Chapter 12

(Pam's PoV Also if you follow this link . you should be able to see Pam's car =) It's a kinda short chapter I'm afraid but I have a lot of other pieces I need to get on with, thank you so much for taking the time out to read this, and even more thanks to those of you who review it means a lot).

Sunday night

Nightfall and for the first time in century I was nervous, ridiculous really, he had no interest, and I shouldn't have an interest, but in all my years I had never been with a Shapeshifter, I was curious. That's what I told myself anyway. I got ready for the evening slowly, I picked out a nice twin set with a simple headband, Sookie would of course describe me as Alice in Wonderland with fangs, but I didn't mind. I liked Sookie I truly did, she was always unexpected, and whether that was grounds to befriend someone I didn't know. I glanced around my room, walking to the window to release the metal shutter back up, some clever Were had rigged it so you couldn't even see it had been there. I liked being able to sleep in a regular bed without fear of the sun. The idea of a Vampire having to sleep in a dirt lined coffin was not a good stereotype, and went against all notions of good housekeeping.

I looked myself up and down in my full length mirror, it was Art Deco in style Eric got it for me in the 1930's I wondered why at the time, but it was probably on my death day, I didn't usually remember. The anniversary of the night he had turned me, we only celebrated a death day every decade, we live so long, we'd be entirely skint by the time we got to our half century mark. Not a hair out of place, good. Although if I were to date a two natured I should expect some shedding. I shook myself. The phone rang, it was Sookie;

"Hey Pam are you still ok to pick me up?"

"Yes" I answered I didn't see the point in wasting words on telephone conversations.

"Great, Eric took the corvette when he went to Merlotte's, I don't think he trusts me with it". I chuckled, poor Sookie, she seemed to be figuring out how much my master loved his silly vehicle.

I was ready for the evening, although I didn't care about cars I did have a beautiful British beast, well I thought it was beautiful, Eric thought it was too British, I glanced at my cherry red 1963 Austin Healey 3000 Mk II, shined and tuned to perfection, I maintained my car as well as I maintained my home, it just made good sense to keep it in good condition, if you need a to escape pursuers it's no good if the car breaks down on you. Although I never admitted to it, sometimes I missed England, the people with their proper attitudes, and their insistence that the government are fools and the persistent belief that the weather is the perfect thing to talk about for half an hour, mad, I wondered sometimes, about my human days, how life would have been if I had remained human.

Eric would have been dead, well, perhaps, he was a crafty sod and I'm sure he could have found a way out, but it was the fifties in New York and the underground fairy trade was going strong, Eric wasn't interested in the scene but there was a blonde who took his fancy, she was freshly turned, full of that vibrant spark new Vampires had, Eric always preferred blonde's. One cool but dry august evening, not long after nightfall, we had ventured to a small club, that was Vamp's only, the blonde was there and she had slipped fairy blood into Eric's drink (the bar tender kept fresh animal blood on tap, although occasionally we'd get human blood, there was a strange truce we had with the unwitting human world, when we scented a murderer, we had to kill him, it was a small way of paying our inherent debt, many cases went unsolved, but we dramatically decreased the number of potential murders in the larger cities. Incidentally Jack the Ripper was killed by one of ours). Anyway Eric went a little crazy, intoxicated was not a strong enough word for what Eric was that night, he started a riot, and had I not stepped in the barman would have staked him, even a Vampire as old as Eric could not have properly defended himself whilst high on fairy blood.

I listened to the radio, not really paying attention until the Joan Jett song "Bad Reputation" came on the radio, I sang along for all I was worth, I loved songs like this, they really got the old blood pumping, which admittedly for my kind was a lethargic kind of pumping, but still, I never did fathom how our blood pumps around, I mean we don't have functioning hearts, I had a friend, well ex-lover, who worked at a pathology lab, I had contemplated letting her cut me open to find out, it's not like it would kill me, but given the way that relationship had ended I didn't think it would be a good idea. I smiled as I pulled up beside Sookie's home, I really was lovely. I darted inside not knocking; it was always fun to catch Sookie off guard.

