CH 13 Crash and Burn
I forced myself to stop staring and thought fast. "Umm, could you excuse me for a second?"
"Sure," Eric replied with a chuckle. I shot around him-and around the bed-to dart into the en suite bathroom. I quickly started yanking a brush through my knotted hair and shoved my toothbrush into my mouth. Suddenly, though, I caught sight of myself in the mirror. Baggy clothes, birds' nest hair with a brush tangled into it, toothpaste foaming at the mouth, and it hit me. I was a widow-a widow of not even six months- and here I was, trying to fix myself up to try and seduce this gorgeous man? What planet was I living on? Not only would Gran be ashamed of me, Bill would be horrified.
A tear slowly started rolling down my cheek, followed quickly by more of his kin. I crumpled to the floor in a heap and began sobbing my heart out. I heard the door creak open hesitantly, then in a flash I was wrapped back up in strong arms and being rocked in a hard embrace. Large hands soothed me, stroked my messy hair, and one gently removed the toothbrush from my mouth. I swallowed the toothpaste I had in my mouth (surely the FDA allotted for at least the occasional swallowing in that 'do not swallow' rule) and choked out, "Why are you being so nice to me?"
A rough laugh escaped the chest I was being rocked against. "Because, sugarbabe, I've been right where you are."
A/N: So, a lot of you guys really wanted Sookie to just come back to her senses and be magically over Bill, but we all know things don't work like that! In this story, remember, he hasn't run off with a vampire ho maker, cheated, or neglected her - he's been a good husband and they had a good marriage. So, it might take some time for her to process. But hang in there - Eric has a lot to say!