost as drawn and ill looking as the other vampire that Jessica had begun to feel real alarm.
But it wasn't until she'd caught her coughing up blood that she'd become concerned enough to go in search of Eric.
Something needed to be done to rescue Pam from whatever was happening between her and Sebastian and, despite all that had happened, Eric was the only one with any hope of getting through to her.
Jessica just hoped that the rift between them wouldn't prove to be an insurmountable obstacle.
"We're about to land," Sookie commented quietly, earning a grunt from Eric as he grudgingly followed her direction to put on his seatbelt.
Jessica eyed them as she followed suit, wondering whether their relationship would stand the test of whatever it was that was going on with Pam.
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A/N: So...what do you think? Updates coming soon! :)
