Not sure why that last chapter was all in bold script?
Sookie was not sure if Pam had meant it when she said she would come back but sure enough after two days she returned just after sun down , soon they fell into an easy going pattern .
Pam would arrive and they would sometimes walk in the woods or around the perimeter of the Stackhouse property, or just sit in the living room and talk .
Sookie was starting to look forward to her visits more and more , it was fantastic to have somebody to talk to and much more rewarding than talking to yourself , she had a friend now!...well maybe And even better a maybe friend who seemed to know everything about everything .
For Pam's part she was also enjoying their strange little interaction , this was not something Pam had done before she normally found humans a bore or repulsive, But Sookie was different she asked a lot of questions like most humans did , but unlike the vermin who swarmed round Fangtasia Sookie did not ask the coffin , fang , or soil of your home country questions , she wanted to know about places Pam had been , how had she got there and general facts about the world at large .
Sookie had tried to ask some questions about different types of food from around the world but that topic quickly died off , Pam had attempted to tell her about the different way's some people's blood tasted but Sookie went a little green so they left it at that .
Although Pam did genuinely enjoy just talking to Sookie she also wanted to try and find out more about her , why was she here all alone ? , why did she never ever leave the farm ? , or for that matter never appear without her ever present sunglasses .
Pam soon learnt although Sookie loved to chat , once you got her going she would chitter on like mad , but if you asked her direct questions about herself she shut down cold and it would take a while before you could start her up again .
A master of subtly Pam had resorted to slipping in little quires into the general conversation and Sookie would let slip with a bit of information ,she could add to her growing list of facts to build up a picture about her strange little human .
She now Knew Sookie's grandmother had owned the farm and all the surrounding land so she had no rent to worry about , food was delivered to her on a set rota by an individual called the '' Funny Man '' and this was all payed for directly from her late grandmothers bank account ,as were the house hold bills , Water , Power etc . Pam did not point out that a dead person ( who was not a vampire ) could not hold a bank account so she was starting to come to the conclusion it was in fact not publically known that Adele Stackhouse was dead , and had been dead for some time , leaving Sookie for whatever reason all alone .
There was no phone or broadband in the house and Pam had yet to even see a radio anyplace, she knew Sookie availed herself of books and magazines from some sort of Christian military organisation that was a few miles away .
And these seemed to be her main source of knowledge regarding the world at large, she certainly wasn't stupid , and even impressed Pam a little by regurgitating whole passages from books she had read .
Other than utilities Sookie's needs seemed painfully simple , also rather impressively she made a lot of things herself , her cloths for instance while plain were skilfully sewn and cloth recycled to make other things , but Sookie could not hope to make everything , so that is how they came to be having the particular talk they were having now , sat in Sookie's bed room , Pam was sitting crossed legged on Sookie's bed and Sookie was mimicking her on the floor .
'' So let me get this straight Sookie...you have NEVER worn a brassiere...ever...in your entire life?''
Sookie just looked at her blankly before shrugging her shoulders '' No...when gran died I didn't have any...well you know '' Sookie jerked her head down to indicate her chest .
''But sookie you have ...well let's not beat around the bush , you have some impressive puppies there , I just find it hard to believe you have managed to get by without having some sort of support , even when I was alive we had contraptions for that sort of thing ...they involved a pound of lace and a yard of string but it was better than nothing! '' .
Sookie shrugged again '' It's never bothered me ...I guess I don't need one ''
''Maybe not now Sookie when every things still perky but someday ...''
Pam saw a chance to bring it up and in the back of her mind she thought it might not end well but she went for it anyway .
'' Sookie we could go shopping at the mall for some th...''
Sookie started shaking her head quickly side to side '' No no no ...I don't want to talk about this anymore , tell me more about France do they really eat snails ? ''
''Sookie why do you not want to leave? , you're not agoraphobic we go outside all the time to walk , what are you afraid off ? ''
Sookie stood up and shifted a little from foot to foot '' I'm not afraid ...I just don't want too ''
'' But Sookie every question you ask me is about things outside this house and farm ? , you must want to know or you wouldn't ask '' Pam knew she was pushing her now and was seriously considering Glamour to get her out of the House , but if she did that she could only imagine what Sookie's Reaction would be when she dropped the glamour in the middle of the mall , she could start screeching the place down or running round like a chicken with its head cut off and she liked her too much to do that to her , if she kept the Glamour up the whole time she would never know she left thus rendering the whole exercise pointless.
'' I don't have any money anyway it's all in grans bank and ...well I wouldn't know how to get to it ''
'' Sookie I would gladly pick you up some thi...'' Sookie turned to walk out of the room but carried on the conversation '' I cant let you but me things , you already got me that dress '' She stopped at the door '' Please Pam I don't want to talk about it anymore ...cant we just go for a walk? ''
Pam opened and closed her mouth a few times but the distressed look on Sookie's face sealed the deal , she would drop it ...for now .
Bobby Burman loved his job he was the DAYWALKER for the oldest badest Vamp in the state , cruising with the top down in his company supplied Chrysler ( company being Eric ) , he was on his way to pick up the leaflets for the much anticipated Fangtasia Halloween bash .
Slowing to nod and give a little wave to some passing girls who did their best to pretend they had not seen him he was snapped out of his perving by the sound of his mobile playing '' Don't fear the reaper '' by BOC
Flicking it open he tried to put on his best professional voice '' This is Burman '' The voice on the other end of the line sneered '' I know you idiot I called you, now Burman you worm I have a little job for you, you are going to find out everything you can about the Stackhouse Family and farm in Bon Temps '' Bobby cleared his throat '' Do you have anything else to go on other than the name ? ''
'' The name is all you should need you dick now chop fucking chop '' and with that the line went dead .
