His head lifted slightly and fear filled her when she saw the smile on his face, "Sookie are you ok?" keeping his head down too low for her to see his eyes. Sookie slid back on the floor cradling her legs in her arms "I'm fine now" Eric said pushing himself up to his knees "Eric look at me look at me now" his head snapped up and his eyes locked with hers "let me in Lover" Eric smiled at her.
Sookie searched his eyes for any sign of Rage from Ocella's blood but she wasn't sure what she was seeing his eyes were bloodshot and the blue in them had lost their sparkle, Eric hissed curling into a ball pressing his face against the ground. She ran to him throwing her arms around him trying to ease his pain, "Eric oh Eric are you ok "she said panicked by the painful sounds that were coming from him.
Eric looked up and smiled again wrapping his arms around Sookie and holding her to him, Sookie wasn't sure he was completely back to normal but she knew she couldn't just sit there and watch him in pain. Eric squeezed her body against his and she could see the bloody tears fall from his eyes "Sookie I thought I would get here too late, I thought I was losing you" he said kissing her lightly along her cheek and neck.
she clung to him on the front porch feeling free from all the dangers they had been dealing with and now they could be move past it together, Sookie helped Eric to his feet and they made their way to the sofa where Alcide explained what he had seen when he came in and found Sookie lying on the floor. By the time he finish describing the blood that ran from Sookie eyes and nose Eric looked panicked, He flipped his phone open and spoke to fast for her or Alcide to understand as he stroked the length of Sookie's back.
They sat for hours talking over everything that had happened from the second Eric bit into Ocella on and Eric felt shocked he had no memory of most of the things Sookie was saying, Eric's body stiffened next to her as another pain shot through his body causing him to pass out slumping over the arm of the sofa. There was only an hour or so until the sun would come up and they couldn't be sure if he would wake in time so Alcide carried Eric up into the attic while Sookie made them something to eat.
Alcide walked back into the kitchen and saw her standing over a plate staring at the thin slices of ham "what's wrong?" he asked walking closer , "does this smell funny to you" Sookie held out they tray of meat letting him sniff it. Alcide looked at her strangely not only did the meat smell fine but it looked fresh too, He shook his head no and she shrugged and started putting the slices of ham on bread making them each a sandwich.
He grabbed two cokes from the fridge and sat them on the table while she finished with the food and he couldn't help but feel tense at the thought that just hours ago she had looked so close to death and now everything seemed perfectly fine. They sat at the table quietly as they ate it was nice to have a peaceful meal it was something she hadn't had since the night Eric showed up and told her about Ocella, Sookie finished more than half of her sandwich when a pain shot through her stomach she ran for the sink but her legs felt wouldn't move.
Sookie collapsed to the floor beside the table as the pain shot through her body and she knew something was wrong when she tasted the blood in her mouth, Alcide crouched down beside her trying to sooth her through the tremors but her body was no longer hers as it convulsed and she vomited enough blood to cover the kitchen floor. Sookie's felt heavy and a tingling sensation started in her legs and worked its way up her body, "Alcide I can't move" he looked down at the woman he held in his arms and he couldn't recognize her as her voice came out wet and weak.
Alcide carried her into the bedroom and laid her on the bed and just like the day before he cleaned the blood from her face and dressed her before putting her into bed, the sun came up and Sookie seemed to getting worse blood started to pour from her nose and eyes again this time like It had done the day before and Alcide watched as she fell in and out of consciousness. There was nothing he could do no way to help her as her skin got paler and her breathing seemed to slow, it was as if he was staring at a shell of the vibrant bubbly person Sookie had been and there was nothing he could do but watch her and wipe the blood away as it fell.
The phone rang a few times throughout the day Sam, Tara and Jason all wanting to talk to Sookie, he didn't want to have to explain what was going on so he let the machine pick up instead, Alcide sat watching her groan and mumble through the pain her words came out low and broken and when he tried to put the phrases together it seemed like she was talking to someone. He stood over her with his ear to her lips trying to make out what she was saying when he felt a sharp pinch, there was no pain as she sucked the drop of blood from his earlobe but Alcide jumped back staring at her still sleeping figure.
Sookie was standing in her kitchen making a salad when the sound of his voice made her jump slicing her finger,
"Bill what are doing here?" she lifted her finger to her mouth and softly sucked the blood that dripped from it. She turned to look at the vampire standing in the doorway smiling at her "aren't you happy to see me Sookie?" her hand tightened around the knife she was holding as he stepped closer
"Or were you expecting Eric or the wolf to bring you sweet dreams?"
