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The van came to a stop, and I looked over to Eric, who looked like he was fighting to stay awake.
"Tired", I asked, and he shook his head.
"Not really, I mean I feel the pull of the sun, but I have all this energy", fairy blood, just your basic vampire energy drink.
"This is your stop", Alcide said from the other side of the van, and he opened the door for us. I quickly grabbed Eric and ran him inside. I walked him over to the dresser/hidey hole, and opened it up for him.
"Thanks Alcide", I yelled and I heard him grumble something as he drove away. Eric grabbed my hand before I turned to leave him.
"Will you stay, until I fall asleep? I have too much energy right now, and you calm me", that is another thing about this Eric, and the old Eric, they were always straight forward with their feelings, rather it would be sex or sleep, and with the old Eric, it was always sex.
"I don't know I have a lot of things to do", he sighed and reluctantly nodded as he went down the ladder to his resting spot. As I turned to close the doors, I sighed, I was really stupid. I walked into the dresser and walked down the ladder, and saw Eric. He lit up as he saw me, and I glared at him.
"Not a word", he smirked at me and it reminded me of the old Eric, I guess you could say I kinda missed him. I got onto the bed with him, and he removed his shirt, and I tried not to stare. He laid next to me, and put his arms around me, laying his head on my shoulder.
"Thank you", he whispered, and it slightly made me shiver.
"I said not a word", he laughed lightly, and I could feel that he was relaxing. As time went by, I could tell he was dead for the day, so I quietly snuck out. Before I left, I took a peek at Eric, and it surprised me how human he really did look. He looked dead, but he also looked so peaceful, so not like him. I smiled, as I climbed out of the hole, and ran upstairs to get ready. I checked my cell phone, and saw I had two text messages. One was from Sam, asking if I would be able to work today, and the other was from Lafayette, asking if I saw Eric at all. Well that last one was very weird, what did Lafayette know that I didn't? I texted Sam, saying I wasn't sure if I could, and tried calling Lafayette.
"Sook, did you get my message", he asked hastily.
"Um, yeah, but I haven't seen him since I got back, why", I lied quickly, hoping I could dig info out of him.
"No reason, business deal is all", I heard the lie basically dripping from his voice.
"Okay, hey I was wondering if you are free at all, we need to catch up", I put on the innocent southern girl act quickly.
"Um, sure Sook, can you meet up for lunch", his voice held so much worry, that it almost didn't sound like the same guy. What was going on with him?
"Yeah, sure, sounds great, see you soon", I hung up, and got dressed. I grabbed my yellow dress, and put on a little makeup. I locked up the house and headed out for Merlottes, keeping my cool the whole way there. When I got there I saw Lafayette, talking to Holly, who looked equally as scared.
"Hey guys", I said as I walked over to them, with a big old fake grin plastered on my face.
"Sookie, right, nice to meet you", holly shook my hand, and I decided to dip into her mind. "Poor girl, I wonder what happened to her. I hope that blonde vampire wasn't involved, once we find him, he is gunna wish he never messed with us, or at least that's what Marnie says", I kept my smile on as I reached deeper into her mind, and I could see this Marnie girl. I even saw them place the spell on Eric, and other things they have done. I gasped as I realized what I was doing, I don't think I have ever really reached that far into someone's mind where I can see things, they weren't even thinking in the moment.
"Sook, you alright", I looked over to him and nodded. "Shit, she may know something, what if she just read Holly's mind, what if she is reading my mind right now. Shit, think about nothing, nothing, nothing", and his thoughts went on like that. I smiled at him, and he relaxed a bit.
"I just got the chills, sorry I kinda freaked", Holly smiled, and walked away. Moon Goddess Emporium, that was the place I had to go before nighttime. Lafayette and I headed over to a table, and sat down.
"Hey, you seem kinda tense, what's going on", he sighed.
"Some bad shit is happening, and I am right in the middle of it", he rubbed his eyes, "do you believe in witches", he asked, should I say the truth or lie?
"Um, not really, but weirder stuff has happened, right", I laughed a little and he smiled.
"Yeah, it has", he bit his lip, "forget I said anything", I nodded and we went on talking about other things. Once lunch was over, I gave Lafayette a quick hug, and headed out to do some digging around. I got to the little store, and walked inside.
"Hello", the place had a creepy quiet about it, and it sent a bad feeling throughout my whole body.
