Chapter 2

Sookie POV


So here I am, smiling like i'm getting married, walking over to Bon Temps first vampire.

"Hi, and what - -? What can I get for you tonight" I asked him. It was hard not to stare at this man, vampire.

"Do you have any of that synthetic bottled blood?" he asked.

I noticed I couldn't hear anything coming from him. That was a first! Oh, my. I must have looked a little too excited, because he cleared his throat and smiled awkwardly at me. Oh well mister vampire, it's not everyday I don't hear someones inner workings.

"No, I - I'm so sorry. Sam got some a year ago, but nobody ever ordered it, so it went bad. You're our first." I whispered to him, "Vampire, I mean."

"Am I that obvious?" he replied, with a slight smile on his face. I hope he didn't notice my slight swooning. Not only was he goregous, his mind was a total void to me. A perfect, harmoneous hum.

"I knew the minute you came in. I can't believe nobody else around here seems to..."

"min gudinna"

I whipped my head around mid sentence, trying to find the source of the voice. I was starting to think I really was going absolutely crazy. I know no one in Bon Temps in smart enough to speak this outside langauge, just who was thinking all of these things!

"Are you okay?" the vampire asked me.

"Yes, yes. I'm fine. If you could just....hold on a moment, I'll be right back."

I didn't give him time to repsond before I walked out the from door to Merlotte's again. This time though, I saw in the distance and group of 4 or 5 people standing around a large black SUV. They were parked next to the Rattrays who were in the bar earlier in the evening, but I couldn't be sure if they were over there or not.

"God damn't, Denise. You couldn't just stay away from the damned vamper bar, could you? Now we got Sitting Bull, Princess Diana, and this 6 foot pretty boy on our asses. Fucking slut!"

"I wish Mack would just shut the fuck up, all of his stuttering and sweating ain't getting us no where! Hm, I wonger if the Sherriff will give me a ride? If not I'll always take the indian one. And ew, why is that hooker just looking at me like that? I hope she ain't into girls, 'cause I don't do that shit! Fucking lesbian."

Oh yeah, definitely the Rattrays.

"What's going on, Cher?" I jumped, I didn't hear Sam come outside and stand next to me. His presence must have alerted our visitors. Three heads whipped around, alert and ready, glaring our way. I glanced around the group noticing the Rattray's were now looking in our direction too when I caught a pair of bright blue eyes. All of a sudden, I was hit with a load of images. This man, this tall, blonde, well built, blue eyed man kissing me. Touching me how I longed to be touched but never have been before, dancing with me and holding me. Whispering in my ear, brushing my hair, bathing me. All of these things, over and over burning into my brain. My knees buckled at the intesity and Sam assisted me in walking back into the bar.

Was this the future? Or was this what this man, vampire was thinking? I thought I couldn't hear vampire thoughts. What was going on?

The vampire from inside rushed over to me. He shoved Sam out of the way with a push so hard he stumbled to the floor.

"Sookie, are you alright?" he yelled at me, he grabbed my shoulders and held me upright. His brown eyes met mine but all I could see was sea's of blue burned into me. I felt wrong looking at him, I looked down and realized I had not told this man my name.

"How did you know my name?" I replied. He looked alarmed, like he had just seen a horrible crime. "How did you know my name?" I repeated each word with emphasis.

"I heard your co-worker call you by it" He tapped his ear for good measure. "I have acceptional hearing. Now please, are you okay?"

I was almost sure he was lying, but what was I going to do about it?

"She's fine" Sam cut in. "We're not in need of any assistance from you."

Sam and this vampire stared at each other, having one of those male pissing contests. The door slammed open against the wall and the three vampires from outside walked in. The female was blonde, she was dressed like she was going to a PTA meeting, not a bar. She's was beautiful though. The native american was wearing biker gear, he looked the complete opposite of his heritage. And, the tall blonde man was the man from her mind. She looked into his eyes and felt the room slip away, those sea's of blue stared right back at her with his brows creased in confusion. He could tell she was smitten, but he had no idea why this women was having the same affect on him when he had never seen her before.


A/N: Answering some of the questions from reviews, I want to get across that no, Sookie can not hear vampires thoughts and she can not only hear Erics. I'll explain why she can hear Eric thinking these things about her later in the story. As for things happening earlier than they did in the books, I've read all of them so I know what comes first and I just want to speed things up a bit. I was really angry that Arlene acted like such a good friend and turned out not to be. So I just want to eliminate her ASAP! Next chapter will be in Eric's POV!

Sorry! I know I forgot to put the translations for the Swedish, here they are.

Du är en gudinna- You are a goddess

Vad jag inte skulle ge henne- What I would not give her.

kära en"- Dear one.

And from this chapter:

min gudinna- My goddess