Updating already! I'm ill at the moment and so i'm just writing loads to cure boredom so forgive me if the chapters are shit.
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"Hey where is my iced tea?"
"I'm sorry Ms Fortenberry, I had completely forgot i'll go get it for you right now."
I stormed off to the back, Merlotte's was real busy today and was getting more and more so as the day went on, thank fuck I only had another forty minutes till the end of my shift.
"Hey Violet."
"Sam make it quick or Fortenberry on table four is going to bite my head off."
"Whats up?"
"Oh I forgot her Iced tea."
"Well I need you to step up your game tonight V, its not like you to forget orders, you alright?"
"Perfectly."
"Well then you won't mind covering for Arlene tonight, shes sick."
"Woah, woah, woah, what? Why me? Is Sookie busy?"
"She is already working tonight, there is nobody else."
"Sam you need more waitresses."
Fuck! I took the iced tea and banged it down on table four. I really didn't want to work another 4 hours especially not with Sookie.
Forty-five minutes later and Sookie walked in. At fucking last I could have my break.
"I know i'm late i'm sorry."
I handed her my tea-towel and walked out the back for a break. I sat on the back porch and dropped my head in my lap, I was so beat.
"You not going home?"
I lifted my head up. Sookie was standing by the door.
"No, Arlene is sick so Sam asked me to cover."
"You ok? You don't look to good."
"No Sookie i've just worked a ten till five job and now I have to do a five till nine, thats eleven hours of work which i'm not enjoying."
I snapped at Sookie, but I wasn't in the mood and I knew any second now she was going to ask me about...
"So you ready to tell me about last night?"
...that thing.
"There is nothing to talk about."
"I think there is! So what are you?"
"Cant you just drop it?"
"No. How did you get home so fast?"
"I ran."
"Nothin' human can run that fast."
I stared sourly at Sookie; I was not in the mood for this. I think she got the hint, her face softened a bit.
"Look I don't want to upset you, I want to help you, but you gotta tell me whats going on."
"Ok Sookie. I really don't want to hurt your feelings, but i'm fine, I don't need your help and i'm not going to tell you whats going on. Cant you just forget?"
She looked hurt.
"Thats not what happened last night. You really did need my help."
"Last night, last night was different, it's never happened to me before and never will ever again."
"You can't be sure."
I stood up, I didn't want to be in this conversation anymore.
"Look can I just get through the next four hours of work, please?"
She looked kinda guilty. Good. I walked back inside and went to a group of people standing at the door.
"Hey y'all. Table for three?"
Eric P.O.V.
I woke feeling as angry as I did going to rest. She hadn't turned up last night, she had violated our agreement. I guess what annoyed me more was the fact that I was worrying about her, I wanted to know if she was ok or if something had happened, which was bizarre in the least because she's a fucking vampire slayer and I should want to rip her throat out. She did seem different to the rest though; I had read what she had recommended; 'Slayers: A History of the Legend' and I was beginning to understand why vampires feared slayers; most of them just killed vampires wherever and whenever they came across them, no mercy, ruthless with the strength of a hundred vampires, but Violet was different, she chooses to show mercy and decide between good and evil which makes her a better warrior than all her predecessors. But where the fuck was she?
"Eric we have a situation; Doyle from the police department is here."
Doyle was a cop who worked for me; basically if anything suspicious or vampire related cropped up, he would come and tell me first and if necessary cover it up.
"Doyle, what seems to be the problem?"
"Had a disturbance call late last night around about eleven thirty in a small side road not to far from here."
"And?"
"Well it being so close to the club I decided to take it and a good thing I did too. When I got there the place was a mess; a lot of blood, all vampire, and the road was smashed up, like something had hit it was a lot of force. Something defiantly happened last night."
"Why didn't you come to me with this last night?"
"I had to clear it up and then the boss called me to get me on a different case that was more important, gang war-fair and all that. I just had time to clean it up and then I had people with me the rest of the night. Here I took a couple of snaps."
He held out a few photographs, I looked at them.
"Any idea how many vampires?"
"By the looks of things two dead."
"What did you report back to the station?"
"That I found nothing; cat fight or something."
"Good. Thank you for bringing this to my attention Doyle."
I looked at Pam who gave Doyle a large envelope full of money.
"Pleasures mine. I'll keep an ear out for anything else. Pam. Eric."
Doyle left the club.
"What are you thinking Eric?"
"I'm not sure."
"Violet?"
"This doesn't seem like her style. She is neat and clean normally doesn't leave a mark and she never leaves bodies behind."
"Its a bit coincidental don't you think? The day she is meant to turn up and doesn't two dead vampire bodies turn up in her place?"
"I admit its suspicious. Pam I need to find out who Violet is and where she is."
"I'll start callin' people."
Violet P.O.V
I had five minutes left of this prolonged shift and my feet were killing me. Bill was in as soon as the sun had set and had spent all his time watching me so I stayed as far away from him as I possibly could. At last my shift was over; I took off my apron and dropped it onto the bar.
