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Eric lightly traced his fingers over Charlotte's body, watching as her body reacted to his touch.
His head felt light, as did his body. She had blood on her neck and on her lips from the activities they just had.
Eric carefully picked Charlotte's naked form from the couch and carried her to a room that was empty, since he could hear Alex snoring coming from her old room. He placed the sheets over her body, putting the memory of her naked sleeping form in her vault—as if he didn't have enough of those memories.
Eric used his speed to go downstairs and get dressed so he could go back to Fangtasia to deal with a vampire that has been causing trouble in his bar while he was gone.
As he flew to Fangtasia, the light headed feeling started to grow. He landed behind the bar and stumbled a bit.
"Eric?" He looked up and saw Pam there, looking at him oddly. "Are you okay?"
Eric cleared this throat before nodded. He went inside and they quickly dealt with the young vamp that thought he could run the bar while he was away.
Eric then moved to his office to deal with some paper work.
Pam crossed her arms as she stood in front of Eric. "So…" she waited for Eric to say something about the days he was missing, but he just continued writing. She huffed in annoyance. "Well?"
"What?"
"Are you going to tell me what the hell I missed while you were off with Snow?"
Eric rolled his eyes before putting his pen down. He felt dizzy for a moment but pushed it away. He looked at Pam with a hard look. "I need you to keep this to yourself."
Pam rolled her eyes but nodded.
"Her father had gotten word that Charlotte was here, in Bon Temps. The day she suddenly left was because he was close by."
"So he's the one that trashed the house?"
Eric nodded. "She fled to Ireland to be with her guardian, who is a witch. Ivy, her guardian, had a plan to bring Felix, her father, out of hiding but it would be putting Charlotte at risk."
"And knowing Snow, she went through with it." Pam snorted softly.
"Correct. But we didn't know he was planning on taking her right under our noses. He got her and tortured her." Pam said nothing as she saw her maker's hands tighten into a fist. "The bastard was planning on killing her after he'd had his fun with her."
Pam tensed noticeably. She'd been at the hands of those moments and had seen her own girls at those hands before Eric came along. "What happened?"
"She killed him." A small grin showed up on his face. "You should've seen it. She looked every part of a warrior queen sitting on her father's throne in his blood."
Pam smirked. "So Snow White killed her father, what next?"
"She had Ivy's men kill the ones still loyal to Felix, she set the poor girls that were kidnapped back to their families—making sure the ones who could be glamored were and were sent home after getting checked out and sent home with money—she sent men out to destroy more of Felix's places and the riches be split evenly to the men and the victims."
"And who is baby blue?"
Eric raised an eyebrow at the nick name but answered. "That would be Alexander—or Alex as he likes to be called. He is Charlotte's brother from Felix. He was being kept as a pet of sorts. Charlotte told me of the things they did to him, how they treated him, so I want you to be careful around him. He is still not use to others and he is very attached to Charlotte."
"Like a pup to his mother." Pam simplified.
Eric nodded. "Yes."
Pam smirked. "So, you leave for weeks and come back with a child, should I be jealous?" she teased.
Eric laughed. "Go, I have work to catch up with."
Pam nodded and left the office, the smirk still on her face. She was glad her maker was back—and Snow White of course.
CRASH!
Pam quickly went to Eric's office to see him just grinning like a fool. "What the hell, Eric?"
Eric just stared blankly at her before laughing loudly at the look on her face. "You're so funny, Pam."
"What the hell is wrong with you?"
He just laughed deeply. "There's nothing wrong with me!" He sat back in his chair and a wonderful smell came from his clothes. He ignored Pam as he started to sniff at his clothes. It smelled just like Charlotte.
Charlotte…
He groaned and breathed in the scent deeply.
Pam watched as he started to mumble some words that Charlotte taught him before she fell asleep in his arms.
"Something is really wrong with you." Pam took out her phone and called someone. She stayed on the phone for only 2 minutes when she turned to Eric. "Come on, we're going to see Compton." She took his arm and pulled him out of the car.
Eric got out of her grasp and turned to Pam with a goofy grin on his face as he slowly leaned to the right. "Race you!"
Eric ran out of there and made it to Bill's estate before Pam. The guards let him through and he stumbled into the house.
Bill was waiting in his living room for him, taking him in. He gestures for Eric to sit, but Eric laid on his couch instead, his long legs taking up space.
Bill gave a scowling look before clearing his throat. "Eric, I just got a call from Pam saying that you were acting weird and stumbling around like a drunk."
Eric just smiled, remembering what happened with Charlotte tonight.
"What did you do today?" Bill asked him, wondering why he was smiling.
"Well, first, I was at Fangtasia, doing paperwork for when I was gone when Charlotte called me. She wanted to see me. I quickly finished my work and went over to the house." He sighed dreamily. "That saucy minx teased me." He looked over to Bill. "We made love on the stairs, the wall, and living room couch. Three times." Bill looked uncomfortable as Eric continued his story. "God, I still remember the feel of her breasts against my chest as she rode me. How tight she was as I-"
"Enough!" Bill cut him off with a disturbed look on his face. He turned to one of the men around the room. "Please go to the Stackhouse residence and bring me Miss. Byrne." The man nodded and left quickly.
Eric continued talking. "Her moans as I go deeper into her, the way she fucks me with the same passion I do her, and her quiet screams as I spank her ass-"
Bill covered his ears, but Eric still continued, making some of the men around slowly walk out of the room. Bill took out his cell phone and called Charlotte for her help.
Ring
Ring
Charlotte rolled over, trying to ignore the ringing that was coming from next to her and go back to a much needed sleep.
The ringing finally stopped and she sighed happily, snuggling into the soft pillows.
Ring
Ring
Charlotte groaned and sat up, the blanket sliding down her bare chest. She reached over and saw it was Bill's number.
"Hello?" She answered, her voice groggy from sleep.
"Charlotte, I need you to come quick. I need your help in controlling Eric." Charlotte opened her mouth to ask what happened when he spoke again. "There is already one of my men waiting for you outside of the house." He hung up.
She looked at her mobile confused. She looked around and noticed she was in Sookie's old room, completely naked.
"How… how did I get here?" She tried to remember how she got up here but her last memory was of Eric on top of her on the couch, softly playing with her hair as she taught him some Irish words. That memory brought a smile to her face as she got up. "Whoa." she quickly caught herself as she felt light headed.
She quickly put on some panties, a light blue a super low back tank, a pair of grey sweats, and her black flats. She walk over to Alex's room and saw he's still sleeping. She wrote him a note telling him Bill called her and placed it on the small table beside him. She grabbed her mobile and keys before opening the door, only to jump back as a man in a suit was standing in front of it.
"Uh…"
He bowed. "Miss Byrne, I am the ride the King ordered for you."
She looked behind him to see a car blocking her car. "Um, I could've just drove to his house, he didn't have to-"
"Ma'am, the King has ordered that you must be taken to him." He reached into the house and pulled her out. She started to kick and struggle. He threw her into the car, locking the door as he got into the front. "Let us proceed."
"Asshole." She muttered.
The drive to Bill's was quick. The man opened her door and dragged her out. He dragged her into the living room where she saw Bill standing in front of Eric, who was laying down on his couch.
Bill looked up as the man nearly threw Charlotte into the room. "What took you so long?"
"Well, she took a while to get out, sire."
Charlotte glared over at the man. "To which your man then proceeded to literally drag me out of the house and to the car."
The man was suddenly pinned to the wall by Eric in a blink of an eye. "You touched her?" Eric snarled.
The man stuttered, his fear making him shake. "Just to bring her in."
Eric growled and clicked his fangs.
"Eric! I order you to release him!" Bill ordered but Eric didn't listen.
Bill looked over to Charlotte, pleading for her to help him. "Eric." She saw his shoulders tense. "Let him go and come here." He turned his head and she held out a hand towards him. "Please."
Eric released the man and walked over to her, looking at her in awe. He took her hand and started to place kisses onto her soft warm skin. He could do that till the end of time.
Charlotte looked to Bill as Eric continued to kiss her hand and started to go up to her wrist. "Why does he look at me like that?"
Bill shrugged. "I don't know. I had hoped you would know why he is like this." Bill paced around the room.
"What happened?"
"Well, I got a call from Fangtasia, from Pam, saying that something was wrong with Eric, he was acting weird. I told Pam to tell Eric to come here, so I can see for myself what she was talking about." Eric was now placing kisses on her shoulder, breathing in her scent. "And when he came here," Bill looked at her embarrassed. "He told me things."
Charlotte frowned. "What things?" she asked slowly.
