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Chapter Fourteen

New York, I Love You

Sookie POV

"New York? Sookie, what are you talking about?" We were in my bedroom while I was preparing my suitcase because I had no time to lose. Eric was alive, that was all that mattered to me and if he needed me to go to New York that's what I was going to do. It was about to go a bank and emptying a safe box but I didn't know how long I'd be there so I wanted to be prepared. "Sookie, stop for a second, please."

"I can't, Granny." I continued gathering my things and looking around me to not forget anything. "Listen, I know this may sound crazy but Eric is alive and he needs my help so I have to go to New York. Besides, I won't go alone. In the letter, Eric told me he would send someone trustworthy to go with me."

"Who?"

"I don't know yet but I trust Eric so I don't care." I put my sweater down on the bed and turned to look into my Gran's eyes. "Granny, I know all this is crazy but I love him, I love Eric and I need to do this for him. He's going to get back to me and he needs my help so I'll help him. He saved my life more than once, so I'll do whatever it takes." I thought my Gran would try to convince me otherwise, that I didn't really know Eric well enough to trust him, but instead she just smiled at me and put the sweater I had left on the bed into my little suitcase.

"I understand you, Sookie, I really do." She stroked my arm and looked into my eyes. "We can not control who we fall in love with or if the person is right for us because that's impossible but when I hear you talking about him…your eyes light up and I know you're determined to do this for him so I won't stop you."

"Thanks, Gran."

"However, I want you to be very careful and don't separate yourself from the person Eric has sent to go with you, okay?" I nodded and finished gathering my things. Eric did not tell me when would that person arrive, even its name but I was sure that I'd recognize him instantly. I couldn't help but be nervous about having to travel to New York and I wouldn't have done it before with a stranger but things had changed a lot. I was another person, a completely different Sookie. I was in love.

"New York? Is she completely insane?" I began hearing voices while I was finishing picking up some of my stuff. My suitcase was ready and I only had to wait. I recognized the voice right away; Jason. I went downstairs at full speed and walked into the kitchen to know what was going on.

"Jason, what are you doing here?"

"Sookie, I'm sorry…" My Gran started to speak but I didn't know what she meant. "Jason called me and I told him about the trip to New York without realizing. I'm sorry."

"Don't be, Gran." My grandmother was sitting in a chair in the kitchen table so I stayed beside her as Jason was glaring at me. "I don't know what's going on, Jason, but I don't think that any of your business."

"What? Are you kidding? Gran says you're going to go to New York and that's not my business? Are you stupid?" My Gran was about to scold him but I stopped her putting my hand over her shoulder. "No, Jason, I'm not stupid." I answered him firmly and coolly. "It's true that I have to go to New York and it's been unexpected but I need to go and that's all."

"Why?" he asked demanding an explanation. "What have you lost in New York?"

"None of your business."

"No? Sookie, you're just a kid who knows nothing of life and if you go to New York, you'll have problems." He started walking towards me but he stood behind the chair that was in front of my Gran's and put his hand on the table. "You don't have to do anything in New York."

"I have to go, Jason."

"Why? Why suddenly is New York so important?" He quickly turned and growled at me as if he couldn't understand. "Sookie, we're talking about a big city and you've no idea how dangerous it can be."

"And you do? Jason, please, stop treating me like a little girl. I am not anymore and if I want to go to New York is just MY business. Also, I won't go alone." I realized the mistake I'd made as soon as the words left my mouth. Jason would want to know who was coming with me and I had no idea what I could answer to him. "Hey, you're my older brother and I know you always worry for me but this is ridiculous, don't you think? I am not a little girl, Jason."

"Who is going with you?"

"That must be me." All of us automatically looked to the back door of the kitchen and saw a woman wearing a suit jacket and skirt in pastel shades. "Pamela Ravenscroft but I prefer you to call me Pam."

"Pam? Are you…Eric sent you?"

"Of course. And you must be the lovely Sookie Stackhouse."

"I am Sookie Stackhouse. She is my grandmother, Adele Stackhouse and my brother, Jason." Pam greeted us with a smile and a slight nod and suddenly the discussion with my brother didn't matter anymore. "Um…this is a little weird, you know, I was waiting…"

"A bodyguard?"

"I really don't know what I was waiting but you're not exactly what I had in mind."

We chatted for a few minutes but we had to leave as soon as possible because we had a plane to catch. Pam was charming and before I could realize my Gran had invited her to celebrate every birthday, Christmas or Thanksgiving with us.

Jason was totally impressed with her but that was something normal in him although I was sure that Pam wouldn't make things easy for him.

