So peoples, sorry for the delay on this, RL has been a little hectic over the past little while and today I am as sick as anything, and completely doped up on cold and flu meds, so I apologise for any mistakes.

Also, in other news, I counted up how many days I haven't updated for, and by my counting, I owe you all 9 chapters. Which I will hopefully get out soon.

Disclaimer: Not Mine

Enjoy!

SPOV

After that, we did get along just fine and shortly after the nurse left, Eric reappeared. He was freshly showered and clean shaven. He was also wearing clean clothes.

"Pam brought fresh clothes in with her earlier" he explained, when I raised my eyebrow at him.

I nodded.

Eric came further into the room and took a seat in the vacant chair that was beside my bed, and as he did so, I somehow managed to hoist myself up into a healing position in the bed.

"Did Sophie Anne get arrested for doing this to me?" I asked, gently. Almost as if I were afraid that he might finally snap.

"Yes, lover. Luckily, there were about twenty witnesses the scene – they all came rushing out of the shop when they heard the gunshot go off. Sophie Anne was arrested shortly afterwards." Eric explained calmly.

I breathed out a sigh of relief that I didn't know I had been holding.

"Thank God" I said.

"I know, my lover. She definitely won't be getting out for a very long time" he said, grabbing my hand almost as an instant reflex. "But unfortunately, the police want you to give an official statement into what happened".

I nodded slowly. I had thought that that might be the case.

"And will you be there with me when I have to do that?" I asked him, hoping against everything that he would say yes. I didn't want to be on my own. I wanted his comfort there with me.

"Always, lover. I will always be there for you" he replied.

"I want a cuddle" I said, squeezing his hand a little, and holding my other arm out to him.

"With pleasure, my lover. With pleasure" he said, climbing up into the bed beside me. I softly snuggled back down in beside him and laid my head on his chest, wrapping my arm securely and tightly over his stomach. He held me closely to him, and gave me a soft kiss on the top of the head. Moments later, the both of us were sound asleep.

"Sookie … you need to wake up sweetheart …" I heard a voice from the background calling out to me, waking me up from the wonderful peaceful dream that I had been having.

I opened my eyes, groggily to see that it had been Amelia who had wakened me up from my peaceful slumber.

"There, the sleepyhead is all wakened up now!" Amelia cooed at me as if I were a baby.

I scowled at her, and then she moved over to the other side of the bed where she made an attempt at trying to waken Eric up.

Oh but if she did.

"Let him sleep, Amelia" I said, scolding her. She just looked at me in response. "Let him sleep. He doesn't look like he has slept all week, so just leave him alone" I snapped.

"Fine. But the police officer will be here in just a few moments to ask you a few questions about what happened last week." Amelia said.

I nodded, and just as Amelia sat down, there was a knock at the door and in came the police officer. He was about the same height and build as Eric, except that he had jet black hair and he had a slight beard on his face.

Eric had successfully shaved his off earlier.

And the police man was good looking. Extremely good looking.

Not that Eric wasn't, but you get my drift.

"Hello, ladies. I am Officer Herveaux, and I need to ask the lovely Miss Stackhouse a few questions about why she is in the hospital in the first place." He said, looking pointedly at Pam and Amelia, and then shifting his gaze straight back to me, giving me the eye.

It made me want to shiver.

I might think that he was good looking, but right now, that was rapidly changing to creepy. Besides, I was Eric's. He needed to get the message pronto before Eric woke up.

"Fine. I get the message, I will see you later on, Sookie. Come on Pam!" Amelia said, getting up and dragging Pam out of the room along with her.

"And would you mind asking your boyfriend to leave as well, Miss. I really would like to speak to you when you are on your own" Officer Herveaux spoke up.

"Yes, Officer Herveax … " I said rather simply.

"Call me Alcide" he replied, leering at me once again.

"Yes, Alcide, I would mind. I want Eric to stay right where he is" I said.

"That is understandable Sook …." He started off.

"It's Miss Stackhouse, and very good then. You will let him stay In with me while I give you my official statement." I cut him off.

"Well, then before we start, I would just like to ask you one little question" he said, rather nervously.

"What is that?" I asked, my voice slightly softer.

"Will you come out with me for a drink when you get out of hospital? I know that you have a boyfriend and all, but he doesn't have to know. I can be your little secret." he asked, licking his lips.

"You fucking arsehole, Alcide. I have no fucking interests in dating you, or any other man for that matter. Eric is my boyfriend, and my forever." I whisper yelled at him and my voice was just loud enough to wake Eric up from his peaceful sleep.

"Hey, lover … what is going on?" he asked, rather sleepily, as he lifted both of his hands to his eyes and made an attempt at rubbing the sleep out of his eyes.

Aww! How cute was that! I thought to myself, and I knew that if Officer Herveaux … call me Alcide wasn't here, I would almost definitely jumped him.

And he most clearly knew it, judging from the way that he wore the knicker dropping smirk on his face.

"Have I missed anything important, lover?" he asked.

"Yes, you did, baby. You just missed this arsehole of a policeman trying to hit on me" I said, refusing completely to keep anything from Eric.

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