This chapter doesn't have much plot, but it gives you something until I get the next few chapters out to you. Still in the editing process for those chapters, so I really appreciate your patience. Thanks everyone and drop me a line if you got the time!

Chapter 25: With My Own Eyes –Dario Marianelli

Sookie

Sookie woke up after a night full of dreams of Eric that made her blush. Between her thighs she had evidence of how vivid they had been. She sighed and looked over her shoulder at Eric, who was pressed up behind her, his arms wrapped tightly around her.

She looked at the clock, her bladder full and she attempted to sit up, but Eric's arms were securely locked around her waist. She chuckled and worked his arms apart and rolled to face him. She kissed his lips softly and ran her fingers through his hair before getting up and moving to the ladder.

She climbed the ladder and scurried across the living naked as the day she was born. As soon as she reached the stairs Lafayette turned the corner from the kitchen and said, "Well, looks who here. I knock and knock , baby girl, but you's nowhere to be found."

She covered herself up as best as she could and said, "You turn 'round right this second, Lafayette!" He chuckled and said as he turned around, "What you been up to Sook? You look a hot damn mess."

Sookie crept to the living room and grabbed the throw blanket off the back of the sofa and wrapped it around her shoulders. Sookie then said, "I am goin' upstairs to shower Lafayette. I will be down soon. And forget about followin' me for information."

Lafayette chuckled and walked past her into the living room and she went to the stairs and scrambled up them.

Sookie walked right to the shower and turned the water on. As she waited for it to warm up, she flossed and brushed her teeth. She had been so wrapped up in Eric, all personal hygiene had gone out the window. She shook her head as she finished rinsing and she turned to the shower and hopped in.

She moaned as the water hit her shoulders and she scrubbed and scrubbed. Sookie smiled through the entire shower, thinking of last night and how amazing she felt today. She wondered about the bond and truly focused inside of herself for it.

She breathed in the warm steam in the bathroom and closed her eyes. The water cascaded down her body as she looked for Eric inside of herself. She pictured him mentally to help her.

She found him then, near her heart. She smiled as she probed what felt like a thread. A strong thread. Not like the kind used to sew, but a thread that pulsed with life. A thread even stronger than that made by a spider. It was a glistening beam that radiated warmth and vitality.

Sookie mentally reached out and touched it and she felt it respond and even relish in her touch. She stroked it and she wondered how she could make such a beautiful thing stronger and more durable. She focused and studied the evidence of her and Eric's commitment until her body told her that she was quickly running out of warm water.

She came back to herself and finished rinsing off, then stepped out of the shower and dried off. Sookie looked for the time and saw that it was now a little after one in the afternoon. She threw on some sweats and a t-shirt and walked downstairs to where Lafayette was watching soaps.

She sat on the couch next to him as she combed out her wet hair and he held his hair out for the comb. She wordlessly moved to sit on the floor in front of him and he combed out her hair. Once it was combed out, she felt him begin to French braid it.

"So you work tonight?" he asked.

She gulped. Hadn't Sam told anybody? "Actually, no. I quit."

Lafayette stopped braiding and said, "Excuse me? When did this happen?"

Sookie shrugged and said, "Early last night. He came over to scream at me for missin' work and then when he saw Eric was here he freaked his shit on me. He called me a fang banger and that he didn't know who I was no more."

"He what?" Lafayette asked, dropping her hair from his hands, his tone angry. "Tell me you is lyin' to me Sook. I will beat his ass!"

She looked over her shoulder and said, "It don' matter, Laf. I was no good for that job anyway, always missin' and disappearin' for long periods of time. It is better for Sam to find someone more reliable and stable for the job."

"Hookuh, don' defend him. That Sam Merlotte has lost his damn mind. I'll help him find it."

"No, you ain't gonna do nothin'. I will find some other job. I will figure it out. Next week I will be leavin' for a vampire summit with the Louisiana vampire court. I am gettin' paid enough for it to keep my head above water for a while."

