Hey there all! Some of you are wondering when I plan to update. For now it will be a chapter everyday because I am so into this story. Some days I actually do two. This chapter was a little hard for me, I am still trying to figure out how it is all going to go! Hope you enjoy. Read. Follow. Review.
Chapter 10
It had taken me a few days to pack up my stuff and have it shipped back home. I was excited a bit this time because I would finally be able to live in my house and have a relationship with the town.
If I really wanted I wouldn't have to leave again. What with vampires coming out it would be easy for people to assume I was one. I could finally put down some serious roots. I was planning to talk to the owner of Merlotte's first thing to see if he would hire me on as a waitress.
If I got that job it would mean getting close to Sookie faster. Normally fast wasn't how I did things what with never aging but there it was. Her life as a half ling wouldn't be more then a hundreds years and she would most certainly age during that time. Claudine hadn't known exactly when Fairy would be sealing it's gates but she said if she could get away she would try to give me a hand.
I was loving all the new technology that had come out in the recent years. I had the best cellphone and I bought an awesome Olive green newly restored 1967 Chevy Impala having fallen in love with it right away. I had a feeling most Fae weren't into polluting but I wasn't you're normal Fae. Besides I would only be driving from here to town and back so I guess I tried to justify it. That was pretty much it though. I still tried to keep my house empty of most electronics.
I didn't have a tv or a house phone. I didn't have a microwave oven or a toaster. And I liked it that way. I really wasn't much for eating foods that needed a microwave anyways. The people who had rented my house while I was away had kept my garden in good condition so I could start growing my food again out there. Andrew loved it when I had grown the fruit and veg. He said it tasted better.
The renters hadn't changed anything drastically but they had added a dishwasher and fridge, understandably. They had painted so I would have to get to the nearest DIY store for some paint. It wasn't really a ton of effort. I could get those things done during everything else I had to do. So I unpacked and changed my clothes and headed towards Merlotte's not a second wasted. I tried to dress nicely hoping to fit in. I chose a cotton lacy camisole and my white jean shorts. I figured I might as well be comfortable. I had even tied my hair up in a pony tail for the occasion. I hopped in my car to Merlotte's.
The town really hadn't changed much but had added some new stores here and there. The houses had been worked on but other then that it was still the same Bon Temps. Merlotte's was off a dirt road just in town. It had sorta screamed, 'Biker Bar' to me but once inside I changed that opinion. I found it sort of a family style restaurant with a bar. I liked it. I found the owner rather quickly, he had been in a silly altercation with a girl he called Tara.
"Hey there! I was just wondering if I could speak to someone about a job?" I asked interrupting their fight.
"Damn Sam check this one out. She is hot. I would hire her just for the business it would bring." She sassed him. Under her breath I could here her saying,
'Shit, boy goin hire any beautiful woman that walks through that door.' It made me laugh a bit. I think I might end up getting along with her.
"Yeah, hey there. I am Sam the owner." He shook my hand, "You have any experience?"
Smiling large I lied through my teeth, "Yeah of course I do. Been waitressing in Europe a while. Just moved home."
"Ah okay well I guess I could give you a shot. Why not come back tomorrow night and I'll see if I can't get one of my girls to show you the ropes?" He was clearly distracted at the moment and trying to get this over with, but it worked in my favor.
"Sounds good. I guess I will see you tomorrow then." He had been to busy to question me further giving me the job on the spot! I was lucky today. Once Sam and I finished I went to meet Tara at the bar, "Hey there I am new in town. My name is Oliver." I shook her hand.
"Tara. Nice to meet you." She replied giving me a look over.
"Well I guess I will probably see you tomorrow. First day and all." I was a little excited about having a job. I hadn't expected to but after meeting a few people it seemed sort of fun.
"Hey Sook. This is the new hire Oliver." Tara said nodding her head to a pretty blonde girl.
"Oh a new girl! Yay. Nice to meet you." She shook my hand. I noticed her looking at me strangely. Realizing it must be the same face I used to make when trying to read peoples thoughts I tried to hear hers.
'Why the heck can't I hear you.' Laughing I spoke up.
"It isn't always thought of as friendly listening in on people you just met." I smiled huge! I hoped it wouldn't frighten her.
"What?" She asked in awe that someone had felt it.
"Of course I can, You aren't exactly trying to hide it." She looked down right offended.
"Now I don't know what your playing at?" She asked crossly folding her arms.
"I mean no offense of course! I just thought maybe you weren't aware of it is all." I said sweetly, "I would be glad to assist you anytime!" She unfolded her arms and adjusted her step.
"You can help me?" She was whispering now and had gotten rather close.
