Jax sat at the head of the club table playing at the ring on his left ring finger, visions of Tara when he had first met her in high school flooding his mind, a meek smile formed on his lips before his attention was derailed by the door flying open. Chibs stood there exasperated, chest heaving up and down, which caused Jax to immediately rise from his seat.

"What the hell happened?" Jax said, immediately assuming that Chibs's behavior was due to just something else fucking happening, because really what more could go wrong?

"Just got word that Juice killed Lin as we wanted," Chibs started as Jax eyed him curiously before offering a small shrug.

"I don't get it, that's great news. Juice did as asked, Tara's death is officially avenged I-" Jax started before Chibs raised a hand to grasp onto Jax's shoulder firmly, his lips pursing.

"There's more, Jackie boy. He got a recorded confession of who really sold out the location of the guns," Chibs said, staring Jax down as if willing him to read his mind so that he wouldn't have to say it out loud. Jax stared back at him for a moment before the realization hit him like a semi-truck to a concrete slab.

"It wasn't Jury," Jax muttered, his gaze turning to stare at the floor as Chibs's head slowly shook from side to side.

"Barosky," Chibs replied simply, as Jax found himself stumbling backward until the backs of his knees could feel the wooden support of the chair and he collapsed into it. Chibs leaned down into Jax's face, the scar on his cheeks tightening from his pensive look.

"We will talk to Indian Hill, it was a complete misunderstandin'. Any of them would have done the same if they thought it was any one of the other club presidents," Chibs started as Jax slowly shook his head from side to side before looking up at Chibs with defiance.

"Don't try to sugar coat this Chibs. I killed a president and now without a given reason," Jax said before returning his gaze back down. Chibs opened his mouth to retort but was quickly interrupted by the sweet southern drawl of Jessica Hamby who ducked her head into the doorway.

"Jax sorry but Eric asked me to-," she started before she took notice of what seemed a heated situation. Her hand rose awkwardly in the air as she twisted her wrist around once in the direction she stood and then towards the door.

"Oh my god, I'm so sorry to interrupt I'll just-," she began before Jax stared at Chibs, rising from his chair.

"S'alright Jessica, we were finished here anyway," Jax said as he began to brush passed Chibs, idly brushing his shoulder into his own. Chibs pursed his lips together thinking that through all the years he knew Jax this was his least favorite aspect to his personality.

"Jackson…ye can't brush this under the table!" Chibs yelled after him as Jax neared the doorway throwing an arm around Jessica's shoulders to usher her out. Jax glanced over his shoulder, his lips tightening before he spoke.

"Don't plan to," was all he said before he and Jessica began to walk down the stairs. Jessica cleared her throat as she eyed the arm around her shoulder, a finger raising to move a piece of red hair behind her ear.

"Um, yeah Eric sent me to let you know to meet him at this address," Jessica said as she fished into her pocket for a piece of paper that she handed to him. Jax removed the arm from around Jessica's shoulders, which left a light look of disappointment creep across her features. Jax eyed the noted curiously before looking over to her.

"And what's at this address?" Jax asked before Jessica shrugged and then slumped her shoulders.

"Your first buyer. Some Asian guy, I think," Jessica said as she leaned her back on the bannister idly tapping her fingers against the wooden poles. Jax's eyes narrowed at the mention of Asian before he looked to her with obvious concern.

"Asian as in Chinese?" Jax asked and Jessica looked confused as she shrugged her shoulders again.

"I have no idea, why?" Jessica asked as Jax's nostrils flared, his hand reaching out to grip onto Jessica's hip for a moment, giving her a single nod.

"I've gotta go," Jax said as he ran off towards the door. Jessica turned and started to follow him.

"Take me with you!" she bellowed and Jax yelled to her over his shoulder, "Too dangerous, darlin'!" as his hands flew into the door handle and out the door to his motorcycle he went. Jessica let out a huff as her hands found her hips before she heard a rustling behind her that caused her to jump. A head of blonde hair peeked from behind the countertop, Sookie having heard the entire conversation. Her lips were taut as she threw down the cloth rag, watching Jax leave on his motorcycle through the glass windows. Sookie had read Jax's mind so she knew exactly what the danger was and even though Eric was a vampire – he was not impervious to every danger. She ran around the corner, grabbing onto Jessica's arm as she did so.

"Come on, we'll just go our damn selves, Jess," Sookie said as Jessica's face brightened, a pearly toothed grin spreading across her lips.

Elsewhere…

Eric stood in the living room of a very eager Chinese gentleman who wringed his hands around one another repeatedly, Eric's blue orbs staring at the man's hands for a moment before returning to his face. He could never understand a human's need to feel anything but themselves, but then again he'd be lying if he said the effects he felt with a certain person were anything less intoxicating then tripping on drugs.

