Theo sat on the bar table, She was so tired that she didn't care if Long Shadow were to hurt her because she was sitting on the bar. Actually, that should have scared her to hell and back, but it didn't, at least not as much as it had before. Pam and Eric were standing a meter and a bit away, while Long Shadow was behind her and the bar. In front of Theo stood Bill Compton and sitting in an arms length of Bill, was Sookie the telepath.
Theodora actually had her notebook out on her lap with a pen between her fingertips, of course, she wouldn't name anyone who didn't give her permission. So Sookie and Bill were not to be named and nor was the accountant, instead she named them the Human Woman, the Brooding Vampire, and the Accountant.
Well, the 'brooding' vampire was a name she was still working on.
Sookie was sitting down in front of the Fangtasia accountant. The accountant was sweating a lot as Sookie asked him a few questions. Finally she said that he knew nothing and they moved onto someone else. As soon as she said this, Theo turned and looked at Pam whom was barely paying attention.
After a while Ginger came in. Theo raised her eyebrows. Highly doubting that Ginger had enough brains or bravery to steal the money. But she assumed that Eric had to try everyone.
"No, she didn't do it, but she knows who," Theo's eyebrows rose even higher. She was surprised that Ginger actually knew something. "Her mind's got a blank spot… a hole."
"She's been glamoured," Pam said with her arms folded. Theo knew what those words meant- it had been a vampire, and jumping to conclusions she turned to Long Shadow. Long Shadow threw her across the room as he jumped past her and grabbed Sookie. Before Long Shadow could actually kill Sookie, Bill had snapped off wood from behind the bar and imbedded the stake deep within Long Shadow's back
When Theo looked up, all she saw was Long Shadow basically… throwing up blood all over Sookie before decomposing into a pile of goo. She briefly remembered that Ginger had been screaming before, even though now she was quiet, in her mind, the redheaded witch registered that something had stopped her. But she was too busy writing herself and trying to ignore the pain in her back from been thrown with such force across the room.
After being in the second Wizarding War, a vampire's final death only left Theo feeling a little queasy, unlike Ginger who vomited all over the body and the floor.
Time flew after that. There was small talk between Pam and Eric, and also with Sookie and Bill, before Sookie went to wash up – Long Shadow's death had left her stained red – Eric went to talk with Bill, while Ginger was glamoured by Pam and then Pam left for elsewhere.
This left Theodora to watch as Ginger cleaned up the now deceased (and finally dead) Long Shadow - though it was obvious by the way that she was acting now from the way that she had been acting before that the fang-banger waitress had absolutely no clue was she was mopping up. Once again, Theo was glad she was not susceptible to a vampire's glamour.
With no place to go and nothing to do Theo walked back over to the bar and sat back up on it and hunched over to place her head in her hands. There was no one to tell her off and quite frankly she felt she deserved such seating from what she had only just observed mere moments before.
The witch wondered (as her palms dug into her eye sockets bringing white spots to dance and burns her eyeballs) what she was even still doing in Shreveport. But things just got a whole lot more complicated when she thought over the many reasons why she was still here. And then a thought passed over her that made her entire core shake. She was a witness. Witnesses can be called upon in a court case – a court case ran by vampires. "Ah fuck," She murmured, "just when I thought things couldn't get any worse I had to witness a final death of a vampire."
Ginger had left for home, Eric and Bill were still talking and Sookie was sitting across from Theodora at the two-seater table as they both nursed their virgin drinks. Pam was leaning against the bar with an empty bottle of O negative. "If you don't mind me asking, why do you prefer O neg if AB neg is the rarest," Theo asked as curiosity soaked her voice like acid as it burned away her fear of asking the woman a question.
"Why do you enjoy chocolate if it's so accessible? I enjoy O negative because I enjoy it." Pam said with a cock of an eyebrow.
"Oh – of course," Theo murmured as she pulled her pen out and wrote that down, "Rarity has got nothing to do with it – so most vampire's enjoy O neg?" Pam shrugged her shoulders; Theo could see this was an 'I don't give a damn to know' gesture. A moment of silence followed before Eric and Bill finally emerged from Eric's office. Bill nodded at Eric before taking Sookie's hand and leaving – once he did, both Pam and Eric were speaking once again in what Theo was pretty sure was Swedish.
That's it, she thought, when I go back home, I'm going to have Marcus teach me everything about his language from basic to formal, to damn complicated techniques.
Been left out of a conversation made Theo almost desperate to learn Swedish but for all she knew what they were speaking could be an old form of Swedish. She still wanted to learn it though.
