Chapter 5:
After my last comment, there was more silence among the three of us until Sookie said she was going to go to bed, leaving me and Eric sitting next to each other on the couch in an uncomfortable silence.
"So…"I begin.
"Yes?"
"Are you planning on leaving or planning on sitting here in silence?" I say gathering up the empty bottle of True Blood and the empty mugs from the coffee table.
"I wanted to talk to you." His tone is nonchalant as he watches me.
"About…?" I say over my shoulder as I walk into the kitchen, rinsing out the mugs and the bottle. I feel a quick, cold breeze dash behind me and I turn to see him, looking down on me. He is at least a foot and a half to two feet taller than I.
"I want to get to know you." His hands slide up my arms to my shoulders, causing me to shiver a little bit.
"I already told you, I'm a 21 year old, telepathic college student from Georgia."
"There's more to you than that."
"Well, no shit." I say walking past him, stretch out on the couch, snap on the television, and flip through the channels.
"So, tell me." He walks in front of the television and looks down at me.
"What do you want to know about me? That I dance around in my underwear to Spice Girls and gangster rap?"
"Do you?" A curious smile plays across his lips.
"That's for me to know and for you to never find out."
"I think I can find a way to learn the answer, but no, that's not the sort of things I looking to learn as of now." His smile fades.
"Stalker…" I mutter and turn off the television. "Then what do you want to know?"
"What are you? Why do I feel drawn to you? Why did you end up in Bon Temps?"
"I told you, I'm a college student. The second question sounds like one you have to deal with yourself. I, personally, believe you want what you can't have. And the last question is just about as much of a mystery to you that it is to me. I have no idea. Maybe it was because my mind led me to another telepath."
He thinks that over a little, "Can you at least lift your legs so I can sit next to you?"
"There's a chair right there," I say and point.
"I was only asking to be nice," he growls.
"Fine." I roll my eyes and lift my legs, he sits, and I lower them into his lap. "You just want to sit here because I'm sitting here. Going back to my whole 'wants what he can't have theory'."
"That's not true," he says and slides his hands up my legs. I smack his hand with the remote and he looks stunned that I just did that to him, a vampire. It made me smile. "I could have you and this seat, but why do you telepaths resist me? Other women would be willing to take up my offers."
"That's the problem, we aren't other women."
"Then what is the problem?"
"We don't want to stroke your ego. We have more respect for ourselves than that." That comment makes him quiet for a minute or two.
"You make it sound like I'm a spoiled child."
"You are spoiled." I say as I laugh and sit up to look at him better. Eric gives a sigh of exasperation and looks away. I yawn and look over at the clock, "I'm tired and it's 3 o'clock in the morning. I have to go to work at noon." I get up and stretch which makes my shirt rises just above my belly button.
"You shouldn't tease me like that."
"I didn't do that for your benefit. Now, seriously, can I go to bed?"
"If you wanted to go to bed, you should have just said so," His arms were around me in a blink of an eye and his face was so close that the breath from his words caressed my face.
"Jesus, is that all you think about?" I say, struggling to get out of his grip, but fail.
"No… not the only thing. And I can't help my self, you smell delicious."
"I'm a human being, not your dinner." I say, trying to pull away again.
"Same thing." A sly smile plays across his lips.
"Was that comment supposed to make me feel attracted to you? Because if it was, then you totally failed."
"I can tell you are already attracted to me, you're ego is just preventing you from accepting that."
"Or maybe that's just your ego making you think that." That comment just makes him laugh.
"You'll accept it eventually." He says, lowering me so I can stand and he crouches so we are eye level, his devious smile still on his face. And then, to my surprise, Eric gives me a kiss on the lips. I blush, of course, and don't know what to say. "See you later." And he leaves me there, stunned.
I manage to bring myself back into reality after he leaves so I can lock up the doors and turn off the lights. I quietly walk up the stairs and do the necessary things to prepare my self to sleep. Once I hit the pillow, I was out until 10 the next morning.
A/N:
Hey everyone! I hope you like this chapter, I'm trying really hard to make Eric sound like Eric and feedback is greatly appreciated.
Thanks for reading!