"Will you repeat that?"

Godric frowned. He hadn't really wanted to tell Ellie about Eda or the blood line thing, but now he had no choice. She had been asking questions about her past and she knew that he was the only one who could answer him.

"I loved a woman named Eda. She was a woman I loved right after I became a vampire. And she said she would come back. I think you are her."

"How could I be someone who was alive then? That doesn't even make sense."

"You are just like her. You look just like her, you taste like her, you smell like her, everything. Even your little habits are just like her."

"So not only do I have cursed blood but I'm also not even myself? I'm this person who came for you?"

"In a way. You're still Ellie, but you're also Eda."

"So when you say you love me, do you love me? Or do you love this person who I look like?"

"It's not that simple, Ellie."

"Yes it is. Would you even have done everything for me if I hadn't looked like her? Actually don't answer that. I think I'm just going to go for a walk."

"Why are you being so irrational?"
"I'm sorry, you just fling this huge thing on me and expect me to take it?"

"I love you for you."

"Prove it."

He pulled her down onto him and kissed her hard. His hands ran underneath her shirt and he scraped his fingernails along her back. She moaned and arched into him, running her fingers along the waistband of his pants. Her breathing increased and her fingers shook as she undid the buttons on his shirt. Godric traced one finger up her thigh to her heating core and taunted her. The girl pushed him back and stripped off her shirt. He nimbly undid her bra as she pushed down his pants.

This was the moment she loved the most, when she felt that she had his undivided attention. Godric was always so busy with his Sheriff duties and sleeping during the day that even when Ellie was home she didn't feel like she was at the top of the priority list. And now to find out that she was this reincarnation of someone else or whatever the hell she was was a blow to her self esteem, but when she was here with him, alone, she felt like she was the only person in the world that mattered.

Ellie sat on the porch wrapped in a sheet. She was smoked a cigarette slowly, watching the smoke rise into the cold sky. She wasn't normally a smoker, but she was stressed and it calmed her. Godric watched her through the window and sighed. He didn't really feel that sex was a way to prove his love for her, but he didn't feel that she was entirely Eda either. In fact she was so much more.

Ellie awoke with a start and rolled over with a smile on her face. She found the other side of the bed to be empty. It didn't occupy Godric like she had expected and the loneliness engulfed her. The dreams were so real. She was reliving every moment she ever had with Godric and while it was wonderful it was terrible at the same time because she knew there would be no more memories to make. This house was so empty and she hated it.

"So tell me again why I have to meet these people?" Ellie asked Eric while she checked her reflection in the mirror.

"There... associates of mine and I think it would do good for you to meet them. One's a human. I think."

"Like that makes you parading me around any better."

Ellie's voice sounded vague and bored, but inside she allowed herself to feel a little excited. She had had little human interaction since the night the man from the Fellowship had showed up. And the only other supernatural interaction she had was from Eric, Pam, and a few other vampires that he did business with. It had been a lonely visit to Shreveport and she was ready to start living again. She had even dressed up for the occasion although Eric still wore a black shirt and black pants. She donned a silky blue halter, which she paired with black skinny jeans and blue stilettos. Instead of straightening her hair, she allowed it to keep its natural curls. The girl turned to the side and poked her stomach. It was by no mans paunchy, just softer than she liked. She frowned. "I need to find a treadmill, stat."

The drive to Shreveport was taking forever. Going to Eric's was the last thing Bill Compton wanted to do, but he knew he had little say in the matter. Eric was his Sheriff after all. He had been furious that Sookie had drank his blood but again, there was nothing he could do. He knew that Eric was trying to take advantage of Sookie in some way be it sexually or for her telepathy, though he hadn't figured it out yet. It made him even angrier that Sookie just idly sat by and allowed the ancient vampire to get closer and closer to her.

The dreams of Eric had not lessened in the week since Sookie had drank his blood. There were still as intense and real as ever. It was always the same thing; her and Eric were in bed and Lorena was either taunting them or Bill watched on in pain. Eric was always so out of character in those dreams. He wasn't the man she had come to loathe rather a kind and gentle lover. That was why she was so confused. She was starting to mix up the real Eric and the dream Eric and the dream Eric was definitely a person she could be interested in.

