HEY GUYS! ONCE AGAIN IM SORRY ITS TAKEN SO LONG TO WRITE. I'VE BEEN APPLYING TO MORE COLLEGES IN HOPES OF TRANSFERRING, IT WAS MY BIRTHDAY AND I HAVE MY FAMILY THAT HAS COME FOR LABOR DAY HERE IN THE STATES. BUT I FINALLY MANAGED TO WRITE A LITTLE SOMETHING FOR YOU GUYS AND I HOPE YOU ENJOY. DONT FORGET TO RATE!
I heard my cell phone alarm blaring in my ear telling me it was 9 o'clock in the morning. Once again I was waking up to Eric's cool arms wrapped around my naked body, while my face was pressed into his muscular chest. A girl could really get used to this kind of treatment. I rolled over, turning my alarm off the snuggled back into Eric's grip again. The covers were over us so I wasn't cold, and being up against Eric's body kept me from being hot. Letting out a soft sigh I started moving out of Eric's arms again, I had a lot I had to take care of a lot of running around to do today.
"Just where do you think you are going?" Eric asked with his eyes still closed. He pulled me closer to his body.
"I have some things I need to do." I said softly.
"What could possibly be more important than laying here by my side, during my most vulnerable point of existence?" He said wearily. "You know… there could have been better ways to wake me up." He began stroking my back.
I rolled my eyes, and started wiggling out of his arms. "Go back to bed. I should be back before you wake up for good."
I gave him a quick kiss on the lips then jumped out of bed. Eric gave a low growl to my absence then turned over and I didn't hear another sound from him. After throwing on some jogging shorts and a sports bra, I walked outside for a run.
It was nice feeling the sun's rays on my skin as I jogged aimlessly through the humid streets of Shreveport. Even though it was almost early September there was still a nice heat radiating from the sun. Eric lived in a really nice, high-end gated community, so I didn't really worry about anything except running across an occasional snake or two. All together, I ran for about 45 minutes before I collapsed onto Eric's manicured front lawn. With only being outside for that short a period of time my shoulders and arms were already starting to turn a deep shade of pink; I should have put on sun block. Tanning would definitely be out of the question now.
I laid on his grass for about 10 minutes just absorbing nature around me. It seemed that I felt better being outside and around the animals, dirt and fresh air. It was definitely a calming experience for me. After going inside I drank a glass of tap water and hopped in the shower. Both Godric and Eric were sleeping so I knew that I wouldn't have any interruptions (even if I wouldn't have minded the interruption). I threw on some jeans, my favorite tan Generation Kill tank top, and some flip-flops. As I walked out to my car I realized how grateful I was for whoever invented flip-flops. They were so much more comfortable than heels.
I met with the local realtor. She was a nice woman in her mid 40's named Amanda Brimson. She showed me a variety of homes in her database ranging from 100,000 to 1,000,000 dollars. She printed off some of the specs that I had liked the most and I went back to Eric's house. I had a lot to think about. I sat in the den of the house thinking over everything that was going on, when Godric came out and sat next to me. He gently put my legs over his lap and began massaging my calf muscles. It had to be about 4:00 now.
"I can smell the sunlight on you. It is indeed very agreeable with your scent. Maybe it is the Fae in you that binds the outdoor smell to your own scent enhancing it." He said with a smile. "What have you been up to this day? It seems pretty early for you to be up after such a long night."
I blushed at Godric's sly comment. "I went for a jog and then I went to a realtor." I said taking the specs out of my bag, and handing them to Godric.
"Have you talked to Eric about this?" He said with an eyebrow raised, turning completely in my direction. "The moving part that is?"
"Why should I have to talk to Eric about something like this? We were supposed to move out before, why would it be a problem now?" I was immediately on the defensive. I shouldn't have to get permission from anyone to do anything; I'm a grown woman. In all honesty though, I wasn't thinking about our plan to move in together. I had really just been concerned with moving out of Eric's house.
"Things have changed since we all last spoke about us moving out. I think it would be best if we all stayed together. We will need as many eyes on you as possible, especially after this incident with the King and Queen." He said in a calculated tone.
"I am human!" I yelled. I was over dealing with all these vampires telling me what I could and couldn't do. "I am not vampire and I am not owned by any of you, and yet I'm stuck changing my life around for all of you. I am underneath Eric's thumb all the time, and I need my independence."
"Your independence doesn't matter."
