Sadly i don't own Bill (if i did we would be permently locked in a light tight space ;-) ), all characters owned by Charlaine Harris, Alan Ball and HBO , i am just borrowing them and promise to give them back

Chapter 9

I looked at the clock and saw that I still had about 4 hours till sundown, I had just returned from a trip to the local market and made my way into the kitchen to start on my thank you present for Bill. After breakfast I had fired up the laptop that came with the villa and went online to do a little research, then went out to find just what I needed.

After everything was set I made my way out on to the beach to soak up a few rays, Bill loved the smell of the sun on my skin and I wanted tonight to be perfect. I spread my towel on the warm white sand and lay down and for a second I felt sadness that Bill could never share this with me, I shook away the feeling telling myself that if Bill couldn't enjoy the sunshine then I would do everything I could to make damn sure he enjoyed the night.

A little while later I made my way into the beautiful dining room, the pale blue walls were the perfect contrast to the dark wooden floors and mahogany table, I took out the box of candles I had bought at the market and placed them carefully around the room, I then placed a CD of beautiful music in the stereo so it would be ready for tonight

I walked into the kitchen and put on my apron, I smiled at the thought, I imagined Gran doing the same thing when she was my age, making dinner for my Grandfather, I gave a little giggle, I wasn't exactly the housewife type but this was something I wanted to do. I opened the freezer to check on the 2 desserts I had made, one a lemon and lime sorbet the other was special, it was a chocolate orange liqueur Tru Blood sorbet especially for Bill.

I knew that Bill loved the smell of chocolate and when I found the recipe online I just had to make it for him. I made my way to the large cooker where two pots sat bubbling away, one contained a thick tomato and pepper soup that was one of Gran's old recipes (it was very filling and was a meal in itself) and the other was a special blood soup made with Tru Blood and spices and stock, I had found both of the recipes for Bill's meal tonight on a site called The Vampires Cook Book, it was a site I would visit more often if Bill liked the meal tonight. Both courses had a little something extra as well, they both had a small amount of my blood, I hadn't used too much as i was planning on Bill drinking from me again tonight.

When both soups where ready and cooled as I didn't want Bill to smell them (I would rewarm them later) and both desserts set, I moved into the living room and sat on the big white couch. I was getting excited and nervous about tonight, I wanted to thank Bill for being so wonderful with me when we went into the water and for the beautiful gifts he had found for me. I flicked through a magazine I had brought with me, reading all the celeb gossip. A little while later I looked up at the clock and realised that it was a lot later than I thought.

It was 2 hours before sunset, I decided to take a shower and then get ready for when Bill woke so I could begin to thank him for last night. I turned on the water to let it get to the right temperature and got undressed, I stepped in and closed the shower door , I stood under the main showerhead and soaked my hair, suddenly I was hit with a wave of lust so powerful that it almost made my knee's buckle and then two strong arms wrapped around me and cool lips began kissing my neck. I turned to look at Bill who then pulled me tight against his body and crushed my lips with his. After a few minutes I had to break away for air, Bill's lips once again moved to my neck

"Bill" I breathed "what are you doing up it's still light out?"

His lips moved to my ear and he whispered in a voice that made my knee's even weaker.

"Sookie, I was dreaming of you, it was so vivid it woke me up then I heard the shower and knowing you were in here ...(his voice dropped to a lustful whisper)...and naked" (I moaned as his hand cupped my breast and his thumb stroked it gently) "I could not help myself , I had to be with you"

I pulled his head to mine and captured his lips in a fierce and passionate kiss, his fangs ran out and his arms wrapped tight around me , I felt his hardness pressed against me, he lifted me up and I wrapped my legs around his waist and never breaking the kiss he entered me, we both moaned at the feeling of being connected. Bill began to move me in time with the rhythm of his hips, every thrust hitting that special spot inside me, I dug my nails in his back as I licked his fangs, this made Bill growl and increase the force and speed if his thrusts sending us both closer to the edge, I broke away from our kiss and tilted my head to the side exposing my neck to my hungry husband, unable to resist Bill hissed as he bit, as we came together I screamed his name.

I sat on the end of the bed and towel dried my hair. Bill came out of the bathroom grabbed my comb from the dresser and sat behind me pulling me against his chest and tossed the towel to the floor, he kissed the top of my head and began to run the comb through the tangles in my hair

"Bill honey" I said as I closed my eyes.

"Yes sweetheart"

"Are you going to be ok, I mean being up before the sunsets, you're not going to get the bleeds are you" I asked in a sudden panic.

