Hey guys! So sorry about the lateness of this chapter and I won't make a bunch of excuses, besides the fact that I have new classes and things are crazy. But I hope you enjoy this chapter and please leave a review. It was actually a review that kicked me into gear and made me hurry with this one. So you can all thank "Jackie" for this chapter. So please review and I will try to have another chapter up before this week ends. This chapter pretty much is covering everything you already know that happened with Sookie, but I didn't repeat barely any dialogue and it is mostly about how Eric is feeling about everything.

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EPOV:

"I'm sure I'll be back tonight Pam. Just make sure you're there to open if I'm not." "Yes, master." I chuckled, "Oh Pam." I heard her laugh and the line go. I slid my phone in the pocket of my jeans and walked into my back room to get ready. I found my nearest t-shirt and slipped it over my head. To be quite honest, while I was very excited to her, I was also very nervous. I knew that she hadn't heard about my mother because I had made absolutely sure that none of them knew anything. The only time I even told Jason was when my mother passed away the fall before. So there was a big chance that she could resent me for never contacting her.

Contrary to my actions, Sookie had always been present in my thoughts over the years. She was a figure from my childhood that I could always look back upon with happiness. And I just couldn't shake the feeling of excitement at seeing Sookie again. I was sure she was going to start looking more like Gran as she got older. They always had had the same eyes and body type. They were both round but with graceful limbs. I slid on my shoes and got into my corvette, turning on the radio low and putting on my shades.

As I drove, I thought about how different Sookie was to any other girl I've known. She was so sweet and kind, but at the same time, not naïve at all. Over the years I had had quite a few "girlfriends." If that were what you'd call them. Mostly they'd been flings aside from my 8 months with Allie. She was a tall art major with short black hair and great legs. She was beautiful to say the least, but also very unpredictable and flirtatious with other men. (And women.) We'd even had a few threesomes. Regardless of her faults, I had loved her and was very upset when she dumped me for a thirty year old doctor. Who was also a woman, by the way.

Even though I had never naturally thought of Sookie as someone I would want to be with, I had forced myself a few times. I had even had a few dreams. They mostly involved me waking up at Gran's and walking down the steps to find Sookie with an apron on flipping pancakes, and myself realizing that she was my wife. My psychology student girlfriend of 2 months, Maya said this probably had to do with myself finding comfort in her and that house. I figured she was probably right. I would never want to marry Sookie, that's for sure. I barely even thought of her in that way.

I pulled into the Merlotte's parking lot and saw Sookie's old yellow nova parked there too. I smiled as I thought about her in there, cute and chubby, excited to see me too. I shut the door to the car and walked in. I was definitely feeling confident with the way I was looking and I hoped Sookie would just melt when she saw me, similar to the way she did when we were kids. I ran my fingers through my hair and plastered on my trademark smirk before I stepped in the door, hearing the bell above me ring.

I saw Jason first and started walking faster over to the table. But before I made it there, I saw a beautiful blonde smiling at me. I scanned her and felt a boner coming on, so I focused back on her face. I was taken so completely aback. It was fucking Sookie. I'd recognize those blue eyes anywhere. She was a knockout. I had no doubt she had lost over a hundred pounds, but she still looked so curvy and womanly. She was wearing a tight t-shirt and jeans that hugged every curve of her tight ass.

She was smiling so brightly and I was in so much shock that I almost couldn't knock myself out of the trance. She walked a couple steps forward and closed the distance by walking to her and encircling her tiny waist with my arms. At first she tightened a little, I'm guessing feeling a little nervous, as was I, but she quickly relaxed into my arms and I squeezed a bit tighter. I said something along the lines of her being beautiful, but as I'm sure she already knew that, I began to ramble. She laughed femininely and I felt a big pull in my chest, feeling like my heart was going to explode. I was so entranced by her the entire evening that I could barely focus on what she said until I asked her rather brusquely if she had had any boyfriends over the years. She seemed a little embarrassed to answer that in front of our Gran, but she quickly answered a solid "no," making me feel fantastic and extremely hopeful.

