A/N: This is the last chapter for the week. I 'll try to post as soon as possible.

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Chapter 12: Tequila!

I was on my luch break the next day. I was glad I had the day off yesterday, I had to deal with Amelia and her crazy relationship issues and Jason 's gold digger... I mean girlfriend Crystal and last but not least I have crazy Bonnie and Clyde on my ass. I hadn 't seen them but I felt there presence everywhere. I ate a sandwich and threw out the garbage in the back and I felt a hand on my shoulder. I immediately started swinging.

"Wait please!" I heard Dawn say. Her mouth was bloody and eye was swollen shut, she looked like I did the day I got back to Bon Temps.

"Quinn did this?" She nodded and I took her inside to Sam 's office.

"What the hell happened to you?" Sam said standing up quickly.

"We 'll talk about that later get her a wash cloth please." I asked Sam and he jumped up and grabbed one. I helped clean her off and Sam called for an ambulance.

"He got mad because I told him to stay away from you. All he did was talk about getting you back. Sookie I 'm so sorry." She was crying.

"I told you this would happen Dawn, Quinn is crazy." I didn 't feel bad about telling her so, who would willingly walk into arms of someone who they know is a woman beater.

"I know Sookie, he made me go to your house and spray paint it. I 'm scared of him." Detective Bellefleur walked into Sam 's office and asked Dawn if she knew where Quinn was she quickly told him he was staying at a motel and he called for back up. They took her to the hospital. Sam told me to take the rest of the day off but I stayed though I could barely keep concentration.

"Sook, Kenya just told me that they just arrested Quinn, no judge in their right mind will give him bail." Lafayette said from the kitchen.

"I hope not, I never want to see his face again." I said trying not to tear up.

"Dawn won 't be botherin' you either now that she knows the truth. Hell I doubt she even stays in town." He went to flipping burgers.

I was finished with my shift and went outside to get to my car only to see a certain tall, blond, and gorgeous man leaning on it. "Come here often?" He asked.

"Yeah I work here." I said pointing to the Merlotte 's brand on my shirt. I leaned into him. "How did you get here?"

"My new best friend Tray dropped me off on his way to Amelia 's." She chuckled.

"Good because if you drove I would kill you." I looked up at him and he kissed my nose. I told him about Dawn and Quinn getting arrested but he seemed fed up with it.

"I wish that I could take you away from all of this." God, I love this man. I wished that I could take him up on his offer but I knew that shouldn 't.

"Jason said he 'll take care of the house while I 'm at yours." I said changing the subject.

"Why do you ever have to leave?" He asked seriously.

"Because..." I didn 't have an answer. Gran 's place didn 't feel the same with Gran not there and it never really felt like mine. Amelia spent more time in Shreveport than Bon Temps so I 'd see her all the time. The only thing keeping me here was Merlotte 's and with Quinn coming in there, I didn 't feel safe there anymore even though I knew he was locked up.

"Because...?" He asked.

"I have to talk to Sam, I 'll be right back." I smiled and walked back into the bar.

"Hey Sook, did you forget something?" Sam asked.

"No, I... I 'm quitting." I looked down. "I 'm so grateful for you giving me a shot here but I can 't be here anymore."

He took my hand and I looked at him. "I understand, I 'm sorry to lose you but you 're not meant to do this for the rest of your life."

I smiled at him and hugged him. "Thank you so much for everything." I walked back to my car, Eric already in the passenger 's seat.

"What happened?" He looked concerned.

"i quit!" I said. "Oh my god, I quit how am I going to pay for school? What am I going to do?" I stared at Eric.

"It 's ok, you can stay with me, I 'll help you with school." He was trying to calm me and that wasn 't doing it.

"Eric when we decided to do this, I said as long as I was my own women. I wanted to be independent."

"Yes but you don 't feel safe here. Don 't let Quinn ruin us. If he wasn 't in the picture would you have a problem with this?" He asked.

"It 's a loan that I want to pay back no hand outs and first thing in the morning I 'm looking for another job." I said and he was smiling.

"Are you moving in with me lover?" He rested his forehead on mine.