"Of course I can. I read minds to. It took a long time for me to get the hang of it. I could help you if you want." Now she smiled. I hoped that meant she would let me help. And I hoped it meant she had forgiven me for my bluntness.
"I would just love that. I am sure we are going to get along peachy." She patted my shoulder, "I guess we will see you tomorrow!" She added grabbing a tray and walking off.
"She's a perky one isn't she." I said to Tara.
"Yep that's Sookie for ya." She shrugged me off to help a customer so I headed out to run some errands before going home and hitting the hay. The trip had been long and I was tired.
I started my first shift that night and I had to say it was interesting. I really got on with Tara and Sookie but I couldn't say I enjoyed listening to my bosses weird thoughts about Sookie. It was constant. But I picked up the job quick and enjoyed meeting all the people. Later in the night a man had come in. Bill Compton he said his name was, Sookie had become super excited about it.
"Oh my god! I think Merlotte's just got it's first vampire. I been waiting for this to happen ever since they came out of the coffin two years ago!" She was practically bouncing.
"Yah that is certainly interesting." I said wishing I could tell her more. but I noticed his attraction to her when he walked in so I kept my mouth shut until we could talk alone later. If I was right I was sure he would hear us. I assumed they hit it off because she was smiling and laughing with him all night until he left.
During the night she had told me about a few customers who she had listened in on. She had heard them talking about draining Bill and wanted to help him.
"Sookie I know you like him and all but we really shouldn't get involved with vampires." I tried to explain.
"Why the heck not silly? He hasn't done anything to us or anyone in here. We heard them and we should help!" I sighed.
"Sookie you and I are not like the rest of these people. We are different. Vampires are dangerous for us. We smell really good to him. Whats to say he doesn't turn around and try to drain you OR me?" I hoped she would listen.
"We aren't that different. And no one has ever told me we smell different before!" She was not getting it.
I had to try again, "Sookie please I was sent here for a reason okay. I am here to help you." Her eyes got wide.
"You were sent here? By who?"
I dropped my voice again, "We are special Sookie. But we need to talk about this somewhere safer then a busy restaurant. I think maybe we should let him go and do our work."
Stomping her foot she freaked out at me, "IF YOU ARE HERE TO HELP THEN HELP." She turned and ran out the door towards what I assumed was Bill Compton the vampire. What could I do? I couldn't leave her to die before I had any chance of explaining everything!
I ran out the door to help. When I caught sight of her she was being strangled by a man while an ugly red head was tying up Bill.
I ran into action throwing my hands out towards her and manipulating the chain Sookie had grabbed hold of, causing it to wrap around the mans neck tightly. He let her go and struggled until the dumb red head released him from it.
"I think it is time you were on your way don't you? I am sure the vampire authorities wouldn't take kindly to this type of thing?" I asked.
"This ain't your business you stupid cunt. Get on outta here!" The red head yelled.
"Now see that just proves how low rent you really are!" Sookie yelled at her.
"You have any idea who you two are messing with? You don't want to be on my bad side." The red head just couldn't take a hint.
"I am not sure you have another side, you low count back woods trash!" Sookie lunged at the woman with her knife trying to scare her off. When the couple saw we weren't backing down they ran off. But I had a strange feeling about them. I was sure we would be seeing them again soon.
"What was that?" Sookie asked me lifting the chain in question.
"It was me saving your asses. Now hurry up and get back inside before they decide to come back!" I was a little angry. I never used my magics in front of anyone let alone two humans and a vampire. Our race was dying out and we had to keep it secret.
"I'll let you two love birds alone a while. But you make sure she gets in safely."
I glared at the vampire who nodded, "Of course. I will see her to the door."
At the end of the night I took Sookie back to my place. She had asked me to explain myself so I thought it a good idea to do it where I was sure we would be safe.
"So you live awful close? How long you had this place?" Sookie asked making small talk.
"Almost one hundred and fifty years." I said. "My best friend and I bought the property and built our dream home there." not getting into it fully I continued down the dirt road to my house.
"One hundred and fifty years? You are not one hundred and fifty years old!" She sure did know how to compliment a lady.
"No your right. I am more like two hundred. But if you count the time that has passed since I was on earth then I would be almost one thousand years old." Now she really couldn't believe it. We exited the care and went inside. I gave her the quick tour and we got down to the nitty gritty.
"So what are we? You said I wasn't human. What am I then?" I handed her a cup of tea.
"Well essentially you are Fae. But you aren't pure blooded Fae. You do have some human genes." I took a sip of the tea, it was awesome.
"I am Fae? What the hell is Fae?" Putting my glass down on the table I went on.
"Well Fae are what you would know as Fairy's."
