TWO DAYS LATER-

Bill Compton, as a favor to Sookie in the wake of Sam Merlotte's murder, glamoured Portia Bellefleur to remember nothing of her attack. So no one vampire could be accused of anything. Not that anyone was thinking about Portia. Because someone had filmed Sam's killing! And what ran on the local, then national news outlets, was that werewolves, along with vampires, lived in the world too.

Gun sales tripled! Someone began putting up pictures of known Weres in Bon Temps, on a website and Alcide was identified! He laid low. Meaning, he left town for a bit...

Meanwhile Pam could've given a fuck! The specific Weres that murdered Sam were identified, imprisoned, then drugged heavily to keep them from changing. While that should've satisfied Pam, it didn't.

Eric had refused to do what she had asked of him. He had refused to release Tara, as her maker. And it pissed her off to no end! Plus, to make things worse, Tara had run off! Presumably, because she was distraught over Sam, but Pam knew she was just doing that to make Eric crazy! This could not go on! Ever since Eric turned Sookie's bitch friend, their lives had been turned upside down! There was nothing that could be done about her being a vamp, but Tara Thornton would have to survive on her own. She would have to be an orphan vamp now, if Pam's relationship with Eric was ever to survive. And Pam was confident, that Eric Northman cared more about making HER happy, then some bitch he'd turned weeks ago.

There was a wake for Sam this evening, and Pam was going. She didn't care if Eric couldn't find coverage for her or not. And Eric didn't dare bother her about it. He now sat on his throne, looking distracted and it infuriated her! She knew he wasn't sad for her, that's for sure!

She walked up to Eric, dressed in a black dress and mourning hat.

"I'm leaving now." she told him blithely. Eric stared at her.

"I know it would be in poor taste to say have a good time. I am sorry for what has happened.

"Right.

"I am!" Eric suddenly snapped.

"Look, this is never going to be right until you get rid of Tara. And it's pretty damned clear why this is so hard for you. You're sleeping with her. I guess if you were fucking me and not her, then I would get my way, right?

Eric cleared his throat, then spoke.

"You were never this out of line, before you began sleeping with that shifter. He is gone. I am sorry for your loss. But our familial relationship, clearly suffered because of it. Because I don't know WHERE YOU GOT THE FUCKING IDEA, THAT YOU CAN ORDER ME TO DO ANYTHING!" Eric screamed at her. Pam backed back and Eric got up off of his throne and began advancing on her. Fangtasia had just opened and more than one customer was watching the melee.

Pam backed back, then stopped as Eric walked right up to her.

"You will attend Sam Merlotte's funeral, wake or whatever it is you are going to. Then you will return here and prepare to leave with me. Your sister is missing. We are leaving to search for her. And when you do find her, you will apologize for the horrible things you said to her. Are we clear?

"Fine, Eric. Then release me as my maker! I won't put up with this sh...

"You'll put up with anything I tell you to. Do you want me to command you to NOT go to Sam's wake? I didn't think so. Go and represent our family, then be prepared to return here and leave with me, so we can search for Tara.

Pam turned and walked out of Fangtasia, ignoring the stares. This was bullshit! She'd search for Tara alright! Yes, she'd go to the funeral, search for the troublesome bitch, then stake her herself! Pam took a deep breath. Now that she had decided to do just that, she felt a little better. But only just a little.

Meanwhile, Tara arrived at Sam's wake wearing the same outfit as Pam. She arrived before her vampire sister and lifted her veil. Sookie saw her and hurried over!

"Jesus, Tara! Where the hell have you been for the past two days? First of all, LaFayette is freaking out!

"Why?" Tara asked.

"Because you know he's got some kind of power, where he can see and talk to dead people. Sam has been appearing. And apparently he's concerned about Pam and you." Sookie informed her.

"Where is he?" Tara asked, looking around for her cousin. She spotted him up by the casket, boo hooing into a handkerchief. Tara lifted her veil and walked over to the coffin to stand beside her cousin.

"Where is he, LaFayette? Is Sam here now?

LaFayette promptly stopped his crying and looked her up and down!

"What the hell do you have on, hookah?!

"I could ask you the same shit, but I won't! Now is Sam here now?

"Yes. And he's wearing a suit to his own damned funeral. What do you want to say to him?" LaFayette asked.

