*Disclaimer*
Not my characters. They belong to HBO or Charlaine Harris. But I just love S and E together so much.
I woke up the next day in a wonderfully warm and comfortable bed. Eric was laying next to me on his side with his arm stretched out over my stomach. His hair had fallen into his face, so I brushed it back and noticed his eyes beginning to flutter.
"Hmm.. Evening Lover." He came closer and tried to kiss me but I was suddenly overcome with night sickness, as I had come to call it seeing as I was only sick at night time...awww my little vampy baby was only awake at night time it seemed, just like his daddy.
I rushed out of bed and was thankful that the bathroom door was open otherwise I would of ended up being sick all over Eric's dark wood flooring.
I threw up until I was just dry heaving and began to panic because I knew that dry heaving could cause damage.
"Eric?! I need water!" I shouted out to him.
About 20 seconds later Eric vamped in and handed me a glass of water which I gulped down and immediately threw back up. Nasty, I know.
I finally was done, but I was too weak to stand.
"Eric, can you help me up?" I said, beginning to cry because I was once again embarrassed and feeling terrible.
"Of course my sweet." He said, while picking me up and carrying me back to the bed.
"This is just terrible! I hate getting sick!" I complained while Eric moved to across the room and brought back the little trash container from by the door and a water bottle from a mini fridge that I had not noticed the night before.
"If you can not make it to the bathroom in time, just use this." I nodded at him and he sat down next to me in the bed while I drank down more water from a water bottle.
"I've only been getting sick at night. I think that the baby might be sleeping all day like you." That made me wonder if the baby could be burnt in the sun. This made me a bit sad, seeing as how it would have been so much fun to go swimming with him during the day, but I wouldn't mind having family time in the pool if it turned out he couldn't stand the sun. "I wonder if he will able to go out in the sun or not."
"I do not now, my lover." He stood up as his phone rang. "Sookie, I have to take this call."
I nodded and he left the room. I laid there, completely miserable and wanting to go back to sleep. I heard him in the hallway and it seemed like he was arguing with someone.
"BECAUSE I AM THE KING, THAT IS WHY!" I heard his roar, causing me to jump and my heart to race. I was so glad Eric didn't yell at me like that. I mean, he had in the past, but not since we got together.
He came back into the room with a look of annoyance.
"Who was on the phone?"
"It was Pam. Apparently the Vampires in this State are becoming restless because of the takeover. Sookie, I know you are not feeling well, but there is a meeting tonight a Fangtasia and we are expected to be there. I will reschedule it, but it has already been rescheduled and is very important." I was feeling absolutely terrible and did not want to go out at all which caused me to slightly yell at him.
"Are you serious? Eric, I just was sick! I do not want to go anywhere! Leave me alone, you selfish bastard!" And with that, I rolled over away from him and tried to go back to sleep.
But I couldn't. I heard him leave the room, after feeling a huge rush of hurt from him. I felt physically, and now emotionally, terrible. I started crying again and laid there for about 15 minutes until I started to feel fine. The nausea had passed and all I wanted to do was find Eric and apologize. I mean, he could've waited until I was at least settled into bed before springing that on me, but I went a little fair in calling him what I did.
I got up out of bed and went into the bathroom to shower. I grabbed a bit fluffy towel out of the linen closet, hung it on the rack by the shower and started the water. I stripped out of the nightgown I was wearing, that I supposed Eric had dressed me in, seeing as how I had fallen asleep outside in his arms.
I stepped in and let the warm water fall over my tired body. I looked down and saw the my stomach had a slight bulge to it and gasped at the sight of it.
Oh my goodness!' I thought 'This is real!'
And that's the last thing I remember happening.
Eric's POV
How could she call me selfish? I offered to reschedule and she promptly yelled in my face and told me to leave.
I could not help the hurt I was feeling and I am sure she felt it through the bond.
I walked out of the room, respecting her request and went downstairs. I walked through the kitchen and noticed the stupid box of cereal that we had left out. Gods, the way her face lit up when she saw those boxes. I loved how such simple things could cause her to become so overjoyed.
But, she wasn't always overjoyed. The past week since I saved her from fucking Compton, her eyes were almost dull and lifeless. It was beginning to worry me how many night terrors, as Dr. Ludwig had called them, she was having. Last night seemed to be the worst of them all, and she would not talk to me about it.
I wish she would understand that she can tell me anything. It will not annoy me or cause me to cast judgment onto her.
I only want happy Sookie. No one likes a sad Sookie.
There were times that she seemed fine, but I would catch her starring at nothing with such a look of sadness and it caused my still heart to hurt. Times like those, I wish I could just glamour her into forgetting the terrible things that had happened to her in her short life.
I only want her to be happy. And that is why I left the room without an argument. She was already physically sick and now she was probably feeling emotionally sick as well.
I opened the back screen door and flew up the roof and stared out at the night sky. It was already winter. I could not believe that I had only known this wonderful women for less than 2 years, it seemed as if I had known her forever.
Christmas was coming soon, and while I was not a Christian and had never celebrated the holiday, I knew my Lover did. I couldn't wait to see what she would do to my home and I smiled at that thought.
That smiled soon faded when I heard my love screaming my name.
I flew down off of the roof and went straight up to find her and the scene before me was absolutely horrifying.
Sookie's POV
I woke up lying in an uncomfortable position on the shower floor. I moved to get up and slipped falling on my wrist and smashed my face against the bench Eric had in his shower. I'm pretty sure I split my forehead open with the amount of blood coming down my face. I laid there for a moment, shocked. Then the pain kicked in.