Bill paused before speaking. "What you two did a bit ago."
Charlotte blushed and covered her face with her hand. "Oh no." She removed her hand, but she could still feel her face was burning red. "I'm so embarrassed."
"You're not the only one" Bill coughed.
Pam walked in with a pissed off look on her face. "Congrats on your renewed sex life, but what the hell is wrong with him?"
"I don't know." Charlotte shook her head as Eric rubbed her bare back. "Do you think I can be alone with Eric?"
Bill looks unsure but nods. "There will be guards at the door just in case. Be careful."
Charlotte nodded as Bill and Pam leave. As soon as Bill closed the door, Eric throws her down on the couch with his lips on hers.
"I need to have more of you." Eric moved one of his hands move down and go into her sweats to rub her through her panties and moved his head down to start nibbling at her nipple through the shirt.
Charlotte bit back a moan and quickly get out from under him by throwing herself to the floor. She crawled away by the fireplace.
Eric pouted. "Why did you move away?" his words were slurring.
"God, I need help." Charlotte quickly took out her phone and called Ivy.
She picked up on the second ring. "Yes?"
"I need your help. Eric is acting weird, like he's drunk off his ass." She looked over to Eric who was just staring at her. "And he keeps looking at me weird. Do you know what's wrong?"
"Hm," she hummed. "Did he have your blood recently?"
"Yes." Charlotte said slowly. "Why?"
"Well, I forgot to warn you about this, but if he takes a specific amount of your blood, it'll make him…. drunk."
"…What?"
"It's the faery mixing with the angel blood. It's more potent than just faery blood alone."
Charlotte ran her fingers through her hair and tugged it. "Is there a way we can make him sober?"
"Nope, sorry kiddo. He needs to sleep it off."
Charlotte sighed. "Alright, thanks Ivy."
"No problem, bye sweetheart." She blew a kiss and hung up.
Charlotte walked over to the doors, dodging Eric's grasp. Bill was waiting there with Pam and guards. "I found out what is wrong with him."
She explained to Bill and Pam how the blood makes him drunk when he takes enough of it.
Bill shakes his head at Eric. "I can't have him around while he's like this."
"I know, I'll take him back to Fantasia." Charlotte walked over to Eric and grabbed Pam's hand. "See you later."
"Wha-" Pam started but looked around shocked as she teleported them to Fangtasia. "How?"
"Not now Pam, I need your help. Where are the coffins?"
Pam pointed to the basement and Charlotte carefully walked a stumbling Eric down the stairs. She found his coffin—since it was the only one not in pink—and helped him inside. She went to leave so he can go to sleep but he stopped her.
"You forgot my goodnight kiss." He gave her a goofy smile, it growing as she smiled at him.
"How could I forget?" Charlotte placed one on his lips, then one on his forehead. "Goodnight, my love."
"Goodnight, love." He closed the coffin lid and she walked up the steps to the bar area.
Pam quickly walked over to her. "What the fuck was that?"
"What? The teleport thing?" she nodded. "It's part of my powers."
Pam shook her head. "Of all the people to be his heart singer, and it had to be you." She patted her shoulder. "Well princess, you better get home."
Charlotte nodded. "Oh, when Eric wakes up, tell him I'm going to need his help picking out a new bathtub for my bathroom and I need your help with shopping for my party."
Pam's eyebrows shot up. "Party?"
"Jess is planning a welcome back party for me."
Pam rolled her eyes. "That damn baby vamp doesn't know how to do anything right, I'll help."
Charlotte gave Pam a look. "Don't make fun of my niece, Pam."
Pam smirked. "Yes, mommy dearest."
Charlotte scrunched her nose. "Don't do that."
She chuckled. "Go home, princess. Before Prince Charming comes back up here to 'woo' you."
"Okay, okay. See you later Pam." Charlotte waved bye to her before teleporting back to the house.
Charlotte put on a dress that had deep pink blossoms on slate-black with shiny black buttons going down the front and lovely green leaves going with the blossoms and a pair of black wedges. She left her hair curly and her make-up was thin cat eyes on her top lid and light blush.
Alex came downstairs as she was making a list of food to buy. He wore a white V-neck long sleeved t-shirt that had the sleeves pushed up to his elbows, grey slim slouch jeans, and his black and white converse.
"I'm ready." He walked over to her and stole her cup of water.
"I'm almost one with this list." She said to him without looking at him. "After this, you want to go and get lunch at Merlotte's?"
He placed the cup in the sink. "Sure."
Charlotte wrote down the last items that she needed to buy. "There, done." She grabbed her purse with her phone, keys and walked to the car.
Charlotte drove to the super market and they both got stares as they walked into the place. She could see Alex was starting to get uncomfortable with the stares, so she quickly grabbed a cart and took his mind off of the people around by telling him the foods around and him trying to read the stuff they had on the list.
"What's this?"
Charlotte stopped the cart and looked behind her to see Alex holding a cereal box. He turned it over and she saw it was Honey Bunches of Oats.
"Oh, I like that cereal. It has honey roasted oats that give it a crunch. You want it?" Alex shrugged. "Put it in the cart and we'll take it so you can try it." Alex placed it in and they continued walking through the aisles.
"Charlotte?" a male voice called out from behind Alex and Charlotte. They turned around and saw Hoyt. "Jess told me you were back but I couldn't believe it! She nearly bouncing off the walls."
"Hoyt!" Charlotte walked over and gave him a hug. "Come meet my brother!" She dragged Hoyt over to Alex, who looked uncomfortable. "Hoyt, this is my brother Alex. Alex this is Hoyt, Jessica's boyfriend."
At the mention of Jessica, the uncomfortable look went away slightly. "Hello." Alex waved.
Hoyt, the sweetheart he was, smiled and waved back at him. "I wish I could talk to you guys some more, but I need to get some stuff for your party and Tru Blood for Jess for the house. Bye guys!" he waved goodbye and walked away with his cart.
They continued to walk when Charlotte notice something weird. Every time she would turn around to get something from the shelves or to look around for certain things on the list, she noticed these 2 people that followed them around. She quickly told Alex and told him that they should go pay.
They quickly paid and noticed the men following them were 2 people behind them in line. They quickly got out of the place and walked to the car, placing their bags into the back of the car.
They noticed the men coming their way, trying to act like they parked near them but they saw how they looked at them from the corner of their eyes.
"Excuse me." Charlotte called out to them. "Do you think you can help us putting these bags in?" She gave them look of desperation.
The men look at each other and nod. As they're putting the rest of the bags in, Charlotte put up her hand and they were covered in a blue like aura. "Now, turn around and tell us why you are following us."
"We were ordered to." Both the men said in sync.
"By who?" Alex asked them.
"Eric Northman." They answered.
Charlotte's temper rose. "That damn Viking! Why did he do that?"
"He told us to protect you during the day."
Charlotte grinded her teeth together. "You both will go back to him and tell him this: I do not need protection. After you tell him this, you will forget you ever saw me." She put her hand down, breaking the spell. She and Alex quickly got into the car and drove off.
"That was really cool." Alex told his sister as he watched her.
"Thanks." Charlotte muttered as she felt anger coursing through her. Eric is going to get so much from for this.
After they put the shopping away in the house, they went over to Merlotte's to get some lunch.
After explaining to Alex the lunch menu and the ingredients, he got a Carolina pulled pork burger and she got a MacNcheesy, which was a grilled sandwich with mac and cheese inside.
The time they spent there was nice and Lafayette came over to them for his break to tell them what they missed in the months they were gone. He told them about how Arlene found out she was pregnant and was due in a while, Tara disappearing the same time Sookie and Charlotte left, Sam shot his brother and his brother was living with Maxine Fortenberry and he just quit yesterday, and he told them about his new boyfriend, Jesus.
"Oh, someone is in love." She teased Lafayette.
Lafayette lightly pushed her. "Shut up." A Hispanic man with light eyes came into the place and started to look around. "That's him!" He waved the man over to them. "Jesus, meet Bon Temps only Irish princess and her adorable brother."
Charlotte hit Lafayette softly. She reached out to shake his hand. "Hello," she smiled, giving him a friendly smile like the one he was giving her. "My name is Charlotte, this is my brother Alex."
"Nice to meet more of Lafayette's friends." He placed his hand on Lafayette's back as they smiled at each other.
Lafayette blushed when he noticed the siblings holding giggles back. He cleared his throat. "Well…"
"You can go and spend time with him, don't worry. We'll be fine here." They waved Lafayette and Jesus off and paid for their food.
"So… are you still mad?" Alex asked Charlotte once they got to the house and waited for the sun to go down.
