Chapter 21 It all begins again

"I am officially worn out. I don't think I could move even if I wanted to." I turned my head from the spot it had been lying on, on my living room floor and looked at the pale face that was next to me and grinned. "I think I will just lay here for a thousand years until I get my energy back."

"If you did that then we could never go back to more amusing activities." Eric smirked, using his long arms to prop himself up on his elbows so he could look down at me. "For someone who claims to be as exhausted as you, you look remarkably exhilarated."

"Sex with you can do that to a girl." I laughed, sitting up and tucking the blanket we had pulled down from the couch around me and looked at the long naked vampire lying on the floor at my feet and I grinned once more. "You look so hot right now. If it wasn't illegal to walk around with no clothes on then I would totally make you stay like this every night."

"And that would be one order I would follow with out resistance." Eric ran his hand up one of my bare legs that was peeking out from under the blanket, causing me to shiver out of pleasure. Eric obviously saw and felt my reaction because he looked up and met my eyes. "Am I turning you on again?"

"Maybe you are." I answered honestly, not even trying to play coy when I was around him. There was no point, when we had so much history between us for him to know how I was feeling even without the blood bond. I felt his hand stop on my upper thigh and I sat back against the couch with a happy sigh escaping my lips. "Oh man, if I could just have sex with you every single night and not do anything else then I would consider that a great life."

"I think we can arrange that." He raised his eyebrows suggestively at me as he too sat up and faced me in such a position that I could see everything his body had to offer, and boy was it a lot. And knowing that he was all mine made a wide grin suddenly come over my face that Eric just had to comment on. "Someone looks extremely satisfied."

"Yes and also very happy." I said, unable to stop how big my smile was getting. "You have no idea what it took for me to get to this point where I could let you back into my life like I did before. And now that I have, I feel like it is a new beginning..."

"It is a new beginning." He nodded, his large hands coming through the blanket to cover mine. "I won't fuck it up this time."

"I hope not." I replied quietly, looking down briefly as I spoke. "Because I don't think my heart can withstand any more emotional turmoil. It's barely healed from the last time and I just don't think I have it in me to survive another blow like that..."

"You won't have to. I promise you." Eric said this as sincerely as he could, looking more serious then he ever had before. His fingers curled over mine soothingly before he said. "I can't promise I will be perfect all the time because we both know I won't ever be like that. But I will do my best not to be the one the brings pain back to your life."

"That sounds good enough for me." I grinned, leaning forward to press my lips against his, feeling his smile get bigger as I was the one to initiate the kiss. He of course had to take back control and moved me so I was lying on my back and he was on top of me, furiously kissing my mouth and causing a fire to erupt inside of my stomach from the friction between us. I could feel my own body's response starting to take hold when his fingers began to make their way down my body and I was just starting to arch into him when...

"Oh my god! What are you guys doing?" Sookie's voice screeched through the silence of the house, causing both Eric and I to jump at the sudden noise but he didn't move off me even after hearing my cousin's voice and with him being on top of me, he was giving her a great view of his back side. I couldn't physically push Eric off me so I had to settle for peeking over his should and to my horror find not only Sookie standing in the doorway to the living room, but also Bill who was looking down at the floor in disgust while Sookie continued to stare. "You guys are having sex in the living room? Are you crazy? I just vacuumed the floor!"

"And we appreciate that." Eric replied smartly, turning his head to look at Sookie with what I knew was a smart ass kind of smirk. "Now could you leave so we can finish what we started?"

"Eric, shut up." I groaned, covering my eyes with my hands and feeling the urge to curl up and die over having my cousin and Bill walk in and seeing a naked Eric on top of a naked me. This was exactly why I should have insisted we move this party to my bedroom where there was more privacy. I opened my eyes and propped myself up on my elbows and looked over Eric's shoulder again. "Um, we're just uh...going to get dressed right now."

