Sookie stood in the middle of the bedroom trying to remember what exactly happened to her in the shower she remembered the water feeling hotter than usual and feeling dizzy like she had earlier that day before the room started spinning out of control, she started talking out loud picturing in her mind every second from the laughter she heard and opening her eyes to see Tara and her family of dead bodies. She wasn't talking to Eric she was directly but she knew he was listening to her as she continued rambling on and on to herself, she was trying to figure out what was going on she had seen Tara before in a dream but why was she seeing the others now and not weeks ago when she witnessed their deaths.
"Tara was taunting me she appeared first" she said starting to cry "why is she doing this to me?" Sookie paced the floor throwing her hands in anger "I kept the girls safe" she screamed up at the ceiling before turning to face Eric, He sat quietly at the end of the bed watching her as she paced he knew something was happening to her but at this point he wasn't sure if it was supernatural or mental. "Sookie did they say anything to you did Tara say anything to you?" Sookie pressed her hands to her eyes as she cried hoping to push the images out of her head but it was no use all she could see was Tarance smiling and his brains on the all and Dahlia rocking back and forth with a hole in her head but worst of all was Tara's laughter echoing in the room around her.
"She just kept laughing and laughing" she cried answering Eric's question a few seconds later her knees felt weak and everything in the room was blurry Sookie could feel the darkness creeping up on her and her eyes closed as she fell, Eric flew off of the bed and wrapped his arms around her as she started to fall and carefully laid her back on the bed. Sookie needed help and there was only one person he could think to call, she would not only be able to tell him if it was supernatural or if Sookie was having a mental breakdown because of everything they have been through lately but she might be able to help Eric flipped open his phone and called an old friend of Sookie's.
"Amelia" his voice broke as he stared at a sleeping Sookie "I think we have a problem I need your help" Eric wasn't use to asking for help he had always been able handle what came at him but when it came to his Sookie he took no chances, Eric explained what he could make out from Sookie's ramblings and asked if there was any way she could help. Amelia was a witch and Eric figured if it were supernatural she could at least tell him what he was up against. He was thankful that It didn't take much persuasion for her to agree to come even though he would have been willing to beg, "I'm not sure if there is anything I can do to help but I am willing to try" Amelia could feel Eric's tension through the phone as he thanked her for the hundredth time before they hung up.
He thought with Amelia on her way he would feel more at ease but as Eric stood in the bedroom doorway watching her sleep he couldn't stand the thought of her losing her mind and he found himself praying that it was something supernatural because at least he stood a chance against that. He paced the floor until he felt dawn approaching and he knew he would have to go to rest for the day, Eric didn't want to leave her to deal with this alone but he wasn't sure if he would be safe spending his day in the bedroom with her he couldn't trust her with her own life right now after finding her face down in the shower how could he trust her with his and then it hit him what about the girls.
There was no way she would ever hurt them intentionally but what if she had an episode while cooking lunch and burned the house down or even if she passed out in front of them they would be terrified, Eric walked down the long hallway and pushed open Lafayette's door feeling thankful that he was home tonight as he shook him awake. He started to explain what was going on Sookie but halfway through Eric's story Lafayette started to look panicked, he held up his hand and shook his head waiting for Eric to stop talking. "Tara don't mean no harm she's just here to see the girls", Eric paused his first reaction was to choke the half asleep idiot he had allowed to stay in his house but instead he sat staring at him in disbelief.
"What the fuck do you mean she is just here to see the girls you can see her?" Lafayette scooted back on the bed trying to put some distance between him and the now angry vampire "Eric I'm a medium I can see spirits and Tara's been around since I been back." Eric's eyes started to glow with rage he couldn't understand how he could be so stupid "you didn't think you should tell us that there has been a ghost just hanging around here", Eric jumped up from the bed and started pacing again at least he knew now that what Sookie was seeing was real but why if Tara has been here the whole time why did she wait until now to show herself to Sookie.
It was dawn now and the sun was starting to rise Eric could feel the pull of the day calling him to sleep, "just keep an eye on Sookie and the girls today and if you see Tara tell her get the fuck out of my house" he snapped at Lafayette before leaving the room and heading to his day time resting place. Lafayette climbed out of bed once he was sure the pissed off Eric was gone and he made his way into Sookie's bedroom and saw her sleeping peacefully in her bed, there didn't seem to be anything wrong with her but if Eric told him to watch her then he knew he better do it. He could hear the girls waking and ran to their room keeping them quiet as he walked them to the kitchen to eat breakfast, a few minutes later Sookie joined them her hair a mess she looked drained and anxious it was then that Lafayette understood why he was to watch her.
Sookie seemed to watching all around her as if someone or something was going to jump out at her at any moment her voice was weak and she seemed frail , Lafayette had never seen her so afraid in all the years he'd known her but know he could see that whatever Tara did to Sookie it really freaked her out. "how's about some breakfast Sook" he said waving a plate of hot cake in her face" normally his hotcakes would have had her eyes wide and her mouth watering but today she shook her head no and rubbed her stomach "I'm not feeling to hungry right now" she said as she grabbed a cup of coffee and sat down at the table.
