Sookie:

I was engaged! I still couldn't believe it. For the past several days I had a permanent smile plastered on my face. Gran was extremely happy for us but also a little sad. This meant that I would be moving in with Mikael once we were married. He surprised both Gran and I when he offered her some rooms in his house, but she declined. She didn't want to leave the Stackhouse home. He shocked us even further when he offered to move into our house. Gran appreciated the gesture but told us that we needed to have space and time for ourselves and build our own home together as a couple. When I broke the news to Jason he was shocked but then went back to acting like an imbecile by teasing me about my fiancé's age. He was in the middle of telling me that I would be changing my husband's diapers when Mikael walked up behind him without him knowing. Mikael frightened him and whispered something in his ear. Jason walked off startled and hasn't teased me since.

Mikael had called me earlier this afternoon asking me to come over to his house that evening. He said he needed to discuss some important issues with me. I leave work and drive up to his house outside Shreveport thinking about what it could be. I know that he had been trying to get a hold of his kids to tell them about me but wasn't successful. Maybe he finally did get a hold of them and now he was going to tell me that they didn't approve of me due to my age. I sigh. I wouldn't blame them. If he was my father, I would be wary of a new stepmother a couple years younger than me. It could also be about a prenuptial agreement. I hated the idea. To me it was like a guarantee that our marriage would end in divorce. Marriage in my opinion was literally 'until death do us part'. I wasn't going to get divorced. Or perhaps he wanted to talk about sex. He never brought up the subject and neither have I. I still wasn't yet on any birth control anyway. I never needed any birth control before since I had no boyfriend. My appointment was over a week from now for that. Speaking of birth control, kids were also another issue we haven't dealt with. I wanted them; I wasn't sure if he did since he already had two grown kids. There were a lot of things that I didn't think about until now. I was too overjoyed about the engagement to consider what our marriage was going to be like.

My happiness is deflated a little as I pull into the driveway in front of his house. Mikael is standing outside the door smiling and waving.

"Hi," I say as I start to get out of my car. I notice another car on the other side of the driveway that I never saw before.

"Hey, beautiful," he says. He gives me a sweet kiss and leads me into the house.

He leads me into the living room and there is a small bald man in an expensive looking suit sitting on the sofa. He gets up as I enter the room.

"Hello, you must be Miss Sookie Stackhouse. I am Damon Cataliades, a long-time friend of Mikael and his lawyer," he says politely offering his hand.

I glance at Mikael feeling confused and I shake his hand. "It's nice to meet you." I guess he did want a prenuptial agreement after all. He sits down and Mikael and I sit on the sofa across from him.

"Mikael asked me to come over and discuss with you some changes that he made to his personal estate," he says.

"Oh," I say still confused.

He pushes some papers in front of me on the coffee table. I pick them up and glance them over still not knowing what was going on. I didn't see the words 'prenup' anywhere.

"Those are Mikael's new will and the legal documents that entitle you to half of his estate," he says. "In the unfortunate event that he dies, you will get 50% of his estate while his children will each receive 25%. And since you and he will be married soon, he has legally entitled you to half of his personal fortune. Your name has been included in all of his personal accounts."

I stare blankly at the piece of paper feeling like I was going to faint. I look at the number of zeros that were now beside me and Mikael's name.

"That's a lot," I squeak out.

"Yes well to make it official, I need your signature on a couple of documents," he says, drawing out some papers from his folder.

"Ummm wait, can't I think about this for a moment?" I say bewildered.

He looks at Mikael and Mikael looks at me.

"Of course I will you two a minute to talk things over," he says. He gets up and heads to another room.

After he leaves I stand up and pace the floor. "What is this all about Mikael? I mean I didn't know that you had that much money and I certainly didn't expect that from you."

Mikael stands up and stops me by placing his hands on my shoulders. "Sookie, I want to give you everything that I have. Soon you will be my wife and my equal partner. We're going to be building a future together and the way that I figure how to start that is to share everything that I have with you."

