"How long has it been?" asked Sookie walking into Sam's office.
Sam looked at the calendar on his desk. "A week and two days."
Sookie nodded her head and went back to work. Alcide went looking for her after five days, but still hadn't found her. Sam watched the house at night to see if she would go there first. But nothing. He was getting ready to call up the police in Shreveport to report her missing. If she'd gone back to Eric's he wasn't telling them. He shook his head and went back to work.
"You should call them," said Ginger. "Let them know that you're okay."
"No," said Autumn.
She grabbed the bottle of Jack and walked into Eric's office. She dropped down into the chair and opened the bottle. She sipped on it for a while. She went to take another drink when Eric took the bottle away from her.
"Hey," she said, but didn't really put up a fight.
Eric frowned as he handed the bottle to Pam as she went by.
"Don't give me that look," said Autumn. "You've got what you always wanted, me stuck here."
Eric shook his head as he picked Autumn up. He carried her down the stairs and into his room. He laid her on the bed and walked away. He closed the door and went back to the bar. Pam gave him a look that said "we need to talk." Eric nodded as he walked back into his office.
"What is going on?" asked Pam.
"Give me Alcide Herveaux's number," said Eric ignoring her question.
"Why?" she asked.
"Just do it," said Eric.
Pam looked through the phone records and found the number. Eric grabbed his cellphone and sent a text telling Alcide where Autumn was.
"What did you do that for?" asked Pam.
"She's annoying me," said Eric.
"We can't protect her if she is in Bon Temps," said Pam.
"We can no longer protect her," he said.
"What are you talking about?" asked Pam.
"I'm letting her go," said Eric.
"What? Why the hell would you do that?" she asked.
"Because I can!" said Eric. "That's the end of the conversation."
Pam nodded her head and walked down the stairs and to Eric's room. She knocked on the door. There was a faint "come in" and Pam opened the door. Autumn was lying in the center of the bed with her back to the door.
"Can we talk?" asked Pam.
"Regardless of is I wanna talk you're probably still going to," said Autumn.
Pam shrugged her shoulders as she walked over to the bed. "Eric is letting you go."
"What?" said Autumn rolling over to look at Pam. "Why?"
"Because he can," said Pam. "I don't know why. Talk to him. See if you can change his mind."
"I have no sway with him," said Autumn.
"You have more than you think," said Pam standing up.
Autumn let out a huff and rolled back over. Pam turned and walked out of the room leaving Autumn to her thoughts.
Alcide sat in the parking lot of Fangtasia. He was waiting on Eric to call him back. It was going on an hour since he's gotten there. He was getting ready to leave when his phone rang.
"Yeah," he said.
"She's leaving for the night," said Eric.
"Right," said Alcide as she walked out of the building.
Alcide hung up his phone and started his truck. He watched her get in her car and leave. He waited a few seconds before he left as well. He followed her for a good ten minutes before she pulled into a driveway. He parked the truck a few houses down from hers and walked up to her house. He took a deep breath before he rang the doorbell. A few moments later the door swung open.
"Hey," he said.
Autumn rolled her eyes. She stepped back from the door and let him into the house. She closed the door and locked it back. "So how did you find me?"
"Eric," said Alcide.
"How long have you known where I was?" she asked. "Drink?"
"Uh…yeah, thanks," he replied. "About two hours."
"Really?" asked Autumn.
"Yeah. Eric texted me telling me where you were at," said Alcide. "We were starting to worry."
"Why? Y'all barely know me," she said.
"I know you," he said.
"No. You know the five year old me," she said.
"I don't think much has changed," said Alcide.
"A lot has changed," said Autumn handing him a beer. "So what are you gonna do now? Throw me over your shoulder and take me back to Bon Temps kicking and screaming?"
"Actually, I figured we could talk and catch up," he said. "Unless you want to do the whole kicking and screaming thing."
"No. Talking is good," said Autumn.
"Why did you leave?" he asked.
"Personal reasons," she answered.
"What did he do to you?" he asked.
"Think of something dirty old me go to jail for," said Autumn.
Alcide shook his head at some of the things he was coming up with.
"Pedophilia is something that was overlooked in the pack," she said. "I wasn't the first, but I was the first to do something about it."
"So you killed him?" asked Alcide.
"No. I went to the police," she said. "But a few of them were part of the pack, so it was overlooked."
"Then what?" he asked.
"Violence," she replied. "I fought back. He didn't like that too much."
Alcide shook his head. "So how did you come across Eric?"
Autumn smiled. "That's a long story."
"I got nothing but time," he said.
"Are you really that curious or are the others coming as well?" she asked.
"Not unless you told them," he said.
Autumn shook her head.
"Then get to talking," he said.
And if I don't want to talk about it?" she asked.
"You don't have to, but I think it's a bit odd," he replied.
"True, but it was by accident," she said.
"How?"
Autumn chuckled. "I almost killed Ginger."
"What?"
"Yeah. I was out hunting and got too close to town. Granted she don't remember it, and half the time she don't remember who I am, but yeah," said Autumn.
Alcide shook his head. "So what happened?"
"Eric said I could work it off," she said. "It was only supposed to be a couple months."
"What happened?"
"Don't know. A few months turned into a year. A year turned into two, and two turned into twelve," she said.
"He just kept adding to it?" asked Alcide.
"No, I kept finding reasons to stay," she said. "I don't see why y'all don't like him so much. But then I know a different side of Eric."
"You stayed voluntarily?" asked Alcide.
"Yes. Just like I chose to leave my pack, I chose to stay with Eric and Pam," she said.
"I don't get it," he said.
"And you probably never will," she said laughing.
"So, are you going back to Bon Temps?" he asked.
"I don't know," she answered. "I doubt it."
"Because of Eric?"
"No, because I don't want William to hurt them," she said. "He's determined to get me back to face the pack."
"He doesn't a chance against them," said Alcide.
"Yeah, he does. He was like Coot," said Autumn. "He does V. He's not addicted, but he's stronger than he looks."
"Damn," said Alcide. "Does Eric know?"
"Yeah. He told Bill, but he doesn't think Bill is gonna do anything about it," she said.
Alcide nodded. The conversation continued on and went off on many different tangents. After an hour he looked over at her. She was asleep in her Lazy-boy. Alcide chuckled as he stood up. He picked her up and carried her to her room. Once she was on the bed he kissed her head and left. He had a lot of information to relay back to everyone.
Autumn woke up to someone knocking on her door. She groaned as she walked down the hall to the front door. She jerked the door open to see Eric standing in front of her.
"Yes?" she said.
"May I come in?" he asked.
"Why not," she said.
Eric walked in and closed the door behind him. Autumn turned to say something when he kissed her. She was shocked but when he didn't pull away she started to kiss him back. He picked her up and ran them to her room where he placed them on her bed. Eric ran his hand up her side and across her breast causing her to moan. His fangs dropped into place. Autumn ran her tongue across them. She nicked her tongue on the tip of one causing Eric to moan when he tasted her blood.
"Jag är ledsen, min underbara," said Eric as he kissed her.
Jag är ledsen, min underbara = I am sorry, my lovely/wonderful
A/N: Here is chapter 6! Hope you liked it! Chapter 7 is in the works! Review and let me know what you think! ~Kat