A/N: I was going to write another scene between Eric and Sookie, but this one came out instead; which is obviously quite different...hope you enjoy it anyway! :D
PS: For the record, they are en route to Bill's after the mayhem at the Festival.

"Shouldn't you be with Sookie?" Pam demanded petulantly, following Eric into the darkness.

"I am where I need to be," he replied calmly.

"Are you sure? You seemed all set to settle down and raise piglets or something."

"I believe the term is 'raise puppies' but since I have no desire to do either, and certainly not with Sookie, I'll pretend I didn't hear that," Eric replied.

Pam stopped in her tracks, "What do you mean 'certainly not with Sookie'?"

Eric sighed, "We will discuss it later," he promised, moving to continue on his way.

"We will discuss it now," she said stubbornly.

"Pam…" he began in a warning tone.

"You called her 'nämen älskling,'" she reminded him, her tone a mixture of hurt, betrayal, accusation and anger. "As I recall that's a pretty emotive term," she added with a touch of bitterness.

"Do not pretend that you have not been aware of all that I have felt over the last few days," he replied, giving in to the inevitable and coming back to join her.

"Mostly you were just confused," she goaded him, "if it was anyone else it probably would have been amusing," she added.

Eric narrowed his eyes at her response, "I was not confused the whole time," he replied.

"No," she agreed, "you certainly weren't confused when it came to Sookie," she continued, "just when it came to me."

"Sookie was easy to understand, you were not," he retorted, Pam looked at him in surprise, "you were mine and yet…not mine. I didn't know how things should be between us; it bothered the hell out of me."

"I'm sure Sookie was ample distraction."

"Will you forget about Sookie?"

"Why? You obviously couldn't."

Eric growled and invaded her personal space, towering over her, "For your information, Pamela," he began, his voice low and dangerous, "you were the one I could not forget. The link between us just about drove me insane as I tried to figure out how I felt about you and why you mattered so much to me."

Pam looked like she was about to comment, but Eric didn't give her a chance. "I am surprised it escaped your notice that Sookie had to use her powers to reverse the curse whereas you almost did so just by standing in front of me, practically daring me to kill you!"

"I didn't dare you to do anything," she mumbled.

Eric grinned in spite of himself and stepped back, "I know I wasn't particularly adept at being there when you needed me, but at least do me the justice of believing that I wanted to be." He paused, "Because I can assure you my feeling towards you did not change."

Pam stared at him.

"You're actually going to make me say it aren't you?" Eric said after a long moment.

Pam shrugged a shoulder, fighting off a smirk, "Nothing else will convince me."

"You are the most incredibly obstinate, infuriating, headstrong girl…" Eric muttered.

Pam waited and Eric rolled his eyes.

"And I love you."

His admission was all Pam needed to throw herself into his waiting arms; he shook his head as he pulled her closer to him.

"I missed you," she murmured into his neck.

"You foolish girl," he mumbled into her hair, clasping her so tight that had she been a human her ribs would have been crushed.

Pam smiled to herself as she buried her face deeper into his neck: she had her Maker back.