Moving into Bon Temps was not my first decision. I wouldn't have picked here, but my parents are good friends with Adele. They said I should go live with her. She has her granddaughter and grandson living with her, but they think with her getting older she might need my help getting around. I pull into her driveway. I see Adele on the porch waving to me. I wave back.
"Hello, Adele!" I say walking up towards her and giving her a big hug.
"Hello Charlotte, it's nice to see you." She replies, "How are your parents?"
"They are good. Concerned about you, but other then that, they are good."
"I'm doing just fine. They worry way too much." She says while I get my suitcases out of the trunk of my car.
"They worry because they care." I tell her bringing my suitcases into the house behind her.
"That is very true. I will go give them a call and let them know you are here. You remember where your room is?" She asks walking towards the phone.
"I do. I'll go put my stuff away then I'll come down and help you make dinner." I tell her. I go upstairs to my room with my stuff. My parents have my puppy there. That way he can just be flown out to me when I got here. I put away all my clothes and go downstairs. "What can I help with?" I ask walking into the kitchen.
"Mind making the mash?" She asks "I talked to your parents. Aziraphale will be delivered and should be here tomorrow around midday.
"Sounds good. On both things" I laugh.
I start to peel the potatoes. They are easy to peel as they have been preboiled. "When is Sookie coming home?" I ask.
"She should be here tonight after dinner." Adele answers
"And Jason?"
"He should be home for dinner." Adele says chuckling "He would never miss a meal."
I mash the potatoes and add cream and the other ingredients I use in my mash. I put it on the stove top and turn the heat on low. I start to make a pie crust to make an apple pie.
"You making your famous apple pie?" Jason says walking in.
"I wouldn't say famous, but I am" I say as he walks over and gives me a hug.
"It's nice to see you Char" Jason says
"It's nice to see you too." I reply
"Why are you here? How long you here?" Jason asks
"Jason!" Adele says outraged. "You do not say that to someone"
"It's alright Adele." I say
"No, it's not." She says, "You can stay here as long as you want sweetie."
"Jason, I am here because my parents are worried about Adele. I will be here until my parents are satisfied." I say.
I finish pressing the pie crust into the pie plate and put it in the oven to bake for a little bit. I start to peel the apples and make the filling for the pie. I have a birth mark on my hip. It says Eric. I have no idea who Eric is. I was told it was a soul mate mark as a child. I was told he would have my name on him. Eric is a super common name. I have decided with that knowledge I would just let fate do what it does. I have met hundreds of Erics none of them have my name on their hip. It's said that a soul mate has your name in the same place on them.
"Did you hear about vampires coming out of the coffin so to speak?" I ask
"Yes, it is good that they can finally be able to be themselves. I find all this hate horrible" Adele says
"Adele, humans will hate all different things from them. Humans can not agree on anything. I bet if vampires are anything like humans they will be less of a threat, then people think." I say.
"What do you mean?" Jason asks
"Well, if they can't agree on anything whether to serve turkey or tuna for lunch then they can't agree to take over the world." I explain.
"I don't think it works the same, Char" Jason says
"Maybe, maybe not, but we don't know, because we haven't taken the time to learn." I point out.
"It's good that you keep an open mind, Charlotte." Adele says smiling.
I pull the pie out of the oven and start to bring everything to the table. Adele and I both sit down at the table, with Jason.
"I think that vampires are also secretive because they are different just like different cultures are secretive about different aspects. I know families are the same as well. Every family has their skeleton's in their closets." I say
"I guess that is true." Jason says, "What is our family's secret?"
"The fact that Sookie reads minds and when I touch someone, I can see their past and future path they are on in that moment." I reply smartly
"Alright you too. Don't start this argument." Adele says. Jason and I have had this argument before.
I have always been able to see past and futures. I wear gloves most of the time and don't touch people skin often. I struggled a lot as a kid. Sookie and I used to get along and understand each other, but as she begun to hate her ability, I begun to embrace it. I have learned how to use it to help others. I love to give others who don't have hope, hope. People who want to commit suicide, I'll have them decide to keep living even for a moment, I will then tell them something they have to look forward to. I started when I was young. I have had people find a way to contact me years later thanking me. It's a good feeling. Sookie hates that she can read minds. She says all it does is create trouble. I think if she learned to use it better and expanded it more, she would begin to love it.