A/N So here is the new chapter. Some of you have asked if I am going to do and Eric POV on this story. For now I am saying no, but i have said that to myself before, so you never know what may happen. I also want every one to know that i am still working on my other stories, this one has just taken over my mind, so i am running with it for now, but i will continue the others. Enjoy and let me know what you think!

I woke up the next morning sweating and feeling extremely frustrated, even more than the night before. My dreams had been filled with a blonde haired, blue eyed Adonis who I was aching for. I had never felt like this before and I didn't know how I was going to face Eric tonight. He heard what I'd done last night and I knew that was all he was going to be thinking about when he saw me.

I wanted to bury my head in my pillow and hide from the world, but I knew that I had to talk to Gran this morning about what was going on. I pushed aside my embarrassment and my arousal an got out of bed to start my day.

I grabbed a t-shirt, shorts, bra and panties and went to take a shower. I wanted to take my time so that I could avoid this talk a bit longer, but I knew I would be taking another shower later.

I was just about finished and was just letting the water cascade down on my back when I started thinking about Eric again. I started to imagine him being here with me, touching me, kissing me, biting me. Thinking about him biting me was what sent me over the edge. I actually had an orgasm just thinking about Eric Northman biting me. This was ridiculous! What in the hell was I going to do when I was in the same room with him after this? I pushed that aside for no and cleaned up again very quickly.

I got out, dried off and dressed even faster. I went out into the kitchen and found Gran there with a cup of coffee and she was focused on her book. "Good morning Gran."

"Good morning dear. You're up early today. Did you have anything special planned?"

"Not until tonight." I fixed myself a cup of coffee, then sat down next to Gran. "Gran, there is something that I need to talk to you about."

She looked up at me and I could see the concern on her face. "Is there something wrong Sookie?"

"Well Gran, sort of. This is very complicated and I don't really want to tell you, but you need to know." She set her book down and focused all her attention on me. I knew that I had to do this, so I took a deep breath and started. "Gran, there was a vampire in Merlotte's the other night."

"Oh Sookie, that's so exciting. Did he try and bite anyone?"

"No, but the thing is that he is not a nice vampire and he lives next door to us in the old Compton place. His name is Bill Compton."

"I wonder how old he is and if he lived in the house when he was alive. I have so many questions I want to ask him."

"NO! Gran, you have to promise me that you will not let Bill Compton into our home or even open the door to him. He is a very bad man. He was sent her to abduct me."

"Oh my Lord! Why would he want to do that?"

"A higher ranking vampire sent him. They know about my telepathy Gran and that's why he came for me. He wants to take me to New Orleans were I'd practically be a slave for the vampires there."

"Sookie, we have to do something. They can't just take you. We need to call the police." She went to go get the phone, but I stopped her.

"Gran, Bud Dearborn can't help with this. I actually have someone you is willing to help me with the situation. He's a vampire and he's in charge around here, but he has some stipulations."

"Like what?"

"He wants me to move to Shreveport and work in his bar for him."

"But you already have a home and a job."

"He said that it would be safer for me to be closer to him and while working in his bar I won't just be waiting on tables."

It took her a minute to realize what I'd meant by that. "Oh Sookie, he'll still be using you for you telepathy."

"Gran, he is the lesser of two evils. He's going to pay me for my work, I get to keep my tips and I'll even have health insurance. I'll have my own place to live and I volunteered to use my telepathy. Who know what they would make me do in New Orleans."

"Sookie, do you really want to do this?"

"I don't think that I really have a choice, but I think that it will be good for me to do this. I need to be out on my own, but I won't be that far away if you need me."

"I will always need you Sookie, but you're right. You are a young woman and you need to get away from this town for awhile."

"I guess I have my decision then." I couldn't stop the tears from welling up in my eyes.

"Don't cry my darling. Just like you'll be there if I need you, I will also be here whenever you need me."

"Thanks Gran, I know you will be." I hugged her and I felt better now that she knew what was going on.

After our hug, Gran and I fixed and ate breakfast together before I changed into my bikini and went outside to enjoy the sun with one of my new library books. It wasn't even ten o'clock yet and it was already in the mid-eighties outside. The sun was shining bright already and I loved it. I was used to the heat living in the south and the sun and being tan was my only vice.

