Chapter 9:
Two vampires stood in the bar obviously not looking for a bottle of True Blood. They both had one thing on their mind and that was Sookie. Grace couldn't help but still feel anxious since Bill looked like he could feel Grace reading his thoughts. Bill looked around the room for a moment before glancing at her. There was a lump in Grace's throat as she tried to look busy.
The second vampire stood behind them. He was much taller than Bill, his blonde hair smoothed back and a grin on his face. He was the most beautiful vampire Grace had seen, and what was a lot for Grace to admit. His sight was on Sookie, as Bill turned to him angry that he was there. There was a look of determination and spite in his eyes while he ignored Bill's presence. He was dressed too nice just to be any normal vampire; Grace knew he was of some importance, which made her more nervous.
"What are you doing here Eric, this doesn't concern you" Bill said bitterly. The was an obvious tension between the two males. Bill was territorial over Sookie, and almost threatened by Eric. Eric stood with a confidence so grand that nobody could intimidate him, at least anything human.
"Bill….Did you not hear her? She would like you to leave her alone" he said after a pause, His voice was deep and smooth, but a bit rough. His words were almost in a mocking tone as he grinned.
It almost made Grace cringe inside. His thoughts were conflicted. He didn't care for humans but was battling feelings for Sookie, he wanted her for her blood and her powers, but he was fighting through more.
The blonde vampire finally took his eyes off Sookie and looked around. He stopped at he saw Grace and tilted his head for a moment with a smile before looking back at Bill. He began to wear the same expression Bill did. He felt someone reading his thoughts. Grace tried to shut her brain off but it was going a mile a minute.
"Eric I believe I also told you to stay away from me as well" Sookie spat out. "The two of you have no business being here so please leave and let me be"
Bill pleaded once more "But Sookie, you need to be protected. Sophie-Anne is still after you" Bill said
As Grace heard the vampire Queen's name she held her stomach in terror. She was still after Sookie, what would Sophie-Anne do if she found out there was blood out there more powerful than Sookie's.
She shook her head "The only thing I need protection from, is you two. Now please go before Sam comes out here with a shot gun"
"Too late…" Eric said looking passed the bar.
Grace turned to see Sam coming from the back. His face was angry as he stormed out. "You two need to leave. Now, leave her alone" Sam said sternly "Go on, you two aren't welcome in my bar"
Grace looked on at the men's reactions. Bill looked down respectful of Sam's wishes but wanted to object. He wanted to talk to Sookie, he wanted to make things right.
Eric stood firm glancing back at Sam. He turned his attention to Grace before turning on his heel for the door. "Common Bill" he said coolly
Bill hesitated still keeping his eyes on Sookie. "Bill just go.." she said defeated.
By now the whole bar was silent, watching what was going on. Bill finally gave up as he lowered his head and turned to leave. Eric stood holding the door open for Bill and was about to follow him out when he turned to see Grace one last time. Grace looked away not wanting to make eye contact, she would only read him more giving him the feeling that someone was in his head.
As they left the whole bar took a deep breath and went back to their night. Sookie stood frozen staring at the door, her face fallen. Sam held her shoulders and walked her back to his office.
"I swear whenever those two are around, trouble aint far behind" Arlene said standing in front of the bar. Grace took in Arlene's words and followed Sam and Sookie. Arlene had been nothing short of a bitch to Grace the whole night, and listening to Arlene complain about Bill and Eric was not on the list of things Grace wanted to do.
As she passed the kitchen Lafayette was gone. She stopped and leaned over the kitchen window to see where he was. He was on the floor hugging his knees. "Lafayette?" she said walking around to go in the kitchen.
She kneeled in front of him "You alright?" she asked
The shit is too expensive to sell that fast, I don't know what he expects from me, if I don't get rid of the V Eric and Pam are gonna kill me, and I am way too fuckin pretty do die.
Grace stood surprised, Lafayette looked like a lot of things but a drug dealer wasn't one of them. She concentrated and saw everything, how Eric locked him in a dungeon, and as Lafayette tried to get out he was shot. Now Eric had him dealing vampire blood for him as a price for not killing him for doing it in the first place.
Grace looked around to see if anyone else was around. "Lafayette…listen to me" Grace said quietly "He's gone" she said
Lafayette looked at Grace for a moment knowing who she was talking about. He kept quiet.
"Do you want me to go get Sam?" She asked
Lafayette shook his head quickly "I just…..just need a minute" he stuttered. There was great fear in his eyes. Grace wondered why a vampire had humans selling vampire blood for him. Most of the were wealthy beyond belief. She thought back to Cody for a moment and shook away the memory.
As she fought the memory, Lafayette got to his feet, feeling embarrassed, he was trying to think of an excuse to give Grace. She tried to hide her smile as she looked at him.
"I'm gonna go check on Sookie" She said not waiting for him to say anything.
They exchanged a silent nod as Grace walked out. She passed Sam on the way to his office. "Hey she ok?" Grace was surprised that she actually was worried about Sookie.
There was a bond that was starting to form based on their commonalty and Grace was starting to trust Sookie's kindness.
He nodded "Yeah, she's pretty upset though, you think you could take her home? Everyone usually clears out right after a vampire comes in" he said annoyed "She's too upset to drive herself"
Grace nodded "Sure" she started for the office.
"Grace" Sam called. Grace turned curious "Those two did a real number on her." Sam said "and when they want something, they usually get it."
Grace didn't know how to respond to Sam's comment. "Just be careful going home" He added.
Grace walked into the office to find Sookie slumped in the arm chair. Tears ran down her face as she sobbed. Grace stood silent but Sookie knew she was there.
"I don't know how I could love someone like him" she said "But I still do" she cried
Sookie, which one?
Sookie looked up. "Bill of Course…"
Grace tilted her head "Sookie its ok to love more than one person…or vampire" Grace said softly
Sookie was almost insulted "I do not love Eric Northman" she scoffed
Sookie couldn't hide from Grace, she was slowly learning that lesson as she looked down almost ashamed as Grace saw the dreams Sookie's had, and the memories, and her feelings for him
"He has those nice qualities and has done things that are so out of the ordinary for him, but if he does something nice, he follows it up with something awful" she said starting to calm down. "You cant trust someone like that"
"What's his interest in you?" Grace asked
Sookie shrugged "my telepathy. My blood, he can go out in the sun for a few moments with it in his system."
In that moment Grace used al of her energy to shut her mind off as Sookie looked at her. Grace raised an eyebrow "You don't think he has feelings for you? Real feelings? Like Bills?' Grace tried to distract Sookie
Sookie looked down at her tissue "I don't know, Bills were, or at least I thought real. But it was all a lie" she said
Grace felt like her head was about to explode, Sookie wasn't getting inside her head, not right now. If Grace let up Sookie would find out everything and Grace couldn't afford to let that happen. Sookie's blood can do about a fraction of what Grace's can do. It's the reason she lost her brother, the reason why she had to run.
