I Remember You

Chapter 53

Thank you all for reading and reviewing. This chapter will be told in Eric's PoV. We're going to get a bird's eye view of what our favorite Viking will be feeling. I hope that you enjoy and that it invokes the feelings that I'm searching for.

I also wanted to state that only the idea belongs to me. I don't own any of the characters. This disclaimer goes for all past, present, and future chapters. The song that sings to Eric as he thinks of his love for Sookie belongs to Chuck Prophet. It is one of my absolute favorites. Its simplicity is beyond great.

I hope that you all enjoy this chapter. Oh and by the by, the story is in no way over.


When I landed in the front yard of our Shreveport home, I knew instantly that Sookie was there. This was home. She said that this was her home because it was my home. To know that she came here has given me hope for our future. With that one gesture on her part, I'm able to see that we are going to make it. We are going to be even stronger than we were before.

When I entered the house, I saw her standing in the kitchen and smiling. She then said, to no one in particular, "You have made me very happy."

She said that to me the night that I attacked that red haired Were, Amanda, in Merlotte's for insulting her. We were meeting with my vampires and the Weres of Shreveport to discuss the witch problem and my memory loss. Sookie wasn't too pleased with how I handled the fact that someone had insulted her in front of me. She told me that she was used to being mistreated. She was used to being insulted and put down by the people of Bon Temps; the ones that had known her all of her life and complete strangers. She never should have been used to being insulted and that night I vowed that I would forever stand up for her and protect her. My goal for the rest of her life is to protect her and to love only her.

"That's all I've ever wanted to do," I said from behind her.

I startled her so that she dropped the broom and dust pan. The glass that she was sweeping up was soon scattered all over the floor once more. She slowly turned around to face me.

After realizing that I was really in the kitchen with her, she jumped into my arms and told me that she knew that I'd come for her. She said that she knows that I've always loved her and she knows that I always will. My greatest love knew that I'd know where to find her. She then stood back and stared at me for a long moment.

I watched her as she looked at me. Every emotion that she was feeling was running across her face. I remembered that she had that exact same look on her face the night that she died. Even bruised and battered she was beautiful but tonight nothing compared to how beautiful she really is. Her heart and soul are the most beautiful parts of her. I couldn't help but think that I'd never love another for as long as I walk this world.

When she walked to me and took my hand, she said, "Tonight our new lives begin. You are mine." She pulled me behind her and led me into the bathroom. "Tonight I'm going to take care of you."

I watched as she piddled about; moving as swiftly and as graceful as a swan. I watched her every move as if it was going to be the last time I'd ever see her. She ran a hot tub of water with bubble bath and sweet smelling oils. I have to admit it; I was going to enjoy this. She'd only bathed me once before and that was when I'd been bewitched. The memory was a memory that I would forever cherish but it could never compare to what was about to happen. I wouldn't have to wait months for the memory to come to me. I would forever have it in the now.

After the tub was filled, Sookie undressed me and helped me to settle in. She kneeled by the tub and used the sea sponge that she'd given to me when she'd first moved in. The water that had soaked into sponge was now flowing over my shoulders and down my back. I watched her intently and with unadulterated love in my heart.

"Would you like to join me?" I asked.

"No," she said. "This is for you."

She then leaned over me to grab the body-wash from the shower caddy (again, Sookie's idea). I watched her as she lathered the sea sponge; smiles and love in her eyes and on her face.

"Let me pamper you. Let me treat you like the king that you are; not in the vampire world but in my world. My king," she said as she kissed my neck. "Now ...tell me about your night. It had to have been a busy one. You have dried blood in your fingernails." She began to scrub my fingers as I slid down into the hot water and let my wife take care of me.

"You should have seen it, Sookie. Pam was magnificent. Thalia was as brilliant as always."

Sookie absorbed every detail of my night and not once did she complain because I didn't tell her about it beforehand; not that I could have. Once she was done with my fingernails, she worked from my back to shoulders and to my chest. When she moved to my stomach, I had to catch my breath.

