(Please excuse any grammar issues in tonight's post. I am currently under the weather and it was incredibly hard to focus tonight. Please enjoy this chapter and let me know what you think!)
Eric arrived at Fangtasia hoping that this would end as soon as possible. As it stood he was agitated that he had been pulled away from his home tonight. The only solace that he had was the fact that Sookie had come to him for once. Walking into the back door of Fangtasia he spied Sookie sitting on his throne with her legs crossed looking aggravated as she spoke with Pam. Noticing his arrival, Pam sped over to him. "She has been here since first dark requesting to speak with you and you alone." Pam had enough of the blonde haired woman and her grasp that she seemed to have over her maker. Once the message was delivered to Eric she went out front to man the front door as quickly as possible.
Sookie noticed Eric as soon as Pam walked over to him and waited patiently. Bill had left to New Orleans but never told Sookie why, which was odd for him. He said that he could be gone for up to three days and Sookie figured that it had something to do with Eric trying to get her to be his.
Sookie stood up from his throne and stomped over to his office; going inside and sitting on the couch that was in there. Eric followed quickly behind Sookie wishing to get things over with as quickly as possible. Closing the door behind him Eric went behind his desk and sat down waiting for the beauty before him to speak.
"Bill left tonight and went to New Orleans without telling me why. The only thing I was told was that he might be gone for a couple of days. Did you know about this or were you the one to send him?" Shaking his head he took a moment to admire her beauty but every time he tried to imagine her the way he usually did it just didn't work. She was just so dependant and up until now he hadn't really noticed. The worse thing was that she was dependant whilst trying to show that she was not. In his world she just couldn't keep up and while her naivety is cute it was also very troubling. "I was unaware of any requests for him in New Orleans. Usually, vampires in my area must let me know when they come in to my area as well as when they leave so that if they somehow end up missing I know where to look first." Sookie glared at Eric he had to be lying to her, he was always trying to get Bill away from Sookie.
"Tell me the truth Eric, I do not have time for your petty attempts to get Bill away from me." Fuming was an understatement. Sookie could feel her face get hot with anger. "That is the truth and honestly I do not have the time to deal with you currently. No, I do not know why Bill is there or why I was not told. Currently I have more pressing matters to attend to and trying to steal you away from Bill is not my top priority." She became wide-eyed as Eric growled out his response. He was always so charming when he spoke with her even if most of what he said was unbecoming of a gentlemen but tonight everything came out with an edge to it. Something was going on with him. "What is happening, is it something I can help with? I am always available to read for you if you need it." The switch in her attitude had not gone unnoticed by the old vampire. She was curious as to what he was preoccupied with.
Sighing, Eric shook his head," It is none of your business. Now, I must go I would appreciate it if you would just text me the next time you needed me for something instead of coming down here and causing a distraction for my staff. Sookie got up from the couch with a huff and walked out of Eric's office, slamming the door on her way out. Pulling out his phone he saw that he had been there for far too long. It was already 1:00 in the morning. Surely though Sophie had woken up by now. Opening up his text messages with Godric he sent a text asking if she was indeed awake. It took about a minutes time before Godric responded. "No, she still hasn't even moved from where we left her."
Closing his phone Godric looked up to see Sophie marbleized on Eric's king sized bed. By now she should have awoken from what the doctor said. Worry began to set in and Godric couldn't take it anymore. Getting up he went into the bathroom and began drawing a hot bath for her. When he was human it wasn't uncommon for lovers to wash their dear ones when they were ill and although he hadn't done so since he was human he needed to do something to make himself feel better, as selfish as it was. Once the bath was full he stripped himself of everything except for her boxers and went back to Eric's room. Softly he gathered her up into his arms and walked her over to the tub. Settling with her on her chest he began to wash her.