"Nope, I'm furious." She grumbled.
They sat in the living room, watching the third and fourth movies of Harry Potter since Alex wanted to see them so bad, when there was knocking on the door.
She got up and opened it, crossing her arms and glaring as soon as she locked eyes with Eric. "You had men follow me."
"And you basically glamored them." Eric crossed his arms as well.
"I don't need you to go and hire men to watch over me. There is no one after me anymore!" Charlotte whispered, not wanting Alex to overhear. She looked inside and saw Alex watching the movie, so she pushed Eric back and walked out onto the porch.
"Not that you know of." He noticed that she was still glaring at him. "What?"
"I don't like the fact that you did that, behind my back. By the way, those guys were shitty at trying to be hidden. I spotted them easily."
Eric rolled his eyes. "Idiots."
"Promise me something."
Eric paused. "What?"
She gave Eric a hard look. "No more security after me unless I agree to it."
Eric's eyebrows knitted together in anger. "But I can't protect you during the day."
Charlotte sighed, annoyed. "Eric, I can protect myself, you know that. I've been practicing my powers and perfecting them." She saw his face grow darker. "I also have Alex with me. So, no. More." she threaten.
"I can do what I want to protect you." He growled. "You are my heart singer and if any one of my enemies finds that out, they will drain you dry." He glared down at her.
Charlotte took the challenge and stepped up to him, mad at the way he was talking to her. "You don't have the right to talk to me like I'm just an object to you." Her glare hardened. "Remember who you are talking to, Eric Northman."
Eric just looked at her and smirked. "Do you know how adorable you are when you're mad? And sexy?"
Charlotte felt like smiling but she bit her tongue. "Don't."
He touched her chin and brought his lips down to hers. She could feel her anger slowly going down. "Don't what?" he asked, nibbling on her lower lip.
"You know what, you sneaky bastard." She moved back slowly, feeling herself start to get aroused. "What do you have to say for yourself?"
Eric sighed and ran his fingers through his hair. "Fine, I won't do it again. But you have to understand my reason for doing that."
"I do understand, I just wish you would have talked to me about it." Charlotte placed a hand on Eric's chest. "Just remember that next time."
Eric nodded.
"Let go inside." They walked in to see the credits rolling and Alex cleaning his mess of popcorn and soda cans. "Liked the movie?" She asked him as he noticed them come in.
Alex nodded with a smile. "It's good, but I still don't like the wands though."
"At least you don't have to use one." Charlotte mimicked flicking a wand, making Alex roll his eyes and laugh.
Ring
Ring
Charlotte walked over to her phone and saw it was Jess.
"Jess? What happened?" She asked quickly.
"What? Nothing happened, I was just calling to ask if you can send over Alex, only if he wants to."
"Why?" She looked over to Alex to see both him and Eric talking on the couch. Alex snapped his fingers and a small spark came from his fingers. Alex frowned and Eric patted his back, encouraging him to do it again.
"Well for one, Hoyt and I need help planning this out. Second, I want to spend time with him, since he's the new addition of the family. He's like my… uncle? Cousin?"
Charlotte laughed. "I'll ask him, hold on." She placed her phone on her shoulder and walked over to Alex and Eric. "Alex, you remember Jess and Hoyt?" he nodded. "She just called and wanted to know if you wanted to spend time with her, since you're the new addition to the family."
Alex had a thoughtful look on his face. "What will you guys do?"
"Well, we got to go and get furniture for the house since it's nearly empty." She shrugged. "And a new bathtub for our bathrooms."
Alex nodded. "Okay."
Charlotte placed the phone on her ear again. "Jess, he said okay. We're going to go now."
"Alright, see you soon!" She hung up.
Suddenly a burst of red and orange fire started in the fireplace, making all of them jump to their feet and Eric's fangs popped out.
The flame disappeared as quickly as it came and in its place was a rectangular brown paper wrapped box.
"What the hell?" Charlotte took a small step forward but Eric stopped her.
"No, I'll get it." Eric walked over carefully and picked up the box. He looked it over and turned to them. "It says it's from Ivy to Alex." He threw the box to Alex, who luckily caught it.
Alex opened it and saw it was an old looking book. On the cover was the word 'Enchiridion' in gold and the cover was red and hard. "What is it?" Alex asked as he looked the book over.
"I don't know, open it."
Alex tried to open it but it wouldn't. "I can't!" a piece of paper fell to the floor from the book. Alex bent down and picked it up. "T-t-the word to…" he paused, focusing on the word. "Open? Is…" he tried to pronounce the word but he couldn't. He handed it to Charlotte.
"It's Latin, I remember Ivy teaching me this while home schooling me." She read the note to them. "The word to open is 'Ostende mihi absconditis tuis'. That means 'show me your secrets'."
The book made a small click and opened. "Whoa." Alex reached for it and looked through it. In the book, all the writing was painted on, even the small designs. It reminded him of those medieval books Ivy has.
Charlotte patted Alex on the back. "You can look through that at Jess' house, we need to get going before the good stores close completely."
They grabbed what they needed and went out to the car, getting to Jess' house quickly.
"Now, if anything happens, just call me on my phone, alright?" Charlotte told Jessica and Alex, who rolled their eyes in a typical teenage way. "And we'll pick you up when we finish." She gave Alex a kiss on the forehead with a hug and the same with Jess. "Bye guys, see you after!"
Eric looked at Charlotte as she gave him a pout and puppy dog eyes. "Why?"
"Just get in, please?" She pleaded. Eric rolled his eyes and got into the bathtub display. He moved around, so he could get comfortable. "How does it feel?"
Eric could mostly fit but his feet still had to be placed on the rim of the tub. "It's okay, I guess."
"Is it comfortable?" she sat on the edge of the bathtub, looking at him with a smile.
Eric grabbed her waist and dragged her down so she was in the tub with him. She squeaked in surprise as he pulled her in. He swung her legs into the tub so her feet were by his and her back was pressed against his chest.
He wrapped his arms around her and put his face in her hair. "It is now."
She laughed as she snuggled more into him, just where he wanted her to be. "At least it fits both of us."
Eric smirked as he ran his hand down her chest and placed it on her bent leg to her thigh, where he started to run his hand down her thigh and towards her panties. "I can think of all the things we could do in here."
She placed her hand on his, stopping it and brought it up to her lips. "Not here, love, there are people around."
"Fine." Eric pressed his lips against her neck, feeling the blood rushing through her vein. His fangs clicked out as he noticed her breathing change. "But when?"
She stiffened suddenly. "That reminds me," she turned her head to look at him. "You can't drink that much of my blood anymore."
"Did Pam set you up or something?"
She looked at him confused. "No, why?"
"Well, she told me some excuse that your blood makes me act crazy or something."
"She's right." Eric gave her a confused look. "Well, last night Bill called me and you basically told him…" she blushed. "You told everyone about our night."
Eric smirked, picturing the look on Bill's face. "Bet that made him uncomfortable."
"Made me uncomfortable too, since not only Bill heard, but all of his guards."
Eric paused. "I'll kill them all."
"No, Eric." She turned her body towards him and placed both hands on his chest. "Don't worry about that okay?" He grumbled until she kissed her. "Now, why don't we go check out the stuff for Alex?"
She stepped out and fixed his suit as he got out. Eric gave her a kiss as thanks and walked her over to the bedroom furniture, growling at the men that stared at her.
Charlotte had a hard time choosing which bedroom set to get Alex for his room. "I really can't choose." She started to tap her foot in frustration.
"Let me help you." Eric pointed to the first one she pointed out. "That one looks too feminine, and Alex is not feminine, he's a man." Charlotte rolled her eyes as she looked at the set, a 5-piece king bedroom set with a warm chocolate finish that had a king bed, dresser, stacking drawer unit, mirror and nightstand.
"This one is more basic." Eric pointed it out. It was architecturally sleek transitional bedroom furniture features clean lines and angular edges with subtle accents and minimal ornamentation.
"As is this one, which I like most for him." Eric pointed to the third one, which had transitional styling refined with the subtle sophistication of clean, contemporary design. The set brought an oval nightstand, a Queen sized bed, a normal shaped nightstand, a drawer chest, and an entertainment chest where he can put his TV. "Get this one for him."
Charlotte nodded. "Alright, this one it is." She told the young man working. "And the big bathtub, I think it's the fourth one in display." The boy nodded quickly and ran off. "Come on, love." She grabbed Eric's hand and led him to the bedding area of the store. "Let's get him some sheets and we'll leave, okay?"