"You're a medium" she shrieked at Lafayette across the table "why didn't you tell me can you see" she stopped as she looked at the girls who were enjoying their food and chatting, Lafayette should have known she would have known what he was thinking since he talked to Eric about it this morning it had been the only thing on his mind. "Sook I will tell you everything after breakfast" he said waving his hand between the two girls making his point "damn strait you will tell me everything Lafayette everything", she could see the sorrow in his eyes for not telling her but in his thoughts she could see Tara standing over the girls watching them play with Lafayette and him smiling up at her.
Sookie felt betrayed by her friend how could he not tell her that Tara's spirit had been hanging around the girls especially with everything they just went through with Tara's father and sister, she had so many questions and the list grew by the minute as she sat watching them eat their breakfast and listening to him chat with the girls as if everything was alright. Sookie's patients was wearing thin with the people around her she was tired of being kept in the dark until everything blew up and then she was told they did it to protect her, finally the girls finished eating and left the room to play leaving Lafayette with no more excuses.
"How long have you been seeing her?" Sookie couldn't hold back anymore "how the hell could you keep this from me and knowing she was watching the girls", she ranted on and on not giving him a chance to answer "and since when are you a medium?" she had about a thousand more but she figured these were the most important. "Sook I, I'm sorry for not telling you but she didn't seem to be hurting anyone and I started seeing her right after I came to stay here", Sookie searched his thoughts to be sure he was telling the truth and suddenly she felt bad for being so angry with him.
In some way Lafayette was being tortured to only instead of seeing them once in a while they had an open door to communicate with him, " so when did you find out you were a medium?" she asked this time in a much calmer tone and Lafayette's eyes grew wide as he stared at the space above her head. Sookie turned to look in the direction he was staring when her chest as if all the air had been sucked out of the room, she panicked jumping from her seat and running out of the room as the laughter started to echo in her head it was Tara she could feel it feel her and she was squeezing something inside of Sookie's body.
"Tara what the fuck" she could hear Lafayette screaming from the other room he saw what she had done to Sookie and he hoped his scolding her would be enough to make her stop but it was too late, the room started to spin and her ears were ringing as she looked around the room and saw Tarance and Dahlia hovering beside her. She shoved herself backward across the floor trying to get as far away from them as possible but there was no use they followed her every move, Sookie squeezed her eyes shut tight curling up in the corner of the room "No No NO" she screamed and when she opened her eyes they were gone and Lafayette stood in the doorway watching her.
"Sook are you ok" he said Looking around the room slowly he walked over lifting her up and laying her on the bed he had no clue what Tara was doing or why, he had seen Tara appear in the kitchen just before he and Sookie started talking but she was only sitting in the corner watching them and he didn't think she was a threat .Lafayette knew Sookie was angry with him already and he thought telling her Tara was in the room would only make her more upset, it wasn't until she started to move closer and closer to Sookie that he knew something was wrong.
His eyes were locked on Tara as he tried to figure out the expression on her face and all he could think was DON'T PLEASE DON'T and he watched as Sookie started to turn in the direction he was looking and Tara disappeared into her body. "I didn't know she could do that I swear" he whispered as he knelt down in front of her "why is she here Lafayette and why is she doing this to me?", Sookie started to sob all of the anger she had felt just a few minutes ago were erased by her fear and now she just wanted to know what she could have done to make Tara want to hurt her.
"She never said anything to me about you it was always about the girls so I thought her being here was fine" Lafayette said wiping the tears from her face, Sookie could see clearly in his thoughts that he was as confused as she was on why Tara would want to hurt her after all this time but he was going to do everything he could to find out. The next few hours passed with no Tara sightings and Sookie was starting to feel calmer as she sat snuggled up on the couch with the girls watching movies, there was still a few hours until sunset and she couldn't wait for Eric to rise she had felt vulnerable all day and she hoped he had figured out a way to handle what was happening.
It was around four thirty and Sookie was still sitting on the sofa with the girls when she picked up on a strange rambling thought in someone's mind, at first she thought she must be going crazy but as she listened she knew it was a chant she jumped from the sofa almost tripping over the coffee table as she ran to the door and pulled it open to find Amelia casting a spell on the house. She watched as the small framed woman swung her arms in the air and repeated three words over and over, Sookie knew what she was doing she had seen her doing it before she was casting a protection spell on the house to keep out anyone who wished to cause them harm.
Sookie waited for her to finish before she spoke "does that work on ghost" she said with a false smile, Amelia turned toward her and she could see why Eric had called sounding so frantic the woman she was looking at seemed worn and afraid the exact opposite of her friend Sookie. The two of them hugged for what seemed like hours before either one spoke "so you think it's a ghost huh?"