She drifted off to sleep shortly after he left and she wasn't sure how long she had been asleep but the arm that draped over her waist told her it had to have been hours, "Eric" she said stretching and locking her locking her finger in his "hey" she nudged him softly with her hips before rolling to face him "NO NO NO NO" She screamed praying that this was all a dream.
Sookie jumped out of bed falling to the floor screaming as he reached for her "Sookie knock it off already your pissing me off" he barked at her as he stood from the bed and walked out of the room, "shit what the hell is going on" she rubbed the tears from her eyes and stood following after Alcide. "Where's Eric" she barked out as she stomped into the kitchen "don't worry Sookie he's in a safe place for now" her heart sank into her feet he had Eric and she knew he would never tell her where he was, "Alcide please haven't you done enough to me already why do you have to hurt anyone else please let Eric go" she begged allowing herself to show weakness to him was hard but she would do anything to have Eric safe.
Alcide's smile turned into a frown as he slammed his hand down on the counter " I saw you with him do you know how much that hurt me", Sookie looked at him shocked she knew there was someone watching them last night but she reassured herself that it was just her mind playing games on her. "I know what I did now and I just need one more chance just one more" she stared at him in shock did he really think she would ever be with him again ever, "Alcide you beat me and tried to kill me what makes you think I would ever want to try again with you?" His lips curled up and he let out an ear piercing scream as Sookie watched him pull at his hair and neat on the counter, "I love you Sookie and I know how to make it right this time and we can be together, I will make it right."
He stepped toward her holding his arms out think she would run into them and all would be right between them but she backed up flinching away from him as he moved forward, "no way never " she screamed as she ran into Eric's den locking the door behind her. She remembered Eric telling her about his father's gun collection from when he was a kid and she hoped that like most of the house it was something he didn't get rid of, Alcide beat on the door calling her name over and over again "I just want to talk Sookie why are you being like this" Sookie pulled out drawers and opened closets frantic she found the hand guns she was searching for and thankfully one of them was loaded.
The door burst open and she stood ready with the gun in her hand pointed in his direction "go away don't come near me" she screamed, Alcide shook his head laughing at her "why are you being like this baby" he acted innocent as if she hadn't been running from him for years as if he hadn't hunted her down and tried to kill her as if they were back in high school and she still believed he was the man she loved. Sookie cocked the gun and fired it into the wall next to him snapping him out of the haze he was in "what the hell is wrong with you" he grit his teeth and stepped back toward the door, "leave Alcide now leave now" looking her in the eyes he knew she was serious so he turned and started to walk out of the door "oh by the way run from me and Eric will die" and he walked out the door and left the house.
Sookie fell to the floor crying the gun still in her hand he had done it again he found a way to break her make her weak and vulnerable and now she was stuck with him unless she could live with Eric's death on her hands, she didn't fully believe Alcide had Eric and she hoped there was still a possibility Eric would walk through the door and they could run away together. She sat for what felt like days in his study waiting for any sign that Alcide was full of shit but when the sun started to set and there was still no sign of Eric she knew she had to come up with a way to find him, Sookie pulled herself up from the floor and grabbed her bags from the bedroom her and Eric had made love in just hours before and headed home.
There was question Alcide would be waiting for her when she got back to her house but no matter how hard she tried she couldn't prepare herself for what she was in store for, Sookie walked up her back porch silently praying that maybe he would leave her alone long enough for her to come up with a plan but she knew better Alcide liked to play with his food before he ate it and she was on the menu as long as he had Eric. The door swung open making her jump in her skin and there he was with a smile and a dozen roses in his hand instantly she remembered the flowers Eric had brought her he remembered her favorite flowers were daisy's yet he this fool was with roses, "no thanks" she said walking past him into the house.
Shock was the only way to explain what she felt as she looked around at her house that just the day before laid in shambles and now it was neat and tidy filled with things that didn't belong, "I took the liberty moving a few of our things in now that we are going to be working things out" Sookie wanted to scream he had taken over her childhood home and filled it with memories of their horrible life together. "Where is Eric" she said wither back to him "a safe place" he said putting his hands on her shoulder and messaging gently, his touch made her skin crawl and she couldn't help but flinch as he caressed the tender spot on her neck where Eric had been kissing just hours ago.
"Sookie we need to talk please sit with me" he took her hand and lead her to the table where he sat across from her still holding her hand, "Sookie I know what I did now I know what you needed from me and I should have given it to you a long time ago" she looked at him stunned that he was so calm and patient with her. "I should have given you a child I know that now" her face got hot and she couldn't catch her breath was he really asking her to have a kid with him after years of abortions and refusing her protection just to hurt her he actually wanted her to have his baby, "no way no never" she shook her head no "I'm a dad now and I know what I have been missing my sin I seen you and he can't wait to meet his new stepmom."