"I would have loved to have seen them in action." She continued to bathe me.

The more I talked, the more relaxed I became. Before long, she was getting closer to her second favorite part of my body. I gulped as her thumb brushed the shaft of my hardness. She had a sly smile on her face.

"I'll bet that Maxwell Lee and Indira were just as amazing."

"They were," I said in a soft voice.

Still kneeled down on the floor, Sookie sat back on the heels of her feet, placed the wet sponge on her lap and looked up at me. She then ordered me to stand. When I did, she was able to see what she'd done to me. The sly smile was even slier than before. My hardness was standing at attention.

"Open your legs for me." Her expression never changed.

I did as she ordered.

She started working the sponge from the inside of my thighs to my ankles.

"Raise your foot for me" she said.

One at a time, she began washing my feet. She treated me wonderfully. She lathered and bathed me better than I've ever bathed myself. I stood there with my eyes closed as my lover took care of me. I was so deep in thought and enjoying my pampering that I didn't realize that she was no longer bathing me. I opened my eyes to an amazing sight. She was naked and standing beautifully before me. The sea sponge was soon floating to the other end of the tub. This time, she decided to use her hands to clean me. It was hard to tell if she was supposed to be bathing me or pleasuring me. I could hear her breath hitch in her throat as she stroked my hardness over and over again with her soapy hand. Her breathing was almost as loud as my own.

"I have to make sure that you're clean," she said as she bit her bottom lip.

"Yes, you do."

"Turn around, baby."

Still only using the soap and her hands, she began to wash my back once more. Slowly, she moved down to my bottom. Her hands trailed smoothly over my bottom as she bathed me.

When she was done, she kissed my wet back and said, "Sit down and let me rinse you off."

"Okay, my lover," I whimpered.

She was still standing when I sat down. I couldn't take my eyes off of her. I wanted her to give herself to me. I needed her. But instead, she got out of the tub and kneeled back onto the floor and continued with her earlier task.

"You haven't finished telling me about your night. Go on," she urged.

I'd completely forgotten about my night. As far as I was concerned my night had only just begun but alas; I did as she ordered of me. While she rinsed my body, I told her why we did what we'd done. I know that she's different now but I feel that I have to defend my actions.

"I had to do it. They planned on ending my existence. They'd planned on killing my vampires. We had to defend ourselves against our enemy. If they would only listen to reason, I would not have such a route. I had no other choice."

"Of course you had no other choice," she said. "You have every right to defend yourself. Never apologize for having to take matters into your own hands. There are times when you have to in order to survive. We can't just lie down to our enemies. That is not what we do. We're not weak and we're not going to pretend to be. Now, go on and tell me the rest."

With those sage words, I relaxed even more. I continued to tell her everything. While I talked, she shampooed my hair. It felt so good. To be able to share my night with her without feeling as if she would be disappointed in me; that was better than the bath …almost. After she was done washing my hair, she used the shower head to rinse it. Pretty soon, the joy of being bathed by Sookie was over.

"I'll be right back," she said.

I stood in the tub and waited for her to return. She'd gone to the linen closet to grab a couple of towels; one for my body and one for my head. She dried me off from head to toe. Soon after, she sat me down at the vanity and blow dried my hair. She even braided it. When she was done, she leaned down and kissed my neck.

"Your night is not over. There's so much more to come. Come with me."

I followed my wife to the living room. While we were standing in the doorway, Sookie turned the living room into a romantic atmosphere. With a wave of her hand, the fireplace was ablaze and music began to play. A plush blanket was spread out in front of the fireplace and that's where she led me. We stood together in front of the fireplace and it was if time had stopped.

"Everyone else in the world is gone. There's only you and me."

My dead heart filled with life once more. I smiled. My eyes were ablaze with love and happiness.

