Sookie stood stunned as she stood face to face with Alcide with a pack of altered birth control and three pregnancy tests between them and her worst nightmare was coming true….

Alcide smiled at her handing her a pregnancy test and nudge her toward the bathroom 'Aspirin' she thought still in shock that he had known about the pills the entire time

"How did you"

And before she could finish Bill busted into laughter rolling across the bed. Sookie turned and lunged at him her arms flailing through the air hoping she would make contact with the annoyance before Alcide stopped her, Alcide stepped between them looping his arm around her waist and whispering into her ear

"Think about the baby" his words crept through her bones and she wanted to kill him more than ever.

Sookie pushed free from Alcide's grasp and stormed into the bathroom turning to lash out one last time

"You think about the baby and if you want this baby so bad I don't want him near me or Earl again!"

She wasn't sure if her demands would work but she was hoping it would at least make Alcide think twice before having Bill around for a while, she walked into the bathroom locking the door behind her "pregnant oh god how did this happen" she said to herself plopping down on the floor weeping into her hands.

She rocked back and forth slowly not wanting to take the test that was clenched in her hand "what do I do now, I can't believe I was so stupid, oh god Eric" she cried out in a whisper until she heard the bickering coming from the bedroom.

"How dare you after everything I have done for you" Bill shrieked his voice cracking as he spoke

"Do what I said" Alcide replied

"You said he was mine, you said we would" a slapping sound echoed through the door followed by the door slamming and the sounds of Bill sobbing and Sookie couldn't help but smile.

She wasn't sure exactly what was said between the two of them but she was sure her plan had worked and Bill would be out of her face at least for a while, Sookie stood in the bathroom the pregnancy test still in hand feeling like she had won even if it was just a small victory in the enormous battle for her life.

Her hands shook as she peed on the tiny pink stick and it didn't help that it was at that moment Alcide decided to start knocking on the door hounding her for an answer,

"Go away"

She groaned nervously at the door and she couldn't stop the tears that flooded her eyes as she waited for the test to show what Alcide already knew. Two blue lines was all it took to make Sookie's world come crashing down around her, Sookie wiped the tears from her face trying to push the image of Eric walking away from her once she had saved out of her mind.

It was one thing to ask him to stay with her after he had been kidnapped and tortured for just that but it was another to ask him to stay with her and take care of the baby of man who was responsible, she knew she still needed to save him she owed that much at least but Sookie prepared herself to let him go once she did.

"Here" she pushed the test into Alcide's hand as she passed by him refusing to look up at his face and see the horror of his happiness

"I sent Bill away" she could hear the smile in his voice "I told him he isn't allowed in the house without your permission" she recognized his words as a plea for her happiness but at that moment she felt anything but happy.

"Where is Earl?" she asked without looking in his direction

"he's around" Sookie's head jerked up her eyes burning with tears "where is he" she demanded again, Alcide just stood looking at her his eyes focused on her belly not caring about anything else except the completion of his plan.

"Alcide where is Earl?" he voice was firmer a she jumped from the bed and stood face to face with him "he's around here somewhere, you need to calm down" he reached his hand out in an attempt to caress her stomach but the thought of his touch anywhere on her body made her skin burn.

Sookie turned from his touch and stormed out of the room searching the house for her new ally and only friend "Earl" she screamed storming out of the house and into the yard "Earl" she screamed again, still not getting an answer Sookie turned looking at Alcide who had been following her from room to room without being any help in finding the young boy when she looked up at him searching his eyes and she realized this was another test a game and she knew then where Earl was. Storming off in the direction of Bills house she didn't say a word she didn't turn to see if he followed and she didn't care she had told the boy she would protect him and she meant it, Sookie reached Bills porch before she heard the screams without thinking she shoved the heavy wooden door open and nearly passed out when she saw what was inside.

Earl lay curled in a tight tiny ball in the middle of the floor his face covered in blood and bruises his clothes torn halfway from his body sobbing like the child he was while Bill stood hovering over him nude covered in blood and smiling as if he had won a prize at a carnival.

"How can you just stand there" Sookie screamed at Alcide

"that is your son your flesh and blood and you let that piece of shit use him like a toy" Alcide didn't respond to her words he stood expressionless looking down at her before walking from the house and heading back across the graveyard toward home.

"Alcide" Sookie screamed her voice firm enough to turn him

"Don't" he said walking back toward her quickly holding his hands out in front of him hoping she wouldn't make a move, Sookie stood on the front porch her back against the wood paneling of the house with a knife in her hand pointed strait at the unborn child she never wanted.

"Help him" she pointed at the unconscious boy lying in the middle of the floor "NOW" she barked pressing the knife further against her stomach hoping her plan would work, Alcide moved quickly rushing into the house and lifting the boy into his arms

"Put him here" she screamed pointing at the swing that hung on Bills front porch.

Again he did what he was told without a word as he eyed the knife that was inches away from taking what he wanted most while Bill stood taunting her

"Do it" he smiled at her; "shut up" Alcide screamed in his direction while Sookie hovered over the boy "hurt him" she looked into the house smiling at the still nude Bill. "What" the two men said in unison "you heard me hurt him for hurting your son" Bill looked at Alcide dumbfounded by her request "No" Alcide barked moving closer to her preparing to take the knife from her hand, Sookie jumped back from his reach digging the knife in deeper piercing the skin "you killed a dozen of our children don't think I care about killing this one" the tone in her voice was stern.

Bill looked from Sookie to Alcide and watched as the burley dark haired man that he loved so much for so long moved toward him ready to harm him

"You would hurt me for that bitch, you don't even love her" Bill pleaded with him as he moved closer raising his hands ready to do damage.

