Author's Note:
Hey folks, happy father's day and happy true blood episode watching tonight! I hope everyone enjoys this chapter, and an extra amazing thank you to my super awesome beta MoonWolfRuner - she's simply the best! So far, no lemons and I'm sorry but I'm trying to hold back on them giving that so many people are falling prey to booted stories. If things calm down I promise all my amazing readers lots of lemons! I hope that you, my amazing readers, will enjoy this chapter regardless.
Godric POV
I cursed to myself as I pulled away from Sookie's house. The entire situation was my fault; I was the one who for over a thousand years instructed Eric in the ways of maintaining emotional distance. I was the one who claimed Sookie as mine, then knowing where she stood on the topic of monogamy, was also the one who decided that Sookie and Eric should bond. With all of this, I should have realized that neither of them was certain to accept it, especially considering both of their 'emotional' backgrounds and their interactions so far with one another.
I drove as quickly as I could, to all of Eric's known safe houses. He had shut off his bond with me, making things much more difficult than I had anticipated. I resisted the urge to call out to him, using a command, knowing that it would only make matters worse, if I forced him to do anything.
After quickly scanning Eric and I's primary residence, I got back on the road. It was silly for me to even look here, knowing that if he truly wanted to hide, he wouldn't return to the first place either of us would look. I was trying to maintain a calm mentality, knowing that my if my vampire instincts took over, there would only be more damage to the situation. While driving, I was hit with a jolt of fear coming from my stronger bond with Sookie. Not knowing how she had managed to find herself in trouble in the hour or so I had been gone, I drove at top speeds to make it back to her house. I had yet to assess the true crisis that we had found ourselves in, and though I had e-mailed my maker in hopes of gaining some insight, she had ignored me thus far.
It was truly frustrating to be told that my love's life was on the line and yet not have any clues as to the threat. I had spent much of my time this evening going over possible scenario's in the back of my mind. I knew that ending Bill Compton was a mistake on my part; I had yet to receive any message from his maker demanding action and that was highly unusual. I also had not heard back from the queen after sending her my notice of relocation. Usually the sheriff , in this case Eric, would handle this paperwork, but I had been certain that given my encounter with Lukas and my advanced age, the queen would be the first to contact me, given that she had always wanted to marry me and make me apart of her court.
Niall also said some troubling things during the encounter. It was highly suspicious for him to be seen outside of his realm, and even more so, that he indicated the threat would be from his world. "There are things that are building." I recalled him saying. I was sure that he was speaking in some sort of riddle, but I had yet to decipher it, making me even more agitated. The final stress was that the Ancient Pythoness had thus far refused to contact me.
Soon enough the feeling of fear had subsided, though I continued back to Sookie's farmhouse anyway, if only to say goodnight to her and apologize one last time. As I pulled up in the driveway I noticed something was amiss with the property. I did a quick check of the perimeter and saw nothing out of the ordinary, but I was still weary.
I went inside and locked the door. I knew I could handle any threat to Sookie while I was here, but I wanted to utilize every form of protection available in case my little fairy found herself in trouble when neither Eric nor myself could come to offer assistance. I made a mental note to ask Eric's day man about installing a new security system on the house, as I moved to go upstairs.
As soon as my foot stepped onto the first step I heard noises of the intimate variety coming from upstairs and I smelled blood; both vampire and fairy. I vamped up the stairs and stopped at the open door of Sookie's bedroom.
I watched both Eric and Sookie as they embraced one another and rode out the euphoria of their encounter. I was torn between leaving them be and addressing them, but a wave of irritation swept over me as I took in Eric's carefree form. It was irrational of me to be angry at them, especially Eric. I had asked them to bond and even encouraged them whole heartedly as they fought against me. Yet in the moment, I was inexplicably upset.
Perhaps it was due to the fact that Eric had broken our emotional bond, only to go running into the arms of my mate. Perhaps it was because I felt jealous, that while I could have been enjoying a similar evening with my bonded, I was off chasing my immature progeny. Perhaps it was because I came back to Sookie's house to find the door unlocked and two seemingly oblivious occupants inside; after all I had effectively snuck into the house and caught them off guard.
I stopped my line of thinking before I got too out of control. "Well isn't this an interesting development?" I questioned them. Sookie's eyes jolted open and Eric's body tensed up.
"Godric what are you doing here?" Sookie asked timidly.
"Well, I came here to see you one last time before I went to ground. I was preoccupied this evening looking for my progeny." I sent Eric and icy glare, telling him that we would definitely be discussing this later.