I laid out on one of the lawn chairs and started reading my book. It didn't take me long to get lost in my story. I was fifty pages in when the author described the male in the story as a blonde, blue eyed, Viking. I turned the cover around so that I could see the picture and it could have been Eric posing there in the leather pants and animal furs. That made me wonder if Eric really could have been a Viking. He surely looked like he could.

As I started thinking about a Viking vampire I quickly marked my page and pushed my book away. I was having enough fantasies of my own without any outside help.

After I'd been outside for a couple of hours and was nice and golden I was starting to get a bit to hot, so I made my way inside. I found a note from Gran saying that she was having lunch with her Descendants of the Glorious Dead group and didn't know what time that she would be home. I fixed myself a sandwich and a glass of sweet tea, then I went into my room to have a nap. I didn't know how long I was going to be with Eric tonight and I wanted to be able to focus and not be distracted if that was even possible.

I curled up on top of my bed and it didn't take long for me to fall asleep. I could feel myself start to dream, but it didn't feel like it was a dream. I was in a house that I had never seen before and I saw a woman sitting on a sofa like she was waiting for me. She looked to be only a few years older than I was, but her waist length hair that was white as snow and her eyes that were black that you could see had decades, probably more like centuries of knowledge showed otherwise. "Hello Sookie."

"Hello." I really didn't know what to say. This was unlike any dream that I'd ever had before.

"You are here for a very important reason Sookie. You have done the right thing. You were right not to trust Bill Compton and by going to the Northman."

"Who are you and how do you know all of this?"

"You can call me Nessa and I know more than you think. You would have been hurt beyond imagine if you had saved Bill Compton that night. You would have loved him, given him your heart and your innocence and he would have hurt you terribly in return."

The thought of even being in the same room with Bill Compton was making my skin crawl let alone having him touch me. "How do you know all of this?"

"I'm a seer. I can see into the future and the future that you would have had with that worm Compton was not the future you were meant to have. You were meant to be with the Viking."

"He really is a Viking?" I couldn't stop the words from coming out of my mouth or the smile that spread across my face hearing her call him that.

"When he was human he was a Viking." A smile spread across her face as well. "You are attracted to him aren't you?"

I could feel my face turn red at her question. "Well yeah, I mane who wouldn't. He's gorgeous."

"He's intrigued by you Sookie."

"Of course he is. Who wouldn't be intrigued by a telepath."

"It's not just that. There is more to you than you know. You are special Sookie and you are more deserving of the Viking's attentions than you realize."

"I don't understand. I'm just a barmaid from Bon Temps. There's nothing special about me except for my telepathy and most people just think that I'm crazy because of it."

"You've never been crazy Sookie. You really are special."

"How am I special?"

"I can't tell you that. You need to learn that in your own time, but there is something very important that I need to tell you now."

"What is it?"

"Don't have sex with Eric."

If Gran had been there right now she would have said that I was catching flies the way that my mouth was hanging open and I could feel that my face was beet red. What she had asked me to do may be harder than she realized. I had practically had sex with Eric last night and we hadn't even been in the same room. "I don't know if that's going to be possible."

She laughed at my words. "I know what happened with you two on the phone last night." I was absolutely mortified now. I sat down in a chair and dropped my head into my hands. I wanted the earth to swallow me whole at that moment. "Sookie, you don't have any reason to be embarrassed about that, just don't do it again."

I looked up at her and I could tell that she was completely serious. "Nessa, I don't understand why you don't want me to have sex with Eric." Just the thought of sex with Eric sent a pleasant thrill through my body.

"Okay, let me put this another way. Don't have sex with him right away. If you do it will effect things between you and Eric. If you wait to have sex with him, he'll see another side of you and you'll see another side of him."

"Is that a good thing or a bad thing?"

"That is a very good thing." She didn't elaborate, so I let it go.

I looked around the room and we were in a very nice house. "What is this place?"

"This is where you and Eric will fall in love."

I was stunned. "This is a real place?"

