Eric awoke the next night and found that Tara was trying to weasel out of her doctor's appointment with Dr. Ludwig.

She was looking through some baby clothing, that a few vampire dignitaries had sent to Bill's house. Tara had went over there during the day and picked up the clothing. Eric sat down next to her.

"I thought we agreed that this was important, Tara."

"I saw Dr. Benedict today. She said the babies are human so there is no need for me to be sipping blood." she said. But she wouldn't look at him. She concentrated on the clothing.

"Tara, the babies may be human but you are not. You need to make sure you are healthy. And in order to do that..."

"What do you mean 'may'? They are, Eric. They are. Don't worry. We don't need to see a vampire doctor, okay?" Tara said, patting his knee and standing up. She then took the box of clothes to the babies room.

Eric stood up, picked up his keys and left the house. His destination was Bill's estate.

When Eric was let into Bill's house by security, he could hear the familiar sounds of Sookie wailing at the top of her lungs! One guard looked embarrassed as Eric assured him he had an appointment with the King. He then sauntered upstairs and towards Bill's abode, where the noises just got louder.

Eric threw open the door and found Sookie moving at 'Energizer Bunny' speed, on top of Bill! Bill motioned to Sookie that they weren't alone, and Sookie wailed in protest, hightailing it off of Bill and beneath some blankets!

"Eric? Your presence now is not welcome." Bill said tightly.

"So I see." Eric said, sitting down on the end of the bed. He stared at Sookie.

"Stop staring at me, Eric and get out of here!" she snapped.

"I need your help. With Tara."

Bill sighed and leaned back into the pillows. Part of their deal was that Eric handled Tara. Eric WANTED to handle Tara, from the way Bill understood it. He sat up suddenly.

"What is wrong?"

"I want Tara to see Dr. Ludwig. She has seen..."

Sookie suddenly eyed him.

"Dr. Benedict. I went with her this morning and she said everything is fine with the babies."

"Dr. Benedict is not a specialist when it comes to pregnant vampires." Eric informed her. Bill shook his head slightly.

"What does that matter? Tara is now half vampire. And I'm sure if there was something that bothered this Dr. Benedict, she would send Tara to someone that understood vampire physiology." Bill said. Eric rubbed the bridge of his nose tiredly, before speaking again.

"I paid Dr. Ludwig to hide an important fact from Tara. And yourself Bill, when she first examined Tara at Authority Headquarters."

Sookie looked from Eric, to Bill, who was now sitting up straighter in bed!

"You paid Dr. Ludwig to hide information from Tara and myself? And that information being?"

Eric stood up.

"Once the twins are born, Tara will return to being a full fledged vampire."

Sookie gasped in shock! Bill now got out of bed, and didn't bother to cover himself!

"What?!" Bill snapped. Sookie jumped up and did cover herself!

"What are you saying?" Sookie asked. But she knew. They all knew.

Eric turned away and ran a hand down his face.

"Tara will be a full vampire again when the twins are born. I had Dr. Ludwig withhold that bit of news when I saw Tara's mental state."

"Her mental state?!" Sookie snapped. "You mean when you saw she wasn't in love with you!"

Eric's head snapped back around to glare fiercely at her!

"Oh, Tara is in love with me. She just wants a version of me that does not exist in this reality. I was there. I saw her with him...I thought it would be kinder to cut this fantasy life of hers off sooner rather than later. My point is, when I saw how unreceptive she was to the idea of raising the babies with me, that is when I decided I needed some insurance. In case she tried to flee with my children."

Bill folded his arms.

"You planned to force her to you, as her maker, didn't you?"

Sookie peered at Eric, then shook her head when he nodded!

"Is this what I would've been in for, if we had been together? Lie after lie?" Sookie asked Eric. Bill glanced over at her. He didn't like the question, since to him, it implied that Sookie and Eric could actually have a future! And it made him uneasy to see her upset over this lie, considering the whopper him and Eric had told her.

"Sookie, I want to speak to Eric alone." Bill told her.

"To tell Eric to tell Tara the truth?"