As wonderful as our time in the shower had been I would have hated Bill to suffer for it later.

"Relax sweetheart, I'll be fine" he reassured me and kissed the top of my head again.

When my hair was tangled free Bill laid down pulling me with him and I cuddled up against him resting my head on his cool chest.

"I love you Sookie, these last few days have been like a dream, I never imagined that I could be this happy, thank you sweetheart" he said and squeezed me a little tighter.

I pulled myself up to look into his beautiful eyes.

"Bill" I said "I should be the one thanking you, you give me everything I never thought I could have, the way you love me , baby its magical and I love you so much, Bill you complete me."

And with that I moved up to capture his lips and kissed him in a way he would leave no doubt of just how much I loved him.

After a few more minutes of being together I convinced Bill to get some more sleep, he said he would be fine but I wasn't taking any chances, I also wanted to finish getting everything ready for tonight. I snuck into the bathroom and carefully place more candles that I would use later and placed a jar of lavender bath salts on the end of the Tub.

The soups was warming in the pan, it was almost ready, my wine was chilling and Bill's Tru Blood was in the microwave ready to be heated as soon as he Table was set with fine china bowls, beautiful handcrafted wooden spoons I had found on one of the stalls of the market (I figured silver spoons where not the best idea), wine glasses and in the centre of the table, in pride of place was the beautiful Flower and Shell Bill had found for me.

I dressed in a beautiful blue dress and matching earrings, necklace and bracelet set that Bill had given me for my birthday and tied a blue ribbon in my hair to complete my outfit. I looked at the clock and saw there were only a few minutes until the sunset so i turned on the CD of the most beautiful music, it was one of Bill's favourites. I then lit the candles and turned down the lights, then i heard footsteps and a beautiful voice behind me

"Sookie" Bill said with a question in his voice

I turned to see him standing there, naked. He hadn't dressed after our adventure in the shower. I smiled and walked over to him, leaned up and kissed him softly

"Honey, why don't you go get dressed, dinner's in five minutes" I said as he stood there looking slightly confused

"Sweetheart what is that exquisite smell" he asked smiling

"All will be revealed soon, now go get dressed" I said smiling , swatting him on the backside as he turned around, he looked at me, shaking his head and grinning as I giggled and then he turned and headed to the bedroom to change.

Bill walked out of the bedroom dressed in dark blue suit pants and a white cotton shirt, he looked so handsome. I walked over and kissed him on the cheek and then I took him by the hand and led him to the dining room table. He sat and looked at me, I could tell he was curious as to what was going on. I walked into the kitchen and picked up the tray with the two bowls of steaming hot soup, Bill's bottle of Tru Blood and my small bottle of wine and walked into the dining room. I placed Bill's soup in front of him and he looked at me questioningly

"It's a soup made with Tru Blood ,stock and a selection of spices" I said in answer.

"It smells wonderful" Bill said smiling at me.

"Bill I wanted to do something to thank you for everything, you helped me with my fear of the water and then the beautiful Flower and the perfect shell" I said pointing to the centre of the table "I wanted to say how much it all means to me" I said with tears in my eyes.

"Sookie" Bill said with such love in his voice "sweetheart, this is wonderful, I know how much you love me, I love you just as much, as for the flower and shell, well I thought you might like them" he said while looking at me with pure love in his beautiful blue eyes.

"I hope it's ok" I said nervously.

Bill picked up his spoon and dipped in to his bowl, bringing the spoon up to his face.

"Sweetheart, it smells incredible" he said and then tasted it. Bill closed his eyes and smiled.

"Sookie it's unbelievable" he said "there's something else in here isn't there, Sookie is your blood in this" he asked.

"Just a little" i said " i thought maybe it would just give it that little something extra"

I poured Bill's Tru Blood into his glass and filled mine up with the chilled white wine, I placed my bowl on the table and was about to pick up my spoon when Bill took hold of my hand and kissed it, his lips where warm from the soup and I smiled at him. Bill must have been enjoying the soup as the only noises he made where happy ones. When we had both finished I topped both our glassed up and then cleared the table.

I took hold of his hand and pulled him up to his feet, the song After All by Peter Cetera and Cher had begun and I smiled thinking of how it described our journey and everything we had been through, I pulled him close and we began to dance.

"You smell like the sun" Bill Said burying his face in my hair.

I leaned up and kissed him as we danced, when the song finished I kissed him on the cheek.

