Chapter 4

Sookie led the way to the cubby. The cubby that Eric had made when she was up in Faerieland. She opened the door to the cubby. The light came on and Godric went in and the smell of his childe was still engrained beneath. This cheered Godric up, thinking about it now, Eric must not be aware of his return. Godric caught Sookie staring at him," Do you want to join me?" Godric smiled even more looking like Eric.

"You're just like Eric."

"Well he is my childe."

Don't remind me. Sookie thought to herself. Godric was smiling still, and Sookie stepped towards the cubby. Godric descended down the ladder followed by Sookie. Once she climbed down the final step, looking at the cubby, reminiscing of when the blood exchange between Eric and her that had happened here years ago. The place where Eric had slept was now vacated by his maker.

"Speaking of Eric, can he feel you?"

"If you mean the maker-childe pull no Eric can't feel me. I don't think I want him to know. I can't bear to see him full of heart-break again. "

"Godric Eric misses you I'm sure of it."

"I don't doubt you little one. But, when I last saw him. I can't. "

Sookie nodded not wanting to get into a fight with a 2,000 year old vampire. "You know the last time I was down here was when Eric had no memories of you. We had exchanged blood, and the next night he comes walking into my room telling me he had a dream about you."

"You guys exchanged blood?"

"Yeah. Eric was rather insistent on it."

"Do you know what blood exchanging means?"

"We'll all I know of vampire blood is it can improve one's lifestyle, it can heal any wounds a person might have, the only side effects that I know of are the dreams that one has when ingested said blood."

"Blood is more than that. Blood is sacred and that's what I taught Eric. Beside, having those attributes from the blood, blood exchanging is on a whole different level."

"Level?"

"Yes, Little one. When a vampire and human exchange blood three times. It's saying that you are mated. In human terms it means you're married."

Shit. "What... I'm so stupid."

"Sookie you're not stupid. I'm sure Eric doesn't hold not knowing this against you."

"I feel so bad. I mean after Eric had his memories back I felt like I couldn't be with him. He was the old Eric. The Eric that I was accustomed to ruin my life. But we had exchanged blood, we were married and I blew him off to be with another vampire, I even blew him off when Bill was dead and got involved with a relationship with a shifter. I screwed up royally."

"Shifter?"

"Yeah, his name was Alex. We were in a relationship for two years."

"Sookie shifters aren't good company to keep."

"Don't I know? That's how I ended up in Faerie."

"He was the one who shot you." Sookie nodded in confirmation. Godric was up in an instant and by her side. "I mean we were living together for two years and he knew that I couldn't get over my love for Eric. I even said to him that I couldn't give him my heart and he was content to make me fall in love with him. But when two years went by, he finally snapped and shot me."

"Sookie where is this shifter now?"

"I don't know. But let's not worry about it. Mourning is coming, and I don't want you to get the bleeds."

"Sookie…"

"Godric, I'm fine now. We'll worry about Alex when the time comes. But light is approaching, and I don't want to see you burn again."

"You will never have to again. Plus, I'm over 2,000 years old, you can say I'd built up a little resistance to the pull of the sun." With that Sookie climbed up the ladder and gently closed the doors to the cubby. It was weird. While she was with Godric she felt safe, she felt the same as if she was in the presence of Eric. How could Godric not want to see Eric? He was his childe, Eric had the right to know didn't he."

Sookie looked at her window, seeing that dawn was approaching.

Sookie thought long into the early morning. On the subject of time. How long was she gone exactly this time? More importantly, where was Alex, and will he ever return to notice that she was alive and well. What about Eric her mind was an array of jumbled thoughts. Thoughts of the unknown, and thoughts that weren't even hers. Truths that weren't her own to tell. But the gnawing feeling she had her gut told her that she needed to speak to Eric. It was for Godric's own good.