And, so here we have it. The very next chapter.

Also, Real Life really really sucks (no pun intended! ) at the minuite, so I don't know when I can get the next chapter up. But on a brighter note, it is my birthday on the 28th February! Yay! Go Me!

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I also want to dedicate this chapter to the fabulous ncmiss12, who gave me my 200th review. I love you all, my loyal and dedicated readers.

SPOV

"Gran," Jason said, looking her straight in the eyes "I was arrested on suspicion of murdering Dawn and Maudette."

"Why would Bud and Andy think that you were the one to murder these women?" I said, confused.

"I was arrested as ... I was arrested because they were both ... conquests of mine" Jason said, slowly, his eyes looking down on to the floor.

"But ... let me guess ... when we went to the meeting the other night ... you were just released?" I said

"Yeah ..."

"On police bail?" I continued, looking straight at Jason.

"Yeah ... but you have to believe me ... I didn't do it? I don't know who did it, but it wasn't me!" Jason exclaimed.

"Alright ... everyone ... here is what we are going to do ... " Eric said, his thumb rubbing circles on my hand. "Jason will move in here with us ... that way if anything else happens, there is no way that Jason can be implicated, and he can stay here until we get the mess cleaned up ... and by we, I mean Pam, Sookie, Gran, Jason and myself ... I mean all of us. Jason what do you say to the solution?"

"Yesssss... yes ... thank you ... thank you so much Eric ... but why are you doing this for me?" Jason, ever the idiot asked.

"I am doing it because you are Sookie's brother and Gran's grandson, I don't think either of them would ever forgive me if I didn't help you. Now, Pam go with Jason back to Bon Temps to help him pack some clothes and other belongings. My lover and I are going back to bed." Eric answered, getting up off of the sofa, and pulling me with him.

EPOV

The entire time that we were sitting in the library downstairs, I could barely focus on anything else except for the fact that my lover was beside me. And Jesus Christ! Wasn't she just so fucking sexy. I couldn't believe just how fucking incredible she really was. And the most amazing part was that she just didn't know how fucking sexy she was. And the way she was just sitting snuggled into my side, it felt as if she just fit there.

It felt like she was just meant to be by my side.

And like I was just meant to be right beside her side.

For Ever.

For Always.

For All Time.

As soon as that thought went through my head, I just had to get out of the room. I just had to show my lover how much I really fucking loved her.

This wasn't about proving to her that she was mine – or to anyone else for that matter, but this time was going to be about showing all of my affection and my passion for her.

It was about showing her how much I loved her.

And it was because I loved her that I wanted not only her to be mine, but also me to be hers.

Forever.

For Always.

For All Time.

As we had already exchanged blood a two times, one more blood exchange would mean that we were bonded.

But, before I did something so drastic, I wanted to talk things over with my lover, for two main reasons,

1) Sookie was my equal, and even though most vampires bond with humans because they want to have total control over them, to effectively turn them into their own personal Reinfield, but, as I had already said, Sookie is my equal and not my pet. I wish to treat her as an equal, by talking to her about this.

2) This descision about bonding, and if all goes well, hopefully pledging (although that will be much, much later!), is as much about her as it is about me, so it is only fair to include her.

I wasted no time in getting up off of the sofa, pulling my little one with me, and attacking her with a ferocious kiss as soon as we were out of the room. Sookie quickly snaked her hands around the back of my neck as she stretched up on her toes in order to continue the kiss. I quickly slid my arms around her waist and pulled her to me, grinding her against my jean covered rock hard cock.

"Christ ... lover ..." I moaned, as she continued to grind, and it was only one thousand years worth of experience that was allowing me not to come in my jeans.

"Oh Sookie ... really?" I heard Jason groan from somewhere behind me. But, I really couldn't care less. Couldn't he see that I was busy, kissing my lover?

"Honestly ... Sook ... brother's don't need to see their little sister's do that right in front of them!" Jason exclaimed, and as Sookie's friend Lafayette would say (I had met him a couple of weeks ago, when Sookie and I had stopped by Merlotte's on our way back to Shreveport after checking that the house in Bon Temps was still secure)

"Somebody needs to slap that bitch!"

But, before I could relay the line to Jason, Sookie beat me to the punch.

"Jesus Christ, Jason, if I want to kiss my boyfriend in his own house, I can and as regards to you, nobody is forcing you to watch! And, you and Pam really need to get going if you want to make it to Bon Temps and back again before dawn. Now, do everybody here a favour and fuck off Jason!"

Well, I couldn't have put it better myself!

"Come on lover ... let's go upstairs, I need to have a talk with you about something really really incredibly important!" I said to her, leaning down to give her a peck on the lips.

"Alright" Sookie said a little apprehensively.

Two minuites later, Sookie and I were both sitting cross legged either side of the bed, and unusually for us, we were not touching. I had my arms settled on the bed behind me and Sookie was balancing her hands in her lap.

It was one of the most awkward moments in my long, long life ever. We were both sitting just staring at each other, each willing the other person to speak.

"So ... what was it that you wanted to talk to me about?" Sookie asked after a few moments.

"Well ... lover ... you know how sometimes during sex we swap blood?" I asked her, slowly, wanting to see what her reaction would be.

"Like how you bite whenever you ... whenever you" Sookie said, blushing as she did so. It was another completely sexy yet unconscious move on her part. It just made me love her more.

Shit. I had better stop there before I got too distracted.

"Yes ... I bite you whenever I come sometimes, but no, that is not what I meant. I mean like you know how, during the first two weeks you were here and again last week, whenever I came not only did I bite you, but you also bit me.

"Oh right. You already explained to me what the effects of the vampire blood would be. You said my attraction to you would increase, as would my sex drive, my skin would glow and I would be healthier." Sookie said, unsure of as to where this conversation was leading.

"Well, Sookie, there is something else, if a human shares vampire blood from the same vampire, three times within a short period of time, this creates a bond between the human and said vampire. Lover, what I am basically trying to ask you is that I want to create a bond, with you." I told her, and hoped for the best.

"Eric ..." Sookie started, and I immediately felt defeated inside. She didn't want it.

"No ... forget it lover ... forget I ever mentioned it" I said, quickly trying to backtrack.

"Eric ... if you would let me finish ... I am not saying no ... I just want to find out more about this bonding business before I decide anything." She told me, and I immediately smiled.

"Lover ... a bond would mean that if you were ever hurt, I would be able to find you. We would both find immense pleasure and joy in each others presence and finally, we would be able to feel each other's emotions. Because of my age, I would also be able to control and manipulate your emotions if I chose to ... but lover you have to know, that whatever happens between us ... I would never, could never, ever do that to you." I told her.

"So ... you would never, ever use it to manipulate my emotions ... even to make me more horny or less angry at you?" Sookie asked, smiling.

"Well ... I can't make any promises about not making you feel more horny, but I would never make you less angry at me if you were ... lover"

"Yes, Eric, my answer is yes! I just have one teeny tiny question?"

"Yes, Lover?"

"What do we have to do to complete the bond?"

"What we are best at lover!" I said, and attacked her.

So ... what do you think ... they are soon to be bonded!

Yay!

And, also, a longer chapter – almost 2,000 words!

Go me!