Both Godric and I turned to see Eric in the doorway, looking colder than normal.
"We have been doing you a favor by allowing you to stay here. I have put myself in danger to protect you. Now, whatever happens to you is on ME, and I am not risking my existence because a stupid human wants independence."
Eric was seething I had never seen him this angry before, but now I was too. I was hurt, angry, pissed off and appalled all in one. How did Eric manage to somehow turn this around to be about him?
"Eric…" Godric growled.
"Godric I will not let some ungrateful little girl insult me, in my own home, especially after I have done so much for her." Eric spat back at Godric as if I wasn't even there.
"As if I haven't helped you! As if me being here hasn't made the Queen want to kiss your ass a little bit more for my ability!" I hadn't noticed when I stood up or when I even moved for that matter. But I was currently standing in front of Eric pointing him in the chest.
"I have given you a job, a roof to live under and good sex, what more could a human want? Your ungrateful!" Eric yelled snottily.
My jaw dropped. No, really, it just dropped. I couldn't believe that last bit came out of his mouth. His anger was radiating off of him and into me. Suddenly a sense of calm washed over me. I could only assume that was Godric trying to calm the situation down.
"Is that what you think I want from you Eric, your money and sex?" I scoffed and backed away from him. "Haven't you gotten it by now? I don't need your money, or anything else you have to offer." Eric gave me a blank stare. "I was fine before I met you and I'll be fine after you!" I suddenly yelled in Swedish.
I stormed to the guest bedroom and threw some clothes in a small bag that I had. After I had packed about 3 nights worth of clothing and walked back into the den where Eric and Godric were having an intense argument in some language I didn't understand.
"And by the way." I said interrupting them both. "Just to let you know how idiotic you sounded just ask yourself this: If I was really the fang-banging, gold digging, whore you described then why would I be trying to move out of your home away from you and your money to start paying my own bills once again?" I shook my head. "This is what I get for caring about a self centered arrogant Vampire like you."
I rolled my eyes and walked out the house through the garage, slamming the door shut as I left. Once I was in my car driving down the road I saw Eric's number calling me. I ignored the call and then turned my cell phone off he was really the last person that I wanted to talk to right now. I found myself driving towards Merlotte's. There were still a couple hours before Fangtasia opened and I just needed to talk and interact with some more humans. After my and Eric's argument I didn't care if I was late to work.
It took me about 45 minutes but when I got to Merlotte's it was dusk. Walking inside I saw a bunch of people I recognized but I decided to sit down with Jason Stackhouse and Hoyt Fortenberry. They were sitting in a booth on the right side of the establishment drinking beer and talking.
"Hey fella's" I said casually walking up to the booth.
"Hey Em, haven't seen you around here in a while." Jason pointed out. "Want to sit?"
Without hesitation I sat next to Hoyt who turned as red as a tomato. I gave him a quick smile and we all just started talking casually. It was nice being around people with no ulterior motives, people who just wanted to talk just to get to know you. This is what I missed the most when I was talking to vampires. The new waitress Holly came around and I ordered a chicken finger-plate. Once it came we all sat around talking for a little bit.
"How has everything been with you Em? Have you gotten settled yet or are you still living with those friends in Shreveport?" Hoyt asked.
I had forgotten that I had told everyone here that I had moved out to Shreveport with friends, so I was actually pretty happy that Hoyt had reminded me. Maybe that is why everyone was treating me normal, because they didn't know about my vampire situation. I saw the way people ostracized Sookie when I first came here, and I surely didn't want to be in that situation.
"I'm in a real sticky situation as far as the living conditions are concerned." I said taking a large swig of beer. "I think it's about time I moved out, starting to feel like I'm overstaying my welcome."
"Well if you need a place to crash for a while you can stay at my place." Jason said optimistically. "Hoyt has been staying with me too, you know a bachelor pad kind of thing, but I'm sure he wouldn't mind you sharing the house with us for a little while." He was almost flirting as he spoke, like he was expecting me to say yes.
"I wouldn't mind." Hoyt said smiling.
"That's real kind of you guys, but I'll figure my situation out. I appreciate the offer though." I said smiling. Jason looked a little disappointed.
A few minutes later Jason Hoyt and I had started up another conversation. Out of the corner of my eye I saw a woman walking towards our general direction, with the same sultry walk that I had seen before. As soon as she walked over she began talking. She was still as beautiful as I remembered but her bubbly personality was not with her tonight. That made things awkward.
