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When Eric left I felt a little better. I walked through the graveyard for most of the night. After I decided to go back to the house I made sure that I avoided running into anyone. There was not one person on this earth that I wanted to speak to at that second.
I pondered over where my things were such as my wallet and my cell-phone. I also thought of the scene I had with Eric going over everything I said. I went off on him, not that he didn't deserve it, but I was used to the very quiet cool approach to dealing with Eric. Maybe he'd be disgusted by my very human emotions and leave me alone from now on, yeah right. I knew all to well I wasn't that lucky.
When I reached the second floor I went into the bathroom. I turned the water on and sat under the steady stream.
When the morning came I was sitting in my room, staring at a wall. I was still in a towel since I didn't know where my things were. Someone knocked on the door. I took a breath, as I walked to the door and answered it. Sookie was standing there with a box and an apologetic smile.
"Jason dropped this off, and he told me to give you this check, for your car." I took the box and left the check in her hand. "Give it back to him, I don't want it." I said quietly and closed the door.
I dressed in a pair of jeans, and a black t-shirt. The day passed quickly while I was doing absolutely nothing and the house was empty. I walked down the stairs slowly in the darkness of the house, it was eerily silent. The only sound in the house was my footsteps and the dull sounds of the cricket symphony outside.
In the kitchen I opened the fridge door to find nothing at all inside, I sighed and walked to the backdoor to peer out the window, and I found it was unlocked. A stab of shock sent through me, Sookie was at work and I had just locked the door. Sighing with pushed down trivial fear I walked quickly back up the stairs and into my room closing the door behind me.
When I closed the door to my room I saw tall shadow on the floor that came from the full moon cascading inside the window beside my bed. It took only a glance to realize it was Eric, simply because I had never met another Viking vampire in my life. "How the hell did you get in here?" I asked him. "I can get in here whenever I want. I own this house." He smiled. It took me a long second to register what he had said.
"Get out!" I snapped. When I said that he flashed as close as he could get to me, without knocking me over. I could smell the soft cologne on his black shirt. "Ella, I let you scream at me like a child last night, the least you can do is hear me out." Eric murmured down to me with a serious look. "No. And, I'm not a child, just very fucking angry." I hissed in his face.
Eric laughed lightly, for some reason he was being so very nice. I knew it wouldn't last long as soon as I accepted it. "I want you to be mine." He said with a generous smile on his white face. I knew what it was to belong to a vampire, I had seen it in Sookie's memories almost every time I touched her. She found it to be somewhat sexy and gratifying along with a whole bunch of other feelings I didn't really understand. I shook my head for a short silent moment trying to hold my poker-face.
"You're stupid." I muttered looking at the floor. Why the hell would a thousand year old vampire want to be with someone like me? A high school dropout, an awkward girl, someone who couldn't control her feelings if it was for her life. "You are very opinionated." He said. I sighed and pushed past him. "I'll give you a few good reasons why you should accept my offer." Eric was following me down the stairs.
"Ella, your blood is stronger than Sookie's, it's almost pure fairy blood. The only thing that is keeping you from being murdered is your human skin. But it's very breakable." He touched my face, I flinched under his freezing touch. "Once it's broken, once a drop of your blood spills, your at any vampires mercy. You need protection." He said quietly.
"Eric, I don't want you to protect me, and I don't want to be yours either." I told him. "Ell-" Eric started. "Stop, I'm leaving." I interrupted him. Eric stopped and looked down at me with a brow raised. "I'm leaving Bon Temps." I admitted.
"I bought this house because I care about you." He said acting as if I hadn't told him what I had. He slipped a key into the palm of my hand, then he was gone. I decided to stop thinking about it, I really needed to just get out of here.
I looked at the key, it was new, there was a small remote to it. As I walked out the backdoor I saw a shiny black Jaguar sitting exactly where my shitty old car should've been. There was a red bow on the hood. I walked to it and clicked the button on the remote. The engine started. I opened the door and looked at the note that was in the front seat.
Ella, I tried to find your old piece of junk, but I couldn't. So, I got you a gift, maybe this shall suffice.
As I folded the paper I rolled my eyes. Eric was incorrigible. I sat in the drivers seat for a few minutes. The gas tank was full.
I would spend the day, trying to say goodbye to Sookie. Then, I would leave. I wouldn't feel bad about taking Eric's 'gift' with me either. I locked the car up and went up to my room and slept soundly.
