Holy poopstickles you guys did it! I want to roll over giggling and squealing. Thank you so so so much. It's nice to see all the different people that read my writing, but don't usually review. Anyways here is Chapter 10, which has been up on my wordpress since last night (it has a picture of Sookie's house and her outfit).

Eric's POV

I don't know how long we had been kissing, but Sookie's lips were the temperature of the sun. When I took a brief moment to look down at her face, she looked so blissful with her eyes shut, lips swollen and cheeks flushed. One of my hands traced the outline of her breast and her lips parted with a gasp. I took the moment to continue our marathon make out session. If I met my death while kissing Sookie I'd die a happy man. Sookie's hands found their way into the back of my boxers and I groaned.

"Okay okay, time out," I pant out as I pull away from her.

"No," she pulls my lips down to hers again.

We continue rolling around on her bed only kissing and light touching for another thirty minutes before I pull away from her again. Sookie wraps her legs around my waist so I can't move away from her and I feel Eric Jr. try to rip through my boxers as she bites my shoulder.

"The bar is closed today. We don't have to stop. Ever." The ever leaves her mouth as a moan and we continue to kiss again. She was like my own personal crack.

Another thirty minutes later and Sookie is straddling me. Her tank top was somewhere, and my hands were the only things covering her breasts. I tease her nipples and arrogantly smile at her when she moans out "Oh, God." I instantly still when Sookie reaches to lower my boxers.

"We really have to stop now." I grunt out as she puts her hand on my pulsating member.

"I don't think you want that, do you?" She leans down and licks my lips.

I roll us over and move her arms until I have both of her hands trapped above her head. Sookie tries to make me continue by rubbing our lower bodies together. I moan and place my forehead on Sookie's shoulder, trying to find my resolve.

"I want to do this right, Sookie. I want to show you what it's like to be in a trusting relationship. I want the awkward first date with the quick first kiss, and then the second date where we do something silly like mini golf. Then finally, on the third date, I'll worship your body like the goddess you are. I want to woo you."

"You have been reading too many romance novels." Her eyes have a teasing glint in them.

"You deserve it all anyways, no matter how cheesy it sounds." And I mean it. I want to make her so smitten with the idea of us that she forgets the horrors of her past.

"Fine," Sookie stopped writhing beneath me, "take me on these dates so we can continue this." She thrust her hips up and my eyes roll to the back of my head.

I move off the bed and hand Sookie her t-shirt. She girlishly put her arms up and smiles at me. I return her smile as I slip the cotton over her body. I wouldn't mind being the clothing that hugged her body day in and day out. Sookie got off the bed and walked into the bathroom. I heard the shower turn on and refrained from imaging each water droplet traveling down her naked body in rivulets.

"Aren't you going to join me?" Her voice called out over the sounds of the shower.

I popped my head into the bathroom and saw her standing outside of the shower naked, with one hand under the spray to test the water temperature. I looked at the clock in the bathroom, it read 2:30 p.m.

"I would love to, really, but that would ruin my plans. I'll be back at 5 p.m. for our date."

Sookie turned around in all her glory and my jaw dropped. She slowly walked toward me with a sway in her hips and I couldn't take my eyes off of her. When she reached me she placed her arms around my neck and smashed her breasts to my naked chest. Moving her hands to my hair, Sookie tilted my head down until our eyes met. When she stood on her tippy toes to make our noses meet, her nipples dragged across my chest and I wanted to cum right there.

"Are you sure, you don't want to skip to this part of the third date?" She gave me a chaste kiss on the lips.

I released a ragged breath, "Yup." I gave her a kiss in return.

"I don't deserve you," Sookie hugged me to her body and I squeezed her tight.

"You deserve everything you've ever wanted. Now make sure to dress sexy, but comfy." I gave her a kiss and walked out of the room.

I quickly got dressed and called a cab. As I was sitting in the taxi on the way back I couldn't help but wonder what it would take to get Sookie over her issue with cars. She had to be terribly limited with her refusal to get in anything with an engine. My phone buzzing in my hand distracted me from my plans to help her. I had three text messages; two from Pam, one from Sookie.

Pam: Eric we need to talk. I hope Sookie didn't kill you last night you giant buffoon, because I certainly wanted to.

Pam: Did you die? Don't be a pussy and text me back. We need to talk.

I gulped when I opened a picture message from Sookie. She had taken a picture of her clothes lying on the bed and underneath it read: I hope this is okay to wear tonight. Everything looked alright, except that there was a pair of underwear missing.

I chose to call Pam instead of texting; it could be such a nuisance sometimes.

She answered after the second ring.

