Chapter 20…getting ready
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I walked down all the hallways and entered rooms I didn't even know about. I was walking down a flight of stairs that were behind a closed door and I saw that it led to a whole underground tunnel. As soon as I opened the last door all the lights downstairs came on and I saw a lot of old papers and trophies.
This must be where Eric keeps all his important stuff I thought and walked forward to look through everything. I saw three coffins and knew that when there was trouble Eric slept down here.
I walked around the one corner when I saw the jar that held my powers within it. As I placed my hand against it, it glowed brightly. I jumped when my phone rang in my pocket, I quickly looked down and saw it was Eric calling me.
I hit the answer button and before I could say 'hello' I heard him talk.
"such a strange sensation when the reality matches what you've pictures in your mind so precisely" he said and I frowned and looked at my phone. "is this another dream, it's been a year. How much of your blood is still left in me?" I heard sookie reply and it took everything in me not to gasp.
"oh it's not a dream, I assure you" Eric said back and I listened closely to what sookie was going to say.
"Then how are you here, I rescinded your invitation " she said and I heard Eric walk closer to her. "You don't own the house anymore, I do" he said and I felt my heart stutter at his words.
"Why would you do that? Why would you buy my house" sookie asked and I was surprised that we wanted to know the same thing but for different reasons. "Because I always knew you were alive, and if I owned the house well, then I would own you…sookie…you are mine" Eric said and I felt the lump in my throat form. I so badly wanted to throw the phone against the wall but something inside of me kept myself at bay and made me listen some more.
"Stay away from me" sookie said and I heard Eric chuckle "this is no way to treat your new landlord" he said to her.
"I am not yours and I want you out of my house now" sookie fumed at Eric "funny thing about ownership, isn't it? A little piece of paper and the only power you had over me is gone" Eric said and I wondered what power he was talking about because he was the powerful being not her.
"what do you want from me?" sookie asked him in return "everything" Eric said and I swallowed the lump down. "you can't have it" sookie argued back but Eric had an answer for everything.
"I bought it" he said "no you bought my house, the house does not come with me inside it" sookie said again.
"Well then I seriously overpaid, sookie your blood tastes like freedom, like sunshine in a pretty little blonde bottle. And while they may not know it yet that is what vamps smell when they smell you" Eric said and It was a few seconds before sookie responded.
"is that a threat?" sookie demanded but Eric responded calmly "not at all but others will find out, and when they do you'll need protection. I can provide that for you" I heard Eric said and then heard sookie huff. "I'll take my chances" she replied back.
"I bought this house because I care about you. If all I wanted was to taste your blood again, I could do it right now and there wouldn't be a thing you could do to stop me. But instead I am asking you to be mine" Eric said and I could feel the turmoil inside of me. Do I throw my phone or just scream and cry? What was Eric thinking?
I was brought out of my thoughts by sookie's reply. "I could never be with you the way I was with bill" she said and I frowned "the first time bill declared you as his, how did it make you feel?" Eric asked sookie and she replied that she was angry.
"angry yes, but safe. You will come around" Eric said to sookie and I slid down the wall to sit down.
"I know you. There are two sookie Stackhouse's, one who clings to the idea that she's merely human and the other who's coming to grips with the fact that you are better than that" Eric said to sookie after a minute or so of silence.
"And what do you think is going to happen when I do come to grips with it? Do you think my legs are just magically going to open for you?" sookie demanded.
"Well that was saucy… must have been fairy sookie talking, I like when she comes out" he said and I sat staring at the wall with huge eyes. 'Fairy? Sookie was a fairy…that's why he wanted her now and not me. I was merely human now and I didn't want to take my powers back.
I wanted to have a normal life, well as normal a life as a vampire. I didn't want to be a freak anymore.
I ignored what Eric and sookie was saying and pressed the end call button. I didn't want to cry but I couldn't help the few tear that ran down my cheeks. I wasn't sure what this meant for Eric and me.
Does he still want to marry me, and if so what about sookie. I took a deep breath and pulled myself together. I called a number I knew by heart and sighed sadly when it went to voicemail.
"I hope you get these, I need you right now. Eric and I are getting married tomorrow night, please I hope you can make it godric. It would mean the world for both of us" I said and then ended the call and made my way upstairs.
When I made it upstairs I walked to our room and went straight to the big bathroom. I poured some relaxing bath salts in and then filled the bath up. I climbed in slowly and laid back for a while until I got an idea and grabbed my phone.
"Alcide herv…" "Alcide" I cut him off as he answered and I had to swallow the lump in my throat again. "I don't want to talk to you right now, you are as dead to me as you will be in a week" he said and I couldn't help the sob that escaped me.
"ok…okay I'm sorry I…I won't bother you again" I cried out about to put the phone down when his voice stopped me. "Hey…Danalynne what is going on…what happened" he asked me and I brought the phone back to my ear.
"Nothing, I'm sorry I called" I said back and heard alcide mumble something and then I heard him walk. "Come on talk to me, if you don't want to do it over the phone come to my house tomorrow" he said and I nodded even though I knew he couldn't see me.
"Tomorrow I'm busy, what about the day after tomorrow?" I asked and alcide said that it was fine. "I will explain everything" I said to him and said goodbye.
I laid in the bath for a while and then got out and climbed straight back into bed. I slept through the whole night and morning. Only to wake up at eleven o'clock that morning.
