Epilogue

Hours later, Sookie entered Fangtasia, chewing her lower lip as she looked around. She blinked as she caught sight of the boy sitting at the bar.

"Hello," she greeted him with a smile and slight simper, charmed by his cherubic features, "my name is Sookie, what's yours?"

The boy regarded her with barely disguised distain, "My name was Adalfuns, but I changed it to Alphonse in the twelfth century." He frowned, "What sort of a name is 'Sookie'?"

Sookie blinked, "Uh…"

The boy sniffed the air and eyed her suspiciously, "You're her aren't you? The bimbo Eric lost his mind over."

Sookie blinked again, "Excuse me?" she demanded, her temper rising.

"It doesn't matter, he won't want to see you," Alphonse informed her dismissively. "He's in his office, with Pam," he added significantly.

Sookie glanced towards the office door, "Oh."

"They've been in there for ages," he continued, "I doubt he'll be willing to give you whatever you came for."

Sookie stiffened her spine, "I think I'll ask him for myself."

She stepped back as Alphonse flashed his fangs at her, "You take one step towards that door and I'll kill you," he swore.

She eyed him warily.

"Don't test me," he warned her, getting off the stool. Sookie took another step back, wondering whether it was his childish features that made him seem so much more vicious than any other vampire she'd met.

"Now get out," he ordered, causing her to back up further as he took a menacing step towards her.

"I don't think Eric would appreciate you making that decision for him," she retorted.

Alphonse let out a low growl that made the hair on the back of her neck stand on end, "Leave my brother alone," he snarled.

Sookie gawked at him, "Brother?"

"Yes, brother," he repeated, "and if you come between him and Pam again I will rip your throat out."

Sookie swallowed, "I wasn't aware that I had."

"Just because I'm cute doesn't mean I'm stupid," Alphonse informed her, "he cared about you once, but that's over. Now get out, I won't ask you again," he warned her.

Sookie regarded him for a long moment before she decided to cut her losses and left the bar with as much of her dignity as she could muster.

Alphonse waited until he was sure she was gone before he resumed his position at the bar, "Sookie," he muttered under his breath, "what an unbelievably stupid name."

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A/N: Couldn't resist - we all know she'd come crawling back ;) Thanks for reading! :)