"Please just let me handle this." Bill gently said. Sookie sighed loudly and stomped from the room, ignoring Eric. Once she was gone, Eric looked at Bill.

"I want Sookie to convince Tara to see Dr. Ludwig."

"Is that a joke? You saw how she was just now."

"I am not joking, Bill Compton, Your Majesty or however you wish to be addressed. I want you to get Sookie to convince Tara to see Dr. Ludwig. If she does not, then the other part of this deception will be revealed to her. By me." Eric said and turned to leave the room.

But Bill used vampire speed to get ahead of him!

"Are you kidding me?! We had a deal! And just because you can't fucking handle Tara, doesn't give you the right to ruin what I have!"

"You're suggesting that I can't handle Tara?"

"I know it! If you'd been able to handle her, then she never would've used that ring! Now you're too scared to tell Tara that you've lied to her." Bill said matter-of-factly.

Eric turned away and sighed.

"We have been getting along for a week now. That is a record for the two of us. I don't want to be dragged backwards. And this 'lie' is a fact. I didn't do this to her and I'm not making it up. I just didn't tell her about it. If I could change it..."

"Would you?" Bill asked. "I mean if you could give her back her humanity?"

Eric shook his head.

"No. The sex with her was better when she was a full vamp. Not that it isn't good now..."

"Seriously, Eric?"

"Actually, yes. " Eric replied coolly. "So no, I would not give her back her humanity. Besides, what Tara has failed to take into account is that being a vampire has freed her in many ways. From her old life. Unfortunately, not from her old ways."

"Eric, for the love of God, tell TARA all of this and not me. Tell her what you just said to me. We all know good and well that you're right. That Tara ran to another reality to find another version of you that she could love...whether she will admit it or not. Now you are having children together. She will probably be VERY upset, but this will in no way end things between you."

"No," Eric said more to himself, "because I would never let her end things between us. Alright. I'll try the truth, for once."

Eric found that Tara was still looking through baby clothes, when he returned. Only she was in the living room now. She looked up and favored him with a smile, before folding a very small jumper. She was now sitting on the floor amongst the clothing. Eric slowly got down on the floor with her and absently picked up a small dress, before setting it back down.

"So, how are things at Fangtasia?" Tara asked, now inspecting a bootie.

"I did not go to Fangtasia. I went to see Bill and Sookie."

Tara glanced over at him. He looked serious. The type of serious that usually meant she was going to hear something that pissed her off!

"Why?" she asked.

"Because I wanted them to do me a favor. They refused and Bill made me see the error of my ways."

"The 'error of your ways'? I don't understand."

"Meaning that I shouldn't lie to you." Eric said softly, taking the bootie out of her hand and setting down as well.

Suddenly, Tara really didn't want to hear whatever this was! She struggled to get up off of the floor!

"I'm really tired. I'm just going to pick this stuff up and go to bed."

Eric helped her up, but held on to her hand.

"I need to tell you something. And you're not going to like it: I had Dr. Ludwig keep some information from Bill and you. After you give birth, you will become a 100% vampire again."

Tara yanked her hand from his!

"Who told you that shit?!"

"Dr. Ludwig."

"She's a liar!"

"No she is not. Tara, your case is unique. You went to another reality, became human, conceived children then returned here and became half human."

"No! She's lying, Eric! I don't know why but how could she possibly know that that's going to happen, if my case is 'unique'? She can't!" Tara protested. Eric cupped her face between his hands.

"Tara, you're half human because the babies are human. Once you give birth to them and they are no longer inside of you, you will cease to be human all together..."

"NO!" Tara screamed. "YOU'RE TELLING ME THAT WE WILL ONLY SEE OUR BABIES AT NIGHT?! NO!"

And with that, Tara lurched away from him and tried to run, only to trip and fall into a nearby glass table, shattering it to pieces! Eric was too stunned at her screaming to move or stop her. He hurried to her, picked up her unconscious form and with vampire speed, took her to Authority Headquarters and to Dr. Ludwig, praying that his very human children, had not perished from their mother's fall.