I got a pm over the weekend where apparently i gave the impression that this was going to be a E/S story in the long run...let me stop the confusion right now; this is going to Bill and Sookie only, Eric will appear all again later on since I am going to be making him an important character...sorry for the confusion. Enjoy the chapter
True Blood belongs to Alan Ball and Charlene Harris
Inside the Compton house, the place had been as quiet as a grave site. With despite being fully furnished complete with electricity, the only noises that could be heard were coming from the living area in which Bill was playing Wii Tennis on his flat screen television…four-two as player one throws backhand under the net.
Damn it Sookie, if you want to face the true death by not acknowledging what you are, then that is your business, those dark screen windows that are waiting on her porch are my last form of assistance that I bring because after this moment, she is no longer my concern. Bill's annoyance continued as he began to look at his wristwatch releasing a small chuckle at the time; Sookie should be getting off of work soon, although I can't help but wonder how those close to her have reacted to the news about the new transformation. If I wasn't so concerned with her safety, I would be focusing more on my assignment in Northern Louisiana. Making another bad swing in the last round, it became obvious that Bill's thoughts started to focus more on Sookie of when he backed away from her after she had kissed him then gradually turned to her actions at Fangtasia. The way that she kills reminds me of Lorena, strong and fierce; Sookie could make a great vampire complete with that angelic face that she possesses but she is not Lorena. God help me if the similarities between Sookie and Lorena don't end with the method of killing. Sometime after wards, Bill's thoughts began to switch to reflect his surroundings showing a sinister smile as he discovered that he wasn't alone.
"Killing or attacking a vampire while their guard is down could be considered cowardly, shifter." He turned around staring at the collie standing on the front door near the entrance who immediately transformed back into a naked Sam.
"I knew the moment that you walked into my bar; you would be dangerous to Sookie. What the fuck gives you the right to play God with people's lives?" Sam understood that the minute that he set foot into the Compton residence, he may not had been able to get out alive.
"The same right that gives you claim to defend the honor of a woman that has never been yours to begin with. Tell me something, do you always take advantage of those that are under your employment?" Equally pissed off at Bill's remarks, Sam showed a growl while Bill released his fangs, "she will one day see that I set her free by destroying you". Bill did not want to any more problems with Sookie or with any of the humans in his ancestral home; killing Sam would had been easy but by stalling Sam enough to the point of unconscious, he might just be able to give Sam a warning as well as save his life. "Better get on with it, I won't die very easily." Bill put down the remote hissing with his fangs ready for a fight…..
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Tara was pacing back and forth into the living room to the point of dizziness; while Lafayette turned on the radio changing the station to find some good music in order to ease the tension, and then left it playing some rap. As he began to fix some lip gloss, Tara screamed onto her phone. "Fuck!That's the third message I left on Sam's phone, you don't think Sookie's having a late night snack?"
Offended at what he just heard, Lafayette started to lose control over his already frantic cousin, "What the hell's the matter with you hooka; Sook's been your best friend since the first fuckin grade! She's let you live in her house after yo mama kicked you out, her family has treated you as one of their own and remember all those times that Mrs. Stackhouse called on social services in getting Lettie Mae investigated. Now that she's a vampire, you want to get a restraining order?"
"You didn't see her that night when the vampire came; she was walking towards him happier than a bride on her wedding day. Makes me sick to my stomach that Sook let some dead freak of nature turn her into one of them"
"Tara Thornton, you outta be ashamed of yourself; first of all, I didn't let anyone do anything to me and second of all, I'm still the same person that you've always known. The upside is my senses are now to superhuman form, I don't have to worry about health problems and losing weight is not even an issue." Sookie walked into her house trying not to get too angry after overhearing Tara and Lafayette's conversation. "Of course you don't have to worry about losing weight, dead people don't eat!" Tara went over to the kitchen as Sookie went to the porch for air hurt that the one person who had rejected her was her best friend, Lafayette joined her a few minutes later with a box of Kleenex and a bottle of true blood.
"Jesus Sook, don't mind her. Tara's just acting crazy because Sam won't return her calls." Sookie knew that it had crossed both of their minds that she may had been connected to Sam's noticeable absence since no one had seen Sam for a few hours following by Sookie's strange return. "I HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH THAT!" she screamed to the direction of Tara then turned to Lafayette taking a sip of the true blood showing her disgust as she drank it; "I waited for about an hour but Sam wasn't at the bar or in his trailer, maybe avoiding Tara's nagging is great for Sam to take a breather." Sookie began to think that maybe Sam was doing that had something to do with his nonhuman ability allowing him to not have a cell phone but she was not going to explain it to either of her guest since she figured if Sam hadn't told anyone about it yet, she had no right to say anything.
"Hey Sook, is being a vampire everything that what they say in the media true?" Lafayette's curiosity over his friend was one of the first nice things that Sookie had heard all night causing her mind to be at peace. "I don't know what to tell you after being a vampire for only two days but it beats seeing the jerks at Gran's funeral every day. It's weird, I should hate Bill with every fiber of my being because he had a choice in turning me but instead, I almost feel glad that he did it's kinda hard to explain though but maybe I'm just suffering from Stockholm Syndrome or something." Just as Tara went outside to keep Sookie and Lafayette company, Sookie got a strange vibe coming out of her almost as if she was being summoned.
"No way!" Sookie got up and began to walk into the cemetery as though she was a puppet with no free will
Tara yelled at her as she began to notice that Sookie was not able to stop; "Sookie, where are you going?"