"I've never seen in anyone else's eyes what I see in yours," she said.

The porch in Bon Temps; she said that to me five years ago on the porch in Bon Temps.

While I stood before her, she began to massage the sweetest, most masculine scent I'd ever smelled onto my body. It was completely intoxicating and relaxing. When she was done, she gently griped my neck and pulled me closer to her. She began to gently kiss me; pushing her tongue ever so slightly into my mouth. She soon had me lying on my back in front of the fireplace. She was on top of me; kissing me deeply and lovingly.

She brushed a wisp of my hair from my face and kissed the tip of my nose. "You have the most beautiful heart of anyone I've ever known." She leaned down once more and kissed me just as she had before. Her breasts were warm against the coolness of my chest. Soon we were tangled in the blanket and kissing each other passionately.

As we kissed and loved each other, the sweetest song began to play. The words of the song were as simple and beautiful as I've ever heard. They caused me to melt into her kiss, her touch. I'd even melted into her mind. The song described my emotions perfectly. She is everything to me. I'm nothing without Sookie. And she belongs to me ...no one else but me. Her strength, her loyalty, her love ...everyone is going to see that she belongs to me. They will see that she is the sole reason for my happiness. They will see that she's the reason I am.

As we tasted each other, I could feel my body go weak. I was flying high and I never wanted to land.

No other love
Mama, I'm flying
No other love,
Mama, I'm flying

I was lost in her eyes and I swear I'd never seen a more beautiful woman. I kissed her neck and her mouth. She made the same familiar moans from five years before. I soon had my wife lying on her back and I loved her with my kisses. My hand was soon in between in her legs; knowing her warmth all over again. Her legs were soon clamped around my hand as her hands were wrapped about my gracious plenty.

"My lover," I said as I nuzzled her breasts. I kissed and licked each nipple. The sounds of her gasps were more than I could handle. I wanted more of her. "My lover," I said once more.

Those two words caused my wife to groan into my mouth. Her hand began to move rhythmically over my hardness. Sookie then sat up a little and bit my bottom lip.

Not realizing it, my breathing was getting faster and now I was lying underneath her. She eased down between my legs; her eyes never leaving mine. With that one look, I could see that she finally loved me unconditionally. I could see that she thinks that I'm the most wonderful man she's ever known. I could see in those eyes that I'm the most beautiful man she's ever seen …and I don't mean physically.

My friend knew that Niall was wrong.

My lover knows that I have a soul.

My wife sees the good in me and with her, I can do anything.

I can go
I can go anywhere
No other love can take me
there …ooh

Again my breath drew in sharply when her hands began roaming over my body. Standing over me but still on her knees, Sookie cupped her breasts as her fingers tweaked at her hard, pink nipples. Her hand trailed over her stomach and rested on the visible part of her sex. Her eyes took in the sight of my hardness. She licked her full, pink lips.

"I want you," I whispered.

I unconsciously continued with my deep breathing. She watched me intently. The love and lust never left her eyes. She then used the palm her hand to rub over the tip of my hardness. She gently took it and began to stroke it. It felt so good to feel her touching me. My eyes were closed and a small growl escaped my throat with each stroke of her small, warm hand.

"Look me," she said.

"Yes," I whimpered.

I watched the hunger in Sookie's eyes as she caressed the length of my hardness. She made a very human chill flow throughout my body. She leaned forward and blew it; gently kissing the tip. She then took me fully into her mouth. My head went back and my eyes disappeared into the back of my head. My mouth was opened wide with pleasure. My hips instinctively pushed forward and my hands went to her head.

When I was able to compose myself, I eagerly watched her as she took me into her mouth over and over again. She remembered that I liked to see her eyes and her eyes never left mine. She watched me as I responded to the love that was giving to me with her mouth. My hands were buried in her hair. She then slowly moved her mouth up the shaft of my hardness. She quickly moved down the shaft; causing me to tense. She repeated this several times. It was a feeling that I'd never felt. When she'd released me from her mouth, she licked the tip and then licked her lips. They were red and swollen. They looked as if she'd just eaten the sweetest and reddest of strawberries.