"So you are saying you and I are Fairy's? Well geez! That is a little lame!" She pouted. "It sounded nicer to be called a mind reader really!" She laughed.
"Yes well such is life. I came back because I was contacted by someone from Fairy. My contact wanted me to be sure to keep you safe. So here I am all super hero and what not."
"What is Fairy? And why would I need protection?" She asked so many bloody questions.
"Fairy is were the Fae are. We come from there. Vampires drank us until we were almost extinct so most of them his away there." I hated talking about Fairy ever since they took most of my life away from me. I had given up looking for Eric long ago when I had no way of knowing where to start. Records of vampires weren't kept back then.
"That is why you didn't want me with Bill? He wouldn't do that. I can tell." She said.
"Yes well whose to say? We don't know him Sookie. Your scent isn't to potent so I am sure he could for a while. I will teach you to mask it if I can." Mine was strong and could only be calmed but with hers being so lite I hoped we could work some magic there. "Your telepathy is normal for our kind. I have it along with many other gifts. I just hope we can figure out what you can do in time. The Fae might come for you and we need to be prepared for that." I said, letting my hair down and pulling my legs up to my chest, "The Fae are ruled by my family and they are bad news. They want to take all the earth bound Fae home and keep us there. If this is where you wish to be then I suggest we get to helping each other." I hoped she knew what she wanted. I wasn't into waiting around to help her only to find she did want to leave.
"Okay. Well I have a brother and my Grama. I really don't want to go anywhere." I nodded.
"Good, then I hope we will become good friends and I hope you learn quickly." I laughed, I think I loved to tease her. She smiled.
"So I guess we will be spending a lot of time together then?" I nodded. "I am a still going to see Bill though." She added. I nodded again. If she wanted to I couldn't stop her, I could only give her advice. "Well okay then." I was glad we came to an agreement. I hoped I was a good teacher. "So will I live as long as you?" She asked.
"No. As far as we know half lings only live a normal human life span. But with perks. Most of us are not Immortal. We like to say we are but really we just don't age. We can certainly be killed. But if we are careful we can live thousands of years." I explained. It was a long time to live and some people I assumed got bored eventually.
"Well okay. I wasn't hoping for that answer but that's okay."
"I can sense the light in you Sookie. That is a major ability to have on your side. With mine I can do many things." I could protect myself. "Maybe we could work with it first. I could take you for target practice or something." Hopefully that was all we would have to shoot at for a while. I spent a few hours with her that night answering her questions. In the end I thought I had explained the basics pretty well. We even had a lot of things in common.
She loved swimming and even said she would love to learn how to paint. I was glad to make a friend I could relate to.
Sookie kept seeing Bill over the next few weeks. I had even had them both over one night just to hang out. I enjoyed his company finding we had many things to talk about having lived through the same era.
"Well I am sorry that I misjudged you Bill. Really I was just looking out for her." I wanted to make amends and become friends with the vampire.
"That is fine. Sookie is a special person, I can understand your reluctance." This was new for me having vampires around I could trust.
"So you move here all official and what not when?" I asked, he hadn't actually fully moved in to his house yet.
"Well I should hear from my lawyer in a few days. My last living descendant passed away and I am trying to get the property."
"Well we would be neighbors. I think I would like that." I said hoping he got the papers. If he could be trusted then I would have two powerful people close by who I could trust. "So what are your plans for Bon Temps? Not many things for a vampire to do around here." I wondered what they did all the time.
"Well I have a job through the vampire authority. I guess I have to go speak with the Sheriff of area five and see what I can do to help out around here." Well this was awesome! I had a chance to learn about vampires.
"Vampire sheriffs? And you have a vampire authority? How intriguing!" I couldn't wait to find out more. I had already heard a bit on TV but I was more curious about the stuff most people didn't know about.
"Yes well I am sure I could take you along when I go to see him sometime soon. Sookie would probably love that. Although I am unsure of how safe that would be for you two." He was right, for Sookie mostly. She had been practicing with me almost every night since we had met and surprisingly she had done very well. We still hadn't figured out the light stuff yet but her telepathy control was certainly improving.
"Where is this authority? Is it a big dark secret place?" I asked teasingly.
"No not really. Actually area five is policed by a bar owner in Shreveport." A bar? Not very vampire.
"A bar? What does a vampire sheriff need with a bar?" It seemed strange.
"Well I guess he makes his money that way. It is a vampire bar. Fangtasia." Fangtasia? What kind of a name was that? Strange!
"I don't think you can talk me out of this now Bill. I have to see it." I wasn't going to take no for an answer. Besides I was strong now and with him and Sookie I felt safer then when I had been alone all those years.