Bobby huffed and tossed the phone onto the passenger's seat '' I fucking hate that Bitch '' .
(Fangtasia )
Eric was flicking through choices of new table cloth samples muttering to himself for the sixth time that night '' Where the hell is Pam , this is her thing '' .
Just then Pam waltzed into her office lightly tossing her mobile phone in the air and catching it again looking immensely pleased with herself '' That look usually means somebody has just had a bad night , what have you done now ? '' .
Pam gracefully seated her self on the rich black leather couch and smiled '' Nothing of note ''
''Well then you can start doing your job and deal with these , Eric tossed the sample book at her and it was caught with ease , opening it Pam flicked a few pages then selected a deep Burgundy with black swirls patterns '' This one '' she held it up for Eric '' This one is perfect '' .
''Red pam...that's hardly original , I could have just picked the red one ''
'' Your just grumpy about something , I haven't just picked the red one , the black swirls will go with the black net skirts I picked out for the waitress , the burgundy will go with the streamers and True blood fountain I've arranged , see it's all about the matches ...and besides I know red is a favourite colour so I do not see what you are complaining about ''.
'' Have a care Pam , it sounds like your almost mouthing off to you master '' Eric fixed her with stern look but quickly dropped it , he only had himself to blame he had spoiled her as a fledgling , but she made up for that in loyalty and ability ...and truth be told he would never dare tell her how much she meant to him...there would be no living with her after that .
'' I trust you have made the final arrangements for the Halloween gathering yes ?'' Pam nodded '' Its all in hand master , I'm just waiting on the final word from Area three regarding borrowing some B+ donors , I couldn't drum up any around here , other than that it should be a good night .
'' Will we have to bother with any royal entanglements this year ? '' by entanglements Pam was referring to having to deal with King Felipe de Castro or his Pit-bull Victor Madden
''no thankfully they have both sent there regrets , so we will not be playing host to the King of Louisiana , Arkansas and Nevada '' Eric did not sound in the least bit perturbed about this , he may have sworn loyalty to this king after his brutal takeover of the state but he did not trust him at all , as long as he left him alone to run his area and was happy with the tithe he gave him the Vampire could rot for he cared , especially that maggot Madden , he barley deserved the title of Vampire .
Eric wanted to change the subject he disliked discussing the King or his minions it was first off dangerous to even voice such feelings , he was old enough to know walls have ears , and second it just put him in a bad mood .
'' Do you feel like telling me where you have been disappearing off to lately ? , my AMEX card bill has not gotten any worse than you usually do to it , so you cannot have been shopping all this time ? ''
Pam had not told Eric about her visits too Sookie yet , she was not hiding it but she was a little worried that if Eric pitched up unannounced at Sookie's house the little human would die of fright , she had brought Eric up a few times in conversation with Sookie and the look on her face was never good .
'' I've been running a lot lately I've missed the woods , and hunting in the club has been less that appealing we really must try and attract a higher class of blood bag '' Pam was being a little creative with truth but not out right lying she did run to Sookie's and they did walk in her woods , she was just leaving the Sookie Part out .
Eric seemed satisfied with this and simply grunted and returned to paper work regarding feeding and hunting requests from new vampires in the area
A sheriffs work was never done
A few nights later Pam was driving to Bon Temps to visit Sookie , she had some magazines that she thought were a bit more interesting than the ones she had seen in her room and did not want to have to run while carrying them , plus she had just paid $800.00 for a killer pair of Stuart weitzmans open toe electric pink pumps and there was no way she was getting mud on them .
Also driving gave her more time to think , immortality as she had often said could get boring so Vampires often took on projects to pass the time , pam suspected that's why a lot of Vampires chose to be makers , her project had now become Sookie , she was going to get her out of the house if it killed her...again .
Sookie was like a little diamond wrapped in a manky cloth , she should be brought out to shine , not couped up in bumsfuck vile her whole life , Glamour was out of the question so it had to be Sookie's choice . But this was a difficult problem to solve , it had to be done gently as pam did not want to upset her , it was still beyond her why but Pam now had great feeling for the girl , she still considered herself to be a Vampire Bitch from hell and still liked to snark with the best of them but there was no denying the soft spot she had for her little Angel .
Maybe it was because Pam had never been a maker and still felt unready for that step , so had filled the need to develop and mould something with Sookie instead of making a child , kind of like when Humans purchase little dogs when they don't want kids but feel the need to pet and dress something up .
Bribing her with material goods had failed , Sookie looked at most things from a need as a pose to want point of view , she valued knowledge or something her house required instead of cloths or gimmicks , Pam was still unsure just how long she had been up there all alone as Sookie was still cadgey with the details but from what she could put together it was a long time.
Hopefully that scum Burman could shed a little light on things but she wouldn't hold her breath she had little faith in him and could never understand why Eric kept him around
Pulling up sookies drive way Pam was thinking ''drive way'' was a generous word , the danm thing was so full of pot holes it felt like an off road track , She parked just in front of the old house and was just retrieving the magazines from the back when sookie came flying out with a look of shear glee on her face .
The little human stopped and started poking and touching the car examining every corner and peeking in through every window , Pam stood back with a bemused look on her face and just let her get on with it , eventually Sookie made her way round to the open back door and quickly climbed inside .
Pam was almost two hundred years old and had never in all that time felt more like slapping herself '' Sookie do you want to go for a drive ? '' the answer could not be this obvious could it ? .
'' Just a drive we wouldn't stop anyplace ? '' Sookie's face was fighting back and forth from excited to cautious but excited looked like it was winning
''Just a drive , I promise '' If Pam needed to breath she would have held her breath
''mmmm...Ok then '' and she quickly wiggled from the back seat to front side passenger
Pam Opened the driver's side door again and mumbled '' Live and learn I guess '' .