I woke up the next morning with a smile on my face. I was disappointed when I rolled over and found that I was alone in bed. I knew Eric couldn't stay with me buy I wanted nothing more than to make up next to him.

I stretched before getting out of bed and noticed the slight twinge of my sore muscles. I couldn't help the smile that played on my face when I realized that I would definitely be limping some more today but for a completely different reason than I had been the day before. I made my way gingerly to the bathroom to take care of my needs and take a quick shower since the one I took the night before didn't server well to get me clean.

I made my way over to my dresser wrapped in my towel in order to find some clothes to wear, it was 9:30 so I decided to just put my Merlotte's uniform since I was going to check on Amelia at the insurance office before I went to work. I saw a note on the dresser and stopped to read it.

Lover,

I couldn't bring myself to leave you and fly back to Shreveport this morning, so I am making use of your hidey-hole for the day. I am looking forward to seeing you when I rise. Bobby should be coming by to drop some of my stuff off, let me know if he gives you a hard time.

Love,

E

I wasn't completely thrilled with the fact that I had to deal with Bobby Burnham seeing that he is no fan of mine but I was overjoyed by the fact that Eric had spent the day. I got dressed and made my way to the kitchen, hoping that I wouldn't have to wait too long for Bobby to arrive.

The smell of coffee hit me as soon as I left my room. It was such a simple thing but it made me so happy that not only was Amelia getting her life back together, but that even after such tragedy life can return to normal. I poured my self a cup and thought of how I thought things would never get back to normal after Gran died.

Normal didn't stop existing after her death it just changed. The new normal was no longer having Gran around to talk to and love. Thinking back on it now I realize that after all of the things that happened over the last couple of years I had never accepted or acknowledged their contribution to my new "normal" life.

Gran was gone, Claudine was gone, so were Crystal and Tray, Niall went back to Faery, Bill had done all that he had done, I had been shot and staked, the FBI is after me, I saved the man that is currently sleeping under my closet from and exploding building. At the time these things were happening none of it seemed normal, but now that they are the past and part of my history; they are my normal. This is my life whether I like it or not. There is nothing I can do to change it.

I felt a great feeling of relief when I realized finally that fretting over these past situations was doing nothing but holding back and making me define myself by who I was at those particular times. I need to focus on the person I will become as a result of them. Focusing on creating my new normal will force me to leave the traumas behind and become a better person for them and in spite of them.

I was pulled from my thoughts when I heard a knock on the door. When I answered it I was greeted by the surly face of the one and only Bobby Burnham. He stuck his hand out in which he was holding a large duffel bag.

"Miss. Stackhouse." Was all he said handed me the bag.

I reached for it deciding to ignore is less than courteous attitude. But when my hand brushed up against his it all made sense. I hadn't even realized that my shields were all the way down since I didn't need them with Amelia out of the house.

The thoughts I was getting from Bobby were as they always were, that I was a worthless redneck that wasn't god enough for his master, and such but the images I got from him spoke volumes. He was envisioning being in bed with Eric and myself, since he figured the only way he could get Eric into bed was if I was there since Eric seemed so attached to me. He thought that being with Eric would make Eric realize his true feelings for Bobby and they could run away together and live as man and vampire and then eventually live happily ever after as vampire and vampire for all of eternity.

I was completely shocked, of all of the things to get from Bobby this was definitely not the one I was expecting to get. I couldn't help but feel sorry for him, having to drop off clothes so that the man you love can spend time with another must be incredibly difficult. I couldn't stop my self, dropped the duffel bag and pulled Bobby into a huge hug.

"I'm sorry, you will find the right guy for you one day Bobby."

Bobby pulled out of my embrace absolutely mortified. "How did you…why would you say that to me."

I realized I made a huge mistake by reacting. "I'm so sorry Bobby I didn't mean to react to what I saw I don't usually I was just caught so off guard."

"What! What did you do to me?"

"Nothing it was an accident."

Before I could stop him to explain what happened he went running down front steps and into his car. I wasn't looking forward to explaining to Eric why he may have to find a new day man and my role in it. I just sighed and took the duffel bag to the spare bedroom leaving it on the bed so that Eric would see it when he rose.

I gathered my purse and car keys before going to visit Amelia. When I pulled into the lot at Greg Aubert's office I noticed how nice the day was, it was a little warm to be wearing my winter uniform but I was still not comfortable revealing my scars; I wanted to wait at least until they had less of a resemblance to the bit marks that they were.

I walked in and was greeted by Amelia; it was good to see that her mood had continued to improve from last night.

"Hey Ames, how's it going?"

"Oh, hey Sookie it's going okay. How are you?"

