Godric was fully aware that his progeny was growing impatient for the talk he promised. He knew Eric was fully aware of the reasons he'd first come to Shreveport, but those reasons had now changed. He also knew Eric wanted her, but Sookie wasn't interested in what Eric had to offer.
He had made some leeway with Sookie the night before and was hoping to make further progress tonight. Watching the siblings practice their abilities was impressive. He had taught them a few strategic moves to aid their fighting ability. He had also promised to teach them sword fighting and hand-to-hand combat. Even if his romantic inclinations when it came to Sookie didn't pan out he'd still be spending a great deal of time with her.
"Erm… Sookie, can… can I erm… buy you a drink?" Godric stared at the young man with the nerves of steel for a beat. Every vampire in the place and most of the human male knew he had an interest in Sookie. Yet this human male felt brave enough to ask what everyone knew was a precursor to getting to know someone in front of him.
Sookie looked up at him, even though he looked familiar she couldn't remember his name.
"Sure." She said with a shrug.
He beamed a smile at her. "What can I get you?" he asked eagerly.
"Oh no, doesn't work that way. Have I ever asked what drink you want? With me, you have to know. " His smile disappeared rather quickly. Sookie waited for him to take a guess. From his mind, she could already tell he was way of base.
"A Manhattan." He blurted out.
"I'm afraid you are wrong, very wrong." She said feigning dejection.
"What about me?" Godric jumped in.
"Let's hear it." She challenged.
"What do I get if I get it right?" She had to admit she liked that.
"Whatever you want?" There were a few ears turned their way.
"Okay." He sat back and stared at her for a minute. "What shoes are you wearing?" That earned him a few chuckles. Vampires, she had learned were the worst gossips. They gave Mrs. Fortenberry a run for her money.
"Boots." She deadpanned.
"Ah, gin and tonic." Sookie stared at him in disbelief. It didn't take a rocket scientist to know he had it right from the look on her face. He genuinely had shocked her.
"Gin and tonic, it is." She said clearing her throat. "One of these days you are going to tell me how you knew that." She whispered not that it made much difference in a vampire bar.
"A vampire never reveals his secrets." He teased.
"Oh, you will." She threatened with a smile. "I'm off this Thursday… pick me up." She said while making herself a gin and tonic.
"Don't you have to work…"
"Oh no, there is a new bartender coming in on Thursday afternoon. Pam asked me to train her during the day, and I get the evening off. I can't continue to work every night when fall classes start. I have to go to the campus twice a week." Godric nodded in understanding.
"I would have thought they'd have more applicants," Godric asked.
"We do," Eric answered taking a seat next to Godric. "They will be coming in over the course of the next few weeks for Sookie to ascertain their potential.
"Meaning you and I can actually spend a few nights outside of Fangtasia." She whispered. Godric smiled wide, although Eric looked like he couldn't care less, internally he was not happy. He had hoped her nights off would mean nights away from Godric, not the opposite.
He got up from the bar and made his way back to his throne. For another hour he watched them and then, as usual, Godric followed her out for her break. Eric turned his focus back on the new dancer, Yvetta. She was about the only person that worked at Fangtasia or frequented it that didn't like Sookie. He didn't care to know why, all he knew was that Yvetta liked it rough and took it for hours on end. He dragged her down to the basement chained her up and without any preamble slammed his cock into her.
When he finally left the basement, the bar was closed. He found Pam taking account of the register. "Do you need to hear it?" She asked her attention still on the money she was counting at human speed.
"Hear what?" He growled.
"Hear that he came to say goodbye. Hear that he was going to meet the sun until he laid eyes on her." He didn't answer he just glared at her. "Because getting Sookie means losing Godric." Though he understood the gravity of her words, it didn't change the fact that he wanted her. He didn't love her, he didn't care to know her, but for some inexplicable reason, he couldn't get her out of his mind. He believed one night, just one night between her thighs, one night of her blood on his fangs would cure him of whatever Sookie based ailment afflicted him.
He didn't want to take her from Godric. He just wanted a taste, but deep down he knew his obsession with her would get him nowhere. Sookie didn't want him, and he didn't force himself on women. Godric would never entreat her on his behalf either. He was merely going to let his obsession run its course.
She was far too lazy that afternoon to drive, but teleporting to Fangtasia wasn't the best idea in broad daylight. She really needed to check out the area thoroughly so she could teleport if she were going to be checking out potential employees for the next few weeks. She was surprised to find the number of people applying for jobs at the bar. Had she applied now she would not have had a job as she sure as hell wouldn't have kept her mouth shut about the highly inappropriate conversation they had about her.
With a great deal of reluctance, she got behind her car and drove to Fangtasia. Surprisingly enough she was glad she drove as she spotted a little boutique and decided on a new dress for her date tonight would surely be needed. She could pick something up on her way back.
She was approaching the car park when she saw a nervous looking woman pacing up and down the alleyway. She dropped her shields just to make sure it was the woman she was waiting for or someone working up the courage to do something stupid. People took to attacking vampire establishments during the day.
"Calm down Crystal, you know how to tend bar. Just keep your eyes open, mouth shut… learn everything you can. Don't ask too many questions… you are good at getting people to talk. Just don't rush things there is no time limit here. Just try to keep the disgust off your face in front of these abominations and the heathens that work for them."