As he washed her he felt her muscles twitch and he could hear soft groans of agony escape from her plump red lips. If his heart was still beating it would surely break. He watched as her back flexed slowly at first and then violently. The water was thrashing out of the tub as her movements increased in veracity. Horrified Godric watched as the skin of her back began to rip apart and blood began to settle in the water. Godric hadn't eaten this day so the control he had over himself was suffering as his body sat in the now pinkish red water. Suddenly with a loud scream Sophie jerked her body back and settled on her knees, gripping Godric's shoulders and staring into his eyes with daggers of pain. Before he could react he saw what had caused the bloody curdling screams of pain. Protruding from her back were a pair of tall wings dripping with chunks of skin, tissue, blood and yellow mucus.
Sophie slumped on top of Godric as she caught her breath. Never had she felt such pain and she was relieved that it was over of the time being. Looking back up into Godric's eyes she could tell that he was staring wide eyed behind her. Turning her head she saw what he was staring at and promptly fainted sending her and her new found wings splashing backwards into the water. Swiftly Godric pulled Sophie up from underneath the water and shook her violently bringing her back to reality with water spurting from her mouth. The first thing she could think of saying came rushing from her mouth before she could stop it. " This is seriously not what I wanted for my birthday."
Godric couldn't help but burst out in a guttural laugh at Sophie's remark. Shifting himself he took Sophie by the shoulders and turning her so that she was facing away from him. "Let's get them washed off, they smell horrible." Carefully Godric took the sea sponge that was next to the tub and put some of the body wash that Eric had onto it. As he ran the sponge softly up and down the new wings that had sprouted from Sophie's back he heard a long drawn out sigh. "Does that feel nice?" Nodding her head in response she turned on the bathtub faucet and began washing her face it had been a long long long couple of days and she was exhausted. As it was she wasn't even sure what day it was anymore.
Once Godric was done with her wings he was able to tell what color they were, golden. It was breathtaking but that seemed to be a recurring thing when it came to his little Sophie. He watched as she stood from the tub and grabbed a towel. Following in suite they both dried off in silence. One was thinking about their future and the other was thinking about what they had just witnessed. Hand in hand they walked out of the bathroom and into their separate rooms to dress. Sophie dressed in the purple teddy that she had intended on wearing days ago and Godric put on a simple pair of cotton black pants.
Eric had arrived home after dealing with the night's drama of vampire fights and annoying fangbangers. He had fed on one tonight but that was it. The sexual appetite the always gnawed at Eric's mind just wasn't there today since there was so much going on inside of his head. It was quiet in the home and he could tell that Godric was upstairs in his room again. Quickly Eric walked up to his room to check on his sleeping beauty. When he got there much to his surprise she was gone! His eyes lit up as he turned his head and focused on the room next to him. He heard soft grumbles from her room, she was okay.
Sophie had locked herself in her room and was currently staring at herself in the mirror. How was she supposed to suppress the wings so that they were not visible? She decided to reach out to Freya for the first time. Hoping that there was something she could do to assist Sophie. Her mind was fried from everything that had happened in such a short amount of time and the help would be greatly appreciated. Sophie sat in the middle of the floor and focused on her question, slowly beginning to meditate. She was there for about an hour's time before it happened. In her mind she saw herself sitting as she was currently but saw the wings disappear right before her eyes. Opening her eyes she ran over to the mirror again and they were gone! Sophie jumped up and down excitedly and then ran out of the room and into Godric's. "I did it!" Smiling up at the girl he already knew what she was talking about, the wings were gone and this was the first time he had seen Sophie truly smile since they met.
"Eric's home, and I think that it is important to tell you that he was the one who found you and you stayed in his bed while you were out. We actually slept with you yesterday to try and bring your fever down." Godric didn't want her to go without knowing the truth of how things were while she was out. It wasn't fair to her or to Eric. "Eric was incredibly worried about you." Sophie smiled and kissed Godric softly on the cheek, "Thank you, I will go talk to Eric." She walked out of Godric's room and noticed that the door to the office was opened. Walking inside and closing the door she saw Eric's face illuminated in blue thanks to the computer screen in front of him. "Hello." Sophie said softly as she walked in and sat on the desk next to the tall blonde viking.
