Ch. 13 Important Business
I woke to rose petals showered all around the bed. The aroma of the sweetness made me smile. It was a side of Eric, his gentle side, that really made me feel more and more for him everyday. Finally I decided to get out of bed in my giddy state and make my way towards the kitchen for some breakfast. The view in front of me was absolutely unexpected. In the kitchen, flipping pancakes, was Eric in only a pair of dark pants and a black apron that said 'kiss the vampire' in red lettering.
His sculpted chest by far beat the beauty of anything else in the kitchen. "You're up!" He smiled and placed a plate with nice warm pancakes on the table for me.
"I am. What is all of this?" I laughed and sat down.
"I wanted to make you breakfast." Eric grinned at me and kissed me on the neck. It tickled and I couldn't help but laugh while trying to shove him away playfully. My plan wasn't working so well and soon I was on the clean, dark hardwood floors in a fit of laughter from the tickle torture Eric was bestowing on me.
"I give up! You win! STOP!" I laughed in agony and tried to crawl away.
"Ok since I win, you have to do something for me." He stated and stopped tickling me to only straddle my waist so I still couldn't go anywhere.
"Yeah, what?" I asked and eyed him suspiciously.
"You and I have to go on a little trip. The higher council of vampires are summoning the both of us about our situation."
The seriousness in Eric's voice made me a little nervous. We were being summoned? Who the hell gets summoned? What is they want me to do something I don't want to do?
"We're being summoned? That doesn't sound too good." I drawled and closed my eyes.
"What we are, and have, hasn't been seen in centuries. It is not as a surprise to me I guess that they want to meet you. We actually leave today in two hours." Eric explained and I sat bolt right up partly smacking into his chest.
"Today! Two hours? Thanks for the warning babe!"
"Come on and eat your breakfast. Oh and you need to kiss your vampire." Eric played and pointed to his apron while helping me off the floor.
"Well my vampire is being a little-" I began but Eric stopped me with a breathtaking kiss.
I was feeling so nervous as Eric and I made our way into a half castle, half manor looking building. The drive wasn't that bad though. Eric held my hand the whole way of the four hour trip and only let go to get out of the car. So now we were walking up the steps to the door and I felt like I was going to pass out. Eric looked down at me to give me a reassuring smile and kissed me lightly on the forehead before the door opened.
An old butler type of guy led us to a grand hall area. It was like I had walked into the Tudors mixed with Harry Potter. Painting upon painting hung on the wall while suits of armor, and I swear a skeleton, stood here and there. A cute beagle looking puppy came running up to us and as I went down to touch it, its eyes turned a weird shade of purple. Needless to say there was no touching of the freaky eyed doggie.
Finally we made it to a royal looking room. Everything was spotless and seven hand carved (and very detailed) chairs lined themselves in a row in front of us. In those chairs sat three women and four men. All of them had a serious face on and all were wearing black robes. Though as weird as it was, they did not look very old, but from the air around us, you could tell they were ancient.
Eric gave a bow and I decided to follow. The women and men in the chairs gave us a curt little nod and one woman with light blonde hair, red eyes, and fair skin began to speak.
"Eric Northman, Sherriff of Area Five, it has come to our attention that you have found your soul blood bonded." The blonde lady stated. I just gulped and squeezed Eric's hand out of nervousness.
"Yes." Was all Eric said and continued to look forward.
"The Magister has also informed us the both of you have taken each other's blood."
"That is correct."
"Now we also have been told the sexual part of this bond has not been accomplished yet." She pressed and looked at me.
"That is correct." Eric said and this time he squeezed my hand while little waves of anticipation flowed from him to me.
"Ah. Well you need to take care of that before her eighteenth birthday which is coming up in less than a week." The blonde woman informed Eric.
"It will be taken care of." Eric responded.
"When?" Said a man with curly black hair, tan skin, and eyes so blue they almost looked navy.
"In two days!" I blurted out nervously.
Eric just looked at me a little shocked. I really didn't mean to say anything but it just sort of came out on its own. "Yes, in two days." Eric agreed and put his arm around my shoulders.
