Again, it's short but I'm hoping it packs a pretty good story twist! I truly gave this a lot of thought before taking this direction and hope that I put a big enough cliffhanger on it lol
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Eric tossed his shirt across the room and then knelt in front of Sookie. She grinned at him, in a still intoxicated state, with heavy eyes. Eric slid a sundress strap down over Sookie's shoulder and kissed her soft skin. He then pulled the other one down and kissed her other shoulder. Sookie sighed happily… and then hiccupped. And couldn't seem to stop. Eric smirked at her and said, "At least you're not burping." She flopped back on the bed and covered her eyes with one arm, "I can't help the burping. I can't drink any kind of alcohol without burping like crazy. Strange but true."
Eric slid his hands up under her skirt and hooked his thumbs in the sides of her panties. She rose up a little and he pulled them down and off of her. He trailed kisses back up both legs and Sookie moaned, burying her fingers in his hair as he got to her thighs, "Eric…" hiccups now gone and forgotten.
Eric grazed a fang across one thigh and brought a tiny line of blood, then licked it. Her reaction surprised him. She clenched her fingers in his hair and pulled him back to the spot crying, "More!" He was more than happy to accommodate her and leisurely repeated the process until she was calling out for him, desperately, to fully bite her. Growling, he bit her, at first gently drawing from the wound until she screamed, "Please! More!"
He drew deeper, and with a surge of manly vampiric pride, realized she was coming for him just from his bite.
With strength that he didn't realize she even possessed, she came up off of the bed and shoved him down on the floor onto his back, fastening her mouth on his shoulder, biting hard. Eric's eyes went wide in shock and he steadied her as she rubbed herself against the aggressive bulge in his jeans. He didn't know what had prompted this but he wasn't going to argue it. He tried to hold back but the way she moved against him, as though she had no control, was his un-doing.
"Sookie… I'm going to… ahhhhhh! Lover…" his warning came too late and he doubted she would have listened to him and waited for him to undress, anyway. Sookie kept moving on him but licked the wounds gently and started to slow.
When she rose up to look down at him with an adoring yet shy smile, he stared back at her with wide searching eyes, "Where did that come from?"
She looked away, blushing, and he reached up to cup her cheek with his hand, "No, no, lover don't be embarrassed. That was amazing! "
Sookie kissed his thumb as it grazed across her bottom lip and shrugged, "I honestly don't know. The need for you to bite me and for me to bite you just… grew. I almost couldn't control it. I've been wanting it all night. Eric… I'm a little scared."
Eric frowned, "Why? That was beautiful, Sookie."
She nodded, "Yeah, I know but…" she shrugged a little and got up, pulling off the dress and pulling on a robe lying on the edge of the bed.
Eric got up and looked down at the spot in the front of his pants and grinned wolfishly at her.
Sookie chuckled, "Frat boy. You want shorts or track pants?"
He grabbed a pair of long basketball type shorts from the drawer, "I've got them. Stop stalling. Why are you scared?"
Sookie sat down on the edge of the bed and said, "For one thing? I'm not the least bit tipsy now. I mean not at all. I feel like I haven't touched a drink in years."
Eric ruffled her hair and she huffed a few stray strands out from in front of her eyes in annoyance as he told her, "It's my blood. It must have sobered you, just like it would heal you."
She pondered the explanation and then cocked her head to the side, "Ok, I get that. It makes sense. But why is it that I'm not hungry anymore?"
Eric laughed, "As much as you ate tonight? You shouldn't be hungry til this time tomorrow night."
"I'm serious Eric. The whole staying hungry thing? It's been crazy. Even when I ate and felt like I was going to explode? I still didn't feel satisfied. I had to make myself stop eating and make myself believe I was done. I feel satisfied now."
"You had blood lust?"
She stared at him, frightened, "I think so… yeah. But just for you. Not any old blood. Just yours."
Eric smiled broadly and seemed to puff up a little, "Of course."
Sookie threw a pillow at him and said, "Really Eric!" She laughed, shaking her head.
Eric lay down across the bed and pulled her up to lie against his chest.
"If you are very concerned I'll call Dr. Ludwig tomorrow and we'll…"
Sookie shook her head, "No, call her now."
Eric looked up at the top of her blonde head in surprise. She was really worried if she was asking to see Dr. Ludwig.
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Sookie sat in the kitchen drinking a glass of sweet tea while watching a repeat of an interview with Nora on the small television that Eric had installed under a cabinet for her to watch the news while she had breakfast. At least that's what he'd said. She thought he installed it because he liked to watch it when he had his breakfast of True Bloods. He didn't particularly like the bottled drink, but if he kept himself entertained then he could almost forget the weak synthetic taste. But she let him get away with his claim anyway.
She watched the smart and charming way that Nora conducted herself as she answered some questions, yet fielded others. Yep! She was Eric's sister, alright.
