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Chapter Twelve

He stood behind me, placing his hands on my shoulders. I jumped to my feet immediately, clutching onto the Styrofoam cup that once held the coffee I had just poured onto the ground.

"Quinn, how are you?" I disguised my voice well enough to disguise the large gap I had created between us.

"I've been alright, just running errands, throwing parties, the same old stuff."

"Ah, well, what are you doing here?"

"Some weres decided to tie the knot, and they wanted it to be extra-special. I stayed here last night so I could go home today. Who would have thought that I'd run into you here babe?"

I cringed when he called me that. There was only one person allowed to call me anything like that, and he was not that person.

"Ha…ya…Well, I have to go now. Bye Quinn."

"Where do you have to go this early in the morning?"

"I have to go pick my brother up from the hospital, thank you very much!"

"I'm sorry Sook. I didn't know."

"No, you didn't. Excuse me." I walked past him, making sure that I couldn't even come close to touching him.

I got to the room , realizing that I had nothing to wear to pick Jason up in but what I was in. It would have to do. It was bad enough that I was leaving Eric shirtless for when he woke up, but he was Eric, he wouldn't mind.

I gathered all of my belongings, which consisted of my tie-dye socks, and my red shirt, and went out to my car. My phone was lit up, I had forgotten it in the car all night.

Sookie it's me Amelia. Where are you? Are you okay? It looks like we got robbed! Please call me back!

Sookie! What is going on? Where are you? I called Sam and he said that he had no idea where you were. You need to call!

Sookie, open your eyes, stick you hand in your pocket, and PULL OUT YOUR PHONE! Eric was just here looking for you, and he looked worried. I'm not stupid, I know that if a vamp is worried then there's something bad going on! Don't make me send a search party!

I closed my phone, laughing at her tantrums. At least I knew that she was worried about me. I arrived at the hospital, not straining for air this time. I still received odd looks from the new receptionist due to my outfit, but I knew that I needed to get Jason home.

I signed in, and made my way to his room, wanting to get out as quickly as possible. He was sitting in a wheel chair, fully clothed, staring out the window. He seemed different today. This was not the Jason that I once knew.

"Are you ready to go Jason?"

He turned his head to look at me. There were tears streaming down his face.

"Ya, Sook, let's go home."

I rolled him to the front desk, and we gathered his discharge papers, reluctant to be leaving. I helped him into my car, not wanting to hurt him even more.

He did nothing, but stare out the window, watching the yellow and white lines blur by as we drove.

"Jason, what is the matter?" Nothing. It was like I was talking to a stuffed animal. He made no facial expressions, or gestures. He just stared.

I reached out and touched Jason's hand. Suddenly, I was in his head, but it was the night before. My head involuntarily jerked to the right, and I saw it. I saw his distraction.

It was a man. I couldn't recognize him though, cause Jason pulled his hand away from me.

Who could it be?

"Hey Sook, do you think that we could stop and pick something up to eat? I'm starving!" And at the drop of a hat, my Jason was back. Words could not explain at that moment.

"Uh…sure Jay… what are you in the mood for?"

"Something extra greasy… with fries!"

Had I been imaging something that wasn't there? Was that other Jason all in my head? I shook it off and found the nearest fast food joint that had a drive thru.

I found an old dirt road to the side, and pulled over. Jason was right, he was starving. We ate our food rather quickly, sitting there with full bellies, almost completely satisfied.

"Who was the man Jason?"

"What man?"

"The man that you saw before you crashed… who was it?"

"I don't remember a man Sook."

Then who on earth did I see?

I decided that we had been there long enough, so we started on our journey home again. Amelia met me at my car door.

"Where have you been? Do you know how to answer your phone? I've been so worried! "Did you-" She saw Jason and immediately stopped. He was staring out the window again, drawing circles on the window.

It was almost like a piece of him was missing, as if it were torn out of him. It made me want to cry, to hold him like our mother would have.

"What happened?" Amelia whispered as if Jason wouldn't hear her. I shrugged. I really didn't know what was wrong with my brother.

"Alright Jason, let's go inside."