Sookie Stackhouse, telepath, barmaid, friend. Trapped in my makers' body, and coping surprisingly well, if Eric didn't want to turn her, then I would. She was trying to sweep up when I entered the room, in her surprise she grabbed the handle too tightly and splintered it.

"Pam! Don't sneak up like that!"

"You have Vampire hearing, you should have known I had arrived" I replied stating the obvious.

"Wanna TrueBlood?"

"No, I think we should get going if that's quite alright with you?"

"Sure, hey why aren't we picking Eric and Sam up too, in one car?"

"Sookie I never had you pegged as an Eco Warrior" I said smiling at the idea of Sookie with unshaven legs protesting in a tree, humans had some mad ideas but conserving the environment made sense, even if the manner was inefficient. If I were to save the environment I would simply acquire dirt on every political leader that mattered, a time consuming, but not impossible task, and then use it as leverage till my perfectly reasonable request was agreed to, those that didn't agree would have to be dealt with the more traditional Vampire way.

"I'm just saying... and actually I was more thinking of conserving gas money than the environment" she looked as though she would have blushed had she been in the correct body.

"My friend you are priceless" Like the sister I wished I could have I added internally, but my face remained impassive. I don't know why, but Sookie always seemed to inspire my protective instincts. "To answer your question, it is safer, with those freaks from the fellowship lurking about, you never know how safe your vehicles are."

"Oh thanks for the loan of the suit, I'll get you a new, it had a little, uh mishap" Sookie mumbled in Eric's deep voice, I didn't envy her being trapped in a male boy, those dangling parts getting in the way, I shuddered internally as I ushered my friend towards the door.

"Really I can't imagine what could have happened to it" I stuck my tongue out at her slightly, teasing her was almost as fun as teasing Eric, and the best part she never got too mad. "It's all right, I didn't really have the hair for it" I tugged at my long blonde hair, some days I thought I looked like an albino, others a goddess, just as with human women it depended on my mood.

"Maybe I could get you a Sue Storm? Or a Super girl costume?" Sookie volunteered, she really did have a lot of good ideas. My eyes lit up and I nodded smiling to indicate that her suggestion was acceptable. Sookie smiled shyly at me and added "I like your outfit by the way...very Alice". I knew she'd say that.

"Wanna help me plan a bachelorette party?" Sookie asked suddenly, ok, I didn't know she was going to say that.

"Who is the lucky bride" I asked, as I opened the car door for Sookie, who seemed hesitant, probably wondering how Eric's huge frame was going to fit in my less than huge car.

"Holly, wow your car is great, it's so clean" I smiled indulgently, if only I had a video camera to record "Eric" saying that!

"I'd be honoured" I wasn't being sarcastic, it genuinely meant a lot that she valued my opinion.

We drove quickly to our destination a Supe owned bar in Ruston, I was sure that Sookie would be pleasantly surprised when she found out what kind of Supe owned the bar. I turned the last corner into a small gravel parking lot, great now there are going to be dings in my car and I'm going to have to clean it again, I decided this was ultimately the FotS' fault, and as such all of my fury shall be vented on them tomorrow night. The boys were already there, apparently they were laughing at some hilarious work related moment, I snorted to myself and Sookie looked questioningly at me, I shook my head smiling. We walked over to our respective employers and paired up, Eric with Sookie, I linked arms with the Shifter enthusiastically, uck a crush at my age. We walked to the bar, Sookie laughed when she saw the name.

"You're kidding right?"

We waited as the Were on the door opened the slat to peer out, he took a sniff, and rumbled in his deep voice "Come on in, the party's just getting started" We were all smiling as we entered Harmony's...

TBC (ok so it was my first attempt writing in Pam's PoV and I'm switching characters for the next, so I'd love it if you guys could let me know which PoV you prefer, and if you want you can suggest a character for me to try writing as. Thanks for reading sorry it's short x)