Eric nodded and helped her pick out a grey bedding set for Alex. They checked everything out and the woman at the cashier told them that the store will send men over to the house to put everything together. The girl looked over to Eric then back to Charlotte. "What time is it okay for the guys to go over?"
Charlotte went to open her mouth to say something to the girl but Eric stepped in. "How about an hour after sun down?"
The girl just nodded and wrote on a form, then handed it to Charlotte. "Just write your address, cell and the time you want us over. Then I just need your signature and payment."
Charlotte signed the form and swiped her credit card. "Here you go." She put in her pin and placed the card back in her purse. The girl gave her the receipt and waved her goodbye.
When the couple walked to the car, Eric pinned Charlotte against the car. "I can't wait anymore." He placed his head near her neck and took a deep breathe, her arousal filling his nose. "I love the way you smell." He lightly kissed her neck and jaw as he lifted her dress from the bottom and started to play with her clit. "Come on."
A purr came from her throat. "Get in the fucking car," a growl came from her throat as she grabbed his hair and pulled it back so his eyes were level with hers. "Now."
Eric grinned before he used his speed to get her into the car and drove off, to find a place where there was no one around.
As soon as he stopped the car, he unfastened her seat belt without looking, turned to her and she was in his arms.
They were both so eager for their kiss that their teeth clashed, but they didn't care. They kissed hungrily, tongues playing with each other. The kiss seemed to release all the passion and need that had been building up inside of them all day.
Charlotte took a handful of Eric's hair and used it to keep his mouth hard against her and her other hand roamed over his shoulders and back. She could hear herself making little noises and Eric was loving it.
Eric's hand slid onto her breasts and found her nipples already hard and erect in anticipation of his touch. She used her free hand to unbutton the top of her dress, so his hands would be on her bare skin already.
He squeezed and pinched her nipples a little roughly, getting more little noises from Charlotte.
He slid his hand down over her tummy and onto her thighs. She opened them eagerly and raised her hips to help get his hand where she desperately wanted it. She put her hand on top of his own and pressed it hard to her crotch and kissed him even more passionately. It felt like she was fire.
Charlotte put her hand in his lap and was delighted to find he was hard and it was lying along his thigh inside his pants. She stroked him through the fabric as he got even harder.
Eric popped open the rest of the buttons eagerly as Charlotte started unbuckling his belt and kicking off her shoes. She got his belt undone and was working on his top button when he got her dress open, then he pushed her down onto the seat on her back, breaking the kiss.
They were both frantically working to get the dress off her as quickly as possible without ripping it. She lifted up and took off her dress and he pulled her panties down over her ass and hips. She was bare except for her bra, which came off in no time.
He quickly ripped his pants open, got both his pants and his boxers down while Charlotte tried to figure out what to do with her legs. Eric took an ankle in each hand and got one of her feet propped up on the dashboard and the other hooked over the back of the seat.
He knelt on the seat behind the steering wheel, his cock free from his pants. When Eric lowered himself to his hands and knees, she could feel the tip on her crotch, feeling for her entrance.
Charlotte raised her hips to help him and he found the exact spot he was looking for.
Eric gave one good shove and he was buried in her, letting out a breath as warmth covered him from Charlotte.
It was cramped. The car seat was uncomfortable, her legs were in an awkward position, the seat belt latch was digging into her side, the top of her head was jammed against the armrest on the door, but it felt too good to really care right at the moment.
Charlotte pulled Eric down to kiss her and when he did, he started moving in and out of her. Charlotte shifted her legs so she could hook her ankles around the backs of his thighs.
She lifted her hips, meeting him every time he thrust into her and that got him really deep.
Charlotte's face and neck felt hot and she could feel myself starting to sweat. Eric increased the tempo and force of his thrusts and she held still for a moment to time it just right.
Charlotte knew she was close, very close.
All the passion and wanting that had been released by that first kiss seemed to explode inside her when her orgasm started. There was a sharp stab of pain when the tip hit the far reaches inside her and kept going, but that only seemed to make her climax more intense.
Eric was pounding into her as deep and fast as he could without really hurting her and she held her hips up as high as possible to let him penetrate her to her furthest depths. Every deep thrust into her reached a spot that sent waves of orgasm to every part of her body.
Charlotte silently screamed, scratched his back and shoulders so hard she could feel blood and then she shrieked through clenched teeth as she came. She was being fucked. Wonderfully, totally, gloriously fucked!
She don't know if she had one long, huge climax or dozens of them without a rest in between. Once she started coming, though, she couldn't stop.
Instead of reaching the peak of her orgasm and coming down, that hard piercing plunge of Eric's cock sent her over and she just stayed there as he continued to ram into her. Every time she started to come down from her peak even a little, a thrust from him would send her right back up there again.
Every time their bodies collided, there was an audible smack that was just amazing. She completely lost all awareness of time and place. She didn't care where she was or how long it lasted, she was coming and nothing else existed for her.
Finally Eric's thrusts slowed and she heard herself tell him not to stop and to keep going hard and fast.
Eric moaned as Charlotte dug her fingernails into his shoulders and thrust her hips even harder to keep her orgasm going. She was streaming sweat and when she opened her eyes, she saw Eric's fangs had come out and he was biting his lip, causing blood to come out.
Charlotte pulled him down by the back of his neck and started to suck the blood from his lip. When his lip healed, she let go of his lip.
She looked into his eyes as his continued to pump into her. "I love you." She whispered.
He growled as he moved his head to her ear. "Say it again, with my name."
"I love you Eric." She moaned his name as she felt his tongue on her neck, then his fangs as a grunt came from his throat. Charlotte's legs were shaking with the effort of keeping her hips raised to meet his.
Eric kept slowing his strokes until he finally stopped. He put his hand on her hips and pushed her down flat on the seat, causing him to leave her with a wet plop.
Charlotte gradually started to become aware of where she was and what was happening.
Eric was kneeling sideways behind the steering wheel, looking down at her as she was gasping for breath. Eric grinned as he look her in. Her hair was soaked, and the leather upholstery under her was hot and wet. They had no idea how long her orgasm had lasted, but it had obviously been the longest she'd ever had.
She laughed as she tried to regain her normal breathing pattern. "God, that felt amazing."
Eric smirked and licked his lips to remove her blood from his lips. "You lost control." He moved his head down to her neck and licked the holes. "It was beautiful."
She giggled as she ran her fingers through his hair. "How was that beautiful?"
He lifted his head to move his lips above her. "Because you are beautiful and when you hit your peak," he sighed dreamingly. "You just glow with beauty."
She smiled. "You're so sweet."
He moved his head down a bit more, so their lips touched softly.
Buzz
They pulled apart. "What was that?" she asked Eric.
Buzz
"Phone." Eric reached under her seat and brought the phone to his ear. "Yes?" Eric stayed quiet as the person on the phone talked. "We just left the place now, we're going to pick you up." Eric hung up and looked down at her. "That was Alex," her eyes widen. She'd nearly forgot that Alex was in Jess' house. "He was wondering what was taking us so long."
"Don't tell him anything." She threatened him playfully. "Let's get dressed."
"How was time with Jessica?" Charlotte asked Alex once they got back to the house.
"It was fun, but that blonde lady came to help with the planning." He scratched his head. "She still scares me."
Charlotte smiled and messed with his hair, making him try to swat her hand away. "So how's the planning going?"
Alex fixed his hair. "It's going good, that blonde lady, Pam, says that she's taking you out to buy something to wear for the party."
"Do you know where the party is going to be?" She asked him.
Alex shook his head no. "Jess can't think of a place perfect enough."
Charlotte looked around the place. "Why not make it here?" she pointed to around the place. "By the time we get everything, we can have it here."
Eric and Alex looked around the slightly empty living room with a look of uncertainty.
"Don't give me those looks you two. Soon we'll have this place looking normal again."
"Why not have it at Fangtasia?" Eric asked as he took a seat on the crappy couch.
Charlotte rolled her eyes and sat on his lap. "That's a bad idea, not a lot of people like vampires in the first place and to have it in a vampire bar will make people not come."
Eric shrugged his shoulders. "Less people, the better."
That had Charlotte wondering how many people was Jess inviting to this party and who were they? "I got to talk to her about that one of these days."
"What?"
She looked down at Eric. "I was thinking about the people that were invited to the party. I have to ask Jessica how many people and who are coming, I don't want her to invite everyone in the town." she got up and quickly sent a text to Jess.
Hey Jess, it's me Charlotte. I have to talk to you about the party, nothing bad! Text me when you have the time.
She clicked send and sat back on Eric's lap. She looked over to Alex. "You hungry?"