It amazed me that with the slightest touch of her hand or the smallest smile from her that she had changed me. I was no longer the murderous monster from only hours ago. I was a man. I was man being loved by a woman. I was a man with a soul and I was being loved by the most amazing woman I'd ever encountered. I was with the love of my un-dead life. I was a vampire and a man in love.

No other love
Mama, I'm flying
No other love,
Mama, I'm flying

Sookie began easing her way up my body; straddling me. My hardness was pulsating against her body. I cupped her breasts and began thumbing her nipples. The sensations caused her to rock gently against me; moaning ever so softly.

"My sweet, sweet Eric," she moaned. She reached in between us to take me in her hand. She began rubbing my hardness through her wetness. "Do you want me?"

I gripped her hips for stability. I'd never felt anything so wonderful.

"Do you want me?" she asked again.

Looking into her eyes, I said, "I do. I've only wanted ever you."

She sighed and smiled as she closed her eyes; still using the head of my hardness to dance over her nub. Allowing her to continue, I shifted my weight and repositioned myself behind her. Sookie remained upright and on her knees with one arm pulling my head down to kiss her neck; the other still working my hardness through her wetness. I pressed myself against her from behind and I let my hands explore her body just as I'd done many years ago. I gently caressed her breasts as I moved my hands to the wetness that was awaiting me. I never stopped focusing on one thing. She had my full attention. I wanted to know every inch her all over again.

I gently coaxed her forward on her hands. She looked at me over her shoulder; biting her lower lip. While she was on her knees, I kissed my way down her back. I kissed her round bottom. I used my fingers to explore her wetness from behind before replacing them with my tongue. She gasped loudly but didn't move. She let the tip of my tongue explore her entrance without interruption. She tasted like heaven. When I let the roughness of my tongue graze over her nub, she decided to make her presence known. She made love to my tongue as her orgasm washed over her.

Soon, I was kneeled behind her once more. My hardness was pressed against her thigh as my hands continued to roam over her body. This time, she was struggling to control her breathing. I placed the head of my hardness at her entrance but stopped. I needed to hear her say it.

"Please," she begged. "Please, make love to me."

There was no denying her as I did those previous nights. I wanted her and nothing was going to stop me. I grabbed my hardness and slid it through her and then into her. She shuddered and gasped as she slowly moved back against me. I grunted as she took all of me inside of her. I grabbed her hips to steady her movements; withdrawing myself out of her as slowly as possible.

The sounds of my wife's enjoyment filled the room …her moans, her wetness. The soft sounds of her sighing were beautiful and enchanting. She began to move a little faster; the intensity was building in us both. I couldn't go easy anymore. I had to hear the sounds of her pleasure fill the room. Deeper sounds ecstasy began to fill the empty house as I went deeper and deeper inside of her.

I grabbed her thigh and somehow maneuvered her so that she was on her back; never taking myself out of her for even a second. I pushed my hips forward and she gasped. My hands cupped her ass perfectly as I pulled her closer to me. Sookie lifted both of her legs up and let them fall onto my shoulders. I began working hard on pleasing my lover. She was taking all that I had to give her; each stroke from the head to the shaft again and again. It was taking all of the willpower that I had not to cum.

My wife's eyes were closed. The fire danced behind us as we made love. I watched her beautiful face; every movement …the pleasure …the ecstasy. I began swirling my hips which made her eyes fly open and her nails dig into my arms. I held her eyes with mine as I moved deeper into her. Sookie's eyes widened as did her legs. She willingly received me.

"Is it good, my lover?" I encouraged her to move even more than before.

She could only moan. No words escaped her. The sounds of her pleasure were my answers.