Oh lovely, my supposed best friend decided to call me back.

"Pam, I don't have time to talk right now. But I'm sorry and we'll meet at the diner tomorrow afternoon so I can grovel for your forgiveness."

A new pair of shoes will suffice. I'm surprised you aren't buried in Sookie's magical –

"Enough. Rudy's at 3 p.m. work for you?"

Yeah if you can drag yourself away from Sookie's –

"Jesus, goodbye Pam!" I laughed as I hung up the phone. I knew we were going to be okay, we had been friends too long to let my idiotic drunken actions ruin things. Well, I hoped so anyways.

I quickly scrolled through my phone and hit another number, "Hey, how quick can you gather some people to do me a giant favor within three hours? I'll owe you big time for this."

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It was 5:00 and I was pacing in front of Sookie's house. I hadn't paid attention last night to the almost psychotic perfection of its appearance. Every grass blade seemed to be the same height, there wasn't a flower out of place, and the yellow paint looked like it had just been done a week ago. A perfect appearance with an empty inside; I wonder if she realized her house represented exactly who she was.

"Eric, why are you standing out here?"

I looked up to see Sookie standing in her front door with her arms crossed and head tilted. She was wearing tight black jeans, a red V-neck sweater, and white keds. I wanted to run my hands along her curves for days and it made it even harder because I knew she wasn't wearing underwear. I hadn't even realized she had moved closer until she was standing right in front of me. Sookie wrapped her arms around me and patiently waited for my brain to catch up.

"You look beautiful," my voice was hoarse.

"Every time you compliment me, I just want to rip your clothes off and have my way with you." Sookie's voice was quiet, but her lust was screaming at me.

"I can handle that," I pressed my lips to hers and she tilted her head to deepen the kiss.

"Eric," Sookie mumbled against my lips, "Don't we have somewhere to be?"

"Hmm?" I started to kiss down her neck.

"You are doing your wooing out of order," Sookie reminded me and I groaned.

I released her and placed her feet back to the ground, trying to catch my breath as I rested my forehead against hers.

Sookie suddenly yanked on my arm and started walking toward the sidewalk, "So where are we going?"

I had never seen her so excited and I grinned at her. I grabbed her hand and pulled her in the direction I think we came the night before, "To Fangtasia."I stopped walking when I realized Sookie was no longer moving with me.

"You are taking me to work for our date," Sookie scrunched up her nose.

"Do you trust me?" I waited for her to nod, "then just come with me."

Sookie bit her lip, but then continued to walk foreword until we were next to each other. As we started to walk down the sidewalk she swung our hands back and forth between our bodies.

"I'm sorry," she said quietly.

I looked down at her, but she wouldn't meet my eyes, "For what?"

"If I could get in the car we would have so many more options and you wouldn't have to work so hard."

"Hey, why would I want you to stop being a challenge now?" Sookie punched me, but I continued, "And besides, I'm going to help you get over your fear."

Sookie looked at me incredulously, "How do you plan to do that Mr. Northman?"

"With your trust and belief in me to keep you safe." I picked up our intertwined hands and kissed the back of hers.

"What are we doing on our date?"

I laughed at her, "You don't like surprises?"

"Do I even need to answer that?"

"Oh. Right. Sorry." I was an idiot.

"Eric, really it's fine. I don't want you to treat me like a glass doll."

"Good, because I'm not going to tell you what we are doing again."

"Again? I already know?"

I just shrug at her and continue to walk, "So tell me about your family."

"Is this the beginning of the awkward conversations?" She nudged my shoulder, "My parents died in a car accident when I was seven. My Gran, Adele, lives in the Stackhouse family home a couple hours from here. I think you'd like her; she's a feisty old lady. And my brother and I don't talk anymore."

I could sense some bitterness, "Sounds like your grandmother influenced you quite a bit."

"Yeah, I definitely get most of the facets of my personality from her. But she can strike the fear of god in anyone with just a look, whereas I have to use my fists, much to her chagrin. She raised Jason and I after our parents died. It was really hard for me to leave her alone there, but after my brother basically casted me out and blamed the attack on me, I couldn't stay there any longer. Not to mention it's a small town so everyone was constantly talking about me. I'm happy here for the most part though."

"Jason blamed you? What did your Gran have to say about that?" I was trying to not lose my temper at her idiotic brother.