"Tell him I'm sorry!" Tara said, bursting into bloody tears on 'sorry'. Meanwhile, Ghost Sam shook his head, then spoke to LaFayette.

"Tell Tara there is a reason I can't move on, but I can't figure out what it is.

"I still think you have unfinished business," LaFayette said in a low voice, his eyes darting around to make sure no one saw him talking, "and it's probably with that skank Pam.

"Don't call Pam a skank! She had some problems...

"LaFayette!" Tara hissed. "Sam thinks he has unfinished business? What is it? I'll help him clear it up! I owe him that.

Sam looked at Tara, then spoke to LaFayette.

"Maybe she can help. I think this might have to do with Luna.

LaFayette frowned.

"That woman you were seeing before Pam? With the kid?

"Yeah, Emma," Sam said, "I confronted Pam again before the Weres showed up. She admitted she had glamoured Luna into leaving town.

"What do you mean 'again'?" LaFayette asked.

"I had heard rumors about her doing that, but Pam always told me it wasn't true. There was something about Tara finding us together that made me ask Pam again. And this time she told me it was true. I told her I had to find Luna and tell her the truth. And then...

Sam suddenly trailed off and looked towards the door. Tara didn't have to ask what Sam was saying, because she was looking towards the door as well.

Pam had walked in...holding hands with Luna Garza! They quickly dropped hands and Sookie moved towards them. LaFayette hadn't noticed what Ghost Sam and Tara had noticed. But Ghost Sam said something out loud that shocked LaFayette.

"Pam had attacked me after I told her that. She left me for dead...the Weres came and finished me off. I don't understand...

But Tara did without even hearing Sam. Pam and Luna were lovers! Tara kept remembering what Jessica had told her the other night at Fangtasia...about Pam glamouring Luna to leave town. What if Pam had glamoured Luna, but not because she wanted Sam to herself.

What if it was Luna she had wanted the whole time? Still, why fuck Sam?

Meanwhile, Sookie greeted Pam.

"Okay, I want you to know that Tara is here. And apparently the two of you are wearing the same thing. Just be decent, okay? I'm going to go and talk to Luna." Sookie informed her. Tara turned back towards the coffin and muttered to LaFayette.

"What is Sam saying to you now?" Tara asked.

"It sounds like Pam fucked him up and left him for dead. Then the Weres finished him off.

"Pam came in here holding hands with Luna. They then dropped hands when people noticed. I think it was Luna Pam wanted this whole time and not Sam. And when Sam found out that...

"Found out what?" Pam asked. Tara didn't realize the bitch had gotten this close! LaFayette eased away from the coffin and Ghost Sam found himself unable to keep from disappearing! And at a moment like this!

Tara turned and faced her.

"I saw you holding hands with Luna when you walked in.

"And? As the two women Sam loved most in this world, we were comforting one another.

"I bet. So did you glamour Sam's woman into thinking she was gay as well? Besides having her leave town? Or was the leaving town for your benefit? You know, so you could slip away and fuck her." Tara said, her tone bordering on loud. A few mourners glanced over, something Pam noted.

"You don't know what you're talking about. Now get away from Sam's coffin.

"Bitch, please!" Tara snapped. "Stop with the 'Tara killed Sam shit'! I know you attacked him BEFORE the Weres got to him! And I think he figured your ass out which is why you're responsible for his being in that coffin!

"No, you are. Ever since you slithered into our lives, Eric has been trying to find out all he could about you. Your weaknesses. He thought Sam was one and so did I.

"So you fucked him thinking I would be upset and..." Tara trailed off.

"Please. You WERE upset when you found us. I just figured all it would take was a little more time and you'd be back with trailer trash Sam and out of Eric's life. I already have to deal with Sookie and her shit. I can't deal with Sookie and you.

Sookie now walked over.

"What's going on over here? I asked you to keep it civil, Pam.

"Fuck off!" Pam snapped at her. Sookie gasped and Tara put a hand on her arm.

"I found out that Pam killed Sam and not the Weres. This bitch has glamoured Luna into sleeping with her.

Sookie gasped again!

"Pam! Is that true?! Why...I think Eric needs to know!" Sookie threatened.