I turned on my side and saw Eric on the bed in his vampire sleep. I saw a note stuck on his shirt with a blood red rose. I picked up the rose to smell it and then picked up the letter.
'My dearest soon to be wife, usually the bed is empty with just the letter cause the person has to go to work. But in my case I have to sleep so I hope you were not disappointed to still find me next to you. But this letter is very important… everything is ready for tonight and if you follow the clues you will find what you will be looking for tonight, now stop reading this dreadful letter and start hunting. You will need all the practise for next week, once you awaken.'
I said out loud as my eyes drifted over Eric's hand writing. I couldn't help but smile at him. If we were going to be married Eric couldn't take sookie as his. If anything were to happen I would be his wife not just a Bloodbag like sookie.
And then the thought hit me. Bloodbag…sookie…awaken.
Me vampire, she fairy Bloodbag.
It was perfect, maybe a little bit cruel but a vampire does need to eat and Eric said that I had to learn how to hunt. It was decided sookie would be my first try. I smiled as I quickly took my shower and got dressed in comfy clothes to go and find clues.
The first one I found was another red rose with a small letter with it "the first one to find is where I first tasted your blood…uh fuck this is harder than I thought cause you can't remember it. fine follow the trail of stars, but remember without darkness there is no stars"
The letter said and I laughed at first and then I frowned…darkness…but its daylight. The house is sun proof so if I switch the lights of it will be dark inside the house.
I switched the first light off and saw a star painted on the ceiling. Must have been glow in the dark, I switched light after light of and it led me down the hallway and into a bedroom.
On the bed was a pair of white high heels with tiny diamonds on the side and over the top. I smiled as I picked it up and saw the next note on the bed side table.
"the shoes are nothing compared to the next, follow the trail of green and you will stumbled onto the black" the letter said and I frowned cause that wasn't a clue at all.
I turned around in the room but I saw noting green so I walked out the door and looked left and right trying to see something green. I looked to my right and then I saw the painting against the wall that was all green trees. So I went right and kept on walking until I found a green carpet to my left and followed that hallway. The next green thing was a vintage green couch in the hallway and then finally came a green door.
I pushed it open to see another bedroom and thought how many bedrooms does Eric need…
I walked to the bed and saw the black lace panty and the black corset. I smiled as I looked the corset over and thought that it would fit perfectly with my skin tone. I picked it up and placed it in my arms as I read over the next clue.
"walk along the path to the one person you wish was by your side tonight" the letter said and I frowned as I thought.
The only person besides Eric was godric so I made my way to his room and opened the door. As soon as I stepped inside his scent washed over me completely. I smiled sadly and thought of where he was now.
I picked up the letter on his bed and sat down to read it. "as I understand the tradition is to have the four. Something blue, something new, something borrowed and something old. Something blue is the bracelet, something new is the earrings, something borrowed is the hair clip that is pam's. And something old is the necklace, it was my mothers and I would like for you to have it"
The letter said and I looked at all of it but the necklace was beautiful. I felt a single tear roll down my cheek as I looked at it. It must mean a lot for Eric to give this to me. I got up and walked to the letter on godric's table.
"the last clue is as simple as walking down to the whitest room in the house" the clue said and I smiled cause that was obviously where my dress was going to be. I quickly walked out of godric's room and made my way to the drawing room, where I spent most of my time drawing or even painting.
I opened the door and gasped as I saw the manikin wearing my dress. It was beautiful and I now realised why Eric wanted to know my favourite colours.
Instead of white the dress was a dark ballgown. The top half was black and the bottom half was a dark purple with black lace over it. It was simply breath taking. I stepped forward and touched the dress, only to feel how soft it was.
"I assume that you approve" a voice said behind me and when I turned it was the same woman who measured me. "hey you can talk English" I said to her and she smiled at me.
"Yes I can, now are you ready to get dressed?" she asked me and I looked down at my watch it was still early. "There is still a lot to do" she said and I nodded at her as she took my underwear and shoes with the jewellery.
She led me from the drawing room upstairs and told me to take a long relaxing bath. After she left I pour some bath salts in and climbed into the warm water. I laid there for a while and then washed my body clean and washed my face.
I climbed out and dried my body well. I then picked up the black lace panty and slid it on, it fit perfectly and when I looked at the mirror it showed that it cupped my ass perfectly. I turned around and picked up the corset and clicked it in in the front. Veronica as I learned her name was came in to pull the corset tighter and fasten the ribbons at the bottom.
I smiled as she brought me a robe to wear while my hair and make-up was done.
I sat for about two hours as two girls worked on me. One was doing my make-up naturally but in a smokey way. The girl doing my hair curled it and then pinned some of it up so that it was half up and half down.
After it was done veronica brought my dress and I smiled at her as I put it on. It fit just right and when I looked into the mirror I didn't even recognise myself.
I was getting married…it hit me that I was really marrying Eric tonight. I looked at the clock on the wall and gasped, so much time had already gone by. In an hour I was to meet Eric and marry him.
"Eric left this for you…" veronica said and I took the letter into my hands and smiled as I opened it.
"I will see you later my soon to be wife, I have one little thing to take care of by bill's orders but after that I am all yours and will claim you as mine. See you there my love" I said out loud and smiled at Eric's words, even though the thing with bill pissed me off but I would not let anything ruin today or more like tonight.