"Agghh! Eric! Eric! Help me! Please!" Suddenly he was there, picking me up and carrying me out of the shower. He set me down on the vanity bench, grabbed a towel and put it around my shoulders. He grabbed a washcloth and held it up to my forehead.
"Hold this on here with pressure," he told me, and I followed his instructions.
He left for a moment and brought back a nightgown and panties, helping me dress. He took over holding the cloth on my forehead while I placed my good arm in the nightgown and then retook the position of holding it while he carefully placed my swollen wrist in the other sleeve.
"What happened?" he asked me, not looking me in the eyes as he slowly peeled back the washcloth. Blood gushed out and I was starting to feel light headed.
I swooned forward and Eric caught me. He carried me out to the bedroom and helped me get in a comfortable position.
"I fainted cause I got dizzy. And when I woke up this is what had happened," I told him. He sat down on his side or the bed, and bit into his wrist and held it up to my mouth.
I took his blood and started to feel aroused. My injured wrist was now healed so I reached down to rub his bulge. Only he didn't have a bulge. Instead he pushed my hand away, took his hand back, and got up. He went into the bathroom and came back with two washcloths, one wet and one dry. He cleaned up my face from all the blood and patted my face dry, not even trying to get any of my blood. I then knew that I had deeply hurt him with my over the top name-calling.
"Eric, I'm..." I started to say before he interrupted me.
"It is fine Sookie. You were not feeling well." He went back to the bathroom and when he came out, he went straight into his closet. From where I was lying I could see that he had hung up all of my new clothing in the closet. I couldn't believe that he had taken the time to do that, and I felt even worse for calling him selfish.
I got out of bed and went into the closet with him. I went over to my clothing, glanced at what he was wearing, and saw that he was wearing jeans, and tank, and his leather jacket. I chose a pair of black leggings and a black sweater. I dressed quickly and slid on my black suede boots.
"Sookie, what are you doing?" Eric asked while I dressed. I turned to him and he had an emotionless face. I walked over to him and stood before him with my hands on my hips.
"I thought you said that we had a meeting to go to." He looked down at me and his eyes looked me up and down. "Fine, go do your makeup and hair. I will go have a Tru Blood."
He left the room and I followed him out.
"Eric! Please! I'm sorry! I don't know why I called you selfish! You are so wonderful to me all the time and I feel terrible about this! I don't know what to do!"
He had stopped but didn't turn around so I walked over to him and stood in front of him.
"You are forgiven, min kärlek," he said with a smile. I jumped up and he easily caught me. I wrapped my arms around his neck and he backed us up to the nearest wall, all the while kissing me.
"Eric, it's ok. Bite me, I know you're hungry." He bent his head into my neck and inhaled deeply, taking his time. Then, he bit me softly and took only a few mouthfuls. He pulled back and rested his forehead against mine.
"Thank you, Lover," he whispered to me in a deeper voice, his accent more pronounced.
"Anytime."
He smiled and set me down. He turned to leave but I caught his hand. He stopped and turned back to me.
"I really am sorry, Eric," I said, looking down at the ground feeling embarrassed.
He lifted my chin up with his free hand. "I know."
He leaned forward and kissed me but when I opened my eyes he had vamped out of the room.
I shook my head with a slight laugh and headed to the bathroom where he had put my makeup and hair items. I quickly, but nicely applied a slightly darker eye. I placed a towel between the counter and me and I leaned closer to the mirror to apply my eyeliner.
I was just finishing when I noticed that Eric had been standing in the doorway, watching me.
"OH MY GOODNESS GRACIOUS WHAT ARE YOU DOING? YOU SCARED ME!" I shouted at him, jumping away from the mirror.
"I am sorry Lover. I did not mean to startle you," he said, laughing at my reaction.
"Yeah, well next time make some noise or something!" I said turning back to the mirror.
"Why do you have a towel under you?" he asked from his stance at the doorway.
"Well, I noticed that I have a slight bump now," I told him, capping my mascara.
"WHAT!? Let me see!" He rushed over, spun me around, and lifted my shirt up. His large hands settled over my tiny bump and he started laughing.
"Sookie! This is amazing!" he said with a huge grin on his face. I started smiling too because of the amazing feelings I was getting from him.
"I KNOW! I was so overwhelmed that I fainted in the shower!" He looked up to me then.
"Sookie, you said you fainted because you were dizzy."
"Well, the real reason was lame. I didn't want you think that I was, you know, incapable of being a mother or something. I mean who faints at the sight of a baby bump?" I asked embarrassed.
"Sookie! My lover! All of this is overwhelming. You should never feel like you have to hide something from me. You are so caring and warm. My sweet, you will make a wonderful mother!" I smiled up and him and gave him a quick kiss.
I turned back to the mirror, grabbed my brush, and handed it to him. He took it from me and began to gently brush my hair out.
When he was done, I quickly plugged in my hair dryer and dried my slightly damp hair straight. I pulled it half up and left the rest down.
"I love your hair like that. It reminds me of when I stayed with you. You are so beautiful," he said from behind me with a smile.
"Oh thank you! Sometimes you are so sweet!"
"Do not let anyone know that," he said with a very serious look. I laughed at him and reached up and playfully squeezed one of his cheeks.
"Your secret is safe with me, My King," I said as I curtsied at him.
"Smart-ass," he said with a slight chuckle.
"You know it!"
A/N: Eric Northman was a Jeopardy answer tonight and none of the contestants knew it and I WAS LIKE OMG YOU IDIOTS. I guess not everyone likes True Blood or something...