Bill walked up to Sookie's door with Eric following him. He turned and glared at the elder vampire and wished that he could have kept him away. Instead Eric was there to once again ask Sookie's help. Bill really wished he could tell him to shove it but he knew it wouldn't do any good. He turned the knob and walked into the house Eric following.
"I really wish she would rescind your invitation," Bill told him.
"I said she would start to like me," Eric answered softly.
"Ahhh, who in the blue hell are you two?" they heard a voice that was not Sookie's ask.
Sawyer watched as the two of them whirled around to look at her. She stood there with the peanut butter and jam sandwich in her hand and had no clue what to do. She told herself to stay calm or her power would get out of control. She had been staying with Sookie for a few days and really didn't want to be thrown out.
"Question should be who are you?" Bill asked looking at the girl.
"Sawyer Hampton, Sookie's roommate."
"Well, William looks like Sookie traded you in. Hmmm, and for a better looking model," Eric said eyeing the girl. He looked at her necklaces and stopped. One of them was an Old Norse talisman. He walked up to her and grabbed it.
"Excuse me. Hands off," Sawyer exclaimed shoving Eric with her mind.
Bill stood there and watched as Eric was literally thrown across the room by the woman without her lifting a finger. He turned and was relieved when Sookie came down the stairs. She wore only a towel and had another one wrapped around her head. She immediately went over to Sawyer.
"Are you alright?" she asked.
"Blondie tried to steal my necklace," Sawyer said leaning against the wall. Moving people always exhausted her.
"I was not. I wanted to see it. A Valhalla Runic talisman. Where did you get it?" Eric demanded.
"My grandfather. It was the last thing he ever gave me. He was a collector."
"Alright, Sawyer, this is my boyfriend Bill. And that's Eric," Sookie said stroking her friend's hair.
"Sookie, can we please talk?" Bill asked.
"Sawyer, is it alright-."
"Go, I'll be fine. Blondie doesn't look like he could hurt a fly."
Eric raised an eyebrow and showed his fangs to her. To his surprise Sawyer just shrugged and started to eat her sandwich. He turned and saw Sookie giving him a look. He really wished she would learn to trust him. He was not the animal she thought he was. Alright, maybe he was that animal but he had manners. He asked before he ate someone... Okay, most of the time... Alright, never but Sookie should know that he had more manners then to kill her friend in her house. If Eric wanted Sawyer dead, he'd just glamour her and lead her away.
"What?" he asked.
"Do not touch her or scare her, Eric Northman or there will be hell to pay," Sookie stated before grabbing Bill's arm and leading him upstairs.
Sawyer smirked a little at the look on Eric's face. She had no doubt that he would start laughing if Sookie even tried to beat him up. Hell, Sawyer would laugh too. She finished her sandwich and looked at Eric when she felt his eyes on her. She started to toy with her necklaces causing her compass to ding against the talisman. She watched as Eric took a couple of steps towards her. She stood tall and stared back at him.
Eric looked at her and stopped. He listened and heard three heartbeats in the room. He looked at her and knew that she accounted for one. Sookie could have been the other but he knew her heartbeat and this wasn't it. Eric stepped closer and leaned into Sawyer's personal space. He smiled when she leaned back. He reached out and placed his hand on her stomach.
"How far long are you?" he whispered seeing the fading bruise on her face and her beautiful round sapphire blue eyes.
"You mean... I thought... You can hear the heartbeat?" Sawyer asked softly tears forming in her eyes. She had thought that she had lost the baby because of the beating Jeremy had given her. She had been too scared to see a doctor to confirm it.
"Two heartbeats. Very strong," Eric said seeing a change in her.
"Oh God. What... Fuck."
Sawyer pulled away from Eric and grabbed her bag. She walked to the door but was stopped. She was whirled around and suddenly chest to chest with Eric. He stood an entire foot taller than her it seemed and he looked down at her his pale blue eyes cold and distant. She shoved him with her mind but she was still weak from shoving him the first time so the only thing she managed to do was move him three feet while still in his gasp.
"You know, you are a very touchy, needy vampire, Blondie. Girls don't like that in a guy, and especially not in a guy vampire," she said.
"Well, Vacker men do not like it when a woman just walks out of them. Especially not vampire men who want to show that they did not eat said woman," Eric answered asking himself why the hell he had called her beautiful in Swedish.
"You wouldn't eat me. I taste funny."
"Oh, really?"
"Yeah, really."
"Is that an invitation?"
Sawyer held her breath as Eric bent down and she could feel his nose tracing along her jaw then down the side of her neck. She closed her eyes and prayed to every God she could think of to just let this vampire kill her then and there. Two babies, she had been freaking out about one, how was she ever going to pull her shit together for two. She felt Eric's cold hand slip under her tank top and she sighed as it ran up her back. She had to admit that this way of dying did have its perks; after all it was a hot hunky man that was going to be the last thing she ever saw. Granted, he was full of himself but she'd take it.