Lafayette picked up the strands of Sookie's hair and began braiding again. Sookie's eyes were trained on the trash daytime television and he asked, "So, you and Eric become friends again?" he asked with a teasing voice.

She slapped his foot playfully and she blushed. "Oh Sook, come on now, you knows I is needin' details."

She shook her head, and he lightly pulled her hair. "You is selfish, Sookie. I been wonderin' about that man since I's first seen him."

Sookie rolled her eyes and pretended not to hear him.

"So you are goin' where?" he asked, changing the subject.

"To a vampire summit in Rhodes. I am just goin' to see if I can pick up anythin' of interest from the other vampires' humans. It's for a week and all travel expenses will be paid and I am getting paid a lot of money."

Lafayette remained silent as he braided her hair and then tied a hair tie around the end. Sookie looked up at him over her shoulder. "What are you thinkin'?"

Lafayette shrugged. "I is wonderin' if you are sure that goin' to a vampire summit is somethin' you should be goin' to."

"I know. This will be the last thing I involve myself in regarding Bill Compton or any other vampire besides Eric. He is also comin' and has made it clear to Bill that he is to be with me at all times for my own protection."

Lafayette seemed a bit more relaxed at the news. Sookie zoned out on the television until her stomach growled loudly.

Lafayette chuckled and said, "Damn hookuh, that vampire forget to feed that beast insifde yo' stomach."

She looked over her shoulder and laughed. "I suppose he did. I am starvin'. I could eat the contents of that kitchen I am sure."

Sookie got up and asked, "You hungry?"

He shook his head, "Nah, I actually ate breakfast and lunch today."

She nodded and went to the kitchen. Eric had drunk a lot of her blood because of the bonding. She grabbed her beef out of the fridge, knowing she would need iron to replenish her supply. Sookie immediately began seasoning and cooking the meatballs, sans garlic for Eric's benefit.

She rolled the meat and stuck it in the oven. She had a couple French rolls and slipped those in the oven to warm the bread as well. She then took out some provolone cheese and red sauce and began warming the sauce over the stovetop.

By the time the food was ready, Sookie's mouth was watering and she wolfed down the first sandwich in minutes. She wrapped the other one to heat up for her dinner and did her dishes. She looked at the clock. Still a couple of hours until sunset.

Sookie sighed in frustration and went back to the living room where Lafayette was now painting his nails a screaming turquoise. "Oh, I like that color, Lala," she complimented.

He lifted the brush from his nails and asked, "You want me to paint yo' nails?"

She shook her head. "No, I am going to go down and take a nap with Eric."

He smirked knowingly to which she swatted her hand at him. "It's not like that Laf, you perv."

She walked to the cabinet and opened it up, careful not to let in any excess light. She closed and locked the doors behind her and climbed down the ladder. Dating Eric would be good for her leg and ass muscles.

She reached the last rung and wasn't surprised when the lights flickered on this time.

She crept to the bed and lay next to Eric, looking him over. He was her dark angel. She leaned forward and kissed his lips lightly. She snuggled up next to him and tried to warm his cool body with her warm one. She grabbed the blanket that was resting on his hips and pulled it up over him.

As Sookie pressed her body against his, she couldn't help but glance down at his…gracious plenty.

She blushed as she looked down at it, remembering it hammering into her last night bringing her unparalleled pleasure. Sookie reached down and brushed her hand against it, all the while keeping an eye on Eric's face.

She noticed he didn't even flinch or respond, not that she expected him to. The one time she had slept with a vampire he had been completely dead and non –responsive to her, except when Bill had worried needlessly and stayed awake until she returned. But even then he was limited, overcome with fatigue.

Sookie smiled as she brushed her hand against his soft skinned member, taking a firmer grip on it. She felt it twitch, but then brushed it off as her imagination.

She felt her own stirrings of lust. She warred with herself about being so aroused by what was essentially a dead corpse. But as she looked up and down Eric's body, she quickly got over it and stroked him with her eyes closed.

She was both calmed and wound up at the same time. Her eyes popped open when a small sound escaped Eric's lips and she looked into his face to see what was wrong.

