Ch 17

That night at Merlotte's.... Sookie was waiting tables, everyone was in a good mood which was nice. She glanced up to see Sam still smiling and talking with people sitting at the bar. At 11 Sam motioned she had a phone call.

"Hello?"

"Sookie, I need you and Bill to come to Fangtasia."

"Why?"

"Something important has come up."

"Something important just happened."

"Can you give the phone back to Sam?"

"Sure, I get off work soon."

"I already contacted Bill. He'll meet you at your house." Sookie handed the phone to Sam who has a confused look on his face.

"What do you want?" Sam asked turning his back to the bar.

"I know your interesting in Kerrie and I want to tell you that if you hurt her in anyway-"

"If your trying to scare me off it isn't going to work." Sam all but growled and he hung up the phone.

Sookie watched as Sam walked back to his office slamming the door. She shook her head and went back to work. An hour later she finished clearing off her tables. Arlene was staying till closing. Sookie paused outside of Sam's door and knocked.

"Come in!" Sookie slowly opened the door to see Sam on the phone and in a much better mood.

"Just wanted to grab my things." Sookie grabbed her bag. "Have a good night, Sam."

"Be careful." He said as she walked out the door.

When Sookie arrived at her house Bill was sitting on the porch with his car parked in front of the house.

"I can't believe he summoned us again." Sookie said opening the door. "I'll be ready to go in a minute."

Bill watched her hurry up the stairs and Kerrie's warning came to his mind. He shook his head and took a seat on the couch. Sookie returned 15 minutes later dressed in jean shorts and a tank top. The drive to Shreveport was silent. When they arrived at Fangtasia they parked at the backdoor, Chow was waiting for them. They were escorted to Eric's office where he and Pam were waiting.

"Sit down." Sookie gave Eric a glare as she sat.

"You should trust Sam, he's a good guy." She said crossing her arms. Eric shrugged before he spoke.

"A vampire has gone missing in Dallas. Stan Davis the sheriff of the area and asked for some assistance. I would like you to go to Dallas to help them find Farrell."

"Sookie can not go alone." Bill said standing up. Eric gave him a cold stare.

"The Fellowship of the Sun may be involved. Bill, what can you do?"

"Sookie needs my protection."

"I won't go without Bill." Sookie said quickly.

"Fine, you will be compensated of course. You shouldn't be gone long, I arranged a flight on Anubis out of Monroe leaving tomorrow morning. I also arranged time off from your job."

"What am I supposed to do?"

"Stan will explain what happened and you may have to get inside the Fellowship's church in Dallas." After a few more details Sookie and Bill were allowed to leave.

"I can't believe him, this is too dangerous." Bill said grabbing the steering wheel as he sped back to Bon Temps.

"I'll be fine, you'll be with me."

Back at Merlotte's.... Sam had just hung up the phone after calling Kerrie. Their date had been great, they had a lot to talk about. After lunch they both had to restrain themselves in the car. A smile crossed Sam's face as he went to make sure everything was locked up. After ending her call Kerrie dialed Eric's number.

"How dare you give him a hard time!" Kerrie said quickly before Eric could even say anything.

"I just want to make sure you and Declan are ok."

"We are both fine, I won't let you ruin this for me. Eric, if you try to interfere I'll make sure Sookie never trusts you."

"You wouldn't."

"I would. Don't test me."

"You must really like him then."

"I do, we have a lot in common and he gets me."

"Don't get all mushy. I need to go make some more plans. Sookie and Bill are going to Dallas to help Stan."

"Isn't that a bit dangerous?"

"I'm going too, of course they don't know that."

"You have something planned don't you?"

"Maybe, did you find anything out about Bill?"

"No." Kerrie lied.

"Are you sure?"

"Yes, I need to get going. Have fun in Dallas."

"I will."

"Bye Eric."

"Bye." Kerrie hung up the phone and took a deep breath. Eric had been good to her and she knew eventually he would win over Sookie, women didn't resist his charm for long. She knew that Bill was hiding something and she planned to find out what before telling Eric anything.