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Chapter5
Sookie stood behind the bar at Merlottes going over her day with Eric Northman again. Why was he acting this way? This wasn't the Eric that Sookie knew, this was somebody different. Maybe this was Eric once you stripped off the ancient vampire part of him? She couldn't be sure; she hadn't really spent a lot of time around Eric before. Bill was either rushing her off or she was trying to get away from Eric herself.
"Order up Sook." Arlene snapped her fingers in front of Sookie's face. "What is goin' on in that pretty little head of yours tonight?"
**It's not like I don't appreciate her comin' in or nothin' but she's in her own world today. Besides this one day of volunteering doesn't make-up for that week she just took off leavin' us high and dry...**
Grabbing her tray of food Sookie rushed to her table, eager to get away from Arlene and anymore of her nasty thoughts.
It was almost 8 and time for Sookie to head home. She was nervous about seeing Eric again. She hadn't really given him an explanation for their kiss in the kitchen earlier, she just took Sam's phone call and left. Fishing for her keys she saw Hoyt's truck pull up with Jessica in the passenger seat. She leaned over giving him a kiss and a smile before hopping out and watching him turn on the highway. That's what Sookie wanted, something normal like that. Well, take Jessica out of the equation and it was normal.
"Hiya Sookie!" Jessica called to her waving her hand.
"Hi Jessica, I see you and Hoyt worked things out." Sookie smiled at the young vampire, noticing the way a blush crept to her cheeks. She must have just fed.
"Yeah. He even bought us a house and everything! You have to come by and see it." Jessica said, all but begging her. Sookie nodded her head and with a wave goodbye got in her car and started home. Pulling into her drive she noticed that the lights were all on in the house. How long had it been since somebody had been waiting for her to arrive home from work? Not since Gran.
Walking in, she didn't see any sign of Eric.
"Eric?" She called. She waited never hearing an answer but thought she heard some noises from upstairs.
"Hello?" She called again, making her way up the stairs. Turning the corner towards the bathroom she heard the sound of tools clattering on the tile floor. Pushing the door open she saw Eric bending over the tub installing what looked to be a new tub spout. Hearing her behind him he turned with a big goofy smile on his face.
"Hello Sookie, I wasn't sure when you would be home so I sent for Pam to bring me new faucets for your bathroom." He explained easily, gesturing to the shiny new spout. Sookie wasn't sure what to say to the scene before her.
"Eric, this is. Wow...I" Sookie stammered. If possible his grin only got wider.
"Sookie we must talk about your wardrobe." Sookie spun on her heel and was met with a disgusted look on Pam's face holding a pair of her sweatpants out by the band away from her body. "With a tight little figure like yours, these shouldn't even be in your fashion vocabulary." Sookie grabbed the garment out of the vampire's hand, embarrassed.
"Well Pam, when you work for a living it's nice to have something comfy to come home and relax in, and besides these are Victoria Secret sweatpants, and...wait. Why the hell am I explaining myself to you?" Sookie found her anger quickly. Pam laughed at Sookie's tirade, pushing past her and into the bathroom where Eric was working.
"Master, do you require anything else of me, or am I to return to Fangtasia for the night?"
"No Pam, I'm fine for tonight." He responded happily. Pam raised her eyebrow at his unchararistic behavior. He seemed downright jovial.
"Yes, well." She looked around, unable to meet his eyes. His new human eyes. "Call if you need me." And was out the door in vampire speed.
Eric shrugged his shoulders putting down his wrench and walked to Sookie. "How was your day?" He asked softly pushing the hair away from her eyes, leaning forward for a kiss. It took all that Sookie had in her to walk backwards away from him and those lips.
"Thank you for this Eric." She told him pointing to the bathroom. "You didn't have too." He raised his eyebrow in question at her behavior.
"I was happy to do it. It became boring after you left." He began walking to her again.
"Yeah, well sorry." She rushed, turning towards the stairs trying to get away from the temptation that was Eric.
"You hungry?" She called up to him, thinking she was now a safe distance away.
"Yes." He called to her.
"I'm goin to call in a pizza, pepperoni okay?" She yelled up the stairs.
"Up to you." He called back. She heard the sound of tools banging together again. Sookie felt bad. Here he was fixing her bathroom and she couldn't even stay in the same room with him? It was just so hard to control herself around him though.
An hour later they were sitting on the couch watching T.V. and eating their pizza.
"I prefer your cooking to this Sookie." He told her poking his piece of pizza with distaste. She felt her heart soar at the comment. Every woman wanted her cooking to matter to the man in their life. Wait, no Eric was barely a "man" in the correct sense, and definitely not in her life. In any capacity!
"Sorry, I was just to worn out to cook tonight. We were super busy, with Lafayette not showing up and all." Eric turned to her slowly.
"Is this something that he does often?"
"Laffy? No, well except for the time he wound up in your basement for weeks on end." She narrowed her eyes at him. "Good girl Sookie, remember who he is." She reminded herself. He nodded, seeming unfazed. "Why do you ask?" What was up with the Lafayette talk?
"No reason." He took a bite from his pizza, ending the subject. "What is this that we are watching?" He asked pointing at the screen.
"Gone with the wind...hello Eric how could you not know that?" Her mouth hanging open in shock.
