"Talking"
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SomebodyWhoCares: lol Eric doesn't like not being included or not knowing things.
grapejuice101: Thanks!
chibichibi98: Thanks lol Eric is getting really territorial and Charlotte isn't liking it.
Fandomenforcer: I know! They're so pretty!
Ann4ever17: Charlotte's marriage isn't exactly something she wants to tell everyone, since what happened was traumatic. Eric won't let it go until he finds out lol and he will soon. The necklaces will come in handy since those two always end up in trouble.
VampireElf: Thank you! Glad you loved it! Ivy is a sweet woman, and we'll see more of her soon. Glad to hear you love the visual effects with the stars lol I try to find the perfect one for the moment and hope it fits in.
Sillygabby: You threw me off there with your last question. Before she was turned? Charlotte isn't a vampire, there are scenes of here in daytime. What did you mean?
Beauty422: The necklaces are an interesting twist, wonder what they were used for… Something like that will happen between Sookie and Charlotte lol.
Ff13: lol that was the only thing Eric heard. That was something he didn't know about her and it was a huge thing. There will be a connection between Godric and Ivy, but you'll have to wait and see how it turns out.
Anonymouscsifan: Everyone seems to love that part lol Glad to hear. You'll learn what she is very soon.
"Oh, that's it, baby." The woman moaned as Eric drank from her neck.
Eric moved his mouth away as he scoffed. He had gotten this woman to calm his mind after the dinner with Charlotte and her guardian, his mind wandering at the fact she had been married and the hum in his mind just wouldn't be quiet. "'Baby'?" he scoffed again as he pushed her away. "I am over a thousand years old."
The woman frowned as she turned to Eric. "Are you not having a good time?" she feared the vampire would call her boss and not pay her for a crappy job.
"There's just not much thrill left in feeding on the willing." Eric answered plainly, feeling like feeding from her was a chore.
The woman pressed her lips together. "Then should I try pretending not to want it?"
Eric raised an eyebrow. "Only if you are very, very good at it."
The woman nodded and gasped as Eric used his speed to grab her by the neck and bit into her neck. "Stop. Get off me." She yelled in a horrible acting tone that made Eric pull away. "You sick bloodsucking bastard."
He felt the person he was waiting for enter the bar area. He looked back to see her there and held up a finger for her to wait. "Off you go." He told the woman as she grabbed her drink and money. "Tell your manager you were magnificent. I'll back up your story if he calls."
The woman left with a smile.
"I was beginning to think you weren't going to accept my invitation, Lorena." Eric told her without turning around.
Lorena smirked. "For a vampire, you're a terrible liar."
There was a knock on the hotel door that made Charlotte jump since she was getting a small soda from the mini fridge. "Who is it?" Charlotte called out as she moved to the door.
"Isabel, from the summit."
Charlotte opened the door to see Isabel with a man. "Hello again. And who is this?" she stuck out her hand for the man to shake.
"His name is Hugo. He is mine." Isabel answered as Hugo shook Charlotte's hand.
Bill came out behind Charlotte. "Oh, Isabel. Come in."
Isabel and Hugo came in and Bill heated up 2 Tru Bloods for them while Charlotte got some water for Hugo and a sprite for Sookie.
"I could see how worried you were about Sookie and Charlotte infiltrating the Fellowship, and I thought Hugo could help." Isabel offered as she placed her hand on Hugo's knee.
Bill frowned as he handed Isabel her Tru Blood. "And why would you want to help us?"
"Because Godric is my sheriff, not yours. It would be criminal of me to let you take this risk without my at least offering."
Charlotte looked to Hugo. "And why would you want to help us?"
Hugo looked to Isabel with a small on his lips. "Well, I would do anything for Isabel."
Charlotte jumped slightly as the connection with Sookie made her hear Hugo's thoughts as he stared at Isabel. 'Forever, and not just my forever, your forever. And forever and forever…'
"It's true, he would." Sookie told both Bill and Charlotte. "He loves her." He turned to Isabel. "You. He loves you. Very much."
Isabel smiled as she held Hugo's hand. "And I him." She turned back to the Bon Temps group. "Consider my offer. If nothing else, with Hugo there, they will be less likely to arouse suspicion. People of the church, they have a way of not trusting a woman when she's absent a man, much less 2 women."
Sookie turned to Bill. "Bill, I have to say, as a woman who's been absent a man most of her life, that could not be more true."
Lorena sat across from Eric.
"I considered booking you in the room adjoining theirs, but I thought that might be a bit…over the top." Eric smirked as Lorena studied him.
"Why am I here, Mr. Northman?"
The use of her formalities made his mind shift to his Snow White. "We want the same thing, you and I." Lorena gave him a look, not believing him.