"Probably a good idea." Sookie nodded and quickly turned to Bill who had not said anything or even looked up and immediately began shuffling him towards the front door. "We're just going to wait outside."

"Enjoy the parting view." Eric called out, deliberately getting up so his bare ass was shown to its best degree as Sookie and Bill practically ran out the door and left Eric and I alone with him standing naked above me with his hands on his hips and a smirk on his lips. He looked down at me and held out his hand. "I guess the party is over."

"That was so embarrassing." I groaned, grabbing his hand and jumping to my feet while looking around the floor for my clothes. "I cannot believe they walked in on us. I could just die."

"Oh it wasn't that bad." Eric shrugged, not at all embarrassed about finding himself in a situation like this, but then again he was a thousand years old. There couldn't be all that much that he was embarrassed about. He reached down to the floor and picked up the blanket and wrapped it around me with a sheepish grin. " I think I tore your clothes to shreds. You might want to go upstairs and find something else to wear."

"Thanks for that." I laughed, seeing that my clothes were indeed destroyed beyond use, so they would need to go straight into the garbage. I shook my head and looked at Eric, laughing as he stood there in all his glory and just shrugged. As embarrassing as that moment just was, I couldn't stop myself from saying what I said next. "You are the craziest and weirdest creature I have ever met, but I think it just makes me love you that much more."

"Thanks...I think." Eric smirked, grabbing my face for one more kiss before he turned my towards the staircase and pushed me away, patting my ass as I walked by. "Now go get dressed, we have places to be."

"Oh I can only imagine what you mean by that."

10 minutes later

"Ok, you guys can uncover your eyes now. We're fully dressed." Allison's voice called out from across the porch where she and Eric had emerged from the front door 15 minutes after she and Bill had walked in on them in the living room. Sookie opened her eyes, seeing Allison standing by Eric side dressed in black jeans and a blue camisole with a black sweater thrown over it, looking the picture of innocence as if nothing at all had happened. "So...i guess we should probably have a talk."

"That might be a good idea." Sookie nodded in agreement, turning towards Bill who still had his hands over his eyes and she tugged his arms down. "Seriously Bill, its all ok now. They are both dressed."

"Don't lie to me. I saw enough of Eric's backside and I don't care to see what he's packing in the front." Bill grumbled, dropping his hands and opening his eyes cautiously before catching sight of Eric and Allie standing near the front door. "Oh thank god. The last thing I needed was to see my sheriff's naked body standing in front of me so close to one of my future family members."

"Don't be such a prude William." Eric retorted, sticking his hands in his pockets and grinned at the girl next to him. "We're all grown ups. We can all deal with adult matters like this."

"This is not about being prudish, this is about having no desire to see Allison in a compromising position with a vampire like you. It's gross." Bill's face twisted into a frown of disgust as he and Eric looked at each other. "We should not have been subjected to this. It will be burned into my memory forever now."

"Then it's a good thing he has a great ass." Allison spoke up, surprising everyone with her comment except for Eric who looked down at her with a smirk. She didn't seem at all embarrassed and just shrugged. "What? You do have a great ass."

"OK, enough of this conversation." Sookie cut in, waving her hands to grab the focus of the group back to her so she could make her point. "We said we were going to have a serious talk and so that's what we're going to do."

"She's right, we were going to do that and I suppose I should be the one to officially say it." Allison spoke up, her face more serious this time as she reached for Eric's hand and announced. "Eric and I are back together. We're going to give this relationship another shot."

"You sure you want to do that?" Bill asked, narrowing his eyes as he became the first one to retort to this statement. "I mean, he screwed it up once before. Who's to say he won't do it again just as badly? Or even worse?"

"You are so negative Bill, its a wonder how you managed to keep Sookie for this long." Eric shot back, obviously ready to play whatever game Bill was spitting out.

"At least I kept her, can't say the same for you and your relationship." Bill snapped, his fangs shooting out in his anger and if hadn't been for Sookie stepping in front of him, then he would have flown across the porch and attacked the viking. "How long will it be this time before you fuck it up in some other spectacular way?"