"I also found the two of you unsecured in the house and unaware, which made me concerned with your safety."
Eric chose not to respond, but quietly got out of the bed and looked at me in shock. I vamped over to him with my fangs bared and anger in my eyes. Sookie looked between us with a hurt look on her face.
"Godric he came to my window, he wanted to talk and we shared blood. I thought you would be happy?" Though Eric now had his fangs out and the two of us looked ready to fight, he made no move to defend himself. I looked over at Sookie, attempting to calm myself. I snapped my fangs back in place to address her, though I stood rigid, a part of me still wanting to attack. I sighed and relaxed some, as I saw my fairy tangled in the sheets with a dazed and scared expression.
"Sookie I'm not angry that Eric chose to bond with you, and I'm definitely not angry with you my love. I only worry about your safety you know that." I walked over to her bedside and kissed her temple lightly. I inhaled the sweet scent of her peach shampoo and smiled. I sat down on the bed beside her, while Eric remained suspiciously quiet and unmoving.
"Sookie, I felt fear from you earlier through our bond. I came by because I had, had no luck finding Eric without our bond.." I quickly shot a glare over my shoulder to Eric "..and when I arrived here the house was unlocked and there was something off about how the property felt. Just please promise to call me should anything happen to you."
"I promise Godric, everything is ok." She pulled herself close to me and kissed my neck before whispering "Please be nice to Eric, he just wanted to talk. He was a total gentleman." I chuckled softly.
"Don't worry about Eric my love, I'll see you tomorrow." She nodded and closed her eyes. Eric and I waited until her breath evened out before we silently made our way out to my car. Eric got in without a word and refused to make eye contact with me.
I drove us back to our safe house in silence, only turning to talk to Eric once we were inside our day chamber. "I knew you loved her Eric." I quietly stated. He merely looked at me and re-opened our bond. I felt the small hallow spot in my chest be filled with his strong emotions; love, shame, happiness, and fear.
"Godric, I do not know what to do with her, with these feelings. I was so furious when she told me I do not feel, I just had to get away from her." I smiled at him, all traces off my anger slowly ebbing away.
"Eric I cannot tell you how to love, or how to be loved. I never thought to teach you what to do with these emotions because I have never felt them myself before meeting Sookie. But my child you must realize that she is special, and that this situation is not to be taken lightly."
"Yes Godric I know. I regret that I was not more cautious in approaching Sookie, though I may mention that I believe I found a suitable guardian for her during the day."
He paused and I looked over to him with a raised eyebrow. "Do go on" I urged.
"I have a were that is somewhat indebted to me. Alcide Hervereux. I will call in the favor if you'd like. He seems like he may get along with Sookie, though I must warn you he strongly dislikes our kind."
I nodded and took in the information. While I was skeptical about the loyalty of someone who does not like vampires, I saw no other options for the foreseeable future. I nodded before continuing.
"Yes that seems acceptable. Thank you Eric. You may tell him the arrangement is only temporary, I have begun to seek out a Britlingen guard for a more permanent solution. Also, if it's not too much trouble, could you ask your day man to look into properties for me, surrounding Bon Temps? I wish to take a look at a few with Sookie tomorrow evening; I would like you to join us as well."
"Yes Godric." He turned to walk out of our room to make the phone call. I closed my eyes to center myself before I began removing my clothes. Eric came back to join me moments later.
"Everything is arranged with Alcide. He will be at Sookie's house tomorrow and work as her bodyguard, until we notify him otherwise." I nodded and smiled at my childe.
"Thank you Eric. Tomorrow evening we have much to discuss before going to meet Sookie; I have some theories that I would like to share with you about our current situation. But for now, we must rest."
Eric simply nodded and climbed into his side of the bed. I briefly thought of how others might view the pair of us joining together in the bed, but shrugged it off knowing no individual would truly understand the connection we shared – save perhaps Sookie.
I closed my eyes and prepared for the dawn to take me when I heard Eric say my name. I opened my eyes and looked at him.
"Godric. I feel her. She feels..." he trailed off and closed his eyes for a brief moment. "Happy" he concluded.
"Yes my child, as do I."
Author's note part deux:
So, I know so many of you said you wanted Eric and Sookie together, and this is the beginning of that. Make sure to leave me your thoughts in a review - I'm so happy this story has over 100 reviews it's crazy! - and have fun watching tonight's true blood! Just in case you forgot, I don't own any of these characters this is just my interpretation of how things SHOULD have gone ;)