Eric looked up at her and smiled. She had so much more color to her skin, it was strange to him. He hadn't noticed before just had pale and sickly she looked; and even then he found her beautiful. "Well hello, you look like you are feeling a lot better now." Sophie nodded her head and smiled. "I am, I heard what you did for me when I was sick. I really appreciate it. It's funny really, here I am supposed to protect you but you were the one doing the protecting." Eric wondered if Godric told her about the fact that he left her side to go to Sookie, a fact that now pained him to admit. Sophie hopped off the desk and climbed onto Eric's chair facing him and sitting in his lap. Hugging him she turned her face and bit his ear softly. Pulling his earlobe in between her teeth she flicked it with her tongue and squeezed his tightly. Eric's fangs dropped and he wrapped his arms across her lower back.
Hearing the click of his fangs Sophie dropped her own and slide them across the curve in his throat. Eric was different than Godric when it came to affection; she could tell this by the way he acted. Godric wanted affection but Eric acknowledged pure physical contact more than anything else. Eric let out a low rumble from deep within his chest as he picked the valkyrie up and propped her up onto his desk. Taking her surprised face into his hands he leaned down and kissed her. The kiss was filled with want and need between the two of them. Hot and heavy with his ministrations Eric placed his hands on her naked thighs and squeezed the supple flesh. He could not tell her with words how worried he was and how much he really did care but he knew that the actions he was showing the young girl were more than enough to show her how he felt.
Sophie could feel the heat between the two of them continue to rise as clearly as she felt Eric's hands pushing up her teddy. Before they could continue any further there was a grumble that came from Sophie's stomach. Pulling away quickly Eric remembered that she needed food as soon as she woke up. Looking at her questioningly he knew that she had still said nothing about wanting food. "You must eat, let me go get food for you." Blushing Sophie nodded and moved out of Eric's way. "Can you just get me some strawberries, milk, bread, cheese and honey? Is there even a supermarket open this late?" Surely with how podunk the town was everything would already be closed. Eric shook his head and smiled. " There is someplace I can go to get the items you require." With that he left the room and headed out into the night.
Sophie went back to her room and eyed the phone. It had been long enough and she needed to speak to her brothers, they wouldn't allow her to go much longer without contact. Picking up the phone and turning it on she had over 100 missed texts from her brothers, some from Nicholas but more so from Viktor. Viktors messages got more and more violent the more she read through them. The last mentioning the fact that if she did not contact them or come back to them in New York willingly he would force her to do so. Nicholas on the other hand was just concerned and asked her to call whenever she could, his texts poured over the fact that he was sorry for what had happened and that it was all Viktors idea. Nicholas never threw his brother under the bus for anything so she knew Nick wasn't lying. As she was reading through the texts she received another one from Nicholas. Happy birthday sweetheart. Looking at the date he was correct her birthday was tomorrow. Finally deciding to respond to her brother she typed, Thank you, I will call you tomorrow to speak with you; but just with you. Please do not tell Viktor that we have been in contact with one another. His threats are unsettling to me.
Nicholas sighed as he received the text back, finally she had responded. He was aware that his brother was losing control over his actions when it came to Sophie. He wasn't sure what was more alarming; the fact that he was so adamant in retaining her that in his words she sounded more like an object than a person, or the fact that his brother hadn't been home since they arrived back in New York and hadn't made his whereabouts known to anyone. He sent a smiley face back to his sister and laid back down. He was relieved and would finally be able to rest in comfort knowing she was okay.
Godric was downstairs when Eric came home with the food. "Ah, I am glad one of us remembered to get her food." Godric said smiling at his child. He knew how Eric found out that Sophie hadn't eaten but it really didn't bother him as much any more. It seemed as though the two of them had found a place in the little Valkyries heart and while that wasn't exactly what he wanted he would deal with it if it meant that he got to be a part of her life. Now, that wasn't to say that she had made up her mind and he knew this all too well, but he was gearing up for it just in case. Sophie's presence pulled him from his thoughts as she came downstairs to eat. There was a worried look on her face when she arrived but before either of them had a chance to ask her what had happened she began to eat like she hadn't ever eaten anything in her life.