Sookie and bill finally join me at the cocktail table.
"You able to pick anything up?" Bill asks
"All anyone's thinkin' about here is sex,sex,sex" Sookie states the obvious
"One needn't be a telepathic to pick up on that." Bill said while smiling at her. "Uh, oh"
"Don't say "uh-oh," vampires are not supposed to say "uh-oh"" Sookie says.
"What's wrong?" I ask.
"It's Eric. He's scanned you twice. He's goin' to summon us." Bill says.
"He can do that?" Sookie says
"Yeah," Bill informs us.
I look over at the guy on the large chair. He raises his hand and motions to Bill. Bill takes Sookie's hand and they leave the table. I follow behind them. We join Eric on the stage, Pam is standing next to him.
"Bill Compton, it has been a while." Eric says
"Yes, well …. I've been.."
"Mainstreaming." Eric interrupts. " I heard. I see that is going well for you." He looks at Sookie and I.
"Yes, of course, uh, sorry Eric. This is my friends…"
Sookie Stackhouse and Charlotte Novella." Eric interrupts again.
"How do you know my name?" Sookie asks.
"Because they are vampire's, Sookie." I say.
"I never forget a pretty face." Pam says then points to her forehead "You're in my vault."
"Great, that's just great." Sookie says. "It's nice to meet you." She tells Eric.
"Well, aren't you swett." Eric says seeming to not be moved in the slightest.
"Not really" Sookie says. I glare at her trying to get her to shut up.
"YAH vee-INN" Pam says speaking another language. I am guessing to Eirc.
"Miss Stackhouse, I understand you've been asking questions about some of my customers" Eric says. I mentally do a face palm. I think I know where this is going.
"Yes, I have." Sookie confirms.
"If you have anything to ask, you should ask it of me." Eric says
"All rightie," Sookie says going to hand over the pictures of Maudette and Dawn.
"At what cost?" I say interrupting, putting my hand over the pictures. Sookie looks offended.
"Smart girl." Eric says smiling at me. "I have some questions I want to ask."
"That is all?" I ask
"For this transaction." Eric says smartly.
"Alright" I put my hand back at my side.
"You recognize either one of these girls?" Sookie asks him
Eric looks at the pictures, not taking them. Pam looks over his shoulder. It seems like they are close. I notice.
"Hmm…" Eric says pointing at Maudette's picture "Well, this one offered herself to me. But I found her too pathetic for my attentions. Now, this one, however." He points at Dawn's picture " I have tasted."
Sookie looks nervous. She isn't sure that this answer is going where she wants.
"I remember 'em both" Pam says
"On account of the vault?" Sookie asks. I glare at her realizing she is going to get us both killed. Bill tightly grasp's Sookie's hand and Eric looks hard at Sookie.
"Never had either of them, though. They weren't really my type." Pam continues.
"Well, thank you very much." Sookie says putting the pictures back in her pocket. "That is all your time I need to take" She obviously forgot about this being a transaction. She goes to turn around, I stand where I am not moving.
"I'm not finished with you both yet" Eric says just as I suspected. "Please, sit" I sit to Eric's right. Sookie sits on the side of me. Bill keeps standing in front of Eric. Clearly not invited to sit down. "So, Bill. Are you quite attached to your friends?"
"They are mine!" Bill states.
"I am not yours." I tell Bill. "I have no idea what that means."
"Yes, I am his." Sookie agrees.
"And you are not his?" Eric asks
"No, I wouldn't know what that is, so I don't want to agree to something I don't understand," I say.
"Smart girl, Will you be mine?" Eric askes.
"I still don't know what that means, so no. Sorry." I say "I am also waiting for my soulmate."
"You have a soul mate?" Eric asks
"Yes, I do, and I am waiting for him." I say stubbornly.
"Sit with us. We have catching up to o, you and I. it has been too long." Eric moves on.
"Yes." Bill says hesitantly.
Bill sits to Eric's left.
"We have to get out of here." Sookie says
"Sookie…." Bill says
"Eric, the cops are coming. There's gonna be a raid…" Sookie says
"You're not an undercover cop, are…" Eric gets interrupted.
"I'm not, but that man in the hat is." Sookie says. I stand up.
"Even if you're right, we do nothing illegal here." Eric says confidently.
"There's a vampire named Taryn in the ladies' room with that man you kicked before. She's feeding on him." Sookie explains.
"How do you know this?" Pam asks.
Eric and Bill both look at Sookie. I get ready to grab her and bolt.
"Freeze!" A police officer yell's. We all look towards, them. I really do hope we don't get arrested. They will require me to take off my gloves and they will touch my skin. I cannot have that happen.
"Police! Freeze! Don't move!" Another officer says.
The crowd is parting like the red sea for the officers in combate gear coming through
"Follow me" Eric says leading us to the back. He shoves open a door leading to outside the back of the club. We all quickly exit the building, while the police conduct their raid. Bill grabs Sookie and Eric grabs me. Eric and Pam both start hovering.
"I enjoyed meeting you, Miss Stackhouse. You will come again." Eric tells Sookie. He turns to Bill, "I shall return Charlotte later."
Bill takes off faster then my eyes can track.
"Why would you take me?" I ask Eric a little frightened.
"One, Bill would have forgotten you in his fear for Sookie and Two, I want to see your mating mark." Eric says. I'm shocked.