A/N: Okay, I am SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO sorry for not posting before. I had midterms, essays and all those joys that go along with university. Yeah, I was dead on my feet. Anyway, I got two exmas to go and then my life is mine again. YAY!... Well, at least until January. Argh! Anyway, here is the chapter. Enjoy!

Sawyer opened her eyes and became aware that Eric was holding her tight against him. She rolled over and saw him watching her sleep. She reached up and stroked his cheek and smiled when he kissed her. She wrapped her arms around his neck and loved the feel of his body against hers again. She never wanted to leave this bed where they could hold each other for hours and never have to worry about the sun. She sighed when Eric ran his tongue along her shoulder and neck.

"There is a lot we must talk about," he whispered running his hand up her thigh. He smiled when that earned him a moan from her.

"I don't want to talk, Eric, I just want to stay here in your arms," Sawyer answered kissing along Eric's jaw.

"I never said you had to leave my arms when we talk."

"No, but being in your arms and trying to have an intelligent conversation is very, very hard."

"Nice to know I am still that distracting."

"And so modest about it as well."

Eric pulled away from her and stroked the hair away from her face. She was beautiful after their love making. And he knew there was no lying to himself, he was in love with her. He loved the way she looked at him and wasn't scared or impressed. She knew who and what he was but she never tried to use it to her advantage and it wasn't the reason she was with him. She loved him simply because he cared for her and was there for her when she needed someone. He kissed her softly on the lips and felt her hands run though his hair. He pulled away and smiled at her.

"Is everything alright with the babies?" he asked wanting to know about that first above everything else.

"They are healthy," Sawyer answered looking away.

"Why do I sense a but coming?"

"The doctor isn't happy that I haven't gained that much weight this past month. I just... With the house and feeling sick after I eat, I just haven't been eating much."

"And the feeling of hurt," Eric added softly.

"You felt it, didn't you?"

"Yes, I felt it. I felt every ache and pain like it was my own. I worried about you but I knew that you did not want me near."

Sawyer sat up and rested her back against the headboard. She looked into Eric's eyes and knew she had hurt him deep with her words. She reached out and tucked his hair behind his ears and tried to hold back her tears. She kissed Eric when he leaned in and kissed her. She ran her nose along his and knew that she would never be able to completely make up for what she had done to him. She had hurt him and wished that she could take that back. She gave him a soft smile and stroked his cheek.

"I'm sorry you had to feel that," she told him.

"You have nothing to be sorry for. You were right."

"No, I wasn't. It was none of my business and I just... I wanted a reason to push you away. Being here with you and... Feeling what I do for you scares me. The last person I needed this much hurt me in ways that... I'm still scarred, Eric from it and I just wanted a reason to keep you at arm's length."

"And now?" Eric asked running his hands down her sides. He wanted her to tell him how she felt about him and what place she wanted him to have in her life. He knew that he wanted her beside him at all times and that he wanted her to share his life. He wanted to know if that was how she felt about him.

Sawyer felt tears form in her eyes, "I can't keep you away. I realize that now. This past month was pure hell and I can't do it again. I can't pretend that I don't care about you and that I don't want you beside me because I do. I don't want to push you away anymore."

Eric kissed Sawyer again holding her body flush against his. He laid her back down on the bed and held his body over hers. He kissed down her neck nipping gently loving the sounds she made. He sighed when the phone started ringing. He lifted up his head and met his lover's eyes. Sawyer groaned and rolled away from him reaching for her clothes. He sat up and walked over to his dresser and grabbed a pair of track pants. He really just wanted to stay in bed with Sawyer but he knew that there were things he needed to take care of.

Sawyer pulled on her shorts and shirt. She smiled when she felt Eric wrap his arms around her waist and kiss her gently on the neck. She turned and smiled at him before they both made their way downstairs. Sawyer went into the kitchen looking in all the cupboards to see if Eric had anything she could make herself to eat. She heard him answer the phone then him speaking in Swedish. She assumed he was speaking to Pam. She closed the cupboards and sighed. Eric had less than nothing to eat. She walked over into the living room and watched as Eric paced while speaking on the phone. She would never get over how gorgeous he was. He walked around with a confidence that other men would kill for. Not to mention that she was sure he could have any woman on the face of the earth but yet he wanted her.

She saw the phone book resting on the coffee table and focused on it. She watched as it slowly floated towards her. She paid no attention to Eric when he stopped pacing and watched her use her ability. She grabbed the phone book then turned and went back into the kitchen leaving Eric to conduct his business. She flipped though it and stopped when she reached the take out restaurants. She ran her finger along them trying to decide what sounded better Chinese or pizza. She turned when Eric walked into the kitchen.

"That was Pam, apparently Sookie and Bill are at Fangtasia demanding that I return you to them in one piece," Eric told her kissing her cheek.

"I'm not leaving. And you need to eat. I put the Tru Bloods in the fridge," she answered finally deciding on pizza.

"I am not drinking those things."

"Eric, drink them now. I know you fed on me but that is not nearly enough. And do not stand there and tell me that you aren't hungry."

