CHAPTER 3

"I can't believe you are here" Bill was still in awe.

"I can't believe you are vampire King of Louisiana! Though I always knew you had a future in politics"

"Do you intend to stay here?" please say yes.

"I don't know, I actually came here unconsciously, I guess the good memories drove me back."

"Were you happy here?"

"Bill you know I was, you were my best friend, leaving you and my mother was what hurt me the most. Why,weren't you?"

"I was until you disappeared. It took me a few years to be as happy again."

"What was her name?" Alice had her playful tone again.

"Whose name?" He was confused.

"Your wife's name silly"

"How do you know I got married?"

"Because you were meant to be a husband, I was sure you'd marry, I hoped that you would."

"Her name was Caroline"

"Did she make you happy?"

"Yes"

"I'm so glad to hear that."

The scenario made them think of the old times. They were sitting by each other holding hands and smiling.

"I came back, a few years after I disappeared." Ali's voice was now small and she was looking at her hands.

"Why?" He was frowning his brow. she sighted before answering.

"I came back to see how mamma was doing and how, well, how you were doing" He stared at her though she kept her gaze on her hands. "Then I saw both of your graves, I don't recall crying that much ever since, except for yesterday perhaps." A bloody tear ran through her flawless cheek at the memory of Ethan being in front of her one second and then lying on the floor as a pool of goo on the other. "I'll make him pay for what he did" She said under her breath.

"You can stay here for as long as you please, and should you want revenge, you are not alone." His blue eyes met her green ones.

"Thanks Bill, it's good to know I have a friend here"

He felt his heart sink as he realized she saw him as a mere friend, though his smile returned as he saw her grin.

"I should get going, it's been a long day." It was 3 am and she had woken up at 6:30 am.

"Right, sorry I forgot. Would you like me to walk you to Sookie's?"

"Don't worry about it, besides I wouldn't want to keep you from your duties, Your Excellency" With that she made a playful bow and bid him goodbye, leaving a smile plastered in his face.

As she left the room she found Eric and Pam waiting outside Bill's office.

"Good night" Alice said to them and walked away. All of a sudden Eric was in front of her. He had at least two heads on her. His blue gaze was on her.

"Good night" After speaking he kissed her hand chivalrously.

The night passed rather quickly. Alice was used to sleeping few hours so she didn't complain when Sookie woke her at 11 am. She said she was going to Merlotte's and wrote her the address. Sookie said there was fruit and milk in the fridge and she could help herself with whatever she wanted, and that she would wait for her at the restaurant.

Alice had arrived at Sookie's only two minutes after she had left Bill's mansion, Thank god for vampire speed she thought before crumbling into the bed Sookie had fixed for Alice in her old bedroom.

Alice had already put her clothes in the closet and the things she could take from her old room in Alabama on the night table.

She put on a pair of dark blue jeans and a blue wife beater, as it was very hot outside.

On her way to Merlotte's she heard a noise coming from the woods, it sounded like a beast was attacking... a Collie?

She decided to go see it, but as soon as she got there the beast had already left, perhaps it had smelled her and escaped, smart move, she thought. By the time she got next to the dog she could sense from his aura that he was a shape shifter.

"You can change if you want I won't hurt you" The collie only stared at her in response.

"Okay then, as you wish" It had a nasty cut that went from what would be the collie's human form waist to it's knee, she scanned it and realized it was too deep for her to use magic in it, there was only one way in which she could help the shifter. She dropped her fangs shocking the collie. She was used to that reaction during daytime. Alice cut her wrist making blood flow rapidly. "Drink it, it will make you feel better, you'll bleed to death if you don't and I won't have that."

Following her instructions the "collie" drank Alice's blood until it's wound healed. As it got up recovered it barked happily at Alice and moved it's tail, still not revealing his/her's true identity. She scratched behind the dog's ears.

"See you around shifter" Alice said before disappearing.