I do not own any of the True Blood characters, just my own adorable ones.
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Hayley stood up to leave and Tegan looked at her. "I need to go to the airport and get a flight. I need to know where Godric is." She started to walk out and Tegan took her hand and pulled her out to the parking lot, letting Jackson know that he would be back soon. Hayley remembered that they had driven his car, and she felt frustrated. "Just take me to my car, OK? I am going home to get a few things and then I am going to the airport."
"Hayley, I can take you. I know this is important to you." Tegan told her, and she closed her eyes and took a deep breath.
"I need to be alone, Tegan. I need to process this and just get there." Hayley heard her voice raising as she spoke, and she dropped her head forward.
"Alone for right now or in general?" Tegan questioned her, and she touched her eyelids as she felt tears.
"Maybe both. I see you in there and you are so incredible, but I don't love you the way that you deserve. I always want you in my life, but I don't want to make you think it is something that it is not." Hayley opened her eyes as the tears slid down her face and gazed at his stricken face. "I adore you, Teg. I want you to be my friend that I can laugh with, and cry with. I want it t be uncomplicated. I want to rock out with you."
"But you don't want to be together?" Tegan asked, his dark eyes sad. He looked so forlorn that for one moment she wanted to take the words back and pretend some more. It hurt her to see him like that, and her mind was already racing with worry over Godric. She closed her eyes as it began to pound, and covered her eyes. "Let me drive you where you need to go. You're in no condition to drive tonight, Hay."
"Thanks, Tegan. Thanks for being my dearest friend." Hayley thanked him sincerely, and felt him kiss her head. He drove her to her house where she got a small duffel bag of stuff together and washed her make up off completely. She pulled her messy hair into a ponytail, cursing the fact she did not have time to take a shower. She knew she could, but the urgency to leave was stronger. She went to Tegans's car where he was waiting for her, and he looked worriedly at her. "I'll be OK once I get there. I just need to know something." Her phone rang and she jumped. "Shit." Hayley answered it and found that it was Pam giving her the info that she needed. She jotted down the hotel rooms of Eric and Sookie, and was told to give her name at the desk. "Thanks a lot, Pam." Hayley told her, and the vampire sounded surprised when she told her that is was no problem. Tegan drove her to the airport, and she looked at for a few times in the dark of the street lights. He was very handsome and dear to her, and he would love her forever of she allowed him to. He would always make sure that she was happy. But it was not what she wanted, and she had needed to end it. "Hey, Teg? I want to make sure that everything is cool as far as the band stuff. We need that right now. I really do not want you mad at me at all, but that is a concern."
"We're cool, Hayley. I will always love you, but I understand. I'll cherish what we had, because it was great for me." Tegan told her, and met her eyes. "You're really incredible."
"So are you." Hayley told him, and he grinned a little. They pulled into the airport a little later and she looked at him in the light of the entrance with red eyes. "Thank you so much. I'll call when I get back." She leaned over and kissed his cheek, and he kissed her lips afterwards one last time. Hayley rushed out of the car and went to the counter to but the ticket for the earliest flight that she could. She had to wait an hour, and she listened to her Ipod as she sat in a seat near her gate. She felt slightly flattered to be recognized by some people, though she knew how bad she looked. She greeted them as cheerfully as possible and excused herself to catch her plane. Hayley took her seat, glad that she was alone in her aisle. She listened to music and let the tears slide down her face as she thought about Godric. She had told Tegan how dear her was to her, but Godric was her savior. She felt like she would be dead if it were not for his protection, though she knew that might not be true. He had been so good to her when she needed him, like a brother. Hayley had no family left, and she held tightly to him for that reason. Her thoughts drifted to Eric, and anger rose over him not contacting her. He knew that she cared for Godric and she planned on telling him about her anger when she saw him.
Hayley came to when she felt the attendant gently waking her up, and she jumped. She was in Dallas. Hayley got off the plane and ran with her bag to the front of the terminal to get a cab. The driver asked her where she was headed, and gave her a funny look when she told him. "That is a vampire hotel, miss."
"I am aware of that." Hayley replied, still waking up.
"You don't look like a vampire."
"I am meeting friends there. Mind your own damn business." Hayley advised him, and he shut up. He dropped her off and she gave him his money and walked in. A glance at a clock told her that it was 4:00 in the morning, and she checked in and walked straight to Eric's room. She tapped on the door, and it was opened by the vampire wearing only a towel loosely wrapped around his waist. His hair was brushed back, and he stared at her. She found her eyes roving his muscular torso, unable to speak.
