I heard Lydia's musical voice and i jumped up from my seat, she looked the same. Of course, soft features, light blond hair, deep blue eyes. She was only a couple inches shorter than me. "Lydia!" I smiled and she couldn't help but to return it. We hugged and before i even had a moment to see how she was Pam approached us and told us that we we're being summoned. Damn Eric!
I led Lydia to his throne and sent him a cold glare. "Who is your friend?" I rolled my eyes, the usual question but that didn't stop me from being mad at him. "Lydia Collins." He smirked at her. I shifted so i was slightly in front of her and glared. "Office." That was all i needed to say.
Godric, Pam, Eric, Lydia, and I stood in his office shortly afterwards. "Explain Calla. You are very protective of her, normally you could careless." He took a seat. "Lydia is my sister, our makers blood runs in our veins. She is the youngest but in some ways stronger than me." She sent me a confused look. "They know, i saved his ass and he told his childe, he saved mine and i let him tell his maker." I pointed to each as i spoke showing Lydia their relationship.
"That explains a few things. Excuse my interruption." I smiled at her. "Of course, it's only natural for you to know." I looked back at the others. "Anyway's, instead of being part shifter and fae like me, she was full werewolve before the change. Afterwards it seem to balance, Ariana and I had been afraid something would go wrong... but when she woke up she could still do all she could before, like me she is not bound to darkness. We're- I'm not sure why that is, Ariana seemed to think that it was because my blood was also needed to revive her."
"Where as Calla has her ablities, i have mine. I do not wish to reveal them now, forgive me. Though my sister trusts you enough, i have only just arrived and want to make my own choices. Enough has been revealed for now." Eric could argue with that but he chose not to... it amazed me. "Do you have a place to stay?" He asked, hmm usually he did not offer his place to anyone. "Thank you, i am fine. If i know Calla she would prefer i stay with her." That's my sis.
I smirked. "Are you aware that your sister has drawn attention to herself." I rolled my eyes. "Lydia would have, if you had let me talk to her in private. Instead of summoning us as soon as you saw her." He smirked. Godric looked slightly relieved, i found that odd. What did he have to worry about? I had noticed that something was bothering him most of the night but i couldn't tell what it was.
It was some time later before Lydia and I were able to collect my new silver mustang and return to my new house. On the way i had filled her in on everything there was to know and now i was explained why my home was so empty. "Well when i had returned from Dallas, five of the fellowship of the sun men had gotten in, i killed them and burned down my home, destroying any information that they could get about me, along with the bodies."
"There are other ways sister." I nodded, of course i knew that but at the time i hadn't thought of any. "When i got your letter this morning i immediantly started setting things up. I arranged with the owners of this home for two beds to be left. Payed them enough to replace them and then some spending money. So we have a place to sleep today." I hadn't thought about stocking the fridge with blood... i suppose i should do that in a few.
"Do not worry, everything is fine. I appreciate all the trouble you went threw, it was unnessary i assure you. I could have found a place elsewhere." Her speech obviously hadn't changed over the years. "Nonetheless, whats done is done and we have to move on. You told me that Sookie was in danger of being a part of a vampires collection." I decided it was best to switch the subject and this was important.
"Yes, he discovered Ms. Stackhouse on chance. One of his werewolves Cooter had been patrolling the area. Searching for things or people of interest. He discovered that Ms. Stackhouse was able to project her light, defending herself from a maenad named Maryann. Unfortunately she was reported to Mr. Edgington..." She said his name with distaste.
"Have you come across him before?" I found myself asking. "I have heard of him, never came across him or his." She frowned. "Calla should he learn of us we must do everything in our power to rid the world of him. He is very old, older than Mr. Northman's maker."
"I told you in the letter that i believed it was time to reveal yourself. I meant it. If we do, let him learn of us. Sookie will be safe, the faeries want her to be safe."... I hadn't considered it, in fact i had pretty much ignored it. Sookie was in danger... i was prepared to fight for her but allowing me and my sister to be a target... I could do it if it was only me but Lydia would involve herself.
"I'm not sure yet Lydi. I've been careful for so long, it's become a habit to hide myself from the world." She gave me a reassuring smile. "Yet you have not hid yourself from those three." I knew she was hinting at something. "Alright what is it you want to say?"
"I may have just met them, yet i am positive that Godric cares for you a great deal, with Godric the other's follow suit." She smiled. "You trust them enough that you revealed your secret, i could be blind, yet it would still be obvious that you care for Godric a great deal as well. Yet you hesitate, are even confused. You watch his reactions attempting to decifer his thoughts. Calla you love the man."
"I do not. I know that i am defensive, anyone who even disrespects him is snapped at or put in their place but it's not what your thinking." She gave me that knowing smile and walked towards her room. I forgot how annoying little sisters can be sometimes... "I'm going to the gas station to pick up some True Bloods. May bring back some willing humans. You can come if you want to." I called and picked up the keys from the counter.
