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" I can't be pregnant. Eric can't father a child and he's the only one I've been with in over a decade ! " I exclaimed.
" I know... " said Godric. He was staring into space, thinking. How could I be pregnant ? He must have got it wrong, it wasn't possible. Unless I had been raped without even knowing it. But... That was weird, I would have realized if I had been. So... How else could I be ? I suddenly laughed out loud.
" You should be calling me Mary ! " When Godric looked at me questioningly, I explained. " You know, Mary, mother of Jesus. She was a virgin when she gave birth to Jesus. Well, that's what they say anyway. Hey my baby's going to be a god ! " I was in hysterics. I had never believed in God, not in any God. It was a load of bullshit to me, just an excuse to wage a war.
" Sigrid you need to take this seriously. Your child will be a target for so many people, human, vampires, and most other supernaturals as well. Which means your life, as well as Eric's, will be in danger. " He said, holding me by my shoulders so that I'd stop laughing. And it worked.
" I... But I'm not pregnant. " I said, adamant. This was not possible. I mean I didn't even want to be a mother. I hated kids, all they did was cry, sleep and poop. Annoying little things.
" You are. "
" Am not ! "
" Sigrid ! "
" Prove it then. " I demanded. I was not going to give in so easily to this madness.
He seemed to think about it, but Eric walked in before he could answer.
" Godric don't do this. " His eyes were red and he actually looked... Messy. His shirt wasn't on properly, and his hair was a mess. But it certainly suited him, he was even sexier than when he looked perfect.
" I'm not doing anything my child. Sigrid has news for you. " I noticed Godric was hiding a smile as he said those words, making me cringe with fear and disbelief.
Eric frowned, confused. " You're... " He looked at me. " What does she want ? " He asked, suddenly sounding cold and angry.
I sighed, and Godric spoke for me. " She is bearing a child. " Eric was silent for a second or two.
" YOU FILTHY WHORE ! " He roared at me. Through our bond I could tell he was jealous, and upset, and confused, and lonely. Whoa, that was a lot of feelings coming from someone who made out they didn't feel anything at all. But I didn't really take notice of that, I didn't understand what he was talking about.
" What do you mean ? Why am I a whore ? " I asked, hurt.
" You fuck me, pretend you care about me and then turn around and fuck some pathetic human. You disgust me. " He turned and stormed out the room.
I ran after him, shouting down the hallway at him. " YOU'RE THE FATHER YOU IDIOT ! " He froze, but didn't turn around. I was halfway down the corridor, and I could feel Godric's eyes on me from the door to his suite. Eric was at the other end of the corridor, standing very, very still. I could no longer feel his emotions, he had momentarily blocked our bond. I didn't even know that was possible until then. I stopped running and paused a few feet behind him. " Eric I... I love you. I would never go near anyone else, you should know that. " I said, trying to send him waves of love and reassurance to him through our bond, but I didn't know if it was working.
He then turned and faced me. " I cannot have children. You're a liar. " He then disappeared down the stairs and I was left standing there. I couldn't move, my head was hurting. First Godric wants to kill himself. Then Eric never wants to see me again and calls me a liar. What next ? Oh yeah, my baby is going to be hunted by every living thing. That's even if I really had a baby.
A few minutes passed, and Godric took my hand. " Come. " He said, pulling me along. He lead me back to his room, where an old crooked woman was doing some weird scientific test. She looked like a really cruel, sadistic person, and she was wearing a white doctor's coat. She had a load of tubes out and she was putting drops of something into them, I didn't understand. She came over to me with a needle. " Arm. " She said simply. I looked at Godric horrified.
" She's going to take a blood sample, as you requested proof that you are pregnant. And those tubes are a paternity test to prove to Eric that he is the father. " he said reassuringly.
The woman stuck the needle into my arm without notice. I gasped at the sudden prick and looked down to see the tube filling with my thick, red blood. She then put it in her little suit case and packed everything away. " You'll have the results by tomorrow, and I'll require payment. " she said looking up at Godric as she passed him. " Goodnight vampire. "
As the door shut behind her, silence settled in the room. I had too much to digest, my brain couldn't cope, and Godric never spoke much anyway.
" Godric... " I said eventually. " We need to talk. About what you wanted to do earlier. "
" Not now. I must speak to Eric, alone. Why don't you go and find Sookie, I see you two could become quite good friends. " he said gently, before walking off. Yeah, maybe talking to Sookie was a good idea. I found her and Bill's suite and knocked on the door. Bill opened.
