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Chapter thirteen

Sookie's POV

"Eric!" I shout when I take in his appearance, his clothes are stained with blood, what the hell has he been doing?

"What?" he asks with a slight harshness to his voice as he snatches a bottle of True Blood from the fridge. Who does he think he is talking to me like that?

"You will amend that attitude right now. I have done nothing to put you in this foul mood, and haven't you noticed the blood soaked clothing you're sporting around? I thought you had a few changes of clothes at Fangtasia? You promised me you wouldn't come home like this; in fact, you promised me you wouldn't kill people unless it was absolutely necessary. What type of example are you setting for our children?" I snap before storming out of the kitchen, completely abandoning my drink.

I can't believe him! He actually has the guts to walk into our family home, covered in blood, and expects me not to react to him being covered in someone else's blood after he's killed them. He promised me he wouldn't kill people unless it was absolutely necessary, but I knew he wouldn't be able to keep that promise. He is a Vampire after all. So I told him that if he did ever kill someone, he had to at least attempt to keep it hidden from me. I don't like to think of my other half, my Vampire bonded and Lover, and soon to be husband, killing someone. And to think that he walked into our home covered in blood, the children could have been in the room! What if they had seen him? They would think their father is a murderer, that isn't something a child shouldn't be subjected to. Especially our younger two children, thank God the twins are upstairs doing homework.

"Sookie" Eric sighs as he follows me into the living room, I could hear the microwave beeping; so I must mean something to him if he's postponing his dinner to come talk to me.

"What?" I hiss at him as I turn around to face him. He's stood shirtless before me, but even his impeccable body was going to distract me. He hasn't touched me properly since we got engaged! His phone gets more action from him than I do recently. No, that's just the hormones taking. He's been busy for one, and for two; Ammy's been sick. She's been suffering those after symptoms the doctor was talking about. He still loves you stop being so stupid and selfish. My mind chastises me as I make eye contact with him.

"Lover, I'm sorry. I am being snappy because she rattled my cage, in a sense that is, I guess my anger still hasn't died down yet. As for the clothing, well, I guess I didn't really think about it. All I could think about was getting home to my family so I could be with them" he tries to justify his actions, but I'm not taking any of it.

"Alec's upstairs with Ammy, he's worried about her as well. Don't disturb them, he is the only one she'll talk to right now" I point out before going towards the stairs. I'll help the twins with their homework and then I'll get them in bed. Once they're in bed I'll have a quick check on Ammy before I, too, go to bed. Maybe the sleep will help relax my raging hormones.

Ammy's POV

"Sounds like mom and dad are arguing" I sigh as I cuddle closer into Alec's arms. He shook me awake, apparently I was thrashing around and he was getting worried. I couldn't really ask for a better boyfriend.

"Parents always argue, that's what lead to mine getting divorced" he points out as a shiver runs through my body. On response to my shiver he pulls the covers tighter around us. I hope mom will let Alec stay the night, I want him with me. He makes me feel better; he's like medicine to me.

"I'm sorry about that; I remember how upset you were over it. And it didn't really help that your Gran died a few weeks before hand. Plus your mum was pregnant with your little brother" I note as I remember back to then.

I remember that day so clearly, Alec cried that day; he stayed with us until his parents sorted out custody battles and arrangements. Alec had to live with his dad, and would then see his mom on the weekends. Both parents agreed that Alec was better off with his father because his father is one of the head Were's of the pack. I think he's Alcide's second in command. So one day Alec might be the second in command. Speaking of which.

"Isn't it a full moon this Sunday?" I confirm randomly as the question pop to mind.

"Yes, it will be another night as a wolf. It's always so tiring after the transformation , plus the hunting and then having to transform back to human form. God, you're lucky you don't have to go through it" he tries to lighten the mood.

Before I can even say anything else he starts to kiss me, slow, soft, meaningful at first; but it soon heats up as I feel his tongue lick it's away across my lower lip. In an instant I grant him access as he rolls on top of me, my arms wrapping around his neck as we deepen the kiss further. We aren't going to do anything more that this, we both know that, but it feels good to be close with each other. Like I said before, he's like my medicine. He makes me feel better.

"Alec, wait" I halt him as I gently pull away from his lips. He looks in my eyes and sees that I want to have a serious talk with him. He pulls back fully as he sits next to me on the bed, I sit up myself before turning slightly to talk to him.

"Alec, I…you mean a lot to me. You always have done, but am I really what you want? I mean, I know that your father, and your pack for that matter, want you to create more Were's. But I can't give you Were babies, you know that. So if you want to please your pack and your father, I suggest you go now and save us both a lot of heartache" I'm practically whispering as I get to the end. I look down at the bed sheets as I try to hide how much his answer is going to affect me, I feel his fingers under my chin as he lifts my head up so that I'm looking at him.

"I don't care about creating more Were's. so what if that's what my father and pack want, it's not my responsibility to create a new Were. The leader of the pack is in charge of procreating more of us, and he has. Well, he's created one more Were. But I hear he's planning on having another one" hmm, I never knew Alcide was planning on having another child. I know that he has Sapphire, and he loves her to bits. She's his little girl, but I didn't know he wanted another kid. Isn't he too old to have another child?

"Alec, one day you're going to be one of the higher authority pack members; you'll have to create some then. Your father has already created loads of kids, but from what you've told me, you don't know who they are or what family they come from. And then there's the other main Were, I hear he has over 20 children! Surely they'll expect you to have loads of Were kids with different girls, too" I point out, his face contorting into anger.

"Do you want to get rid of me? Because I'll go if you do. But just remember this, I'm no manwhore. You are all I want. But you can't get that into your thick little skull can you?" he shakes his head before climbing off the bed and heading to the door.

"Bye, Ammy" and with that he just walked out. Left me before I could even say another word. I didn't expect that to happen.

Sookie's POV

"Mom, are you and dad going to split up? We hear you arguing" Annika tells me as I tuck her in bed. She waited all this time to bring it up; it's been a good two hours since me and Eric has our brief argument. It didn't even mean anything, at least not in my books. Or did it? God, I'm so confused.

"No, me and your father aren't breaking up. We love each other very much; just remember that all parents argue. It's a natural thing, don't worry about it" I assure her just as Zach springs up into a sitting position. He can obviously hear something, as can Annika seeing as her face scrunches up as she look over to Zach who looks straight back at her.

"Ammy's crying" Zach growls as he goes to jump out of bed, his protective brother side coming out.

"Zach, back in bed. I'll go talk to her" I order him; he throws me a slight glare before sighing and following my demand.

"Goodnight you two and I promise everything is fine. So just relax and go to sleep" I tell them as I shut the door and head down the hall towards Ammy's room. Now I can hear her. That's when I hear the front door slamming shut. I rush to the hall window where I see Alec storming over to his car, Eric's red Corvette isn't there either. I guess it must be men being ass's day.