AN: So, I have some notes and ideas for a couple more All Human stories featuring these three...Would this be something you guys might be interested in reading? Let me know what you think!

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Chapter 10

GPOV

Our plane landed this morning and now Eric and I are driving to the university to settle ourselves into the rental house on campus. My heart is racing in eagerness to see Sookie again. These last three months have been torture being so far from her. We have texted and called each other to keep up to date, but I am missing her beautiful, smiling face and kissing her soft, delicate lips. I can't wipe the huge grin from my face as I anticipate seeing the girl who has been filling my dreams. I glance over and see Eric is wearing a matching grin.

Sookie still hasn't told us if she has made any choice between the two of us, and I don't want to force the issue in fear she may push us both away, but I can only imagine living together will cause some issues between the three of us given the nature of our unique relationship. I suppose we should try to make the best of the awkward living arrangements. Eric and I have avoided speaking about Sookie, or our relationships with her, but I suppose it needs to be brought up now, to avoid potential disaster.

"Eric," I start. He glances at me, so I continue, "Look, I know we haven't exactly talked about living together with Sookie, but I want to ensure we cause as little stress for her as possible," I explain.

"I agree. I don't want to upset her, or have her pull away." Thank God, he feels the same way. He continues seriously, "I will agree to give you two your space to spend time together, if you can promise to do the same," he concedes. I let out a sigh of relief and nod. I just hope this is enough to make this whole situation tolerable.

We pull into the university parking lot and make our way into the house. Sookie is nowhere to be seen. I remembered she told us she was working at the campus library today. We unpack our luggage from the car and begin trekking our bags into the small house.

We see Sookie has her room set up with all her belongings, and we each take a room to either side of hers. I can smell peaches throughout the house and a small smile graces my face. I love Sookie's sweet smell and now I will be enveloped in it indefinitely. We get our rooms settled and make our way to the living room, clicking on the TV and relaxing until Sookie comes home.

The sound of the front door slamming open wakes me up. I look up to see Eric swinging Sookie around the kitchen, as she is giggles wildly. "Eric!" she exclaims, as he places kisses over her smiling face. I smile at her jubilant expression. I wait for the jealousy to overtake me at the sight of the two of them together, but I surprisingly feel only contentment. Strange.

I rise from the couch and rush into the kitchen, snatching Sookie from Eric's embrace and pulling her into a tight hug. "I have missed you, my love," I whisper against her ear, giving her a soft kiss on her cheek. This is what I have missed. She is grinning widely as she places a tender kiss to my lips.

"I missed you too," she says softly, then turns to Eric, "and you too, you big goof!" she says playfully, punching him in the arm.

"Hey! Godric didn't get punched!" he says with a wicked grin.

"Godric didn't fling me around the kitchen like a rag doll!" she laughs. Her good mood seems to diminish as she looks at both of us with a nervous expression, "This is going to be okay? Living here together like this?" she asks us tentatively.

"Eric and I have agreed to give you the time you need and we both want to be close to you. We can make this work," I explain to her, tucking a wayward curl behind her delicate ear, trying to sooth her.

"It'll be fun, Sookie! All of us hanging out together, it'll be like a nonstop party," says Eric, playfully, trying to lighten the somber mood of the room. Sookie rolls her eyes and grins, seeming to accept our explanations.

"You boys hungry?" she asks, walking over to the fridge.

"Starving," says Eric, closing behind her and pulling her close, kissing her cheek as they look through the fridge. Once more I am surprised that watching them together somehow feels right. I mean, I know we've both been dating Sookie all this time, I've just not seen the two of them together like this since that night I walked in on them in our living room so long ago.

I sit at the little table in the breakfast nook and Eric soon joins me. We are both watching Sookie flit around the kitchen preparing a meal for the three of us, and the whole thing feels strangely domestic. "So, how are you enjoying working at the library?" I ask her as she begins boiling water on the stove. She sighs.

"It's fine, but there's this really annoying guy that works there with me, and he keeps hitting on me. He's really getting on my nerves." I am instantly fuming at the thought of this other man harassing her. How dare he make advances on my Sookie!

"Do I need to take care of him for you?" asks Eric with an angry look. Sookie shakes her head and walks to him to place a soft kiss on his forehead.

"No, I can take care of myself. I'm hoping if he sees me being escorted around by you guys, he'll finally back off." He will if he knows what's best for him. I'm not the normally the fighting type, but the protective instincts Sookie brings out in me could very well send me over the edge, and I know Eric wouldn't hesitate to put him in his place.

I reach over and take her hand into mine, "We'll handle it, if it comes to that, Sookie," I tell her, giving her hand a soft kiss. She smiles down to me and places a chaste kiss to my cheek. Even this small touch from her sends a delicious tingle through me. I look over and see Eric taking in our small exchange with a thoughtful look.

