A/N All I have to say is that real life is a bitch sometimes. I hope you enjoy this chapter. I have taken some creative liberties with a few things, just so you all know. Let me know what you think, it makes my day!

When I woke up the next day several things hit me right away. One, I was wrapped in my Viking's arms feeling safer than I ever had before, two I was absolutely ravenous with hunger, three I really need a human moment since my bladder felt like it was about to burst and four that was the most unusual and unsettling was that I was GLOWING! I knew that I hadn't been glowing last night at all, but now I could give the sun a run for it's money on the brightness scale. That would have to wait until after I'd had my morning pee.

I pried myself out of Eric's arms, which took longer than I had expected, and when I was free I raced for the bathroom. I quickly took care of my human needs, then I looked myself over in the mirror. I heard that some woman did glow after having sex, but this was ridiculous. I was glowing from head to toe. There was no way that I could stay like this, so I did what I thought would be helpful. I turned the shower on as hot as I could stand it, I got in and I scrubbed myself from head to toe until my skin was raw.

I got out and as I dried myself off I realized that I was glowing even brighter now. "Son of a BITCH!" I wrapped the towel tightly around me and made my way downstairs after making sure that the bedroom was secure.

As I went downstairs I kept as far away from the windows as I couldn't. I didn't even want to think what would happen if somebody looked in and saw me like this. I went into the kitchen and found the picnic basket that Eric had brought with him last night that we hadn't gotten around to. I couldn't stop the blush that colored my cheeks just thinking about what we'd done last night. I quickly pushed those thoughts aside.

I went to the basket and was tempted to see what was inside, but I decided to save it for later. I made room for it in the fridge so whatever was inside wouldn't spoil, then I pulled out every kind of cheese and lunchmeat I had in there along with lettuce, tomato and pickles so I could make a huge sandwich to make my stomach happy. I had never felt so hungry in my life, so even in my glowing state I needed to eat.

I fixed myself the largest, triple decker sandwich that I had ever seen, then I got a tall glass of milk, some chips, and a bag of cookies to complete my meal. I took everything to the kitchen table, grabbing my fairy book on the way so I could try to find a way to fix myself. The last thing that I wanted was for Eric to wake up tonight and find me in the state. Who knows what he would do.

I devoured my food like I hadn't eaten in a week as I skimmed through my fairy book for anything that could explain my current condition. I was about half way when I found a passage about my glowiness. Apparently this was a common occurrence when fairies first get together with their chosen mate. My glow was the signal that I had chosen my mate and I would continue to glow until Eric and I completed the Fae mating ritual. I was okay with that until I actually read what the ritual entailed.

As I read the words I couldn't help but blush again and become aroused all at the same time. Eric and I were suppose to be intimate in some strange places that I didn't think would be possible, but apparently they were somehow. What we had to do was a big part of the ritual, so I was okay with what was mentioned in the book.

When I was finished I cleaned up my lunch mess, then I grabbed my fairy book and headed back upstairs to be closer to Eric. I walked into the dark bedroom and my glow was even more predominate, but at least it helped me find my way to the bed without turning on the light. I wanted to feel frustrated by my glow, but as I laid eyes on Eric on the bed, everything else just went out of my head.

I stopped at the side of the bed and looked at him in all of his naked glory. The sheet had slipped down below his waist and his gracious plenty was peeking out just begging me to touch it. I let the towel drop from around my still glowing body and I climbed up on the bed next to him. He was facing me and I couldn't stop myself from reaching out and touching him with my glowing hand. I stroked every inch of his chest and every other spot on him that I could reach.

I noticed that as I was touching Eric that he was starting to glow as well. I tried to pull away from him, I knew that I wasn't hurting him by doing this, so I thought I should, but I just couldn't. My hands just developed a mind of their own as they moved down and wrapped around the gracious plenty.

He was hard under my touch and he seemed to grow even harder as my glowing had made that part of him glow as well. It was so hypnotic to me, what I was doing that I failed to notice that Eric had woken up. I didn't even fully realize it until I was underneath him with him buried deep inside of me. "Oh fuck Eric, that feels so fucking good."

