AN: Another chapter! It took me some time to write, since school is busting my ass right now.
To make up for the wait it's a chapter from everybody's favorite viking point of view:]
Thanks for the reviews and alerts, did not expect that, but it's nice to know you all like it.
I'll stop rambling now. Enjoy!
EPOV
To wake up next to Sookie was the best feeling ever. It surprised me, since I never enjoyed waking up to someone else before. Most of the time, I would just sneak out of the room I ended up in, silently grabbing my clothes and do my walk of shame. This was different, and it felt good. Her tiny frame was still cuddled up to my body, my arms still wrapped around her small waist. From the way she was breathing, she was still sleeping.
Not wanting to wake her I softly pulled my arms from around her body, causing her to stir. With a lazy smile she turned over to face me, her eyes drowzy. Her angelic expression, paired with her bed –and sex- hair made her look beautiful.
"Mornin'" she whispered.
"Goodmorning." I replied with a huge grin. I couldn't help it, she made me feel like an 11-year old girl with a huge crush. Thank god I didn't giggle, that would be the downfall of Eric Northman. Who never giggled, ever.
I popped up on my elbow, hovering over her. We were still very naked, and even though I felt like an 11 year old girl, some parts of me were not. I just hoped Sookie wouldn't notice, I didn't want to make her feel embarrassed or awkward. To my surprise she made it clear she wasn't. After a round of –very, very good and satisfying- morning sex we were sprayed out on the bed again. Would it be possible to just spend the whole day in this bed, or did Sookie had plans? Before I could ask, there was a knock at the door. Sookie immediatly jumped up and covered us up with the white sheet. Just in time, since Becky walked in just seconds after. A blush spred over Sookie's face with great speed, while I just smirked. Nudity didn't bother me that much, and no, I had almost no shame at all. Becky noticed the state of the room, and then us.
"Goodmorning. Sookie." She then turned to me. "Eric."
"Mornin' Becks."
Sookie said nothing, and hid herself under the heap of pillows on her bed, letting out a loud groan. It was funny. She could be a total minx, but also so sweet and innocent. I wondered if Becky heard us this morning, I prayed for Sookie's sake she didn't. Even though it would be embarrassing, I felt pretty proud for being responsible for Sookie's loud noises. At least she enjoyed it, I knew I did.
"Breakfast will be ready in a half hour. I'll let you two kids alone now." And with that Becky left the room. As the door closed I felt a pillow hit the side of my face. Sookie was now glaring at me, she didn't look happy, but also not extremely mad.
"You're so annoying." She said with an adorable pout on her face, I couldn't help but laugh. That earned me another pillow in the face.
"What?"
"You're just so.." she struggled with coming up for a good word to describe my behaviour. I figured I could help her along.
"Perfect?" I pulled her back in my arms,"amazing? Pretty? Good in bed?" I continued as my lips roamed her neck. She giggled softly.
"Maybe. But you're also annoying." It would've been insulting, if it wasn't accompanied with a smile.
"Why?" I replied with a dramatic gasp. We were now both laughing again.
"You don't have to see her every day. I do." The you and I accompanied with a finger pointing out the person in question.
"So what? It's not like she walked in during. Look, it's not a big deal. She's not so naïve to think that we were having a tea party last night. We had sex, amazing sex. It's nothing to be ashamed of, ok?"
My little speech was all it took for Sookie to calm down. She didn't respond, but just let the subject slide, and we cuddled. It felt nice. It made me think about all the girls I was with, but how I never wanted to cuddle with any of them. It just didn't appeal to me. But with Sookie it just came natural.
We hopped into the shower. Sookie laughed at my reaction upon seeing her bathroom for the first time. It was huge and very luxurious, but what would you expect, living in a house like this everything was expensive. Her rainforest shower was a nice change from my tacky normal shower, in my small and outdated bathroom. Since breakfast would be ready soon, we just showered. We had a whole week, nothing had to be rushed, so I wasn't totally disappointed. After we were both cleaned up we threw on some clothes. I remembered to bring a clean shirt and underwear, but if I would spend the whole week here I really had to pick more clean clothing up from home.
When we entered the kitchen there was a whole feast already waiting for us. Pancakes, fruit, eggs and you name it, it was there. There certainly was enough to make a whole army. Sookie did make it very clear this wasn't how she usually ate breakfast. For me, this definitely wasn't how I usually ate breakfast, so I piled up my plate and started eating. There was a comfortable silence as we ate. We were both very hungry, and were focused on filling our stomachs with all the food.
Sookie put our plates in the sink, and put the rest of the food in the huge fridge. After she was finished she climbed in my lap, letting her head rest on my shoulder.
"What do you want to do today?" she asked me.
"I don't know. You've got nothing planned?"