She then looked down and noticed that Eric was rock hard in her hand. She gasped and looked back up into Eric's face in shock. What the hell? How the fuck did he do that while he was dead?

She leaned forward and whispered "Eric? Are you awake?" but receive no response from him. She looked down at him and she wondered if he even registered what was happening.

Sookie had never received oral, but she had attempted to give Bill head once. She didn't think it went over well because he quickly took her mid blow job.

She looked up at Eric and realized it was something she wanted to do. She wanted to be able to return the favor, so to speak. While he was out was probably the best chance at "practice" she would get.

Sookie kissed him, doubting he would mind being a practice dummy, and crept down him, peppering him with kisses along the way. She stroked him and licked the tip experimentally. After no response from him she began massaging and touching him everywhere, hoping if he could feel it he felt good.

Eric

Eric hadn't felt Sookie join him. He hadn't felt her lie next to him. If she spoke to him, he hadn't heard her words. What he had felt was when her touching became less innocent.

He could feel her hand brush against him and he fought his daytime rest to awaken to her. She needed him almost as much as he needed her. She then grabbed him more forcefully and began stroking him at a maddening pace.

He was literally screaming for her to give him a release and screaming at himself to wake up and have her, but the harder he fought, the more the day slumber kept him under.

She suddenly stopped, although she kept her hand on him. He pulsed in her hand desperately. After a few minutes that felt like eternity, she began moving her hand again. She kissed down his body and he so wanted to respond to her.

Suddenly he felt her tongue taste his sensitive tip. She was driving him insane! Was he really bonded to someone so cruel? She began running the tip of her tongue along his shaft and then ran it flat against the entire length. He used all his inner strength trying to get out of this hell she had put him in. He could feel the bond with her. She was feeling lustful and extremely curious as she explored him.

He tried to sit back and enjoy what she was doing, but he felt like sobbing when she took him fully in her mouth and bobbed up and down on him, sucking and pumping what her mouth couldn't reach. Her hands got busy as well, massaging and lightly running her nails on his testicles.

He was deprived of seeing her beautiful mouth take him, her eyes looking into his as she pleasured him. He internally growled and she suddenly stopped. Had she heard him? He felt her release him from the hot heat of her mouth and he screamed to her No Sookie, please!

He was desperate. She waited for him to respond again and she must have decided she hadn't heard or heard and didn't care because she continued now. She continued her torture and ran her tongue along the ridges of his penis where the head met his shaft, and along the ridge running along the underside of the shaft. When her tongue danced along the ride between his testicles felt his body move and Sookie paused, but didn't stop.

When she placed her finger on firmly on the extremely sensitive patch of skin and he moaned loudly.

He realized he was slowly coming out of his day rest. It was still awhile before he was usually out of it, but because he was fighting it, he knew he would be rising early.

That's it my love, wake me up, he thought to Sookie.

She suddenly wrapped her beautiful lips around him and pumped and sucked while simultaneously playing with his balls and he felt them tense in her hand before he came into her mouth. He felt her swallow everything he gave her and he growled in satisfaction.

Sookie kissed and licked his tip clean a bit more and then kissed her way up his body. She was now lying fully on top of him and he could feel her body through the cheap cotton material covering her body. He pleaded with his arms to wrap themselves around her, but they were ignoring his commands, so he enjoyed her weight on him as much as he could.

"Thank you, baby. I love you," she whispered to him.

Eric could have died when she thanked him! She had just roused him from day rest. Nobody had accomplished that.

"By the way, you taste amazing," she whispered in a teasing tone. Eric had never cursed himself for being vampire, but he did now. She kissed his lips a couple more times. He tried to respond, but when he didn't he felt her lift herself off of him. He tried to protest using every ounce of his strength but his attempts were futile.

She left him then. He checked how long he had to wait and it was a little less than 20 minutes he guessed. He would give her a twenty minute head start, but then she was his for the taking.

This was a fluff chapter, but I wanted to get something to you all today! Thanks so much for reading and please review what you thought! I missed you guys these past few days!