"You say you're a vampire, can't I get a sample of this from you?" the Chinese man asked as he began to pace back and forth in front of Eric, who stood still, his arms crossed behind his back, cool as a cucumber.

"No," Eric said simply as the man stopped pacing and stared at Eric defiantly.

"What? I'm not good enough for your precious blood?" the man asked as Eric only offered a smirk in response.

"Well aren't you the smart one?" Eric asked as the man began to look insulted.

"Who the fuck do you think you are?" the man bellowed, taking a few confident steps forward as Eric's teeth unsheathed, his body vamping forward. His hand grasped onto the man's throat, lifting him several feet off the ground, a growl escaping his throat. Eric's angered face slowly turned into curiosity as he heard the faint sound of quick beeps emanating somewhere from the man's pocket. Eric looked back to the man who grinned wildly, his hand removing a detonator from his pocket.

"Jokes on you pal," the man said as Eric's eyes widened in realization.

Jax was just pulling up to the address when the entire house suddenly blew up in flames. He lost control of his bike from the backdraft as it slid onto its side, Jax's hands flying up to shield his face, his hands tearing the goggles from his face as he scrambled to his feet, the flames reflecting in the gloss of his eyes. Jax had been mere moments from being inside the house himself, he realized and ran his hands down his face in exasperation. A beat up yellow car pulled up alongside him, Sookie scrambling from the driver's side screaming.

"ERIC!" Sookie bellowed as she ran straight for the burning house, Jax catapulting to action as his arms wrapped around her from behind to peel her away from the house. Sookie's feet kicked around wildly as she struggled against Jax's grasp, his face contorting into a slight struggle almost taken aback at her ferocity. Tears began to pour from Sookie's eyes as Jessica slowly appeared from the vehicle, eyes wide at the sight of the burning building.

"Calm down darlin'! Ain't no use in you going in there and killin' yourself in the process!" Jax bellowed as slowly Sookie gave up on her struggle against him and instead went limp like a noodle, falling to the dirt in a heap of sobs and ugly crying face. Jessica ran over to Sookie, her form immediately dropping to the ground to envelope her in a hug. As Jessica's hands repeatedly rubbed at Sookie's arms for comfort, she gave a death glare over her shoulder at Jax.

"Why didn't you call him? Warn him or somethin'?" Jessica asked as Jax shook his head slowly not really having an answer for that. He again wiped a hand over his face before dragging his fingers through long locks.

"I-I'm sorry," was all he could say, staring at the retaliation for yet another murder conducted at the hands of the Sons of Anarchy.

Later…Sookie's apartment…

Sookie lay on her bed still sobbing, still gasping for breath as she clutched a pillow to her chest, seemingly strangling the life out of it. She had convinced Jessica to go home some time ago as absolutely nothing was going to make her feel better any time soon. Thoughts of all the years she knew Eric, all of the emotions that she kept hidden deep down for him and about him resurfacing with such velocity that it was almost too much to bear. She thought back to those days when Eric's memories returned to him, the words he spoke to her as himself afterward. She thought back to the day after having saved both Eric and Bill, the day she made the decision to be with neither of them instead of one of them. Would her actions have been differently if Bill had not been in the room? Her thoughts jolted when she heard a familiar deep voice booming from her opened window.

"Is it completely fucked up that the sight of you crying so desperately over my death is incredibly sexy to me?" Eric said to her as Sookie's heart jumped into her throat. She stared at him dumbfounded for a moment before she leapt from the bed, her chest heaving.

"Come in," she said weakly, her throat swallowing as she watched Eric's form slowly levitate its way into her room before standing firmly in front of her, staring down at her, completely unharmed. Sookie's lips pursed before she raised a hand to slap hard across Eric's face.

"How could you leave me!" she bellowed as Eric's face contorted into complete confusion, his fingers tracing over the spot on his face that she just slapped.

"I-I don't understand, I didn't-," he started to stammer as Sookie began to cry again, her watery brown orbs staring up at him desperately.

"That day on my doorstep when you knew Bill was going to ask me to kill him, you knew he was going to ask me to use the last of my light to do it. A time where I needed you the most, you just left me without ever even trying to contact me ever again," Sookie said between sobs as Eric raised his hands to her face. He was testing the waters to see if she would let him touch her as he slowly rested his fingertips on her jawline, Sookie not making the effort to stop him.

"He tried to get you to use the last of your light?" Eric asked, his eyes narrowing in confusion, having no idea that Bill asked her to do such a thing, which angered him even more.

"He saw it as a way for me to be completely void of all matters supernatural, even from myself," Sookie said, her sobs slowly dying down to light sniffles and sharp intakes of breath.