"Alright, alright, don't start this shit. I don't have the energy to deal with either you trying to be the alpha male." Sookie shouted, her voice rising above the both of them. "We all know how everyone feels about Allie and Eric getting back together, so let's try not to turn it into a fight and just accept it."

"I'm just saying that he better behave himself this time and not hurt her." Bill shot another glare at the older vampire who was also looking like he wanted to fight but was being held back by Allison. "She's been through enough and if she's willing to give him another chance, then he better not screw it up."

"He actually has point." Sookie turned away from her future husband and looked at the other other couple. "It took Allie a long time to get passed what you did and the fact that she is even willing to look at you means a lot. So seriously, do not mess up this second chance. Or you will regret it."

"He is not going to mess up anything." Allie answered for Eric, pressing her lips together. "And if I can have trust in that, then so should you guys. And if you can't, then at least trust that I know what I'm doing."

"We trust you, not him." Bill growled but he eased up his stance and stood back from Sookie with his arms at his side. "But fine. I will accept this new...relationship or whatever it is. At least until I have a reason not to."

"It's nice to know we have your blessing William. That means so much." Eric rolled his eyes so fast that they were no long visible before he turned to look at Allison and said. "And now that this is over, we have places to be."

"Excuse me?" Sookie frowned, eying the two of them suspiciously before asking. "And where exactly are you going?"

"Fangtasia, you know, my business that I need to run and attend to." Eric replied sarcastically as he pulled Allie down the steps to the grass and waved over his shoulder. "Don't wait up."

"That guy is incredibly annoying." Bill pointed out after Allie and Eric had gotten into her car and drove off. He turned towards her with his arms crossed and a grumpy look on his face. "I don't trust him. He's going to mess this up again, I just know it."

"He may and he may not. I would rather not take that chance but it's not up to us. It's Allie's choice." Sookie reminded him, touching his arms with her hands so he would stop looking so pissed off. "She knows what he is like and she knew the risks of what came with it if she want were to get back with him. But she did and now we just have to support her, even if we hate him."

"Do we have to? Can't we just keep on expressing our disgust over his continued presence in our lives?" Bill asked, looking hopeful. "Because once you and I get married, Allison is going to be my family too and with her being with Eric now, it means that he will be in my life even more. And I don't like that at all."

"I don't either, but if she is happy with him, then that's what matters." Sookie shrugged, understanding where Bill was coming from because she also held the same fears. She didn't want to see Allison come away from this with a broken heart like she had the last time and if Sookie had the power, then she would keep her cousin from ever coming near Eric every again. But Allie was a grown woman and was in charge of her own life. So Sookie could only sit back and hope for the best. "Some things can change but someone has to give the future a chance. And I think that's what we have to do with Allie and Eric."

"I'm still keeping my eyes on him...He is not going to hurt her..not again."

In the car

"Oh my god, can you believe their faces when they walked in on us?" Allison asked him from behind the wheel as she drove down the highway towards Shreveport and glanced over at him with a grin. "I mean it was mortifying, but still amusing. I don't think I have ever seen Bill look so sickened in the entire time I have known him."

"Yes he was in rare form tonight and I was greatly entertained by his reaction." Eric smirked as he saw Bill's face flash inside of his head and he wished he could go back and push more of the younger vampire's buttons just to get a rise out of him. "He really seemed serious about me messing it up this time."

"I don't think you will." She replied, turning her eyes from the road to look at him for a second. "If I thought there was going to be a repeat of last time then I never would have chosen you. But I did, so that has to count for something."

"I think it does." He grinned through the darkness at her even though she couldn't see it, but he did see the smile on her lips right before she turned her attention back to the road. "I have a good feeling about us this time. I think things will be ok."

