Modern Day Romeo and Juliet.
I don't own anything.
Pairing Sookie&Eric, naturally.
Alright this is a bit confusing, it includes things that happened in all books, she knows Bill, and she doesn't know Eric. It has information from Dead in the Family. I also have changed the Fae Royalty around a bit to suit myself, which I will explain.
Rating: M.
A/N: Alright, I usually try to reply to every review I get but I've been so wrapped up in writing this, checking it over, and reading the reviews and repeating those steps I haven't gotten too, I'm so glad so many people are reading/reviewing this story. I don't know how many of you actually read chapter nine (except for the two of you that reviewed) because it says 0. I dunno. But like I said, love the reviews. it finally updated itself.
And fair warning, I have a thing for vampire children.
Also, not a lot of E/S action. But its important.
I'm also titling this chapter, because its got a title/theme whatever. "For your entertainment!" –Song induced title.
Enjoy~!
SPOV
I woke up the next day sprawled out across my bed, on top of the sheets, sweat covering me. I groaned and looked at my clock, it was blank. My fan was off. The lights were off. Everything was off. It was hot. And I was soaked with sweat.
Ew. Major ew.
The sun tricked through my window and I could see Ricca passing by my bedroom door, half naked, stomach swelling out, "Ricca!" I griped shoving my face in a pillow.
"Sorry Sookie, it's too damn hot for me to care about your prude-ness." She snapped, "Gran's at the church. You can go join her there's air conditioning."
"Why aren't you with her?" I asked, not pulling my face from the pillow.
"There's only so much of Maxine Fortenberry's lectures and gossip I can handle. And of course Hoyt's incessant staring." She grumbled, "Honestly I'm fucking pregnant." I glanced up at her, careful to look no lower then her face. But failing when I wanted to know what she was actually wearing.
She was standing in the hallway in no more then a Fangtasia thong, hands behind her head, hair in pigtails, covering her breasts and baby bump, face red, and sweat covering her.
"Trust me, its way better this way. I think of you as nothing more then a sister." She sighed walking down the hallway. I sat in my bed for a few minutes before sighing and putting on a bathing suit. I had my hand on the fridge door when Ricca's voice ran through my head, don't open that. Right power's out.
She was laying in the grass in the back yard, hair moved off of her soaking up the sun, was she not hot enough? Oh ew. I groaned inwardly, "I'm starving." I grumbled.
"There's food in the pantry Sook, have cookies or something."
"For breakfast!"
"You've had worse." She gave me a nasty smirk and I blushed, "I told you that didn't happen!"
She burst into a fit of giggles and put her hair back over her as she stood up, "I'll get dressed and drive you to Shreveport for food." She came back down in a Fangtasia T-shirt and a pair of Fangtasia shorts.
"Are you advertising for them?" I asked, she smirked.
"Actually I went back last night for a little fun with Pam, my clothes paid the price." I felt my face heat up as Ricca cackled with laughter and sauntered out the door, I followed behind her mortified at how truly crass she could be, "fortunately their shirts come in a maternity size!"
"Aww Sookie, I'm only here." She paused and sang the next part, "for your entertainment."
"You're not Adam Lambert so no you're not." I replied, she put on her hurt puppy dog face and then started singing.
"So hot out of the box Can we pick up the pace? Turn it up, heat it up I need to be entertained. Push the limit, are you with it? Baby don't be afraid Imma hurt you real good baby." She wasn't going to stop. I knew that as I slid into the car, "Let's go it's my show, baby, do what I say. Don't trip off the glitz that I'm gonna display I told you, Imma hold ya down until you're amazed Give it to ya til you're screamin' my name!"
"Ricca!"
She shook her head and kept singing, "No escaping when I start! Once I'm in I own your heart! There's no way to ring the alarm So hold on until it's over Oh! Do you know what you got into? Can you handle what I'm 'bout to do? 'Cause it's about to get rough for you I'm here for your entertainment!"