How is it that the thought of this insistent coworker makes my blood boil, yet seeing Sookie with Eric is almost soothing? I definitely need to examine these feelings more closely. We watch Sookie finish preparing spaghetti, and we begin eating together at the table in this strangely relaxed setting.

EPOV

I was relieved when Godric brought up the potential awkwardness of sharing the house together and even more thankful when he agreed to try and make this whole thing comfortable for Sookie and us. I was sure this was going to me the most awkward fucking evening of my entire life, but somehow the atmosphere is comfortable around the three of us. It feels somehow right.

I was so overjoyed to see Sookie approaching the house that I pulled her right into my arms without giving Godric a second thought. When he pulled her from me, I had expected to see anger or jealousy or even hurt on his face, but he seemed calm, and as I watched the two of them embrace one another and kissing each other, I didn't see red as I had that first day when he had walked off with Sookie, I actually felt comforted by the sight of them together. Fucking weird.

Now as we sit making small talk over dinner together I am once more pleasantly surprised by the relaxed feel of this whole thing. We finish our dinner and Godric and I insist on cleaning up after Sookie cooked for us. We send her off to go make herself comfortable and the two of us proceed to clean up the small kitchen together.

We finish the cleanup and enter the living room to see Sookie in a fitted, pink nightgown, curled up on the couch watching a movie. Fuck! She looks incredible. I am instantly hard at the sight of her and my mind wanders to that night at the graduation party with her. God! I need to get my shit together! This isn't the time or the place.

I make my way to sit next to her and she lays her head on my lap with a soft sigh. Godric sits on the other end of the couch, placing Sookie's legs across his lap as he begins massaging her feet. I stroke Sookie's golden hair and breathe in her exquisite scent. Her smell is delicious. Soon, Sookie is purring between us, and Godric and I share a smile at her contented state that must be contagious because I'm feeling equally content just holding her in my lap. We continue watching the movie until Sookie is asleep across the both of us.

I gently lift her and walk her back to her room, placing her under the covers and tucking her in. I stand there just staring down at her sleeping form, running a finger down her soft cheek. How is it she has such a strong hold on me? I had finally admitted my love for her before we left, and I swear this time apart from her has only deepened the feelings I have for her. I lean down placing a kiss on her sleeping cheek. "I love you," I whisper to her then turn to enter my own room thinking over the evening and what all this means for the three of us.

SPOV

I wake to find myself sleeping in my bed. I must have fallen asleep on the couch, and one of the boys brought me back here and tucked me in. I smile at the thoughtfulness. I lie there going over the events of the night. I've been a complete wreck worrying over how this night would go, and I could not be more dumbfounded or thrilled by how the evening unfolded.

When I walked up to the house, I noticed the lights were on and was apprehensive to even enter. Then Eric flung open the door and pulled me into his arms, spinning me around like a madman and kissing me enthusiastically. I was so overjoyed with seeing him again, I hadn't even thought of Godric in the house with us, and when he pulled me from Eric, I just knew the fighting was about to begin. Imagine my surprise when he was so calm and sweet, without even a hint of malice on his serene face.

The rest of the evening went by so smoothly; it was like we were all just close friends and had already been living together for years. The night was oddly domestic with me cooking for them, and them cleaning up the mess after me, like a messed up version of some fifties sitcom. I only hope this peace can continue. I still don't know what this means for the three of us, but at least it's not uncomfortable and tense between us.

And lying between them on the couch, feeling their combined loving attentions? Heaven. I could spend the rest of my life just like that, safely held between the two of them and letting the rest of the world just fall away around me. The erotic dream I had of them before flashes through my mind at that thought. Bad, Sookie! That was just my mind playing my deepest fantasies, and that's exactly what that dream was, a wonderful, erotic fantasy, nothing more.

I hear my bedroom handle turning and grin. It seems someone else is having a difficult time sleeping as well. The door opens slowly, and I see Godric standing there and my brows rise. I had assumed it would be Eric looking for some late night nookie. I grin widely. My heart still skips a beat at the sight of him.

"Godric?" I whisper, wondering what he is doing at my door this late. Does he need to talk to me? Is he having second thoughts about living here with us? I start feeling anxious at the thought.

"You're awake," he whispers back, as he enters and latches the door quietly behind him. He's smiling at me; he has such a beautiful smile. I guess he's in high spirits as well, so I scoot over and pull back the covers inviting him to join me. I see he is only in his boxers as he crawls beside me and pulls me against him. "I was too far away from you," he whispers.

"Your bedroom is right next door," I tell him playfully.

"I know," he says, snuggling closer to me, nuzzling my neck and causing me to giggle. I love seeing this more playful side of him. I wrap my arms around him. I have missed this so much, just lying in each other's warm embrace. I sigh in contentment.

He looks deep into my eyes as I stare into the shining green of his reflecting in the soft moonlight, "I love you, Sookie," he tells me placing a tender kiss to my lips. I give him a soft smile.

"I love you too, Godric," I answer. We hold each other like this until sleep finally takes us.