"It would give me a chance to see what i am working with." I rolled my eyes and followed her out the door. "Really sister that is a awful habit." Bite me. "Excuse me for not being born in to a royal family." We got in to the car and she smiled. "I was not either Calla." Sure the hell act like it sometimes. "You do not need to be born in to a royal family for you to have good manners."
"One more correction dear sister and i will leave you on Eric's doorstep." I threatened. She laughed at me, i was going to have to pay a visit to the Prince of Fae and give him a piece of my mind sooner or later. This attitude was his doing, i know it.
Once we had downed a few bottles of True Blood i looked in the phone book for Sookie's number. Once i had it, i called.
"Yello." I heard Jason answer.
"Hey Jason, It's Calla."
"Hey! What have you been up to?"
"Nothing much, i was going to ask Sookie if it was alright if me and my sister came over today."
"Sook! Calla called, she wants to know if her and her sis can come over!" I heard a click and vaguely reconized it as the phone being set down.
"Of course you can Calla! I was going to go grocery shopping, you two wouldn't mind coming along?"
"Not at all. We'll be there soon, i just need your address." She gave me her address and i told her we would be on our way.
"So i'm sure you heard the conversation." I said turning on the car. "Jason is her brother, the one who pocesses no ablities of interest." I nodded. "She sounded different than i expected. Almost carefree." I smiled. "Sookie is a very different type of person. I liked her immediantly but I will allow you to make you own judgement."
"Your speech has altered." Lydia observed. "It changed with the times, i stayed close to humans. While you rejoined the faeries." I watched the trees pass by as i waited to see what she would say. "Forgive me Calla. Time passes faster in the fae realm. I was careless, forgetful, nonetheless it was disrespectful of me to abandon you so completely."
"I forgive you Lydia, you've obviously been busy and you don't need to tell me about the fae world. I wasn't invited, so i dont need to know." She knew me well enough to know that whats done is done, it can't be changed and i'm not about to start worrying about seeing a part of my heritage now. After all... i'm still trying to figure things out one day at a time, besides i have all the time in the world to get to that point in my life.
"So about you and Godric-" I held up my right hand. "You are NOT about to give me the talk little sis. Expessially since there is no 'Me and Godric'." "Not yet of course, you are still hiding what you feel." Blah blah blah! I'm beginning to think that emotions are going to be a huge pain in my ass. "Lydia do me a favor. Switch the subject."
"I will need to see every detail of her home. In order for me to be able to provide the maximum protection." She said getting down to business. Again. "Which reminds me, Eric cares for Sookie weither he is ready to believe that himself or not. I think he should know."
"It puts to much at risk." She said her voice strong, as if we we're soilders on a recon mission and she was the squad leader. "He deserves to know Lydia, i am not saying it has to be right away either. I'm just saying we should tell him when things get more interesting." She shot me a annoyed look. "She's not his human, according to the data that has been collected she belongs to a vampire named William Compton." I sighed. Apparently stubbornness never goes away.
"Whatever, We're here now anyway's." I turned off the car, removed my keys from the ignition and got out, making sure i locked the car. Not that i was worried about someone trying to steal it around here, it was just a habit that started some time after the first car and well habits are hard to break sometimes.
"Hey Calla! Come on in you two! I've just got to finish making my grocery list." Sookie called from her door, smiling. Jason walked up behind her and waved. "One thing Lydi, your going to have to speak like me so they don't get suspious." I whispered my lips barely moving. "Well duh." I smiled, then waved at the Stackhouse siblings. "Ok!"
The inside of Sookie's was what you would expect of a farmhouse, Jason took us on the tour so Sookie could finish up and not force us to wait. I had told her we didn't mind waiting. I mean come on! We've been around for a long time, of course she didn't know that. It was when i caught Jason starring at Lydia will little goo goo eyes that i turned to him and raised a eyebrow, hands on my hips.
"Sorry." As you should be. Hell she was only 15 when she was turned and she is 200 years younger than me. She was off limits, unless she expressed a interest. I had always been the protective type. Even in my human life...
"Calla you alright?" Jason asked. "Yeah just thinking about my h-homeschooling." Phew, that was close. That folks just proves weither your human or vampire, you need to pay close attention. Lydia shot me a dirty look. I just shrugged. "You two have your own language or something?" Jason chuckled.
"Sort of." Lydia said, normal humans wouldn't be able to tell the difference but i could see it easily. She wasn't use to talking like a American teenager. Well one of the their ways anyway's. She wasn't comfortable with it either, oh well she will just have to get use to it.
"Sorry, i'm ready now." Sookie called, i looked to she that she had picked up a small yellow purse and was holding her keys in her hands. She looked only slightly annoyed and if i had to guess i would say it was the grocery shopping, because the way she greeted us didn't even hint at her not wanting us here.