"Okay, Bill has something that I want," Eric rolled his eyes. "And he's in the way."
"His human?" she guessed.
"Humans." He corrected. "They're something more than human."
Lorena raised an eyebrow at the fast that Bill had 2 humans and the information he gave her. "What are they?"
"That I do not know, but whatever they are… he loves them." He bit back a smirk as he saw the snarl on Lorena's face for a second before becoming cold again. She was always fighting for Bill to love her for decades.
"What makes you think I want him back? That I'd even take him?"
Eric leaned forward. "Because you didn't come all this way just to see me." Eric smirked, knowing he had her.
"I haven't seen Bill Compton in over 70 years. Surely you can't think I have any pull over him whatsoever."
"I haven't seen my maker for much longer than that, and yet I am still loyal to him. Fiercely loyal."
Lorena leaned forward. "Shame I didn't turn you. Then again, you're not really my type." She looked over to the pianist, remembering one of her happiest memories.
The next morning, Sookie met Hugo at the bar of the hotel since Charlotte was fixing her disguise a bit to seem more real.
Hugo held out a gold ring to Sookie. "You should probably wear this."
Sookie fake gasped as she took the ring and put it on. "Oh, Hugo. Yes, yes, a thousand times yes." She joked.
Hugo gave a small laugh. "And also, um- Just so that they believe we're a couple about to get married, it'd probably be best if you let me do most of the talking."
Sookie waved him off. "Yeah, yeah, yeah, I'll just shut up and look pretty."
"That's not what I meant."
"Yeah, it was. It's okay. It'll be easier for me to listen in on others if I don't have to worry about carrying on a conversation." Sookie reassured him.
Hugo nodded. "Good, good. But if they do ask you any questions, are you sure you're going to be able to say the kinds of things about vampires that they're going to want to hear?"
Sookie gave him a look. "Hugo, I don't just hear the things hateful people say. I hear the things that are so hateful that hateful people don't even want to say them out loud. Don't you worry about me. I got plenty of material to work with. I'll be fine."
"Good."
Charlotte walked into the bar at that moment wearing a beautiful green blouse tucked into a black pencil skirt and black elegant and comfortable almond toe pumps crafted from flawless suede. In her hands was a large book. "Sorry, had to fix the book and change my shirt when I spilled some juice on it." Charlotte sighed as she placed the book down. "I'm a mess."
Sookie laughed as she patted Charlotte's back as the woman fixed her hair so the top part was pulled back and curls running down her back. She turned to Hugo as she slid her small breakfast over to Charlotte so the woman could eat. "It's funny, I don't even know you really, but you're the only other person I've ever met who's dated a vampire and—"
Hugo frowned. "Isn't Charlotte dating Eric?" the Irish woman snorted as Sookie shook her head no. "Isabel said he seemed to be attached to her in a way." He shrugged. "What do you want to know?" he asked Sookie.
"Um, everything. Like, do you and Isabel ever fight?"
"Oh, we fight like crazy. But I've been with women I didn't fight with before, and with every one of them, I found that the only reason that we never fought was because I didn't care enough to bother."
Sookie frowned as Charlotte wiped her mouth with a napkin before she spoke. "Oh, Hugo, that is messed up."
Hugo shrugged. "Well, maybe. But it's also true."
"It's funny, but whenever Bill and me fight, even as I'm screaming and I'm so mad I don't think I'm ever going to stop, somehow, in the middle of all that, I know that we're both fighting for our relationship. For each other. We're fighting to stay together."
"Do you—" Hugo shook his head. "Never mind."
"What?" Sookie tilted her head. "What?"
"Lately the thing Isabel and I have been fighting about the most is whenever I bring up the subject of her turning me, she just shuts down. She won't even discuss it."
"Is that a thing that people actually do?" Charlotte asked.
Sookie nodded, agreeing to her friend's question. "Because it's never even occurred to me."
"How could it not? I mean, right now it's all well and good, but in 50 years when they're still what they are, but we're in our '70s and '80s and we're hunched over and frail and using walkers? Come on. How could they still love us?"
Sookie frowned as she processed it. "Huh."
Charlotte stood up from her seat. "We should go."
Hugo stopped Sookie. "Listen, I'm so sorry. I-I shouldn't have told you that, I—"
Sookie cut him off. "It's okay, Hugo. Really. Besides, now if I die today, who cares? At least I'll never have to feel old, and unloved, and unwanted."
They walked out of the hotel and Charlotte drove them to the church with Hugo giving directions.
There was a woman waving at them as they drove into the church parking lot.
"Why do I recognize her?" Sookie asked.