When the morning came I noticed Sookie leave for work. I took a shower and dressed in a long sleeved shirt and jeans. Then I drove to Merlotte's thinking to myself of anyway to tell Sookie I would be leaving tonight. It was hard, I just recently found out that she and Jason were my brother and sister. But, I just couldn't stay in this hectic life.
It seemed like I had only minutes to breathe before there was some kind of new death threat for me out of nowhere. It was making me insane and kind of a bitch. I just couldn't handle Sookie or Jason being angry with me.
As I pulled to a stop, I got out of the car and walked into the bar. Sam was standing behind the bar with wide eyes. I approached him with a kind smile. "I have to talk to you about my job." I said nodding. He held his hand up and shook his head. "Sookie already explained everything, get to work." He said and handed me a Merlotte's shirt. Without having the heart to deny anything I put it on in the bathroom and came out to bump into Jason.
"Hey Ell, look, I'm sorry about your car. But, Sook gave the check back and said you didn't want it." He rambled. "No, I don't want the check you keep it, but I'm not mad. That car was a piece of junk anyway, or so I'm told." I muttered. Jason smiled and hugged me tight. "I really did think you were dead too." His sentence would've seemed flawed to anyone else who had heard, but, it made me smile.
I walked to the first booth in my area, Sookie was taking orders across the bar. She looked over and smiled at me, I smiled back. In that moment I had forgotten all about leaving, maybe I could stay. Maybe the danger would be worth it one of these days and what would I do now? Go back to working all day to only go home to a shitty lonely apartment?
I worked the whole day shift and at about three in the afternoon me and Sook got off. My feelings had changed completely and I was the only person that could sabotage what I had now.
We walked outside together. Sookie looked at the Jag and turned her confused gaze onto me. "Where did you get that?" She asked, I shrugged feeling a little abashed. "Eric." I muttered and started it up before I got in. Then I remembered the other part that I was supposed to tell her.
"And, he is the one that bought the house." I said gingerly, Sookie looked blankly at me for a moment then she sighed loudly. "This is fucked up." She muttered angrily as she got into her car and slammed the door. I nodded to myself and got into my car. Sook stopped at a grocery store, I pulled up beside her.
"You go ahead home, I'm just going to pick up a few things." She said, I nodded and left. When I pulled up it was close to dark. I went into the house and saw a microwave on the table. Eric had some weird obsession with leaving notes on things. This one simply said You Like? A smile threatened my lips, I really didn't find this cute or nice, only a little funny.
I walked to the living room and sat down on the couch wondering if I should really go. Maybe I could pick up one of Eric's habits and leave a note for Sook. It was a tough question now, and I had been so sure of it last night. I looked over at a tall antique wardrobe. It wasn't there before, I knew that. I walked over to it and touched the door, my fingers slid down to the small lock. I unlatched it and opened it.
Inside there was a ladder, I went down it and found myself in some sort of metal room. I knew Eric had something to do with this. "Oh no." I muttered and climbed up the ladder quickly. If Sookie were to see his room in her house she would flip her shit. I knew that all to well, but I couldn't exactly hide it now, could I?
Making my way back to the couch I shook my head. I thought for awhile lying back on the couch and moving my feet to the beat of my own thoughts.
When Sookie came in the backdoor I sat up quickly as if I was guilty for something. I walked to the kitchen where Sookie was sitting the bags on the counter. "Hey." I muttered trying to stand in front of the microwave that sat on the table. Sookie looked at me and then down at the shiny new appliance behind me.
"What's that?" She asked raising a brow. I shot her a nervous smile. "Well, it's a…you know, microwave." I said awkwardly. Sookie moved past me to pick up the small note. "You like? No, we don't." Sookie grunted throwing down the piece of paper.
"You know Sook, I was wondering…have you spoken to Bill since we came back?" I asked her. "Yes, he's still Bill, the man who lied to me." She said quietly. I sat down in the chair and looked from the microwave to the backdoor then to Sookie's bitter expression as she put everything away.
"What do you suppose we do about Eric and the house?" I asked her. She shrugged at first but after a second she looked at me with significance. "You want me to ask Bill?" Sookie must've been rummaging in my head for that. "Eric asked me to be his." I whispered. "Gross." Sookie muttered. I nodded in agreement without hesitation.
"Okay, I'll go to Bill, if Eric shows up just..." Sookie trailed off as she walked out of the back door.