"Hayley." She looked into his eyes and saw relief and strong emotion. He looked as drained and worried as she felt.
Hayley pushed her way into his room and threw her bag across it. "Who the hell are you not to call me about Godric? Why would you do that?"
"I was planning on doing that tonight, until I heard from Pam that you were coming. I was very….distraught myself and was not thinking clearly. I also knew you had a show and I didn't want to ruin that for you." Eric told her, and she faced him with angry eyes. "He is still missing. We know where he is and decoys are going in later today."
"I want to go." Hayley said, giving in to her tears and exhaustion and sliding to the ground. She wept openly and felt him pick her up and carry her to the couch. He held her on his lap and stroked her hair as she cried, and she slid her arms around his neck. He was so tender and gentle at that moment, and he stroked her back in small circles as she calmed down.
"You are so tired, sweet Hayley. It could be dangerous and I don't want you to get hurt." Eric's voice was soft in her ear, and she leaned against him and pressed her face into his neck. She felt him tense as her breath fanned his skin, and she felt his hand in her hair as he pulled out the ponytail and ran his hands through it. He pulled her head back gently, and his lips caressed her throat gently. It was her turn to tense up and he whispered softly to her. "Don't be afraid. I will never hurt you." He kissed her skin soothingly and she whimpered as she felt the electricity between them.
"Eric." Hayley said, lifting her face to meet his lips. He grabbed her hair tightly and it almost hurt as he deepened the kiss slowly. He pulled away and tugged her head back again and he stared at her.
"I don't want you to leave tonight. I don't want you to walk away from me again." Eric told her firmly, and she stared at him as she nodded. "You're so beautiful, Hayley." He kissed her deeply, and she slid onto his lap and straddled him. Desire mingled with deep worry and fear, and he took it out on her as he removed her clothing and roamed her body with his lips and tongue. He carried her easily to the king sized bed across the room and set her on it. He slid his hands over her legs as he sat in front of her, parting them slowly as she trembled. Hayley moaned softly as he kissed her thighs and he felt the bite mark with his finger. "This is it." Eric said in an angry voice, and she fought the urge to get up and run away as he stroked it gently. Desire won and she leaned her head back and took a deep breath.
"No biting, Eric. Please." Hayley begged him, and he looked at her until she met his eyes.
"Trust me, love." She nodded and he kissed the skin of her thighs again gently and moved up, and she cried out as a response. When he changed to his fingers and moved up to lick her nipple slowly, she moaned and threw her head back against the pillow. She felt his teeth sinking in and would have protested had she not been climaxing harder than she had ever known. She could not move afterward, and he moved up to stroke her damp hair back from her face. "I want to make love to you, Hayley." Eric told her , and she stumbled over her words. "I have wanted you so badly from the moment I saw you."
"Can anything feel better than that?" Hayley asked, and he laughed softly at her. He waited until she met his eyes and kissed her deeply, and she met his tongue eagerly. She pressed it against his fangs and he moaned as her blood passed between them. He moved over her and she gasped as she slid her fingers down his chest and stomach and grasped him as he parted her legs. "Take it easy on me, Eric. Oh my god."
"Your blood tastes so good to me." Eric told her, as he gazed at her with lust. She felt him enter her, and let out a strangled cry. "Your body feels so good to me." She reached around to pull him deeper as best she could since he was quite a bit taller than he, and he gave her what she wanted. Hayley screamed as she came again and he grunted as he followed her. He collapsed onto her, and she stroked his cool skin and muscles as they retracted. They were both beyond moving any more, and he rolled over and pulled her close to him as it grew closer to dawn. Her body ached slightly but she felt like she could sleep now as she felt the aftershocks in her body dying down. "Stay with me, love. I need you." Desire ebbed and became exhaustion, as worry slowly took over her mind again.