"I'm fine, I think I just coast Eric his day man though," she looked at me quizzically and I told her the story of what happened with Bobby this morning with Bobby. She just stared at me with wide eyes before breaking out into a fit of hysterics.

"That sure does explain a lot." She said in between laughs.

"I know right. I would hate me too if I were him." I said finally losing the battle against my own giggles.

We sat and chatted a bit before I left to head for Merlotte's. Amelia offered to meet me at Merlotte's later and head over to Bill's later for his nightly check up before heading home. Shortly after saying goodbye to Amelia I was pulling into the employee parking lot at Merlotte's.

I saw Lafayette by the dumpster when I was coming up, he waited for me so we could go inside together. I had always had a special place in my heart for Lafayette, maybe it is because we both know what it is like to be scorned by the town we have lived in all of our lives due to things that we had no control over; the way we were born. I wonder briefly if Lafayette would be interested in Bobby, I knew for a fact that Lafayette's tastes varied greatly and that he was know to get into some wild stuff sometimes. I thought that Lafayette's wild streak and Bobby's straight-laced disposition would somehow cancel each other out and that they could be good together.

I greeted Lafayette with a bubbly "Hey," and a quick kiss on the cheek. We linked arms and walked into the back of Merlotte's. He looked down at me smirking.

"What?" I asked as I felt myself blush from the intensity of his gaze.

"Oh, girl. You got some good lovin' last night didn't ya?"

The now brighter pink color of my skin answered the question for me but before I had a chance to respond verbally we heard a snort. I saw a very unhappy looking Sam had stopped short in front of us. He was looking at me intently and when I so him focus in on my neck I remembered that Eric never had to close my wound after my little admission last night. The marks wouldn't be readily noticeable by most people since I had Eric's blood, which healed them for the most part, but with Sam's keen supe senses he saw them clearly.

Sam walked into his office slamming his door. Lafayette just looked at each other and shook our heads. I went about my business of waiting tables for the next few hours actually enjoying my job again; but that didn't last long.

I was standing at the bar talking to Tara when Calvin Norris walked in with Tanya. Calvin rarely came into Merlotte's, let alone in the middle of the day.

"Sookie, I've been calling you."

I couldn't think of anything that was so urgent that would cause Calvin to come to my job if he couldn't reach me by phone. "I left home earlier than normal this morning. What's going on?"

Calvin took me by the arm and moved me to the back of the bar near the restrooms and I was all of a sudden nervous. "Have you spoken to Jason? He didn't come with the pack last night and I can't get a hold of him."

I hadn't realized that last night was a full moon, which probably explains Sam's bad mood. But I couldn't help but feel like a bad sister since I let myself get so caught up in Eric last night that I had forgotten to call and check up on Jason. "No I haven't spoken I just figured he needed some space. Did you call his Job?"

"I just came from there Catfish said that Jason hasn't come in today or yesterday."

Jason rarely ever misses work so I was very worried. Just then Sam came out of his office to see Calvin, Tanya, and I standing there in a strange tableau with matching expression of concern.

"What's wrong Sookie?"

Before I could respond Calvin cuts me off. "Jason didn't run with the pack last night, he hasn't been to work, and no one has heard from him."

"Have you checked his house?" Sam asked everyone talking over me like this was no good for my nerves.

"I have to go now to see if he's alright." I said rushing towards the back door.

Sam was right on my tail. "I'll go with you."

"I'll follow you guys there." Calvin called as he and Tanya headed to the front of the bar.

"I'll drive Sookie." I was in no mood to fight Sam on this so I just followed him to his car next to his trailer and got in. We went the most of the drive in silence. I was mentally berating myself for being so focused on everyone else and their feelings and problems that I neglected my last remaining family member.

Sam broke the silence. "Look, Sookie I'm sorry about yesterday I was really out of line."

I cut him off before he was able to go on. "It's okay Sam, I get it, it was the full moon and you were agitated and just trying to look out for me."

We sat in silence again until we pulled up to Jason's house. When I saw it my stomach dropped down into my feet. I went running from the car before Sam even had a chance to stop it fully. One of the windows in the front of the house was broken, and the front door was wide open. I ran into the house calling for my brother knowing full well that I was not going to get an answer. I looked around expecting the worst. The place was completely ransacked but luckily I didn't see many traces of blood so the chances are that this was a kidnapping and not a murder.

Calvin came into the house shortly after Sam and myself. "God damn it Jason, what did you get yourself into this time?"

I couldn't have asked a better question myself.

A/N: Let me know what you think. Who has Jason? Why? Where is he? Also let me know if you would like me to do a chapter or two from Jason's POV so that maybe we can find out what happened to him and what he's going through.