Eric watched as Sawyer sat on the chair that was in the middle of the room. He stood beside her and rested a hand on her shoulder. He watched as Isabel walked over to him with Pam. Pam stood off to one side as Isabel came to stand in front of Sawyer. Already Eric didn't like where this was headed. The set up in the room was more likely to be for an interrogation not a simple questioning. He looked at Isabel wondering what she had planned.
"I am Isabel, the Sheriff of Area 9. You must be Sawyer Kincaid," Isabel said.
"I changed my last name, it's Hampton now," Sawyer said looking at the strikingly beautiful woman. Isabel spoke with what Sawyer thought to be a Spanish accent and wore a beautiful red suit with a corseted jacket. Sitting in front of her, Sawyer felt really under dressed and not half as beautiful as the vampire sheriff.
"Yes, Pam has told me that, I just wanted to insure that you were who we wanted. It seems that there have been some problems with your mother during the day. The number one problem being that she left my jurisdiction."
"What? Why weren't we informed?" Eric demanded.
"I am telling you now."
"She could have come after Sawyer and hurt her."
"But I see that she didn't."
Sawyer grabbed the back of Eric's leather jacket as he lunged at Isabel. She stood beside him and held him back. She saw the look on Isabel's face and knew that she had expected Eric to have an outburst. She pushed Eric back and stood in front of him. She took his face in her hands and made him focus on her. She looked in his blue eyes and saw anger.
"Eric, calm down," she told him softly.
"She could have gotten you and the children killed," Eric seethed.
"But she didn't. I am fine and so are the babies. You need to stop freaking out on me. Where's that cold, in control vampire I first met?"
"I don't know. I have been different since meeting you."
"Can we get on with the questioning? I have some important questions to ask," Isabel said loudly.
"Sorry," Sawyer said looking at Eric then going back to the chair. She stopped when she looked up at Isabel and saw that Isabel was staring at Eric.
"I believe it would be better if I conducted this questioning without you, Eric," Isabel told him.
"She is my human, Isabel, I will not allow that."
"I must insist Eric. I find humans are more forthcoming when their keepers are not around."
"You will not-," Eric started.
"Pam, why don't you take Eric outside and tell him what we were planning?" Sawyer stepped in looking at Pam. She didn't want Eric getting angry again. She knew by the look on Isabel's face that the sheriff was not going to put up with Eric's anger.
"Good idea. Come on tall, pale and angry let's go for a little walk," Pam said going over and literally dragging Eric away.
Sawyer turned and watched as Eric left with Pam but he wasn't happy about it. She turned and looked at Isabel. She sat on the chair and started toying with her necklaces. She was uber nervous now that neither Pam nor Eric were there with her. She looked up when Isabel came to stand in front of her.
"Have you had contact with your mother?" Isabel demanded.
"No," Sawyer answered.
"Are you lying to me?"
"No."
"Sawyer, look at me."
Sawyer looked at Isabel and was unsettled by the way that the vampire was looking at her. She felt like Isabel was trying to pull her into her eyes but Sawyer wouldn't let her. Isabel frowned and leaned closer. Sawyer leaned back and shook her head.
"I don't think you can glamour me," she whispered.
"And why not?" Isabel demanded.
"Well... I like to think it's because of my perky nipples."
Isabel looked at her and frowned. She then leaned away from Sawyer and Sawyer sighed in relief. And then Isabel started pacing in front of her. Sawyer sat there and waited for another question to come her way.
"Why should I believe that you no longer have ties to your mother and those crazy hunters?" Isabel demanded.
"Because I think that vampires shouldn't be killed and... I love Eric," Sawyer answered.
"Love him? Like Hugo loved me?"
"I am not-."
"Shut up. Tell me everything you know about this compound and do not leave anything out."
Sawyer nodded and started talking. She really didn't want to piss off the vampire anymore. She just wanted to tell Isabel everything and get the hell out of there.
Eric paced back and forth in the driveway in front of Pam. He looked at his watch then started pacing again. It had been three hours already and he could still hear Isabel barking questions at Sawyer. He went to walk to the door but Pam grabbed his jacket and held him back. He turned and glared at her but like always she wasn't scared of him.
"Do not go in there, Eric," Pam said.
"This should have been over by now. You know that."
"I know, you know just let Sawyer handle it. You saw how she handled that girl in the bar. She does not need you to protect her, Eric."
"She needs me to protect her, Pam. You do not know how she really is."
"I know she can probably kick my ass. Which I find is actually pretty hot."
"Pam, now is neither the time or place."
"You're just saying that because she is yours."
"Maybe but-."