"Because she's on TV all the time. That's Sarah Newlin. She's the reverend's wife." Hugo explained.
Sookie nodded as they parked. "Oh, right. You know, in person, she looks like vanilla pudding."
Charlotte laughed as they exited the car to be greeted by Sarah Newlin. "Hi, there. Happened to be looking out the window as you were driving up, and I thought I'd come on out and greet you myself. I'm Sarah Newlin. And you all are?"
Sookie shook her hand first. "Hi. Holly Simpson."
"I'm—"
Hugo was cut off by Sookie. "I cannot believe I'm actually meeting you in person. You are cute as a button."
"Oh, thank you, Holly. And you're like a cool breeze on a hot summer day." Sarah complimented her, or at least Charlotte thought she did.
"Quit." Sookie laughed.
Sarah turned to Hugo and Charlotte. "And you are?"
"I'm—"
Sookie once again cut him off. "Oh, silly me. This Rufus Dobson, my fiancé. I love saying that word. In fact, sometimes I love it so much, I don't even want to get married, just so I can keep on calling him it."
"Then the planning and my job are at waste, ma'am." Charlotte grinned at Sookie, then turned to Sarah. "Hello, my name is Anne Porter. I am the wedding planner." Sarah shook her hand as she nodded.
"But we're going to. Get married, that is." Sookie spoke up. "Which is why we're looking for a church."
Sarah smiled brightly. "Well, excellence. And I'm pleased to meet you, Rufus and Anne."
"Well, it's an honor." Hugo told Sarah.
"The honor's mine." Sarah moved over to Sookie. "Now, how about you all follow me in and we'll see if Steve is available. I'm sure he'd just love to meet you three."
"For real? Reverend Newlin himself? Oh, that would be just super." Sookie smiled, playing along.
"Well, come on." Sarah walked ahead to lead them as Hugo leaned in to whisper to Sookie.
"I thought you were gonna let me do the talking."
"When I get nervous, sometimes I talk too much." They were led into an office and sat in the chairs in front of Steve Newlin as Sarah stood behind him. "Well, funny thing is, Rufus and I actually met in church, but we both left, like, a month later when we realized that our pastor was a little iffy."
Steve nodded. "He was a homosexual."
"We don't know that. He might have been, but what became all too clear was that…" Sookie paused for dramatic effect. "He was a sympathizer."
Steve shook his head in disgust. "See, that really ticks me off. I mean, how can you claim to be a God-loving person and then love something that God detests?"
"It's upsetting that's what it is." Charlotte spoke up and Sarah looked at her, trying to figure something out.
Steve watched Charlotte. "Your accent, I can't place it. Where are you from?"
"I'm from Ireland, also where I got married." Charlotte showed them the ring on her finger.
Sarah gasped excitedly. "Oh, we wanted to go there for our honeymoon. Isn't that right honey?"
Steve ignored his wife.
Charlotte pressed her hand to her heart. "May I just say that it is an honor meeting you two. And might I say, you have a beautiful church."
'Suck up.' Sookie's laugh echoed in Charlotte's mind.
'Hey, it's working.'
Sarah put her hands over her heart. "Why thank you Anne."
Hugo grabbed Sookie's hand. "We want to make this our new home."
"We are thrilled you have chosen us." Sarah said as she smiled at the trio.
Suddenly, Charlotte could feel something in the back of her mind, like a feeling of her connecting to something, and a voice spoke out. It was Steve's.
'Wonder how that platform's coming. I can't wait to bring that vampire up from the basement and watch the sun do him the justice that 2000 years of living couldn't.' Steve thought.
The feeling went away, and Charlotte realized it was Sookie that did that feeling. They needed to find a way to control the link.
"It'll be amazing to finally be amongst like-minded people. I don't care what anyone says about vampires being able to control themselves. I know better. I know that every single one of them is a vicious, bloodthirsty killer." Sookie was straight faced when she spoke.
Steve nodded and stood up. "Well I want you three to follow me. I have something to show you."
They got up and followed him until they came across a giant double door.
Steve hung up his phone and turned to them. "Careful now."
"Careful?" Hugo turned to the women confused. "About what?"
"Sometimes, when we open these doors, so much love comes flowing out that it will knock you out if you aren't ready for it." Steve smiled.
"We'll be sure to brace ourselves." Sookie grabbed Hugo's arm and smiled up at him.
Sarah and Steve opened the doors at the same time, and they felt themselves stop breathing. This was a vampire hating church, but damn! The place was so beautiful. So much light poured in and it blinded them for a second.
"Oh, my gosh." gasped Sookie.
"I know. I just love it in here. The way it glows like it does particularly in the late afternoon." Sarah looked around in admiration.