"Not for today. Tommorrow Sam and Amelia will come over, I hope you don't mind? It's been ages since I've seen them."
Her face lit up when she mentioned Sam and Amelia. She obviously cared about them a lot, and I couldn't help but hope that her face would do the same when she mentioned me to one of them, or anyone for that matter.
"I don't mind at all. I'd love to meet them." I said with an honest smile, ofcourse I wanted to meet her friends.
"And for today, I think I have just the perfect plan. Grab a sweater and meet me at the front door."
"You're not going to tell me what it is, are you?" she asked with a grin.
I shook my head slowly, also with a big grin on my face. Sookie immediatly ran upstairs, and returned just as quickly. I grabbed her hand and we walked over to my home. She never saw my home, not even before I came to work here. She let out a small gasp at the sight of my home.
"It's adorable!"
I rolled my eyes at the word adorable. Ok, maybe my home looked like a perfect little english cottage that could be featured in one of those boring magazines, but I was a guy. I lived with my father. We were guys. I just hoped she would not call the interior adorable, if so, I did something wrong with fixing up the place.
I entered the house, pulling Sookie along with me. Thankfully, the word adorable wasn't mentioned. She did however say that she didn't expect it to look like this, considering the house has been there for a while. My father wasn't around, but it was clear that he had been here, since there were dirty dishes and cups piled up in the sink. The house wasn't really tidied up. I remembered my bedroom was covered with clothes and music magazines, and some packs of cigarettes. Shit. To bad we just walked into my bedroom. Maybe she wouldn't even see them.
"You smoke?"
Sookie picked up one of the packs on the floor. Ofcourse she would notice them immediately, who was I even kidding.
"Yeah. But come now, we need to continue with my plan." I ushered her out of my room, hoping she hadn't noticed the bottle of vodka on my dresser. Note to self; clean up bedroom. In my defence, I rarely drank anymore. It was way worse when I was still in school, but sometimes I was just bored. There wasn't really that much to do here, besides hanging out with Sookie and working. My father knew, and approved. As long as I didn't get shitfaced and do stupid stuff. No need to go down that road again.
Sookie was awefully silent, but I chose to ignore that, just for now. She could judge me all she wanted, but she wasn't my boss. She would just have to accept me for who I was, and that might be a big problem in the future.
"I want you to meet someone special."
"Like who?" her eyes showed just how confused she was. I led her through the backdoor, and stopped in front of my motorcycle.
"This baby."
Sookie looked from my motorcycle to me, and back again, before bursting out laughing.
"You're such a guy." She said between breaths.
The corners of my mouth lifted into a pleasant smile and asked, "Want to go for a ride?"
"Sure!" And as soon as she agreed to go with me, I fetched my helmet and an extra one from the hallway. Sookie looked adorable wearing the helmet, but also very nervous.
"Never been on a motorcycle before?"
"No."
"Just hold onto me, I won't let anything happen to you. You know that right?" I kissed her firmly before putting on my own helmet and started the engine. Sookie jumped on behind me, her arms locked around my waist. As we started driving she almost suffocated me, but soon calmed down and her grasp became looser. There was nothing like riding somewhere, not really having a destination, just enjoying the sunshine and the wind. It has been a while, and as we drove along I realized how much I had missed this. Just driving. Freedom.
We left the property, and I rode down a long road, surrounded by fields of grass and forest. The perfect environment.
Somehow we ended up at a big open field, the green grass was in contrast with the clear blue sky. The tree in the middle really stood out, and the shade of the tree was inviting. It was a hot day, and as soon as we stepped of my motorcycle the heat was already hitting me.
Sookie thought the same, since she quickly pulled me with her, and let herself drop down on the grass underneath the tree. I sat down next to her.
She smiled at me, "that was nice."
I nodded, feeling content and enjoying the peace around us. The roads around the property were far from busy, and only once in a while there would be a car passing. No walkers, no bycicles, just cars. I closed my eyes and leaned back against the tree. Sookie let her head rest on my thighs, and I absentmindedly played with a strand of her hair. Twisting it around my fingers, release it, and repeat. I didn't even remember dozing off.
Sookie poked in my side, causing me to wake up with a groan. I opened my eyes slowly, the sun was bright and the sunlight stung in my eyes. Sookie just stared at me with an amused look on her face.
"We fell asleep," she giggled,"I think we should go back. We don't want to worry Becky."
I agreed, and soon we were back on my motorcycle again. Sookie was now less of a bundle of nerves, and it felt like she really enjoyed it. We should do this more often, but then I realized that her parents were gone, and when they would return we would be a secret again. That sucked, I didn't want my relationship with Sookie to be a secret, but there was nothing I could do.