I close my eyes and sigh. "That's a sweet thought, but what about what everyone else will say? I mean will your kids be happy about you giving away half your fortune to some woman they don't know? People will think I'm a money grubbing gold digger!"

"I don't care what other people think. As for my children, they will come to understand my decisions after they have gotten to know you," he says reassuringly. He pulls me into a hug and kisses my forehead.

A moment later I break away and move back. "Well I don't think this is such a good idea. I can't help but care about what other people think. I don't want to be always walking into a room full of people staring at me and whispering hurtful things about me behind my back. Because that's what will happen Mikael."

His eyes narrow, "No one will ever think anything awful about you Sookie. I will make sure of that."

I turn around to face the window overlooking the lawn in the back. "Can you at least wait to do this until after we are married? I just need time to get used to the idea," I say as I turn back to face him.

He thinks about it for a minute before smiling, "Alright Sookie. We will wait to do this until after we are married. Speaking of that, we still haven't decided on a date yet."

I smile back at him. "Yeah we should probably think about that. At least there will be more time for me since school is going to over in about a week."

"Why don't you think about that right now while I talk to Damon? There are some other things that I needed to go through with him," he says.

"Okay," I smile and give him a quick hug and kiss.

"I'll be back as soon as I can," he says. He leaves and heads to his study.

I stand there watching him leave. Afterwards I close my eyes and let out a deep breath. I decide to go outside and get some air.

The sun is just setting and it is breathtaking. I squint a bit watching the sun set over the field and rows of trees. When should we get married? This summer? I had more time since the summer holidays was about to start. But did I want to get married so quickly? I hadn't even met his kids yet. I didn't know if he had any other living relatives.

I am so lost in my thoughts that I don't notice right away someone standing by watching me.

"Enchanting view isn't it?" a voice says.

I swiftly turn to my side and see a tall blonde man standing there. My heart rate and breathing speeds up as I take in the sight of this stunning man. He was just as tall as Mikael and had the same build, but maybe even a little more muscular. His hair was the same shade of blonde as Mikael's but was shoulder length. His eyes and facial features were identical to Mikael as well. This must be his son Eric.

"Ye – yes it is, it's stunning," I stutter.

He comes closer to me and I get an even a better look at him. He was probably the most beautiful man I have ever seen; aside from my fiancé.

"I just arrived from Sweden," he says giving me a dazzling smile. "I didn't expect to see someone as exquisite as you to greet me upon my arrival."

I smile like an idiot at his flirting attempt. "Uhhh, your dad is inside I think. Probably in his study."

He just raises his eyebrow, still smiling flirtatiously. "That's good but I think I'd rather stay out here with you for a little while longer." He stands closer to me which causes me to laugh nervously.

"My name is Eric," he says.

"Yeah I know," I answer.

He raises his eyebrow again. "Are you Esther's daughter?" he asks, his voice more huskier.

He stands even closer and I can feel his breath on my cheek as he leans down. My temperature zooms up. "Ummm, no I'm not."

I tilt my head up to look him in the eyes. They were definitely the same colour as Mikael's. I could smell the scent of his skin. His hair looked so soft and for a brief moment I imagine myself running my fingers through it.

Our moment is then interrupted by a woman clearing her voice.

"Excuse me, Miss Stackhouse, but Dr. Northman was wondering if you were hungry. I prepared some sandwiches and soup for you. He ate earlier. Hello Eric, there is more than enough there for you if you are hungry too," she says. She stares at the both of us with accusing eyes for a few more seconds before going back inside.

"You're Snooki Stackhouse?" he says astounded.

I'm a little flustered too. "Yes my name is Sookie Stackhouse. I'm engaged to your father."

He just stares at me, taken aback. "How old are you?"

"I'm old enough," I quickly answer. I start to walk inside. "Aren't you coming?" I ask turning my head back to him.

He continues to stand there staring at me before he follows me inside.