Eric stopped. Something was wrong. He could feel Sawyer's fear. He ran into the house using his lightening speed and was at her side in moments. She was laying on the floor holding her stomach. He turned and glared at Isabel but the vampire just looked at him.
"I did not do it," she said.
"Yet you did not call me!" he roared.
"Eric, don't," Sawyer pleaded grabbing a hold of his shirt.
"What's wrong? Is it the twins?" he demanded pulling her in his arms.
"I don't know. I'm having cramps. I need a hospital."
Sawyer held her stomach and suddenly felt Eric running. She held on tight to him with one hand and buried her face in his neck. She was so scared. She knew she wanted these babies and now she was scared she was losing them. She let tears fall and trusted Eric completely in that moment to get her to a hospital and help her. She knew he wouldn't let her down.
Eric hated hospitals. He paced in the waiting room looking up every time a doctor walked into the room. They had taken Sawyer away an hour ago and he was more worried. The only thing that brought him comfort was that Sawyer hadn't been bleeding when he had brought her in. He turned and swore when Sookie marched into the waiting room. She marched right up to him and hit him hard in the chest.
"Ow," he mocked.
"I knew I shouldn't have trusted you!" Sookie yelled at him.
"I am not in the mood, Ms. Stackhouse so please do shut up."
"I will not shut up! She is my friend, Eric! My friend that for some unknown reason has found it in her heart to love you! And you, being the huge gigantic asshole that you are cannot even keep her safe!"
Sookie emphasized each word with a poke to Eric's chest. She was angry that he thought that he didn't need to tell her when something was wrong with her friend. That she had to hear it from Pam that something was wrong with Sawyer and the twins. She looked at Eric but refused to be taken in by his worried look on his face. He had fooled her before and she wasn't going to let him do it again. Especially not at Sawyer's cost.
"I kept her as safe as I could, Sookie. I did not expect that I would have to be superman and keep her safe from her own body!" Eric yelled. He didn't care that everyone had left the waiting room by now and that there were two nurses watching them one with the phone in her hand ready to call security.
"I don't care, you can leave now your job is done I can take it from here," Sookie said.
"I am not leaving her side until I know she is fine."
"She is in a hospital."
"You have no idea what bond we have do you? I can still feel her fear and her pain, Sookie. It is literally taking all my self control not to rip this hospital apart and find her just to make sure she is alright. Do not stand there and tell me that I do not care for her or feel. I would give my life for her, Sookie anything to stop the pain she is in. Is that sufficient enough for you?"
Eric looked at Sookie and knew that she as shocked. He turned and ran a hand over his face. There was no hiding how he was feeling. He was just as scared as Sawyer was. He had thought that he could get anything he wanted without consequences. This happening to Sawyer was showing him that he couldn't. He could not just get what he wanted because he was Sheriff of Area 5 and a 1000 year old vampire. He couldn't just order these doctors to make Sawyer better and they would do it because they feared him. This was out of his control and he hated every moment of it. He hated having to sit out here away from Sawyer and not be able to hold her hand and help calm her. He turned back and looked at Sookie. He leaned against the wall and looked at the floor. He could feel the tears forming but he didn't want to let them fall; not here in front of the one person who was convinced that he was going to cause Sawyer more harm than good. Too bad his body was refusing to listen to him and the tears fell anyway. He was shocked when he heard Sookie walk over to him and place a hand on his arm. He looked up at her. She gave him a sad smile.
"I'm sorry but... She's become family to me, Eric and I just... I know how you are. She sees something more in you though and until now... I thought it was just wishful thinking on her part," Sookie whispered.
"She makes me feel again, Sookie. I have tried to understand it but I gave up. I just want to protect her and keep her safe so she can have these children and love them. But now..."
"Now what?"
"Now I fear that I can't do that. I can't keep her safe."
"Eric, she needs you. Remember? You feel her pain. She needs you to be the one to comfort her because... Without you she'd suffer in silence. She doesn't talk to me like I wish she would."
Sookie saw Eric nod. She squeezed his arm and hated to admit it but she knew that he loved Sawyer. She could see it in the way he looked at her and the way he was with her. She had never seen him be that way with anyone else. Hell, he had never been that way with her and for a while she had thought that he liked her. She had never seen Eric this way with any human. The only person she had been convinced that he had ever loved had been Godric. Now she could add Sawyer to that list. And Sawyer's children. She knew that Eric would love and protect them when they were born; they were going to be born. She needed to keep thinking positive.
"Ah, who is here for Sawyer Hampton?" a voice behind Eric and Sookie asked. They turned and saw the doctor. They both took deep breaths.