"Your first time?" she asked me bringing me out of my thoughts.

"What?"

"Is this your first time on an airplane?" I smiled and blushed because it was too obvious.

"Is so obvious?"

"Yes. Don't worry, Sookie, we'll be in New York sooner than you think. Besides, we have work to do so you'll have no time to miss Bon Temps and we back in a matter of days."

I nodded but I really wanted to hear from Eric. "Have you talked to Eric?"

Pam chuckled and stared at me. "You two can't be without the other, can you?" Don't worry, Sookie, Eric's fine but he needs to take care of a few things. You know, professional matters."

"I know what you mean." Eric had told me everything that night before I left the house that was now a lot of ashes. He killed three killers and hid all the evidence and he was probably in Jackson willing to kill his boss, Russell Edgington. "You know if he…has he finished his work?" I asked almost whispering. I hadn't said nothing incriminating but for some reason I couldn't help murmuring.

"Sookie, calm down. These things take time but you need to be quiet, he'll come back to you soon and you two will be happy forever." I didn't know if sarcasm was normal for Pam or she was just trying to annoy me but I didn't intend to talk about all that in a plane full of people. "Tell me, what did you give him to be crazy for you?"

"What do you mean?"

Pam raised an eyebrow and stared at me. "It's the first time Eric is so impulsive and I know him for a long time."

"Well, I dunno, but I'm sure I haven't been the first woman who is interested in him. I mean, look at him," and I blushed again, "I'm sure any woman would love to be with a ma like Eric."

"Sookie, he has NEVER had a relationship. In fact I think I'm his longest relationship." She said laughing slightly.

"You and he ever…" Pam was a spectacular woman and I wouldn't have been surprised at all if there was something between them.

"With Eric? God…no." And she laughed out loud until some passengers were looking at us. "Sookie, I love Eric, I'm not going to deny it, but like a brother." That surprised me because Eric had never talked about her, but again, I had only known him for a month. "It's true that he tried to flirt with me. He tried," said firmly, "but I slapped him and told him that his 'equipment' was not what I was looking for."

"Oh…so you are…" My Gran would have been furious with me if she had seen my reaction but I couldn't help it. Pam surprised me. "Sorry."

"Don't apologize, Sookie, I know we barely know each other but that will change soon. Now tell me, have you already told him that you love him?" I wasn't used to talk about this with someone else because my love life was practically nil until I met Eric.

"Actually he told me first, you know…when he and I…when we made love for the first time." I said, whispering the last part. It was the best night of my life and I really felt it when I answered him that I loved him too. "It was all so sudden and unexpected…I dunno, I could hardly believe it."

"I know, Eric said the same."

"Really? How is he? Is he okay?"

"Relax, Sookie, Eric is fine. You know, he's planning his 'revenge'," she said air quoting, "and that takes some time." Throughout the flight I realized why Eric trusted Pam; she was a woman who was not afraid of anything and being at her side I felt able to do anything. "He misses you."

"What?"

"He told me to tell you that he misses you, loves you more than his own life and can't stop thinking about the time you two will be together again because it was the best time of his life. Please, don't make me repeat it because I won't be able." I grinned like a fool and even a tear slid from my eye through my cheek, but they were tears of joy because I knew Eric would return soon and we be together and this time would be forever.

"I love him, too." Pam looked at me expectantly. "Will you tell him if you see him before me?"

"Of course. Although I don't understand why you two are so fucking dramatic." And she winked at me.

"It's not drama, it's what I feel. You know, he saved me from Bill, but he did it in many other ways too." Pam was silent and suddenly I wanted to tell her and share with her what I felt for him. "You know him better than anyone, Pam, that's obvious but I'm in love with him and I know Eric loves me too. So tell me, do you believe trying to kill Russell is a mistake?"

Pam looked at me in silence for a few seconds that became the longest of my life. Her deep blue eyes were looking at me and then she sighed heavily. "Eric knows what he does, Sookie."

"That's all? C'mon Pam, I'm sure you have an opinion. Just you and me know what he's going to do and you've talked to him and he told you everything, so tell me, what do you really think of this?" I wanted to know it, I needed to know if Eric was going to get himself into a suicide mission to kill his boss. "Tell me…"

"Sookie, I know Eric is willing to do anything to stop Russell because it's the only way he can be free and back with you. Believe me, I am very worried for him, terrified because I couldn't bear to lose him but I trust Eric and I know he can do this."

"Thank you."

"You're welcome. But right now we have work to do and if anything I've learned from Eric is that's better to do things one at a time. First we have to go to the bank, empty the safe box and we'll think about the rest later."

"I like that plan."

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