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Chapter 11
GPOV
I pull up to Sookie's house, parking my mother's old car beside Eric's flashy SUV and gaze up to the familiar, old farmhouse with a fond smile. The three of us have spent so many nights just like this over the years, staying up just as late as our bloodshot eyes would allow, talking about everything and nothing at all whilst gorging on mountains of junk food while movies played in the background, mostly just as white noise behind our animated conversations. And this could very well be the last time we indulge in such youthful obliviousness.
"Shit," I sigh out, pushing open the creaking door. I won't think like that, not tonight. This night is all about celebrating our friendship, not marking the end of our childhood. I won't ruin this, not for me and certainly not for Eric or Sookie. We will celebrate to the fullest, indulging in all our old youthful traditions, throwing any of our current cares to the wind.
"Goddy!" Sookie exclaims, practically tackling me at the front door to bring amused laughter from me.
"Sook, if I didn't know better I'd think you were excited to see me," I tease, wrapping my arms around her tightly as she pulls her head back to look up at me with a bright smile.
"Always," she answers back, something unidentifiable shining from the depths of her sapphire eyes.
"Mmph!" I'm then left grunting in surprise as Sookie lips are suddenly pressed against my own, kissing me deeply and quite thoroughly, completely knocking me off my guard. I finally pull away, a bit breathless with a lazy smile. "Damn, that was unexpected, not that I'm complaining," I tell her lowly, absently brushing my thumb over her faintly flushed cheek. God, she's so beautiful.
"Hey, feeling a bit left out here," sounds beside us as I turn to see Eric smirking at the two of us, his towering form leaned casually against the wall of the entryway.
"I think he's talking to you," Sookie whispers amusedly into my ear, to bring a knowing grin to my face. "He already gotten his hello kiss from me," she states louder, earning a playful wink from him before he's stepping closer, his cobalt eyes nearly glowing in desire. Damn, just that one, heated look from him is enough to practically make me go weak in the knees.
"Eric," I greet, my voice coming out much more breathy than intended to bring a knowing grin to his handsome face as he stands toe to toe with me.
"Godric," he returns lowly, his large palms cupping my face gently before he's leaning closer, his heated breath warming my lips as my heart begins beating wildly within my chest. He closes the miniscule distance between us, brushing his lips teasingly against my own to bring a pitiful whimper from me. Dammit, I want so much more, I need it! I can feel him smiling against my lips before he draws my face closer, obliging me with a kiss just as deep, just as passionate as Sookie's to leave my head positively swimming.
"Holy shit," is whispered beside us then, before we're reluctantly pulling apart, turning our heads in unison to see Sookie's starry eyed gaze as she shakes her head at us. "Damn, I mean, just damn," she remarks, eliciting low chuckles from the two of us.
"You like that, Sook?" Eric teases, waggling his brows as he reaches out to goose my ass playfully, bringing a squeak of surprise from me.
"Damn it, Eric!" I scold halfheartedly, earning dual laughter from my friends as I punch his arm playfully in retaliation.
"You two are just too cute!" Sookie exclaims, gaining our attention once more. "Like an old married couple," she teases as Eric glances over to me with a mischievous smirk, a matching smirk comes to my own face as I nod my understanding. The two of us are then left launching ourselves at a squealing Sookie together as she spins on her heel, proceeding to dart forward through the house, keeping just out of our reach. "No! No! I didn't mean it! I take it back!" she cries out, bounding up the stairs, the two of us directly at her heels.
"Gotcha!" Eric exclaims in triumph, snatching Sookie by the waist just before the two of them tumble onto her bed together in a fit of bubbling laughter. "Come help me, Goddy!" he calls out before the two of us are attacking her with a tickle attack for the ages, eliciting peals of laughter from her.
"Truce! Truce!" she finally calls out breathlessly, panting along with the two of us before we finally relent, falling upon the bed together in a tangled heap of limbs. "Assholes," she pants out halfheartedly, weakly swatting at the two of us, bringing more breathless laughter from us.
"That's why you love us," I tease, leaning closer to press a wet kiss to her forehead, once more seeing that indistinguishable shine in her eyes as she smiles back at me.
