AN: Hello everyone. So I put a new poll up on my profile page asking you where and or you think Sookie and Alcide should do for their date. I already have her and Preston's date planned out but I would like to know what you all want to see. Go vote please you have several choices and I am also up for other suggestions just pm me with your idea. If it is way awesome then I will use it. Also thank you to everyone for reviewing. I had to laugh a bit that some of you thought I was going to be predictable. Well I sort of was but not in the way you think. Anyway read, enjoy, review and vote.
Chapter 7 A Duct Tape Kind of Love
Jessica was asleep in front of the door and it looked like she had been there awhile. She was clutching an empty purse the contents of which were all over the ground and her cell phone. Her paint box was much the same way. Her keys were nowhere in sight.
"Jess honey wake up." I said as I gently shook her awake.
"Ugh finally I called you at like two what took you so long?" She stretched as she got up.
"Sorry I did not know that you called. You know Gran's rule about phones during family time. I'm sorry you were locked out but how did you lock the door without your keys?" I asked because our door had to be shut when you are trying to lock it from the outside the dead bolt made that impossible otherwise.
"I had them when I left and when I was at the studio after that I can't remember and I called the bus company and my professor but they have not found them. I swear I had them when I was leaving but I don't remember. All of my keys were on that chain all of them the one to my car, the apartment, home, the studio and my flash drive was on there with everything ugh what am I going to do?" I unlocked and opened our front door.
"You have a spear car key and the one for home in your room. We can take mine and get it copied for the apartment and I am sure that there are other keys to the studio that you can have." I tried to sooth her.
"That fixes everything but the flash drive. I had pictures and all my school work and stuff saved on it. I …" I followed her gaze as she trailed off. There were rose petals all over the floor and a trail of them leading back to our bedrooms. Candles were light and music was coming from our bedrooms. Jess's keys were sitting on the table she grabbed them. We both took one look at each other and backed out of the apartment. I shut the door as quietly as I could and we went back down to my car. My first thought was to call Eric or Lafayette but then I thought of Jason. He had left an hour before I had so he could get to work and he would tell me to call the police in a situation like this. So that is what I did.
"911 what is your emergency?" The calm voice of a male dispatcher asked.
"Um I think someone broke into my apartment with my roommates' keys." I said.
"What is your name and address? Why do you think that it was broken into? Are you in your apartment now? Are you alone?" He asked in the same calm voice.
"Sookie Stackhouse, 731 Emerald Drive Apartment 2 C. My roommate lost her keys today when she was out and I just got home. When we got in they were sitting on the table and there were rose petals all over the floor. And neither of us knows why they are there and we did not want to find out. We were too scared to go look. My roommate and I are locked in my car." I rambled off.
"That's good Sookie. I am sending over a squad car do you want me to stay on the line with you till they get their?" He asked again.
"Yes please." I answered as I listened for sirens. He told me that I was doing great and that the officers should be there soon. Not a minute later I heard the sirens coming into the parking lot so I hung up and thanked him for staying on the line. Two squad cars pulled up one of which was Jason's. He came over to my car and taped on the window.
"Sookie are you two alright? We heard your address on the scanner and I had to head over here?" Jason asked as I stepped out of the car.
"I'm fine we are fine. I think its Bill I mean he has been calling like not stop the last few days and sending stuff. I kept telling him that I was done but he won't leave me be and then I come home and Jess is out front and her keys are missing… When we opened the door they were on the table and rose petals …" I started to get hysterical.
"Sook why didn't you tell me he was harassing you? I could have done something about it." He chastised me pulling me into a hug.
"The phone stuff really was not that bad and …" I trailed off as I watched Bill be lead down the steps in hand cuffs. He seemed real out of it but then he saw me and started to yell my name.
"Sookie I think we should have you get a restraining order against him. It seems like his behavior is escalating." Jason said in both a worried brotherly and awesome cop sort of way. I just nodded my head. Jason's partner was asking Jess questions and Jason was dealing with me. They took our statements and then Jason said that we should go spend the night somewhere else. He walked us up to our apartment to get some clothes and school stuff. My heart dropped when we entered my room. There was duct tape sitting on my bed along with more rose petals and what was my ring. I started to cry again. Jason grabbed some clothes for me and packed my back pack. He lead me out of my room and back to the cars. Ames and Johann were standing out front waiting on us.