Hayley woke up the next afternoon to the sound of her phone, and she struggled to open her eyes. She felt a cool arm wrapped tightly around her waist, and she remembered the night before with a sigh. Her muscles still ached and she smiled as she gently removed his arm and slid out of bed. Hayley gazed at Eric, peaceful in sleep though she could still see worry etched into his gorgeous face. It hit her again, and she sucked in her breath. Godric was missing. Godric was gone. She took a deep breath and went to her purse and got her phone out to check the call, seeing that is was Jackson. She frowned and closed her eyes, not at all in the mood to try and act happy. She called him back and went into the bathroom and closed the door, more out of politeness than logic. Eric could hear her well had he been awake, but it seemed proper to go into another room. "Hey." Hayley greeted him when he answered, and he answered in an awkward tone. He asked her how she was doing and she told him that things were still a bit up in the air in a hoarse voice, and asked him what was going on. She wondered briefly why the call had not come from Tegan, wondering if he completely hated her now. Jackson told her that friends of his were on a tour, and that one of the bands for the US leg of it had backed out due to illness. Linger Longer had been asked to join for the first spot. He apologized for calling but it was last minute and they needed to have an answer and be on the road in a week and a half if that answer was yes. Hayley sat in stunned silence for a long moment, alternating between the knowledge that she should be thrilled for herself and her friends and the knowledge that a week and a half was not that far away at that particular moment. "A week and a half. Wow." Hayley finally said, her mind going blank. "I know that I should go with it, for all of our sakes. It's such a weird time right now, but maybe getting out there will help."
"Are you sure, Hales? I don't want to mess you up right now." Jackson confirmed and she sighed.
"Let's do it." Hayley said, and closed her eyes.
"Thanks. I know how hard things are for you right now." Jackson told her again, and she rolled her eyes.
"How's Teg?"
"Ah, after last night you mean? He is a bit down, but I think he gets it. He was falling hard for you and I could tell that you weren't quite on board. You're great and he is great, but I didn't want to see him too far in and end up more hurt than he is." Jackson assured her, and she nodded. "I think you guys can both be adult enough to not let it affect anything as far as this group is concerned."
"That is what I wanted, Jackson. I love what we're doing and I do not want to see it go down in flames." Hayley talked to him for a bit longer, and asked him for a rough schedule of the tour and if he could email it to her. She hung up and rested her head on her legs as she sat on the pristine white floor. It was cold against her skin, but her headache right then was distracting her from that. A week and a half was all the time that she had to practice with the guys and be prepared for a real tour. Would Godric be back then, or even alive? And Eric…..she hated to leave him in either situation. She sat for a long time and finally got up and got clothes so she could take a shower. It was huge and she turned the water as hot as she could stand as she stood in the glass enclosure big enough for three people. Hayley washed her hair with the vanilla scented shampoo and conditioner provided and took a long time to wash herself off with the fancy soap, standing under the hot water log after she was done with that. She sighed and finally shut it off, getting out and grabbing a towel. She dried herself off and gently dried her hair, when the towel was suddenly pulled from her hands. She felt someone take over, and she closed her eyes as he massaged her scalp gently as he dried the red tendrils of hair. "Good….afternoon? Evening? What do you call it? Not morning right?" Hayley murmured, and she felt a hand stroke her back gently.
"It does not matter as long as I am with you when I wake up." Eric replied, and she smiled wanly. Shit. "I called Isabel and they are still at the Fellowship. Both her and Bill have sensed that Hugo and Sookie are stressed out and possibly in danger. We're going soon to get them and Godric out."
"Sookie? She's there?" Hayley asked, and her voice sounded angry. "I thought it was dangerous."
"She can read their minds, love. You would be going in without any advantage, and stressed out on top of that." Eric explained to her soothingly, leading her to the bed so he could brush her hair. "I am going in with Bill in a little while."
"Can I come? Don't you dare ask me to stay here and watch TV while you go play superhero." Hayley warned him, and he massaged her neck silently for a moment.
"Isabel did ask for you. You're close to her?"
"Yes, we bonded well when I was staying there for that time." Hayley answered slowly, and he slid his fingers over her skin slowly.
"You may, but I am going in while you wait with her. I can't focus if you're in danger near me. It's bad enough already." Eric told her, and she nodded in agreement. He sat behind her and swept her hair to the side as he kissed her neck gently. She shuddered faintly, aware that she had not dressed yet and nor had he. He turned her to face him and she gazed into his blue eyes with a sigh. He was gorgeous and the way he looked at her made her melt right then and there. "I hate that I am falling in love with you as our world is spinning out of control around us. I want to just be with you and know you, my love."
"Falling in love?" Hayley asked, raising an eyebrow as he let his gaze travel down her body hungrily and slowly. Dear god.
"Completing the process. It really began somewhere around the time I first saw you." Eric told her, and met her eyes again. "You are everything I knew that you would be."
"I am?" Hayley asked, in a daze from the way that she was feeling. She knew that she could not be glamoured, but she was feeling in awe of the moment.