"You smell good," he whispered licking her neck.
"I bet you say that to all the girls," Sawyer said placing her hands on his shoulders.
"I do but I never meant it until now."
Eric, what the hell are you saying? Eric thought to himself as he took in Sawyer's vanilla scent. Why was he wasting time romancing this girl when he should have had her half drained already?
"Eric Northman, you let her go now!" Sookie's commanding voice came booming into the room.
"Sookie, calm down, Eric hasn't-," Bill tried to soothe Sookie. He watched as Eric let go of Sawyer and stepped away from her. He stopped when he noticed something about Eric. It was something different. The elder vampire seemed to be taken with Sawyer. Bill shook his head. Eric and a breather? Hell would have to open and even then Eric would choose standing in the sun rather than fall in love with a breather.
"It looked like he was. Sawyer, are you alright?" Sookie asked going over to her and wrapping an arm around her shoulders.
"Yeah, I just... I need to go for a walk and clear my head," Sawyer said pulling away and turning towards the door.
"Are you sure?" Sookie pushed.
"Really, I'll be fine. Plus, I'm guessing you three need to talk anyway. Nice meeting you, Bill. Blondie," Sawyer said nodding at Eric.
"Vacker," Eric nodded back and watched her leave. He turned and saw Sookie and Bill watching him.
"What?"
"Since when do you talk to humans?" Sookie asked crossing her arms.
"Since that one needed reassurance. She's pregnant. Possibly a month along. Twins," Eric said smiling when he saw the shocked looks on Sookie and Bill's faces. Hmm, maybe he would need to come spend more time here in Bon Temps. It looked like things were about to get very interesting.
Sawyer walked along the cemetery. She found a spot under a tree and just sat down. She pulled her bag closer to her and pulled out a notebook. She flipped it open and stared at the blank pages. She was angry and frustrated. She was a writer, this shit should come natural to her but right at the moment she wanted to sit down and cry more then she wanted to write. She slammed the notebook shut and sat there.
She leaned back and closed her eyes. She asked herself what the hell she had been thinking to let a vampire get that close to her. She opened her eyes and turned to look at the stars. She just sat there watching them as they moved. She then drifted off to sleep curled against the tree. She was so tired that she knew she wouldn't have nightmares that night. Jeremy wouldn't haunt her and for once she would be able to sleep.
"No," Sookie said again.
"Sookie," Bill tried.
"No, I will not agree to this. Him wanting me is one thing but Sawyer is not getting involved."
"We could just ask her and see-."
"I need both of you," Eric said asking himself again for the hundredth time what he was thinking. Yes, he needed Sookie at Fangtasia to help scan some new people he wanted to hire but he didn't need Sawyer. Her ability wouldn't be use full at all.
"Horse shit. You didn't even know that Sawyer was here until tonight. You just want to try and eat her!"
"Sookie, I am hurt that you think so little of me."
"Oh shove it up your-."
"Both of you. God, whenever you two are together, I feel like a parent," Bill said looking at them both, "Why you're sometimes worse than Jessica."
"Jessica? Him maybe but not me," Sookie said looking at Bill.
"I'll leave you two to discuss it and I will be back here tomorrow night to pick you both up."
"Sawyer is not a part of this."
"Goodnight, Bill."
"Eric."
Eric walked out of house shaking his head. He could still hear Sookie and Bill in there arguing. He walked though the cemetery to get back to Bill's where he had left his car. He stopped when he smelled vanilla again. He followed the scent and found Sawyer sleeping under a tree. He walked over and crouched beside her. He looked at her, her round face, perfect nose and beautiful cheek bones. She was a beauty without question. He reached out and ran his fingers gently along her jaw line and watched as she turned towards him. She sighed and Eric suddenly felt like he was invading her space. He went to pull away but looked down at her talisman again.
He reached out and took it in his hand and looked at it. It held two birds on either side of the pendant with Norse engraving in between them. He remembered his father giving him one just like this before his first battle. It was suppose to guide the wearer to Valhalla. Eric looked at Sawyer and gently dropped the talisman. He heard it cling against her compass necklace. He wondered about her story about her grandfather being a collector was true or not. He would have Pam look into it. For now, he knew he couldn't leave her out here to sleep all night.
He swung her up in his arms and carried her back to Sookie's. Instead of taking the front door he went in the back. He quickly went up the stairs still hearing Sookie and Bill in the living room. He took Sawyer into the room he knew was hers. Her scent was everywhere in it. He placed her on the bed and winced. He looked down and saw her wrist had touched the bare skin of his arm. Her silver chains had burned him. He looked at Sawyer and smiled devilishly at her.
"Vacker, you will pay for that one day," he whispered to her before climbing out of her window. Yes, he had found something about her that pulled him in and he wanted to know what it was. He needed to know because he would not end up like Bill; he would not be beholden to a human.