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A/N: Just a nice little chapter! The next two are pretty big ones and my beta has returned as well. So no more mistakes. As always these characters do not belong to me, I just enjoy messing them around.

Light hurt's, Sookie thought as she rolled over in her bed. Miranda was sprawled at the bottom snoring lightly against a pillow. Sookie opened one eye and saw Claudine stood in front of the window. Hands on hips, her hair up in rollers Sookie knew what it meant.

"I'm in trouble right," she whispered.

"Oh yes," Claudine said. Sookie nodded her head and winced at the pain it caused. Sookie saw the horrible smirk spread across Claudine's face before she raised a pan and wooden spoon. "WAKE UP," she shouted banging the spoon against the pain. Miranda bolted up in bed wincing before she laid back down.

"Please stop," Sookie cried burying her head in the pillows. Claudine stomped around the room banging them together before she left, slamming the door.

"I hate your cousin," Miranda whispered.

"I thought demons didn't get hangovers," Sookie mumbled.

"Sambuca does weird things to me," Miranda explained. It took the two girls fifteen minutes to get out of bed, Sookie realised she still had her costume on as well. So it was another ten minutes trying to get it off. After covering herself up with cotton pyjama's they both headed downstairs.

"Morning girls," Claudine sang. Sookie stared at the spread she had prepared. She had mountains of pancakes all dripping in syrup. Bacon rashes and eggs done three ways.

"I'm going to be sick," Miranda mumbled before running out. Sookie sat down and helped herself to what she hoped was a dry pancake.

"We need to talk," Claudine told her.

"Not now," Sookie whispered. "When the room stops spinning please," Claudine gave her a nod. Miranda came back looking slightly better and helped herself to bacon and eggs.

"I hate you," she whispered.

"Lies," Sookie laughed.

"A free bar," Miranda cried. "Oh why did it have to be free," Claudine coughed lightly.

"It wasn't free," she commented.

"Then we stole a lot of drinks," Miranda chuckled.

"Pam gave us a free bar tab," Sookie explained. The fury on her cousin's face made Sookie want to curl back up in bed.

"I wonder what happened to Alcide," Miranda said.

"Last time I saw him he was with some shifter," Sookie told her.

"Was he downgrading?" Claudine laughed.

"He's very loyal to me," Sookie snapped.

"For now," Claudine whispered. Sookie glared and then winced at the pain.

"Are you feeling up to taking me home?" Miranda asked. "As much as I love casa de fairy," she giggled. Sookie shook her head and turned to look at Claudine.

"After my coffee," she sighed. Miranda smiled and sipped her own cup. Sookie hugged her best friend before she curled on the sofa.

"You," Claudine shouted. "Study, now," she barked. Sookie winced as she hobbled down to her Grandfather.

"Enter," Niall shouted as Claudine knocked. Sookie shuffled in, ignoring his laughter. "Oh my child," he said opening his arms. Sookie started towards him before Claudine grabbed her.

"I want the vampire punished," she told him.

"Why now?" Niall sighed. Sookie wobbled slightly and Claudine pushed her down into a chair.

"He openly glamoured a member of the Fey," she shouted. "I want justice," Niall looked at her before he looked at Sookie.

"We have an excellent relationship with Northman and his child," Niall said. "I will not enter into a dispute with him so openly without proof." Claudine turned to look at Sookie who had gone a funny pale colour.

"Tell him," Claudine said kneeling down. "Sookie, god knows what would have happened to you," gentle finger tips brushed the hair from Sookie's face. Claudine whispered a few words as she touched her and Sookie felt her hangover slip away. The sick feeling in her stomach settled and she breathed a sigh of relief.

"He didn't glamour me," she whispered. "I can't be glamoured." Claudine stared at her almost in disbelief.

"How do you know?" she asked.

"He tried too before," she explained. "When I was younger, I could feel his influence but I ignored it," Niall raised his hand as Claudine opened her mouth.

"Dismissed Claudine," he said. Claudine nodded and bowed before she left. "Come here," Niall opened his arms again for her. Sookie gladly climbed onto his lap and settled into his arms.

"She won't be happy until Eric pays," she mumbled.

"I know," Niall sighed. "However," he started. "I should be mad at my 17 year old granddaughter getting drunk," Sookie prepared herself for a speech.

"Did I wake you?" she asked. Truth be told Sookie couldn't remember coming home. She slightly remembered kissing Pam goodbye and walking down the road with Miranda, but afterwards it was blank.