I dropped her of at her house, and then went back to mine to fetch some more clothes. When we met again at her place, she was watching a movie. It was an old movie, Casablanca. I sat down next to her, and watched the movie with her. Becky brought us lemonade and snacks, and let us alone after that. Becky was like a ninja, crawling around in the shadows, only to make a quick appearance and then disappear again. The little company she gave us, was very enjoyable. Sookie was always very happy when she was around, that wasn't hard to notice. Sookie also spoke very highly of her, that she was like a mother to her. But she already had one. She had a mother and a father, but she never mentioned them. No funny stories, no memories or traditions that they had. The only thing I knew was that they were living in this house.
I was so consumed by my thoughts that I hadn't noticed the movie had ended, and the credits were rolling on the screen. It was a good thing I had seen the movie before, so if she would ask how it was and what was my favorite part I could answer her. But she didn't, she had other plans.
She crawled onto me, cradling my legs and started kissing me. Who was I to say no to that? I was still a guy, and I wasn't going to let my thoughts ruin a good make-out session. Our kisses deepened, and we were both moaning into eachothers mouth. Sookie's hands were in my hair, pulling me closer to her.
"What about Becky?" I'm not going to let her walk in on us making out on the sofa, or having sex on it. Sookie gave me a mischievous grin and climbed of me, pulling me with her.
She led me into her bedroom, and we were all over eachother again. Clothes had found their place on the floor within seconds. Suddenly, I remembered the shower in the morning. So instead of pushing her on the bed, I lifted her up and walked into the bathroom and turned on the shower.
"You've got unfinished bussiness Northman?" she said with the sexiest voice I had ever heard, which made me even harder. I groaned, not being able to answer her question. I needed to have her, now.
I pinned her against the tiles, grinding into her.
"Shit. Condom. Wait right here. Don't go anywhere." I said with a wiggle of my eyebrows, making her giggle. As I made my way back to the shower she was eyeing me from top to bottom. I knew I had a great body, and was.. well.. blessed. But seeing someone totally checking you out still felt good.
She jumped on me as soon as I entered the shower, and we were back on schedule. I let my hand trail down her stomach, and between her legs. She bucked against my fingers, moaning and begging me to 'just fuck her'. I removed my hand, and entered her in one swift movement. The sweet and slow sex last night was nothing like this. This was pure passion. Her nails dug in my shoulders as she came screaming my name, and I came screaming hers. I put Sookie down, still supporting her by holding her close to me.
We dried ourselves of, threw our clothes on again and decided we would go downstairs. Becky would have dinner ready soon, based on the smells coming out of the kitchen. I walked in, offering my help. She declined, saying it was her job and she was happy doing it. Sookie followed me into the kitchen, grabbing us something to drink. I'm glad Becky didn't mention the fact that both of our hair was wet and that she knew what we were doing. For Sookie's sake anyway. I grinned like an idiot, and Becky gave me a wink. Yeah, she knew.
We stayed in the kitchen, talking and drinking iced tea. Becky and Sookie planned some meals for tomorrow, and decided it would be great weather for a barbeque. My offer for help wasn't declined now, Sookie granted Becky the evening off and she would visit my father. That statement was accompanied by yet another wink, my father would be up-to-date as well tomorrow. I didn't mind, but I wasn't going to have an awkward conversation about sex. Not with my father.
Dinner was served, and it was fucking amazing. Becky really was a great cook, and I would ask her some cooking tips. When I looked over at Sookie I noticed how neat she ate, she was the polar opposite of me. I just shoved everything down. Manners weren't really my forté, especially table manners. Sookie ate perfect, like etiquette perfect. It wasn't a big surprise that I was finished much faster than her.
Sookie let out a big yawn.
"Sookie, go to bed. I will clean this all up." Sookie protested as normal but was shushed."No discussion. Eric you too. Tommorow is a big day."
And with that we were forced to go to bed. Sookie was very sleepy, and to be honest I also felt tired. We hadn't gotten that much sleep last night, however it was totally worth it.
I stripped down to my underwear and slid under the covers. I felt Sookie's tiny frame crawl against me, her warm skin on mine.
"Sweet dreams, lover."
"Sweet dreams, Eric." The smile noticable in her drowzy voice.
I, Eric Northman, lay in a bed with a beautiful girl and didn't have sex. It didn't even cross my mind. The only thing that crossed my mind was that this girl had ruined me for every other girl. My life would be shit without her, and I wasn't going to let her go.
I gave her a soft kiss on her shoulder and closed my eyes, feeling extremely happy.
"I love you." I whispered softly, not planning to let her hear it. Whispering it now, made all my doubts wash away, and I never was more sure about something before. With a smile on my face I drifted off, holding the girl of my dreams in my arms.