I groaned and rested my head back, she wasn't a bad singer at least, she had gone from pestering me to actually singing for the hell of it, "Oh! I bet you thought that I was soft and sweet You thought an angel swept you off your feet But I'm about to turn up the heat I'm here for your entertainment!"
She glanced over at me and shrugged, "'Sall right You'll be fine Baby I'm in control Take the pain Take the pleasure I'm the master of both. Close your eyes, not your mind Let me into your soul. I'm gonna work it 'til your totally blown. No escaping when I start Once I'm in I own your heart There's no way to ring the alarm So hold on 'til it's over, Oh!
Do you know what you got into Can you handle what I am about to do? 'Cause it's about to get rough for you I'm here for your entertainment!"
I finally caved in and sung along, "Oh I bet you thought that I was soft and sweet You thought an angel swept you off your feet But I'm about to turn up the heat I'm here for your entertainment!"
"Oh Do you like what you see? Oh Let me entertain ya 'til you scream Oh! " I let her sing alone, because I couldn't sing that at all.
"Do you know what you got into Can you handle what I am about to do 'Cause it's about to get rough for you I'm here for your entertainment!" we chorused.
"Oh! I bet you thought that I was soft and sweet You thought an angel swept you off your feet But I'm about to turn up the heat I'm here for your entertainment." Once she was done she clicked the radio on, only to hear 'For your entertainment' once again. She changed to station and 'Bad things' filled the car, she remained silent, a big smirk on her face. I wasn't asking anything this time.
We pulled up outside a small diner and headed inside, a few males gave Ricca and I a once over, a few more chanced a twice and one reached out toward me, Ricca smacked his hand away, apparently with her nails.
"Bitch you cut me?" Ricca faked innocence and looked down at him.
"Me? I could never." The owner shook her head and smiled softly.
"Can I getcha two anything to drink?"
"7-up please." We said in unison.
"Alright, go sit down where ever, here are menus." I took both of them and smiled in thanks, pulling Ricca to the opposite end of the diner.
"My wish for you is that this life becomes all that you want it too.." Ricca mumbled absently, fiddling with the stir sticks on the table. The perverted, hyper Ricca from 5 minutes ago suddenly disappeared and this new, quiet Ricca took her place, I didn't know whether or not to be scared or happy. She turned her head to look out the window and I caught a glimpse of fang marks on her neck, non-healing fang marks.
"Ricca, what happened to your neck, why are those marks still there?" I hissed in a soft voice. She shrugged, choosing not to comment on it. I glanced over at her, she had her hand on her belly, looking down at it, her eyes showing how truly scared she was.
"Ricca what happened?"
"Appius got a kick in." she murmured, "and for some reason I can't heal. But the babies fine, I think my healing went to him.." she went back to rubbing soothing circles on her belly, whispering to it.
"Have you talked to Lyl?"
"He-doesn't want to see me anymore." She whispered, "he…I don't know. He wigged out when I risked my life to save you and didn't worry about my baby. He said if I didn't care then neither did he." I decided to shut my mouth and stick my face into the menu. Then I decided to ask one more thing.
"Who bit you?"
"Pam." She replied with a fond smile, "she was with…a guy getting info for erm…someone and I decided I'd er…help. And don't give me that "you had sex with another man while you were pregnant" look that I've already gotten from Gran."
"I-sorry." I blushed and turned my head down again, looking for food as my stomach grumbled loudly in agreement.
I ended up getting a stack of blueberry pancakes, scrambled eggs and bacon. Ricca got chocolate pancakes, some fruit and a plate of bacon.
"Ricca how far along are you?" I glanced down at her belly, I guess I hadn't noticed early just how big she looked.
"Well we don't actually know when he was conceived, we'd been trying for months, but I don't exactly have a 'regular cycle' so I didn't notice at first, until I decided lets see what a pee stick says. Which was the day of our lovely trip. So if it was normal, I'd say a month? But since its not I went to a few doctors, they said, 4 months. But I'm not sure, just keeps growing. Hasn't started kicking yet."