"I'm fairly certain you woke up the whole neighbourhood," he chuckled. "You crawled up the stairs practically shouting 'Be quiet' at the demon girl. You slammed the bathroom door shut, threw up loudly. Fell into your door; fell over in your room. Shouted at Miranda for stealing your covers and then passed out," Sookie went bright red and cuddled him tighter.

"Sorry," she whispered. Niall laughed and kissed her forehead shushing her into sleep. She stayed on his lap until she fell into sleep, with a little bit of manoeuvring Niall placed her onto the sofa. He draped a thick afghan over her and sat back at his desk.

"Is she still asleep?" Claudine asked, several hours later. Niall looked over the desk and saw Sookie exactly where he had left her.

"I may have used a little spell," he said. "She didn't come home till after 5am and you woke her back up at 9," Claudine shrugged.

"I'm going out for a little bit," she told him.

"Will you be back for supper?" Niall asked.

"I'll grab something," Niall nodded and she left.

Eric entered the bar glad he had day time cleaners, the state it had been left in made it seem like a pack of animals had been inside.

"Master," Pam said seeing him.

"I will be in my office," he told her. He walked down the corridor hearing her behind him. Pam smirked at him as he left the door open for her.

"Look what the day man found," she said. She placed a plastic silver tiara on his desk, decorated with fake blue gems. "A princess without a crown," Eric lifted it into his hands. A single strand of bright blonde hair was stuck to the prongs.

"Leave," he snapped. Pam nodded and laughed to herself as she closed his door. Eric wrapped the strand around his finger noticing how it shone gold in his artificial light. How he'd love to see Sookie in the sunshine.

"You can't go in there," Pam shouted. Eric sat up tossing the tiara on the floor as Claudine stormed in.

"Try and stop me," she hissed. The door was slammed on Pam's face as Eric rose to confront the fairy.

"What do I owe the pleasure?" he asked.

"You come near my cousin again and I will kill you," Claudine told him simply.

"Are you really threatening me Claudine?" he laughed.

"I don't know how you did it," she hissed. "I know you glamoured her, I just know it. No way would she even want to think about kissing you without you pressuring her," Eric growled at her.

"Think about what you are saying," he said slowly. "Has Sookie made a claim against me?"

"No," Claudine spat. "You obviously glamoured her into forgetting," Eric laughed as he sat down.

"Have you spoken to the child?" he asked. "Has she alerted you to the little fact that she cannot be glamoured?" Claudine nodded. "Yet you do not believe her?" another nod.

"Sookie has always defended you," she said.

"Has she really," Eric sat up straighter.

"Don't get smug at me Northman," Claudine snapped. "You will never speak to her again." With that Claudine was gone. Eric allowed himself a little laugh as Pam quickly moved away from the door.

He lifted the tiara back up off the floor; Sookie had looked just as beautiful as always last night. The costume had been a stroke of genius on her part. The night would have been perfect if she hadn't tried to glamour him. Eric shook his head releasing his long hair as he scowled at his desk. A 17-year-old girl had tried to glamour him, Eric Northman. It just didn't seem to make sense. Although, he paused twirling the little bit of plastic around. Maybe he had wanted to kiss her?

With an actual snort Eric rose stretching himself out as he looked around the office, she had left a faint smell on his chair. It would have been glorious if not tainted with werewolf. He had wanted to tell her that her "boyfriend" had smelt like another girl, but that would have been cruel. Boyfriend, Sookie deserved a man not a child. A man like him maybe? Another shake of his head as he cleared those thoughts from his mind. He was a vampire, he did not date. He especially did not date fairies, even if they would make a great meal.

Closing his eyes Eric allowed himself some downtime, she had been so warm pressed against him. She had smelt like milk and honey and werewolf. That smell had nearly ruined all the others around her. A smile crept onto his still face as he remembered the glares he had gotten from a fairy boy. Sookie had two suitors apparently, the boyfriend and another boy. Gabriel? Yes, that was his name. He suited it as well, he looked good for Sookie. Their hair colour matched, was that how people choose mates? Hair colour?

"Are you joining me in the bar?" Pam asked. Eric turned to face her and nodded. The pair was full of human's tonight. Vermin Pam called them. They spoke too loud, stared openly and danced terribly. Nothing compared to the waltz Sookie had performed last night with her cousin. Every vampire in the room had simply seen dinner dancing around. Eric had seen a goddess. He growled and broke the glass he was holding, he should not be thinking of her. How had a stupid little girl gotten so under his skin. Pam simply raised an eyebrow at him. Eric barked orders to people to clean his mess before he stormed back to his office. The tiara was sat on his desk, in a flash he had thrown it against the wall. Tiny little plastic pieces fell to the floor, sitting down Eric summoned Pam.

"Clean that," he said.