Bill laughed as he pulled out a chair and sat at the table with his back to her
"Why are you here?" Sookie asked looking down at the knife in her hand and back up at him, Bill didn't answer her question he just shook his head and laughed at her again "Why am I hear, Sookie have you really not figured it out yet?" Sookie was tired of his taunts and his games she had been tortured by him enough already she took the knife in her hand and lunged at him plunging it into his heart, Bill looked down at the blade hanging out of his chest but nothing happened.
Bill stood in front of her now smiling at the knife that was in his chest he slowly pulled the blade out making a strange slushy sound as it went and laid it on the counter "you can't kill me again Sookie"
"Leave me alone" Sookie screamed running into her bedroom slamming and locking the door behind her, she knew it wouldn't keep him out but she had no clue how to wake herself up and she wanted to be away from him. She plopped down on her bed covering her eyes with her hands when she felt the bed shift under her "go away Bill" she said turning onto her side looking at the night sky shine through the window, "I'm not bill" Sookie jumped to her feet pinning her back against the wall "you have got to be kidding me."
Jessica rolled around the bed giggling at Sookie "you should see your face Bill was right it was priceless" Sookie stormed from the room heading for the front door and pulling it open, she ran out of the house down the steps and off the porch only to be met by her worst nightmare. The four of them were standing on her front lawn waiting for her to move so they could pounce on her, Bill, Jessica, Elena and Ocella formed a wall across her lawn stopping her from leaving this terrible dream.
Sookie turned to run back into the house and the four of them dove on her sinking their teeth into her, Sookie's eyes shot open and she searched the room looking for Alcide she tried to move to call out for him but her body was not her own, she looked out the window and saw the sun was still bright in the sky and she wondered why she felt so ill in the day. Sookie could see the drops of blood that fell from her face and onto the old blanket that had been her grans, she wanted to move the blanket to save it from being ruined but as hard as she tried she couldn't move a finger.
Alcide walked in the room rushing to her side and wiping away the blood with a warm rag he had sitting on the night table "you're losing a lot of blood Sookie and I don't know what to do" Sookie could hear the desperation in his voice. She hated putting her friend through so much pain but she knew Eric would figure out what was going on before she was in any real danger, Sookie could feel herself fading and she was fighting hard to stay awake but when she looked at the clock she saw that there was still three hours until dusk. Alcide walked into the kitchen coming back with another tray this time it held several cups of liquid including a bottle of true blood, "what is that for?"
Sookie stared at the tray as Alcide sat on the table next to the bed "it's an experiment and I need you to go with it" Alcide looked desperate he had no clue why her symptoms were gone with the sun but he was guessing it had something to do with her absorbing Ocella's blood. Sookie agreed to give his plan a try anything was better than lying in bed motionless every day for the rest of her life, Alcide picked up the cup of water and she took a few sips and then waited for a reaction.
A few minutes passed but nothing happened so they moved on to the next cup this one held chicken broth, Sookie crinkled her nose at the smell of the liquid it did little for her appetite but she took a few sips and again they waited. This time was different she could feel the liquid make its way down to her empty stomach and once it settle the pain started shooter through her unable to move Alcide rolled her onto her side and watched the deep red blood flow from her body with each pain.
Once the pain stopped Sookie could feel her eyes getting heavy she didn't want to fall asleep she had no clue what nightmare she would end up in but she was sure the dead vampires would be there, she fought against the heaviness in her body and she thought she was winning until Alcide reached for the warm rag and started wiping the blood from her eyes and nose. Alcide reached for the cup of blood and pushed it toward her face the smell was awful like warm liquid rust and she wasn't sure she could handle drinking blood, he put it to her lips and the fluid flowed down her throat she guzzled the glass and they waited.
Nothing happened no more bloody vomit and her eyes no longer felt heavy Sookie looked up at Alice and she could feel the panic filling her as the tears started to fall "did I just drink blood?" there was still a while until the sun went down and all she wanted was Eric she needed him to figure out what was going on with her and fix it now, Alcide cleaned up the blood that cover Sookie and the bed without saying a word. He knew his friend was dying and he knew it was at the hands of the vampire she said she loved so much but he had to keep it to himself for now.
Sookie couldn't fight the dark anymore her eye lids drooped and she felt herself falling this time she woke up standing out front in the yard working in the garden, she heard a noise behind her and her body got stiff she jumped and turned quickly "go away Bill." She screamed only it wasn't Bill or his family of vampire that was watching her instead it was the man she loved more than anything it was Eric.