"Yeah, yeah, I think you're right," she answers softly, making me wonder at her suddenly somber mood.
"Hey, I thought you asked us over to get our drink on," Eric chimes in then, breaking me from my thoughts as Sookie turns to him with a smirk.
"I did," she concedes, motioning over to her desk where she has a variety of liquor bottles on full display. "In fact, I think cheers are in order," she adds, sitting up with our help before making her way to the desk to pick up one of the glass bottles.
"And just what is it we're drinking to, Sook?" I question. "The fact that you were finally able to finish that portrait of us?" I tease, earning a snort of amusement from her before she plops back down between us, twisting off the cap easily.
"A fucking miracle, that," she mumbles amusedly, rolling her eyes as Eric and I share a smirk at her expense. "No, I say we drink to this," she says, pointing between us. "To us," she adds, a soft smile coming to her face as she looks back and forth between us. "I love you guys," she says, her words laced with emotion deeper than what the moment might outwardly suggest before she tips back the bottle to take a healthy swig.
"I love you too, Sook," I answer back earnestly, grasping her words now hold deeper meaning than they may have previously as she hands me the bottle with a tender smile. I take a deep swig myself, feeling the burning liquid heating along my throat before trailing down to my gullet. I hand the bottle over to Eric next, his own serene expression telling me he's grasped the gravity of the moment as he wraps his hand around my own over the neck of the glass bottle.
"Um, shit," he mutters, somewhat awkwardly, bringing matching smirks from both Sookie and I as he accepts the bottle from me. Our Viking never has been one in tuned with his emotional side. "I, um, I love you too, Sook," he finally says, his cheeks flushing lightly before he turns his gaze to me.
"It's alright, Eric," I interject, not wanting him to feel pressured to admit to anything he may not feel yet. "I love you and that's all that matters," I inform him, earning an arched brow in response.
"But, I do love you," he amends, making my eyes widen in shock. "Don't look so surprised," he chuckles out, shaking his head at me. "I mean I've loved you both for as long as I can remember, it's just a different kind of love now, if that makes sense," he says, looking back and forth between us a bit uncertainly.
"That's exactly how I feel," Sookie concedes as I absently nod my agreement, hardly believing what I'm hearing. It's like a dream come true, one I'd feared may never come to pass and I can't help fearing I'll suddenly awake, realizing none of this is truly real.
I've known for a while now that I've been in love with the both of them and thought I may at least have a chance of Sookie returning my affections, but to find out Eric feels this way as well? Unbelievable. Completely, utterly fucking unbelievable. And to hear him actually admit it out loud, so matter of factly, now that is something I feared I'd live the rest of my life never having bared witness to.
"You alright there, Goddy?" Eric questions, breaking me from my thoughts as I see him sending me an amused smirk, realizing I'm just sitting here, staring open jawed at the two of them. "Uh oh, I think we managed to break him with our flowery declarations of love, Sook," he teases, finally managing to pull a low chuckle from me.
"Yeah, that's it, Casanova," I tease back, playfully rolling my eyes. "I'm practically swooning over here, can't you tell?"
"Oh, I'll make you swoon," he playfully threatens then, lunging over a giggling Sookie's lap to take firm hold of me.
"Eric!" I cry out in surprise as he proceeds to easily lift me from the bed before drawing me into his lap, pulling my back flush against his chest as his long arms wrap around me tightly.
"He's just so cute, isn't he?" Eric teases, pressing a kiss to my flushing cheeks as Sookie is nearly rolling off the bed with laughter. "Oh, and I do so love seeing him blush like that," Eric adds as I begin struggling fruitlessly in his iron grip.
"Aww, he really is adorable!" Sookie cries out through her laughter, earning a mock scowl from me.
"Asshats, the both of you," I growl out halfheartedly, finally giving up my struggle to break free of Eric's hold upon me.
"Now, that's just not very nice," Sookie chastises teasingly, drawing closer to crawl over Eric's outstretched legs, coming face to face with me before stretching out her golden legs to wrap them around the two of us. My heart is suddenly racing, being held so closely in their dual embrace. I realize Eric and Sookie must notice just how much they're affecting me as I gaze up to see them sharing a knowing smile over my shoulder.