Nothing.

"JASON"

He kept drawing those damn circles on the window. I slapped his hand, hoping to break him from what ever he was under. It didn't work. He grabbed my hand, tightly squeezing my fingers.

"Jason stop! Jason you're hurting me…let go!" The tips of my fingers were now red.

He blinked a few times at me…. Giving me a deer in the head lights look.

"Sook, when did we get here?" He released my hand.

"Are you serious Jason?" What the hell was going on?

"The last thing I remember was eating a burger. That's it."

I got out of the car. Something odd was going on, and I couldn't handle it.

"Get out of the car Jason."

"Sook, what's going on?"

"GET OUT OF THE CAR!"

Amelia ran to his side to help him, scared of what I might do next.

"Take him inside and get him in bed." Something was wrong with my brother, and it worried me.

I sat on the swing on my front porch, and tried to collect my thoughts. My deep breaths were starting to calm me. The doctor's didn't say that he had any brain damage, and his mood swings were far too strange. I knew that something else had to be the cause of it all, but what?

I fell asleep on the swing. It was dark by time I woke up, and Amelia hadn't bothered to try to wake me. I was thankful.

I saw the headlights coming down my gravel road. They didn't belong to the Corvette.

Quinn stepped out of the truck. He was the last person I wanted to see right now.

"Hey Sook."

"Quinn"

"Can we talk?"

"It depends on the topic."

"Look, I'm sorry about this morning. I shouldn't have assumed anything."

"You're right, you shouldn't have."

"I wanna make it up to you, over dinner."

"Quinn, thanks, but no thanks." Even if I could, there was no way that I was gonna go in what I was wearing.

"Come on babe, let's just put everything behind us."

"You don't understand Quinn. I'm seeing some one, I've moved on."

"I knew. The moment I saw you with him in Rhodes, I knew. The way you looked at him when you danced was enough to tell me."

"Quinn, I think you should leave now." I motioned towards his truck.

"Ya, maybe I shouldn't have come over at all. See you later babe."

I thought he would never leave. His tail lights finally disappeared from my sights, and I finally said goodbye to Quinn the were tiger.

I went inside to check on Jason, hoping that he was his normal self at this moment. He was asleep.

I went to my room, and changed out of my ridiculous get up. I felt much better in my sleep shirt and pajama pants.

The alarm on my phone began going off, and I wondered who it could possibly be.

'Lover, I shall be arriving at your house very soon. Wait up for me.

~E'

With in minutes, he was there. I let him in, and heated him up a blood in the microwave. I was up against the fridge, his hands wandering, his tongue darting in and out of my mouth.

"I woke up without you lover, it was very….stressful."

He pressed his pelvis up against me, and I was fully aware of how stressful it had been. My hand slowly slid down his chest, almost reaching him.

"Ahem!" Amelia was standing in the kitchen, with a rather large smirk on her face.

"Um, here's your blood Eric, I hope you enjoy it."

"You know that there's only one thing I enjoy lover."

"Eric, let's jut go sit."

"As you wish." I tugged on his hand and lead him to the couch.

We snuggled up to each other as Amelia left the room again.

"So, how was your trip?"

"It was just a routine one. Politics, party planning, money giving. Nothing new with Felipe."

"Oh, well it was better than my night."

"Yes, considerably better since Victor did not attend."

"Really? That's actually strange since he is second in command to Felipe."

"Indeed."

I jumped off of the couch in a flash, and ran to Jason's room. He was still asleep.

I ripped the covers off of his body, but he didn't budge.

"Sookie, what is the matter?"

"There was someone there Eric, distracting Jason as he drove. That's why he wrecked."

"Lover, it was some random person in the woods."

"Was it?" I turned to him, and looked him right in the eyes.

"Sookie, what are you doing?" Amelia came back in, confused by my antics lately.

"Shh. Be quiet."

I latched onto Jason's ankle, being sucked into his truck again.

I waited till I saw him. This time I was gonna get a good look at him.

My head jerked over, and I quickly adjusted my eyes.

"Oh God no!"

TBC...