Okay guys. I am working on Chapter 5 as we speak. I will try to finish so I can post that chapter tomorrow. I am trying to avoid too much boring baby care writing but I find that important to establish a routine with the baby. Eric is dead to the world in chapter 5 so I am missing my favorite character and trying to find something interesting for Sookie and Drex to do. Hope you enjoy Eric's first night with the baby, I think Sookie made it too easy for him, that gives him too much time to get into mischief….ha ha ha
Chapter 4
After Eric arranged for a few Weres to come watch the house from sun up to sundown, Eric walked into the spare room downstairs. There was one large window in the room so Eric took the bedspread off the bed and hung it over the curtain rod. He tucked the blanket behind a side chair and pushed it up to the wall to block the light from coming through one side. He then opened the closet door and trapped the blanket on the other side open and pressed to the wall and placed a footstool up against the door to keep it from shutting and releasing the blanket. It was not a great light tight job but it worked in a pinch. Just in case he would go to rest with a blanket pulled over his head and completely covering him for the day.
Eric looked around the room and looked at some odd knickknacks that must have been Sookie's when she was just a young girl. The room smelled heavily of cleaning products and Eric assumed this must be from the recent Maenad visit that ended up nearly tearing up her house. Sookie had obviously spent much time cleaning the house and scrubbing everything to remove any hint of the damage the creature had done to her house. Eric noticed many bare spots on the walls and shelves with very little on them and assumed that many of Sookie's belongings had been broken and discarded. At the end of these three days, Eric would make sure Sookie received a very nice payment and with that she could surely replace some of the things she lost with new nicer things. This put a small smiled on Eric's face. Sookie was not someone who would take handouts but this situation would offer him a wonderful excuse to help her out financially.
Bill Compton had never done anything to help her during their time together. He sure loved to puff up his chest and shout 'Sookie is mine.' But he never did anything to really show that he was taking care of her. Sookie would have never taken anything big or extravagant but Bill could have easily replaced small broken things or given her things she thought small but of a fine quality to really be something nice. Whether things for Sookie's home or clothing or jewelry for her. Sookie deserved so much more and if she were his she would not want for a single thing. Most vampires had acquired wealth and loved to spend on finer things. Sookie would want minimal and that would be no problem at all for Eric to provide but he would soon find a way to lavish her with much finer things. That he was sure of.
As Eric walked back into the hall he turned toward the closed bedroom door and had just placed his hand on the knob to gently open and peek in on Sookie when he heard a familiar car pulling down the lane towards Sookie's house. Eric turned and went to the front porch as Pam pulled to a stop and stepped out of her car.
"Did you get everything I asked for?" Eric asked.
"Of course. I may not do a lot of things Eric, but I certainly can shop, even if it is for human food." Pam snidely replied.
Eric stepped down and helped remove the bags from Pam's trunk and he walked into the house. Pam stopped to stand on the porch with a huff and Eric grinned to himself as he dumped the items on the kitchen table. He went back to take the remaining bags from Pam and left her on the porch to add them to the table with the other supplies. Returning to the front room Eric stood just inside the door and asked Pam how things went at the bar.
"After you and the little fire demon left, we managed to put out all the small fires without the vermin noticing. Business was as usual and there was a lot of buzz over the very young and beautiful vampire with all the muscle guards. That seemed to make up for your disappearance." Pam reported as she stood on the porch with one hand on her hip.
"I will not be there the next three nights so you may need to make arrangements for extra vampires or maybe a band to entertain the humans and keep the bar humming. I trust you can figure something out." Eric instructed.
"Yes Master. I will keep the bar running at full capacity as always. Don't you worry. You have smaller 'stinky' things to deal with." Pam giggled.
"Sookie and Drex get along perfectly. I knew she would be able to handle this superbly. They are both asleep and when I go to rest she will take over and handle things until I rise tomorrow evening all on her own. I have arranged for four Weres to watch the property on all sides so she should be fine for the day. Since she made such an impression with Herveaux's pack I requested their assistance with pay of course." Eric explained to Pam.
"What did you tell Herveaux to get him to agree?"
"I told him there was a threat to Sookie and that I was having her protected at night and I needed day protection because I was not sure yet who the threat was and if she was vulnerable at daytime or not. I told him that I should be able to resolve it in 3 or 4 days." Eric smirked.