"I have always been well endowed," Sookie gestured to the curves of her body, "Jason got into a lot of fights in high school because he was protecting my honor. So when I came down to the big city a couple nights a week to get some extra money working in bars, he got so angry with me because I was his baby sister and he thought I was being a hussy. Gran almost had a stroke the night they had to drive all the way down here to get me from the hospital, and after that Jason never looked at me the same. He said I brought it upon myself with the way I was dressing. I don't think he actually meant it, but I lost my temper and punched him and Gran's health couldn't handle the fighting so I left. I think I broke her heart, but I haven't talked to her in three years so I couldn't tell you." Sookie's shoulders slumped. "I don't think a phone call could fix our issues, and there is no way for me to get there without a car."

We stopped walking and I pulled her into a hug. It was no wonder she had trust issues and pushed everyone away. I buried my nose in her hair and when she wrapped her arms around me I felt her relax slightly.

"I'm going to help you get into a car again." It wasn't a suggestion, it was a statement.

"Why does it matter so much? I'm doing fine, Eric."

"Oh, there are the evasions again." I felt her laugh against me, "I want to meet your Gran anyways and see embarrassing childhood photos of you."

Sookie released me and started to pull me forward again, "Tell me about your family."

"Not much to say. My mother left us when I was five and my father lives in the suburbs. He used to be a DA, but as of now he is retired and spends his days golfing. He'll be excited to meet you; he gets tired of me only bringing Pam home."

"Do you know why she left?" Sookie's voice was tentative.

"Nope. And I don't really care." I looked down to see Sookie staring at me. "What?"

She shrugged, "Just trying to see what makes you tick. You know I don't think this counts for first date conversation."

"Let's be realistic, we are doing everything a little unconventionally."

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When we finally got to downtown I steered us in the direction of Rudy's. Ginger greeted us excitedly when we entered and took us to a corner booth away from the other patrons. Sookie surprised me by sliding in on my side of the table and invading my personal space.

"Should I expect to come here on all of our dates?" She was playing with my fingers in her lap.

"Do you not like it we can go somewhere – " Sookie interrupted me by kissing me. I moved to deepen it, but Ginger's giggling stopped me.

"Are you lovebirds ready to order?" Ginger had a huge grin on her face, and I rolled my eyes at her. Could she be any more obvious? "I could get you guys one large stack of pancakes to share."

"No we'll have two separate stacks, Ginger. I think being overly cute and couply is a seventh date kind of thing according to Eric's plans of wooing me." I slammed my head down on the table at Sookie's comment.

"Aww, don't be embarrassed, it's sexy and any girl would be jealous." Sookie whispered in my ear.

I leaned back and put my arm around her shoulder, tugging at the ends of her hair, "Damn straight."

Sookie giggled, "So is this going to be our thing? Getting fat over stacks of pancakes and making all the old couples that come here jealous of our PDA?"

"Sounds like a dream come true."

As Ginger sat our meals in front of us Sookie met my eyes and said, "Damn straight."

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Sookie and I were walking down the street together. It took awhile to get her away from a gushing Ginger; it was our first date, not our wedding day for petes sake. Sookie was rubbing her stomach and humming happily next to me, it was a good look for her.

"I could eat those pancakes three times a day every day of the week." Sookie said licking her lips.

"Only if you take me with you," I was shameless in reaffirming that she actually did want to be with me.

"Duh. Who else would carry me when I got too fat to walk?"

I was going to have a perpetual smile after tonight if it kept going this well. She made me so deeply happy. My phone buzzed in my back pocket, the incoming text read:

Everything's all set up. We'll make ourselves scarce.

"What's that?" Sookie was trying to look at my phone so I held it above her head. "Eric, that's the most inefficient move ever." She cupped Eric jr. and I dropped my hands as I groaned at the sensation. I was too racked my pleasure to resist her taking the phone from me and reading the message. Sookie just stared at me with a questioning look on her face.

I frowned as she stepped away from me. "You'll find out in five minutes." We were getting close to Fangtasia. "Do you trust me?"

"Yes, Eric." I got goosebumps at her declaration.

"Then just wait and see."

We played twenty questions for the rest of our walk. I wanted to know everything there was to know about Sookie and it seemed she felt the same way about me.

"First kiss?"

"Oh god." Sookie started to blush, it was hot. "This boy kept pulling on my pigtails so I punched him in the mouth on the playground. I felt really bad because he started crying and I remembered that my mother said that if you kissed a boo boo it would make it all better. So I kissed him."

I just laughed at her, "You were violent at such a young age."

"Yeah well what can I –" Sookie stopped walking and stared at me. "What is that?"

I followed her finger and saw the mini golf course set up in the parking lot. It wasn't the most stellar thing and it was easy to see that it had been set up in three hours. Instead of holes to putt into, there were beer mugs and the red carpet of Fangtasia was used as our golf course. There were twists and turns and tables were set up as obstacles. One of the holes went over a bowl of water and had a rotating fan blowing over it to simulate wind. I busted out laughing at the absurdity of it all.