"Oh shit." Sookie moaned. Just what she didn't need. The minute she saw the woman she knew she was all wrong, and damn it she was right. She sent a quick text to Godric, she sure as hell wasn't about to tell Eric she was a telepath. Godric will have to think of something to out the woman.
Sookie kept her shields down as she drove around the bar to the employee's entrance. The woman was early so she could wait as far as she was concerned.
Half an hour later Sookie put her phone away and headed to the front door just as the woman knocked. "Hello, I'm Crystal." She greeted with a disarming southern accent. She would have been great for the job if she weren't a nut job casing the place for the FOTS, Sookie had learned as she listened to her thoughts.
She was from Dallas and was an active member. Hopefully, Godric could use that information to come up with something.
'Hello, Crystal, I'm Sookie. You've tended bar before, right?" Sookie asked.
"Yeah." Crystal nodded.
"Great, then I just need to show you around then show you were drinks are behind the bar. Your tryout is tomorrow night, I will be here with you." Sookie showed her around the bar. In truth, there wasn't much to show, just the main bar area, the staff room, and the stock room.
Crystal, true to her thoughts didn't ask any unnecessary questions. Within a couple of hours, Sookie was done, and she was grateful for it. She couldn't listen to any more of Crystal's thoughts.
"Miss Stackhouse, you look sensational." Godric breathed out. Sookie was dressed in a red backless number that hugged her curves to perfection. Her black patent heels complimented her dress well.
"Thank you." Sookie smiled. "You look pretty spiffy yourself. Godric was dressed in a navy blue suit without the tie.
"Shall we?" He opened the car door. A car he had Eric's dayman purchase that afternoon.
"Thank you." She got into the car with the grace expected from a southern lady. He vamped to the driver's side and got in.
"So you had to spend a few hours with a member of the FOTS." Godric chuckled.
"Please, do not remind me." She groused. "So where are we going?"
"Its a restaurant Eric owns, it welcomes all and caters for all," Godric answered. The rest of the drive was done in silence. Though with the way Godric drove, it didn't take long to get to their destination.
"Did you learn to drive on a rally circuit?" Sookie teased.
"No, it was just before the second world war. I was a rather reluctant learner. I rarely drive." He admitted.
"Why would you when you can fly." Sookie murmured as he opened the door to the restaurant.
"Table for two." Sookie dropped her shields as they were led to their table. Just about everybody minded their own business. That didn't surprise her, the humans who frequented the restaurant clearly knew the kind of environment it was.
Both her and Godric were given a menu. "There is a blood menu," Sookie asked surprised.
"Yes, every blood is different… for example, your blood would be so much sweeter than any human." Godric answered.
"Who decides a human blood taste of…" she looked at the menu. "Pineapple." Sookie laughed.
"Because the human ate nothing but pineapple for weeks." Sookie scrunched up her face in disgust.
"I like pineapple, but not that much."
"A lot of the time the human more than likely is already obsessed with that food in particular, now they make a lot of money from their obsession." Sookie nodded in understanding.
"If alcohol was on the menu, there are a few guys I could have introduced you to." Sookie quipped earning a laugh from Godric.
Godric ordered the pomegranates flavored blood, while Sookie ordered a steak with baby potatoes and roast vegetables.
"You know all about me and yet you are here with me," Godric whispered conspiratorially.
"I only what I read and I know what is written doesn't often tell the whole story," Sookie answered.
"My maker was a rather cruel vampire…"
"Appius." Sookie knew that much.
"Yes, I was young when the Romans invaded my village. I ended up been sold to Appius Livius Ocella. I didn't know cruelty until I ended up with him. I stayed human for three winters then he turned me. I was with him for a couple of centuries when someone saw him in Mesopotamia. A man heard his name and said he knew about his great-grandfather. Appius was something of a Roman hero when he was human, a legatus legionis. Appius naturally played along. A few months later we found ourselves back in Rome, and there was were Appius lost me.
Pythia, the Oracle of Delphi, was in Rome when we got there. She was there for me… I still don't know why. Appius and I knew she was a vampire, but no one else. She asked for me in exchange for what she had to tell them. Appius was incensed, but there was nothing he could do. He could either out himself and the rest of us, fight and die or release me. He released me completely, makers command and all. I went with Pythia stayed with her for millennia, even after all that time I was still an angry vampire… and I took that anger out on humans. By the time I saw Eric I had calmed down considerably. In fact, I had spent decades on my own in hiding. I rarely fed and or did anything else. When you feel that pull to a human there is no denying it. I felt him one night, and for the first time in decades, I ventured beyond the mouth of my cave. Then I saw him, I may not have have been killing humans or vampires indiscriminately, but I still had little to no respect for them and thought Eric that. I'm afraid I did him a real disservice in my teachings. I was very wrong about a lot of what I taught him.
By the time I learned I wasn't a monster or an abomination, as my maker wanted me to believe… I had already turned myself into one. The last hundred years my sins seem to have crept up on me to the extent that I was going to meet the sun." Godric drained his glass and looked up at Sookie who was listening without judgment.
"Are you are about to tell me the Oracle of Delphi told you my favorite drink," Sookie asked with a raised eyebrow.
"I said no such thing." Godric teased.
"Uh huh," Sookie responded with a grin.
He stared at her in awe, especially when she asked about dessert. He had expected her to ask to leave after his story, but no she was there spending more time with him.