"I have heard of this movie, I know of Rhett, and the birthing of babies...oh and "I shall never go hungry again!"" He put his hand to his forehead and pretended to faint falling on Sookie. She laughed pushing him off.
"Well there's more to it than that." She rolled her eyes, still laughing with him. They both looked to the screen sitting together in silence for a few minutes watching the movie when Eric broke the silence.
"What did you hear?"
"Wha?" Sookie asked confused.
"When I was a vampire, what did you hear?" He asked again. She was going to let it go, just let it drop. But she remembered the story Eric had shared with her, and couldn't keep it from him.
"I hate it when she cries." She answered not looking at his face.
"Alright. And what else?"
"That's all."
"Well, I've told you that before." He scoffed. "Is that all? Really?"
"Yeah, that's all."
"I wonder why though." He asked her suddenly serious. "Why that, and why me? I am the only one you have heard, correct?"
"Yeah, you're the only one." She nodded, putting her now empty plate on the table.
"Do you have any theories?" He asked, turning towards her tucking his leg underneath him.
"Not really. It's not like we can do any experiments being as your human now, and we know I can't hear you like that."
"We could still try, could we not?" He asked. "If it didn't happen all the time as a vampire maybe it wouldn't happen all the time as a human." He shrugged.
"Yeah that would be a good idea." She turned her body facing him holding her palms out. "It works better if we're touching." She blushed thinking about all the time she had put forth tonight trying NOT to touch him. His huge hands easily enveloped hers, and they were warm. Very warm. That was something Sookie had forgotten to expect. She had never looked at his hands before. They were huge, rough, manly hands. But something about them was still oddly graceful. "Okay think something at me real hard." She told him, lowering her shields and closing her eyes. He shut his eyes also and began thinking of the kiss they had shared earlier. How it had warmed him from the inside out, a feeling he had forgotten he could possess. It seared his beating heart and he wanted more.
"Not getting anything." She sighed opening her eyes. "Are you sure you're thinking hard enough?"
"Oh yes Sookie, I am thinking very hard." He responded his lips going to a sly smile his eyes still closed. She stared at his face unabashedly, looking harder than she had ever before. He was gorgeous. His straight nose, some would call large but Sookie thought it fit his face perfectly. That cleft in his chin. Funny if she had ever been asked before if she wanted a cleft chin on the man of her dreams or not she would have always said no. But being here and seeing him made her want to change that answer. It was sexy, it was manly. His hair was falling forward on his forehead and she wanted to push it away, to run her fingers through it. His eyes flew open and she was caught off guard by the brilliant blue she was met with. They were beautiful eyes. She had always thought guys with dark eyes were her thing, but being here staring into those icy eyes she found another answer she would have to change on her checklist. He stared back at her, delighting her with a toothy grin. Oh, he had such perfect teeth too.
"Sookie?" He whispered giving her an out he desperately hoped she wouldn't take moving closer to her face, refusing to make the first move, praying she would find his lips this time. That she would want this with him.
She shouldn't be doing this. It was the last cognitive thought in her mind before she pushed her lips against his surrendering to his expert kiss. He grabbed her neck running his long slender fingers through her hair. She traced the bottom of his lips, earning a groan from Eric. He lightly pushed her down on the couch, coming to rest over her, using his knee to spread her legs and pressing himself against her. He could feel her heat, and it was burning him through his track pants. She pushed her center forward rubbing herself against him letting out a tiny mewl at the contact. She was driving him crazy. He moved his hand from her face lowering it to her breast barely skimming her nipple over her shirt. She hissed at the much needed contact, causing Eric to chuckle. He lightly ran his knuckles over her side ending on her hip. He slid his hand up her abdomen to the swell of her breast. She was wearing a lacy half cup push-up and Eric easily pushed his hand underneath finding her nipple already hard and waiting for him. Giving it a firm twist he felt her shudder and her wetness reach him through her shorts and his pants. "Are you ready for me sweet Sookie?" He leaned forward to whisper in her ear, his hand leaving her breast making his way to the button of her shorts. "God." Was all she could respond with, her body taking over for her mind. He leaned forward and nipped her neck kissing his way to her clavicle. He pushed his hand beneath her shorts and felt her soaked panties under his fingers. "So wet." He moaned against her body. "So wet for me." He stroked her above her underwear, bringing her to the brink before he even touched her. Her breath was shaky, she was already on the verge of an orgasm and he hadn't even touch her properly yet! "Is it for me Sookie?" He asked her back at her ear giving the shell of her ear a small lick. "Wha?" She couldn't keep up. He rose above her meeting her glassy eyes. "Is this?" He pushed his fingers against her clit through her underwear causing her to lurch and gasp. "For me?" He finished stroking her lips again. She was in sensory overload, she needed release. "Yes, Eric it's for you." She told him between gasps. Bill never talked to her while they were intimate. She really enjoyed this. He removed his hand and pressed his hardness against her mound. "And this is all for you Sookie." He told her with a grunt rubbing her clit with his dick. One more point of contact like that, and she was sure she would be gone. What was that sound? Was that a truck heading down her drive? Oh shit it was! Eric stopped and turned his head toward the window a scowl on his face.
"Alcide." He growled.
