"Eric, no, no. Stop."I moaned, my body was on fire. From his lips, his teeth, and his tongue. I had come, hard when his hands slipped underneath my underwear parting the vee between my thighs, and relentlessly pleasuring me. I shouldn't have let myself succumb to him but my body refused to resist Eric.

When he heard me say 'no' his mouth left my navel and sprang up from my body. "Your mouth is saying yes even as you say no Sookie." He rolled over beside me and I caught my breath as he observed me intensely, almost to remember every breath, moan, and move I made. "I was hoping you'll at least wait until I tasted you before you came to your stupid senses."

"I won't sleep with you, Eric. I'm not losing myself to lust."

"Humans and their morals. Lust is what sex is all about. Fucking someone within an inch of their senses and yours because your physically attracted, your attracted by their scent, the need to-"

"Not for me." I said softly, "For me sex will be with the man I love, our love, souls, and whole being connected. Sex is the most intimate thing I've heard of, why would you want to just fuck anyone? With no love, no...nothing? It's pointless if you ask me."

"I can't persuade you, hmn?" He asked rhetorically, as he looked at me I could tell that he was actually seeing me. Not trying to figure me out, but weighing out if he wanted me as bad as he thought he did.

I shook my head, my fair blonde hair brushing over my shoulders past the straps of my dress. I didn't even feel uncomfortable with my dress pushed up past my stomach. I didn't think it was right at this moment though. I didn't want to tempt Eric. So I tried as inconspicuously as I could to pull it down past my thighs. "You'll have to make me fall in love with you Eric."

His eyes sparkled diffidently, he looked unsure of himself. "Would you be my girlfriend, Sookie?"

My eyes went wider than saucers, I wasn't expecting this question. At least not tonight, on our very first date, but I couldn't fight it. I wanted more than anything to say yes. To stop listening to my brain and follow my heart. "Yes."

"That was maybe the worst mistake you ever made in your life Sookie, I'm warning you now. If I have the power to make you love me, I will. I haven't loved in centuries but what I have left of a heart feels like it beats when I look at you."

"Kiss me, Eric."

"Sookie!" My best friend Tara raced in the kitchen of Merlottes's where I was having a heck of a time dealing with an electric company over the phone. I had paid my ill a week ago and today they had turned my electric off saying I'd never paid it in the first place. I pushed mute on my phone because the woman was just talking away about nothing I wanted to hear.

"Did something happen, Tara?" I asked, leaning against the wall beside the doors of the kitchen.

"No." Tara smiled, she looked pretty in a pair of black pants, and a cute olive colored top and flats to match. Tara didn't like wearing heels much because she couldn't run in them. "Sam's giving you the night off since it's so slow here, and Sookie we're going out."

Lafayette dropped his spatula on the stove, "Hold up bitches, I'm not invited?"

Tara smacked her lips and turned to face him, "Shut the fuck up. You can go if you want to, but Sam only said Sookie had the night off."

Lafayette rolled his eyes, "These country mothafucka's can cook for themselves. I'm going with y'all."

Tara and I situated ourselves at the bar, ready to drink, and ready for fun. Lafayette had found a man before we even stepped into the place. He had seen him in line, and decided to get his number. And he got his way. Lafayette always went after what made him happy, most of the time anyway.

"First two shots of Tequila!" Tara shouted at me over the noise of the bar. The drinks came fast and I grinned along with her as we downed the drinks simultaneously.

"I think we'll get along well. You like pink, I like pink. I'm wet, and from what I can smell you are soaking in your panties dear." That certain sardonic drawl was oddly familiar for me, I heard the voice just beside me. I looked and I saw Pam, the bouncer for Fangtasia. The woman she was talking to had a pink skirt and a white and pink shirt on. And Pam was fingering the middle of the girls shirt playfully.

"Sookie, do you hear me? I said look at Lafayette. Look!" Tara was tapping me on the shoulder bubbling with laughter.

When Pam heard my name her head jerked up and our eyes caught, her lips snaked into a smile. And she began whispering to the woman and I gave my attention to Lafayette on the dance floor. Gyrating on a man who was humping him like there was no tomorrow.

"Sookie Stackhouse, you look fine tonight. Here to meet someone?"

"I'm here with my friends, and I guess I don't have to ask what you're here for." I responded smartly, I was sure that Eric didn't send her to check on me or anything. I was just not in the mood for any trouble tonight.

"Don't worry I'll be out of your pretty little hair in a few seconds." And she told the truth, she'd grabbed the girl and disappeared in moment. I was glad that Tara wasn't paying attention, she was focused on Lafayette on the dance floor.

"Let's dance Tara." And we did, we danced for hours, until both of our legs were ready to give out and our hair styles were sweated out. We stayed at Liv until around three in the morning before we left for home. When I was on my way home in my cab I saw a figure on the ground as we passed it. Tara had already been dropped off so it was just the driver and I.

"Oh fuck! Did you see that? Tell me you saw that? Stop the car!" I yelled at the man, and when he did listen I threw a couple of bills at him since he refused to wait for me and I raced towards the figure I saw. I had five shots of Tequila and my system and that was more than enough for me to be unsteady.

The thing was a woman, she was completely naked and heaving with blood all over her body. She was bleeding from stomach wound and when she saw me she breathed faster. "Sookie" She choked up, the words sounded like gravel crawling up her throat.

"You know my name?" I was stunned that she did when I reached in my pocket for my phone. She weakly grabbed my hand.

"No, no. It's alright, I'm dying. But I have to complete the task I was given or I'll have died for nothing. Sookie..."

"You should let me call someone, were you raped? Oh my god, you were! Where are your clothes?"

"When I shift I can't wear them, ever seen a horse with a shirt on?" She said hoarsely, "Sookie, you are not fully human, you are Fae. A fairy. Do not tell a soul because even the people you trust will tell if they believe it will save you."

"Are you insane! I shouldn't have listened to you! What are you talking about, a fairy?"

"Tonight think about Claudine, you've seen her before when you were younger you just don't remember. She told me to tell you, that there is one person you can trust. She nor I can tell you but you must pick carefully. Even your trusted ones, will not be able to-" Her eyes continued to stare at me even as she didn't breathe. I didn't know what to do, or what to say but call the police. My phone wasn't working though, it suddenly shut off and wouldn't shut back on.

"Well shit! How was I supposed to grab Kendall if the woman was there?" I heard the thoughts but I didn't know where or who it was. From the voice I heard inside the person's mind I knew it was a man. He was watching us, the girl and I. And I didn't like it. "Can't believe Kendall died, that I have to take her back home but...shit woman move!"

My instincts shifted, this man was trying to grab the woman. Ever seen a horse with a shirt on? What if?... I moved out-of-the-way and began walking up the path home, walking hesitantly, and trying to not run back to the girl like I wanted to. Within seconds the man's voice was gone, and I didn't feel the presence of the girls body anymore. I knew she was gone with him. Walking home alone in the pitch black reminded me of when I met Eric, right now I wished he would appear so could take me home.