"What do you say, Sook, should we prove to Goddy here just how much we both love him?" Eric breathes against my neck, sending a shiver of desire through me before he's nipping lightly at my throat to bring a breathy moan from me.
"I think we might have to do just that, Eric," Sookie concedes softly, her silken lips brushing along the opposite side of my throat. A low, keening sound escapes me as I take firm hold of Sookie's hips, drawing her flush against me, letting her feel just how much the two of them are affecting me to bring a low moan from her.
"Fuck, yes," I sigh out, trailing a line of kisses along Sookie's jaw as hands are suddenly everywhere, exploring, caressing every inch of exposed flesh between us.
"Clothes," Eric growls out irritably, his hand getting caught in my rumpled shirt. "Too many fucking clothes," he grunts impatiently, earning low laughter from us before we're making quick work of our garments, throwing the discarded cloth aside carelessly until the three of us are left stretched out over the bed, wholly exposed to one another.
"Um, how do we, well, you know," Sookie remarks somewhat coyly, a faint blush coloring her cheeks as she looks back and forth between us. Eric chuckles lowly, rising up to his knees upon the bed, motioning for me to follow suit.
"There are many, many ways we can do this," he remarks, leaning down to position Sookie upon her hands and knees between us with a devious grin, pressing a light kiss upon the crown of her head. "But for now, I think this might be best," he informs us, him now kneeling before Sookie as I position myself on my knees behind her.
"This okay, Sook?" I question cautiously as Eric runs his hands through Sookie's golden tresses and I reach up to smooth my hands over the silken skin of her exposed back.
"Yeah, God, yeah," she answers back breathily, drawing matching grins from Eric and I. I smooth my palms along the back of her thighs before gently caressing her hips and ass, hearing her humming low with desire.
"Oh, fuck, Sook," I groan out, my hand trailing to the apex of her thighs to feel just how wet, how ready she already is. I glance up to see Eric's cobalt eyes blazing with heat and the moment is suddenly that much more intense as I align myself with our shared lover's sodden sex.
I press ahead slowly, keeping my shared gaze with Eric as I sink inch after hardened inch inside Sookie, groaning low at the feel as I see Eric mirroring my movements. My head falls forward as I sheath myself fully and I can hear Sookie moaning softly around Eric's arousal as I pause my movements, giving her a moment to adjust to the feel of us both joining with her like this.
"Oh, God," I groan out lowly as Sookie rolls her hips against me, granting me the sweet friction my body so craves. I see Eric cupping the back of Sookie's head gently, guiding her in a slow, steady rhythm over him and work to match my own rocking hips with his, the three of us soon finding a steady, matching cadence against one another as Sookie begins moaning softly, sweetly between us. Eric then reaches up with his free hand, caressing the side of my face gently before cupping the nape of my neck into his large palm, drawing me closer to his waiting lips.
"So fucking beautiful," he breathes against my lips, his eyes darting over my face in apparent reverence before his mouth is crashing against my own, kissing me with an eager enthusiasm to match my own. I quickly lose myself entirely to Eric's heated kiss, to the incredible feel of Sookie wrapped around me so firmly, to the fucking overwhelming awe of this shared moment between the three of us that seems so long in the making.
"Oh, fuck!" Eric cries out against my lips, his fingers clutching the hair at the nape of my neck firmly as his large form trembles lightly with his release. I grip onto Sookie's rocking hips firmly then, picking up my own rhythm against her as I feel my own impending release drawing near and we're soon crying out together, hitting our peaks as one before the three of us are left in a boneless, heaving heap upon the bed.
"I never knew it could be this way," Sookie gasps out after a time, earning soft smiles from Eric and I before we both lean closer to press mirroring kisses to each side of her temple.
"Perfect, just fucking perfect," I concede, earning firm nods from the two of them as we settle in together, wrapping one another in a cocoon of heated limbs as waves of utter contentment wash over me. This. This is what I've been missing all this time, what finally makes me feel wholly complete and utterly content. I now know without a doubt my life could never be whole without my two very best friends and now lovers at my sides.