"Can I help you", I turned around and saw an older women, Marnie, staring at me.
"Hi, I was wondering if I could get a reading today", I smiled and her demeanor was not even a little welcoming.
"Sorry, we are closed today, come back another time", she turned to leave.
"But I really had my heart set on doing it today, please", she stopped and turned.
"I said no, now leave", her eyes became black, and I tried to listen to her thoughts, but they weren't even in English, more like a chant of some type. I needed to leave now.
"Sorry, I will come back later", I smiled and left. Whatever power she had it wasn't good, nor was it little. Something bad was happening, and she had a lot to do with it.
"Hey, you", I turned around and saw a man running towards me, "your Sookie Stackhouse, I'm Jesus, Lafayette's partner", I shook his hand and I got flashes of his thoughts. He thought I knew something, and he was here to try and find out.
"Nice to meet you, but I'm in a bit of a hurry, can we talk later", he took a breath.
"Yeah, sure", he backed away, "sorry, see you later", he smiled and walked away. I ran back to my car and headed home, this witch situation was getting to be too much. When I got home, I still had a little bit until Eric would be up, so I decided to do some more research on this Marnie girl. Whoever she was, a person like her had to have a past. A knock on my door got me out of my trance, and I walked over to the door.
"Who is it", I listened into the persons thoughts, and it was the last person I would ever expect to be here.
"Hi, Sookie, it's Debbie Pelt", and that was the fucking surprise of the day.
"Debbie", I slowly opened the door, and she looked completely different. Her hair was longer, and in a much better cut, then the white trash look she was sporting last time I saw her. The one thing I noticed was the huge scar, from her mouth to her cheek. I kept a stoic face for her to see, but inside I was smiling.
"May I come in", I shook my head.
"Not sure if that is such a good idea, last time you were here you tried to kill me", I gave her a bitter smile, and she slightly flinched.
"I know, and I don't expect you to forgive me in any way, not for awhile at least. The way I acted, was bad, but I was high and not in my right mind. I am sorry for the trouble I caused you, and I just wanted to tell you that I will be staying away from you, and to apologize", she smiled, but I kept my cold look. This woman was not on my list of people to become friendly with; therefore, I could care less if she apologized. She could shove her apology right up her…
"Do you accept", she asked.
"I appreciate you coming down here, but once a bitch always a bitch, just stay away from me and we should be good", her lip twitched slightly, but she kept her smile on her face.
"Well alrighty, bye", she turned to leave, and I could feel the slight anger coming off of her, like I said, once a crazy bitch, always a crazy bitch. I went back to my research, trying to find any dirt on this Marnie girl, but there wasn't any. It just had a bunch of information on the store, but nothing on her, she was just a normal woman. Something was up here, when I met her, there was nothing "normal", about her. I tried looking up witches, and an interesting thing popped up. Something about possession and multiple accounts of it, for other witches. Great power would come upon them, in moments, and then it would be gone then next, but each time it happened they would slowly lose themselves. Well, this could be helpful; I should tell Pam about this. Once I was done I realized I should get some sleep before Eric woke up, because today was a long day, and I barely had any sleep. I went over to the couch, and laid down, trying to relax.
"Sookie", I looked over and saw Eric staring down at me.
"You shouldn't be up", I mumbled.
"I'm not, well not really", he smirked, and it was the same way the real Eric did.
"This is a dream again", he nodded and sat next to me, slowly kissing my neck and cupping my cheeks, with his hands.
"Don't trust them, they will turn on you", he whispered.
"Who", he didn't say anything but continued to kiss me, then softly bit. I opened my eyes, and it was already dark out. I heard Eric start to climb up out of the hole, and I went and got a true blood for him.
"Thank you", he muttered. I looked him over, and he looked like he was in a little bit of pain.
"You okay", he shrugged.
"I have a bad headache, how is that even possible for a vampire", I laughed, and he glared at me.
"You have a hangover", I said in between laughs.
"Very funny", he mumbled and walked over to the couch. All of a sudden my door burst open, and I was surprised by the figure that was standing before me. The person growled, and glared at both Eric and I.
"Bill", well this wasn't going to end well.
A/N: Sorry if this chapter is a bit slow in some places, but I need to set the plot, and then we can move onto more action, and Eric and Sookie goodness. Remember to please just take a moment to review, and it would inspire me to write up a chapter fast for you guys. Thanks!