Promise of a Lifetime
Chapter five!
I have been here for a couple of months, and it has been a year since I left the clearing and him. Making my way here was fine, just difficult. Taking the bus was stupid. Plus I had forgotten money, so I had to take any job I could while on the road. Guess I kinda became a freelancer.
Once I made it to Ben Temps I found myself gravitating towards the towns bar, Merlottes. Now I am still underage so I cant drink, and I am technically not supposed to work there but I convinced Sam, the bar owner, to let me work there…
The alarm clock beside my head was very persistent. Ben Temps really needed to play some good music on their stations. Groaning I rolled over to see that my lamp was still on, I had fallen asleep reading again. Lately I have been reading all kinds of vampire books, I know its stupid but I have grown an interest in them.
Tearing myself away from my warm cocoon of blankets, I ran to my dresser to get a pair of jeans and a plain, white t-shirt. Today was the one year marker since I had ran from home, a year since I had seen him.
Looking in the mirror at myself I see that my blond hair is the same length, I had recently cut it, and my eyes were the same black-outlined, grey color, "happy seventeenth Skye," my replicated image whispers in unison with me.
Deciding on getting to work I slip on a pair of socks and run out of my room and into the rest of my crappy "house". I call it the "shack of wonders", because it is a wonder that anyone can live in it, but it's all I can afford. I ran into the kitchen and grabbed a piece of bread, shoved it into my mouth and grabbed my converse. Once my feet were clothed I ran outside and made my way down the street to Merlottes.
As I walked though the doors of the local bar I smiled and called over to one of my fellow co-workers, "Hey Arlene, how busy is it today?"
The redheaded waitress turned around and smiled at me, "Skye! It's not too busy today, but I gotta run, my kids are being my kids again." And with that she ran out of the door.
Laughing I walk over to the bar and smile at Tara, "Morning Tara, hey where's Sookie?"
Tara rolled her eyes and sighed, "I think you know exactly where she is."
"Oh, she's with Bill again? Oh well, more tips for me!" I smirked, Sookie has been away a lot lately, and apparently I missed a serial killer, Rene somethingorother…glad I missed it. As a result Sookie has been hanging with her vampire boyfriend, Bill a lot. I won't let anyone know but I am actually jealous of her.
"Skye I want you to take the day off today, its not that busy and I need you to get Sookie to come to work," I turned around to find the one and only Sam Merlotte…my boss.
"But Sam I need the cash and what if it gets super busy all of a sudden? Then you're gunna wish you kept me here!" I complained to him, but knowing Sam, he wanted Sookie here for more than just work. I'm almost certain he has something for her.
"Skye please, just go and get her to come to work, Arlene has been pulling her shifts and she can't keep doing it, especially with her kids."
"Then give me her-," I felt it.
"Skye?" Sam asked worried, I must have that look on my face again.
Shaking my head I smile, "its okay, I'm sorry, I'll bring her in, see ya Sam." Making my way out of Merlottes I decide to take the more, secluded way to Bill's house.
Since being on the road ment that most of the time I was surrounded by people I had to keep my…power, hidden. Therefore, every now and again I get a weird feeling, as if my powers will take over, again. Bottling my powers has only ever lead to pain and grief, so I make sure to walk where I am less likely to run into someone.
Making sure that no one was in sight I cleared my head. Taking a deep breath in I stretched out my hands and while I exhaled I let it flow through me. Tiny pinpricks ran down my arms, and I light tingling sensation filled the rest of my body. It was oddly calming. I opened my eyes and I looked at the rocks sitting along the side of the road, every one of them was floating in mid air. I smile and I slowly let them all drop but one, instead I force to float into my hand. Once it lands I grip it in my hand, then release it and it floats into the air again, the sudden sound of a bird pierces the air breaking my concentration, and ruining the tranquility of it all. The rock shatters and the shards blow away in the wind.
After I cut through the cemetery I find myself in front of Bills front door. The house always reminded me of one of those old homes from war times. I lift my hand and knock twice. This is followed by the sound of feet and then Sookie opens the door.
"Skye! I didn't expect you to come over!" Sookie chimes while opening the door so I can enter, "Bill is…sleeping."
"Hey Sook, but I am here to talk to you, Sam wants you to come into work tonight, Arlene can't take anymore of you shifts."
Sookie turns around and looks at me, "of course I'll come in tonight, I've just been busy, Eric has me running around looking for something and…well, darn it is quite!"
I smile, Sookie can't read my mind, so she clings to me, just as much as she does to Bill; she likes the quite. I walk over to the couches and take a seat. I look up at her and I ask, "Hey who's Eric?"
"Oh, that's right, you don't know him yet, but he is a vampire. Eric Northman runs the vampire bar, Fangtasia."
"And you are running errands for him?" I ask thinking of all the things that I had herd about vampire bars.
"Skye you don't run my life," Sookie states.
I nod in agreement look at the stairs, there are suitcases there that I hadn't noticed before, "are you guys going somewhere?"
"Oh yeah I um…we are going to leave in a couple of weeks, seems a sheriff has gone missing, and they want me to find him.
"Oh I see, well I just came to tell you what Sam wanted me to say, I'll be going then," I told her as I got up from my seat.
"Skye, why can't I read your mind?" Sookie asks as I walk back towards the entrance of the old home, "I mean, if you know why."
I reach for the door handle and I open the door, just before I leave I tell her, "That's probably because, I'm not letting you."
Okay! i finally wrote this one...even i was starting to think i wouldnt get it done...okay so there are a couple things, the timeline for this doesnt match to the series...i know and its bugging me so the next one might take a tad longer to get going...and i might change some stuff to this one...but yeah...chapters are most deff going to take WAYYYY longer than i thought, to be updated i mean. ALSO i neglected my 2 projects to write this so u guys better like it! and....thats it i guess...thnx for reading my babble if u did...sorry i wasted ur time if u didnt want to...and....uhhhh...review...dnt forget to check out my profile page for my site on ....lotsa stuff happening on that one!
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