"No, Hoyt made these good sandwiches that had ground beef in some sauce. It was so good!"
"He made you a sloppy Joe?"
He snapped his fingers and pointed to his sister. "That's what he called it! And him and Jess helped me learn to read a few more words as we were planning the party." he yawned. "Can I go to sleep?"
"Sure." She got up and gave Alex a kiss on the head. "Goodnight, sweetie."
"Night you two."
Eric gave him a small wave as Alex ran up the stairs.
Eric pulled Charlotte back down into his lap and lay down with her on top. He ran his fingers up and down her back rhythmically, making her slowly close her eyes.
"Eric?" She called out to him, sleepy from him touching her back.
"Yes, vacker?"(Beautiful) his voice was low but she could still feel the vibration when he spoke.
"How long do we have before dawn?"
"A good couple of hours, why?"
"I really want to cuddle." She snuggled more into his neck, taking in his smell. He smelled so much like the ocean. Was it a cologne?
He chuckled. "Aren't we doing that now?"
She grinned against his neck. "Not naked though."
He hummed. "Now that sounds good."
He held her to his chest as he used his speed to get them to the room. They took each other's clothes off and laid down on their sides, facing each other.
Eric covered them from their waist down and placed his hand on her side, his cold hand feeling nice are her warm skin.
She had her hand on his chest, rubbing it soft when she remembered something. "Do you think I have crazy eyes?"
"What?"
"Russell, when he had us he told me he recognized my eyes from somewhere. I think he knew my father…"
"But they're both gone now, love." He placed a kiss on her forehead.
Charlotte nodded and closed her eyes, letting the quiet lull her to sleep.
"Why do you have scars?"
Charlotte quickly opened her eyes. "Scars?"
"On your back and a bit on your side." His thumb brushed over her side and she started to fidget, not liking the fact he saw them. "You can't really see it unless you're looking for it."
Charlotte looked away. "I hate how you can see them." she reached down to the blanket and pulled it up to her chin.
"Why are you hiding? I've already seen them." Eric tried to move the blanket but he stopped when he saw tears in her eyes. "What's wrong?"
"My scars…" She looked at him as the tears came out of her eyes. "They're—they're from—"
He had a look of understanding. They were from the car accident. "Don't worry about them, love." he placed his hand on her cheek, pulled her closer into his arms and removed the sheet. He proceeded to run his fingers up and down her back again.
They stayed quiet for nearly half an hour when he spoke up, his voice a whisper. "You've changed me so much…"
"How?" She hummed as she gave his chest small random kisses.
"Well for one, you make me question my actions. Before I didn't care, I just did what I wanted to, but now I rethink what I do in fear that my actions will endanger you."
"Even before you knew who I was to you?" She brought her hand to his mouth and started to trace his lips.
He kissed her fingers. "Yes." She smiled at his answer. "Even then. Second, I'd murder anyone that has hurt you. Before you, I just wouldn't care, but you just made your way into my heart with that beautiful smile and your fire."
She laughed. "You also show me the sides you don't normally let out."
"What sides?"
She smiled up at him. "Your romantic side and your protective side."
"That's because those sides are yours."
She smiled and gave Eric a long kiss. "Mo Lochlannach rómánsúil." (My romantic Viking)
"Mo aingeal ar ghaiscíoch." (My warrior angel.)
She looked at him confused. "Warrior? Why warrior?"
Eric chuckled. "You should've seen how you looked when you were being controlled by the angel in you. You looked like a beautiful and bloody warrior queen when you sat on the throne. It reminded me of my time as a human." His voice grew husky as he remembered.
She frown. "I don't want to remember that…"
Eric kissed her head. "I know, just go to sleep, love."
She snuggled into his chest and breathed in his scent, keeping it in her mind. "Goodnight, Eric." she mumbled as she felt herself falling asleep.
"Goodnight, my angel."
There was a knock on at the front door early the next morning as Charlotte was finishing putting the new living room set in.
She walked to the door and peeked through the lace curtains to see Jason.
She quickly opened it and threw herself at him in a hug. "Jason!"
"Oh my God!" Jason threw his arms around her in surprise. "I thought the whole town was lying when they said you came back to town."
She separated from him but held him at arm's length. "I came back just a few days ago."
Jason looked behind her when he spotted some movement and his eyes widened. "Get behind me!" he pulled her behind him and took out his gun. "Who are you?! Come out with your hands up!"
Charlotte peeked over Jason's shoulder and saw a scared looking Alex. She quickly jumped in front of the gun. "Jason, no! That's my brother, Alex!"
"Brother?" Jason put his gun down and gave Alex a sorry look. "Ah, shit." He put his gun away. "I'm so sorry for that kid, I didn't mean, shit!" Jason scratched his head. "I'm sorry, Char."
"Don't worry, Jason, just come in."
Jason looked around and noticed the changes that she put in.
By the door was a writing desk that was elegantly carved and turned legs and cane-textured drawer fronts and was medium-cherry finish. On top of the desk was a richly textured glass bowl with a hammered golden edge.
He walked over to the living room and whistled. "Wow."
The new sofas were tufted, tight-backed sofa quietly captivates with its sheltering shape and the cozy elegance of charcoal polyester velvet upholstery. Underneath the sofa was a beautiful woven cream wool rug. On top of that was a cherry wood coffee table that matched the desk by the door.
On the coffee table, there was this beautiful white porcelain vase with bright, blooming flowers and micas.
The fireplace had a glass screen and a fireplace vacuum cleaner next to it.
Jason walked over and sat down on one of the sofas, rubbing the cushion next to him. "This is nice."
Alex and Charlotte walked over and sat on the opposite sofa. "Got it from the internet a couple days ago. I thought since it was my fault the house was trashed, I would fix it up."
Jason looked around in wonder. "You're doing a good job so far." He looked at her. "I've came by to talk to you about what happened that you disappeared." He ran his hand through hair as he sat forward. "Man, that moment when we came into the house and just saw everything trashed, with you and Sookie gone, we thought you guys were kidnapped and killed."
"I know, Andy told me."
Jason lifted his head to look at her. "What happened?"
"Well, my father was looking for me, to kill me." She was unsure if she should really tell him this, but he had a right to know.
Jason looked befuddled. "Kill you? Why would he do that? He's your dad!"
She snorted. "Please, our dad was a monster." She felt Alex grab her hand, squeezing it. She sighed. "Let me explain to you what happened."
She cleared her throat to start the story. Throughout the story, Jason reacted like Jessica, mouth open wide when she told him what she endured with Felix, a look of disbelief when she got to the part of her death and happy shock when he heard how Eric brought her back to life.
"So, you're an angel?" She nodded. "Do you have wings?" he asked excitedly.
Charlotte laughed. "No Jason, I don't have wings. Though that would be cool." Jason agreed.
Jason looked over to Alex and shook his hand. "Sorry again about pointing the gun away at ya. I just panicked when I saw an unknown guy in the house."
Alex shrugged. "It's okay." He got up. "I'm going to go and do my lessons, okay?" he walked up the stairs and walked to his room.
Jason gave me a questioning look. "Lessons?"
"Yeah, he's learning how to read and write since he's been with Felix since he was a babe." She frowned. "I wish I knew about him earlier, I would've taken him out of there."
Jason patted her hand. "It's alright, Char. You didn't know, but now you know and you brought him here with you."
"I know, but it still bothers me."
His walkie-talkie on his belt went off. Jason stood up. "Shit, I got to go, Char." He gave her cheek a kiss, before running out the house. "See ya!"
She laughed and closed the door. "See you." she went to get the broom to sweep the kitchen so she could start decorating the kitchen next.
Pam stood there, looking gorgeous in an elegant long-sleeve navy dress in minimal shine satin with a plunge neckline, black shiny platform pumps, wearing a gold ring with a deep blue gem in it, and her hair was wavy. She noticed who was behind Charlotte and glared at the red head as she tried to use Charlotte as a shield. "What is the baby vamp doing here?"
"Pam," Charlotte sent her a look. "Be nice. I want us to have a girl's day while the guys have their fun with the furniture."
Pam rolled her eyes and looked them over.
Charlotte was wearing a white lace camisole that was tucked into a coral cotton and silk-blend Georgette skirt that fell just below the knee, a rose pink cardigan since it was slightly chilly tonight for her, sheer ivory tights, and gleaming pink heels. She wore her hair normally, loose and curly.
Jess was wearing a top that was black with floral print all over it, had a plunge lattice back detail, 3/4 length dolman sleeves and a scoop neck. Some dark wash skinny jeans, light brown ankle boots, and wearing the necklace Charlotte gave her with her hair in a high ponytail.