"This is what you get for being so greedy Lover. Teasing me when I'd dead for the day. I should punish you for being such a naughty girl."

I couldn't stop the images of him punishing my from invading my mind. I never thought that that type of thing would appeal to me, but I could feel myself growing wetter and wetter with every image. Twelve hours ago I was a virgin and now I felt like a harlot and I liked it. "Yes Eric, you should punish me, I have been a very naughty girl."

He was very pleased at my words. I could feel it in our bond and in the way he sped up his thrusts. My orgasm was fast approaching it's peak when he suddenly stopped. I wanted to scream out in frustration at him stopping, but he quickly flipped me over and slid into me from behind and started thrusting even harder than before.

Holy Shit! This was a new and totally amazing position that I liked the best so far. He was getting even deeper inside of me and it felt incredible. "Oh God Eric, don't stop. Keep going, harder, faster, holy cow!" I was mostly blabbering, but I couldn't help it. They way that he was fucking me was making me crazy in the best way possible.

He was thrusting away hitting spots in me that made my eyes roll back in my head when suddenly there was a loud SMACK! that came from behind me and my bottom was throbbing. I turned my head in time to see him do the same to my other cheek, SMACK! Part of me thought that I should be crying out in pain, but I didn't. It did hurt, but in a way that made me throb and gush more juices onto Eric's cock.

I could feel the smugness rolling off of Eric as he slapped me again on each cheek. SMACK! SMACK! "Do you like that Sookie? Do you like the feel of my hand coming down hard on your beautiful, perfect ass making it all warm and red?" He kept thrusting as he spoke as well as rubbing my warm as with one hand and stroking my clit with the other. I was on sensory overload. I didn't know which sensation to focus on, so I focused on all of the, but it was all too much and I couldn't speak. Apparently Eric really wanted me to answer him. He smacked me one more time and sped up his thrusts even more. "Answer me Sookie."

"Yes I like it Eric, I love it. Please keep smacking my as while you fuck me." That was just what Eric wanted to hear. He slapped each cheek one more time before he kicked his thrusting into vamp speed.

I thought that I was going to die in the best way possible. He was so deep inside of me and moving so fast I couldn't tell where he ended and I began. In these moments we were one, we were closer than any normal couple could ever be. That thought along with everything else was enough to push me over the edge and I pulled Eric with me right behind me.

I collapsed down on the bed with a smile on my face and Eric still buried inside of me. I had never so satisfied before in my life. I knew that some of those feelings were coming from Eric, but they were just mirroring my own, so I didn't mind.

I was pulling my pillow close so I could rest for awhile, but my Viking would have none of that. He rubbed his hands gently over my bottom and up my back and sides. His touch felt wonderful and was revving up my engine again until he spoke and brought me back to reality. "Lover, why are we glowing?"

The "we" part of that sentence was what made me pull away from him and sit on my sore bottom not caring about the pain. I looked both of us over and Eric's natural glow that I always was able to see was brighter and thankfully mine was a bit dimmer, but it was still there. "Oh God, Eric I am so sorry. This is all my fault. If I'd known this was even a remote possibility I would have never had sex with you."

"That's just crazy talk Lover. Of course you still would have made love to me." He pulled me into his lap and was continuing to run his hands all over me. "You wouldn't have been able to resist me just like I can't resist you. But why do you say this is your fault?"

"It's because I'm a fairy." He still looked confused, so I grabbed my fairy book and let him read for himself what was happening to us.

He was quick to read through my fairy book and when he was finished I could feel his lust, excitement and anticipation coming through our bond. "Lover, from what I understand, to make our little predicament go away we need to continue what we were just doing." He had that sexy smirk on his face as he wiggled his eyebrows like a cartoon wolf. I couldn't help but laugh at him.

"You are so adorable Eric, but there are rituals that need to accompany our 'mating' as that book so delicately puts it."

"I think that we can work around that. Basically we have to 'mate' in offering to the four magical elements, earth, air, fire and water so that we will be magically connected in this Fae way."