"Yes and I am a real person, but you wouldn't recognize me if you saw me in person." She stopped and I could feel myself being pulled away. "It's time for you to wake up now Sookie. Remember what I said, but if you wear red tonight it will start you off on the right foot. Everything is going to work out fine Sookie. Until we meet again."

I was pulled from my dream and I sat up with a start on my bed. I was even more confused about things after my dream with Nessa, who ever she was, but I also seemed to feel lighter somehow. I was doing what I was suppose to do, I was suppose to be with Eric. That made me feel all warm and fuzzy inside. But I still had more questions than answers. What was so special about me? I didn't feel so special, but I couldn't, I wouldn't think about that now. If I thought about that now I would make myself crazy. Nessa said I would learn why I was special in time and I believed her. I had no reason to, but I just knew that she wouldn't lie to me.

I looked out my bedroom window and I could see that the sun was hanging low in the sky. I looked over at the clock and it was already after seven o'clock and I had to be at Fangtasia by ten.

I jumped off the bed and ran into the kitchen. I scarfed down a pre-made salad I had picked up the day before and a tall glass of sweet tea, then I made my way into the bathroom.

I washed and scrubbed every inch of my skin in the shower, then after I was dried off I lathered up every inch with lotion. I had a nice golden glow to my skin from being out in the sun and I hoped that Eric wouldn't mind.

I dried my freshly washed hair with the hairdryer, then I used a curling iron to make big ringlets to hang around my face. When I was finished with my hair and thinking about my make up I decided to go for a deep red lipstick, black mascara and some eye shadow that made my eyes look smoky and made them pop out. I thought I looked damn sexy, now I just needed to find what to wear.

I went into my bedroom and went straight to the back of my closet. I had a red dress that I had splurged on almost a year ago that I never had a chance to wear that I knew would be perfect. Now it seemed like the perfect time. I wouldn't need to wear a bra with it even with my ample boson, it laced up the bodice under each breast, it had a red ribbon bow between the breast, spaghetti straps and it flare out a bit at the waist with lace and ribbon adorning it. It would be perfect and I knew that Eric would love it.

I found a pair of red panties to go with it and slid them on. I was tempted to go with a thong that I had, but that would just be pushing the limit. I quickly dressed without messing up my hair or make up and finished the outfit with my new red heels. I took a look at myself in the mirror and I thought that I looked pretty hot. That thought almost made me change my outfit. I wanted to hold back like Nessa said, but I didn't want to push him to hard with temptation. I decided I looked to good to change, so I grabbed my purse that I had used last night and hadn't unpacked and went out into the kitchen.

Gran hadn't gotten home yet, but she had left a message on the answering machine saying that she was going to be at Maxine Fortenberry's house until late. I left Gran a note telling her that I didn't know what time I'd be home, then grabbed my keys on the way to the door.

I stopped before I opened the door and opened my mind to see if there was anyone or anything out there. I could sense that there was one void at the bottom of the porch steps. I peeked out the window and was relieved to see Pam standing there. I took in her outfit and she was wearing a pink, velour track suit/ I thought that she wore black all the time, but I guess that I was wrong.

I stepped outside, locked the door behind me and stood at the top of the stairs. I looked down at Pam and I heard a loud click and saw that her fangs were out. I was about to make a run for it if there was trouble coming our way, but it stopped me when she spoke. "Sookie, you look absolutely delicious this evening."

Oh! I was the reason her fangs had come out. I could have been grossed out or weirded out about that, but instead I decided to be flattered. "Thank you Pam. Are you following me to Fangtasia?"

"No, I am your driver for the evening." She pointed to her car and it took everything in me not to giggle. She drove a mini-van. That was the last thing that I would ever expect a vampire to drive. If you put her car together with her outfit you would think that she was a soccer mom if you didn't know she was a vampire, but I wasn't about to tell her that.

We got into the van and Pam seemed to drive to Fangtasia at top speed. We didn't say anything to each other, but that was all right with me since I was holding on tight because the forty to sixty minute drive to Shreveport took Pam less than thirty minutes. She parked by the front door and I realized that there was nobody there. That seemed a bit odd to me. "Pam, where is everybody?"

"Fangtasia is closed tonight."

I was going to be alone in there with Eric? Now I really did wish that I changed my outfit.