Chapter Two:
Once we reach Sookie's house, I climb out of my car, grabbing my duffle bag and locking the car.
"Is there anything I can carry for you?" Sookie asks as she walks towards me.
"Nah, I got it, thanks though."
She unlocks her house door and shows me where I am going to sleep. The sight of a bed has never looked more pleasant and the sound of a shower makes things even better. Sookie shows me how to work the controls in her bathroom and leaves me to do what I need to do. I look at myself in the mirror and start to feel embarrassed that I was in public looking they way I do, but that's all over now and I peel off my work clothes and take a shower, observing my skin to make sure I didn't have any serious injuries and washing my hair. Once I finish bathing, I pull on my flannel pink and black plaid pajama pants and a black camisole and dry my hair.
I heard a light knock at my door and Sookie came in and sat at the foot of the bed.
"Feeling better?"
"You bet, thank you so much!" I said with a smile, sitting down at the top of the bed, brushing my hair.
"No problem." She says and smiles back. "So where are you from? And how old are you? You don't look a day over 17!"
"I came from Georgia, but I was born in Florida, and I just turned 21 in August and I'm just about to finish college, or at least I was until all this happened."
"Wow…I had the hardest time in school with my telepathy, so I didn't even try to go to college. How'd you manage?"
"Well, I did a lot of online classes and my parents were really supportive when it came to it, until they were killed in a car accident…But once I was in college, I just managed to block everything out and managed to a couple of close friends. "
"My parents died too, when I was seven, it was because of a flash flood. And then I lived with my brother, Jason, and my Gran, she was murdered last year because the guy was a vampire hater and he meant to kill me because my boyfriend, Bill, is a vampire."
"Oh, I 'm so sorry!"
"Nothing for you to be sorry about, I'm just glad to have company, my boyfriend was kidnapped, or at least I think he was kidnapped. He just purposed to me and I got so flustered that I went into the bathroom to give myself a minute, but when I came out, he was gone, the door was wide open and the chair he sat in was toppled over."
"Damn! Well, if you need me to do anything, I will gladly help"
"Thanks," She sighed, and I could tell she really was worried.
There was a knock at my window and I jumped sky high and said "Shit! Oh shit, I'm sorry for my language!"
She laughed and walked over to the window and opened it and a tall, handsome, blonde vampire climbed through the window. "Quite a mouth you have for a 17 year old" the tall vampire said, obviously getting a kick out of my jumpiness.
"Eric, this is Zoey." Sookie said before I could protest about my age. Eric eyed me over as I eyed him over. This was my first time meeting a vampire, but I already knew I couldn't read their minds, and they couldn't glamour me.
"This one's different, like you, isn't she Sookie?" Eric asked, his gaze still fixated on me.
"Yup, she's a telepath."
"Interesting…" Eric said as he glided and crouched down in front of me, "Nice to meet you, Zoey."
"Nice to meet you too," I said, as color filled my cheeks and glanced up at Sookie.
"And why have you graced us with your presence this evening, Eric?" Sarcasm was dripping off every word Sookie spoke.
He glanced back at her then returned to me, "Eh, just checking up on things over here. Making sure you didn't want any company since Bill's disappearance, but to my surprise you picked up some company. "
I looked over at Sookie and watched her roll her eyes, which made me giggle slightly, causing Eric to look back at Sookie and back at me with slight smile playing across his lips.
He is intimidating, why is he in my face like this? I think to Sookie, and she giggles a little.
Seems to me like he likes you, Zoey. She thinks back at me and smiles, causing me to blush all over again.
"It's not polite to not include everyone in the conversation, you two." He says, obviously picking up on me and Sookie's silent conversation.
He reaches up to stroke my face and I squint and say "Shit!"
What?! "What?!" They both think/say simultaneously
"I'm afraid of fingers in my face." I say, opening one eye to look at them. Eric's smile grows wider with the thought.
"Really?" Sookie questions, "Why?"
"Just something I fear, I don't really know why." I say and shrug "Kids in high school got a kick out of it and used to put them in my face and I would run into walls."
That comment made Eric fall on the floor laughing, causing me to blush all over again and Sookie came over to sit beside me on the bed. "You poor thing..." That made Eric laughs harder.
"That is so…cute…" he said finally, after regaining composure, still giggling a little bit as he sat down on the floor, crossing his long legs.
"Not from my point of view…" I cover my face with my hands.
"I take it that you aren't afraid of your own hands," Sookie questions.
I nod, "and only people I can really trust."
"You need to bring this one down to Fangtasia so Pam can meet her, and I want to get to know her a little better." Eric says to Sookie, glancing at the both of us, "If that's alright with Miss…?"
"Darke."
"That's an interesting last name." He says with a smile as he climbs to his feet and walks over to the window. "I like it…But I need to be going. Come by the bar sometime, Sookie, and bring her with you."
"Alright Eric, good night." Sookie says, with a bit of edge to her voice.
"Good Night," I say.
"Sleep Tight." He says and vanishes out the window.