"It's inspiring isn't it?" asked Steve.
"It really is." Sookie seem to be stunned too by the beauty of this place.
"Yes, sirree. This is where we're getting married." Hugo held Sookie's hands. "I can't wait to see you walk down this aisle." He cooed.
"Me either." Sookie mumbled.
Charlotte clapped her hands. "Great! We finally found the perfect church!" She opened the book and wrote down the churches name, just in case they were peeking. She needed them to believe she was a wedding planner.
"Hey, have any of you been in a lock in?" Steve had his hands on his hips and a smile on his face.
"A lock in?" asked Sookie. That feeling of connection started again and Steve's voice was in both Sookie's and Charlotte's mind.
'Of course she hasn't, she's no Christian.' "Oh yeah, it's loads of fun. Everybody brings their sleeping bags…" the rest of Steve's conversation zoned out when Sarah's voice came in.
'Steve, don't bring the girls into this. Probably so scared. They doesn't want to do this. Those vampires made them do it.'
"Sarah and myself included." Charlotte felt a headache coming on as Steve's voice came back in. 'They say she can hear me. I wonder if that fang-loving freak can hear me right now. She and her friend sure don't look normal.'
"That lock in sure does sound like fun." Sookie turned to Hugo. "Rufus, we have go home and get our sleeping bags, no?"
Hugo looked at her confused. "But honey, the tours not even over yet."
"I know honey, but we really should go so we can come back for the lock down." Sookie was trying to tell Hugo in code, but it seemed that he just wasn't getting it.
"There will be plenty of time to get ready. The lock in isn't until tomorrow night." Steve corrected Sookie.
"You wanted to see me?" A male's voice spoke from behind Steve.
"Oh, yes. Rufus, Holly, Anne, I'd like you to meet an aide of mine. This is Gabe." Gabe was a huge man that just stared down at them and didn't say a word. Hugo shook his hand and said hello, but when Gabe looked over at the woman, Charlotte felt something was wrong.
'Nice, very nice. They got the perfect amount of titties showing, hm, what I would do to them.'
"Gabe here is going to be joining us for the rest of the tour." Steve patted Gabe's shoulder.
Charlotte looked over at Sarah and saw she looked scared. Well she wasn't the only one.
The rest of the tour had Sookie and Charlotte tense, since they could feel Gabe watching them from behind.
It was dark outside now as they were nearing the end of the tour.
"Now I'd like to take you all to see a very special part of the church." Steve said from the front of the group.
"There's more?" Charlotte asked confused. They saw every inch of this place.
"Yes, my father's tomb. It's on the lower level." That freaked them out, why would you have a tomb here?
Sarah ran up to him. "Honey, are you sure?"
"Absolutely, darling." Steve kept walking until he came across a door.
"Steve, I just don't see why we need to take 'em down there." Sarah was freaking out now.
Yet Steve continued, as if she never spoke. "You can literally feel his presence."
"It's okay, you don't have to show us that." Charlotte really didn't like the feeling that something was going to happen and Sookie felt the same way.
"Oh, I insist. It's the rock our church was built on, much like St. Peter's tomb in the Catholic Church, only without being polluted by evil. Did you know that there was actually a vampire pope back in the Middle Ages?" Steve then unlocked the door and showed them a flight of stairs going down.
"Rufus." Sookie called to Hugo.
"What's the matter?" asked Steve.
"Nothing, she just has a tiny little cause of claustrophobia, well we both do actually." Hugo explained.
"Well, at least take a quick little look, that way you can say you saw the whole church and make a decision." Steve really wanted them to go down there.
"Steve." Sarah called to him, trying to make him stop.
"It's all right, Sarah. This is something they need to see."
Sarah looked over at them, looking helpless.
"But they already decided to be wed here." Charlotte reminded the Newlins.
"Yeah, how about we go back to our apartment and we'll look at a calendar and we'll call you when we set a date." Sookie was trying to pull Hugo away.
Steve laughed. "No. Gabe!"
Gabe grabbed Charlotte and Hugo while Steve got Sookie.
Sookie and Charlotte screamed as Gabe pushed Hugo down the stairs.
Charlotte got out of his hold and hit him in the face with the heavy wedding planner book she was carrying. That caused him to stagger and Charlotte ran over to Steve trying to get him off Sookie but she was grabbed and dragged down the stairs, and thrown into a gated storage place on her side. She got up and saw Sookie and Hugo thrown in here too.
Charlotte picked herself off the floor and sat down on some boxes as Sookie called Godric's name.
Short chapter, but this episode wasn't showing much Eric or scenes I could put Charlotte in.
I'll make the next chapter longer and we get to see Godric!