I had gone back to work but the town was still pretty freaked about stuff and Sookie's house was a complete wreck. I still don't understand much of what happened. I had yet to hear from Eric and I was actually pretty shocked by that. But I saw him quite soon.

I heard a pounding on my front door one night and I ran down to see Sookie, all dressed up, I assume because she had just had a date with Bill. But she certainly didn't look happy, in fact, she was crying. "Sookie, my gosh, what is going on?" I asked, letting her come in.

"Somebody kidnapped Bill."

"What? Oh my gosh, have you called the police?"

"They aren't going to do anything about it because he's a vampire. They also think he just ran away."

"Why?" I asked skeptically. "What happened?"

"He proposed to me and I went into the bathroom because I needed a minute to think and when I came out, he was gone."

"He proposed? That's great!" Despite the fact that Bill had just disappeared off the face of the earth, I was really excited for him and Sookie. He was gorgeous and so was she and they had already been through so much together.

"I wanted to see if you'd heard from him or heard noises at his house?"

"No, I haven't seen anything at all. I haven't heard from him in days."

"I think Eric took him," she muttered. Why? Eric has no reason to want Bill.

"I'll go see him for you and you take care of things here," I reassured her. I then drove to Fangtasia. I walked in and I was angry. The drive over had given me time to let things simmer in my mind until they were ready to boil over. What if he had taken Bill? What if he had some hunch about who could've done it?

I saw Pam and immediately approached her. "Pam, where is Eric?" She smiled like she thought it was sweet I was paying him a visit.

"He's indisposed at the moment," she responded.

"Indisposed doing what? I need to see him. It's about Bill."

"Of course it is."

"You know where he is?" I asked, hopeful.

"No. My comment was referring to the fact that you and Bill have some weird friendship bond where you care too much about each other." I made a face.

"Okay… Just tell me where Eric is." She nodded towards the basement door and I opened it and stormed down the stairs while she pretended to try to stop me.

I stopped in my tracks when I spotted Eric. He was having sex with some girl basically up against a wall. "Oh, damn," I said. I rarely cuss but I sure hadn't expected to see this.

"Dallas?" Eric asked, stopping the sex with the girl. "Do you see anything you like?" I grimaced.

He then tried to introduce me to the girl and all I could muster up was, "Hi." I looked away because I didn't want to see either one of them naked.

"What brings you to Fangtasia?" he asked, walking up towards me. I really did not want to see him like this.

"Bill's been kidnapped and Sookie and I think you did it," I spat out.

"I didn't," he said. "Any other theories?" He looked incredible. His hair was light brown and I was certain that it hadn't been that color when I last saw him.

"I'm still on this one, thank you very much."

"Why are you here if Sookie is Bill's actual girlfriend?" he implored.

"She's a little bit upset, Eric, if you could imagine. I know you don't have a heart but the rest of us do!" That was a little harsh, I admit, especially when the last time I'd seen him, he'd been crying into my chest. His eyes fluttered a bit like he knew what I was thinking about. "Now where were you tonight around 11?"

"I was her, with her."

"Doing this?" I asked. I was a little shocked, I'll admit.

"Yes," he smirked, "does my stamina impress you?" I know color fled to my cheeks and I practically coughed with embarrassment.

"Tell me where I can find Lorena. If you don't have him, then I guarantee she does." Sookie had explained to me the woman who bit me in the hotel in Texas was Bill's maker and she was still incredibly in love with Bill.

"That's a valid theory but given how your exchange with her went last time, I think you should let me deal with her instead." I raised my eyebrows.

"Like you give a damn about me personally. You're up to something."

"I do care about you, Dallas. You know I do. Besides, as sheriff of the area, I am duty-bound to find him. You do not need to get involved and neither does Sookie."

"Well, you ought to know by now that we will go looking for him."

"I have no doubt." I turned to leave but stopped on the stairs on the way up.

"You never paid me and I'm certain you never paid Sookie for Texas."

Pam came by the next night with a check for me from Eric and instead of the $10,000 that I was finally coming to terms with accepting, he had given me a bonus. "Pam, what is the extra money for?"

"He told me that you and him exchanged a few moments in Texas. I think the extra money is intended for you to buy yourself something frivolous," she said.

"Because we had a few 'moments?'" I asked, skeptically.

"He said something along the lines of, 'because you're different.'"

"Of course, he did."