Suddenly, Pam shoved Tara so hard, that she flew backwards through the funeral home and crashed through a wall! She landed outside in the parking lot, just as Eric drove up and with vampire speed, got in between his two children! Pam had hurried out and was looking to kill her, when their maker appeared.

Pam straightened up and smiled!

"Hello. I found her. Just like you asked.

Eric gave Pam a look, then turned to Tara.

"Go and wait in my car.

"Eric!" Tara snapped. "SHE killed Sam! She fucking murdered Sam and tried to make me feel guilty about it!

"You did murder Sam!" Pam countered. "I left him alive. He might've gotten help if those Weres that YOU lead to him, hadn't found him.

Eric looked at Pam.

"What are you talking about? I thought you said there were too many of them and you couldn't save Sam?

Pam tossed some hair, grabbed Eric's arm and pulled him away from Tara.

"How long have you known me? Really known me? When was the last time I was ever interested in a man?

Eric just stared at Pam. Dr. Ludwig had warned him that traveling in time 'changed things'. Pam was many things: loyal and somewhat lazy. But she never played games. Why had she pretended to like Sam in the first place?

"Why are you looking at me like that?" Pam asked.

"Like what?

"Like you're seeing me differently...look, I did what I had to do. The moment I saw Luna Garza, I knew I had to have her.

Eric stared even harder. Luna Garza. Pam's murderer in real time. God...

"I am going to order you, as your maker, to stay away from her.

Pam blinked. What had he said? Stay away from Luna? No...

"Go back to Fangtasia and prepare for work. You are never to see her again." Eric said. Pam looked...well...devastated, but she turned, walked towards her car, got in and sped off. Tara stared after the car, then walked over to Eric.

"Why did you do that?

"That relationship was not going to work out." Eric said coldly, looking towards the funeral home. Sookie was peeking out of the hole Pam had made using Tara. He turned and looked at Tara.

"We're going home. Come." he said, holding out his hand.

"I can't. I have to tell Luna that she was glamoured by Pam. I have to set things right for Sam. He's a ghost and he can't move on.

"You know this because?" Eric asked sarcastically.

"LaFayette has a power. He can see dead people and right now, he's communicating with Sam.

"Then that's LaFayette's problem. Come. We are going home. You were gone for two days and I was worried sick." Eric said, holding out his hand.

"Sam was my friend. He is dead because of me...and Pam. I just need to let Luna know that Sam loved her.

"LaFayette can do that. He's the one seeing ghosts, correct?

"Yes, but...

"Tara. I don't give a damn about Sam. And when I say I'm sorry that he's dead, I don't even really mean that."he said, still holding out his hand to her. Tara rolled her eyes and turned to walk back into the funeral home.

But Eric's words of power stopped her.

"As your maker, I command you to go home and wait for me in our bed, naked. Now!

Tara gritted her teeth, turned away from the funeral home, got into the car she had come in and sped off. Eric was tempted to grit his own teeth as well. This trouble that was keeping him in this moment in time, longer than he had expected, was feeling eerily familiar! Tara and Pam were giving him trouble-yet again!

When Eric returned to his home, he went to the bedroom and found Tara naked, with a sheet pulled up around her. She looked very unfriendly.

Eric began removing his clothing as he spoke.

"You are not going to understand what I am about to tell you, but I am going to say it anyway. I did not come here to play referee between Pam and yourself. I came here to figure out a way to get you to love me, like you do now, again.

Tara eyed him. No, she didn't understand what he was saying. Eric finished removing his clothing and climbed into bed with her. He slowly reached out and pulled the sheet away from Tara's body. He then reached out and caressed her cheek.

"It would be so much easier to stay here and love you here. I should've went back days ago...

Now Tara was worried! She reached for him.

"Eric, are you on something? Are you alright?

Eric's response was to cover her mouth with his in a hungry kiss, that Tara responded to immediately, as she sank into his arms and gave into his need for her. Eric loved her with a fierce madness that was different from the other times they had made love. The experience should've been mind blowing, but it left Tara feeling confused...and worried.

Worried, because now Tara was convinced that Eric had used that reality ring again. But this time, the experience had fucked him up! She touched his face and closed his coffin, as he slept. Tara then got into hers and told herself as she pulled down her lid, that when night came, she would find out what was going on with her man.