"Okay, but how are we going to do this? The fire part could be a little tricky all around."

"I think that it's more about a natural heat than actual flames. Fire could kill anyone, but I have a way that we can take care of this tonight." He'd moved his hand to my glowing thigh and started to move it up higher. I wanted him to take care of me some more right now, but if we were ever going to stop glowing, we needed to go soon.

I begrudgingly pushed his hand away from my thigh and watched him pout at me. "Baby, I'm sorry, but I would like to stop glowing sometime today." I looked over at the clock to see the time, then I quickly looked back at Eric. He was wide away and it was only two o'clock in the afternoon. "Holy Shit!"

"What's the matter Lover?"

"How is it possible that you're awake? It's only two o'clock in the afternoon."

He looked just as surprised as I was. "I have no idea Lover. I'm not bleeding anywhere, am I?"

That freaked me out a bit. "NO! Why would you ask me that?"

"Because if a vampire can fight the pull of the sun and stay awake during the day they will start bleeding from the nose, mouth and ears."

"No, none of that is happening to you. Maybe you should lay down and rest more before that starts to happen."

"I don't feel the pull of the sun and I have been awake for awhile. It's almost as if the sun is pulling me outside right now,"

That was so not going to happen. Without thinking I pounced on him and did my best to pin him to the bed. "Don't even think about it!" I couldn't stop the images of Eric burning up in the sun from running through my head. Tears pooled in my eyes and I couldn't stop them from running down my cheeks and there was also a pain building in my chest. I had never felt anything like it before and I didn't want to feel it ever again.

I threw my arms around his neck and got as close to him as I possibly could. "I love you Eric Northman. I want you and only you forever."

He squeezed me tighter against him. "I love you Sookie Stackhouse. I want you and only you forever."

As soon as the last word was out of his mouth, the glow around us became even brighter and I felt a warmth surrounding me that I'd never felt before. It made my skin tingle from head to toe, but it was comforting in a strange way.

I clung tight to Eric until the tingling stopped and our glowing became less predominate. I pulled away from him and I felt strange somehow, but I also felt strong and powerful as well.

I sat up and looked him in the eye. There was something different about him now too, but I didn't care about that now. I leaned down and kissed him gently on the lips before getting us back on the important topic at hand. "So, where are we going tonight to help rid us of our glowiness?"

"I own a cabin out in the woods. It's very isolated and I think that we can take care of everything in two very pleasurable experiences."

His voice was so sexy as he spoke and I could feel my juices flowing between my thighs. Since we were both naked and I was on top of him, I knew that Eric could feel it to. He filled our bond up with lust and I wanted him now just as much as he wanted me, but we needed to finish talking about how we were going to fix ourselves. "So how will you and your many skills be able to condense four rituals into just two?"

"That is very simple my love. I am able to fly, so we can make love in the air." That thought sent a shiver through me. I couldn't tell though if it was good or bad.

"You won't drop me, will you?"

"Never. I will never let anything bad ever happen to you Sookie as long as I can prevent it."

I smiled at his words. "Okay, what about the rest?"

"That is even easier. There is an underground hot springs on my property. The water I heated by the fire in the Earth's crust, the water is naturally occurring and it's underground. It's perfect for what we need."

It sounded perfect. I rested my head on his shoulder and I wished that we were there already. I couldn't even imagine how we were going to get there with both of us glowing like we were.

I never imagined that losing my virginity would ever be like this. I just wished that we were at Eric's cabin right now so that we could do what we needed to do to stop glowing and then we could relax for a little while.

I knew that this would bring the two of us even closer and I wanted that more than anything else in the world. I clung tight to Eric and I felt like someone was pulling my body away, so I clung to him even tighter. It didn't stop the feeling, but now it was like both of us were floating away. It only lasted a few seconds, but I'd closed my eyes against the sensation and was afraid to open them again.

When I felt like we were on solid ground again I forced myself to open my eyes. I looked around and this wasn't our bedroom. "Eric, where are we?"

"The cabin that I was talking about. My cabin." HOLY SHIT!