"You are stunning, sweet Hayley." Eric told her, cupping her face into his hands as he kissed her deeply. They both felt the urgency of the moment, of the situation, breathing down their necks as they acted on their raw emotion. He pulled her over him and watched her as she made love to him fervently, almost hurrying so that they could get what they both wanted out of the night. They took another shower together and dressed for the raid, him in black jeans and a tight black tank top with a leather jacket pulled over it. Hayley wore some faded jeans and a tank top, along with a hoodie that she always wore. She pulled on her converse and glanced at his expensive leather shoes with a small smile. She was so simple and he always looked like a perfectly accessorized super model. He helped her off of the bed, pulling her up to him for a lingering kiss. They walked down to the rented car and she eyed the black Lexus with dark windows with a raised eyebrow. He opened her door and she got in carefully, realizing that it was absolutely pristine inside. She felt her stomach churn, and realized that the last thing in her stomach was the fast food she had eaten at the airport. She bit her lip as he got in and she saw how set his face was, and how ready for the battle ahead. Hayley watched him as he drove quietly, wishing for everything to just be normal. What was really normal for her though? They reached the covered spot where the rest of the vampires had parked , and he opened her door for her and she looked into his eyes as she stood up. He looked so determined and confident that he would succeed, but his face was also touched with worry. She stroked his cheek as he gazed off in the distance for a moment, and his gaze moved to her face again.
"Be careful in there." Hayley told him, and he nodded silently at her. His eyes told her that they were in far more danger than he was, and she shivered in the night air despite it being on the warm side. They walked to the hillside that looked safely at the fellowship and Isabel hugged Hayley warmly when they reached the small group of about ten vampires. Eric went to talk to Bill and Isabel caught Hayley up on the fellowship that called themselves a church and was extremely anti vampire and anyone having to do with them. Hayley stared at the huge building, scared for Sookie and Godric in there. Isabel went on to say that they suspected Godric had gone with them willingly as he was out one night, being that he was strong enough to fight off several humans. Hayley stared at her in shock, and saw the concern on her friend's face. Hayley remembered that her human was in there with Sookie as a decoy, and she took Isabel's cool hand and squeezed it tightly. This was getting stranger and stranger. Isabel gazed at her with warm dark eyes and tried to smile, but it faltered and Hayley felt tears in her eyes. Eric and Bill prepared to go in, and Hayley watched silently. First Godric was in there, and now Eric was going and they were just becoming something. This could become a night of many losses, and she blinked as the tears slid down her cheeks. Eric walked up to her and stared into her face with burning blue eyes, and wiped away her tears with a light touch. "I…..I love you." Hayley told him softly as he bent down to kiss her forehead, and he gazed at her with a loving glance again.
"I love you." Eric whispered to her, and she stared at him. She could feel Isabel looking at her, and she turned her head to see surprise in her beautiful brown eyes. Eric stroked her cheek as if he didn't want to leave her, but he and Bill left and walked down the hill and around to a back entrance.
"You're with the sheriff?" Isabel asked her gently, and Hayley nodded slowly.
"I suppose I am, again. I don't think this one will try to kill me though." Hayley said slowly, and Isabel squeezed her hand as they both stared at the building where there mates were.
"He will die for you if the need arises. I have never seen him that way with anybody." Isabel told her, and Hayley smiled bitterly. She wondered if he would wait for her as she toured, and if she would continue to be protected, and……who cared about that right now? She watched quietly, and the minutes seemed to become hours. Hayley ended up sitting on the grass after awhile, trying not to think about her growing hunger and her endless worry. She felt someone touch her and saw Eric behind her, with red welts all over his skin and his shirt ripped.
"What happened?" Hayley asked, jumping up to touch him gently.
"He offered himself in place of us and in place of Godric." Sookie told her, and Hayley turned to see Bill holding her up. Her dress was torn and she had a few bruises on her face, and Hayley felt tears in her eyes again. "They chained him up with silver chains, but Godric stopped it all. The others were ready to kill every member there, but Godric stopped them."
"Jesus." Hayley said, her mind racing. She met Eric's eyes and knew that she looked as angry as she felt. "Why would you do that?"
"I had to." Eric replied, and she looked around to find Godric. "We are going back to the house to welcome him back."
