We sat around for awhile talking. Amelia giving me looks out of the side of her eye while talking to Alcide. I just smiled down. Eric, Godric and Pam discussed 'safe' topics to talk about in front of a human and a were. I sat mostly in silence. Just listening to the conversations and leaning against Eric.

"Well I better be going" Amelia said pulling me from my enjoyable thoughts of nothing

"back to New Orleans?" I asked, I sucked to only have a short time with her

"No, not tonight, too late and I've had a few too many G and Ts" she laughed "no im staying at a hotel nearby" I saw her give Alcide a not so subtle side eye

"Well I should walk you to your hotel, a pretty girl shouldn't be walking around alone at night" Alcide said standing, he clearly wasn't very good at the subtle science of a one night stand, Amelia however was more versed in the language. I got up and hugged Alcide quickly and then moved to Amelia, whispering barely audible in her ear

"A lot of baggage with this one" I whispered and pulled away giving her a pointed look

'my ex lover is a cat, who am I to judge' she thought at me and I smirked, she had a point. I watched them leave turning back to the table

"He has no idea what he's gotten himself into" I laughed, Eric lifted an eyebrow

"She's just a human" Pam stated examining her nails

"she will have him purring like a kitten in no time" I mumbled, smirking at my inside joke reference to her ex. Eric gave me a curious but amused look but stayed quiet.

Godric had to leave not long after and gave me a kiss and hug, wishing me happy birthday again I just smiled awkwardly.

"Gatherings are always interesting when your involved" Pam said kissing my cheek and walking over to the bar to order ginger to clean up

"Yeah I've noticed" I mumbled, sipping the last of my drink. Eric's arm tightened around me

"come lover, lets go home" he said standing and offering me his hand, I took it and smiled at him

"Best offer I've had all night" I replied and we took off for his resting place.

Eric's resting place was feeling more and more homey too me, a cosy out of the way place for us to just be us. I carried in the bag of my presents and placed them on the floor before taking off my jacket and shoes. I felt goo to get back here after the night we had just had. I sat on the edge of the bed feeling rather exhausted. I wanted to believe that Jase would be okay but it was a lot to take in so who really knew. But I would keep a closer watch on him from now on to make sure he adjusted well.

I felt Erics hands begin to massage the tight muscles of my shoulders. I was always tense, have been as long as I could remember.

"You seem tired lover" He said, sitting behind me and continuing to rub my shoulders, I groaned at the feeling of the knots being worked out of my tired muscles

"The teleporting does that. The human side of me rejects it occurring" I explain, rolling my head around, my eyes closed

"Are you alright?" he asked, unsure, I just smiled

"I'm fine. It doesn't have lasting effects. Its just one of the reasons I cant do it all the time. Even when I'm in dangerous situations, I can rarely conjure up the need to teleport. For some reason the more urgent I am, the harder it is. Its actually easiest when I am either completely calm; which is a rare occurrence. Or when I am feeling emotions closer to sadness and grief rather then anger or fear. They seem to block it for some stupid reason" I said the last bit with a bitter tone. My life would be so much easier if I could just pop out of dangerous situations "While the energy surges work the opposite, they are very difficult to conjure out of anything but panic and fear" I continued. Eric stayed quiet, thoughtful

"It's a shame, I would feel better about you being in dangerous situations if I knew you could easily leave them as you did tonight" He said after a few quiet minutes

"you and me both but unfortunately there is always a catch with my gifts. They always come with some downside that rarely makes up for the good stuff" I sighed, standing and turning to him "Just another fun part of being me" I said sarcastically, Eric just looked t me, his eyes sympathetic "Still some good things did come out of tonight" I smirked, changing the subject and pick up the bag off the floor. I grabbed out the container holding 6 vials that Amelia had given me before sitting facing Eric on the bed

"Potions?" he asked with distaste

"If they are from Amelia, they are solid. You never have to worry about her doing anything to harm me" I reassured, I didn't say it couldn't many people but Amelia was one person I was 100% sure would never harm me intentionally

"Should I be concerned?" he asked smirking "Being you two have shared some interesting times, best kiss of her life, I believe was the term used" Eric smirked, his tone playful. I just laughed

"Yeah well, what can I say… I'm irresistible" I smirked back, earning me a deep growl, I saw Eric twitch to grab me but stop himself as he looked at the vials between us. A good call on his part in case we smashed them and they did god knows what to us. I looked down at the different coloured liquids, pulling a note from beside one of them.

Potluck sexy time fun potions. Enjoy. Love Amelia

I smirked at the vials and then back at Eric. It could be fun but given the types of magic Amelia worked with I thought better to have a full night to experiment with these new toys. I put them back in the bag and lent over, kissing Eric. He grabbed me around my waist, flipping us quickly. I giggled and he kissed me more passionately. Suddenly Eric was out of my arms, his weight gone, standing across the room, hunched over and snarling. I looked at him surprised until he stood up straighter, showing the burned outline of a cross in his chest.

"Oh god, Eric I'm so sorry" I said quickly removing the silver cross from around my neck, placing it into the draw beside the bed. Eric rolled out his shoulders, obviously shaking off the pain

"Its okay lover, now where were we" A delicious smirk took over his features and he pounced on me.