Eric muttered in Swedish about women being bossy but opened the fridge and grabbed a Tru Blood. He saw that it was O negative and smiled a little when he looked into the fridge. Sawyer had bought a six pack of every one not sure with type he preferred. He closed the fridge and opened the bottle sticking it in the microwave. He turned and saw Sawyer dialling a number on the phone. A moment later he heard her ordering two large pizzas, one meat lover's the other veggie lover's. He watched as she absentmindedly twirled a piece of her hair around her fingers. The microwave beeped and he took out the Tru Blood. He eyed it then sighed and took a long sip. He made a face and swallowed the offensive drink. He turned back and saw Sawyer watching him smiling.

"You do realize that I am doing this for you," he said.

"I know but you need it, Eric. We both know you do. How long did you go without feeding?"

"Three weeks."

"Eric," Sawyer said his voice softly shaking her head.

"It is not uncommon. Some older vampires can go months without feeding."

"Yeah, well they aren't you. Don't you ever do that again."

"Vacker-."

"Swear to me you won't Eric. Swear now that no matter what happens with us in the future you will not lock yourself away and not feed. Swear it."

"I swear."

"Good. Now, drink your Tru Blood."

"You do realize that it is not half as appealing as your blood," Eric said looking at the bottle and shuddering at the thought of having to drink more or it.

"I know but then again I have to live with the fact that not everything is going to be as appealing as my blood," Sawyer said smiling at him.

"Well, doesn't someone think they're cute."

"Oh, Eric, I am freakin adorable."

"Oh I know."

Eric leaned in and kissed Sawyer softly on the lips. He heard the phone ring again but when he reached for it Sawyer used her ability to hold high in the air above her head. He looked at her and she just shrugged.

"I think it would be nice just to spend some time together without the outside world bothering us," Sawyer said.

"I find that idea very appealing," Eric said kissing her again.

"You're still going to have to drink the Tru Blood."

"You drive a hard bargain."

"I know."

Sookie looked at Pam as she hung up the phone. Sookie was fuming. She was angry that Pam had dared to pull Sawyer back into Eric's life. Sookie had been trying for the past month to help Sawyer and support her with her decision to leave Eric and now Pam had yanked her back in. Bill gave her a look warning her that now was not the time to get into an argument. There were too many vampires around Fangtasia. Sookie however didn't care.

"This is all your fault. How dare you pull her back into his life?" Sookie demanded.

"I dare, sugar muffin because I can. And you should stop your complaining because it didn't take much of a pull to get her to go over there. She seemed like she wanted to go," Pam said.

"She is pregnant and emotional. You show up there guilt tripping her-."

"I did not guilt trip her-."

"Ladies, please. Let's try to stay calm," Bill said stepping in when he saw how heated the argument was getting.

"I am perfectly calm. Now if you will excuse me, this club does not run itself," Pam said walking off.

"That bitch," Sookie muttered.

"Sookie."

"Bill, how can you be so calm about this? You know Eric and you know that he is going to use this to get back with Sawyer."

"Sookie, love, have you thought that maybe Sawyer wants to be with Eric?"

"Then why hasn't she said anything to me? Or anyone about it?"

"Maybe she did but you weren't listening. Jessica said that Sawyer was crying herself to sleep every night. And I know that I have seen her crying several times. She missed him and the only one who didn't want to see that was you."

Sookie just glared at Bill then grabbed her purse and stalked off. Bill sighed and followed her really hoping she didn't have anything else crazy planned. Sometimes it was just too hard to keep up with her. It seemed like every time he turned around she was getting into trouble.

Eric made a face as he drank his fourth Tru Blood. He wrapped an arm around Sawyer as she leaned against him pushing the last half of the second pizza aside. He was glad that she had eaten that much. He was not glad that she was making him drink this sickening substance that they claimed tasted like blood. He watched as she grabbed the remote to the television and pressed the button. Nothing happened. She turned and looked at him.

"Mind explaining why your television doesn't work?" she asked softly.

"I tried several times to hook it up. I couldn't figure it out," Eric stated taking another small sip of the Tru Blood.

"Wait, let me get this a straight, a thousand year old vampire can't figure out a television set?" Sawyer said laughing.

"And what is so funny?"

"Please tell me you at least know how to use a computer."

"I can use the computer in my office. Pam showed me how."

"Well, Eric you are going to learn to hook up the television."

"What?"

"I am going to help you. Come on, it really can't be that hard."

Sawyer got up and walked over to the television. She went to move it but in the blink of her eye Eric was there beside her moving it for her. She kneeled down and looked at the wires. She turned and looked at Eric.

"You still have the owner's manual, right?" she asked.

"Somewhere around here."

"Well, start looking."

Eric muttered under his breath but turned and started to look around the living room trying to remember where he had tossed it. It had been two years since he had bought the television and tried on that fruitless night to hook it up. He had tossed the manual somewhere around the room. He started moving around the modern furniture looking under it.

Sawyer sat on the floor and started connecting different wires into the sockets to see if she couldn't make the television work. She turned and smiled as she saw Eric bending over the couch looking behind it. He did have one hot ass. She sighed and turned away from it trying to focus on the task at hand. She could hear her cell phone ring from her bag in the corner. She ignored it knowing that it was probably Sookie. She knew that she was going to have to face her friends in Bon Temps soon enough but right at the moment she had more important things to do; like teach a thousand year old vampire how to hook up a television and get cable.