"Do you know how much it will keep growing?"
"Probably quickly."
"Just one baby?"
She nodded, tears welling in her eyes, "Two babies, one heart beat." She whispered, her hand stopping its circular motion on her stomach, "I'm thinking I get to go to a new doc and see about the gender.."
"Can I come with?"
"Of course Sookie." She smiled warmly at me. Our food was set down and we both dug in, when we were done I drove us home to find our porch lights on.
"Oh thank, fuck." Ricca groaned happily getting out of the car, she was half way up the porch when she stopped and put her hand on her stomach.
"Ricca are you okay?" I asked rushing to her side. She nodded and took my hand leading it to her belly, I felt a soft kick, and looked up to see Ricca looking down joy covering her face.
"There's two pairs of feet kicking Sookie." Bloody tears started to well up in her eyes, "but only one heart beat."
"Oh my god, are you having a vampire baby?" she shook her head, her mouth agape as I felt another, stronger, kick on my hand.
"I think I am." She whispered, "no more human doctors for me. Unhg, I have to go see Ludwig." She sounded so very pleased with that, "I'm going to take a nap." She stepped up the stairs and left me behind.
Gran was inside when I got into the kitchen, reading a book. I gave her a small wave and got a glass of lemonade. I chugged it down, and then went out back to get the lawn mower, I needed something to do.
When Ricca finally woke up it was dark, she ambled down stairs, her shirt now barely fitting over her baby bump, oh my, "lord. Ricca!" she sighed and shook her head, "take me to Fangtasia. Please."
I grabbed my keys and lead her down the stairs, "Gran, we'll be back." I yelled as we descended the stairs. I drove as quick as I could toward the bar. It was closed for the night, but Pam, Eric, and a tiny woman around three feet tall she had a large nose and olive skin. Her hair was coarse golden brown and incredibly thick and wavy.
"Ricca." She also had a deep voice.
"Not the time for a lecture Amy. I feel like I'm going to fucking pop." Ricca hissed, waddling toward the door, when she got there Pam put a hand on her mid back and led her in, Eric walked over, wrapped his arms around me, kissed the top of my head and led me inside behind the other.
"Lyl." I greeted noticing the fairy lurking in the shadows, I saw Ricca give him a glare as she was laid on a table and the woman, Amy, rolled an ultrasound machine over to her. She must be Ludwig.
"How far along are you?"
"I don't fucking know!" she hissed angrily, "its, they're growing to fast! You're the doctor so you tell me!"
"Calm yourself Ricca." I heard Pam whisper soothingly rubbing soft circles on the top of her hand, Eric turned his back so he could only see Ricca's face as the doctor began her examination.
"Do you want me to do an ultra sound?"
"No, I'm just laying here for your fucking entertainment!" she snarled, her fangs jutting out, the doctor shook her head and rolled up Ricca's far to tight shirt. I watched her shiver as the cool jell was spread on her stomach.
Eric, Pam, Lyl, Ricca and I all stared at the screen while the doctor talked, "you look like you're ready to give birth at any minute." The screen just started to flicker on when Ricca gasped in pain; Pam glanced down briefly at Ricca's legs.
"Her water broke." She said in a monotone voice.
"Great I'm going to go into labor in a fucking vampire bar, where lots of nasty things get off!" she grumbled, clearly having some major mood swings, "Lyl get you ass over here."
He slowly moved to stand beside her as her face contorted in pain, she squeezed his hand as well as Pam's. Lyl yelped in pain and Ricca glared at him while Pam had a smug look on her face.
Ricca's face relaxed, "doc, does it have to be…here?"
"Well we can move you off of a table but we hav-."
"There's a bed in my back room." Eric offered turning his attention to Ricca, she nodded eagerly and he scooped her up off of the table, Ricca grabbed at my hand and finally caught it, I smiled at her and she returned it as her eyes closed and she squeezed my hand, hard.
