The day passed too quickly for Juliet's liking, before she knew it the clock struck 9 signaling that it was time to prepare for work. She was set to perform at 11instead of 12 as she was going to have to bartend afterwards. Juliet arrived at Fangtasia thirty minutes early but instead of heading straight to her dressing room, Pam intercepted her and told her to go straight to Eric's office.

When she walked into Eric's office, she was taken aback, there sitting on his desk was Yvette one of the other dancers and Eric's biggest fan spread eagle on his desk while Eric was on his knees with his mouth attached to her thigh. Juliet couldn't help but let out a shocked gasp, causing Eric to detach himself from Yvette and look directly into Juliet's eyes.

"Juliet, I did not expect you this early, care to join us for dessert?" Eric said as blood slid down his chin.

"Ahh…No. I'll be in my dressing room, I'm sorry to have disturbed you." She mumbled before closing the door and briskly walking into the dressing room before Eric could protest. Once she was safely in the dressing room, she shut the door and sat down on her chair as her body shook with disgust. Seeing Yvette briefly naked on stage was bad enough but what she had just witnessed took the cake.

"Why do I put up with this shit" Juliet asked herself

If you hadn't fucked up in Dallas you wouldn't need money or have to be working for a pig like Northman, her conscience reminded her.

"Shut up." She said out loud.

"I've heard that when humans begin to talk to themselves it is the first sign that they are going mad," a deep sensuous voice said from behind her causing her to nearly jump out of her skin.

"Christ. Do you always have to appear out of nowhere?" Juliet said clutching her chest, but not bothering to turn around and face him as she began to fix her hair in the mirror.

"Do you always talk to yourself after an encounter with me? Or do I drive you that wild?" Eric whispered the last part in Juliet's ear, causing shivers to run down her spine. Gathering herself, Juliet reminded herself that although she could easily give into the gorgeous being that stood so close to her, he happened to be her vampire boss that could just as easily drain her dry.

"Is there something you came here to discuss, or are you here for another failed attempt at seducing me?" She said, turning around to face Eric who was still bent over with his face inches from hers.

"I have never been a failure Miss Fox, one day you will give into me, begging for more. But that can wait; tonight we have business to discuss." He leaned away from Juliet slowly before standing to his full height giving her some space but not much, Juliet couldn't help but feel a little frustrated as she turned back around to face the mirror and resumed curling her hair.

Eric took his time walking around her small dressing room, picking up items of lingerie, inspecting them with some interest before dropping them back into their place.

"My maker has gone missing which is very unusual as a vampire of his age is not one to be overcome easily. The vampires in Dallas believe it is the work of The Fellowship of the Sun; a radical church group hell bent on seeing the destruction of my kind. You are to assist Sookie in going into the Church and searching for any evidence that my maker is there, if any evidence is found you will report back to me so that Dallas vampires and I can retrieve him. You will be paid $9,000 for 3 days which is slightly more than you would get for 3 days work at Fangtasia. We will leave tomorrow afternoon and you will be picked up from your home by Anubis Air, my travel coffin will already have been picked up so I will see you when we land in Dallas that night. All you must do will be assisting Sookie and not cause trouble is that clear?"

Juliet turned around to face Eric showing Eric that she understood him.

"Yes, I understand."

"Good. You have 10 minutes till you need to be on stage." Was the last thing he said before he turned and walked out the door leaving Juliet in a huffy mood.

Juliet hurried back to her dressing room after her set, a little displeased only coming back with $300 in tips, it was a slow Wednesday night and she couldn't even go home yet, she'd have to play bartender till 3am before being allowed to head home for the night.

Ten minutes later Juliet emerged from her dressing room now clothed in a short simple one shouldered black dress, and headed behind the bar just as Yvette began her dance set.

Juliet didn't particularly like Yvette nor did she particularly hate her either, Juliet just thought that Yvette was a slut. Unlike Juliet who, teased and actually used to pole for tricks and acrobatics Yvette never even bothered doing any of that instead would just strip of her clothes and dance around the pole, never once attempting even a simple spin, but it wasn't just her horrible tacky dance skills that bothered Juliet, it was also the fact that she let just about any vampire bite her and fuck her without a care in the world. One thing Juliet, could never understand was that why a woman as stunning as Yvette would just sleep with anything with two legs, of course Juliet couldn't blame her for having to take off her clothes for money but actually sleeping with them for blood or money that was something Juliet could never bring herself to do.

Tending the bar was easy, for Juliet the majority of the vampires stayed out of her way, flirted a little but knew better than to cause a scene of try to drag her out of the bar as the Sherriff would have their fangs, the human men however weren't so smart but they soon learned their lesson when Pam or Chow stepped in.

When the clock struck 3am Juliet finally finished cleaning up the bar area and began her trek to her car when Eric stopped her at the door. Juliet looked up at in him with annoyance, all she wanted to do was go home, the last thing she wanted to do was deal with Eric's bullshit, but when he pulled out a box from behind his back she grew a little curious.

"This is for the church, I assume that none of your clothes will be church appropriate. Goodnight." Eric shoved the box in to her hands and stalked off to his office without a word. Juliet opened the box immediately and found a lavender sundress that was sleeveless but was scoop neck hiding any cleavage and went below her knees; it was cute but definitely conservative. Putting the dress back into the box, she couldn't help but smile that Eric had actually gotten her a dress, shrugging her shoulders Juliet continued on her way to her car as Chow followed her making sure that no vampires or humans attacked the dancer on her way to her car.

Juliet gave a slight wave to Chow before speeding out of the parking lot and driving home.

Filler chapter. Next one will be out tomorrow.