"Clever. Make them think this is all for Sookie and not bring the demon baby into this at all. And who would question that Sookie was not in trouble again. She is a magnet for it as it is." Pam replied.
Eric smiled. "Yes, exactly! If I can just find a way to keep the baby's whereabouts a secret for the next 3 days then I think this will be an easy mission. However, I won't count on it."
"Well I will leave you to play house. You better hurry back in before the misses catches you not watching the baby and you end up in the dog house." Pam cackled and continued to laugh as she drove away.
Eric just shook his head and returned to the living room to check on the baby. The infant was still sound asleep so Eric sat in the chair opposite of him and began to check emails and make replies on his phone. When it came close to sunrise, Eric realized he did not want to leave the baby out here all alone. He was not sure what would happen if he awoke and Sookie was still asleep.
Eric gently picked up the child and tried not to jostle him so he would not awake. Eric carried the baby to Sookie's room and quietly opened the door. There was no light on in the bedroom, only the slight light from the moon that peeked through the curtains. Eric could see everything very clearly and he just stood for a moment taking in the view of Sookie asleep in her bed.
Sookie was lying on her side and her golden hair fanned out behind her on the pillow. She had one arm tucked up under her pillow and the other was draped over her side holding the blanket down at her waist. She appeared to be sleeping in a tank top without a bra and this alone made Eric come to attention. Eric wondered if she wore pajama pants or shorts under, or maybe just her panties. As his thoughts ventured to her other clothing the pressure in his jeans began to make him uncomfortable and he had to shift stance to get some relief.
Eric could hear her gentle breathing and her scent filled the room. Before he realized it he felt his fangs click down in hunger and arousal. Eric quickly shook it off and pulled his fangs back in. He could not instantly do anything about the massive hard on but he was trying to will that away also. Eric walked over to the side of the bed that Sookie was not sleeping on and he placed the child on the bed. He lifted the covers to tuck the baby under the covers with Sookie because he thought the infant may need the extra warmth. Eric could not resist but to glance under the covers as he tucked the infant into bed with Sookie. 'White lace panties' - Eric let out a low growl of arousal.
Eric stood their gazing at the two sleeping forms and began to wonder if the baby might fall off the bed. Eric did not know anything about babies but he did pick up on the fact that Drex loved to investigate new things and if he woke before Sookie what would keep him in the bed long enough for her to hear him and wake he wondered. Eric glanced around the room and saw nothing that he could block the side of the bed with. He then quickly and silently went to the kitchen and brought back a dining room chair. He put the chair up to the side of the bed with the back against the bed. He then went to retrieve two more chairs and made a cage like wall along the side of the bed. This did nothing for the foot of the bed but Eric only hoped that Sookie would wake from the baby's movements if he tried to venture so far.
Eric knew there was not much time before sunrise but he knew he would never have many opportunities such as this so he moved to the other side of the bed and reached his hand out to gently stroke Sookie's hair back from her head. Eric then ran the back of his knuckles down the side of Sookie's face until he reached the pulse point in her neck. He felt the steady pumping of blood and his fangs itched to pop. He gently ran one finger back up and over Sookie's chin to gently stroke her bottom lip. Her lips felt like satin to his finger and he remembered they felt even better to his lips. Eric remembered their kiss in his office for the thousandth time. Ever touch and sensation was engraved in his memory forever. Eric had spent many nights just thinking about that one kiss and realizing in all his thousand years as a vampire he had never felt anything so perfect than that one kiss.
Suddenly Sookie sighed and rolled her head over to face the ceiling. She licked her lips and said "Eric" very softly in her sleep. Eric's eyes flew up and his eyebrows nearly hit his hairline. "She was dreaming of him!' Eric could not believe that she had moaned his name very softly in her sleep. Eric broke out into a great big smile. Sookie would be his. He was sure of it now. If she was dreaming of him then she was interested in him and that is all he needed to work with. He was a master of pursuit and he would not let up on this particular little barmaid. She was spunky and a handful and he couldn't wait to have her in his grasp.
Unable to resist the urge, Eric bent over gently and kissed Sookie on the lips. He was careful not to wake her but as he slipped out of the room he whispered "Good night my future lover." And he closed the door.
TBC