Yelling at a distance loud enough that it may have been heard for miles. "Stopping your boyfriend from getting killed at the Compton house".
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Sam had wrestled Bill into the ground transforming into his collie form, biting into Bill's shoulder hard enough that blood began to pour out his torn sleeve. Bill let out animalistic roars while his skin was being broken with dog teeth then with sharp claws scratching with face and chest. Bill then punched Sam in the face causing him to fly across the room, landing close to the hearth transforming back into the human by missing the fire onto his feet by inches. "Had enough?" Bill got up heading towards him as Sam noticed that his rival's wounds were already starting to heal leaving only shreds of a torn shirt hanging on his skin.
"No way…I'm just getting started" Sam's face was bruised up with scratches on his cheeks along with a black eye, bloodied lip and a few broken ribs along with bruises streaming along his abdomen. Regardless of whether or not Sam's state was, he somehow got the strength to get up to inflict whatever damage could have been made.
"I really don't want to kill you but you are now testing the limits of my patience." Accepting this as a battle to the death, Sam's hands began to turn into claws which aimed at Bill's neck landing on the carotid artery drawing out so much blood that Bill was starting to weaken, Bill then twisted Sam's arms and began to bite him on the collarbone sucking his blood. Sam was almost to the point of death until Sookie arrived pulling Bill off with her vampire strength and ran towards to hug Sam. "Oh my god, Sam! What were you thinking? How do I help you?" While Sookie tried to stop the bleeding, Lafayette and Tara showed up shocked at what they just walked into.
Tara saw that Bill's injuries were slowing healing while Sam was slowing moaning trying to maintain some form of conscious left before he would eventually pass out. "You sick son of a bitch! Sookie let me stake this motherfucker." Tara began to go up to him but Lafayette stopped her in time as Bill started to walk towards Sam.
"There's no time for that, your friend will die unless I help him." Bill went over to Sam biting his own wrist until blood came out; "drink, your wounds will start to heal." Without hesitation, Sam took Bill's wrist and began to drink his blood.
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Sometime later, Sam regained consciousness waking up to a sleeping Tara and Lafayette; Sookie was sitting on a chair checking the clock on her phone every five minutes while Bill was placing another wood onto the fireplace. "Guys, wake up, he's alright." Tara and Lafayette went over to Sam but where not sure on how to ask as to what had just happened and the fact that Sam had no clothes on him. "Tara calm down, this whole thing was my fault; I came into Mr. Compton's house looking for a fight in which I provoked him, so he was basically acting in self defense." Sam and Bill were not going to contradict or explain the rest of the story at the moment to any of them because Bill realized that Sam's explanation was his way of thanking the vampire for giving him blood to heal.
"Self-defense my ass, he almost killed you. This dead freak doesn't deserve to live."
"Obviously, I'm feeling better. But we need to leave since Sookie and Mr. Compton have to go underground soon." Sam was finally able to stand but with some assistance by Lafayette and Tara; when Sam headed to the door, Bill went to him giving him some clothes to wear in which Sam thanked him but gave a stare that said "this isn't over yet". Making sure that they were gone, Sookie had finally gotten up from her chair demand a real explanation.
"Was that really what had happened Bill and don't you dare lie to me?" she said to the point of complete disbelief
"More or less, your beau came into my home to retaliate over what had happened to you and did attack me but my only intent was to weaken him. He began to provoke me since shapeshifters have been ancient enemies to vampires for centuries." Sookie couldn't feel any form of emotion over what she was hearing expect gave a slight chuckle for knowing that the truth of Sam and that Tara would throw a fit if she found out. Coming back from her train of thought, Sookie stared at Bill sinking in all that he had said to her. "And that makes it okay for you to try to kill him, Sam is not only my boss but he is one of my best friends. In case you haven't noticed this Bill Compton, but your little idea of mainstreaming doesn't mean attacking and or killing people whenever they piss you off. And another thing; I don't need you or Sam defending me like I'm some kind of form of property."
Bill couldn't help but admire the baby vampire standing before him having the first sense of maturity unleashed from her since she had been turned; "need I remind that you killed a human last night because you couldn't control your anger." Bill's sarcastic tone allowed his fangs to release where Sookie's fangs did the same annoyed at her maker, "I did that to save Eric from getting staked and you know it."
"I know so I don't harbor anything against you….I will even make the peace with Sam Merlotte because I know that's what you want. Can we at least have a truce and start over again" Sookie wasn't sure what to make with Bill's sudden change of heart but she was willing to make some form of peace with her maker. "Alright, truce. I do believe that I see some love in you if you were able to give Sam his blood; no point in saying good night so good morning then" Sookie went out the door but turned to see Bill going into his hiding place. When she got home, she noticed that there were some black screen windows in the front steps of the porch. Figuring out what they were for, Sookie decided to set them up but seeing the dawn breaking; Sookie used her vampire speed to catch up with back to Bill's resting hole below the staircase before the hatch was closed. "Do you need something, Sookie?" Staring at his clear blue eyes gave Sookie a hint of nervousness in her speech.
"Is it possible that I stay here tonight? Tara's probably still mad and I don't want to sleep in my backyard again." Sookie shed a smile at Bill as he moved to the side and offered her his resting place even providing a pillow for comfort; "thanks again, see you in the evening". While waiting for the dawn to approach, Bill watched as Sookie started to snuggle towards him until she finally began to sleep; this also gave him a bit of joy in seeing that the woman he was forced to turn into a monster begins to accept him a friend and protector while she slept in his arms.
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