"Yes." I whispered and he kissed me. "You don 't mind me moving in when we haven 't even slept together?" I asked.

"What does that have to do with it?" I shrugged. "Sookie I 'll wait, maybe we can wait until our wedding night?" He waggled his eyebrows, that always made me laugh.

"We 're getting married?" I asked.

"Of course, eventually. You didn 't think this was a fling did you? I 'm not that kind of guy." He joked. Then he said seriously. "I would like us to get married one day, if you 'll have me."

I kissed him instead of answering but I think he got the idea.

We drove to his... our house. Pam wasn 't there but Eric 's father Victor was. Oh dear lord in heaven what did I do to deserve all this drama?

"Father what are you doing here, how did you get in?" Eric asked pulling me closer.

"The maid let me in." He said sadly.

"I 'll be upstairs." I said.

"No Sookie please sit." Victor said and I sat clinging to Eric. "Are you two together? The last time I heard you were in California."

I didn 't answer and Eric asked again. "Why are you here?"

"Your mother is asking for a divorce and I thought I 'd tell you in person." He ran his hand through his hair. "I told her I was in love with another woman, Michelle." Michelle, as in my mother?

"I think you should leave now." Eric said protectively.

"I 'm sorry Sookie but the reason you 're parents were in that car accident was because your father found out about the affair and they were arguing, they weren 't paying attention to the road."

"How do you know what they were doing when they passed?" I said tears falling down my face.

"He called me from the road I heard the whole thing Sookie I 'm so sorry." He continued. "Eric when I found out about you and Sookie being together I immediately thought of me and Michelle, only heartache and pain."

"That 's why? You stayed around the Stackhouses because of your guilt?" Eric yelled. "I left her because of what you said to me, then she fell for a guy who almost killed her. It wasn 't enough for you to hurt her whole family but you hurt ours too. I 'm glad mom 's getting a divorce she needs to get a backbone and stand up to you! Now get the hell out of our house you are not welcome here!" His face was red and he was shaking. Victor felt without a word and I felt numb. Eric guided me upstairs.

Eric and I took separate showers and got into bed together. "I think I might take you up on that offer to getting out of here." I said leaning over him.

He smiled but he was sad. "Do you think we 're doomed?" He asked.

"If we were would that stop you?" I asked.

"Not at all, it 's not us. Everyone else keeps getting in the way." I thought about that and fell asleep.

Now that Quinn was less of an issue we had a visit by Eric 's father informing us that not only was he in love with my mother but they had an affair, an affair that inadvertenly ruined mine and Eric 's inital relationship. When the hell did my life become a lifetime movie of the week. I 'm just glad I was strong enough to not want to swallow a bottle to aspirin. I was in love and I had friends that were becoming more like family and I had goals.

I walked downstairs and Pam was eating cereal. "Hey, Eric told me to tell you he had to get to work early and he 'll see you later. I told him you didn 't need to know his every move." She smiled.

"Thanks for passing along the message." I sat down, should I tell Pam about the affair or not. "Sookie I already know." What the F?

"I was here but I didn 't want to talk to him and then he dropped that bombshell, I 'm so sorry that the Northman men are such assholes to the Stackhouse women." She was trying to be snarky Pam but she was hurt.

"I love you Pam. The past is the past, I wished that he wouldn 't have ruined the image I had of my parents, I have so many questions like did Gran know?"

"I have no idea and by the way, let 's not tell Jason." She said with a tear rolling down her face. I brushed it away with my knuckle. "I love you too Sookie."

My phone rang and I excused myself. "Eric?" Caller ID

"Yes my love, did Pam tell you?"

"Yes, I didn 't like waking up without you." I pouted.

"I didn 't like leaving you there but after last night I needed to clear my head."

"I understand. When will you be home?"

"Around 4, why don 't you relax and look for work next week. You really deserve a break." He was right.

"I know I will, I love you."

"I love you too, see you soon."

I hung up and turned to Pam. She had a bottle of tequilla "Come on Stackhouse let 's get drunk." She handed me a shot glass and finished the bottle. It was 10 in the morning.

Drinking in the morning, am I crazy?

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