"It is settled then. In two days time you will bed Miss Violet Amor Knight. We will be in touch soon for other matters to discuss. You are dismissed." The curly haired man said and waved us off.
The whole time back in the car I wouldn't even look at Eric. I said two days! Two days! What the hell? Where did that even come from? I huffed to myself for a few more minutes while Eric seemed confused I could tell. I couldn't read his thoughts but I could feel him still in my perplexed thinking state. He must have sensed my troublesome thoughts and placed a hand on my knee.
I at last looked at him, "I'm fine."
"You're lying."
He got me, I was lying, but I just really didn't want to talk about it. "Just pretend I'm not then."
Eric focused back to the road and soon we were at Fangtasia. Eric got out before I could blink and opened the door for me. He took my hand and kissed it. I couldn't help but give a small smile. "You are too good to me." I sighed.
"Just wait." He smirked and gave my ass a nice little smack.
"Ow! Eric Northman!" I shrieked shocked. Of course he only liked my reaction and did it again. My face flushed instantly because people could see and I didn't want them too. What Eric and I do is none of their business.
"I love that color on you." He grinned cunningly and walked me inside.
"If you do that one more time tonight you'll be sleeping alone buddy." I warned and went to go get a glass of water.
"Hey there Violet, how did the meeting go?" Pam asked from my right.
"Oh just great. I'll be having sex in two days." I stated sarcastically and took a swig of my water.
"About time!" She beamed and gave me a kiss on the cheek before making her way to Eric. I could only imagine what they would be talking about as I ran my finger against the bar top.
The ride home wasn't fun either. As Eric parked the car into the garage I slouched my way to the library. A library was always a place where I could get away from the world for a little bit, but sometimes the world comes to get you anyway.
"What is the matter Violet?" Eric asked while walking up to me. His eyes looked like a soft blue against his light blue sweater and made me want to sigh just at the sight of them.
"Nothing." I lied again and went to go sit on the couch.
"Fine if you won't tell me now, I'll have to force it from you. You and I will be locked in here until you do. Even if it takes two days or more. Though I would hope by then we could be out of here so our upcoming plans could take place on a bed not a couch." He stated and locked the door with a key.
"You are not locking me in here Eric!" I yelled and made my way over to the door.
He stepped aside as I pulled, turned, twisted, and even kicked the door. After about five minutes I stopped and sat my self on the couch in a huff and crossed my arms.
"So are you going to talk to me?" Eric asked and kneeled in front of me. It seemed all I could see was him, but at the moment I didn't want to talk about my issues with him. Sadly it didn't seem like he was going to give me much of a choice.
"No, I don't want to talk about the nonexistent issues!" I fumed and looked away.
"Violet we can not hide anything from each other. I can feel you. All of your emotions come to me, just tell me what is going on." He pleaded with his eyes over and over and placed his strong hands on my hips.
I sighed and started to cave, "It's just this whole thing! I don't know why I blurted two days! I guess I just got panicked. I just feel that I should want to do this in my own time."
Eric looked hurt from my words and I started to cry. "So you don't want me to 'be' with you in two days?"
"No, I just don't think a dead line should be put on it. Eric don't get me wrong, I don't want anyone to share that moment with me except for you." I explained and he wiped the tears from my face before kissing both my cheeks.
"I understand. You are nervous, but Violet trust me when I say I will do the best that I can to make sure you know you are the only one for me. For a thousand years I have waited for someone like you. For a thousand years my undead heart has never felt this way towards any human. If my heart could beat, it would break my chest." Eric spoke calmly to me but it was full of emotion. I couldn't just see it but I felt it and it made my insides go all warm and it made my heart swell with joy.
"I know the feeling, except for the thousand years part." I joked and it made him laugh as he kissed me.
"So are you going to come sleep with me tonight, or are you wanting some space?" Eric asked me and stood up.
"Come on let's go to bed my hunky vampire." I smirked and grabbed his hand.