Pam nodded at their outfits. "At least you two look cute. Get in my pretties, we're going shopping." She pointed to the limo behind her that had a man waiting, holding the door. They hopped in after her and she handed Charlotte a bottle of water as Jess and her had Tru Bloods.
Pam leaned back into her seat and took a sip from her bottle. She scrunched her nose at the taste. "Ugh, this is just nasty."
Charlotte grinned and drank some of her water. "So, where are we going?"
Pam grinned like a cat. "Well, first off we're getting you something for the party and then we're going shopping for something sexy." She sent her a wink.
Charlotte blushed and laughed with Jessica.
The ride was enjoyable, amazingly. Pam had asked Charlotte where she had gone shopping for her clothes, since the things she wore aren't from around here.
"Well, most of my clothing is from when I came from Ireland, the rest I got from the internet since the stores are too far away."
"They're really cute." Jessica smiled and clapped her hands.
The car stopped and Charlotte noticed they were around the shopping center in Shreveport.
The driver opened the door and Pam told him to stay in the car.
As they walked into a shop, Charlotte had an idea. She turned to Jessica and Pam. "I have an idea." That caught Pam and Jessica's attention. "I'll let you two pick out outfits for me and I'll model them for you guys." She saw the gears in their heads turning. "Any outfit." she added.
Pam smirked and purred. "You shouldn't give me that power, princess." she walked towards a row of dresses and Jess goes towards a different area where there were more dresses.
Charlotte went over to the changing room area to wait for Pam and Jess, regretting already for giving Pam that power.
Her phone went off, signaling that she had received a message.
She unlocked it and saw it was a text from Eric.
She opened it and saw it was a picture of Alex with a huge smile on his face, facing a candle that was lit. Included in the text were the words 'he finally did it'.
She silently cheered and texted back, saying that it was great and that she was so proud of him.
As soon as she sent the message, Pam and Jess walked over with a large bundle of clothes.
Charlotte stumbled as she carried the clothes into the dressing room.
The first outfit she put on was a long sleeved sexy floor length gown that featured sheer netting and cutouts with beaded detailing and nude slip.
She walked out and stood in front of 3 mirrors that Pam and Jessica sat in front of.
"Nice." Pam nodded then turned to Jessica. "You chose that one?"
Jessica nodded and smiled at the fact Pam liked the dress she chose.
"It's really nice," Charlotte spun around, looking in the mirror. "But I don't think I could wear this to the party. I don't think I could wear this anywhere without people staring and Eric threatening to rip heads off."
They laughed, easily imagining Eric perfectly in that situation.
Charlotte walked back into the dressing room and changed into a marine-blue silk-satin one shouldered gown. Silver crystal embellishment at one shoulder and the fabric pleated at the shoulder, making it have a draped finish.
She pushed the black curtain aside and walked up to the mirror.
"I really like this one, but I have to say it would look better on Jessica." She spun around in front of them.
"I'm getting that one then." commented Jessica as Charlotte walked back into the dressing room to change into the next outfit.
The next one looked nice. It was a plum maxi dress with halter slim straps, and subtle sweetheart neckline, which was trimmed in ivory lace.
She walked out and showed the girls. "Where did you guys find this one?"
Jessica pointed to the row where the sign said vintage.
Charlotte pointed to the dress. "I'm keeping this one." she told the woman that worked there.
Charlotte walked back into the dressing room and handed Pam the dress so she could place it next to her.
The next one Charlotte needed help with to get it on since it was a corset.
"Which one of you can do a corset?" She poked her head out, asking them while holding the corset close to her body.
Pam got up and pushed her softly inside and turned her around so she could start doing the corset.
"Can I ask you something?" Pam asked as she did the strings.
"Go ahead." Charlotte held her hair out of Pam's way.
"What do you love about Eric and do you think he loves you?"
Charlotte raised an eyebrow, wondering why she was asking but answered none the less. "Well, the way he whispers dirty things in my ear, that little curve of skin where his neck meets his shoulder, his hair, the taste of his tongue, his hands in my hair, his tongue on me, the knots he ties, the way he looks above me as he's inside me, the things he's not afraid to tell me, the way he reads my mind, the sweet way he moans in his sleep when I slide up against him, the tantrums he throws when he's wrong, the arguments, the makeup sex, the way he lets me run the tips of my fingers on his fangs." She smiled at the memories of her doing it to him.
"His spelling and grammar, the way he spanks me, his mouth on me, his stomach, his commitment, his honesty, the way he only cleans the middle of the room, the counter-top, the mirror." I chuckled, remembering our time in Ireland. "The way he's so easily distracted when I enter the room, his lips, his back, the way he talks himself into sex, even though he doesn't need to, the way he never admits he's wrong and always admits I'm right, the way he looks at me…really looks at me, the way I know he loves me. And these are only a few…"
Pam slowly claps after she finished talking. "Damn princess, who knew you were such a dirty poet."
Charlotte blushed and rolled her eyes. "Shut up. You finished?"
"Yup, and can I just say, very nice." She gave her a wink and walked out.
Charlotte put on her skirt, so she wouldn't walk out in a corset and underwear.
She liked the corset, it was floral satin with a pretty center bow and satin halter ties in black to finish the corset off.
"You have to get that one, Char." Jessica clapped. "Eric will go crazy when he sees you in that!"
Charlotte laughed as she fixed the front of the corset. She decided to get this one as well, since it was lovely.
The next outfit was the one she fell in love with before she even put it on. It was a purple silk dress that had the straps were slightly off-shoulder, the bust and waist were fitted, it caressed her hips, and then flows into a glamorous fishtail bottom that ended at her shins.
"This is the party dress!" She announced as she showed Pam and Jessica.
Pam smirked as Jessica looked at the dress in wonder. "Knew you'd like that one."
Charlotte played with the dress in front of the mirror. She turned to them. "So now whose turn is it to model?"
Jessica quickly stood up. "I'll go next!" she ran into the dressing room as Pam rolled her eyes.
"Wait Jess, I still got to change!" Charlotte called after her.
After Jessica modeled the clothing they pick out for her and managing to get Pam to model, the girls then started to shop for themselves instead of each other.
By the time they left, their hands were filled with bags that the driver had to help them with.
On the drive back, Charlotte had a smile on her face the whole time. "I'm glad we did this." She told them.
"It was really fun." Jess pulled Charlotte into a hug. "Thanks for inviting me."
"No problem."
Pam rolled her eyes. "I will admit, it was fun."
Charlotte laughed. "I'm telling Eric you had fun." Pam just gave her a blank look. "Any way, when we get to the house, we can talk about the party and hopefully Eric didn't hurt anyone during the furniture building."
The driver stopped in front of the house and brought all the bags inside.
"Eric!" Charlotte called out as she opened the door. "We're home!" She put her keys in the glass bowl on the table by the door and noticed his keys weren't in the bowl. "Hmm, I guess he's not here and Alex would've came down by now. Let me just call them." Jess and Pam went to the living room as she went to the kitchen to call Eric.
He picked up on the first ring. "Yes, love?"
"Where are you? I just got home with Pam and Jess when I noticed both you and Alex weren't around." She went into the fridge and took out some juice.
"Worried?"
She laughed. "No, I trust you with him."
He chuckled. "I was helping him with his lessons as the men from the furniture store were building, but we took a break since he did excellent today and now I'm with him getting his reward." She could hear some sounds in the background and Alex's voice asking Eric if this one was okay.
"What's his reward?"
He stayed silent. "Ice cream…"
"Eric…"
"We'll see you soon, love. Bye!" he hung up quickly.
Charlotte looked at the phone shocked. He actually hung up on her.
"Charlotte! Where do you keep the paper and pens?" Jessica called from the living room.
She snapped out of it, remembering she had a party to help plan and went to help them, but she will get Eric back for hanging up on her like that.
The plans for the party were finally done. Charlotte told them they would have only certain people in the party since she didn't want the whole town in the house.
"So the people that are coming, other than us, are," Jessica started to read from the list in her hands. "Arlene and Terry, Lafayette and his boyfriend Jesus, Sam, Bill, Jason, and Hoyt. I don't think I'm forgetting anyone." She went over the list.
"That's fine." Charlotte reassured her. "Tomorrow I'll go down to Merlotte's and talk to everyone."
She paused when she heard a car pull up to the house and quickly got up from her seat to look out the window. She saw it was Eric's car, the one he let her use. "It's Eric." She told the girls, who both stood up.