"Why don't you sit I'll fetch dessert" I said and went to the kitchen to take the sorbet's out of the freezer.

The sorbets where perfectly set so I carried them into dining area, Bill sat there watching my every move. I place the sorbet's on the table, Bill closed his eyes and moaned slightly at the scent.

"It's a chocolate orange liqueur Tru Blood sorbet, with a dash of me " I said

Bill took a taste and moaned and his fangs ran out.

"Sookie" he said "this is just exquisite."

I smiled and began to eat my own dessert.

After we had finished our meal we made our way to the big couch in the living room. We sat and Bill pulled me into his arms and began to kiss me passionately, his hands began to touch me in a way that if he kept it up I wasn't going to last long. He broke the kiss and stared at me, his incredible blue eyes burning through me

"Sookie, the soup, the sorbet, Darling everything was just amazing, thank you so much, you must have worked so hard" he said with such emotion in his voice

"Bill, seeing you enjoy yourself, it was worth every minute" I said

"Sweetheart" he said practically growling "let me thank you properly"

His lips crushed mine again and he swept me into his arms and carried me into the bedroom where he thanked me, several times over.

I told Bill to stay in bed and I went into the bathroom and turned on the taps to fill the huge Claw foot bathtub, I added the lavender bath salts and then while the tub was filling I lit the candles I had placed in there earlier and turned on the little waterproof CD player. I called Bill into the bathroom, he walked over to me and kissed me. By this time the tub had filled, after testing the temperature of the water Bill lifted me in to the tub and then got in behind me and pulled me to him, I lay against his chest neither one of us saying anything, just enjoying being together.

I awoke and reached for Bill, only to find a space next to me, I could hear the most beautiful music coming from the living room. I got up wrapping the beautiful silk robe that Bill had bought me for our wedding day around me and made my way to the living room. Bill was sitting at the dark mahogany piano that was situated against the wall in the living room. I walked over and wrapped my arms around him and kissed his head.

"Sorry sweetheart, did I wake you ?" Bill asked looking up at me.

"No I woke and you where gone" I said.

"Sorry darling, I wanted you to get some sleep" he said taking my hand in his.

He moved over on the piano stool and I sat next to him wrapping my arms around him, his arm moved around me and he kissed the top of my head.

"Play for me some more" I asked and he began to play a beautiful tune.

As a child I had wanted to learn how to play the piano. I had had lessons but I wasn't very good, and so I didn't really enjoy it. I closed my eyes, just listening to the music. After a few minutes it suddenly went quite and just as I was about to open my eyes to find out why Bill had stopped playing I felt his cool hands running up the outside of my legs, when he reached my knee's he slowly pulled my legs open and began planting little kisses up the inside of my thighs, I moaned at the feel of his cool lips against my hot skin, one of his hands moved between my legs and I moaned again loudly as his fingers began to work their magic, he was teasing me, just lightly running his fingers against my folds but it was driving me crazy.

Suddenly he removed his hand and replaced it with his cool tongue, I screamed in pleasure and his hands moved to my waist to hold me in place which was a good thing or I probably would have shot off the piano stool. Bill increased the pressure and speed of his tongue against my cl!t and I grabbed hold of his hair pulling him even closer to me, my legs automatically lifted onto his shoulders and he moaned.

I began to moan Bill's name over and over and as his skilled tongue entered me I lost it and screamed in such pleasure it was a good thing that we didn't have neighbours or I would have woken everyone up.

I could feel my climax building and Bill could feel it too, he replaced his tongue with his long fingers, turned to my thigh and bit and I came screaming how much I loved him.

In a dizzying flash Bill moved so he was sitting on the piano stool , and I was straddling him, my legs where wrapped around his waist, his sleep pants where on the floor and he entered me. He began to move me up and down on him and I wrapped my arms tight around him, I could feel him harden inside me, he was close now and so was I again, I nuzzled my head in his neck and bit...hard and as I felt his sweet blood rush past my lips, Bill snapped slamming his fangs into my neck causing us to both come hard.

I was panting hard now ,Bill looked at me with a look of wonder on his perfect face.

"Sookie, sweetheart that was incredible, you are incredible."

"No baby you are" I said and then began to giggle.

"What's so funny?" Bill asked with a curious look on his face.

"I never knew the piano could be so much fun" I said giggling again.

Bill rolled his eyes at me. He was still inside me when he stood which caused my eyes to do a bit of rolling too, although not in the same way. He carried me into our bedroom and showed me other ways of having fun.