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I know that some of you are upset that you haven't been able to see the last few years that have gone by, but there will be snippets spread out throughout the story. But the first few chapters are going to be mainly dedicated to starting up the story xx

ALL RIGHTS GO TO CHARLAINE HARRIS!

Chapter two

Eric's POV

Finally, I can finally return home to my family. I spent yesterday night shopping for gifts for each of them, but there is one main present that I have spent a fortune on. But money means nothing to me, especially not when it comes to Sookie. Not to mention that I have plenty to throw around, considering how I have been living for over a 1000 years. This particular present is going to be one that I will present to Sookie on a romantic evening away from the children. I'm sure Ammy won't mind babysitting for us; she is great with the children. I still do not understand why Sookie refused to move to Arkansas with me, the only thing she used as a reason was that she had friends and family in Louisiana and she didn't want to move away from them.

When I tried to tell her she would make new friends, she threw the whole 'Ammy will struggle to make new friends, what with her nature' in my face. Ammy was currently 13 when we had this discussion, but even though I tried to tell Sookie that Ammy could and would make new friends; she still refused. She told me that I knew as well as she did that Ammy struggled to make friends when she was younger and still struggles now. But I do not believe that for a second, my Angel is a great socialiser; just like her father. But none of that matters now, for I have a huge surprise for my family. One that they will all enjoy and hopefully be thankful for. It will definitely allow me more time with my family. With my children and with my bonded.

"Master, how was your flight?" Pam inquires as I walk towards my precious Corvette, the one that I had shipped over here two days prior to my arrival.

"Absolutely terrible, there were far too many crying children on that plane, and the fact that their parents were only children themselves didn't make matters any better. They must be terrible mothers and fathers. Teenagers as parents just isn't right" I grumble as I climb into the driver's side of my car, Pam hopping into the passenger's side.

"Why adults would want children is beyond me; let alone why teenagers want children. But, I guess that is just what Arkansas is like" Pam sighs as I rev up my baby.

"Adults want children because they feel the need to have a family. As for me and Sookie, well, we wanted children because children are something that you have when you are in love" I inform her as I pull onto the main road that will lead me straight to my home where my family will be sat waiting for me. After I have dropped Pam off at her own house, I head off towards my own; but on my way there I spot a sight I definitely wasn't expecting. My eldest daughter, Ammy, leant up against a wall with some man kissing her. I slam my foot on my brakes before jumping out of the car, using my vampire speed to head towards the male who I pin up against the wall next to Ammy.

"Dad; dad! What are you doing? Let him go!" Ammy shouts as she tries to push me off of the man before me. At some point through my red hazed rage I realise that the man before me is a Were, and that it is that Alec boy. I knew he was not to be trusted with my daughter!

"You touch my daughter ever again, and I will rip your throat out" I threaten him before releasing him and grabbing Ammy by her arm. I pull her over to her car where I throw her onto the passenger side seat.

"What the fuck is wrong with you?" she screams at me as she goes to hit me, I catch her wrist in mid-air before scowling at her.

"You dare try to attack me again and I will show you punishment. And it won't be any of this ridiculous grounding stuff that your mother uses!" I roar at her as I bomb my car down the road at full speed. I cannot believe my daughter! She is no child of mine if she insists on dating some Were. That is degrading to my position amongst Vampires; to have my child dating a Were will put my position in danger. Vampires won't take me seriously if she were to carry on seeing him. Vampires and Weres are natural born enemies, we detest each other.

"I hate you. How could you do that to me?" she screams at me as I pull the car to a stop in front of our home. She swings my door open before charging out of the car, slamming the door behind her. And just for good measure she actually dares to kick my car before running into the house.

She even had the whole crying façade going on. Typically teenager. With a grunt and a slam of my hands on my steering wheel I climb out of the car where I inspect the damage she has caused to my car; she has left a dint there. She will be paying for it to be fixed. I supress a string of swear words as I storm into the house where I find Sookie sat on the sofa with a worried look on her face. I could feel through the bond that she is a bundle of emotions. No one emotion sticking for too long.

"Sookie" I call out to her as I walk towards her. In an instant she is off the sofa and straight into my arms where she holds me for dear life. I wrap my arms around her as I kiss the top of her head.

"I've missed you, Lover" I whisper into her ear before grazing my lips with hers.

"I've missed you, too" she admits with a small smile as a few tears leak out of her eyes.

"Oh, Sookie, what is wrong?" I query as I pull her back into my arms. I cannot stand to see my Lover so upset.

"Eric, Ammy is upstairs crying her eyes out! The twins saw her and are up there trying to comfort her; she wouldn't let me get a word in edge ways. The only thing she said before running upstairs is 'I hate dad'. Do you know how horrible that is for me to hear? I don't like seeing her so upset. What did you do to make her so upset?" Sookie demands as she pulls away from me to look into my eyes. This is my first time back here in over a week and this is how I get greeted. Trust my teenage daughter to screw up the perfect reunion.

I groan as I guide Sookie over to the couch, if I am going to tell her we might as well be sat down and comfortable.

"I was on my way home when I spotted her leant up against a wall with that Alec boy kissing her. It is disgraceful to have her doing such a thing with a Were, a Were of all creatures" I shake my head, I may be overreacting a tad, but she is my daughter therefore my protective side is only increased.

"Eric, they were just kissing. It wasn't like he was having sex with her against the wall in the open! Wait, before I go completely berserk, would you like to tell me what your course of action was?"

"I jumped out of the car and pinned the Were against the wall. I told him if he ever touched Ammy again I would rip his throat out and then I dragged Ammy back to the car. We had a brief shouting match on the way home then when I parked up she screamed at me that she hated me before denting my car by kicking it" I relay the events to her, and let's just say she didn't look pleased at all.

"Eric, you completely overreacted! What do you think you were doing attacking him and then grabbing your daughter? You could have injured her. In fact, with your grip, you probably did hurt her!" Sookie shouts at me as she jumps up and storms towards the stairs.

"Sookie, where are you going?" I demand as I jump up and zoom over to her where I block her path.

"To check on her!" Sookie tells me as if it was just that obvious.

"Sookie, please let me go and check on her. I am the one who has upset her; I am the one who needs to make amends. I can see now that I have used the wrong tactics to go about this with. But I stand by what I said, I refuse to allow her to carry on seeing that Were" and with that I turn around and walk up the stairs and head towards Ammy's room where I ask the twins to go wait downstairs with mom. They both give me a quick hug before taking off downstairs.

"Ammy, we need to talk" I announce as I walk into her bedroom.

AN: I will admit that this isn't how I actually imagined Eric would return home, but I wrote what came natural; so this is his new greeting home. But all will get better! xx