"Well I better get home, poor Hoyt is probably sleeping on the couch again." She gave her a tight hug. "See you later!" she disappeared leaving Pam and Charlotte alone before Eric and Alex came in.
Alex had his hands behind his back with a nervous yet excited look on his face. Eric on the other hand had a small grin on his face.
Charlotte threw them a suspicious look. "What are you two hiding?"
Alex started to hop slightly in place. He turned his head to Eric. "Can we show her now?"
Eric nodded and chuckled at Alex's excitement.
"Show me what-" Charlotte paused when Alex moved his hands from behind his back to show a small ginger tabby kitten. Her annoyance disappeared as soon as she saw the small thing in Alex's arms. "Awe." She walked over and carefully picked it up. It was dirty and too skinny to be from a pet shop. She looked up at the guys as she pet the kitten's head softly. "Where did you find it?"
Alex came over and started to pet the kitten too. "We found it after Eric took me to get ice cream. It was alone and couldn't move on its own." He pointed to Eric as he walked over to them. "Eric heard it."
She realized what he was doing. "So why did you bring it here?" Alex didn't look at her as he continued to pet the kitten. "Alex…"
"Can we keep it? Please?" Alex had a sad look in his eyes. "It was going to die out there if we didn't help it." He picked the kitten from her hands and held it close to his chest. "It needs our help." He whispered to her.
The kitten in his hands meowed weakly.
Charlotte looked at Alex and how he cradled the weak thing in his hands. She placed her hands on his shoulders and she felt his shoulders sag. He probably thought she was going to say no. "Alex," She said softly. "Go to the kitchen and gave it some water."
Alex lifted his head up with wide eyes. "We can keep it?"
"Oh course. How can I say no to that face?" Charlotte let him go and he nearly ran to the kitchen saying thank you. She then turned to Eric and crossed her arms. "You." She glare at him.
Pam cleared her throat. "Well, I'll be taking my bags. See you soon, Snow White." She disappeared and Eric locked the door.
"Hello, love." He cooed, but Charlotte said nothing as she continued to glare at him. "What?"
"You hung up on me and you bring home a kitten."
Eric looked to the kitchen then back to her. "He needs that kitten, min kärlek." (My love.) He walked over to her and ran his hands down her shoulders, then to her waist. She placed her hands on his chest automatically. "He told me about his life with your father and about a girl he cared for."
She gave Eric a look of surprise. "He told you? He has never told me." She frowned.
Eric grinned and started to slowly move them back and forth, like they were slow dancing. "That's because I'm a man, like him. He's more comfortable around me about that stuff than you, you just mother him."
She hit Eric's chest. "I don't mother him!"
"Oh yes, you do." He moved his head down and gave her a long soft kiss. "It's adorable."
She scrunched her nose. "I am not adorable."
He kissed her nose and rubbed his against hers. "Yes you are." He grinned. "Now, how about we go upstairs and you model for me?" he whispered so Alex wouldn't hear.
"Sorry." She patted his chest and moved away to the kitchen. "Already did that for Pam." She laughed as she left Eric in the spot with a frown.
Alex and Charlotte walked into Merlotte's after dropping off the kitten at the vet. They found out that it was a girl and that it was just a few weeks old. It was weak but the vet decided to keep her until she was better.
Alex was worried for her. "Do you think she'll be okay?"
"She'll be fine and we can use this time to get things for her." She reassured him as they walked up to Sam, who was at the bar. "Hey Sam." The siblings sat at the bar. "How's business?"
"Still the same." Sam shrugged. "Not that I'm grateful to see you, but what are you two doing here?"
"We came to ask if you wanted to come to the party we're throwing at the house."
Sam raised an eyebrow. "How big of a party?"
"Not that big, only a few people since I don't want the house to be so full." Charlotte thanked Sam as he placed two cans of cola in front of them. "So do you think you can make it?"
He shrugged and smiled. "Sure, when is it?"
"How about tomorrow night?" She suggested, picking the first thing she thought about. "We already have everything, all we really need to do is get the food for the party and that's it."
"Perfect! I'll go then."
She smiled brightly. "Fantastic, now I have to go and ask the others if they want to come. And tell Jason to come when you see him." She turned to Alex. "You hungry?" he nodded. "What do you want?"
"Can I have a burger again?"
She patted his hair down as she stood up from the stool. "Sure, I'll go tell Lafayette what you want when I go talk to him." She turned to Sam. "Terry working?"
"Yeah, he's in the kitchen with Lafayette." Sam went back to working at the bar.
She walked over to the window to see Lafayette dancing while cooking as Terry was chopping things up behind him.
She leaned against the counter window as she watched Lafayette's face just glow. "Someone's happy." Lafayette quickly turned to see Charlotte with a giant smile on her face. She looked him over. "You got laid."
"You know it, bitch." He snapped his fingers. "Whatcha doing here, baby girl?"
"Terry! Come over, I need to talk to both of you for this." She called out to Terry.
Terry stopped chopping and walked over. "Hey Kitty, what's up?"
She raised one finger up. "Well, first I want to know if you guys will come to the party I'm having at the house. It's happening tomorrow night and it won't be a big thing. You can bring Arlene and Jesus."
Terry nodded. "Sure, what time? And should we bring something?"
She shook her head. "You don't need to and I still need to think of a time." she paused, thinking of what time it should start. "How about six?"
Terry nodded and walked off to go chop some carrots.
She raised a second finger. "Next, I need a classic burger for my brother, he loves those things."
"Anything for that cutie." Lafayette turned to start making the burger.
"Thank you! And see you tomorrow night!" She waved goodbye to the guys and went over to Alex, who was now sitting at a table. "Lay is making your burger now."
After the burger was made and Alex ate it all, they went home.
Thankfully when she called the caterers for the party, they said they would bring all the food from their place to the house right before the party. The caterers were a lovely human and vampire couple that rarely got costumers.
"Thank you so much!" She said into the phone. "This party was on the spot thing and I'm so happy you can help me."
"No problem, ma'am." The girl on the phone paused. "Are you sure you don't mind that vampires will be coming to your house?"
Charlotte laughed lightly. "It's no problem. I'm dating a vampire myself. Though don't be intimidated when you see a tall blonde Viking at my door."
The girl laughed. "Sure, can you tell me what you want us to make you for?"
"Sure, can I just call you back after taking a look at your menu on your website?" She picked up her laptop and turned it on.
"Sure thing, just tell me your name and we'll continue this conversation when you call again." She said upbeat.
"Alright, my name is Charlotte Byrne." She heard a click of a pen and papers moving. "I'll call you right back."
"Yes ma'am." She hung up and Charlotte started to look through their website.
She made a list of the things she wanted. She wrote down 50 mini croissants, 16 Philadelphia New York-Style Strawberry Swirl Cheesecake bars, a bowl of sauce-and-meatballs mac and cheese with burrata, a dozen Chocolate Raspberry Mousse Cups, and a dozen Key Lime Desserts cakes.
She picked up her phone and called the place back.
The girl picked up and talked into the phone with an upbeat tone. "Hello, this is Bluebird catering service, how can I help you?"
"Hey, this is Charlotte Byrne, remember me?"
"Ah, yes! I remember you. Are you ready to order?"
Charlotte told her what her order was and the girl told her they would get there with everything 20 minutes after sun down.
Charlotte was getting ready for the party when there was knocking from the front door.
"I got it!" Alex yelled as he walked down the stairs.
She slipped on her shoes and walked over to a mirror to look herself over. After she thought she looked fine, she walked out of her room and down the stairs to see Alex holding the door as men and women came in.
A woman was waiting by the door with a clipboard talking to Eric. Eric noticed Charlotte and stopped talking to the woman to gawk at her.
The woman noticed his attention was behind her and turned around to see Charlotte walking up to her with a smile on her lips. "Ah, you must be Charlotte Byrne." She shook her hand. "You were right about the Viking, nearly scared us away at first."
Charlotte laughed at Eric's confused look. "Sorry about that, though I did warn you."
"It's okay. Just sign this and we are good to go." She handed Charlotte the clipboard and she signed it. "Hopefully we can do business in the future."
"With the kindness you are showing me, you can be sure I'll call you again." Charlotte handed her the clipboard as a tall man came over and placed a kiss onto the woman's head, making her blush.
"Uh, this is my boyfriend and business partner Dean Clare." The woman introduced the man next to her to them. "And my name is Sarah Green." Eric and Charlotte shook both of their hands.
Dean bowed his head down to Eric. "Hello, Sheriff." Eric nodded at him.
Charlotte cleared her throat and glared at Eric. "No work in this house."