"Thats it i'm done."
I went into Sams office and started to pull my leather jeans over my work shorts; he came in mid way through me jumping in the air trying to get them on.
"Oh hey"
He turned his back. His shyness made me grin.
"Its ok Sam i'm done."
"I just wanted to say thank you for working the extra."
"Yeah i'm not best pleased with it."
"I noticed you were a bit off today. You ok?"
"I'm fine, just one of those days, you know?"
I put my leather jacket on and picked up my helmet.
"Ok i'm off now."
"Sure you don't want to stay till close?"
"Good bye Sam."
I went out the back, I wanted to avoid Sookie and Bill. I walked over to my bike and zipped up my jacket. I was about to jump on when I felt a vampire stand behind me. Bill. I turned and did a fake stagger trying to throw him off thinking I was anything other than normal. He glared at me, thats when I realised he was trying to glamour me, shit, what do I do? Glamouring doesn't work on me but I couldn't let him know that. Ok time to try and act. I dropped my helmet and stared into his eyes; thats what happens right?
"Who are you?"
I had to try really hard to not laugh, his voice was even more serious than normal, if it were possible, it just made me want to giggle, I can't take anything serious. I tried to make my voice as flat and single toned as possible.
"Violet Grace De Core."
"Where are you from?"
"Montana."
"What are you?"
"Human."
His face was a picture, like he had been smacked in the face, I wanted so badly to smile but I had to control myself.
"What?"
Oh shit, was that rhetorical? Do I answer that? Best to stay quiet right? Oh maybe that wasn't the best thing to do, he was now looking at me suspiciously.
"You feel my influence don't you?"
"Yes."
"You feel our minds connected."
"Yes."
"Well thats strange, because minds don't connect when a vampire glamours."
Ah shit. I looked at him and smiled a little, I did kind of find it funny, I know I really shouldn't have though, but what was he going to do?
"Busted." I laughed.
I didn't expect this next move; his fangs slid out and his hand came up round my neck. This kinda pissed me off a bit but I didn't want to hurt him, he wasn't very strong; I put my hand on his forearm and pulled his hand away from my neck with ease. He suddenly looked very scared. I held his arm at a slight angle so it caused him some pain.
"Why couldn't you just drop it, Bill?"
"Oh my god! You are her aren't you? I've heard rumours but you, your just a child!"
I raised my eye-brows and then let go of his arm, he moved back several paces. I sighed
"I don't know what you are talking about."
I was past unconvincing, but I really didn't want them to know; I just wanted something in my life to be sort of normal and it felt weird having people in my home know about me.
"You are the vampire slayer."
I sighed again, great.
"I'm not going to hurt you Bill I owe you for last night and you seem like an alright guy."
He raised his eye-brows and looked extremely surprised.
"But, if you tell anyone about me, vampire, human, I will kill you."
"I don't understand, I was led to believe slayers just killed vampires wherever they found them."
I shrugged.
"They normally do, but with the new laws and true blood I can't see why vampires have to kill, thats why the only vampires I kill are the ones that pose any kind of threat to humans."
"Thats why you killed Malcolm, Liam and Diane."
I nodded.
"I don't like vampires, but I don't think that give me right to kill them, like vampires have no right to kill humans, like I said, with all the new technology, there is no reason why we cannot co-exist."
Bill looked even more surprised.
"Not that many people feel the same way as I do though. Thats why you can't tell anybody, its also a risk for the people around me. Its not just vampires that want me dead but hunter families dislike my attitudes and probably if the Fellowship of the Sun found out about me they would want to kill me."
"Why would the Fellowship of the Sun want to kill a vampire slayer?"
"Not the slayer, me. I won't help them in their warrior of the sun campaign I think its wrong, but if they kill me, the next slayer will come along and hopefully she would help them. I'm very strong Bill, the effects of a slayer on their side could be catastrophic."
Bill just looked shocked.
"What about Sookie, I have to tell her."
"Can she keep secrets?"
"Oh you have no idea."
I looked at him surprised.
"She told me she was a telepath?"
"Like I said, she can keep secrets."
This made me smile. It felt nice telling someone, even if that someone was a vampire.
"I have to go. I have a meeting with the area sheriff."
Bill looked at me confused.
"Eric?"
"Well he is your area sheriff it does make sense you know him."
"Why do you have meetings with him?"
"I give him updates on my monthly slayings. Its a system we have worked out."
"Thats either logic or madness."
"I think its a bit of both. Bill you mustn't tell Eric that you know who I am, or where I live you understand?"
He looked uncomfortable.
"Bill? I promise you now if you breathe a word to him I will toast some marshmallows on your burning flesh."
"Alright."
I picked up my helmet.
"You should go back in to Sookie, explain everything later."
"Safe journey to Shreveport."
He looked as surprised as I was that he said that.
"Thank you."
I slipped my helmet on, started up my bike and drove off. That was much easier than I thought it would be.
Is this the beginning of a beautiful friendship? Maybe :)