"Sookie, Jess is going to come stay with me for the night and Johann is going to take you over to Lala's ok. Lafayette and Jesus are leaving work now so they will be there when you guys arrive." Jase steered me over to where they were standing.
"I was going to let you stay with me but my door room bed is tiny and you don't like the way I snuggle." Johann said trying to lighten the mood. I got in his truck and he drove me over to Lafayette's. He was trying his hardest to get me to smile which resulted in my having the hiccups from trying to laugh and cry at the same time. "You know even when you are a snotty mess you are fucking hot."
"Thanks I think." I said as we got out of his truck.
"No I mean you really are. Pam is hideous when she cries not that it gets seen too often. She looks all puffy like she got stung by a bee and has snot dripping out. You just look a little red." He reasoned as we walked over to Lafayette's door. They got me settled and everything. Lafayette was going to be my pseudo body guard during class the next day. I fell asleep on their sofa after a cup of chamomile tea. Lafayette got me up an hour before we needed to leave. I took a long shower and dressed in my yoga pants and a hoodie. I was not going to try to look good today there was just no point.
All my professors gave me looks of pity when I walked into the classrooms. It had gotten around what happened and not just Bill's cheating but also his b and e last night. I just ignored it and tried to get through my day. More than anything I was pissed off that everyone was treating me like I would break at any second. By the end of the day I just wanted to go home and curl up. I got a call from Jason that I needed to come down to have the restraining order signed off on. Lafayette went with me. He and Jason handled everything. Bill was denying that he stole Jessica's keys and that he had his own set so it was not breaking and entering. As far as I knew I never gave him any but he had a set. He wasn't being charged because of that. Jason told me that they would be keeping a watch on Bill but that it was more of a he said she said case at the moment. In other words they did not have enough evidence against him to do anything. Jason had someone clean up all the flowers and stuff making the apartment look normal. He also had the supper change out all of our locks and keys. I got calls from Daddy and Alcide asking how I was. Preston called too wanting to finalize plans for Friday. I had a real hard time trying to sleep in my room that night. I kept thinking about what Bill would have done if I had gone back to my room. I ended up sleeping on the sofa in the living room.
I groaned when I woke up Tuesday morning with a crick in my neck. I had a practicum that I needed to get to. I got dressed and ready as quickly as I could when I noticed that I had about ten minutes to get to the bus. I just barely made it and had to fix the buttons on my shirt. Working with the first graders was a great way to get my mind off of things. I would be teaching their science unit starting next week. We were looking at balance and motion. I had all sorts of fun but effective labs planned. The students always got more out of it when it was hands on. It is awesome to see when they finally get a concept that they have been struggling to understand. I was working with one of the boys on his reading fluency after lunch when I was told I needed to go down to the office. I excused myself and walked down the hall to the office. Daddy was standing there with the principal his face was somber.
"Daddy what are you doing here? What's wrong?" I asked noticing the tears in his eyes.
"Sookie I did not want to tell you this over the phone. Hadley was in a car accident this morning on the way to work. She died at the scene. Um … Hunter is ok before you ask but ah for some reason Remy was in the car with her and he ah … he is essentially brain dead. The doctors are still trying to get a hold of his parents but they don't know if he will last that long." Daddy said in a very calm voice. I could not believe it. I mean Hadley was just so full of life and a great mom. There was just no way that she could be dead.
"How" I asked in a dead tone.
"As far as they can tell a van in the oncoming lane tried to avoid hitting a deer and caused the accident. Her side of the car was crushed and Remy was ejected from the car." He answered.
"What's going to happen to Hunter? Is he going to end up in foster care?" I questioned.
"The social worker is hoping that Remy's parents will take him. I told her that I would if they don't. He should stay with family." Daddy said wisely. I nodded my head in response. I felt so bad for Hunter to have lost both of his parents at such a young age. I don't know what I would do if I did not have Daddy in my life.
AN 2: So what do you think of the drama lamas I have created? Were you expecting it to be Jessica? Please tell me what you think and go vote in the new poll.