"I agree, it's different this time. And we are different this time." She agreed, lifting her hand to run it through her hair. "We were separated for a while and we are just not the same people. So us being together again is a fresh new beginning. And Sookie and Bill are just going to have to accept it. I don't care if they like it, but they do need to trust me. And I know what I am doing."

"Yea, you are doing me." Eric couldn't help but let that one slip out and the moment he said, he could feel through the bond he had with her, that she was slightly mortified, but also aroused by his words, which pleased him.

"You are so bad sometimes." She tried to keep her voice stern and serious but she barely got those words out before she dissolved into a fit of laughter and nearly would have driven off the road if he hadn't grabbed the wheel.

"And this is exactly why I always insist that I drive." He said when she had regained control of the car. "You shouldn't be behind the wheel when you are not stable."

"I'm perfectly stable, thank you very much." She pouted, gripping the wheel with both hands tightly, her body tense with concentration. "Besides, you shouldn't have all the power in this relationship. If I want to do something, then I will do it and you can't stop me."

"I love it when you get bossy. It's super hot." He pointed out, liking that she would occasionally stand up to him and demand to do little things like be the one who drove them places. Even though he was always able to physically over power her, it was her mental strength that was a source of attraction to him and he almost never tried to counter her when she got like this. "You should definitely be more assertive."

"I will keep that in mind for the future." She nodded, keeping her face forward but he could feel her reach across the seat for his hand and when her fingers closed over his fist, she pulled it close to her chest and held there before she spoke again. "And by the way, it makes me happy to know that we have a future together."

"Me too." He grinned as she tightened her grip on his hand and he could feel her heart pounding beneath his hand, a slow and strong beat full of life and happiness. And he turned his head to look at her as silence fell between them for a while and just studied her. Her long hair blowing in the wind from the open window, her small body relaxed back in the seat as she drove, the way she kept his hand against her and the easy way she was around him. He could see the love she felt for him without even opening their bond and he knew that he was lucky that she was giving him this second chance and he had no intention of doing anything to mess it up. She loved him and would do anything for him and he was just as willing to do the same for her. He was not going to screw this up, not this time. He curled his fingers over hers, causing her to look at him through the dark interior of the car and he said "I love you."

"I love you too." She said softly back, bringing her lips down to his hand and kissed it. " And I always will."

10 minutes later

"Why does it seem like everyone in here knows that we had sex only 40 minutes ago?" I asked Eric as we walked into the now busy bar area of Fangtasia and took in the almost immediate stares that came our way as we stood side by side. I looked around the room and even though the music was still blaring over the speakers in the corner, it still felt like there was a silent hush that came over the crowd. Both vampires and humans were staring at us, like they knew exactly what we had been up. At first I though it was just because Eric was the owner and he had just walked in, but then the attention was put on me and I stepped closer to him nervously. "I think they know what we did."

"The vampires do because we can all smell your arousal." Eric pointed out, his statement making me turn beet red and I immediately cowered my face behind his arm and groaned which he found amusing. "Relax, its not that big a deal."

"Easy for you to say, you're not the human that has the focus of every vampire in the room because they can tell I'm horny." I muttered, peeking back around at the crowd and seeing a number of vampires eying me up with interest. "Oh dear god I knew this was a bad idea. They all know I am ready to have sex again. I will not be left alone all night now. I should have stayed at the house."

"You'll be fine. After all, they all know you are mine so not one of them will even come and bother you. And also, Godric is sitting at the bar, he will look after you when I can't." Eric turned me around and pointed out his maker who was sitting at the counter towards the middle and waving at us with a grin on his face. Eric nodded to him before turning his eyes down to me and saying. "I have some work I have to do, so I'm going to leave you with Godric. But I will be back as soon as I can."

"You better be." I said, grinning up at him and blocking out everyone else in the room as I pressed my hand flat against his chest and smirked. "Or else you will not be getting lucky again for a while."