"So… what happens now?" Theo asked – there had been a silence and she was beginning to become very nervous again. Long Shadow had not been the murderer after her, and even though his death would make it easier to sleep that night, it wouldn't be nearly as comforting as knowing the serial killer was behind bars.
"You are getting in a lot of trouble my little journalist," Eric said with a grin that didn't touch one side of his face, but broke the other side in soundless laughter. "Bill tells me that there have been murders in Bon Temps that are near to the same of your almost murder – quite interesting don't you think?" Theo nodded slowly, though in all honesty the thought that there were others who hadn't survived scared her shitless. She knew there had to be others, but to be told that there actually was – well that terrified her even more.
It was quite irrational of her.
"Humans." Was all Pam said, her voice making the word sound as though she were speaking of the vermin that scattered the hallways of hell. But in that context, it was quite true then, even though Theodora refused to admit that part to herself quietly, let alone aloud.
"Humans have some good qualities, we're-" Theo began defensively.
"Witches are not humans, at least not your type of witch – you are like the fay, you're born of magic, there are other witches born of human descent." Eric said, "They're known as 'the common' witch, they taste bitter, like the earth in the dry season, not enough power."
"Unlike your kind, from what I've heard, is quite sweet," Pam quipped while smiling so she could show off her fangs, "but we won't ruin our relationship with a bite yet." She directed a gaze at the 'itchy witch' before turning away. Theo, whose body was beginning to hum, became very uncomfortable suddenly. Though what the hum meant Theodora had utterly no idea. But for once, she actually did want to know, come to think of it, she has wanted to know a lot of things since she'd came to Shreveport.
"Sometimes I wonder if I just let you bite me, would all my problems be resolved and just disappear," Theo remarked, surprisingly both her and the two vampires in the room. "That's not an invitation though," She added hastily before turning her eyes elsewhere to look at something different. There was a pregnant paused that caused Theo's nerves to thrum loudly in her ears before she quickly asked, "are we able to leave now?" in a voice that was slightly higher then her own usual voice.
She could fel her cheeks turning red, and probably clashing horribly with her hair. She bit down on her bottom lip and looked around the room, scared to meet eye contact in the wait for a reply.
"Yes," Eric replied, which received a nod from Pam who began to walk out of the bar. Theo, quickly realising what was going on, hopped off the bar and caught up with Pam who was walking at a slow human pace as she headed to her car. This was possibly for the benefit of Theo.
In the car, as silence provoked her, Theo turned to Pam and asked, "Are all vampire's… omnisexual?" Pam laughed at the comment.
"You live long enough there isn't much taboo you don't try, but we all have our preferences – Eric prefers women, like myself, while others may prefer men." She had looked at Theo at the spoken comment, "what about you itchy-witch?" Theo swallowed.
"Men." She said quickly which received a raise of an eyebrow.
"I use to think the same thing." Pam said grinning. Theo's body quivered at the comment. "Have you tried it – women are much softer, the power is under the surface which makes it more fun, unlike men who have it on the surface for all to see, but sometime's that what people like," Theo's body quivered and she wrapped her arms around herself as she stared out onto the dark road for a few minutes before Pam spoke again, "You never answered my question."
"No, I've never been with another woman, never kissed one until you or done anything sexual in any way with one of the same gender."
The car pulled to a stop and suddenly Pam turned and looked at her, "Then how do you know that your preference is not with women, unless you've tried you can't say no to it." Pam was right with that, but she didn't want to admit it. She was pretty sure she was straight.
"How do men not know they're gay if they don't try it then, how do some just hate gay men if they haven't tried it."
"Have you not hated something that you liked because you were told it's wrong, that you shouldn't?" Pam asked and Theo thought over. Yes, she had, she'd been told things and she hated them even though a part of her was drawn to them, to it all. Why? "Make your decision after you've tried it."
"Ok." She said, but Theo had no idea what she meant by her own comment.
Pam smirked at her, undid Theo's seatbelt and leaned over the middle compartment to where Theo was.
Theo felt her before she actually saw her out of the corner of her eye. A long blonde strand brushed upon her shoulder before a cool hand slid around her cheek. She had no time to think, to process what was about to happen, and suddenly she felt those velvety lips upon her she took in a deep breath from her nose and kissed back, allowing the vibrations to flow through out her body.
Finally, when she felt as though she was going to have to give up on her life, the vampiric woman pulled away and smiled at her.
"Now that wasn't so bad was it?" She teased before moving back into her seat. Her hand reached for the gearstick and placed it into first with ease whilst she listened for any cars. Finally they were back on the road and Theo was still trying to peel herself from the car seat and door.