His call had confused her even more. She was curious about the girl that Eric was keeping at his house, but she couldn't figure out who she could be. It's not like Eric was the human loving type. Plus why did she need to read the girl's mind if she was staying with him? And he said that she needed human interaction. Sookie wasn't even sure she wanted to see Eric with another girl. Or if she wanted to see him at all. But now she had little choice. Saying yes to the vampire had been purely on impulse. She still felt sorry for him about Godric and she wanted to console him as best she could without getting naked with him.

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The doorbell rang and Eric went to open it. Sookie stood with Bill clasping her hands as if in possession of the human. The older vampire smiled wryly, if he really wanted the human than he could have her, Bill Compton or not. "Hello. Thank you for coming out."

He let the pair in and walked into the kitchen where Ellie was drinking a super sized glass of red wine she had dug out of one the cabinets. Ellie gave the other human the once over. She was cute with heart shaped face and slightly imperfect teeth. They suited her though. The girl exuded happiness and innocence, qualities Ellie lacked. She seemed nice and therefore a person that Ellie probably didn't really want to know. The vampire looked like he had stepped out of another time and had even attempted to integrate himself into modern society. His hair was outdated, he looked awkward in his modern clothes, and he looked slightly pissed off about being in Eric's house.

Meanwhile, Sookie was checking out Ellie. She thought the girl was beautiful and poised, but looked like a bitch. She seemed unhappy and tired and sad. Her clothes were expensive, her hair was perfect, but something about her just seem not quite right. That's when she realized it.

"Ellie, this is Sookie Stackhouse an-"

"I can't hear your thoughts!"

Ellie gave her a strange look. "And you would be able to do that because..."

"I'm a telepath and I can read most people's minds. Just not vampires. Or yours apparently."

Ellie glared at Eric. "I knew it. You are such an asshole."

Ellie squinted and her nose started bleeding and Sookie gasped. Ellie grabbed a dishtowel and pressed it against her nose. She pushed herself away from the island and walked to the front door, which he had left open. She walked out into the warm night air all by herself for the first time in days.

"Shit. Now I have to go talk to her," Eric sighed.

"No. Let me. I have a feeling that you're probably not the most sympathetic person in the world," Sookie replied.

Sookie walked out the front door after the other girl. She stepped into the night and looked around for the girl. She saw her walking much quicker than she thought possible in those shoes. "Ellie! Wait!"

The girl kept walking, ignoring the yelling behind her. Sookie sped up and jogged towards the girl. "Please wait."

Ellie stopped and turned. "So you can attempt to read my mind again?" She no longer sounded pissed off, just tired and sad.

"I can't, so no more trying. I just wanted to talk. Are you okay?"

"About how Eric is constantly trying to pry information out of me? No thanks, I live it, I don't need to talk about it."

"I meant your nose. And we don't have to talk about Eric if you don't want. But I don't think he really brought me here to read your mind anyway. He said something about you needing to see humans and I really don't think Eric knows any other humans other than me."

"What I need to do is get out here. I've been here waaaay to long."

"Eric said you were sorting things out after..." Sookie paused, not sure how to approach the sensitive subject.

"Now that Godric's dead. It's okay. You can say it."

"You knew Godric?" Sookie seemed surprised.

"You know Godric?" Ellie sounded even more astonished. Godric didn't mind humans, he just wasn't really the type to associate with them on a regular basis. Or so she thought. She was beginning to think that she had never really known the vampire.

"I met him at the Fellowship and then when he... when the sun..."

"You were there? You saw him?"

"Yes. How did you know him?"

"He was my... family, I guess. Can you tell me about how it happened? Please?"

Sookie had been reliving that morning in her dreams every night, when she wasn't dreaming about Eric that is. Godric had been nothing but kind to her and Jason. He had saved her from that awful Fellowship man and then had to endure his friends getting killed by the bomber. And then on the rooftop...

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Sookie took the steps two at a time, rushing to the top. She knew something was about to happen but she wasn't sure what. She saw Eric and Godric in the middle of the rook arguing. She wanted to yell out to both of them that the sun was about to rise and to hurry up, but it looked like neither intended to go anywhere.