"Then I better be getting to my work then." He grinned, swooping down to plant a brief kiss on my lips before shooting off in a flash towards the back room, leaving me alone to make my way over to the bar where Godric was waiting for me. I ignored the looks the other vampires were giving me and just hopped up on to a stool next to the oldest thing in that bar and watched as he looked at me with his eyebrows raised.

"Well...don't you look...happy." He chuckled slightly as I hid my face behind one of my hands, knowing what he really wanted to say. "I guess your reunion with Eric went well?"

"You could say that." I dropped my hands back to my lap and fought to keep the childish smile off my face but I was finding it very hard to do when all I could think about was tonight. "It was...alright."

"Somehow I think it was more then just alright." He countered, watching me with this twinkle in his eyes before he said. "I can feel your emotions remember?"

"Oh my god, I completely forgot." I felt all the color leave my face and I wanted to fall to the floor and die from humiliation. I never once thought of the fact while Eric and I were having sex, that Godric was most likely feeling everything that I was feeling that whole time and the thought of him knowing how satisfied I was, was just so embarrassing. I covered my face with both my hands this time and groaned. "Damn that bond, it's like so damn mortifying that you can feel everything. I could seriously die right now, I'm so embarrassed."

"It's not that bad. Although it did make me uncomfortable to feel those kind of emotions coming from you." Godric pointed out, sound like he was uneasy about talking to me about sex like he was my father or something. But then his voice relaxed and he said. "But it was nice to know that you were enjoying yourself and you were happy. That's the most important thing."

"I was happy. And I think I will be for the rest of my life, as long as Eric is by my side." I told him, looking at the door that Eric had disappeared behind and sighed longingly. I already missed him even though he wasn't far away at all. "This was the right decision for me and I have never been more certain or happy about a choice then I am about this one."

"Well good for you. You deserve to have a beautiful and happy life with the man you love." Godric smiled at me in a protective kind of way that said more then his words could and I knew I had at least one supporter of my relationship with Eric. "I have a great feeling about you and Eric and I think it will all turn out ok."

"The future is bright for us and I have no doubt that this time I can make it work with him." I said confidently, knowing deep down that I couldn't be more sure then I was now and that was a good thing. "Nothing is going to go wrong again. Life will be good from now on."

In Eric's office

"So...Eric. Care to share why you have that ridiculous grin on your face?" Godric asked his progeny when he walked into the office without knocking and found Eric sitting at the desk almost staring into space like he was distracted. It was only when Godric spoke up that Eric seemed to acknowledge his presence and it didn't take a genius to figure out where his mind had been at.

"I think you know why, so don't bother pretending like you don't know." Eric smartly retorted, looking up from the paperwork he had been doing and sat back in the chair with his hands clasped in front of him. "I see Allison is not with you. You didn't leave her alone did you?"

"Of course not. She is perfectly safe." Godric assured his child, seeing the protectiveness flash through his eyes and Godric was pleased that Eric was showing a different side of himself this time around with Allison. "She's with Pam."

"Well that's just as bad as if you had left her alone." Eric pointed out but there was a glimmer of amusement in his features as he spoke. "You've seen how Pam acts when they are around each other."

"Yes, I have noticed that your child seems to be taken with that young Faerie but I also know that ever since Allison saved her life that night a few weeks ago, that Pam feels indebted to her and would protect Allison with her life just as quickly as you or I would. So you don't need to worry about her being around Pam. No harm will come to her." Godric said, taking a seat on the other side of the desk from his progeny and settled down with his arms on his knees and his eyes on Eric's face. "But I did not come here to talk about Pam. I came here to talk about you."

"And let me guess, you want to make sure that I am serious this time around and I won't screw it up, right?" Eric questioned, sounding almost defensive as their eyes met. "Bill Compton insinuated that was exactly how this was going to go. That Allison and I would be together again only for me to royally screw things up in a very short period of time."