"You girls have fun! I'm heading to work... cya!" I called a quick bye that was quickly followed by a see you later and becareful Jase! and a goodbye. Shortly afterwards it was decided that we would ride in my car. I was nice and let Sookie drive. She was a little... ok scratch that, very scared at first, expessily when she barely tapped the gas and the car jerked forward and by that i mean we flew out of her driveway. Eventually after several near attempts to slam us into oncoming trafic she got the hang of it.
I think half of the people peed themselves. Now the parking... was interesting. The entire time she was ranting that parents should never buy their children sports cars, pratically yelling that they we're death traps and then shrieked and she nearly hit another car and that wasn't even her fault the guy was being a asshole. "He's going to follow and harass us." Sookie sighed.
Sure enough he followed us in to the store. Lydia and I exchanged looks, i nodded slightly. It was settled, he was not going to enjoy this. When we both smiled slightly Sookie gave us a what are you two up to look. She was answered with two shrugs. We both know that it didn't bother her because she looked away to hide a smile.
"Hey Sookie, i need to pick up some-" I stopped talking when someone slapped my ass. I spun on my heel and looked at the man from the parking lot. He wasn't even good looking. One eye half closed and he barely even had any hair. Not to mention he was 2 inches shorter than me. "Nice ass."
"I wish i could give you a compliment but i can't." He laughed. "Fisty." Lydia sighed. "Listen to me. Leave us alone or i will use my years of training on your pathetic ass. You will be unable to walk, even moving your fingers will be a challenge. Back off."
"Leave us alone before i call security." You mean the ones outside drinking coffee and enjoying fresh made donuts from dunkin donuts? Yeah sorry Sook but we are on our own. "To get to the point, how much would it be for the three of you together?" There was a deadly silence surrounding the three of us. Evil glares, clentched fists, and we were all facing him. "Do you want to repeat that?" I dare him to be stupid enough to say it again.
"Well three hot babes like you alway's have a price." I grabbed him by his throat. "Lets get one thing straight. We. Are. Not. Whores." I threw him to the ground. He crashed in to the cereal, boxes falling on him. "Excuse me! Miss what do you think your doing!" I growled low and turned around. "Sorry, i'll buy whatever is ruined but he implied that me and my friends were whores, even offered to buy us for the night."
The man looked at him and shook his head. You could tell even he wanted to hit the guy but because he worked here he couldn't. "Wish there was a way you didn't have to pay for this..." He muttered. He radio in and told them to meet him on isle 7. Once the manager got here i had to explain everything all over again. Telling them what happened from beginning to end.
"Sorry miss but unless you have $117 your going to have to deal with the police with the... man." I shrugged and pulled out my debit card. "Y'all go ahead i'll meet you in a few minutes." Sookie was reluctant to let me handle this and had tried to necociate with the manager. "Don't worry, everything fine." With Lydia's help Sookie continued her shopping and i followed one of the associates to the register.
"You don't seem to upset with having to give up so much money. I don't even know what your going to do with all this cereal." She was probally not supposed to be talking like this but obviously she didn't care.
"Money isn't my problem, i'll just have to explain what happened to my parents and they will be ok. As for the cereal, give it to charity or something." Which reminds me... i need to see if i can get them to do that. I'll pay them more if i have to. "Is there someone i can talk to about that? I don't have a way to get it all there."
"I don't know... maybe Megan would know she's in to that stuff." I didn't even have to ask she already called the woman. It was fairly easy to set it up from there, i gave her a couple hundred for this and walked off. She called thank you and i waved in acknowledgement.
"So a generous vampire." I stiffed and turned around. "I am not a vampire." I made it sound like i took offense to that. "Well your pale enough to be one, but i know your not, vamps can't walk in the sun. I'm Lucas by the way." I was hesitant to talk to him. "Calla." He smiled. "Cool, well i can see i'm keeping you from something. Just couldn't help saying hi."
"You have a weird way of saying hi." He laughed nervously. "Sorry about that, i get nervous when i talk to pretty girls and say the first thing that pops in to my head." I smiled. "Don't worry about it. I am really pale." and i am a vampire. "Still it was wrong for me to offend you like that, i'm sorry."
"It's alright Lucas, it wasn't that i was offended by it. I was just surprised, it's not the first time i've heard that." and wouldn't be the last. "But you are right, i do have to catch up with my friends so i'll cya around." Maybe, maybe not. "Later." He smiled. Well he was nice enough. When i caught up with Lydia and Sookie, Lydi was trying to help her pick between pasta penne or spagetti noodles.
"Sorry Lydi's more of a daddys girl. The penne would probally be better." Lydia shot me a thankful smile and Sookie placed the box of noodles in to her cart. "I'm having dinner at my place tonight, do you two want to come? You can meet all my friends and get to know some of the folks in Bon Temps." Shit.
"We'll talk to our parents, if their not doing something for Eric we can go." She nodded. Lydi gave me a questioning look. "We're playing teenage girls Lydi, we can't exactly let everyone know that two vamps walk the earth in the light without us being hunted down. Now can we?" I told her so quietly that no one else could hear, she frowned, she didn't like that i hid, how she even knew about that i have no idea.