" Oh, hi Bill. I just wanted to speak to Sookie, but if you're busy, it doesn't- "
" Please, come in ! " he said, smiling at me. He seemed sweet, but something was off. He was too kind for a vampire. Sookie had told me he was turned a few weeks after the end of the civil war, so that would be in 1865. So if my calculations were right, Bill was only 145. He was very, very young really, compared to Godric, Eric and I. Maybe that was why he seemed weird.
" Sigrid ! " exclaimed Sookie as she came out the bedroom, dressed in a short white dress.
Bill grabbed a book from the table in front of the couch. " I'll leave you two ladies alone. " he said, seeming rather amused, and shut the door to the bedroom, leaving Sookie and I alone.
" Is something wrong ? " she asked, noticing I was only half there, as my mind was elsewhere.
" I don't know where to start. " I sighed.
" From the beginning ? Tell me everything. " She said, taking my hand. I smiled at her kindness, and told her everything. What I truly was, how long Godric and I had known each other, what happened between Eric and I, Godric wanting to kill himself, my supposed pregnancy. And she listened very carefully, not saying a word until I had finished.
" Whoa. " she blinked, taking it all in. " So... Godric's going to be like, a grandfather ? Or an uncle, as he's like a brother to you. " She smiled. " That's sweet. But really fucked up. " I laughed. " You need to talk to Godric about him wanting to kill himself. Then you need to talk to Eric, explain things to him. And if he still doesn't care, then forget about him. If he truly cares about you like Godric says he does, then he'll come back to you, even if it takes a while. "
I snorted. " You don't know Eric. "
She rolled her eyes. " Yeah well... You didn't exactly choose someone easy to love now did ya ! Listen, let him cool off. Godric'll probably make him listen to you. And anyway, once that old bat proves that Eric is indeed the father, he will have to believe you ! "
She made sense. " Yeah, I suppose you're right... " I sighed. She made things sound so easy, so simple. My stomach grumbled and she laughed.
" You need to eat ! And so do I. Let's go eat something, we could go get pizza ! " She said, all exited. " I'll go tell Bill ! " I smiled as I watched her poke her head through the door to tell her boyfriend that we were going to eat.
Godric was making his way upstairs as we were going down.
" Sigrid, I'm going back to my home tomorrow. I'd like it very much if you came with me. "
I smiled. " I'd love to. "
" Come sleep with me again tonight, and we'll leave together. Goodnight my dear. And goodnight miss Stackhouse. " He smiled at us and continued upstairs.
Sookie and I spent a few hours together, eating pizza and a lot of chocolate, like two girls do. She calmed me down and made me smile. It was nice to be around someone different, it was getting rather claustrophobic being around only Godric or Eric.
" And then I woke up and found Sam naked on my bed ! " She laughed. " He's a shape-shifter see. Have you ever heard of them ? "
I nodded, while sipping my drink. " I've met a few before, but they like to keep to themselves. "
" Hmm. " she said, drifting off into her thoughts, before coming back to reality. " So you're a fairy ? What does that mean ? " She asked.
" First, don't say it. " I smiled as she suddenly went red. " It's ok, you weren't to know. The Fae were whipped out of existence by vampires, because our blood is like a drug to them. "
" So you're the only one left ? " She asked, seeming mesmerized.
I suddenly remembered why I had came to Bon Temps. There was a human-fairy hybrid there ! How could I forget something like that ? Well... I suppose Eric kidnapping me and then Godric disappearing and everything... I suppose it was a good reason. But I still felt really stupid.
" I thought I was, but I heard there is one in Bon Temps. A part fae at least. That's why I went there but... "
" Eric fucked everythin' up for ya. " she laughed, nodding her head in acknowledgement. " I know the feeling. How would you recognize this person ? " she asked.
I thought about it. Sookie was a telepath. And she was extremely at ease around vampires. And she had something about her, she was so warm and accepting, and kind. Maybe it wasn't who she was, but what she was that made her that way. I couldn't know for sure. Once again I regretted my ability being taken away from me.
" There'll be a few tell tale signs, and I'd have to look into the person's - " I lost my voice, noticing someone walk up to the reception.
Sookie and I were in the restaurant, down the hall from where he was. But I could still see him. He was tall, and had dark brown hair, not a hair out of place, and had piercing green eyes. He had a smug, arrogant smile on his face, easily mistaken for a charming flirty one. He was wearing a dark blue, nearly black suit, and was chatting up the receptionist.
My heart sank, and I was more scared than I had ever been in my entire life.