Sookie and I had made love many times before and I'd never seen her like that before. I'd never seen her give herself so freely and so completely to me. Something within me ached to surrender right along with her.

"Eric …Eric …" she repeated my name over and over again. Her eyes closed as she got lost in her own pleasure. What happened next, I couldn't stop it. I didn't want to stop it. "I give you all of me."

And so she did. I had no choice but to concede. I surrendered to her. I rested my forehead against hers and said, "I love you." With each thrust, I surrendered to the love that I have for her. "I love you," I repeated it over and over again.

No other love
Mama, I'm flying
No other love
Mama, I'm flying

I slowly moved inside of her. Our eyes were locked. I barely moved at all. The connection that existed between us was stronger than I was. We looked through each other, into each other. Our souls were one.

I began moving again and she met me with her eyes, her heart, and her soul. Every movement made her even more open than before. She was giving me more and more of herself. I could see that she was seeing herself for whom and what she truly was for the first time. It only made me want her even more. She was matching each of my movements. Her hands began digging into my shoulders and she was pulling me closer and closer into her.

"Eric …Eric …so close," she stuttered. She was bucking and moaning.

"Cum, lover," I said. "But here. Right here …into my eyes …into my mouth …into my soul."

She looked at me as I gently lifted her chin. I claimed her mouth as my own. Her sounds were muffled against my kisses. Kissing from her mouth to her ear, I said, "Bite me, Sookie; feed from me."

"Together; we'll do it together."

Lifting her into my arms and carrying her to the couch, I let her straddle me. She began riding me. We breathed evenly and slowly. Sookie wrapped her arms around my neck and made love to me. As if on cue, she quickened her pace. Tightly, I took hold of her hips in order to support her as she rode me. She didn't need any help, though. Incredibly and exotically, she began to rotate her hips on my swollen hardness. She began to rock back and forth as I suckled at her perfectly pink nipples.

The look that was on her beautiful face was more than enough to almost end me, but I managed to contain myself until I felt her contracting around my shaft.

Looking into my eyes, she said, "Eric! Bite me now! I am yours!"

Why did she say that? I sank my fangs in the curve of her soft neck, and drew hard and deep. Her dull teeth bit into the curve of my neck and she drew hard and deep. Every ounce of love that we felt for each other was alive and in our bond. With each pull, I thrust deeper and deeper inside of her. Our orgasms were even more intense than they've ever been. We were one again. We were finally one again. With each swallow of my blood, she held me tighter and tighter. I could feel my blood flowing through her veins. I was alive again.

Then it happened.

She gasped and sobbed, opening her eyes in surprise and withdrawing her mouth from my neck. My blood was still on her lips. Tears fell from her eyes. She gripped either side of my face as she moved on my hardness. Tears began to fall from my eyes. We were in heaven.

Mama I'm flyin'
Mama I'm flyin'

Once we'd landed back on earth, she rested her head on my chest. She wrapped her arms around me and cried as I've never known her to cry.

She didn't move.

She didn't speak.

There was no tremble.

There was no noise.

There was only peace.

I can go
I can go anywhere
No other love
can take me there

She sat up and looked at me. She looked into my eyes.

She smiled.

She put her hands on my face.

She smiled.

She still didn't speak.

She smiled.

No other love
Mama, I'm flying
No other love
Mama, I'm flying

She continued to sit upright.

She left her hands on my face.

"I am so sorry. I never meant to hurt you. I didn't know."

I wrapped my arms around her waist. I wanted to hear her say it. I had to hear her say it.

"No matter what, Eric, I love you. I'll always be with you."

She smiled.

I waited.

No other love
Mama, I'm flying
No other love
Mama, I'm flying

"I remember you," she whispered.

She wrapped her arms tightly around my neck.

I kissed her passionately and then I was lost in her eyes. For the first time in five years, I was once again a happy vampire. My friend, my wife, and my lover; she was home.

"My wife," I said.

"I remember you."