"A party. Great." Hayley said, and he tilted his head at her. "Eric…." He took her hand and they all hurried to the cars and he drove to the Godric's. Hayley looked at it for a long moment, reliving the time that she had stayed there after Ian had attacked her. The house was modern and brown, and set back from the street. It was very spread out and large inside, and she walked inside with Eric to see a crowd of humans and vampires alike gathered. Eric seemed very solemn and she was still angry and she looked around desperately for Godric, as she dropped his hand. Hayley saw Jason and frowned as she looked for Sookie, wondering what was going on.
"Godric." Hayley murmured, seeing him seated on the long couch in the upper living room. He was surrounded by bodies, and she walked over without looking back at Eric. Godric's eyes met hers, and she glanced at the line that stretched out in front of him. She got in the back, and waited her turn as she looked at him. His face looked so peaceful, and it amazed her again that he only looked like a teen when he was in fact two thousand years old. He almost looked sad as his blue/gray eyes met hers again. She finally got her turn, and she sat closely next to him on the couch as he wrapped an arm around her. "Why would you offer yourself to them? What were you thinking? I need you, Godric." Hayley told him in a tightly controlled and soft voice, and gazed at him.
"I knew that they would find someone eventually, so I went along with them. I am not afraid of the sun." Godric told her, and she narrowed her eyes.
"They were going to burn you in the sunrise? Godric, I swear sometimes I don't know you. You're stronger than that, and smarter than that. What would it accomplish?" Hayley demanded, and he stroked her red hair back.
"You were so broken when you arrived here those years ago, Kate." Godric told her, using her real name as he often did. "You are a shining star now and doing so well. You look so beautiful."
"I am none of those today." Hayley argued, and he shook his head. "I don't know whether I am coming or going right now. Jesus." She glanced across the room to see Eric leaning against the wall and watching them closely, and Godric followed her gaze.
"You are with Eric now?" Godric asked her, and she looked at him for a long moment. She remembered a night long ago as she looked into his eyes, and she nodded slowly. "He loves you."
"I am not pleased with him right now. Or you." Hayley said, and Godric stroked her cheek. "Both of you just acting like your existence simply does not matter. It matters to me."
"I know that, and I suspect that he does as well." Godric told her, and she closed her eyes. "Isabel has prepared something for you to eat, sweet Kate. Go and take care of yourself and we shall talk later." He kissed her hair and she looked at him as he called her just what Eric did, though with her new name. She stood up, realizing the line had grown and looked at him one more time before walking away. She went to get Sookie from another couch as she talked with Jason, and asked them if they were hungry. They joined her in the kitchen for Isabel's quick meal of chicken enchiladas, and Hayley smiled at her. They had always been her favorite, and for Isabel to remember at such a hard time was sweet. Her human had turned out to be a traitor to the nest, and was on his way with some of Godric's associates. Isabel looked sad but she hugged Hayley again tightly before leaving them alone. Jason outlined to them about how he had been sucked into the fellowship and the pastor's wife's bed and Hayley rolled her eyes as she took a bite of her food. Jason told them about the brainwashing and how he had started to believe their lies, but had ended up shooting the pastor with a paint gun and helping to allow the vampires to get control of the situation. He looked pleased with himself, and Hayley and Sookie looked at each other.
Sookie told Hayley about their intial tour of the building turning into her and Hugo being thrown down the basement steps and then locked up in a maintenance cage. She had been left there with him, realizing after awhile that he was a traitor, and then saved by Godric when the bully the pastor kept around and attempted to rape her. Hayley had tears in her eyes as she finished, and the girls hugged each other. They had all finished eating, and Hayley washed the dishes and dried them as if she still lived there. It had been a comfortable time for here as she recovered from her attack, and she put the plates away as she drifted off into her memories. She jumped when hands covered her shoulders and she looked back to see Eric. "I was wondering what you were doing." His voice was soft as his eyes searched her face, and she turned to face him.
"You tell me that you love me and then offer your life." Hayley said, and he nodded. "Why?"
"He is my maker. I would do anything for him." Eric told her, and she sighed. "I wish that didn't have to mean leaving you, but at that moment it did." He leaned close to her face and she lifted her lips as he brushed them. "I do love you, Hayley. Or is it Kate?"
"It was Kate," she told him, and he kissed her again. "I am not that girl anymore." They were getting into the moment when they heard a commotion from the living room, and Eric pulled her hurriedly out of the kitchen. A young man was standing near the door strapped in explosives and silver bullets proclaiming that he was from the fellowship, and then Hayley felt herself hit the wall hard as she heard the explosion before she passed out.
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Does this make up at all for the lackluster chapter before this? I apologize as well for the weird fonts that show up here again, since that is NOT how I send it.
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