I'm sorry, but Lyl is such a wuss, unless maybe she was being softer? Nah not possible. Eric gently set her on the bed, near the edge while Ludwig completely removed Ricca's garments, Eric went and got her a big red Fangtasia shirt, laying it next to her for when she wasn't about to give birth.
"How many children?"
"Two. Dimwit." Ricca snapped, yep she was going to be fun, she was still clutching my hand, in her other hand was Pam's. Lyl stood by the bed behind me, away from the vampires.
"Oh, my, fuck!" Ricca growled, dropping my hand and taking Lyl's, her face clearly reading 'fuck you' as she squeezed it.
"The babies coming." Ludwig said from her position on a stood between Ricca's legs, "now take a deep breath and push."
"I don't need to fucking breath." She snarled, but obeyed the doctors command, "Sookie, please don't let that witch, touch my children." Yikes, she had such a bad attitude when she was in pain, Eric was suddenly in Ludwig's seat, waiting.
"Have you ever delivered a baby?"
"My own children in fact." He replied, and then began coaching Ricca. Throughout the whole ordeal she was screaming at Lyl, mostly for being a wimp and crying about his hand. I moved him out of the way and took his place, it didn't hurt.
After a few more pushes a cry filled the room, Ricca dropped my hand I went to get the crying baby from Eric; Pam came over and gently cleaned, him, off. I was transfixed with the baby's greener then green eyes. I glanced over to see Eric holding a second, non-crying baby.
I walked over and handed the small bundle I had to the worried looking Ricca. She was transfixed with him, while I walked over to Eric.
The baby in his arms was wriggling and moving around, a huge smile on her face. Her green eyes sparkling even in the dark, and she had fangs.
"Someone take this baby, help me up a shirt on and give me my children back. They're not for you entertainment either!" Ricca yelled. I bit back a laugh and took the small baby from her. Pam grabbed the shirt, tugged it over Ricca's head, kissed Ricca's head and adjusted her in the bed before Eric and I handed the two babies to their mom.
"Ricca?" Lyl asked softly approaching the bed, she moved an inch so both Lyl and Pam could climb in beside her, and pulled her feet up signaling for Eric and I to sit, Ludwig left soon after that. Ricca didn't speak for twenty minutes, something that shocked me.
Nobody really spoke, I was the only thing that made the least bit of noise, because I giggled when Ricca's little girl reached out and pulled Lyl's hair. Ricca smiled affectionately at them and whispered, "got your daddy's hair color baby girl."
After a few more minutes of silence she spoke again, "Alexander Eric Horror." She didn't say the little girls name yet, still trying to come up with it. She silently passed their son to Lyl. "Vianna Hope Horror." He whispered. Hope was my middle name.
"Lyl why would you…?" Pam asked leaving the question open.
"You're bonded to her mother. Just like Sookie, you'll be apart of her life, just like you were today." So Vianna was….
"How'd you know my middle name?" ah, Pam's middle name.
Lyl just shook his head, "Adele would like to see them." Hope was also my Gran's middle name.
"Got two baby seats?" she inquired, Lyl nodded. We all slipped out of the bed, loaded the kids, Ricca, Pam and I into a car, Eric and Lyl took Eric's car, I don't even know how that one worked out, and drove back to my house.
Gran was in the living room watching the news and reading a book when we came in, she spotted the two babies, shut the tv off, put her book down and waited expectantly. Ricca walked over and set Vianna in Gran's lap.
"Vianna Hope, meet your great-Gran." She giggled, "Gran, this is Alexander Eric Horror."
Gran was holding Alexander when she suddenly made a face, "Alex needs a change." Nobody moved a few people, "I'm not just saying that for your entertainment." At the words both Ricca and I fell into fits off giggles, I took Vianna, Ricca took Alexander and together we went into her room where all of the baby things were set up so we could actually dress, clean, and feed the two children.