"Two thousand years is enough."

"I can't except this. It's insanity!" Eric said.

"Our existence is insanity. We don't belong here."

"But we are here!"

"It's not right. We're not right."

"You taught me there is no right or wrong. Only survival or death."

"I told a lie. As it turns out."

"I will keep you alive by force."

"Even if you could; why would be so cruel?"

Sookie watched them both silently. Her ears strained to hear the words they spoke next, but it was in a language she couldn't understand. She was almost glad she couldn't as the moment seemed so personal and tender that it would be wrong for her to eavesdrop. She watched as Eric began to break down and heard the first signs of crying. He fell to his knees. The human was stunned as she didn't think that Eric could possibly have any emotions at all, let alone the amount of love she sensed between the two in front of her.

"Let me go."

"I won't let you die alone."
"Yes, you will. As your maker, I command you."

Eric stood reluctantly and returned towards the stairs. Sookie saw the bloody stains the tears had left on his cheeks and it tore at her heart. She took his hand as he passed. "I'll stay with him. As long as it takes."

Sookie approached the vampire, concerned. She couldn't imagine why he would want to take his life, but then again she couldn't imagine being so old either.
"It won't take long. Not at my age."

"You know, it wasn't very smart. The Fellowship of the Sun part.

"I know. I thought it might fix everything some how. But I don't think like a vampire anymore" He paused. "Do you believe in God?"

"Yes."

"If you're right. How will he punish me?"

"God doesn't punish. God forgives."

"I don't deserve it. But I hope for it."

"We all do."
"You'll care for him? Eric."

"I'm not sure. You know how he is."

"I can take the blame for that, too."

"Maybe not. Eric's pretty much himself."

He turned towards the sun, it was about to break the horizon.

"Are you very afraid?" She asked him, her voice cracking.

"No... No. I'm full of joy."

"But the pain..."

"I want to burn."

"Well, I'm afraid for you." She began to cry silently, not wanting to watch the vampire die but not wanting to leave.

"A human with me at the end. And human tears. Two thousand years and I can still be surprised." He laughed. "In this, I see God."

Sookie stepped back as he turned towards the brightening light. He undid his shirt and pulled it off.

"Goodbye, Godric."

He didn't reply as his whole body illuminated and then burst into bright blue flames. And then he was gone and Sookie cried for him.

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Ellie listened to the smaller girl, crying silently. This girl, this stranger, had been there in Godric's final moments. And Eric. Eric had tried to go with him, to insure he wasn't alone. She realized now that Eric was capable for some form of love even if the only recipient of the love was no longer on this Earth. And then Godric finally saw the beauty in God that she had attempted to convince him of after all of these years. Ellie was a strong believer in a merciful God despite all of the terrible things that had happened to her. One of the things that strengthened her faith was the very presence of Godric in this world. She felt that only a wonderful God could put such an amazing person on this planet and in her life. "Thank you," she whispered, letting the tears fall down her cheeks. "Thank you for being there when I couldn't."

Sookie took the younger girl's hand and squeezed it. "He was strong until the end. I think he found the peace he was looking for."

Ellie nodded and closed her eyes. "I think I need to be alone for a few minutes." She crossed her arms across her chest and continued walking down the long driveway away from the house.

Sookie walked back up the driveway as Eric and Bill walked towards her. Eric looked ready to follow Ellie but Sookie held up her hand. "She needs a minute. I... I just told her about that night- morning. About Godric."

Eric stood silently for a minute. He hadn't had the opportunity or desire to tell Ellie full events of Dallas. "Thank you for telling her. Godric was very important to her."

"Eric, who is she?"

"She's Ellie. A girl who Godric cared for. It's a long, involved story that I don't wish to relive. But she is staying with me for now."

They stood in silence. "So, you can't hear her at all?"

"No. I just get these waves of emotions. I've never felt anything like it. But no thoughts."

"Very strange."

"I don't appreciate you asking Sookie to come here and do your bidding," Bill said.

"I think-"

"I am a grown woman and I can speak for myself. What Bill is trying to say is that I don't appreciate being used for my abilities, but I hardly think this is the time. Now you have a girl out there who's in a lot of pain and has no one left. Now I think she needs you to go talk to her, Eric. And try and be nice."