Dr. Ludwig had done a thorough exam. And by thorough she meant thorough. She was pretty sure there was no nook, nor cranny Dr. Ludwig hadn't inspected. She pulled her robe around her a little tighter and shot a disturbed look towards the living room where Eric and the tiny doctor seemed to be arguing in low voices. She sighed and took another sip.
When they finally came back into the kitchen Eric was walking slowly looking down at the floor, hands in his pockets. He seemed a bit nervous but he also seemed a bit bashful for some reason. Dr. Ludwig plopped down in a chair and rubbed her wrinkled face, then peered at Sookie. Sookie could read confusion in the old woman's face and thought, Great. I'm dying of some weird disease or something.
"You're part fairy Miss Stackhouse."
Sookie nodded, "Yeah…"
"And Mr. Northman here is a vampire."
Again, Sookie nodded, "You bonded at some point before. He, taking your blood and you, taking his. Within seconds of each other."
Sookie said, "Well… yeah. It was weird too. It was like we were high afterwards."
Dr. Ludwig snorted, "Yes, well, fairies and vampires don't quite mix, as I'm sure you've been told by your kin."
Sookie shrugged, "I love him."
Eric smiled but continued to look down as though afraid to meet her gaze.
"I assume that directly afterwards, you spent a long time having sex in, as you describe, this high state."
Sookie nodded, completely unashamed.
"And this was about two months ago, give or take a week?"
Sookie thought back on the recent events and nodded, "Yeah, I believe so."
"Miss Stackhouse, I don't know whether to be happy for you two or knock your heads together."
"Now just a damned minute, Dr. Ludwig! You may not approve but it's not your life and we're happy!"
"Oh calm down fairy," Dr. Ludwig sighed tiredly, "I don't care who you knock boots with. What I care about is that it's my guess, that I'll be the one to care for you and the little one because no one else will know how to handle it and I'm going to have to do a whole lot of research. Therefore, I deserve to entertain the thought of knocking your heads together. Hell, the accelerated symptoms alone are mind-boggling! "
Sookie looked at Dr. Ludwig like she'd grown a second head and asked, "What the hell are you even talking about?"
"Miss Stackhouse, your vampire has knocked you up. Congratulations. You're going to have a fairy vampire," Dr. Ludwig proclaimed dryly.
Sookie started laughing, "No really. What's wrong with me? Do I need vitamins or something? Iron supplement maybe?"
Dr. Ludwig sighed and looked at her with that no nonsense stern stare.
The silence grew and Sookie finally turned from her and looked at Eric with wide eyes, "Eric?"
Eric looked up at her a little sheepishly and gave her a smile, "I love you?"
Sookie sat back in her chair, deflated, and looked around the kitchen wildly for a moment as though something there could help her make sense of all of this. Tears started to fall and she turned her gaze up at Eric. He rushed over to her, kneeling beside her, taking her hands in his.
"Sookie I swear to you. You'll never be alone and I was going to marry you anyway. We'll be happy. Think of it! A little fairy Sookie who bites and shoots glowey bolts! Oh Sookie, you just don't know what you have given me with this…"
She started to sob hard and could barely catch her breath. Eric pulled her to him, stroking her back trying to calm her. Dr. Ludwig actually showed emotion and patted Sookie on the shoulder, "Miss Stackhouse, as fangers go he's not so bad. I do believe he loves you and will step up to the plate about this… if you wish."
Sookie choked on her words as she tried to speak and Eric made soothing sounds at her even though he, himself, was panicking more than he'd ever remembered panicking in his life. What if she didn't want it?
Sookie finally seemed to calm down and Eric raised her chin up so that she had to look at him.
"Lover, it is ultimately your decision but I swear to you, I can't lie. It would end me if you decided to … I couldn't stand the thought of… please Sookie, please, I want you to want this as much as I do."
Sookie looked from him to Dr. Ludwig and then to the glass of tea on the table.
"Dr. Ludwig, if you are not very very sure? Please… please… don't give me false hope. I have to know for certain that I'm carrying mine and Eric's baby. If I let myself believe it and it turns out not to be true? I don't think I'd survive it."
Eric choked on a sob and pulled her to him, "Sookie!" Blood tears flowed freely down his face in happiness, knowing she had cried so harshly because she was only afraid it wasn't certain, that it was impossible. They both looked up when they heard a sound come from Dr. Ludwig. She was crying! They both pulled her into the hug and she pulled back snapping, "Don't touch me fanger! Apparently your virility knows no bounds."
Eric started laughing and Sookie said, "Who knew it was even possible?"
A deep rattling voice from the doorway of the kitchen said, "I did. This just wasn't quite what I expected."
All three heads jerked around to see Warlow standing there, gazing at them with conflicting emotions.
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Foot note: I may be totally wrong on the time frame but from what I remember two months seems about right? Anyway, we're saying it is for this turn of events lol