Her eyes popped out of her head "father" she said over and over "yes unfortunately his mother wasn't strong enough to be a good wife and mother so she killed herself a year ago, he spoke about her death like she was a pet he owned and he just woke up one morning and she was curled up under the table dead. "Son" she said out loud to herself as if saying it would make it go away "we would be great parents together don't you think?" Sookie sat quietly unable to think of what to say next but he continued to talk, "he has been staying at his uncle Bills and he had seen you around town a couple of time he thinks your beautiful and he hopes you will like him he's at that age you know where every person is his friend.
He spoke of his son like he was a proud father who loved him unconditionally but something told her things weren't what they seemed Alcide had a way of suffocating the things he loved, "what's his name" she asked with no clue why "Earl after your grandfather of course" Sookie's stomach ached when he spoke the name the name she always swore she would name her first son. "Uncle Bill's?" she asked trying to change the subject "oh yeah Compton and I have stayed close over the years and Earl stays with him for a few weeks every summer he has been a dear friend through our divorce too", Sookie's chin dropped and suddenly it all made sense.
All those years in high school Bill had always been around for her a good friend to talk to someone to share all of her secrets with little did she know that very secret was being told minutes later to the one man who could use them against her, Bill was always there and now she knew why he was never her friend he was just a low life spy for his good buddy Alcide. "Why are you doing this?" Sookie held her head in her hands trying to cover the tears that wear falling down her face, she couldn't believe she was right back here again after all these years she was sitting in a room with him listening to him beg for another chance and she found herself wishing she had kept running.
"Where's Eric" she whispered still not looking in his direction so he couldn't see the weakness in her eyes when a hand flew across the table slamming into the side of her face and knocking her backward off of her chair, her ears were ringing and the light in the kitchen was dulled by the blackness that filled her eyes. "Look bitch I've been being nice and I said I would be nice but you just keep pushing me with this Eric shit you do what I say and you both live ask about him again and I can't make any promises", Alcide hovered over her his finger extended jabbing in her direction "clean yourself up I'm going to go pick up Earl so we can have a family dinner and you better behave yourself."
He turned and walked out the back door without saying another word leaving her lay in the middle of the kitchen floor crying and bruised, everything in her body was telling her to run and run fast she could be at Tara's house in a matter of minutes and she knew her friend would help her get out of town but her heart told her she would never be able to live with herself knowing she left Eric to die alone. She pulled herself up from the floor setting the chair upright and heading into the master bathroom to clean herself up, she had always known Alcide was off in the head he thrived on other peoples pain and loved to be in control but as she looked at her face in the mirror watching the bruises form around her eye she knew he was
absolutely fucking crazy.
She thought back over everything he had said and she couldn't believe how far he had gone to hurt her, making her have abortions every time they conceived and making her wait until the last second to do it only to turn around and have a son with someone else and name it after her grandfather. Her heart ached again as she pictured her Grandparents watching her suffer like this and she felt her knees buckle underneath of her as she collapsed to the floor, Sookie cried silently holding back her sobs out of fear that he would hear her and get angry all over again like he had so many times before.
It seemed like hours had passed when she heard footsteps and laughter coming up the back porch she had cleaned herself up like he told her to covering the blue and green bruise with concealer and a little powder compress and now she stood waiting for him in the kitchen, "Hi Sookie" Bill said smiling at her as he walked through the back door with Alcide and his son "hey Bill how's the spy business going" she fought back the urge to dive on him and claw his eyes out. Alcide laughed at the interaction between them playing it off as though it were a friendly joke but the second Earl was through the door he shot a look at her "Eric" he mouthed dragging his thumb across his neck, "this is my boy Earl" he bellowed proudly shoving the slender child toward him.
Earl was tall for his age but it was to be expected from the size of his father but what caught Sookie by surprise were the light features that the boys must have inherited from his mother, his pale blonde hair and green eyes were far from Alcide's gene pool and Sookie found herself wondering if the boy had any of his father in him at all. Earl smiled holding out his hand to her and she couldn't help but feel sorry for the boy right away, the dark circles around his eyes and the slice in his lip told her that Alcide loved him just about as much as he loved her; the boy was just something for him to possess and control.
Sookie quickly took the boys hand and pulled him to her wrapping her arms around him trying in some way to let him know he wasn't alone, Earl's body was stiff in her arms and the fear in him vibrated through her chest he was uncomfortable with the hug but Sookie held on for a little longer squeezing a little tighter before letting go. "See Bill I told you she would be a good Mama" Alcide joked as he pulled two beers from the fridge handing Bill one "so I hear your going to have a few of your own soon uh Sook", Sookie didn't reply but made a mental not to sneak into the bathroom and take her birth control asap.