"Emelie we need to talk." She said sternly.
"Well hello." Jason said dragging out the hello much longer than he needed to. "I'm Jason Stackhouse." He held out his hand
Jeanette gave a small smile and shook both Jason and Hoyt's hands as I introduced her to them as a friend of the family. Once she sat down next to Jason and across from me, she gave me a worried look.
"I didn't think I'd be able to get to talk to you before I could tell you what was going on." She said sullenly.
"About…" I started slowly. I wasn't sure what she was going to say but I thought she could figure out by the hinting around that Hoyt and Jason didn't know about Eric or Godric.
"Listen your grandmother has asked me to help make sure you are safe, not risk my life to save yours or those vampires." Jeanette said rather boldly.
Jason and Hoyt both looked confused, but they didn't interrupt yet. Suddenly I found myself wishing for the happy peppy Jeanette that I had seen the first time that I had met her. Not to mention that I was upset by her confession.
"Don't tell me you're into to vampires too Em!" Jason said pretty loudly. "Awe hell! What am I going to do with you and Sookie?"
Before things got out of hand I decided to take control.
"Hey guys thanks for the drinks, Jeanette and I are going to leave to talk about my situation." I said much more calmly than I expected. We all said our goodbyes and Jeanette and I walked over to my car to finish our conversation out of hearing distance from any other person.
"Those vampires are going to get you killed!" She said firmly. "I have heard from some higher-ups, that something big is going on with the vampires of Louisiana and Mississippi. You have the unfortunate luck of dealing with both." She rolled her eyes after the statement, and I tried to remain calm.
"Did they tell you what was going to happen?" I asked curiously.
"No, I'm surprised that they even gave me a heads up to warn you. IF something happens there, I can't help you Emelie." Jeanette said rather quietly. "Haven't you been using your powers to figure things like this out?" She said it calmly but that hurt more than when she was really upset with me.
"I've been focusing more on the telekinesis than the visions part." I said ashamed of myself for getting so wrapped up in Eric I hadn't been focusing on my own powers. Jeanette just shook her head. Clearly she was ashamed for me. I was obviously a very bad seer.
"Your grandmother wants me to warn you not to go or do whatever they are going to ask you to. But I told her you probably wouldn't listen." She said.
I scoffed. Was I that easy to read especially after only meeting Jeanette one time? With that said I could only think about how much I had changed since I had met Eric and Godric for the first time. Honestly, all three of us had changed quite a bit. But with all the change I still managed to put other people before myself. I must have taken a long time to answer because Jeanette started speaking again.
"Should I take your silence as you helping them regardless?" She asked almost with a hint of optimism in her voice.
"He is my charge Jeanette. I have to help him regardless of what happens to me, and Godric mind as well be another charge because I wont see him be put in danger either." I was stern and that was my final judgment.
She gave out a quick sigh. "I wish you the best of luck. Hopefully I will see you after things between them have calmed down and you return SAFELY to Shreveport." She had put an extra emphasis on the word safely. I got the hint
After that she said her goodbyes and walked into the forest vanishing as quickly as she had walked into Merlotte's. Looking at the time I saw I was going to be late getting to work, but Eric would just have to deal with it. Not only was I still mad at him but now I had to worry about all three of us being dragged in the middle of even more vampire politics. Not to mention I pretty much just got told off by a faerie for not using my powers as much as I should. I gave a short frustrated growl as I hopped in my car. Just as I began to start the car, my phone started blaring. Looking down I realized Eric was calling me.
"Hello." I said with attitude. If he was calling to bitch at me about being late to work then he definitely would have to deal with my huge attitude.
"A situation has occurred, and you are needed at Fangtasia now." He said flatly.
I didn't give him a chance to say anything else. Instead of speaking back I just hung up the phone. Obviously whatever Jeanette had said was going to occur was happening right now. What a great night this was turning out to be.
*BY THE WAY IF YOU HAVEN"T SEEN GENERATION KILL THEN I HIGHLY SUGGEST THAT YOU WATCH IT… IT IS AN AMAZING SHOW, WHICH OUR FAVORITE VAMPIRE (ALEXANDER SKARSGARD PLAYS SERGENT BRAD 'ICEMAN' COLBERT. IT IS EXTREMELY GRAPHIC THOUGH, MORE-SO THAN TRUEBLOOD (AND YES ITS AMAZING THAT THIS IS EVEN POSSIBLE).