I looked to see Sookie just staring at me, "Eric this is the greatest thing I have ever seen."

Before I could respond she pulled me down by the lapels of my jacket and kissed me. She didn't hesitate to sensuously toy with my tongue, making me groan. Eric jr. was getting a serious workout today with all of the arousing moments Sookie has put me in. My hands were resting in the back pockets of Sookie's pants while Sookie traced the planes of my back under my clothing. Was it just me or was it 1000 degrees?

"Sookie if we don't stop we are going to get arrested for public indecency. That's not really a first date activity I want to participate in." I was breathless and Sookie just nuzzled her face into my chest as she regained a normal heartbeat.

"Eric I don't know if I can wait till our third date."

I smiled at her, "You'll be happy with what I have planned then."

"Is that so?" She stroked my jawline.

"Yup, so we better get started with me kicking your ass at mini golf."

As we approached the golf course, if it could be even called that, I was pleased to see that there were actual mini golf clubs and golf balls.

"Since this is a date, I'm required to help you learn how to correctly swing your club. And of course let you win." I waggled my eyebrows at her as I handed her a ball and golf club.

"Did you do this yourself after you left my house?" She gestured toward the shameful mini golf set up.

"No, I called in a favor. Let's pretend that it isn't so laughable."

Sookie placed her hand on my arm. "Eric, this is the nicest thing anybody has ever done for me. It's fantastic. Seriously." We stared at each other and I hoped that she could telepathically get that I wanted to fuck her senseless right now. "So, show me how to do this!"

"As you wish," I bowed and gestured for her to stand at the beginning of the course.

We spent the next three hours with me plastered to Sookie's back as I helped her perfect her swing. Although there were a few mistakes as I got a little too handsy and she ended up sending the golf ball flying across the parking lot. I knew to people driving by we looked like a bunch of idiots, but I didn't care, I was having a good time. And true to my word, I let her win.

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"I'm pretty sure I am going to have muscles sore tomorrow." Sookie said as we walked into the bar.

It was weird being in here just the two of us, especially when we weren't getting it ready to open. It was pretty dark except for a few lights over the bar which made it possible for Sookie to see the huge white sheet hanging down the center of the dance floor. There was one corner booth moved to sit front and center. I looked at the ceiling to see a brand new projector hanging down from it. And who exactly paid for that.

"How many dates are you putting into this one?" Sookie was staring at me from across the bar.

"Figured that out did you?" I stalked closer to her.

"Does this mean we don't have to wait for the third date?" Her grin could light up a room.

"Well let's see. Romantic dinner, check. Mini golf, check. And now, late night movie where we are going to keep the touching to a PG-13. Sounds like I'll be ready to take you to my apartment and have my wicked way with you by the end of the night." By this point I was standing directly in front of her, playing with her fingers resting on the bar counter.

"You are quite the charmer, aren't you?"

"Only for you," I leaned down and kissed her.

"Pam would think we are so gross."

"Good, we'll make sure to turn it on extra heavy when she is around then." I kissed her again.

"So what movie are we watching?" she mumbled against my lips.

"Well lets see." I locked our fingers and walked to the back of the DVD player in my office. I only prayed that whoever hooked up the projector was smart enough to connect it to the DVD player. "We have Iron Man, Step Brothers, and the Lion King, and Robin Hood."

"Hmm," Sookie started to tap her chin, "Do I want to be your Pepper, Dale, Nala, or Marian. So many options.

"Maybe I want to be Pepper."

Sookie licked her lips, "But I just can imagine you in the Iron Man suit." She started to trace her fingers down my chest.

I gulped, "Iron Man it is."

I successful set it up and was happy to see that the DVD player was in fact synced with the projector. Sookie walked back into my field of vision with a bowl of popcorn.

She shrugged, "It was sitting behind the bar so I heated it up in the employee microwave." I had a big favor to repay.

"Ready?" I asked her while grabbing a few pieces of the buttery delicacy. She nodded and we got snuggled up together on the booth.

I looked down to see Sookie staring at me from my shoulder where she had placed her head at the beginning of the movie. By the way her hands were creeping up my shirt, I knew we were going to get to that PG 13 touching before Tony was rescued.

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Two hours later, Sookie detached herself from my face and looked up at the screen where the title credits were rolling. We had somehow ended up lying horizontally and her sweater was gone. We both looked like we were having an allergic reaction on our lips and could both use a comb to fix our messed up hair. Totally worth it.

Sookie sat up completely and looked down at me, "Looks like our third date is over. What ever happens next grand wooer?"

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