There was a smile on my face, Alcide seemed like such a perfect guy. I couldn't begin to understand why Debbie would leave him. Then my thoughts went back to my dream, I could really be with him, it seemed like an easy relationship. But, I don't think I could know that. Since I've never been in a real relationship, I hadn't even had my first real kiss.
After I shook myself from thinking crazy thoughts, I dressed in a pair of daisy dukes, a black tank top, and a leather jacket. I straightened my hair and put tons of eyeliner on.
When I decided I looked badass enough I walked out into the living room where Alcide was peering out the window. He was wearing a flannel shirt and jeans. As I stared at him, I thought he would probably look good in anything, and much better in nothing at all. I pinched my arm and shoved the creepy thoughts to the back of my head.
He must've felt my eyes on him, he turned around and smiled at me. "Wow. You look." He stopped himself. "Badass?" I asked tapping my right combat boot on the floor. "Sure." He laughed. "You ready?' I asked him, he nodded and started out through the kitchen. He grabbed the keys off the counter and opened the door waiting for me to go out first. When I did he closed and locked the door.
When we got to Lou Pines we had the same plan as last night. There were more Weres there tonight. Alcide and I parted ways, I went to the bar. I could see the man that attacked me the night before. I avoided him at all cost. As I walked further down the bar a guy stopped me. "Hey sexy, want a drink?" He yelled. I nodded and stood next to him. The bartender gave out shots of whiskey. Before anyone could say 'underage' I downed the first shot. It burned my throat.
"Another?" He asked, I nodded. After that one I decided I'd walk away. As I did I bumped into a woman, about my height with reddish brown hair. Her face was set in a awful smirk. "Who the fuck are you?" She spat, I recalled seeing her face in Alcide's memory, she was Debbie. Well, she was much skinnier now, and her eyes looked baggy, but she was Debbie. Before I could say every curse word that came to mind Alcide interrupted. "She's with me Debbie." Then Debbie laughed for just a second. "What the fuck are you doing here Alcide?" She growled at him. "Debbie, you don't have to do this." He pleaded with her. His eyes becoming puppy like again.
"What's going on?" Coot walked up, I had seen him twice, he was in the car with Sookie and Bill, and he was in Alcide's memory. "We're just talking." Alcide said holding back his anger. "Haven't you heard Herveaux? Debbie's joining the pack." He sneered. "Tonight in fact." Coot put his arm around Debbie and kissed her. I was about to puke up the two shots I had just ingested. Coot looked at Alcide. "I think you better leave, Herveaux." He said. "No." Debbie said, that made everyone look at her curiously, me included. "Let him stay babe, he ain't going to leave you and me be if he don't see this." Her voice changed in a split second from worried to bitchy.
Debbie and Coot left. Alcide looked sick. "Hey, we can leave now if you want." I told him. "No, I'm going to watch." He sounded faithless and on his last breath. I nodded and turned to watch with him. Debbie was crowd surfing to the stage. She looked like a pile of bones bouncing through the top of the crowd. When she reached the stage she knelt before everyone. My eyes went wide when the man from the wolf's memories walked onto the stage. The older vampire that was talking to Bill.
"Russell Edgington?" Alcide breathed. I looked up at him. "Who is he?" I asked him. "He's a vampire." Alcide said keeping his eyes on Debbie. "I already knew that." I muttered. But he wasn't listening to me. The vampire bit into his arm and bled into shot glasses. "He's supplying them." Alcide whispered angrily. "I want to thank you all, for expanding our pack." He said loudly. His voice echoed through the whole place. Our pack? Well, this was undoubtedly the vampire Eric was looking for.
Before the vampire could finish the speech Alcide grabbed my arm and drug me out of the bar. "Alcide, what the hell? That's who's holding my cousin hostage!" I yelled as Alcide put me in his truck. "Stop!" He yelled, I looked up into his eyes, his irises were glowing yellow. I sat back in the seat and kept my mouth shut.
Alcide got into the drivers seat and cranked the truck up. He pulled out of there so quickly the wheels screeched. We were going at least eighty miles down the dark empty highway. "Alcide, please slow down." I said calmly. He seemed to not have heard me. "Alcide! Please would you fucking slow down!" I screamed. Alcide stopped the truck and looked over at me. "What?" He barked. "You're going to kill us both!" I yelled at him. "Over Debbie." I added with a sneer.
He took in a breath and closed his eyes for a second. "I'm sorry, Ella. I just, she was a good woman, when she wasn't drinking, or cheating." He said, I looked out the window at the swaying trees, I couldn't bare to see his sad face. "Sounds just lovely." I muttered. "She'd play horseshoes-" Alcide was reminiscing. "With your dad, and she'd help your mom plant tomatoes in the garden. I know, it's the only thing that's loud enough in your memories for me to read." I said feeling a little better for putting him in his place.
We went back to Alcide's house, he went straight to his room and slammed his door shut. I felt bad about saying what I had. He was in love with Debbie. I couldn't do anything about that. It didn't matter how hopeless it was, he truly loved her. I went into the room I was in the night before and laid on the bed. I wasn't sleepy, not in the least bit. I thought about Eric, I thought about Alcide, I thought about Bill, and I cried over Sookie. I knew her time was limited.
"Now Bill, what is this?" Russell placed a piece of paper with my family tree on it between them. "I see you have circled Sookie's name Earl Stackhouse, and Ella Stackhouse. Why?" He asked him with a smirk of sheer arrogance. "I haven't done anything of the sorts, I can assure you." Bill said giving a bright but very unbelievable grin. "You know what I think Mr. Compton. I think we should bring Miss. Stackhouse down here so she can see this for herself." Russell said, Bill had fear written all over his face. "You have pledged your fealty to my kingdom." Russell hissed. "Do not lie to me!" He added loudly.
I came back to reality with a snap. When I looked at my phone I saw that it was six in the morning. I walked to the bathroom and took a shower and dressed in my normal clothes. A blue tank top and a pair of jeans. Alcide was up and about, I could hear his footsteps just outside the door. I opened the door and looked at Alcide who seemed to have been pacing outside my door.
"Morning." I said timidly. "Morning." He replied quietly. "I'm sorry." I started and he put his hand up. "No, I'm sorry. I shouldn't have blown up on you like that." He said looking down at me. "You weren't the only person to blow up last night." I whispered shaking my head. He smiled and held his arms open. I hugged him, the heat from his body made my face flush. His arm touched mine. He was going to talk to his pack master. Tell him what was going on. Last night while he was in his room he thought clearly to himself, and decided to get over Debbie, she was a lost cause.
"I saw Russell last night, Bill has pledged his loyalty to him." I said. "What do you mean you saw him?" Alcide asked. "Oh, I have, visions." I muttered, it sounded weird with me actually saying it out loud. "You mean like the future?" He asked. "Yes, Alcide like the future." I said pulling him along to the front door. "Now go tell your pack master everything." I said with a smile. "Will you be fine here by yourself?" He asked. "Yep." I answered and he left. After he closed the door I locked it and went on with my day.
I ate a sandwich, then watched TV for about an hour. The house looked like it hadn't been cleaned in a year, so that's what I devoted my day to doing. By the time I was finished, it was sparkling. The sun had been down for about thirty minutes. The door opened while I was sitting on the couch reading a magazine. I didn't think to look over my shoulder until I heard the lack of footsteps. Not exactly the lack of footsteps but the lack of noise they made. Before I could even turn around I heard someone. "Come on in."