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'Thoughts'

"Speech"

Summary: When Eric Northman is confronted with strange woman from his past at the bar what will he do? ENxOFC, BCxSS

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SAVIOUR

Chapter Four

It was later that evening as Eric was getting ready to leave that May hugged him. It was the first real contact she'd initiated; Eric grinned into her hair as her small arms held him close.

She stepped back finally "thanks Eric; thanks for always being there for me, for making a little kid able to handle life."

"It seems I made it worse in some ways." He dipped his head down so that icy eyes could hold hers "I'm sorry."

May gently touched his face "don't be, please don't be. You made it all worthwhile, even the bad stuff. You were, are, a good friend Eric – my best friend - and I'm glad we found each other again."

"So am I, you don't know how much." He smiled and kissed her palm.

"I'll see you at the bar?" she gripped his arm as he went to leave.

"I'll be there, same as always."

"At least I won't freak out when I leave tonight thinking I've got a stalker." She smiled.

"But you have; and a vampire one at that." Eric showed his fangs; wanting to see what she'd do. But May wasn't phased; it seemed her friendship with him meant she wasn't scared of him. That pleased him immensely.

She slapped his shoulder "oh yeah, but he's a teddy bear really – he's just got sharp teeth, but show me a bear who hasn't." At the mention of his name Bear, the St. Bernard, lumbered over to see what was going on.

May shoved him out of the way with her hip; Eric grinned at the small woman surrounded by a tall vampire and huge dogs, she looked so fragile "go on you great lummox, I've got no treats you'll have to wait." She grinned at Eric "like all men, he's ruled by his stomach."

"Speaking of which I must get something to eat...." he looked towards the woods.

"Umm....you could....you know, so long as you promise not to turn me..." May blushed.

Eric stroked her face "I'm flattered that you trust me enough to even offer; but for now I would rather dine elsewhere – I don't want to scare you off completely on day one."

May blanched "is it that bad?"

"I was joking!" Eric rolled his eyes "I thought you had a sense of humour?"

"Not when it comes to eating people; I stupidly get a bit squeamish at that point."

Eric walked away chuckling. May closed the door and looked at Bear, who was snuffling into her hand "I'm not telling him about the new tablets I'm going on Bear, you can grouse all you want. He freaked out enough about the ones I'm on already."

Captain trundled over and whuffed at her and even Wolf gave her one of his 'don't say we didn't tell you' looks. May groaned "oh shut up the lot of you. You're all traitors; just because he's stunningly handsome and really nice......well, to me anyway – something tells me most people are very scared of him."

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Outside Eric was being accosted by one the Vampire Lord's lackeys. "His Majesty has heard that you have found your little human friend again, and that she works at the same bar as Sookie Stackhouse. He wants to meet her; he remembers she was good to you when she was a child and he's curious to see what sort of human adult she's grown into."

Eric growled "how could he find out so quickly?"

The lackey shrugged "you should watch your own; some are a little bit jealous. He had a visit last night from one of your people."

Eric's fangs dropped into full view "Pam!"

The lackey nodded "anyway, don't get your panties in a bunch; the Majesty doesn't want to harm her – just meet her. Don't disappoint him."

Eric was gone before the lackey could look at him; the vampire smiled "I wouldn't want to be that Pam right about now."

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May arrived at the bar to find Eric waiting outside for her "Sookie's covering your shift for you; you need to come with me."

May looked at him; he was pacing, there was a scratch on the side of his face and he looked worried. "What's going on?"

"My leader wants to meet you. It seems Pam" he spat the name "couldn't keep her mouth shut; she went and told him I'd found my friend."

"What did you do to her?" May touched the scratch; he grasped her hand and squeezed it.

"I taught her that she owes loyalty to me – I made her and I can break her." May could see he was still fuming; this wasn't good.

"If you've hurt her; it's not likely to earn her loyalty really is it?" she shook her head "it's obvious she has a soft spot for you; she probably saw me as a threat. All you need to do is reassure her I'm just a friend."