"Stop" Bill screamed as Alcide's fist slammed into his face making a cracking sound echo through the house, "please stop" he screamed again it was followed by another cracking sound making the tough Bill Compton yelp and sob uncontrollably.

Sookie smiled as she watched Alcide pummel the man who so easily beat and rapped his son she knew he didn't retaliate out of love for his son she knew the only reason for him putting Bill in his place was to keep her from killing the baby inside of her. She didn't understand why this child meant so much after him insisting she get rid of so many others but she hoped the power it held over him would continue to work in her advantage, Sookie turned away from the beating that was taking place in the house and turned her attention to the waking boy on the porch she cradled her arm around him surveying his wounds before helping him to his feet and heading home to care for him.

As she walked away she couldn't help but wonder if the sobbing the echoed so loudly through the air was from the beaten Bill or Alcide but at this point she didn't care as long as Earl was safe and free from Bill's sickness the two of men could do whatever they wanted to each other.

Dear Diary:

I'm not sure if what I did was a good thing or I have just made the biggest mistake of my life but something inside of me wanted to see Bill pay, pay for betraying me and most of all pay for what he has done to Earl and Eric. I'm not sure how Alcide will react to what I have made him do but I am prepared for whatever he has in store for me, I threatened to kill my child today and now that I look back on it I realize just how much of me Alcide had taken. Years ago I would have done anything to keep this baby safe all I ever dreamed of was being a mother but now after learning that Eric has been in love with me all these years and realizing how much I love him I find myself wishing this baby didn't exist. God help me I hate myself for feeling this way but I know I could never ask Eric to love this child especially if I can't, tonight is the night I will go to Eric and free him from Alcide's prison and I am terrified of his reaction when I tell him everything but I finally think I have figured a way out of all of this for Me, Earl and Eric.

Sookie hovered by the back door watching the shed to be sure Alcide didn't make any pit stops on his way home, she didn't have much to work with but she was sure with what she could find in the medicine cabinet upstairs she could make her plan work after all it had worked for her once before. Hours had passed before she saw any sign of Alcide covered in blood and sweat, she poured him a beer without saying a word but he just staring at her rocking from foot to foot

"Don't ever" he started to rant raising his finger jabbing it into her.

"No don't you ever, what kind of man lets someone do those things to their child is that what our baby has to look forward to"

Sookie laid it on thick hoping to reach whatever tiny piece of humanity that was hidden deep inside of him. She knew she had gained enough of his trust by not running and doing most of what he asked her to do but the key to this plan working was growing inside of her and she needed to pretend that she loved it more than anything in the world,

"Sookie your pushing me too far" his warning was followed up by a few warning steps toward her but she didn't back down instead she curled her hands around her stomach drawing his attention there and reminding him that she was carrying a child his child, Sookie's eyes locked on his as she watched him back up from her his breathing slowing and the vein in the side of his neck taking a break from pulsing.

"Look Alcide he is sick and I don't want him here I don't want him around my kids" her words stunned him the proof was on his face, he had never expected her to feel that way about Earl he was just a pawn for Alcide to use to make Sookie stay but now she was his mother and she loved him. Alcide wasn't sure how to feel about that he had never intended for her to care for the boy and now he knew she did his brain went to work trying to figure out how to use that against her,

"Go cleanup for dinner we have a lot to talk about" Sookie tried to sound neutral as if she didn't care whether he did what she asked or not.

A few minutes later Alcide returned from the bedroom freshly showered and a little more calm now that he had figured out a way to get the upper hand back but what he didn't know was by the time he executed his plan it would be too late, Earl came stumbling into the kitchen his eyes swollen and tender to the light.

"Are you ok" Sookie asked looking form the young boy to Alcide hoping to see some form of sympathy there but there was none, Earl nodded pulling a chair from the table and laying his head to rest on the table "are you hungry" she asked again realizing he was probably in too much pain to care about eating.

"He's fine where the food" Alcide barked slamming his hands down on the table irritated by Sookie's tenderness toward the boy,

"Alright" his anger had made her jump but she maintained her composure knowing that soon her plan would be in action and she would be rid of him for good.

Sookie slid his plate across the table the thick steak still sizzling as it's juices mixed with the greens and potatoes she had prepared and Alcide looked up at her smiling as if he knew what her plan was all along and for a split second se thought just that as he cut a small piece of the steak and held it out for her to eat. She smiled gladly taking the hot meat into her mouth and chewing

"Don't be an ass Alcide" she snickered as he held out a spoon full of the green followed by the potatoes,

"I have been cooking for you for weeks now if I was gonna poison you I would have already" she said turning away and tending to her own food.

"Salt" Alcide snorted chewing his mouth full of food and Sookie smiled reaching into the cabinet pulling out the salt shaker knowing he wouldn't be able to eat his food without coating it in salt, it was something that had always irritated her about him even when they first met and he came over for dinner to meet gran he couldn't help but douse his food with tons of salt before even trying it. Sookie took her seat at the table cutting her food into small pieces enjoying every bite as It went down as she watched Alcide across the table shoveling in the salt covered food and she knew it would only be a few minutes now,

"You push me too far" Alcide started rambling again

"You better learn your place" another fork full of food

"I have been too nice, I know that now, too nice" and another

"No more you are gonna do things my way from now"

Sookie watched as Alcide's eyes rolled back and forth in his head his body swaying as his words slurred

"Youuuuu"

"You bit"

And just like that his head slammed down onto the table and Sookie jumped into action.