Eric was taken aback that Sookie, a human, would talk to him in such a way. But she was right. Ellie had no one and he could use this opportunity to get closer to Ellie. He walked away from the pair towards Ellie's slight figure. He sped up and appeared next to her. She bristled a little at his approach but didn't say anything. The two walked in silence for a short distance. "She stayed with him. To the very end. When neither of us could be there."

"Yes. I am grateful that she did."

"And he was happy in the end. I guess I can find some solace in that. I don't understand why he would do that, but I probably never will."

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"So you're a telepath?"

The group sat in the kitchen again with Bill, Sookie, and Ellie around the island talking while Eric brooded over his computer. Ellie had apologized for her behavior and the two humans went in for a glass of wine and to talk. Eric didn't seem to want to socialize, no surprise there, so he busied himself with spreadsheets and work.

"Yup. I have been for as long as I can remember."

"And you can't hear my thoughts?"

"No. I'm just feeling emotions. You're the first person that I've ever experienced that with."

Ellie smirked. She wasn't particularly surprised. "No. That figures. And you can't hear vampire's thoughts either?"

"No. It's a nice change of pace. This is one of the first times I've been in a group and not heard anyone."

"That must be awful hearing everyone's thoughts all of the time."

Sookie laughed. "You're the first person that's said that. Usually people get jealous and think it must be so cool to hear everyone, but I think it's just a burden. People don't think the nicest things usually. And it's distracting. But tell me about yourself, Ellie."

"There's really nothing to tell. I never met my father and my mother died when I was four so Godric was my guardian for all intents and purposes. I went to boarding school until I was seventeen and then I went to Emory University and studied chemistry. Now I'm a college graduate and kind of in limbo. Pretty boring stuff."

"What are your plans now that you're out of school?"

Ellie looked down at her hands and then over at Eric. "Um. Not really sure. It's all kind of up in the air at the moment."

"So you knew about vampires a long time ago didn't you? Like way before they came out."

"Kind of. I didn't really think about it when I was little, but then Godric told me he had some disease that made him look young. I was thirteen when I found out what he really was. It never really bothered me though. I had spent a lot of time around vampires because of him so I was really used to them. And history projects are easy when you can talk to someone who lived through it."

"That must have been convenient."

"Very. Life was a lot easier back then. Were you there for the Fellowship?"

"You just cut right to the chase, don't you?"

"Well, when someone," she looked towards Eric, "seems to leave out important stories, you ask whoever you can."

"It was crazy. We got locked up in the basement..." Sookie gave the other girl the basic run down of what happened in Dallas. Ellie seemed interested but oddly detached. Sookie tuned into what the other girl was feeling. It was easy as she was the only person around her with anything coming off of her. She felt sadness from Ellie again. Sadness and hopelessness. The feelings permeated Sookie, making her feel the same way. She was almost glad when Ellie said she was ready to go to bed.

"Ellie, if you want to get away from Shreveport, you can come to Bon Temps at any time. Just give me a call," Sookie told the other girl as her Bill walked out the door.

Ellie thanked her and waved goodbye to the pair.

"She's nice, I guess," Ellie said to Eric.

"She's Sookie," he responded.

"Thanks."

Eric shrugged and walked upstairs to his room. Sookie had not been able to hear Ellie's thoughts and it might seem like Ellie became more confusing, but he felt that verified some suspicions. He was almost wholly convinced the girl wasn't entirely human now. And better still was that she was starting to place more trust in him.

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"Well, she was sweet," Sookie told Bill in the car.

"I don't know if that's the word I would use for her. She seems like a snob."

"You would too if you had to spend all your time with Eric and your family just died."

"Something about her just isn't right. I don't think she should could come to Bon Temps. It might just be a ploy for Eric to get closer to you."

"Bill! That girl is grieving. She just lost her only family and she wasn't even there for it. I don't think even Eric would stoop that low."

Kind of a filler. I really wanted to incorporate Godric's last scene at is by far the best scene of the show. It's absolutely amazing and they all do the best acting job in it. We'll see more of Sookie and Bill later. I've already written one of the scenes. Also about to get some action. Woohoo.

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