Eric shifted his eyes from Charlotte to the couple. He nodded and wrapped his arm around her waist. He glared at Dean. "You tell no one she exists. Got that?"
Dean nodded. "I understand sir, you don't need to worry." He squeezed Sarah closer to him. "I know how you feel."
"Well," Charlotte gave the couple a generous tip. "Thank you again for doing this last moment."
"No problem, it was a pleasure meeting you two." Sarah and Dean said their goodbyes after their workers left.
"Wow, all this looks good!" Alex yelled from the kitchen where they put the food.
Eric pulled Charlotte into his arms and ran his hands over her body. "You look sexy."
"Pam picked it out." She smirked as his fangs popped out.
"I will thank her when I see her." He growled deeply. "How about a quickie?"
A knock came from the door.
She gave Eric a small smile and a peck. "How about after?"
"Holding you to that."
Charlotte walked out of his arms to open the door. Lafayette and Jesus were standing there with a small gift bag and a wooden bowl.
"Hey you two! I expected you two to be coming a bit later." She looked at the bowl in Jesus' hands. "What's that?"
"It's a 7 layer Mexican dip, my family makes this all the time for parties." Jesus handed her the bowl.
"It looks delicious! Come on in, the rest of the food is in the kitchen." Charlotte walked to the kitchen and placed the bowl on a plate and placed crisps around it so people can eat the dip with it.
"Damn girl, you went all out." Lafayette and Jesus walked into the kitchen and looked at the food around.
"Of course."
Knocking came from the door and she heard Alex tell the people to come in. Hoyt and Jessica came into the kitchen and gave her hugs.
Charlotte noticed Jessica was wearing the rosy-pink frock she got her with cute pink flats. "I see you like the dress." She laughed.
"Of course I do." She let Charlotte go. "Do you have Tru Blood?"
"Yeah, let me just heat it up for you." Charlotte reached into the fridge and placed the bottle of blood in the microwave.
Another knock came from the door. "I got to get that." Charlotte walked over and opened the door to see Jason holding some bottles of beer, Terry holding a box, and Sam holding some bottle. "You guys made it." She noticed Arlene wasn't around. "Where's Arlene?"
The guys walked in and gave her hugs.
"Well," Terry handed her the small box and scratched the back of his head. "You know how Arlene is about vampires."
Charlotte sighed and nodded. "I understand. I'll be sure to send you to her with some food for her and the kids."
Terry nodded. "Okay, Kitty."
"Hey Charlotte, I'm going to put the booze in the fridge!" Jason yelled as he walked to the kitchen.
"Hey, found this while looking something for you." Sam handed her the bottle and she laughed.
"Paddy? You got me Paddy? I didn't know you knew my favorite whiskey." She hugged Sam. "Seems like you're trying to get me drunk, Mr. Merlotte."
Sam laughed until a throat was cleared from behind them.
They separated and turned to see Eric glaring at Sam. Sam cleared his throat as Eric got closer to them.
"Uh, Sam? Why don't you take this in to the kitchen? And enjoy the food." She pointed to the kitchen and Sam walked away quickly from Eric's stare. She turned to Eric. "Why'd you do that?"
"He was too close."
Charlotte raised an eyebrow at him. "Do you trust me?"
Eric looked away from the kitchen, to Charlotte. "Of course, I just don't trust others." His vision returned to the kitchen entrance, where Sam was talking to Jason, Terry, and Alex. "Especially around you."
She patted his chest. "Don't worry, Eric." Another knock came from the door. She handed Eric the box. "Can you put this upstairs for me? I'll get the door." She kissed Eric and opened the door to see Bill. "Bill!" She threw her arms around him as she hugged him. "You came!"
"Of course I did." He let go of her and took a flat box from the guard next to him that she didn't noticed. "This is for you."
She kissed his cheek and took the box. "You didn't have to get me anything."
"I wanted to and I got Alex something too." Bill motioned to the other guard next to him.
Charlotte took the other box. "I'll put this upstairs, I'll open it after." She ran upstairs and placed her gift on her bed and Alex's on his bed.
She walked downstairs and heard Jason talking to Alex.
"Hey, remember, if you have any problems with some of these punk ass kids around, you tell me and I'll take care of it alright?" She turned the corner to the living room and saw Jason put his arm around Alex's shoulder. "You're part of this family now, and we take care of each other."
Charlotte smiled, happy that Alex is around people who would help and protect him instead of being around Felix.
A hand wrapped around her waist, snapping her out of her thoughts. She turned and saw Pam wearing the outfit she had gotten for her.
"Pam! You look amazing as always."
Pam gave her a wink and a tap on the ass. "So do you."
She rolled her eyes at Pam and her playful flirting.
Eric cleared his throat and called out to everyone. "Everyone, please go out back for a surprise."
"Surprise?" Charlotte questioned Eric as they followed everyone out to the back. "What surprise?"
"You'll see." Eric just grinned and said nothing else.
Charlotte gasped when she saw the back yard had a bunch of chairs and a large white sheet screen held up with a projector behind the chairs. "What's this?"
"Surprise." chuckled Eric as he walked them to the front and sat her down. "Now, what you are about to see is a play called Jekyll and Hyde," Charlotte's eyes widen. "In which our Charlotte stars in. Hope you enjoy the show." He motioned to the person standing at the projector. He sat down and opened his dark blue suit jacket.
"You're evil man." Charlotte glared at him as Alex ran over to them and sat down next to Eric. "You were in on this too?"
Alex nodded as Eric patted his shoulder.
She turned her head to the screen as the show started.
She blushed and dug herself more into Eric as she saw herself start to sing 'Good and Evil' in a sexy outfit. She could hear people gasp, not expecting to see her like that.
"Why and how did you get this?" She asked into Eric's neck.
"Ivy sent it via her fire mail. I think she likes using that too much." He mumbled the last part to himself. He pulled her closer into his side.
At the part where Lucy was killed, she remembered how she was taken right after. She felt Eric squeeze her shoulder, knowing how scared they were during that time.
She noticed that they used a woman covered in a white sheet on the stretcher they carried her off stage in. "Who did they use?" She asked Eric when that same person same out on stage, she looked a lot like her.
Eric shrugged. "We found out she was hired by Felix to be your doppelganger. Apparently he waited until after the death of Lucy to bring her in because she couldn't sing."
Everyone started to clap and whistle.
Charlotte stood up, her face red and bowed.
"Thank you so much for coming guys and for this wonderful surprise. It's kind of late and I know some of us have work in the morning, so I'll let you go. Whoever wants the some food for later just meet me in the kitchen." Everyone started to walk into the house. She turned to Eric. "Any more surprises?"
Eric just winked and led them to the house.
After giving Jason, Terry, Lafayette, Jesus, and Hoyt food for later and waving everyone goodbye, Eric and Charlotte were alone with Alex upstairs.
She took her shoes off as they walked up stairs. "Damn shoes are killing my feet-" She sucked in a breath as she was lifted up by Eric. "Wha-why are you picking me up?"
"Your feet hurt right? Well, I'm carrying my Queen over to her bedroom."
Charlotte snorted as he opened the door and placed her on the bed. "I'm no Queen, Eric. I would make a horrible Queen." She put her shoes under the bed. "Wouldn't know what the hell to do." she started to rub her aching feet as Eric started take off his clothes.
"You don't know that." He replied as he helped her up and took the dress off of her so she was only in her underwear. "I think you'd make a strong Queen."
"Liar." She pulled him into the bed so they could be chest to chest. "Do you have Sheriff Duties today?" she whispered as she ran her fingers through his hair and tried to keep her eyes open to watch his face.
"They can wait, rather be here than with some punk baby vamp who thinks he's the top boss around." He purred as her nails scratched his scalp.
"Well, I'm really tired, since I spent all day making sure the orders were right, the house was spotless and making sure Alex did his lessons." She yawned, her eyes closing.
"You can go to sleep, I'll be here until you sleep then do my Sheriff duties."
She frowned, her eyes still closed. "I don't want you to deal with assholes."
He laughed, the deepness of his voice vibrating through his chest and into hers again. The feeling was comforting. "I don't want to either, but it's my job."
"I know." She put her head into Eric's neck, giving it light sleepy kisses as she felt herself slipping into slumber.
The last thing she remembered was the feeling of Eric's hand going up and down her back and a kiss on her temple.
Did you like the super long chapter?! This was originally 2 or 3 chapters, but I decided to give you one long one for being so late and I wanted to get back to the show.
Drunk Eric, Car sex, girl's night, a kitten and a party!
Pam knows about Alex and even has a nickname for him, and a new nickname for Charlotte.
See you guys next time!