Eric glowered at her "it's not like that; I made her. She has to do what I say; she owes me her loyalty unquestioningly. That's how it is for us – I will brook no argument from her." He shrugged "still, it's done now. You need to meet him; he won't be pleased if you don't."

"Will you get into trouble if I don't?" Eric nodded "then of course I'll go."

They got in his car and were gone; it was only once they were in the car that May realised that Pam was in the back seat. She sighed; oh this was going to be a pleasant road trip.

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Pam glowered at her; her normally perfectly maintained hair was askew, her make up smeared and clothes dishevelled. "I don't know why I come second place to a human" she complained "I normally sit up front."

"Because that human was there for me a long time before you were; even as child, May was my friend when even other vampires rarely trusted me. Aside from that, you come second because I say so – or do we need another 'discussion' about it?" Icy blue eyes glared at the road ahead, but Pam knew the look was really aimed at her.

Grumbling under her breath she slumped back into her seat; but it was obvious to all in the car that this current rebellion was not over. Even Chow moved away from her on the rear seat, as if thinking that by sitting too close he might invite some of Eric's rage down on his own head.

Pam glared at him, mouthed the word 'coward' and then turned to stare petulantly out of the window.

May thought that was that – she was wrong. Pam only stayed silent for about thirty minutes; she had obviously decided on a different tack. Instead of arguing with Eric she stupidly thought he wouldn't retaliate if she picked on May.

"So – when are you joining us?" She leant forward on the rear seat to see May's face.

"Does never sound good for you?" May glanced round; she'd been fully expecting Pam to start on her – but judging by the scowl now gracing Eric's face, he hadn't. Obviously Pam was normally a good little puppy.

"Are you scared of us, little human?" Pam deliberately let May see her fangs.

"Not if those fangs are all you've got lady – Eric's are way bigger than that." May ignored the surprised chuckle from Eric and Chow; instead concentrating on maintaining a slightly bored and unimpressed demeanour, even if her insides were quaking.

Pam all but growled at the human; but stopped herself in time, remembering that Eric was there. It seemed this little female was not easy to intimidate.

Something told May that, as much as she might want to, she shouldn't show Pam what she could really do. She knew Eric was already worried about what their leader would make of her; she knew Pam would definitely not keep her mouth shut about her abilities and, whilst she was fairly certain she could hold her own, she was worried about how it would all affect Eric. Something also told her that he would let no harm befall her, despite any consequences to him.

This meant she had to look out for both of them. Like Eric she also had a huge temper but, because of her abilities, she had to keep a tight rein on them – it was obvious Eric didn't bother. So, in the grand scheme of things, it was down to her to be the voice of reason.

Deciding to take her own different tack May smiled, but not in a nice way, Sookie called it her 'killer smile'. She looked directly at the female vampire; staring so intently at her that Pam blinked first.

"Pam, I'm sorry but you're not intimidating me; it's not like us humans haven't known you existed for the past three years is it? So I'm afraid the element of horrified surprise at discovering you're a vampire has long since past.

I also want to ask you this; you're taking me to meet your leader correct?"

Pam nodded, obviously confused as to the point May was making.

"Well if I say something that makes you kill me, what do you think your leader will do? Oh and what about Eric? I mean if Eric did this to you for just disobeying him, what would he do if you actually killed me?"

Pam thought about all this for a moment, before once again slumping back on her seat muttering about "smart arse humans."

May settled back in her seat with a barely concealed smirk. She and Eric glanced at each other – he seemed pleased with the way she'd handled herself. She knew that Eric would let nothing happen to her, but she also felt that it wouldn't go down well with any other vamps, particularly their leader, if he killed one of their own protecting her.

May hadn't forgotten the story about how Jessica came about; Sookie had been more than happy to fill her in on Bill's 'punishment'. May didn't want anything happening to Eric, and she certainly didn't want to be the human of choice to be turned to replace Pam. Being a vampire really didn't appeal......