I am about to add a lot more shit into the pot. So please let me know what you think. Eric is an idiot when it comes to being in a relationship. He is learning though so be patient with him.

Chapter 42: Wreck of a Day

Eric

Eric and Sookie were on fragile ground right now. Last night she had been exhausted and upset. He could feel in the bond that she could only hand so much in one night, so he decided to put Quinn and more on Nora on the back burner.

He hoped that after the spa, Sookie would be more relaxed and calm. While she was at the spa, he was going to meet up with Nora and talk about the Authority. To be honest, he was on fragile ground with them too. They suspected Eric and Bill for Nan's disappearance and he wanted to gauge how much they knew.

Nora probably wouldn't tell him everything, but she would help him.

He got dressed and made his way out of the room. As he rode down the elevator he fingered the 'S' pendant and when the door dinged he kissed it and placed it under his tank top. He was meeting Nora in the hotel bar.

Eric spotted her feeding in a booth and made his way over. She was feasting on a young man, who was moaning ridiculously loud. He smirked as he slid into the booth opposite her and she pulled back from his neck and patted his shoulder, dismissing him.

He took the money and she licked her lips, turning to Eric.

"Good Evening, Eric."

"Nora. How have you been?" he asked.

She shrugged, "Oh I'm hanging in there."

He nodded and waved over a waitress. She scurried up asking if she could get a donor for Eric. He ordered a Royalty Blend instead and she hurried to fill his order. Eric turned to Nora and she was looking at him with extreme interest.

"So, when did you move to America?" he asked.

"Who says I did?" she asked. "Actually I am in the process of moving. I am trying to find a place I like. So far I am very fond of California."

"California? Robert Halkias is regent there. He is a fair king I hear."

She nodded, "That and I would love to live near the beach."

He smirked and sipped from the glass.

"So, your human, tell me about her. She smells…different. Amazingly different."

"She is amazing. She is my bonded," he hedged. He wasn't telling anyone of his Sookie or what she was.

"Bonded? Holy fuck, Pam did say it was serious. I didn't believe it," she said in shock.

"Didn't believe it, or didn't want to believe it," he teased.

"Oh yes I forgot, how have I lived a hundred years without your tree trunk cock and loving personality you smug bastard," she laughed back.

He chuckled. "Tree trunk you say?"

She shook her head. "What does she do?"

"Nothing at the moment."

"Ah, she found herself her sugar daddy," Nora said.

"No, as a matter of fact she is quite stubborn in that department. She quit her job after her boss called her a fangbanger. Otherwise she never would have left the job."

"Which was?" Nora asked, surprised by his Sookie.

"Waitress."

"You're kidding me. Usually you go for the princess, spoiled posh type," she remarked.

He shrugged. "Sookie had changed everything about me."

"I can see that. Though I must say, you weren't acting like it last night. Neither of you."

"That was my fault. Sookie is insecure and she was jealous of you. It was worse when I neglected to introduce you two."

"Yes, I thought it odd when you didn't introduce us. But she has no reason to be jealous. She is quite fetch," she said.

Eric nodded as he set his glass down and glanced around the room. It was still early and many vampires were already in conference rooms for meetings and trials.

Nora leaned forward and said, "I hear your view is phenomenal. Would you mind showing me sometime?"

Eric nodded, knowing she needed somewhere private and secure to speak with him. "Yes it's quite lovely. I got the best I could for Sookie and myself. Would you like to see it now?"

She nodded and waved the waiter over and put it all on her room.

They then got up together and went to Sookie and Eric's room.

Sookie

Sookie was one hundred percent relaxed. She had had a soothing massage from a masseuse that looked almost identical to Jude Law. Sookie let him work every muscle in her body until they were all relaxed.

She had the works done, because Pam had insisted on it. She was waxed, scrubbed, moisturized, massaged. She sat in mud baths, mineral baths, and steam rooms. Amelia and Sookie were going to be able to chat during their manicure and pedicures though and Sookie found she was happy to have a friend here other than Eric.

Sookie was led by her manicurist to one side of a wall where two rows of pedicure chairs were set up, separating them. Sookie sat in the leather chair and relaxed as she dipped her feet in the warm water. Sookie grabbed a magazine and began flipping through it.

Amelia walked over, blowing on her still wet nails and took the seat next to her. Amelia was chatting away with the lady scrubbing and buffing her feet. Sookie relaxed and let the woman tending to her feet. Sookie felt so pampered. She could get used to this.

She then heard heels on the other side of the partition and Pam's voice. Pam had opted for a seaweed wrap and so she was taking longer than Amelia and Sookie. Pam must not know she was on this side.

"Pamela, I just left Eric. You look lovely, don't you?"

Nora. Sookie looked over to Amelia who was looking at her. She held her finger to her mouth and pointed to the wall separating Pam and Nora from them. Amelia nodded and looked behind her as she listened.

"Are you going to get your feet done, Nora?" Pam asked.

"No, but I will sit and keep you company. Where is Sookie?" Nora asked.

"She is still getting her massage or she is coming to get a manicure," Pam responded.

"So, Eric told me they are bonded."

"Yep."

"Ah, I could see you being a jealous girlfriend," Nora said as she chuckled.

"No, I just worry. Sookie is a danger magnet."

"Really? How so?" Nora asked.

Pam seemed to hesitate and Sookie held her breath. Had Eric told Nora what she was? Would Pam?

"She used to date the king of Louisiana."

Sookie sighed in relief. "What did she see in that tosser?" Nora asked in disbelief.

"Gallons of his blood into her system, influencing her is what she saw in him. She had Eric chasing her for the past two years now."

"The more I hear about this girl, the more I like her. Any chance of him sharing?" Nora asked.

Pam scoffed. "Not likely. He is selfish. Especially with her."

Nora laughed. "He has changed. He used to not give fuck. I told him I was surprised by his choice. She does smell lovely, but she isn't exactly his type. He dates the posh, snotty, princess type cows typically."

"What does that say about us? The last girl, Yvetta, was the type. Then she cleared out his safes and skipped town. While Sookie was gone, with family, for an entire year he took another fucking princess and set her up in a gorgeous apartment."

"Wow, how did she handle him going back to Sookie?" Nora asked.

"She hasn't had to. Eric still has her in the apartment. Hasn't done anything about it."

Sookie felt like she had been punched in the stomach. She glanced to Amelia, who was looking at her with pity. So were both of the women doing their feet.

Nora whistled low, "I am sure Sookie won't like that if she finds out. She sounds like a spitfire."

"Yeah, no shit."

Sookie couldn't hear anymore. She had found out two things from the two vampires conversations. One, Eric and Nora had been together while Sookie was in the spa. And Eric hadn't told her. Two, Eric had a woman on the side and in an apartment.

BOOM! What do you all have to say now?