"Sookie, I left because it is what you wanted. You made the decision to be with neither of us, you wanted to have a normal life, I only did exactly as you asked, as I have for the past near decade, can you not see that?" Eric said, staring down at Sookie with such intensity it could have rattled the walls. Sookie stared up at Eric equally as intense as she tried to read his expressions.

"You could have called, written, sent a fucking pigeon!" Sookie said her voice cracking as she yelled. Eric's hands moved to grip onto her arms lightly.

"Sookie, what would that have done for either of us? Do you have any idea how hard it was to ward you off completely? Can you imagine how it felt when our bond dissipated? After that, I had no idea if you were happy or even alive. It killed me," Eric said as Sookie's face turned into a look of revelation, her form stepping closer as Eric idly tensed at the proximity.

"Eric, I didn't even know what to do with myself when I thought you died in that fire. I immediately regretted not ever telling you that I love you, that I honestly and truly love you. I think I-," Sookie said, but was cut off by the sudden motion of Eric's mouth over hers in a kiss that bent her over backwards in intensity and longing. Sookie's hands moved up to grab onto the back of Eric's neck obligingly returning the fervor of the kiss, Eric taking a few steps to ease them towards Sookie's bed, her calves pressing up against the mattress. This realization made her break the kiss for a moment, staring up at Eric whose chest heaved with anticipation.

"Is this not what you want?" Eric asked, his eyes searching her face as Sookie offered a small smirk. Her hands dipped under her shirt and pulled it up and over her head. She shook her head from left to right to tussle her blonde curls. Eric watched her intently as she wrapped her arms around his neck.

"I've never been so sure of anything in my entire life," Sookie responded as Eric wasted no time in wrapping his arms around her, kissing her ferociously again as they both moved themselves onto the bed, their hands in a mad fury, removing each other's clothing between bouts of kisses. Once they were both completely naked, Eric paused a moment, his eyes staring down at Sookie, taking in every freckle, every curve of her body and burning it to his memory.

"You are incredibly gorgeous," Eric said as Sookie smiled, her hand reaching to grab onto his neck and pull him towards her.

"Shut up and make love to me Eric," Sookie said, pressing her lips to Eric's ear as he let out a light shudder. Eric caught Sookie's gaze with his own as he positioned himself between her legs, his hips easing themselves forward, slowly entering her. Eric couldn't help the gape forming at his lips as Sookie's head tilted backwards in response. Eric began to rock within her, his hand raising to run through her golden locks as he dipped his head down to whisper into her ear.

"I wish to taste you again," Eric whispered as Sookie's eyes flittered open. In normal human circumstances, this request would have meant something completely different then the request flowing from a vampire's lips. She turned her head to look at him, biting at her lip before she spoke.

"Only if I can taste you too," she responded and this caused Eric to pause, pushing up to his elbows for a moment.

"You realize what that will cause between us again?" he asked as Sookie nodded slowly, her hand gripping onto the back of his neck lowering his mouth to her own neck. Eric stared at the pulsating vein at the side of her nape in anticipation before he lowered his lips, unsheathed his fangs and plunged them in. Sookie let out a gasp as she realized that his vampiric kiss hadn't hurt the way that Bill's had when he punctured her skin. Eric took special care in the way that he fed on her and she felt overwhelmed that she had been such a fool for so long around him. Eric continued to thrust himself within her as he fed before pausing a moment to bite into his wrist, the crimson liquid trickling from his lips as he held the wrist out to her.

Sookie made the motion for them to flip over; her own form on top of his own as he stared up at her intrigued. Sookie began rocking herself back and forth on Eric's form as she brought the wrist to her mouth, both hands clenching onto his wrist as she licked at the rich, ancient bloods seeping into her mouth. Eric let out a groan as he let the other hand grip onto her rocking hips. Blood dripped down Sookie's mouth, leaking onto her breasts as she pulled away from Eric's wrist. Eric took notice of the blood remnants as he sat up to lap it away from her bosom, his tongue following suit all the way up her neck and to her mouth. They both exchanged blood a second time as their tongues intertwined within their mouths, their hips rocking against one another in this sitting up position. Sookie furrowed her eyebrows as she felt the all too familiar feeling beginning to develop within her abdomen. She pulled away from the kiss as her head fell backwards in pure, overwhelming ecstasy from her release.

Eric watched her intently as he continued to thrust within her, his hands dropping to her buttocks, his thrusts beginning to rise in intensity and repetition as Sookie's head lifted back up. Eric's face suddenly buried itself within Sookie's nape as he let out a growl in response to his own bout of ecstasy. They sat there for a moment, blood stained mouths and chests as Sookie dropped her forehead to press against Eric's.

"I missed you," Sookie said simply as Eric's blue orbs looked up to her.

"You never lost me," Eric responded.