Gran suggested we get a movie and go back home so we could all really catch up, and even though I knew Pam would be extremely pissed that I was making her close alone, I couldn't see myself leaving Sookie so soon. We walked into Gran's, and Sookie said something about pajamas and while Gran was in the kitchen, Jason and I worked on finding a movie. Jason whined about wanting to watch Ferris Bueller's Day Off, and even though I love that movie, I simply nodded, not being able to focus on anything except Sookie. Jason said something about loaning the movie to Hoyt and before I even knew what was going on, both Gran him were out the door to retrieve it, leaving me alone with Sookie.

I sat down on the couch feeling very nervous, not a common feeling for Eric Northman. I heard some noise on the stairs and turned around to see Sookie walking down, in tight shorts and a tanktop, showing off her shapely tanned legs and perfect chest. I was instantly in a state of panic as I felt my pants began to tent. Think of old men. Old men .Old men. Old men balls. I felt myself relax as I willed my raging boner away. I heard Sookie ask me about Jason and Gran in her sweet Southern lilt. I answered her simply and asked for some water when she mentioned something to drink.

She brought it into me and sat down beside me. I instantly began to chastise myself for being so weird about it all. Yes, she was Sookie. But she was also a female. Something I've always quite proficient in getting. I complimented her further and felt myself feeling like a champ when she began to blush. Jason and Gran got back home, and putting in the movie, Jason sat down beside us on the couch. I scooted over closer to Sookie and felt her tensing up.

Half way through the movie, I put my hand on her smooth knee and squeezed, just for a moment before returning it back to my lap. I looked over at her and she had a panicked look on her face, which quickly turned into a smile when she put her hand on my knee, squeezing, and to my surprise, leaving it there. She moved it a long time later and Jason left, and Gran went up to bed, muttering apologies about being old and having a bed time. I smiled, but Sookie stayed silent. The movie end about a half hour later and right as the credits rolled, I could feel Sookie falling onto my shoulder, clearly asleep.

I looked down at her pouty lips and flushed cheeks, and felt my heart almost melt as I kissed her so lightly on the cheek that she could never feel it. I scooted over and gently picked her up behind her back and under her knees, slowly ascending the stairs to her bedroom to put her asleep. She woke up gently and looked up at me and spoke softly, "I'm sorry, Eric." I smiled genuinely, feeling like a teenager again, forgetting how much I had missed her. "Sookie, it's my pleasure. You've had such a long day and you're tired I'm sure."

She laughed as I laid her on her bed and spoke, "Bet you never thought you'd be able to do that." I was confused. "What?"

"Pick me up and carry me somewhere."

"I could have, and would have, even if you had never lost any weight."

She looked down and smiled. "Well thank you. That's really nice of you to say that."

I laughed lightly and started to walk out of her room, but first turning. "I'll see you tomorrow."

"Tomorrow?"

"I wanted to come and see you again. Catch up some more? You haven't told me much about the past four years of your life."

"Oh. Okay. Night , Eric."

"Night, Sook."

I flipped off her light and walked out of the house, getting in the car and heading back to Shreveport. I felt my phone ring and picked it out of my pocket.

"Eric Northman."

"Everything okay? You never called to tell me if you would be back to close, asshole."

I laughed and feigned anger. "You will not speak to me like that, Pamela. Anyway, I was extremely busy with another beautiful blonde, much like yourself."

"Oh please, I know you were just going to go hang out with Jason and his fat sister."

I instantly was angry and spoke sharply, "You will never speak of Sookie like that. Besides, she's actually very thin and perfect now. I'd even say her body was nicer than yours."

She laughed, "Better than mine? Not a chance."

"Pam, I am ashamed of how I have spoken to you about the way Sookie looks. Can we pretend that I never said those things?"

"What, just now because she's thin you're going to treat her differently, Eric? That's fucked up. You apparently don't know how women work. She will see right through your shallowness."

"Whatever Pam, you're reading too much of that Abby shit, I'm going home and to bed. Bye."

She chuckled, "Bye."

I hung up and pulled into my drive way and climbing into my bed, couldn't get Sookie out of my thoughts. I tossed and turned for over an hour. I quickly jerked one, thinking of her in those green shorts, and quickly relaxed. What could we do tomorrow? Maybe she'd go to a movie? The mall?

I figured I'd let her decide, as long as she wearing some cute shorts again.

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