Time frame: Years after "From Dead to Worse"

This is a companion piece following "Family", "Bowling for Vampires" and "Leather Underwear" Please read the end of Family or you will be extremely confused.

Disclaimer: I don't have any claim on any characters in the Sookie Universe. Please don't sue me. The other characters are my own creation and just wanted to play with them for a while.

A/N: That last chapter was lots of fun. It was great reading what you all thought Bill and Sookie's reaction would be. Love it!

Another short chapter. Sorry.

The next chapter will be nice and long and for good reason. hehe.

Enjoy!

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Chapter 20

Okay, let's replay this image shall we?

Eric and I are on the bed.

I am facing him with one hand on his face and we are looking into each others eyes.

Eric has one hand gripping my hip while the other hand is holding the top of my gown with my hand on top of his.

For those of you who have been lucky enough to have never stayed in a hospital, you are naked underneath a hospital gown. Completely naked.

It looked like either Eric was trying to pull down my gown or pull it back up and I was either helping him or not helping him do either.

"What the Hell is going on?!" shouted Sookie.

I instantly dropped my hands to my side and looked at Eric for some guidance. Completely ignoring his wife's question, he stood up and leaned over to snap my gown back in place. Giving me a gentle pat on my shoulders, he smiled amicably at me and gave me a wink before turning to face her.

Okay....

I retreated back under the blanket and pulled it around me.

Sookie was now balling her fists in anger. I wasn't sure who she was going to light into first, but selfishly I hoped it would be Eric. He was bigger and can probably take it better than I can. I looked at Bill who was holding a styrofoam box in his hand, his expression- unreadable.

"Well?" she asked angrily. Eric simply arched an eyebrow at her.

"Well what?"

Oh, this guy is good.

She walks over to him waving her finger at him. "What do you mean 'well what'? You know exactly what. Why were your hands all over her?"

I opened my mouth to object, then thought better of it and closed it again.

Eric looked at her silently for a moment then turned back to me.

"I'm glad you're feeling better, Ally. I'll call you tomorrow evening to coordinate our schedules."

I nodded mutely.

Leaning over, and with a mischievous glint in his eyes, he gave me kiss on the cheek. He stood up and walked to the door. Turning around he said nonchalantly, ""Come Sookie, Ally needs to eat. Let us give her and Bill some privacy."

"Ugh!" she fumes as she stomps out the door. Eric gives Bill a slight nod and blows me a kiss as he strolls out behind her.

I am totally not up to healing Eric again. I sincerely pray I won't have to.

Bill strides over and places the food box next to me. I mentally brace myself for what was to come.

I expected yelling, scolding, hissing. What I didn't expect was Bill pulling me into his arms and kissing me.

"I thought they would never leave." he whispered in my ear. Then he proceeded to place soft cool kisses down my neck causing my body to tingle.

"Bill?"

He pulled back and looked at me. "You chose me, Ally," he smiled and bent back in to continue where he left off.

All anxiety flooded out of me and my heart sang with happiness as I leaned back in the bed pulling him down with me. I tangled my fingers in his hair as I returned his kisses with everything I had and soon we were moaning softly to each other.

My stomach was growling. We both stopped and looked at each other. My hand covered my stomach and I started to giggle. Bill gave me one last kiss and turned around grabbing the box. Rolling the table over my legs he placed the box on it and handed me a fork. I opened the box and smiled as I dove into my penne pasta.

"So what did you and Eric have to coordinate tomorrow?" he asked pulling my hair back so that it wouldn't fall in my food.

"Training." He sat back and waited for me to elaborate.

"When I was healing him, some of my ability leaked out. He can move things with his mind now." I said flicking a glance at the far wall with bits of glass all over it. "Oh and I got some of his stuff too." I added.

"What stuff?" he asked looking at the wall.

"I'm a little stronger, I can hear better and my sense of smell is more acute. Not on par with a vampire but I'm definitely more than what I was." I shrugged.

"Well that's good, isn't it?" he asked.

"It sure ain't bad." I grinned.

"So you are going to start training tomorrow?" he asked trailing a finger up my arm.

"I think I need at least a couple of days before I do anything." Then taking his hand to my mouth I started to kiss his fingers one by one. "How fast do you think I can get out of here?"

He picked me up off the bed, cradling me to him. Kissing me deeply he said, "Is now fast enough?"

Yanking out the iv, I smiled. "Aren't I little underdressed?"

Walking me out the door he said in that dark voice of his, "Not for what I have planned..."

TBC- More fun coming up! Teehee.