"And since when do you care about what Bill Compton thinks?" Godric pointed out with a frown, seeing the doubt in Eric's eyes and for the first time in over a hundred years he could see that his progeny was experiencing a shake up in his confidence. "Bill is a generally good person, but he is stubborn to the point where he doesn't think people can change and I believe they can. You are proof of that."

"I'm not going to screw this up." Eric said, sending him a look full of seriousness. "I screwed up once but I won't do it again. It took me this long to get her back and I'm not going to ruin it."

"I know you won't, so you don't have to convince me." Godric had all the confidence in the world in Eric's abilities to make the relationship work this time. Not to say that it would be easy because knowing Eric the way he did, it would most certainly be hard work, and would require a great deal of patience and love on Allison's part. But he saw the way they were around each other and whoever said love wasn't enough was a moron. Because for Eric and Allie, it was ore then enough. "Don't worry so much. Just be honest and open with her and you will be fine."

"I hope so." Eric scratched his head, looking thoughtful again. "I mean, I don't know if you have noticed, but I can be an asshole at times."

"Eric, everyone knows that. Including Allison." Godric laughed, feeling the tension in the air break and things relax between them. "If she didn't think you were worth it then she would be with Damon right now and she's not. She's here with you and that says she is going to take whatever you throw at her and she will still be there."

"You know, it's funny." Eric stated, grinding his teeth slightly. "I never really thought of the future much before until Allison came along. And now I find myself thinking about what I could do to bring her happiness and joy and how I want to make plans with her down the line. More permanent plans..."

"Like marriage?" Godric raised his eyebrow, smirking when he saw Eric shift uncomfortably in his chair. "Do you think you will ask her any time soon?"

"Oh no, it is way too soon for that." Eric shook his head quickly as if try to toss that notion out of his head. "She and I just got back together and I don't want to shake things up again by asking her to marry me. Not appropriate right now."

"But you do plan to ask her?"

"Oh yea, I definitely plan to propose at some point."

A few hours later

"It's been a good night hasn't it?"

"You've got that right Mr. Northman, it has been the best night I have had in a very long time and it is all thanks to you."

"So is it time that we get out of here? This place is boring me."

"As long as I can drive..."

"So there she is." A man dressed in black said quietly as he stood in the distance and watched as the young brunette walked around the side of Fangtasia with the tall blonde vampire towards the parking lot. "She was the one they were talking about a few weeks ago when that assassination attempt went wrong. Still can't believe she took a stake for that female bloodsucker. But at least she survived. That means we still have a shot at completing this mission."

"But how are we suppose to do that?" His friend asked from beside him as he too watched the scene in front of them. "Somehow that Godric vampire is still alive even though he was rumored to have met the sun last year. I don't know how it is possible but he's around and with her under the protection of two very old and powerful vampires, there is no way we can get to her. And that means we can't get what we want."

"You're right, it will be harder to snatch her up, those vamps will have the sharpest senses and will alert every one in the area if we try to take her by force. We do not need a repeat of what happened 6 months ago. He will not be pleased." The man grumbled, thinking of his boss who had sent them on this mission to scope out the girl's activities. "There is no way we can kidnap when she is under such protection. We have to go back and tell him about this. We need another way."

"And what course of action are we suppose to try next?" His friend asked, both watching as the girl got into the car with the vampire and sped off towards the highway. "What are we suppose to do now?"

"We bring in the witches." The man in black replied with a nod, observing the trail of dust the car left in its wake before looking to the side. "They will be able to get what they want and we will get what we want. Or more accurately he will get what he wants."

"The witches huh?" His friend began to smirk, immediately perking up at this new plan. "Yea, that sounds good... Newlin will like that."

A/N: Dun dun dun...this is not good is it? just when you thought i would let things be all happy and calm t i have to throw in the oh so little fact that newlin seems to be behind a plot of some sorts..and he's teaming up with witches? Why is that? What do they want with Allison? Things are picking up so stay with this and find out. It gets crazier from here on out.